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Hailing from Mazatlan, Mexico, Sandra Santiago is a driven, multi-faceted, and undeniably talented actress that is now in Los Angeles and rising on the radar. Living her life by the motto "Follow your dreams, follow your heart-because that is what life is all about", has led Santiago on the right road to stardom. Santiago recently sat down to discuss her latest role, admirations, and future projects.
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Sargent: Congrats on your latest role alongside Eric Estrada, that's huge!
SS: Thank you! It's been great! The show is like a 'Latin Kardashians' with a twist. I ended up booking the gig because I look similar to Maria Conchita Alonso (a Cuban-born Venezuelan-raised three time Grammy Award–nominated singer/songwriter and actress).
Sargent: Is your character similar to how you view yourself in real life?
SS: Yes, definitely! I play Lara Santos! We are both strong women and always defend and protect our families! I know I can feel the pain that a mother goes through when she is trying to protect her loved ones from a corrupted society. I honestly just try to connect with each of my characters. It's all in the delivery and mindset, so it is very important for me to do that. I am very passionate about entertaining people!
Sargent: And you're working alongside Eric Estrada?! What's that like?
SS: It's amazing! He is such a great guy! We are all so comfortable working with him! So serious but at the same time very funny and noting that I ever expected! I like that he helps the actors be themselves and in a sense we learn by the way he interacts with everyone.
Sargent: And career wise, you've been climbing up on the radar...
SS: Yes, it feels great! My career is starting to boom!
Sargent: When can we expect to see this on television
SS: It's set to release in the Fall!
With an ever so bright career ahead of her, we can not wait to see what's in store for Sandra Santiago!
To keep up with this amazing actress please email [email protected]
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Kirsten's Melancholia, Charlotte's bump
The last time Lars Von Trier came to Cannes, a lot of movie people stormed out the theatre, expressing disgust with Antichrist. He reacted as he does. Like people don't get him. Like an auteur misunderstood. Some would say that's how he gets off.
And yesterday he pushed that too far.
During a press conference for his new film Melancholia, which is receiving some very good reviews, and in competition this year, Von Trier first decided to publicly discuss Kirsten Dunst's struggle with depression, and then went off on a ramble about Jews and Nazis and Hitler. Put it this way, he came down on the wrong side of that situation. And he thought he was being clever and witty. Not clever and witty. Just… ignorant, dumb, obnoxious.
So they've banned him. Asked him to leave. In 2000, Dancer in the Dark won the Palme d'Or. A decade later they're expelling him from the Festival. They did however allow him to present his film at the Palais last night.
Kiki looked great in Rodarte. She also looked great earlier in the day in mustard. In fact, she's looked great the entire time here in Cannes. We saw her at the Hotel du Cap a few nights ago at the sunrise party and all of us were very surprised at how fresh she seemed, enthusiastic, hopeful, and bright; I kinda feel bad for her now that her director decided to take a piss on his own project.
But can we just talk about the Charlotte Gainsbourg? Because…
She's wearing black sheer and a bra and letting her belly out on the steps and it is sexy as f-ck I love her so much. Like, who else looks this steezy when they're pregnant?
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The story of US Airways Flight 1549 and the Miracle on the Hudson is a tale of timing, from pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's quick decision to ditch in the river to his split-second-accurate touchdown. In the balance during those 208 seconds: 155 souls and quite possibly the stability of the country.
"Sully," Clint Eastwood's new movie starring Tom Hanks as the white-haired crew leader behind the 2009 water landing, arrives with some interesting timing of its own. It opens Friday amid the somber commemorations marking the 15th anniversary of 9/11, as well as during the final leg of one of our most partisan presidential elections.
Even amid a nation divided, few would disagree that Sully the man remains a hero for our times. Still, that's a lot for any pilot – or any film – to live up to.
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At first glance, the pairing of Eastwood, whose last foray into presidential politics involved talking to an empty chair at the 2012 GOP convention, and Hanks, an outspoken Hollywood liberal, would seem an odd one.
But both movie icons have delved into more complex depictions of heroism as they've aged. Eastwood showed as much with 2014's "American Sniper," which, for all the debate it spurred, depicted some of the demons facing Navy SEAL sharpshooter Chris Kyle. Hanks, echoing the latter-day career of his spiritual cinematic predecessor, Jimmy Stewart, occasionally plays on morally ambiguous turf, most recently with "Bridge of Spies."
"Sully" goes beyond the familiar feel-good story by examining the under-told account of how Sullenberger's decision not to try to return to LaGuardia Airport amid dual engine loss at 2,800 feet spurred some high-level second-guessing, forcing him to defend himself. Eastwood and Hanks set out to portray the pilot's emotional struggle in the aftermath of his feat, which came just days before Barack Obama's first inauguration.
