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|I present: the starting point for the Flatland Commuter project bike
I like riding my fixed gear enough that I have often thought of a fixed gear commuter for spinning through my dead flat commute from A to B and back to A (ABA riding). But, as a fairly inexpensive product of the popularity of fixies, the one I currently own has several characteristics which eliminate it from my consideration for a commuter, and which would have to be resolved by any alternate candidates: it's got a track-like geometry which is pretty silly for riding long flat and straight, it has the stupid-tight tire clearance of almost all current road bikes which means no sensible tires and no fenders will fit, and it feels like I would have to do a bunch of other stuff to it that I don't want to think about to make it into a commuter instead of a fun canal bike, if that makes any sense, which it may not, except as further justification or rationalization for pushing forward with a ten speed fixie conversion.
Conceptually at least, and for me personally on my commute route, a fixie makes a lot of sense, as long as its advantages are maintained as adjuncts to my basic commuter requirements around reliability, convenience, comfort, and so on. So far this is only in concept, though, actual experience matters much more to me, so we'll see how it goes when I actually do it for a while.
A relative offered this ten speed to me for free, and after a quick review, I accepted it. What I saw in it that made it appear to be a good starting point for the Flatland Commuter (FLC) project: a nice lugged steel frame with horizontal dropouts and a non-hanger derailleur, an attractive chrome fork, a good crankset, pretty good handlebars, and brake calipers that somewhat miraculously appear to have enough room to adjust down to 700c wheels from the current 27" wheels. On the negative side for this bike are 27" steel wheels, a strange-looking saddle that nonetheless feels OK matched to a heavy seatpost, and good, but old, components.
I realized all the negatives I just listed will be easily overcome in the fixed gear commuter conversion, which will include new 700c wheels, a new saddle, and a rear rack. This strange agglomeration of good and not-so-good pieces and parts seems sometimes typical of the bicycles that were manufactured during the bicycle boom of those oil-panic early 70s, sometimes strange combinations of what was available to a particular brand and manufacturer at a particular time to match what they thought the not-very-mature but extremely eager market wanted. As bike shops sprang up to meet the rapidly rising demand, manufacturers responded with fascinating good/bad/ugly hodgepodges. My overall approach will be to strip off as much bad/ugly as possible to end up with a good/useful fixed gear commuter.
The bicycle is an "Interex Inc. Rebel Contender" ten speed apparently from about 1974, about which I can find nothing, nada, zilch on the Internet. Possibly after this post is indexed, the Contender ten speed road bike will take its rightful place in cyberspace searches. It has Shimano Tourney brakes, Shimano Titlist front and rear derailleurs, and SR cranks, handlebars, and stem. It also has some interesting MKS #11 pedals, which seem simple, sturdy, and good. One of my only unknowns about fixie commuting centers on the pedal/shoe dilemma. I am firmly attached to my clipless pedals on all but my current commuter, Yasuko, where I opted for platforms because my commute is only a medium distance, and that way I don't have to mess with a second pair of (non-cycling) shoes for work. But with a fixie I'm not sure platforms are a good idea, and clips and straps seem like they would mar any shoes I would wear. Still thinking through that one.
If anyone knows more about this brand or model, I would love to hear about it.
|I just like the way these lugs and fork look
|The brakes: maybe room to fit 700c wheels. We'll see...
|I found a "Rebel Contender" bicycle on the interwebz, but it's a BMX, unlike this one
|37 years later, and the temporary peel-off plastic protective covering is still on the head badge
|Horizontal dropout ready for fixed gear operations
|Beefy! I may not stick with these over time, but will probably start out with them
And just look at those Weinmann brake pads, ah the memories
|ROAD CHAMPION, that's me
I'll probably be working on this for a while, as I'm not in any hurry, have somewhat limited bike tweaking time, and want to think through what I'm doing. At this point, though, I think I'm NOT going to paint it, not only because I'm not very confident of producing a better result, but also because I like this yellow color with its signs of age and character, right down to the far-out 70s logo. I haven't 100% ruled out keeping it a ten speed, but for the reasons I've already listed above, I'm pretty confident the FLC project is a GO. Get up. Go ride.


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"Love this pattern! True to fit and many sizes so I've made it 12 times"
Sizes 1yr to 8/10
Cute, simple, fast and easy to fit!
Use your favorite fabrics to create a beautiful fitting Wrap top or dress. This dress or top can be made in less than two hours. There are no zippers or buttons to haggle with. Sleeves are built into the pattern for easy sewing. Spend your time taking pictures of your princess instead of mulling through complicated sewing instructions.
Materials Needed:
Fabric for Shirt- 3/4 to 1 yard of main fabric.
Fabric for Dress- 1 yard to 1 1/8 yard of main fabric.
1/8 yard for ruffle & mid-strip.
1/2 yard for dress hem strip.
4 cuts of 10 inch long ribbon.
1 package of bias tape.
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Love this pattern! True to fit and many sizes so I've made it 12 times
A great pattern! Different and lots of variations and ides to do with it, too.
Absolutely adorable dress! Super easy to make with clear instructions.
I bought this pattern a few years ago with the intention of making it. I finally got around to making it after I realized my daughter was growing out of the sizes. I had to add an inch to the top bodice width and it fit her. I wished it came in tween sizes as this is a very cute and versatile pattern. I ended up making a straight skirt dress since I didn't have enough to make a gathered skirt. It turned out very cute and unique.
Super cute top! great instructions and easy to make!
Love this dress, I have made three.
Super pattern. I made 4 of them the first week I had the pattern. Comes together quickly and looks great. I made my own bias tape so I could have bias that matched the dress. There is a seam in the center back of the skirt so it is important to match prints and plaids so you might need a bit of extra fabric for this. I did add two buttons to the waistband so it was more secure and kept the ribbons too because it is cute.
I made the dress, but shortened it quite a bit, and left off the ruffle. I found that it didn't fit well across the front and gaped open at the cross-over. I'm not sure I will make this again.
Such a cute dress. I made a couple as gifts for my niece.
Cute and easy. Love the options for it
Everyone loves it. Easy and quick to make.
this is one of my favorite patterns!!! girly without going overboard :)
This pattern is super awesome, because I was able to custom make a dress for my friend's daughter who can't ever fit right in store bought clothes. She is super skinny, but tall. The bodice is made separate from the skirt, so I was able to make the bodice smaller in size and match it up to the length skirt she needed, which was a larger size. It fit her perfectly! Thanks for a great pattern! Super easy to understand, by the way.
Easy to make and very stylish!
Love this top/dress so easy to sew.
Easy to make, I didnt sew ruffles but my grandd is very happy with her new dress. Thanks!!
Made four of these in two days for my four grand-daughters with their mother. I think this is a great pattern to teach young girls how to sew. The color coding is very nice to differentiate sizes. It's a snap to cut out with scissors and a rotary cutting set. This dress pattern is so versatile. I only sewed the ruffles up to the shoulder seam on one side because I didn't want the ruffles tucked under the other side and adding bulk. It was easy to sew the ruffle into the shoulder seam. I learned to move the ties back at least an inch so the dress could be tied tighter and more modestly. The girls love their dresses.
Great of directions and very easy to follow!
Made a great Easter dress with this pattern. Thank you!
This pattern is super easy, always comes out beautiful and has brought so much joy to my daughters!
You MUST get it!
LOVE LOVE LOVE This pattern! We still haven't found the perfect fit for my daughter as she has trouble keeping the ties closed, and the materials I've chosen (apparel fabrics - 100% cotton) have resulted in heavy dresses that get very hot for her. Keep in mind HOW MUCH fabric there is in the end with this dress.
Great top or dress. Love it!!!
Love this pattern!
Makes such a cute dress. Can't wait to make another one.
Instructions are great.
Made a very cute shirt still looking forward to making the dress.
Enjoyed this pattern! Great instructions for a very pretty dress!!
I really like this pattern and it was easy to follow but for some reason the arm holes were really small
I AdoRE this dress
This was very easy to make and so adorable! There are so many color combinations to make! The directions were easy to follow and my daughter loves it! I did button and button holes instead of the tie at the side and we pinned a big flower over the top! LOVE IT!!
made this for a friend's daughter & it turned out great! she loved it & it was easy to put together!
This was very time consuming but came out beautifully.
Great pattern with clear directions. Turned out adorable!
Great pattern! It is fun to make and turns out darling!!
DGD just loves this so sweet.
Very easy pattern. Great instructions. Thanks!
This pattern was love the wrap style.
Very cute. Wanted to make a dress but was short on fabric so I made a top. It was cute but ran a little small, next time I'll go up a size!
I made this dress in no time. Very easy to follow and sew. Great pattern.
makes a cut dress
I love this dress, it was simple to make and with all the details it looks adorable on!
Love it, thank you so much!
I love this pattern.
LOVE the pattern and the outcome. Was a little more time consuming since I was making three at the same time. It was worth it in the end, though!
This was the very first pattern I tried after I decided that I wanted to learn to sew. It was very easy to understand, and believe me I was a BEGINNER!! I have made it a few times since and it really gets easier every time.
love it!!
Easy to follow with lots of pictures! As a beginning sewer, I was able to put this together easily and successfully! I haven't made it as a dress yet but someday soon I hope to...
so cute and fun to make. Very versatile. Looks good even with something underneath.
I've made this several times and in several sizes. For some reason, the armholes come out too small, but I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong. Don't let that discourage you because it's a very cute and versatile dress!
good pattern
Love this pattern. It is so easy and looks great. I did cut the sleeves a little larger as some kids need a little more room in that area.
Love this pattern. It can be used for so many sizes that you can make matching sister outfits.
Great pattern! Love that I could use it for a top or a dress!
I am so pleased with this pattern. I had purchasd a few other e-patterns around the same time and this one was by far the BEST. The clear and organized format made this simple for even a beginner like myself. I appreciated the glossary, charts, and formatting. It is even COLOR CODED by size! The step by step illustrated instructions were very clear in comparison to the "stream of conscious", broadstroke style of other patterns. Thank you for making it possible for a beginner to make such a NON-"dum-dum" style. The dress and top look fantastic on my girls and received several complements. I will most certainly be using this pattern again!
I love this!!! Will be making many more :)
This went together really really easily, perfect for a beginning sewer because even if you make a mistake it is very easy to rectify....I made some modifications per ther request of my tween and I had to upsize it to a 12 and here it is http://momtasticstitchery.blogspot.com/2008/11/365-challenge-15-whew-skulls-are.html Thanks good pattern keep up the good work....i will make the dress one in a day or so and post it to my blog.
Wonderful pattern! It sewed very well and the instructions were easily understood. My daughter loves her new dress.
My daughter LOVES this top! Haven't made it as a dress yet but the pattern is so easy that I'm sure that I will. Love Patchworkids patterns! Modest but current in fashion; really great pattern.
LOVE IT! This top was super easy to make and turned out so cute.