While Sullenberger is now a generally revered figure, the movie could be courting controversy with its representation of the pilot's nightmares, which include planes crashing into Manhattan skyscrapers. "It's just a bad dream sequence, and what could have happened if he didn't make the right decision," Eastwood told The Hollywood Reporter.
The images, which might prove disturbing to some, especially as the 9/11 anniversary nears, can never outweigh the real-life scenes of passengers waiting on the wings of the Airbus A320, bobbing atop the frigid Hudson. To many, the passengers are living proof of the legacy of a hero who used his experience, skill and grit to guide a miracle made for the nation and for the movies.
Jere Hester is Director of News Products and Projects at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Subaru just commenced sales of the fifth-generation Subaru Impreza months ago starting with the 2017 model. It was very impressive with its new appearance, but we won't be able to see its new looks on the Impreza WRX or WRX STI soon, especially if the current generation of these performance models was just introduced in 2015. At the earliest, the next generation high-performance Impreza model would be available by the end of the decade.
But while the upcoming 2018 Subaru Impreza WRX and the Impreza WRX STI won't sport completely new looks, the changes made were what many customers, fans and enthusiasts were waiting for – a more dynamic performance and a more aggressive appearance to match.
Just like on the WRX, the 2018 Subaru WRX STI boasts of a revised suspension tuning. Not only that, Subaru tweaked the DCCD AWD system by employing electronic control, thereby resulting to a quicker and smoother response. It also gave the 2018 Subaru WRX STI a set of newly designed 19-inch alloy wheels – with the Y-shaped spoke design – wrapped in 245/35R19 tires. Behind the wheels is the upgraded Brembo Performance Brake System with yellow-painted brake calipers.


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GrowingData necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 314 diseños de 74 diseñadores freelance.
GrowingData is a software company that helps people make the most of the data that surrounds them.
In today's world, data is generated faster than ever before. Everything we do generates data, from using a credit card to sending an email. GrowinData's goal is to help make this data available to people.
We are primarily focussed on developing solutions for organizations to help them access their data through web based Dashboards and Reports (charts, tables, visualizations), but will also be building several consumer brands over the coming months.
We target organizations both large and small. We do not target consumers.
Our clients are primarily from non IT background (e.g. Marketing, HR, Finance).
We would like type with an icon / image.
The design needs to be simple and professional, as we target organizations.
Our company is focussed around the following 3 items:
1. We are generating more data than ever before
2. This data surrounds us but is often hidden or locked away
3. To make good decisions we need to understand that data
So it would be great if that could somehow be incorporated, although I understand that they are not concepts that are easy to show visually.
One symbol that we like is the tree (as in tree of knowledge) as it fits into the concept of growing and of data / information.
We are open to other (hopefully better!) ideas.
Please do not include Line Charts or Bar Charts in the logo unless there is some real creativity associated with it. Those kinds of logo's have become quite generic.
We would quite like the logo to be colourful.
The files we will require are:
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Timbers captain Will Johnson doesn't think Maximiliano Urruti even knows who Damian Lillard is.
But the two athletes will be known together in Portland sports lore after providing the city two straight nights of drama.
One day after Lillard lifted the Portland Trail Blazers to the second round of the NBA Playoffs with a dramatic, buzzer-beating three-pointer to beat the Houston Rockets and ignite a Moda Center crowd, Urruti gave the Timbers their first win of 2014 in stunning fashion with a stoppage-time game winner on a rain-soaked Saturday night just across the Willamette River in front of a wild Providence Park crowd.
"I'm not sure Maxi knows who Damien Lillard is, but both players were special," Johnson said in his comments after Portland's 3-2 win. "And the fans of Portland, they deserve this, they're some of the best fans in the country. Watching that game last night, I'm proud to be a part of the sports landscape in this city because of the passion of the supporters. Last night and tonight, a special weekend for this city."
Both game-winners had extra-special meaning for the city, as well.
Lillard's dramatics gave the Blazers their first playoffs series victory since 2000. And though the Timbers have only had to wait since last November and 11 games – eight this season – since their last win, period, it may have felt like 14 years to followers of the green and gold.
"I think it was big," Timbers head coach Caleb Porter told the media after the game. "Obviously, like I said it's three points, but sometimes it feels like more. And I think this is one that feels like more, and I think it will lift the group."
It was a game that was playing out in what Porter called "déjà vu" fashion. Portland took two leads – including on the fastest goal in club history on a Gastón Fernández strike just 34 seconds in – only to see D.C. United erase them both. A 77th-minute own goal on center back Futty Danso, who had put the Timbers on top 2-1 in the 38th minute, seemingly had Portland heading toward a ninth-straight game without a win.
"I think sometimes, psychologically, when things are going your way, you play not to lose instead of playing to win," Porter said. "Playing not to lose, usually you lose. We need to keep playing to win, we need to keep being aggressive, we need to keep being a team that's in the front half, pushing games, proactive, on the ball, attacking."
But Urruti wouldn't be denied on a corner kick at the death, slamming home a rebound from his initial shot.
"I'm very happy, we haven't been winning recently and luckily today I scored the goal and we got the three points," Urruti said through a translator.
Johnson said the thought of chalking it up to another disappointment after the late D.C. equalizer never entered their minds.
"Through nine games this year I can't say, off the top of my head, that any guy has given up on this group," Johnson said. "So I think that's a credit to the character of the guys that we have. It's the bare minimum requirement to give everything you have to this football club because that's what the supporters deserve, that's what the ownership demands, that's what Caleb demands and that's what we reinforce as leaders of this locker room."
Or maybe it was just something in the air in the Rose City.
"Maybe a little Blazer magic rubbed off on us last night," Porter said.
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AutoCodesOBDII Code ListP1135 SUBARU
P1135 SUBARU - Front Left Oxygen Sensor Circuit Open
P1135 SUBARU Possible Causes
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Inspired by challenges put forth by Crunchy Chicken, and in hopes of motivating myself and others to treat our planet better, I've decided to do my very own green challenge. Aren't you excited?! I am. 🙂 I hope that this will be the first of many challenges held here at Crunchy Domestic Goddess.
Now let's talk water conservation. I saw a button on CafePress a few months ago that said, "If you think we have bad fights over oil, just wait until we start fighting over water!" And that, my friends, freaked my sh*t right out. I thought about my kids and their future and I knew I had to do something, anything right now.
Did you know that the average shower length is 8 minutes*? By reducing that to 5 minutes, you can reduce the amount of water you use by nearly one-third, or roughly 10 gallons per day. And that's where this challenge comes in. I'm challenging all of my readers to reduce their shower time to 5 minutes. If you already take a 5 minute shower, perhaps you'll consider cutting back a little bit more? Reducing the length of your shower by just one minute could save you up to 1,825 gallons** of water each year.
I honestly didn't know how long my showers were lately. Some days I'm lucky to get one at all so it's pretty darn short and sweet, other days I skip them on purpose (generally when I'm not leaving the house), and still other days (like when I have a migraine and the water beating on my neck feels good) I tend to linger in the shower a little longer than I should. I figured I spend on average about 5 minutes in the shower, but I got myself a handy Shower Coach timer (with a suction cup that sticks to the shower wall) to find out for sure.
My first timed shower, I rushed like a crazy woman to make sure I could do it in under 5 minutes. I got done in about 3 1/2. The next day I took a somewhat more leisurely approach and took the full 5 minutes. You definitely can't dilly-dally, but 5 minutes is longer than I thought it would be and totally attainable.
So, what do you think? Can you commit to taking 5-minute showers (or shorter) for three months? Leave me a comment below to let me know you are participating in the challenge and I will add your name/link to a list of challenge participants in my sidebar. Feel free to join in the challenge any time over the summer. It's never too late to sign up to make a difference.
I'm not going to be a total hard ass on this challenge. If you have a rough day and really need a longer shower (I'm talking like 8 minutes, not 15) every now and then to help you relax or whatever, you can still take part in the challenge. You just have to skip your shower the following day to make up for it. 😉 I kid, I kid. Seriously though, it's up to you to police yourself on this challenge. I will have a check in post at the end of the first week of June (on June 8) so everyone can chime in on how they are doing with the challenge, post helpful tips, share stories, ask for advice, etc. Then I will try to have another check in post every two weeks (on Sundays) so we can encourage each other and maybe even inspire more people to sign up. 🙂
Oh, and if you are looking for some bloggy bling, I've got this fun goofy totally suggestive catchy button (above) for you to proudly post on your blog if you feel so inclined. 🙂 It will let others know about the challenge too. The more people join us, the better!
More Tips To Help You Conserve Water
In the shower:
- Turn off the water while you are lathering up your body, washing your hair or shaving, then turn it back on when you need to rinse.
- Replace your showerhead with a low-flow showerhead
- While you are waiting for the water to warm up, catch it in a bucket and use it for watering your plants or garden or for flushing your toilet
- Shower with a buddy 😉
Elsewhere in the bathroom:
- If it's yellow, let it mellow
- Turn off the water when brushing your teeth
- Fill up the sink with water while shaving instead of letting the water run
While the challenge is officially only for the summer – June through August – it is my hope that you will keep up with the shorter showers and continue to conserve water year-round.
And now for the GIVEAWAY…
I'm giving away FIVE "Shower Coach" 5-minute sand timers, courtesy of USA Landlord. All you have to do to be eligible to win one is leave a comment committing to the challenge and your name will be entered into the drawing. Be sure to include a valid email address so I can contact you if you win.
While you can sign up to take part in the challenge all summer long, the deadline for entering the contest is Saturday, May 31, 2008. The winners selected by Random.org and will be notified via email on Sunday, June 1.