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A troubled marriage doesn't just affect Mom and Dad — it can also mean sleep problems for baby, according to a new study.
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Signs of marriage instability, such as parents contemplating divorce, when a child is just 9 months old are associated with problems falling and staying asleep when the child is 18 months old, said study researcher Anne Mannering, of Oregon State University. (Mannering was a research associate at the Oregon Social Learning Center at the time of the study).
"The quality of the parents' relationship can influence the quality of the parent-child relationship and vice versa," Mannering told MyHealthNewsDaily. "In addition, other research suggests that stress may negatively impact sleep, and we know that infancy is an important period for the development of sleep patterns."
It's possible that marital instability reflects stress within the family system, which may influence children's sleep problems directly or through parenting, Mannering said. It's also possible that stress in the marital relationship could lead to parents being less responsive in their care to the child, she said, though more research is needed to determine this.
It's important to note that the study's measure of marital problems focused on the parents' thoughts of divorce, not level of conflict (severity of fighting), Mannering said. Future research will examine marital conflict more directly.Story: Moms of twins may live longer, study says
Researchers followed 350 families starting when the babies were 9 months old, and followed the families for nine months. All the children in the study were adopted to rule out the possibility of sleep problems due to shared genes.
Researchers found that the results held true even when taking into account difficult temperaments in the children, anxiety by the parents and birth order.
Next, researchers hope to see if kids' sleep problems associated with marriage instability last after age 2.
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The first trailer for the highly-anticipated film "The Big Short"–an adaption of Michael Lewis' bestseller "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine"–debuted Tuesday and it features A-list actors such as Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell and Christian Bale.
Centered on the build-up of the housing and credit bubble in the 2000s, which led to the global financial crisis from 2007 to 2010, the film follows Steve Eisman (Carell), Greg Lippmann (Gosling), Michael Burry (Bale) and Ben Hockett (Pitt)–four men who predicted the bubble would burst and, as the trailer explains, "bet against the American economy."
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Aesthetically speaking, the trailer is easy on the eyes (Gosling still manages to look hot even with his hair dyed black), but the clip provides a powerful message about money and greed.
"I'm sure the world's banks have more incentives than greed," a female clerk says as Pitt shakes his head and Carell calmly replies, "You're wrong."
According to Vulture, Paramount and Pitt's production company Plan B Entertainment began adapting the novel back in 2010 shortly after the father of six signed on to "Moneyball," which was also based on another one of Lewis' books and later became an Oscar-winning film.
Paramount Pictures announced Tuesday that "The Big Short" is set for a December 2015 release–making it a contender for awards season.
Directed by Adam McKay and also starring Melissa Leo and Marissa Tomei, the movie will also close out November's AFI Fest in Los Angeles.


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AGAINST FORGETTING: Pity the poor CVS workers and the customers and patients who toil there.
Have you noticed that when you go to a CVS store, you find fewer and fewer things you'd written down on your list, that the shelves are emptier, that you can't get common antibiotics at the pharmacy, and that getting refills, even though you've been reassured by phone they're waiting for you, often requires you to return in 20 minutes because of a glitch somewhere in their system?
It's time to get serious about CVS and to decide how we should handle this corporate incompetency and lack of sensitivity to different neighborhoods.
Today, I looked for fertilizers for flowers because global warming has Berkeley's flowers in bloom several weeks early. The kind worker told me he's not allowed to order it; CVS just decides when to send it to their store. Instead, they currently have a bunch of ugly kitsch garden sculptures that he would like to throw out and hope they would get stolen. I couldn't agree more.
Then I looked for Advil capsules, and once again, the shelf was empty. Then I went to the pharmacy and they had forgotten to refill the one drug I really need to use. Then, I asked the quite lovely pharmacist if they could put in an order for a different drug that I need every 4 weeks, so I wouldn't have to discover, every month, that they're out of stock, and have to search every CVS, Walgreens' and Pharmacaa in the East Bay. This week, for example, they said it would be ready Tuesday, but then I received a call saying it would be ready 3:30 on Wednesday.
Well, it may surprise them but I'm busy working and can't visit CVS every day.
So I decided to go the top and speak with the general manager of the store, who was very decent and received my complaints with a kind of sad resignation that helped me understand the problem. He has no control over what arrives in the store or in the pharmacy. CVS sends the same things to all stores, at their convenience, keeps the inventory low, and serves Berkeley exactly just as it serves CVS stores in areas with different climates and different communities in different parts of the East Bay. So we have no fertilizer because Chicago doesn't need it yet.
Why, I asked, don't they focus on serving each unique community, as Walmart does? Of course, Walmart is hardly the poster child for corporate responsibility, or treating their workers well, but it is a great example of strategic marketing and it does keep the inventory flowing with astonishing efficiency.
The general manager shook his head, acknowledged my complaints were real and said he would do everything he could, but that the "system" (aka CVA headquarters) won't let him to do too much. Which, by the way, is just what the lovely pharmacist said. She would love to help me, but the system is set up so that she can't order a drug for me, unless I use automatic refill, which I once did and regretted it immediately when it didn't work.
So what should we do about CVS? I have purposefully not used the names of the people I interviewed because they have to operate within this corporate system and they have very little freedom to act with creativity or initiative. In each case, I identified myself as a journalist and told them I was going to write about the system in which they work.
They are not the problem. Each one agreed that CVS had deteriorated since it bought Long's, which is the CVS I'm writing about, the one on the corner of Shattuck and Rose in Berkeley. Perhaps other CVS stores are managed, but that is not what the store manager led me to believe.
This little bit of reporting is just meant to expose the reality I encounter at CVS. Now it's up to us to figure out what to do and how to do it in a way that doesn't harm their workers, but rather gives the corporation the message that we want every community to be served with a plentiful inventory that addresses the unique needs and products usually used by each community, depending on their customer base, their location and their region, and that we don't blame the workers who labor under these ridiculous inventory restrictions.
Any Ideas? Sure, we can take our business elsewhere. Sure, we can order our refills by mail. Sure, we can find individual solution, the good old American way. But I'm asking us to consider what kind of collective and communal ways we can force CVS to meet the practical needs of its customers.


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I am wondering, is it possible that if she has some form of undetected toxicity, that C makes matter worst while breastfeeding, i.e. eliminating toxic stuff via skin or milk and transferring it to baby?
Curing the incurable wrote:Part of vitamin C's effective clinical neutralization of mercury may well involve mercury's storage in a much less toxic form due to its interaction with vitamin C. Indeed, this is one very good reason why a great deal of caution must be exerted when embarking upon a brisk detoxification program. Mercury and a host of other stored toxins can be readily mobilized from storage sites with a number of different detoxification agents. A significant deterioration in one's clinical status can result if there is no protection against the reappearance of highly potent toxins in the lymph and bloodstream as they proceed on their way to excretion. Safe detoxificationmust generally be slow and controlled, and nontoxic chelators and toxin neutralizers must be intelligently used while the process takes place.
Both mercuric ion (inorganic mercury) and methylmercury (organic mercury) are
excreted preferentially into the bile rather than the urine (Gregus and Klaassen, 1986), and a significant portion of bile excretion eventually ends up in the feces.
antioxidant properties of vitamin C were responsible for the reduction of organic mercury forms to inorganic and elemental forms. Thismechanism represents a relative detoxification of mercury since organic mercury forms are much more clinically toxic than the reduced forms
mercury readily transfers across the placenta membrane before birth and in the milk after birth. Therefore, the research they site in which MS relapse rates are reduced during pregnancy and during exclusive breast feedings are due to the fact of mercury is being eliminated from the mother's body and is transferred to the baby.
Owen, did you cure your son's chicken pox in one day with vitamin C?
ofonorow wrote:Our son, who has taken vitamin C his entire life (as well as Pauling's entire regimen plus vitamin D3) is the picture of perfect health
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Bank broker-dealer INVEST Financial Corp. will add Equity Bank to its roster.
The Jackson National Life-owned firm announced Monday that it would provide brokerage and investment services for Equity, based in Andover, Kan. Founded in 2002, Equity Bank has $1.2 billion in assets and 29 branches across Kansas and Missouri.
INVEST currently supports 150 banks and credit unions and 1,100 representatives nationwide.
"Equity Bank's mission to create a positive experience with their customers, shareholders, associates and peers really resonates with INVEST," Steve Dowden, president and CEO of INVEST, said in a statement. "Through our customer service, technology solutions and operations support, we aim to build a lasting relationship with this organization. Together, we can increase back-office productivity and efficiency, providing a first-rate experience for everyone involved."
The Tampa, Fla.-based firm is a subsidiary of National Planning Holdings, a division of Jackson. INVEST claims to be first broker-dealer to conduct a securities trade in a bank lobby and "has remained an industry leader in providing brokerage services for financial institutions for 30 years."
"As Equity continues to grow, it's vital that we enlist the support of a broker-dealer that has similar core values, and can offer the tools and technology we need to be successful," added Brad Elliott, CEO of Equity. "We are excited to work with this experienced organization, and we believe that INVEST's technical and marketing resources will be invaluable."


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Dean Wareham
Amoeba Hollywood - April 24th @ 6:00pm
Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) follows last year's EP with his debut solo album (available on CD, LP, & Download). 9 new songs, produced by Jim James of My Morning Jacket, recorded at Jim's house in Louisville, Kentucky last year. Personnel include bassist Britta Phillips and drummer Anthony LaMarca with Jim James on keyboards, guitars and backing vocals. He'll play a live set and sign copies of the self-titled release on CD and LP.
"... possesses a more personalised resonance, with shades of late-night '70s singer-songwriting melded into often sonically ethereal arrangements, awash with gauzy layers of guitars, smeary synths, subtly-embedded electronics, low-slung bass and jazz-scented drums." - Delusions of Adequacy
Singer/guitarist Dean Wareham is more influential than he is usually given credit for. Often sounding like a depressed slacker, Wareham has inspired a number of indie rockers to express their sadness with a wistful tenor. Wareham was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on August 1, 1963. In 1977, Wareham and his parents relocated to New York City. Wareham then moved to Boston to attend college. After spending a year in Germany, Wareham returned to Boston in 1987 and formed Galaxie 500 with his high-school and college buddies Damon Krukowski (drums) and Naomi Yang (bass). Galaxie 500 were signed to Shimmy Disc and released their first album, Today, in 1988. Although Galaxie 500 received little mainstream recognition, the band's languorous, narcotic rhythms -- recalling the Velvet Underground and Joy Division -- had a significant impact in shaping alternative subgenres such as shoegazer and slowcore. Wareham recorded three albums with Galaxie 500 before leaving the group in 1991. Galaxie 500's label, the U.S. division of Rough Trade, also folded that year, leaving the band's LPs in limbo until Krukowski later bought the master tapes at an auction. Wareham then moved back to New York City, releasing the EP Anesthesia and contributing vocals to Mercury Rev's "Car Wash Hair."
A year later, Wareham started Luna with Justin Harwood (bass) of the Chills and Stanley Demeski (drums) from the Feelies. Named after Diane Keaton's character in the Woody Allen film Sleeper, Luna recorded their debut full-length, Lunapark, for Elektra Records. The track "Slash Your Tires" was a minor hit on modern rock stations, but Luna's subsequent commercial failures diminished the label's faith in the group's ability to attract a bigger audience. Elektra dropped the band before its fifth album, The Days of Our Nights, was even released; it was distributed in 1999 by Jericho instead. The lack of major-label support did nothing to diminish Luna's adoring fan base. Wareham et al. issued Luna Live (Arena Rock Recording Company) in 2001. Around this time, Harwood left Luna and was replaced by former Belltower and Ultrababyfat bassist/vocalist Britta Phillips. Phillips, who had also supplied the singing voice for Gem on the iconic '80s cartoon Gem and the Holograms, would become an integral part of Luna, appearing on their acclaimed 2002 release, Romantica. In 2003, Wareham and Phillips, now romantically involved, delivered their first album as Dean & Britta, L'Avventura. Produced by Tony Visconti, the album was a breezy mixture of originals and standards inspired by the '60s pop of Serge Gainsbourg and Lee Hazlewood. The following year, Luna announced their retirement and released their seventh and final record, Rendezvous.
Wareham and Phillips continued onward after Luna split, releasing the 2006 Dean & Britta EP Words You Used to Say. The following year, Wareham and Phillips married and released the second full-length Dean & Britta album, Back Numbers, a collaboration with Pete Kember of Spacemen 3 and Experimental Audio Research. Also during this time, Wareham and Phillips supplied the soundtrack to 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol Screen Tests, a film featuring several of Andy Warhol's silent-film portraits of artists like Nico and Lou Reed. Wareham followed that release with an EP, 2013's Emancipated Hearts. Produced by Papercuts frontman Jason Quever, the EP also included backing from Phillips along with drummer Anthony LaMarca. In 2014, Wareham returned with his first full-length solo album, an eponymously titled release featuring production by My Morning Jacket's Jim James.


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The Baron�s Tea House is on Ferdon Boulevard, which is also State Road 85.
CRESTVIEW � The Baron�s Tea House is on Ferdon Boulevard, which is also State Road 85.
I had often passed by and wondered about the name.
According to their website, the name was taken from �The Cat Returns,� an animated film that features a cat named Baron Humbert von Gikkingen.
The film is a favorite of owners Kurt and Erica Teets� daughter, Richelle.
The food
The Baron�s offers not only tea service but also sandwich platters and other a la carte items such as quiche, soup and salad.
The Baron�s London Tea does not require a reservation and includes a pot of tea, blueberry scone and almond butter tea bread, a choice of soup of the day or fruit cup, your choice of a quiche slice or tea sandwich sampler and either Amish bread, brownie or lemon bar for dessert.
My guest and I both chose this tea though our order did vary.
The Baron�s has more than 40 loose leaf teas to choose from. My guest chose the maple cream, and I chose the Earl Grey cream.
Both teas arrived in lovely little teapots, complete with cozies, and the tea was served in cups of our choosing from a beautiful array of choices.
If you prefer iced tea, there is an extra charge, but it is available.
The blueberry scone and almond butter tea bread were both served at the time the tea was brought � with lemon curd and Devonshire cream, of course. Delicious!
Soups of the day were broccoli and tomato. My choice, the tomato, was delicately flavorful.
Both soups were served with a slice of spicy multi-grain crisp bread.
Choosing between a slice of quiche and a sandwich sampler was difficult, but we both opted for the sampler.
It was composed of three sandwiches: two finger-sized sandwiches, one cucumber and one pear, walnut, cream cheese, and one-half of a croissant filled with a delicious savory chicken salad.
A small mixed spring green salad with mandarin oranges was served as well though it is not mentioned on the menu. It was served with the wonderful house vinaigrette dressing of pomegranate and honey.
Rounding out our tea was a lemon bar for my guest and a slice of Amish bread for me.
Baron�s Victorian Tea is a larger tea service with the addition of a three-tier server with petit desserts. If there are more than three people in your party, this tea requires a reservation.
Baron�s Teddy Bear Tea also requires prior reservations and is themed more with children in mind.
There is a Kitten Kaboodle Tea that is just for children and does not require reservations.
Sandwich platters are served with either soup of the day, fruit cup or kettle chips and dessert.
Sandwich choices include chicken salad; bacon, spinach and tomato, smoked turkey or ham; a tea sandwich sampler and two vegetarian options.
Sandwiches are available on a croissant, white bread or Ezekiel organic sprouted wheat grain.
Slices of cheese and herb quiche with a cup or bowl of soup are also available.
Baked goods are available individually.
From 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, The Baron�s offers paninis.
Choices include roast beef and cheese with horseradish sauce; smoked turkey and provolone with garlic artichoke spread; smoked turkey and provolone with Dijon mustard; ham and cheese with Dijon mustard as well as a vegetarian option of grilled cheese, tomato and chopped Kalamata olives.
Be sure to ask about their other happy hour specials as well as daily specials.
The atmosphere
The Baron�s is a large open room that has been nicely divided, with the right side incorporating the tea shop, the center area incorporating larger tables for parties and the remaining area making up smaller tables of two to four for smaller parties or walk-ins.
The furniture looks like it came directly from grandma�s house right down to the lace tablecloths and works well to create a calming environment especially with the pleasant background music.
The service
Our waiter was friendly, efficient and very knowledgeable about the food.
A final taste
Meal time or tea time at The Baron�s is a wonderful, calm escape in the middle of a hectic day.
The Baron�s Tea House
314 South Ferdon Boulevard
10 a.m. � 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday
10 a.m. � 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Handicap accessibility
Children's menu
Price range
Victorian Tea $19.99
London Tea $12.99
Teddy Bear Tea $12.99
Sandwich platters $8.95
Other lunch items $2.99 - $7.99
Panini Specials $11.95 - $18.99 (Fri and Sat 3 to 7 p.m.)
Baked Goods $1.25 - $4.99
Kitten Kaboodle Tea (children�s meal) $7.99
Beverages $1.75 - $4.49
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Dean Hebert
The 1988 Sophie Kerr Winner
Dean Hebert is Assistant Director of the Honors College at the University of MD, College Park, where he teaches an Honors class on the short story. (He earned an MFA from the University of MD in 1993.)
In 2008 he won the first Washington Post Magazine short story contest with "Love is Kryptonite." Another short story, "The King of Broken Hearts," was published in the Delmarva Review in 2011. He lives in Mechanicsville, MD.