If you don't win a Shower Coach, you can buy one for less than $3 (plus use the coupon code CDG for 15% off any purchase from USA Landlord through the end of June) or buy a dinging kitchen timer the next time you are at Target, set your watch timer for five minutes, etc. Where there's a will, there's a way.
The earth, our children and I thank you for participating in the 5-minute shower challenge. 🙂
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One of my latest and most enjoyed healthy snacks are these spicy little pumpkin seeds by Eden Foods. With soy sauce, garlic and cayenne they have rich flavor with a nice little kick. High in protein and fiber as well as iron, magnesium and zinc, they make a nutritious and energizing snack.
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Road to Mac OS X Leopard: iChat 4.0Apple has taken iChat instant messaging in interesting new directions with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, introducing support for video effects and screen sharing. Here's a look at what's new.
This report goes to great lengths to follow the origins, history, and maturity of online messaging clients. For those readers with limited time or who are only interested in what's due in Leopard, you can skip to page 2 of this report.
iChat Origins
Sending text messages between computers is one of the oldest functions around. The Unix talk command was originally used to pass messages between user accounts on the same system, and later expanded to allow users to address users on other systems over a network like an instant alphanumeric pager.
Internet Relay Chat (below) expanded upon the idea of passing messages directly to a specific host by using a server-based protocol similar to email; chat messages are relayed through IRC servers. Once logged into an server, an IRC client could participate in group chats on various channels supported on that server or distributed across a network of affiliated IRC servers.
AOL's Instant Messenger
In the mid 80s, a variety of online services introduced home users to networking over dial up, including the Source, CompuServe, Prodigy, GEnie, and Quantum. In 1985, Apple partnered with GE to develop a graphical online service for the Macintosh called AppleLink. GE's network access rates were prohibitively expensive, which limited use of the system only to Apple's dealerships.
As their popularity grew, the cost of accessing online services dropped, albeit slowly. Quantum had been operating a more affordable dial up service for home users of the Commodore 64 called Quantum Link. Among the features of Quantum Link were OnLine Messages (below), which allowed subscribed users to participate in real time chats with each other. Sending OLMs was a premium service that charged an extra minute rate on top of Quantum Link's access fees.
Apple struck a partnership with Quantum in 1987 to develop a graphical, consumer-oriented service called Apple Link, Personal Edition. It was released in May 1988. However, Apple almost immediately lost interest in developing online services; by the end of 1989, Quantum took it solo and renamed it America Online. As noted in Apple and the Origins of the Web: Consumer Online Systems Before the Web, Apple briefly ran back into partnership with AOL to develop eWorld —essentially a re-branded America Online for Mac users —between 1992 and 1994.
The new AOL popularized instant messaging and the idea of a buddy list, which indicated the online status of other users. As AOL and other online services began opening Internet gateways for email and later web traffic (above), AOL developed its presence indication system as an Internet service called the Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime. Despite the name, OSCAR was not really open to interoperability, but rather a proprietary system; AOL limited all access to it from anything outside its own AOL IM clients, although third parties kept using reverse engineering to offer alternative replacements.
ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!
In 1998, AOL bought rival ICQ and merged the two services to login to the same OSCAR network. In 1999, Microsoft introduced its own MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! later followed with its Yahoo IM product. Unlike common email systems based on open standards, all three IM systems used their own proprietary methods for accounts, messaging, and presence indication, so users of each network couldn't directly send messages to each other or see if members on other networks were online.
AOL rebuffed Microsoft's attempts to build interoperability between the two systems, fearing that Microsoft would use its Windows monopoly to embrace, extinguish, and flatten AOL's remaining marketable product as it had done with DOS application partners with Office, Java in its partnership with Sun, and its other partnerships, as related in the article How Microsoft Got Its Office Monopoly.
Apple's iChat Instant Messaging
In 2002, Apple introduced the original iChat 1.0 (below) as an IM client for Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar. Rather than operating its own IM network, Apple partnered with AOL, which allowed iChat to find the online status and chat with its existing AOL users. Mac users could either use an existing AOL account or sign up for a free .Mac account and use it on the AOL IM system.
Shortly before the release of 10.3 Panther, Apple released a beta copy of iChat AV 2.0 (below), which added audio and video chat features. This new functionality was based on the Session Initiation Protocol, an open standard for Voice over IP and video conferencing. The new iChat AV 2.0 (below) was included in Panther. Early the next year in 2004, AOL included support for SIP-based video conferencing in its own AIM 5.5 PC client, allowing interoperability between users on Macs and Windows.
When either iChat AV or AIM sets up a text chat, messages are relayed through AOL's OSCAR servers. However, when they perform video chats, OSCAR is only used to look up presence indication. Once you discover a user in your Buddy List, an audio or video chat is performed directly between the two clients, with no server intermediary.