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Christina Clark-Rohde
1968 Sophie Kerr Winner
Christina Clark Rohde is a fiction writer and journalist whose news stories and features have appeared in the newspapers of New York and New Jersey. Chris has lately returned to her novels and short stories, publishing them as e-books. Her collection of short stories, Sidestreets, is now available for Kindle on Amazon as is Endtime Policeman, published August 2013. Her newest publication, The Sword in the Forest, was released on 11/12/13.
In the 1960s and '70s, Chris worked in radio (traffic, WRVR) and in publishing (editorial, Dial, Little Brown) when it was still "the gentleman's profession." In the 1970s, she was elected vice president of one of the largest municipal labor unions and later worked for the New York City Mayor's office before taking an appointment in the Courts of New York State.
She stepped down as Warden of the Grand Jury in 1984 to stay home and raise her two daughters—the youngest of whom (Margaret Rohde '12) graduated from Washington College in 2012 as an environmental studies major.


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I was going to do an in-depth treatise on the last decades occurences…but I couldn't be bothered! So I am gearing myself up for tonight's shenanigans in Big City. I wonder if there will be any alcohol related jobs?!?!?
Whatever you do tonight take care and enjoy yourself…and have a Guinness for me! All the best for the New Year!


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Shop that sold gun to Newtown mom loses license
EAST WINDSOR — A Connecticut shop that sold a gun to the Newtown school shooter's mother has lost its federal firearms license.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revoked the license of Riverview Gun Sales in East Windsor, about 15 miles north of Hartford, in December. The agency didn't disclose why. It was first reported Thursday by The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y.
Authorities raided the store for undisclosed reasons shortly after the December school shootings. Around the same time, a man was arrested for stealing a rifle from the shop.
Shop owner David LaGuercia has said Nancy Lanza bought a gun from him years ago, but couldn't remember what kind.
Adam Lanza killed 20 first-graders and six adults with his mother's rifle. He also killed his mother and himself.


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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
Shorebird Sanctuary, Northern Pacific Gallery, and Pacific Visions culmination gallery in the oyster exhibit.
Geographic Distribution
Wrangell, Southeast Alaska, to Baja California, Mexico.
These fish prefer shallow water and are commonly found in bays around eelgrass, oil platforms, pilings of wharfs and piers, and in back waters. They are able to adapt to brackish and fresh water. They are most common in depths from the surf zone to 15 m (50 ft) but do go as deep as 61 m (200 ft).
Physical Characteristics
Shiner surfperch have a strongly compressed, elongate, rather deep body, an upward slanting small mouth, relatively large eyes, and a single continuous dorsal fin with slightly longer spines than the soft rays. Their body is generally silvery with a dusky to greenish back. The scales on the middle of their sides toward their head have back dots on them which form eight longitudinal stripes. Especially in females, these stripes are often interrupted by three pale yellow vertical bands. They often have a dark spot on the lip below the nostril. Their dorsal and caudal fins are usually plain or dusky.
Maximum size of these fish is about 18 cm (7 in). Females grow faster than males and are larger.
Shiners eat small crustaceans, mollusks, worms, gammarid amphipods (small shrimp-like animals), and fish eggs. They are often seen around pilings nipping at the tentacles of barnacles.
Male shiner surfperch reach sexual maturity almost immediately after birth and females when about one year old. However, females can be inseminated soon after birth, carrying the sperm in their ovaries until the time is suitable for fertilization to take place.
Courting males change color from silvery to dark gray or almost black and have a horizontal black stripe. They develop fleshy lobes on both sides of the anal fin.
Like all other surfperches, shiners are viviparous, that is, they do not lay eggs but bear live young. The male silver surfperch fights off other males when he is doing his courtship dance. Internal fertilization is aided by a thickening in front of the male's anal fin. This "nipple" is used to transfer milt into the female. The female surfperch stores the male's sperm in her body until her ova are mature (sometimes up to 6 months). Fertilization then takes place. The eggs are incubated and hatch inside the female's body. The female continues to carry the developing larvae for nearly 12 months. When she gives birth, the young emerge as fully-developed, miniature replicas of the adults.
In some parts of their coastal range, these fish move onshore-offshore depending on the season, swimming in shallow water in the spring, and moving to deeper water in the fall. They school during the day but seem to disperse at night.
The relatively large size of newborn shiner surfperch improves their chances of survival.
The life span of these fish is about eight years.
The California Department of Fish and Game regulates the fishing season in parts of California and the bag limit for shiner surfperch throughout the state.
Special Notes
Shiner surfperch are probably the number one fish caught by young fishers along the California coast. This fish can live in both salt water and fresh or brackish water found in coastal wetlands.


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Newtown lobbyists return to Washington
Sandy Hook tragedy: Navy Yard shooting brings new emphasis to Newtown residents' efforts on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON -- Converging on the Capitol by tragic coincidence just hours after the latest mass shooting claimed 12 murdered victims at the Navy Yard just blocks away, members of the Newtown Action Alliance pressed lawmakers Tuesday to enact tougher federal firearms laws.
The long-planned lobbying campaign organized by the Newtown Action Alliance brought other gun-control advocates from around the U.S. to work the Hill for new gun laws. The 60 members in the group included family members of victims of mass shootings in Aurora, Colo.; Tucson, Ariz.; and Oak Creek, Wis., as well as relatives of gun violence victims from Chicago.
Before setting out for their office-by-office meetings with lawmakers or their staffers, the NAA activists led by Po Murray, David Stowe and Ed Miklaszewski -- all from Newtown -- and other advocates convened for a pizza lunch as fellow visitors made emotional introductions to each other. They were old friends through social media and their shared passion for tougher gun laws, but had never met in person. Several carried photos of family members murdered by guns.
Murray, a co-vice chair of NAA, said the Navy Yard shootings were "very close to home'' for the Newtown group. Miklaszewski, who organized many of the 40-plus meetings with lawmakers over two days, said the Navy Yard murders should remind Congress that "we cannot continue'' this way, as he led a group to start their round of meetings.
Stowe said the Navy Yard shootings "should force Congress to focus'' on gun issues.
Gail Lehmann, of Ridgefield, said gun violence is "a major public health crisis.'' She cited the continuing shootings in Chicago and other urban centers, in addition to the mass shootings such as Sandy Hook and the Navy Yard.
"What happened at the Navy Yard should awaken Congress,'' Lehmann said.
"They had a lockdown" in the U.S. Senate amid the shootings at the nearby Navy Yard, she said: "I pictured them hiding under their desks.''
Rep. Chris Gibson, R-N.Y., one of those visited by the NAA lobbyists, generally supports expanded background checks on gun buyers, but has indicated concerns in the past about vague definitions of mental illness in pending legislation, according to Stephanie Valle, his communications aide. The NAA group met with one of Gibson's legislative assistants who follows the gun-control issue, Valle said.
"We like to meet with anyone who has strong feelings about important issues,'' she said.
Later, Lehmann said her team's meeting with Gibson's staff immediately encountered the mental health issue and the NAA representatives felt Gibson was overly concerned with the privacy rights of would-be gun buyers.
"We said `What about our rights?' " she recounted.
Heather Smith. of Plainfield, said her meeting with the staff of Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was "very friendly," but the NAA team concluded that he would not support expanded background checks because of concern that the information would be used in a federal gun registry.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., made a Senate floor speech about the nine-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, and said the shootings at the nearby Navy Yard "brought back a rush of memories" because of the "emotional proximity'' of the Newtown shootings.
Blumenthal said he was worried that the thread between Newtown and the Navy Yard shootings may make "these incidents the new normal.''
"The shooting at the Washington Navy Yard makes clear that -- as we said in the wake of Newtown -- these kinds of mass killings can happen anywhere, any school, any community, in Newtown, the quintessential New England town, or at the Washington Navy Yard, a supposedly secure military facility,'' Blumenthal said.
He criticized the Navy for allegedly buying a cheap security system that "put the safety of personnel at risk to save dollars and cents. If the Navy can't protect members of its own ranks at the Navy Yard, how can schools and workplaces anywhere be safe, given "the present plethora of firearms in our nation today?'' Blumenthal asked.
For many Newtown-area travelers who left Connecticut before sunrise to take the bus to Washington, it was a return engagement in their ongoing lobbying efforts to convince Congress to expand federal background checks on would-be gun buyers, ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
The trip Tuesday was keyed to the nine-month anniversary of the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook shootings. The group also had organized a six-month anniversary gathering.
The legislative high-water mark for the gun-control advocates came in April, when 54 of the 100 senators approved expanded background checks, but the legislation failed to achieve the required super-majority of 60 votes. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has promised to bring the bill up again. Similar legislation is pending in the House.
The NAA, formed after the Dec. 14 murders of 20 students and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, also has urged Congress to eliminate "Stand Your Ground'' or "Make My Day'' laws in some 20 states that allow an individual to use deadly force in a variety of circumstances.
The NAA busload from Newtown had planned on attending a hearing Tuesday of a Judiciary panel headed by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., on the "Stand Your Ground'' laws, but he postponed the meeting because of the Navy Yard shootings, according to his spokesman, Max Gleischman.
Christian Heyne of Thousand Oaks, Calif., a veteran activist on behalf of gun-control laws in the wake of the murder of his mother, gave the other visitors a brief seminar on lobbying.
He told them:
Don't be offended if you end up meeting with an 18-year-old congressional staffer when you visit a lawmaker. "They run the offices,'' he said.
Don't do all the talking. Let the lawmaker or congressional aide talk.
Put them on the spot and ask: What would it take for you to vote for gun legislation?


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Behind the Scenes
Well, let's see what's going on with the Phillies. Understandingly, fans are really interested in who's on third, on the bench and in the pen next season. That news will come.
The lesser news is happening behind the scenes with various departments: events team is working on the 2010 promotion calendar; creative services, preparing two brochures (season tickets and groups); communications, annual winter tour; sales, focusing on season ticket campaign; advertising, reaching out to incumbent and new sponsors; head groundskeeper, overseeing new turf installation; community outreach, charity events; ballpark enterprises, scheduling events for Citizens Bank Park; facility management, winterization of the ballpark; publications, wall calendar and media guide; pro scouts, checking out the Dominican, Venezuela and Mexico winter leagues; financial, year-end reports; video, finishing the 2009 video yearbook (Raul Ibanez will be the narrator).
We learned yesterday afternoon J. A. Happ was runner-up in the NL Rookie voting by the writers.
Tomorrow, the AL and NL Manager awards are announced. Speculation is Jim Tracy (Rockies) is going to be the winner. All Charlie has done is win back-to-back pennants. What more can he do to claim this award?
40-Man Roster
Friday is the deadline for adding minor league players to the 40-man roster which means they would be exempt from the Rule 5 draft during next month's winter meetings. Phillies added three players to that list today.
Marti Wolever, Director of Scouting, received the Mid-Atlantic Scouts Association Executive of the Year Award last Saturday in Aberdeen, MD . . . For the sixth straight year, the Clearwater Threshers were honored by the Florida State League with Best Overall Award in the annual Sports Turf Crew Awards. Credit goes to Opie Cheek, the head groundskeeper, who won the Sports Turf Manager of the Year Award for the sixth consecutive year as well. There isn't a finer playing field than Bright House Field.
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This was published 5 years ago
Harley Bennell shines as Gold Coast upsets Geelong
Goals: Gold Coast: H Bennell 6 C Dixon 3 J O'Meara 2 L Russell 2 G Ablett J Harbrow J Martin T Lynch. Geelong: S Kersten 3 S Motlop 3 T Hawkins 3 C Enright S Johnson.
Best: Gold Coast Suns: Bennell Ablett Prestia Swallow May Kolodjashnij. Geelong: Selwood Duncan Kelly Johnson Christensen Motlop.
Injuries: Gold Coast Suns: Matera (groin). Geelong: Stokes (ankle).
Umpires: Robert Findlay, Chris Kamolins, Leigh Fisher.
Crowd: 18,236 at Metricon Stadium.
The Gold Coast has had to wait for some time to assemble its full arsenal before the public. For much of the first half of this season, Harley Bennell has been absent with a calf injury. The Suns' No. 2 draft pick ahead of their first season, he has long shaped as a player with limitless potential – if he could harness his immense talent.
Bennell's fuse has been burning slowly since his return in round seven against North Melbourne. On Saturday, against Geelong, he detonated. It wasn't just the six goals he kicked – three in the last quarter, the last icing a 40-point win, the Suns' first over the Cats – or the multitude of assists he provided to his teammates.
It was his an uncanny ability to keep finding space. Bennell never looks like he's moving quickly; he's like a cat, conserving his energy, pouncing at the whiff of a quick kill. It was a dominant performance, easily bettering his captain Gary Ablett, who still finished with 33 possessions, slowly working over Cameron Guthrie.
For two and a half quarters, Geelong – who slip out of the top four – had looked in relative control of the contest, twice breaking to a 17-point lead. But the longer the match wore on, the more they searched in vain for someone who could match up on Bennell, and contain the Suns' array of young stars.
Jack Martin was one, returning for his first match (and only second overall) since wrecking his left shoulder in round one. The others are more familiar: Dion Prestia, prolific again, David Swallow, Charlie Dixon and Steven May, who must be close to the most improved player in the competition this year.
Martin was excellent, finishing with 15 possessions and six tackles, his speed and ability to run two ways and apply pressure obvious. For Geelong, Joel Selwood and Mitch Duncan were solid contributors, but it all fell apart in the last quarter as the Suns piled on seven goals to maintain their place in the eight.
Earlier on, Geelong had been the more efficient and intelligent side, especially going forward. They were also aided by some terrible Suns turnovers: Michael Rischitelli set off for a run, only to lose possession on his second bounce, the ball quickly rebounding to a grateful Steve Johnson.
A minute later, the Suns were caught out in the slippery conditions, mucking about with a chain of handballs that went nowhere until, inevitably, one went to the opposition. The ball was whipped downfield in an instant to Shane Kersten, whose right boot is as deadly as an arrow.
A few minutes later, Kade Kolodjashnij handballed straight to a running Corey Enright to gift the evergreen defender a rare goal. Selwood won the next centre clearance outright and found Tom Hawkins on the lead. At that point, the Cats looked like they had the edge in both class and composure.
But Dixon kept the home side in touch with a goal second before the first break, and the Suns tightened up in a much more closely fought second quarter. Bennell's influence continued to grow as he read a throw-in perfectly to snap his second goal, and later set up Dixon for his second.
In between, Steven Motlop kicked the goal of the day for Geelong, chasing down a ball on the boundary line – actually, it appeared to bounce on its end out of play – before taking a look up at the goal posts from 45 minutes and screwing the ball around on his right foot.
That made the margin seven points, but Motlop had another goal within a minute of the third quarter, and by the 11th minute the Cats were back out again to a 17-point break, Kersten driving through another from close to 60 metres that just floated over the hands of Hawkins, and the Tomahawk then kicking his second.
At that point, the result looked to be pointing firmly in Geelong's direction. They had one serious problem: they couldn't find an opponent to counter Bennell, who was tormenting the Cats: finding Luke Russell in deep space, then setting up Swallow (who missed), then kicking his third in very similar fashion to Motlop.
That gave the Suns the lead late in the third quarter, and when Danny Stanley set up Dixon's third goal minutes later, all the scoreboard pressure was back on the visitors. The match was well poised, but the final quarter was a walkover, as Bennell raised his game again to shred the Cats.