Open Instant Messaging
SIP is the product of an Internet Engineering Task Force, and serves as the IP networking standard for video conferencing. It largely replaces H.323, the older telephony standard for video conferencing developed by the ITU, and the basis of Microsoft's now discontinued NetMeeting product.
In parallel with SIP, another open IETF standard commonly referred to as Jabber has been developed to deliver an interoperable IM networking system based on the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, or XMPP.
Jabber is essentially an open alternative to proprietary IM systems such as AIM, MSN, or Yahoo IM, just as standard Internet email protocols emerged as alternatives to the proprietary messaging systems of CompuServe, AOL, and closed corporate systems. Rather than being a central system of accounts managed by a single company, anyone can set up a Jabber server, just as anyone can set up their own Internet email server. Jabber servers relay messages and presence indication across the Internet just as email servers pass messages.
Another similarity between Jabber and open email is that closed IM systems can build gateways to Jabber, allowing their messages and presence indication to be shared with clients on any network. AOL, CompuServe and other proprietary systems built gateways to Internet email in the past; the result of that portability was that they lost their subscribers to more competitive Internet service providers. AOL, MSN and Yahoo have not yet delivered open IM gateways to Jabber, but instead appear to be trying to preserve their subscriber pools.
In late 2005, Google began offering its own IM service called GoogleTalk, based upon Jabber. Shortly afterward, Google bought a 5% stake in AOL and announced that future versions of GoogleTalk would support an interoperability gateway with AOL. Those developments spooked Microsoft and Yahoo, who had just announced an interoperability gateway agreement between their proprietary systems.
Jabber in Apple's iChat AV 3.0
In mid 2004, Apple announced that the new 3.0 version of iChat AV in Tiger would support multiple video conferencing users (above), H.264 video compression, as well as support for Jabber accounts. The new version also dropped the AOL running man logo (below) from iChat's icon.
Released with Tiger in early 2005, iChat AV 3.0 was able to work with GoogleTalk when it arrived. Until Microsoft and Yahoo! build their own Jabber gateways, iChat users would have to either:
- use a separate IM client designed specifically for those systems,
- use a multipurpose chat client such as Adium that supports multiple, proprietary networks, or
- use a server gateway that automatically logs into their accounts on proprietary systems and relays messages to them or another Jabber server.
Both Apple and Google are working to create interoperability between Jabber and SIP, which overlap in some functionality. An explosion of open VoIP audio and video messaging would be devastating to the proprietary IM vendors, but would also crack open the world's telephone, long distance and mobile phone markets, replacing everything with Internet based traffic. The existing VoIP market is currently dominated by proprietary systems such as eBay's Skype.
With open VoIP based on Jabber and SIP, companies with a natural telephone monopoly or a lock on mobile phone frequencies would be washed away and replaced by Internet infrastructure. That's pushing Google to seriously eye the available radio spectrum being auctioned off early next year.
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It all started when surfers, skateboarders and other fearless members of the extreme sports crowd become the first to set their hearts on G-Shock, the watch that single-handedly created the "tough watch" genre.
Over the years G-Shock has gone on to occupy every corner of street culture – from street fashion to street music and dance – with its distinctive, rugged designs and alluring colours. While remaining a watch, G-Shock has bonded various aspects of culture, giving the world a brand new watch concept in the process.


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The Alumni Association Awards and Scholarship Committee recognizes alumni in three categories biannually. The categories include Outstanding Alumni Award, David and Sandy Lowe Outstanding Service Award and the Emerging Leader Award.
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The Athletic Hall of Fame honors athletes, coaches, teams and contributor that have been building the blocks of more than 160 years of tradition of Pacific University Athletics.
Music Hall of Fame
The Music Hall of Fame honors alumni and friends who have an exemplary career either in music education, performance or both, 10 years of teaching music or as a profession musician or demonstrates significant contributions to the field of music.
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Each year, the Alumni Association recognizes graduating students from each of the University's colleges and schools. The Outstanding Graduate Awards are presenting during each of the college/school award programs or during the hooding ceremonies.
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Dyed and gone to Unicorn Heaven! Lime Crime Tints' ultra-conditioning formula leaves a light wash of color to add a kick of cool to your hair. Pastel, muted, and lighter shades are in the tints range.
- 100% Vegan & Cruelty-Free
- DIY-friendly, damage-free formula
- Works best with pre-bleached platinum to pale blonde hair
- Results may vary
- Always do a patch & strand test beforehand
For some serious fantasy color that is vegan and cruelty-free, look to Lime Crime. The brand's Unicorn Hair Dyes give you the colors you crave while protecting and softening strands. The delicious scent is just the icing on top.Read More
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Unicorn Hair Tints transform hair into a rainbow of magical shades while leaving strands silky smooth and smelling sweet. The watercolor effect of Tints leaves a soft wash of color on pre-bleached platinum to pale blonde hair. Results may vary depending on the color and condition of hair.
What It Does: Turns you into a real-life unicorn! Deep-conditions while depositing color. Long-lasting color that fades gracefully.
What It Won't Do: Damage your hair. Ever!
how it works
You'll need: gloves, applicator brush, clips, bowl, & an old t-shirt or cape. Cover all surfaces you do not want to get hair dye on as Unicorn Hair can permanently stain surfaces and fabric.
- For best results, start with clean, unconditioned, dry hair. Tints work best with pre-bleached platinum to pale blonde hair.
- Wear protective gloves and pour desired amount into a bowl.
- Section hair into 4 even sections (front to back & side to side) and secure with clips. Work in 1 inch wide strands. Apply color evenly from root to tip with applicator brush. Begin at the root of the hair, applying color evenly through to the ends. Massage each strand with fingers, root to tip, to ensure even distribution of color.
- Leave Tints in for 45 minutes. No heat/cap required. For more intense, longer-lasting results, leave color in for 1-2 hours. Don't worry, Unicorn Hair will not damage your hair, as it does not contain any harsh chemicals or bleach!
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Handmade Lattice Cutwork Wood Box - Matr Boomie (B)
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Made from sustainably harvested wood, this box is adorned with an intricately cut design and has brass hinges. The box measures 6 inches x 4 inches x 2.5 inches.
Meet the Artisans
MATR BOOMIE is a fair trade collection from India that marries modern design sensibility with inspiring traditional art forms, bringing people and cultures closer together. With the mission of creating opportunities for women and minorities to realize their creative, economic and leadership potential. They have grown to empower 20,000 artisans in 40 partner communities throughout India.
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A - All orders over $50 that are shipped to the United States qualify for free shipping and will arrive in 3-4 days.
Q - How long before I receive my order?
A - If you live in the United States your order will deliver in 3-4 days if you selected Priority Mail or you qualified for free shipping. International orders vary by country. The most common international countries are: England, Australia, New Zealand and western Europe take 7 to 10 days. This does not apply to custom printed orders.
Q - What are Memory Cross cards made of and how durable are they?
A - The small Memory Cross cards are printed on 10 point coated board (think playing cards). The larger cards which measure 6 x 6 inches are printed on 100 lb. uncoated cover (think Hallmark card). We've tested each size and they hold up to hundreds of folds. The larger cards hold up longer because the "hinges" that allow them to fold are larger. We've tested the larger cards to fold over 500 times. That being said it is still important for the cards to be folded properly. Most children can figure it out on their own but if you are giving them to 4 or 4 year olds we recommend that you show them how it works. If you do not know how they work, we've created a video that you can watch by clicking here.
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This is another e-mail Evelyn sent me…
My father is listed here as Anton, but his legal name was Anthonie Sulkers.
Boarding pass
He was 11 year old when they came to Canada, and his brother, Pieter, (Herm's father) was 17.
My father had a good memory and year ago, he told me the name of the ship they came on and the date of their leaving Liverpool, England.
With that information, I was able to find the copies of the ship's information and passenger list on Microfishe, in the archives at the Surrey Museum's Genealogy department and I made several copies of those documents.
Herm's parents were Pieter Sulkers, born Dec.8, 1892 & died May 30, 1968,and Martha Gertruida (nee Baak), born Sept. 11, 1895 & died May 19, 1958.
Herm had 3 sisters and 2 brothers.
One brother was named Peter, after their father. The other (a twin of Peter) died in infancy.
His sisters were Mary Sulkers-Kendel, Winnifred Sulkers-Burbank, and Bernice Sulkers-McKee.
Only Bernice is still living (in the U.S.A.).
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Michael Hutchence planned to leave Paula Yates before death, Kirk Pengilly says
INXS band member Kirk Pengilly, has revealed that Michael Hutchence was planning to leave British girlfriend Paula Yates, just days before he died.
In an interview with Channel Seven's Sunday Night program, Pengilly said he had been harbouring this secret for 16 years.
"Just prior to his death, that week or so - what he told me, he had a plan in place to basically split up with Paula," said Pengilly.
"That's what he told me, you know. It's all very personal stuff, it's a long time ago now, too, you know. I don't want to dwell on it."
Yates first met Hutchence in 1985 during a television interview. She was married to singer Sir Bob Geldof at the time but they divorced in 1996.
Pengilly said that when the couple first started having an affair, Yates had been planning to "get Michael" for quite some time.
"It seems that perhaps Paula had a kind of a mission from a long time ago to get Michael, you know. And maybe he just couldn't, he couldn't get out of her web."
The couple's daughter, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence, or Tiger Lily as she is most commonly known, was born in July 1996.
She was a one-year-old when Hutchence was found dead in a Sydney hotel room on November 22, 1997.