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Sky News has released extracts from a letter it has obtained today from a Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner which confirms the claims Diana, Princess of Wales was murdered by the SAS had "no credible or relevant evidence".
Since her death, numerous people have come forward with alternative explanation for how she died, though none have ever been proven. To most, Diana's death remains just a tragic accident.
In the letter obtained by Sky from the Assistant Commissioner of the Central Operations and Specialist Crime Directorate, they quoted: "having reviewed the exercise and its findings, I am satisfied that there is no evidential basis upon which therefore to reopen any criminal homicide investigation or refer the matter back to the coroner."
"In light of this information, I have today also written to the Royal Household and Lord Justice Baker informing them of the above and providing a copy of the concluding summary."
The claims originally centred around a supposed SAS plot to kill the princess by blinding the driver with a light or laser.
Full details of the Metropolitan Police's scoping inquiry into the claims will be released tomorrow, it's reported.
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So much for the calm before the storm.
With playoff thunderheads massing on the horizon, MLS staged a surprisingly turbulent final week of the regular season. There were two hat tricks, a stunning charge in the Golden Boot race, goals from two MLS legends in the final games of their careers, and a resolution of the Supporters' Shield and playoff picture in the very last game of the year.
So let's put on our Wellingtons and jump in the puddles.
Galaxy Quest
Los Angeles locked up the Supporters' Shield and home-field advantage in the West playoffs, but not before some high drama and a low point for Colorado keeper Matt Pickens (and we're not talking about that beard).
[inline_node:303737]If the Rapids had beaten Real Salt Lake on Saturday, the Galaxy would have clinched the Shield before even kicking off against FC Dallas on Sunday. Colorado were on the verge of doing just that, getting goals from—who else?—Omar Cummings and Conor Casey, and leading 2-0 in stoppage time.
That was when Pickens made an uncharacteristic gaffe to hand a goal to Alvaro Saborío and then, moments later, Brian Mullan pulled down Jamison Olave in the box during a Salt Lake free kick and the referee pointed to the spot.
Saborío buried the penalty and just like that, RSL had tied the game, earned a point, and actually taken the lead in the race for the Supporters' Shield, thanks to a superior goal differential with the Galaxy.
That meant LA needed at least a tie against Dallas in the regular-season finale. And they got it. They rallied from a 1-0 deficit to win 2-1 on goals by David Beckham and Juninho, claiming the Shield for the third time in franchise history.
Match highlights: LA 2, Dallas 1
Here are the official playoff pairings and first-leg schedules:
Los Angeles–Seattle (Sun, 8 pm ET, ESPN2) New York–San Jose (Sat, 10 pm ET, TeleFutura)
Real Salt Lake–FC Dallas (Sat, 5 pm ET, FSC) Columbus–Colorado (Thurs, 9 pm ET, ESPN)
[inline_node:321630]Golden Boot or Glass Slipper?
Chris Wondolowski took his storybook season to another level in Week 30, scoring a hat-trick in 50 minutes of action in San Jose's 3-0 win over Chivas USA last Wednesday, then bagging the Quakes' only goal in a 4-1 loss to Kansas City on Saturday. (Kansas City's journeyman striker Birahim Diop scored three in the Wizards rout.)
The four-goal outburst gave Wondolowski 18 goals for the season, the Golden Boot as the league's top scorer, and pole position on the MVP award.
All this from a previously unheralded player who had never scored more than five goals in a season before.
Quakes fans are just hoping the clock doesn't strike midnight in the first round of the playoffs.
Worst to First
San Jose's countdown will start against the New York Red Bulls, who downed New England 2-0 on Thursday to clinch the Eastern Conference title and tie the MLS record (held by the 2000 New York team) for best single-year improvement (10 wins).
Highlights: NY 2, NE 0
It was an impressive accomplishment for first-year coach Hans Backe and his men, who got goals from Dane Richards and Joel Lindpere in the shutout.
Lindpere's capper could not have been more appropriate: He scored the first regular-season goal at Red Bull Arena on March 27, and on Thursday, he bagged the last. In between, he was the most consistent and reliable performer on the team.
He also gets the Postgame's vote for MLS Newcomer of the Year, edging out Real Salt Lake's Saborío.
Still, things could be better in New York: Superstar Thierry Henry has missed two straight games with a knee injury, and star striker Juan Pablo Ángel's future with the team is in serious doubt. Will these prove untimely distractions?
Playoff Talismans
These playoffs are as wide open as the American West, which just happens to be home to six of the eight teams in the field.
Seriously, any of the eight playoff clubs seems capable of a magical run. But to pull it off, each one will need its good luck charm of a player—the guy who attracts W's and wards off L's—to be in full effect for that to happen.
Here are those players for each team:
- Los Angeles: Landon Donovan. A team's talisman isn't necessarily its best player, but in the Galaxy's case, he is. Donovan leads the league with 15 assists. As he goes so go LA's playoff hopes.
- Real Salt Lake: Alvaro Saborío. You want a good luck charm? How about two goals in stoppage time to salvage a last-gasp draw? He leads the team with 12 goals (not to mention what he did for RSL in the Champions League).
- [inline_node:319883]Seattle: Steve Zakuani. Named player of the week for his goal-and-assist effort in a 2-1 win over Chivas USA last week, Zakuani has taken the mantle from Fredy Montero.
- FC Dallas: David Ferreira. See Donovan, Landon.
- New York: Dane Richards. Five goals in his last seven games have resolved the Dane Richards Paradox—in the speedy winger's favor. He is New York's most electrifying player.
- Columbus: Guillermo Barros Schelotto. The Crew are 17-0-11 all-time when GBS scores. 'Nuff said. (But can they survive the playoffs without Hesmer, who is out after getting hurt on a corner kick collision during Columbus's 3-1 win over Philly on Sunday?)
- Colorado: Omar Cummings. By a nose over his strike partner, Conor Casey. Cummings had 14 goals this season, scored on, seemingly, about 14 touches. A marvel of efficiency.
- San Jose: Chris Wondolowski. Wondo has scored the Quakes' last 10 goals and 18 of their 34 for the season. No brainer.
[inline_node:321623]Going in Style
DC United legend Jaime Moreno scored from the spot in the Red and Black's 3-2 loss to Toronto on Saturday—the final game of his illustrious career.
The goal pushed Moreno's career total to 133, one more than FC Dallas's Jeff Cunningham (who was held scoreless on Sunday), and put him alone again atop the all-time MLS goals list.
Brian McBride also scored in his career curtain-closer, turning in Freddie Ljungberg's cross with a nifty backheel during Chicago's 4-1 rout of Chivas USA.
[inline_node:321443]Fire defender C.J. Brown, who spent his entire 13-year career with Chicago, hung 'em up as well after that one.
Finally, Los Angeles midfielders Chris Klein and Eddie Lewis—neither of whom will likely feature in the playoffs—came on for the final minutes of the Galaxy's win over Dallas. A final hurrah before they both ride off into the sunset.


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Considering the last new 1967 Chevrolet Impala rolled off the assembly line 45 years ago, we'd say this original wagon that's traveled a mere 31,000 miles is about as close as you can get to factory fresh.
According to the seller, this well preserved wagon was recently found "well preserved under two inches of dust and barn dirt". It's clear from the amazing original condition of this Impala even before the car was put away it lead an amazingly pampered existence.
We're not sure exactly where this car was found but if it was anywhere near its current Yonkers, NY location we'd guess from it's amazing rust free body it never saw winter roads—even if it does come with original snow tires.
Inside and out this Impala looks as if it just left the factory—from the Tahoe Turquoise paint and matching interior to the original dog dish hubcaps. According to the seller the wagon also runs and drives that way. As if this car wasn't already cool enough, behind the original 283 V8 is a rare four speed column shift manual transmission.
Barn finds are cool even if the cars in question haven't been preserved half as well as this Impala. Finding any car in this kind of nearly immaculate original condition is basically unheard of, let alone a low optioned manual shift full sized Chevy wagon in one of the best colors ever put on a car. We are unable to accurately describe our overwhelming level of desire to own this car.
Bidding on the No Reserve auction for this original Chevy has reached $12,800 with about two days left before the car finds a new owner for the third time in over four decades.


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A teenager who accidentally shot himself inside the Orange City library stole the gun from a school coach's car, an Orange City police detective said Tuesday.
A teenager who accidentally shot himself inside the Orange City library stole the gun from a school coach's car, an Orange City police detective said Tuesday.
Yardeh Gautier, 16, who died at Halifax Health Medical Center the day after a .38-caliber Taurus pistol fired and a bullet struck him in the right eye, entered Pine Ridge High School Coach Reginald Odom's unlocked car parked outside the coach's home and took the gun, said Orange City Detective Ken Jones.
The firearm was taken from a Dodge Charger registered to Odom but driven by his wife, Jones said.
"They had nothing to do with it (getting the gun to Gautier)," Jones said. "The kid stole the gun from the car."
According to a report released Tuesday, 19-year-old Ajai Blakely told police that Gautier entered the coach's unlocked car while Blakely acted as a lookout during the break-in Nov. 14.
Odom is Blakely's neighbor at the Grandville Apartments in Orange City, Jones said.
Blakely, who faces a charge of being a principal to armed burglary, told detectives he and Yardeh left University High School at lunch the following day and went into the woods near Rhode Island Avenue where they fired some rounds. Then they went to the library, the detective said.
Witnesses told detectives they saw the gun at school that day.
In the library Gautier took out the gun about 3:26 p.m. Nov. 15, Blakely said, and Gautier was either rubbing the weapon to get his prints off it or just looking at it when it fired, the report shows.
Odom's wife, also a teacher, told detectives that she noticed the gun was missing from the car the weekend of Nov. 17 and 18.
Asked why they did not report the gun stolen, Odom said because the gun was not registered to him, he thought he would get in trouble for having it in his wife's car, Jones said.
Odom's mother passed away in December 2011 and left the gun in a safe where Odom found it, Jones said.
"He was very sincere in his statement and distraught that it happened the way it has," Jones said.
The gun was reported stolen in Deltona 10 years ago, police said. The case is so old, police are unsure if the original theft report was from a home burglary or a car break-in. Police couldn't say how the gun came into the possession of Odom's mother.
Odom was an assistant football and basketball coach at Pine Ridge, and both he and his wife were on the school district's list of substitute teachers. A district spokeswoman said both were removed from the list Nov. 21 as a cautionary step until the case is resolved.
Orange City police Cmdr. Jason Sampsell said after consulting with the State Attorney's Office, police don't anticipate filing any charges against Odom or his wife.
"We don't feel there were any laws violated on their behalf," Sampsell said. "In their case, it was probably an oversight for not locking the car, but the people that obtained the gun were committing a crime in the way they obtained it."
Sampsell said authorities do not believe Odom and his wife obtained the gun unlawfully though it was reported stolen 10 years ago.
"It may have passed several hands before (Odom found it)," Sampsell said.
Florida residents are not required to register their guns, but when making a purchase from a licensed dealer -- such as Walmart -- paperwork must be filled out to send to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


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Toys 4 Tots Run
The 32nd Annual Toys 4 Tots Run, sponsored by the Emerald Coast HOG Chapter #0672 and Heritage Cycles Harley-Davidson, begins at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 18 in the Sam�s Club parking lot on Beal Parkway in Fort Walton Beach.
All motorcycles are welcome and entry fee is $10/participant and a new toy or gift card. Bike parade begins at 11 a.m. and ends at the Mullet Festival site in Niceville for live music, food, door prizes, a silent auction, best decorated bike awards and adult and children�s motorcycle contests.
Toys and gift cards will be given to the Emerald Coast Children�s Advocacy Center�s healing child abuse victims and abandoned kids living at the Children in Crisis Children�s Neighborhood. Call 598-0511 or 862-4706.
Holiday Food Drive
Shelter House is accepting donations of turkeys, hams, stuffing mix, gravy, mashed potato mix, soups for casseroles, green beans, crunchy fried onions, corn, cranberry sauce, rolls, fresh fruits and vegetables, pie crusts, condensed milk and pumpkin pie filling to help feed families this holiday season. Also needed are laundry baskets to put the meals in and grocery and gas gift cards.
Non-perishable items can be dropped off from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Shelter House administration office, 102 Buck Drive in Fort Walton Beach, Perishable items, especially turkeys and hams, need to be delivered on Nov. 19 and Dec. 19 only. Call 243-1201.
Santa Patrol
The Walton County Sheriff�s Office Santa Patrol, a program in which the community donates toys and money to purchase gifts for local needy children, is in its 15th season and going strong. Those interested in applying for this service will need to arrive between 9 a.m. and noon Nov. 24 at the DeFuniak Springs Civic Center. Applications will be given out on a first come first serve basis. All applicants will be checked for duplication services with other organizations out of fairness to others who are not already receiving assistance. There will be limited childcare provided on site.
Sgt. Danny Garner says that they are accepting new/unopened toys for stockings for donations, as well as money. Checks will be accepted and should be made out to Walmart and �Santa Patrol� written in the note at the bottom of the check.
To donate, call Garner at 850-892-8186.
Charity auction
Gulf Coast travel website TripShock.com will host its first Children in Crisis online charity auction through Dec. 5 at auction.tripshock.com. All proceeds will go to Children in Crisis of Florida that helps abused and neglected children in the community. The items that will be available in the auction include dolphin tours, parasailing, lodging, and more. Tourists and locals alike can take advantage of everything that is offered, which includes destinations from Panama City Beach to Gulf Shores, Ala.
Coats for Kids at Christmas
United Way of Okaloosa-Walton Counties, in partnership with A & A Transfer & Storage, Bangkok Cleaners and French Laundry, will hold Coats for Kids to help children in need in Okaloosa and Walton Counties.
To participate, drop off new coats or almost new coats through Dec. 5 at the following locations:
Bank of America, BankTrust, BB&T, BBVA Compass Banks, Beach Community Banks, Boeing Company, CCB Community Bank, Coastal Bank and Trust, Covenant Hospice, Eglin Chapel, Eglin Federal Credit Unions, First City Bank, Gold�s Gym in Destin, Horizons, Northwest Florida State College, Okaloosa School District Office, Publix in Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, Destin, Grand Blvd, South Walton, and Watercolor, Regions Banks, Summit Banks, Trustmark Banks, Twin Cities Hospital, and the YMCAs.
Volunteers will pick and deliver coats to Bangkok and French Laundry for cleaning. Participating United Way Agencies will distribute the coats to any child at no cost to the family. Call 243-0315 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Angel Tree at Silver Sands
Visit the �Families First Angel Tree� Dec. 1-12 at Charity Gift Wrap at Silver Sands Premium Outlets. A description of each child and gift suggestions will be available. Wrapped gifts must be returned to Charity Gift Wrap no later than Wednesday, Dec. 12. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Angel Tree
The South Walton Fire District will sponsor the Caring and Sharing Angel Tree to benefit children from ages 1 month to 12 years who live in Walton County. More than 300 angel names are expected to be available.
Angels are ready for selection from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Station 3/Headquarters, 911 North CR 393 in Santa Rosa Beach. Gifts must be returned by Dec. 15, either wrapped or unwrapped, but preferably in a gift bag. To schedule a time to select an angel name, call 267-1298 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gifts may be returned to Station 3/Headquarters before Dec. 14, either wrapped or unwrapped, but preferably in a gift bag. For more information or to schedule a special time to select an angel name, call Robbie Lund, administrative assistant at Station 3/Headquarters, 850-267-1298, email email@example.com or visit www.swfd.org.
Charity Gift Wrap
Sinfonia Gulf Coast volunteers will wrap gifts for donations during The Silver Sands� Annual Charity Gift Wrap from 12-6 p.m. Dec. 8-16 and 12-9 p.m. Dec. 17-23 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Christmas Eve.


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The second I saw the new Tim Holtz Bell Jar die (shipping in September) I knew right away that I needed to make a Halloween card with a creepy skull under the glass dome. As luck would have it, the brand new Tim Holtz stamps released also at the summer CHA show included a skull sized perfectly for the bell jar!
To begin my card, I cut a piece of Specialty Stamping Paper to fit my card which I created from kraft cardstock. I stamped spider webs and spiders on the stamping paper using Black Soot Distress Ink. While the ink was wet, I added clear embossing powder to the ink. I heat set the powder. Using embossing powder gave the card added dimension and shine.
Along the edges I used an ink blending tool to add Black Soot Distress Ink to the edges of the white stamping paper. Before attaching the white stamping paper to my kraft card, I added black ink to the edges of the kraft cardstock also.
To add more texture and shine, I brushed more Black Soot Distress Ink onto the edges of the white stamping paper, raking the edge of my ink pad directly onto the stamping paper. While the ink was wet, I sprinkled clear embossing powder onto it, which I melted using a heat tool.
I die cut the base for the bell jar from manila cardstock. I inked a woodgrain stamp with Vintage Photo Distress Stain and stamped the base. After drying the stain, I added Walnut Stain Distress Ink with an ink blending tool over the entire piece. I finished the base by adding Black Soot Distress Ink to the edges of the base.
For the skull, I stamped the mini skull on Specialty Stamping Paper using Jet Black Archival Ink. I colored it with inks and markers and then cut it out using the coordinating Stamp2Cut cartridge. To give the skull a base to sit on, I die cut a piece of manila cardstock using the Branch Tree die. I inked the branch with Distress Inks.
Finally, to top the skull and the wooden base, I die cut the bell jar from a scrap of shrink plastic. I brushed the edges of the plastic with Brushed Pewter Distress Stain and Jet Black Archival Ink. I adhered it to my card front using clear tape red line tape to hold it securely in place.
I love how cool and spooky this card turned out. I love how the clear bell jar top adds such a fun element to projects. Trust me, this one needs to be on your wish list!
I love how cool and spooky this card turned out. I love how the clear bell jar top adds such a fun element to projects. Trust me, this one needs to be on your wish list!
Surfaces: Ranger Ink Specialty Stamping Paper, Manila Cardstock, Shrink Plastic; Tim Holtz Coredinations Kraft Core Cardstock
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Walnut Stain, Black Soot, Antique Linen; Ranger Ink Archival- Jet Black
Stain: Tim Holtz Distress Stain- Vintage Photo, Brushed Pewter
Markers: Tim Holtz Distress Markers- Scattered Straw
Embossing Powder: Ranger Ink Embossing Powder- Clear
Stamps: Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous- CMS140 Mini Halloween 3, CMS126 Wallpaper and Wood
Tools: Ranger Ink Heat It Craft Tool, Nonstick Craft Sheet, Ink Blending Tool
Adhesive: Therm O Web SuperTape, SuperStik