Fellow band member Tim Farriss, said Hutchence was angry and agitated shortly before he died. Yates had called him from London to say she, her three other daughters and Tiger Lily would not be coming to Sydney after a custody hearing was adjourned.
Farriss said Hutchence had been trying to get them all to join him in Australia for some time.
Geldoff was reported to have received an abusive and threatening message from Hutchence just before he died, Sunday Night said.
Maybe he just couldn't, he couldn't get out of her web.
"Michael hated Bob in the end so much," said Farriss.
"To think that he would end up as the sole parent of Tiger Lily would have been the most horrific thing he could have imagined.
"But luckily for Tiger she had Bob in the end."
Geldof eventually won custody of Tiger Lily and her half sisters after Yates died from a heroin overdose in 2000. He formally adopted Tiger Lily in 2007.
Ex-manager Chris Murphy teared up on the program when he suggested he still had some doubts whether Hutchence had committed suicide. However, he said he would "reserve his judgment" for the sake of Tiger Lily.
"There's a girl becoming a young lady in London so all the things we screw around with - we all have to be very careful and responsible of how we portray this because I'm so conscious of Tiger and I just want all of us to be responsible for Tiger," he said.
The five surviving members of INXS traced the mental decline of Hutchence to a vicious attack on the frontman five years before his lonely death in a Sydney hotel.
Hutchence was on a night out in Denmark in August 1992 with then girlfriend Helena Christensen when he was punched by a taxi driver. Hutchence fell to the pavement, fracturing his skull and losing his sense of taste and smell.
INXS's Los Angeles-based bassist Garry Beers said the injury changed him.
"When Michael hit his head, he came back a different person and I'm sure doctors were prescribing all sorts of weird and wonderful concoctions," he told the program.
"He was a dick and it wasn't him, that's the thing. It wasn't the Michael we knew and that's what was so surprising. He couldn't smell, he couldn't taste, he was drinking wine by the bottle 'cause it was just like nothing to him."
Farriss said Hutchence was more aggressive after "that knock on the head".
"He was very passionate about the sense of smell and taste, you know, food and wine," he said.
The band members of INXS have been criticised by Hutchence's half-sister, Tina, for their participation in the biopic INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, which she says trashed the reputation of her family and turned Hutchence's life into a soap opera.
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I think the term "handmade" just about covers this, this...whatever it is. For about $US80 you to can own this freaky electronic Frankenstein that does nothing but consume sunlight and writhe around in agony.
I'll admit, "Nigel the Bugbut" is kind of cool in a Edward Scissorhands and Naked Lunch sort of way—but I'll bet that if it could talk it would be shouting "kill me" in a raspy voice. [Etsy via 7Gadgets via DVICE]


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Rehabilitating Tiger Woods could miss US Open, say surgeons
Tiger Woods could be sidelined from competitive golf for at least three months after undergoing back surgery, casting doubt over his participation in the June 12-15 US Open, say several leading sports surgeons.other Updated: Apr 05, 2014 12:42 IST
Tiger Woods could be sidelined from competitive golf for at least three months after undergoing back surgery, casting doubt over his participation in the June 12-15 US Open, say several leading sports surgeons.
The world number one, whose back pain surfaced last year and intensified this season, will miss the Masters next week for the first time in his career after being advised by his doctors on Monday to have a microdiscectomy in Park City, Utah.
Woods, whose back problems forced him to retire from last month's Honda Classic before he skipped the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his traditional Masters warm-up event, has been told by his doctors that he will miss "several upcoming tournaments" during his rehabilitation.
His surgery involved the removal of herniated disc material that pressed on a nerve root or the spinal cord.
"In general, it takes six weeks for the soft tissues to heal, even from the microdiscectomy surgery," Michael Leighton, a surgeon at the Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute in Florida, told Reuters by telephone on Friday.
"Tiger certainly can be working his short game sooner than that, probably after three or four weeks at the latest.
"But it will take him six weeks before he is ready to start swinging a club with his usual ability. He will probably be ready to play somewhere around three months after his surgery."
An absence from competition of that length would rule Woods out of the year's second major, the US Open to be played at Pinehurst, North Carolina in mid-June.
David Geier, an orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist based in Charleston, South Carolina, predicted that Woods could be out of competitive golf for up to four months.
"You never know for sure how it will take, and sometimes it depends on how long the pressure on the nerve lasted," said Geier who like Leighton has also not worked with Woods.
"It depends on exactly what he had done but if it was just a single-level, herniated disc where there was just one disc causing pressure on the nerve roots and there were no other issues, I would say he will be out for three to four months.
"Some of that, of course, will depend on how quickly he gets his strength back and how quickly his pain goes away."
While recovery times differ for individuals based on many physiological factors, neurosurgeon Charles Rich, who operated on Woods, has said the 14-times major champion will begin intensive rehabilitation within a week.