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About viperfl
A medium sized retail company I use to work for was paying around $50k a month for broadband services. This was broadband access for the corporate office, linking to all the stores, retail website, and warehouses.
It's the basic analogy, "Did the chicken come before the egg?" Without the ISP, would there be an internet? With internet content, would there be an ISP?
I don't understand how this is new or a bad thing? Many companies disable the USB on company laptops to prevent employees from stealing company info. The company I work for supplies me with a laptop and the USB is disabled. What the military is doing should of been done a long time ago.
I find it funny since 3 of the sites I know of are storage sites like Rapidshare. They are megaupload.com, hotfile.com, and mediafire.com. Even if Google blocks these sites when someone does a search, the links are still all over the internet. BPI should be suing these sites, not Google. Of course BPI is going to go where the money is. Guess it easier to sue the one person that has billions rather than 100 people that don't equal to a 1/4 of that.
I did stupid things when I was a teenager. I look back and think how stupid it was. I never went to the extreme as some kids do today. It's true kids will be kids and it's the parent's responsibility.
What I find hypocritical is schools teach kids everything about sex and then go after kids when they practice what the school teaches them. Schools teach kids about sex because as they say, "kids are going to do it anyways." The schools are only adding fuel to the fire.
The school should of notified the parent's of what the kids have done and let the parent's handle it. Personal life and work/school life was always kept separate but you have a few who put them together.
I knew there was a reason why I stopped listening to the radio. If a lot of the music radio stations go under because of this ridiculous act, you won't see me cry any tears. I am sure the RIAA will blame it on piracy since they would never admit that it was because of there failed business.
The RIAA gets there money no matter what because it's a fee rather than per song. No matter how many songs a radio station plays, the RIAA still gets the same amount. That of course if the RIAA changes the rules and gets a fee plus money per song.
In the end it will backfire since the musicians will get less airtime which means less money for the musicians and the RIAA.
Even before the internet, we still had piracy. People traded music between each other which the RIAA considered piracy. Was able to record from a tape or record album to a tape, which the RIAA considered piracy. So what was the RIAA able to do back then about preventing people from so called pirating music? They couldn't do a darn thing about it. Even if you were to take away the internet or the means to copy music on the internet, you would still have piracy.
It's been the RIAA's analogy that people can't live without music. They put it on the same footing that people can't live without food or water. There belief is if you take the instrument away to copy music, then those people who got kicked off the internet will buy the music because they can't live without it. Those people won't settle just listening to the radio.
I had to laugh at this so called presentation. This guy was portraying legitimate sites like Rapidshare into an illegitimate site. If you follow this guys philosophy, you can say a automobile is illegitimate because the automobile has been used to commit crimes. I can name so many products that are used in crimes, it's endless.
He says Paramount has 200 deals in place, 600 movies for download and 200 movies to stream. Why are they offering only 600 movies when there movie library is bigger than that? Why is Paramount only allowing 200 movies to be streamed instead of 600? He fails to tell anyone that most if not all the movies they are allowing to be streamed or downloaded is not new releases.
People want to buy but your company created a business model so people can't buy. Business makes money by selling products and services that people want. If the business limits to what the people can buy, then people will go somewhere else. Wal-Mart wouldn't be where it is today if they limited what they offered to people. Wal-Mart offers there customers more of a selection so they don't have a need to shop somewhere else.
If it wasn't for the VCR, where would the movie industry be today? It would still be stuck with the old business model of people going to the movie theater. The movie industry grew with the VCR because it allowed people more choices. More choices equates to more sales. Of course the movie industry didn't see it that way.
The other problem we have is the movie industry is using the government to protect there business model instead of creating one on there own. Government don't know how to run a business, they only create regulations to protect businesses and the people. Most politicians are lawyers, not business people. Because of that, politicians are suckers to what people tell them.
These executives make huge money running billion dollar companies but they can't grab the concept of retail business. As a customer, I would buy more if I had more choices. If you limit me as a customer, then I will be limited to what I will spend.
There is nothing wrong with the movie companies making profits. We live in a country where we all have the opportunity to make money. Don't create a business model where people don't have the opportunity to buy your products at a reasonable price and then blame everyone else because people look somewhere else to get it.
If radio stations have to pay then they have every right to choose who they want to play on the radio. We all know with the RIAA that it's never there fault. They don't seem to understand business because you can't charge for every little thing. A company ends up losing money when they do that. Customers get turned away because they think the company is trying to nit pick for every dollar.
With the PRA, your going to find a lot of the smaller radio stations go out of business. The radio stations are going to lose money because of it. In the end, it's the RIAA and the musicians who are going to lose out. Of course they are not going to blame themselves for causing it.


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Reviewed By Richard A (OAKTON, VA) Reviewed for a 2006 BMW Z4 —7/20/2012 6:49 AM
The Covercraft Weathershield HP Convertible Interior Cover fits well and stores easily. The cover is well made should last a long time. Although not recommended for severe weather protection. raising the windows about half-way before installing the cover should prevent rain from entering around the outside mirrors. For sun and tree protection, it's perfect.


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Movie heavyweights George Clooney and Meryl Streep will be among the presenters at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press announced Tuesday.
Also on the list for this weekend's ceremony to be held at the Beverly Hilton and broadcast live on NBC are Will Ferrell, Jennifer Lopez, Jeremy Renner, Kristen Wiig, Jason Statham, Debra Messing, Amanda Seyfried, Kerry Washington, Nathan Fillion and Jennifer Garner.
Seen in more than 190 countries, the Globes honors the best in cinema and television.
U.S. & World
Steven Spielberg's civil-war set drama "Lincoln" leads the nominations with seven nods. Tied for second-place with five nominations each, including best drama are Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis thriller "Argo" and Quentin Tarantino's slave-turned-bounty-hunter tale "Django Unchained."
Showtime's "Homeland" and the HBO telemovie "Game Change" are the small screen front runners. The full list of nominees for best television drama series is comprised of "Boardwalk Empire," ''Breaking Bad," ''Downton Abbey," ''Homeland" and "The Newsroom." And the nods for best TV comedy series are: "The Big Bang Theory," ''Episodes," ''Girls," ''Modern Family" and "Smash."
The Golden Globes, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, will be broadcast live on NBC Jan. 13.


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Scent developers in the perfume industry know that we respond well to food aromas. Notes of vanilla, fig, nutmeg and even freshly baked bread often mingle in the complicated scent profiles of some of the most successful perfumes. But pepperoni, tomato and onions?
There's been a mini-trend of scents based on savory flavors. There was the Burger King meat-scented body spray for men, Flame by BK and the pungent aroma of dirty socks and moldy dairy, Eau de Stilton, created by the Stilton Cheesemakers' Association. And now Pizza Hut joins the dinner-fragrance ranks.
The chain's contribution to the field — which we can only imagine offers bottom notes of charred soggy dough, middle notes of industrial tomato sauce and rubbery mozzarella, and top notes of steamed cardboard and greasy napkins — started out as a lark by Grip Limited, Pizza Hut Canada's social media management firm.
On the chain's Facebook page, fans were asked to imagine the aroma of a fresh-delivered pie as a perfume and to suggest a name. "Do you love the smell of a box of Pizza Hut pizza being opened?" the update mused. "We thought so. If that smell was a perfume, what would it be called?"
With hundreds of shares and comments, Grip Limited took the bull by the horns and decided to ride it out by hiring a "nose" to develop a limited-edition scent. And thus, Pizza Hut Perfume was born — although only 110 bottles of the pizza potion were made. The product was announced on Facebook with the first 100 commenters receiving a bottle. Within an hour, more that 1,000 requests were received, prompting the chain to note the possibility that the perfume might be available in stores some day.
So how does the pizza-pie perfume smell, you wonder? "It's delicious," said Eric Vieira, Grip Limited's director of digital strategy — although he quickly conceded that it's not for everyone.


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Hirsh1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 87 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
website address: http://www.trainyourfirstdog.com
I am a retired dog trainer starting an online business selling dog training products. I presently sell only products developed by other dog trainers but intend to develop my own products in the future. My website is running on line and was designed by me using X site Pro. I need a more professional looking header than I now have.
The target audience consists of both men and women age 18 years and up, either married or single, who have a dog that may have a behavior problem, have a dog that they want to train, or have trained, are looking to get a dog or puppy for the first time or want to get another puppy or dog to add to their family.
I want a header for my website that is 960 by 150 pixels that I can add as an image. The basic colors on the website are shades of blue and white as you will see when you visit the site. There should be at least one dog, standing or sitting, possibly with a person holding its leash. An outdoor scene such as woods or mountains in the background. The text should include "trainyourfirstdog.com", "A Trained Dog is a Happy Dog and Has a Happy Owner", and "Train Your Dog". The lettering should have high contrast with the background for easy reading. Use Bold and italics at your discretion. Use colors other than blue that will improve the appearance. The rest is left to your creativity.


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West Lake Hills, TX – To have and maintain a long and fruitful relationship is what most people want nowadays, but as time passes by, more and more relationships end because of small misunderstandings and arguments. Young people tend to break relationships the most because of poor communication skills with their friends, family, or spouses. Opening up to each other is the most basic and most important part of being in a relationship, and if they're too shy to open up, relationship counseling is the answer. Luckily, Christian Counseling Austin offers one of the best relationship counseling sessions there is, with its comfortable and soothing process.
According to Joseph Bordelon, one of the owners and head counselor of Christian Counseling Austin, "When you're in a relationship, you must open all channels of communication if you want to understand one another. It's not easy when you try to solve conflicts and misunderstandings if you don't open up your feelings, that's why it's essential that you communicate and establish a better dialogue when you're in a relationship." He also added that "If you want to create a healthier and more emotionally fulfilling relationship, you must be ready to sacrifice the things that you love to compromise with your peers."
Counseling is an excellent way to improve relationships because one of the leading causes of broken friendships and marriages is often miscommunication. Sometimes the best way to fix that concern is to hire a relationship counselor to guide the relationship towards the right path. Learning to listen to and understand the opinions of others is the key to a healthier connection. By opening each side to a mediator, every opinion and remark will surely get across to the other, working out the issues is a great way of determining the cause of the fight as well as how to resolve it.
Christian Counseling Austin is a relationship therapy and counseling service that focuses on reconnecting broken relationships with proper guidance and communication. The clinic offers services such as couples counseling, individual counseling, teen counseling, family counseling, spiritual direction, counseling for pastors, and concierge counseling.
For more information about Christian Counseling Austin and the services they offer, please visit their website at https://www.christiancounselingaustin.com, or call their landline at 512-200-3880. To schedule a session with them, their local clinic can be located at 1000 Westbank Drive West Lake Hills, TX 78746.
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Company Name: Christian Counseling Austin
Contact Person: Joseph Bordelon
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 512-200-3880
Address:1000 Westbank Drive
City: West Lake Hills
State: Texas
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Website: www.christiancounselingaustin.com/