Following further assessment, Woods could begin chipping and putting in three weeks with the aim of returning to competition "sometime this summer", according to Rich.
"Chipping and putting do not require much twisting, so this is possible," Selene Parekh, an associate professor of surgery in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University, told Reuters.
"However full swings will not be possible until his back muscles and core muscles have been strengthened and that can take between six and 10 weeks. Overall, I think he will be out of competition for four to six months."
Woods's lengthy history of injury began with a troublesome left knee, first operated on when he was a freshman at Stanford University in 1994. Three more operations on that knee have followed.
He has also suffered injuries to his ankle and neck, his right and left Achilles tendons and fractures in his leg, which he defiantly played through on the way to victory at the 2008 US Open after a 19-hole playoff against Rocco Mediate.
Though Woods has missed two British Opens, one US Open and one PGA Championship since 2008 because of injuries, surgeons believe that his long-term prognosis looks relatively bright.
"Tiger took the long-term view of where he is going to be by having the spine surgery now," Leighton said. "He will be over that and all the other injuries are now really behind him.
"He has had a successful ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) construction, he has had a successful Achilles (surgery) and the other injuries are things he has worked out from a therapy and training perspective.
"The main issue for him aged 38 is that he is still battling against guys who are 23, 24, 25 who are chasing the dream. Those guys are in good shape and they have the skills that do start to compare with where Tiger is, or was."
Woods, who triumphed five times on the PGA Tour in 2013 but failed to play his best at the majors, has not clinched a grand slam title since his playoff win at the 2008 US Open.
He has long targeted the record 18 majors piled up by his childhood idol Jack Nicklaus and must now deal with a bad back, the bane of many golfers who have suffered ailments from the game's repetitive twisting and torqueing pressure.
"A study came out showing that over 90 percent of athletes with microdiscectomy can return to their pre-injury, elite levels," Parekh said. "His long-term prognosis from the back is good."


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Emerald Kalama Chemical Resolves Clean Air Violations, Repair Lapses
Release Date: 06/04/2014
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(Seattle—June 4, 2014) Emerald Kalama Chemical has agreed to resolve inadequate leak detection and repair practices that violated federal clean air laws at its facility in Kalama, Washington, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The company produces food preservatives and flavoring, anti-microbials, fragrances, and plastic products.
"Leak detection and repair of industrial equipment prevents the release of hazardous air pollutants," said Scott Downey, Manager of the Air Compliance Unit in EPA's Seattle office. "Industrial facilities handle materials that can be toxic, and they are responsible for ensuring those facilities are in working order."
An EPA inspection found that from 2009 to 2011 the facility failed to perform required leak detection and repairs on pumps, valves, and monitoring instruments.
The company has agreed to pay a fine of $18,340.
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SkyWay USA: A Reliable & Trustworthy Wireless Satellite Internet Provider in Nast CO
Experiencing the difference between high speed rural broadband and dial up Internet or slow DSL, is simple when SkyWay USA, the trustworthy satellite Internet provider in Nast CO is part of the plan.
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Mt Cook, the tallest mountain in New Zealand, helped Sir Edmund Hillary to develop his climbing skills in preparation for the conquest of Everest.
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park is home of the highest mountains and the longest glaciers. It is alpine in the purest sense - with skyscraping peaks, glaciers and permanent snow fields, all set under a star-studded sky.
According to Ngāi Tahu legend, Aoraki and his three brothers were the sons of Rakinui, the Sky Father. While on a sea voyage, their canoe overturned on a reef. When the brothers climbed on top of their canoe, the freezing south wind turned them to stone. The canoe became the South Island (Te Waka o Aoraki); Aoraki and his brothers became the peaks of the Southern Alps.
Although it encompasses 23 peaks over 3000 metres high, this park is very accessible. State Highway 80 leads to Aoraki/Mt Cook Village which is situated beside scenic Lake Pukaki and provides a comfortable base for alpine activities. Far from city lights, the stargazing here is magnificent - Aoraki Mount Cook National Park forms the majority of New Zealand's only International Dark Sky Reserve.
Mountaineers regard the area to be the best climbing region in Australasia, while less skilled adventurers find plenty of satisfaction with the mountain walks that lead to alpine tarns, herb fields and spectacular glacier views. Encounters with cheeky kea (mountain parrots) are part of the fun.
At 27 kilometres in length, the mighty Tasman Glacier is a powerful piece of landscaping equipment. While it slowly carves the valley sides, it provides a landing place for small ski planes and helicopters. Surreal, milky lakes are a feature of the park - suspended, glacier-ground rock sediment makes the water opaque.
The Department of Conservation provides 17 huts in the park. Most are positioned to provide accommodation for mountaineers, and you need climbing skills to reach them. Read more about these huts here. Non-climbing visitors can enjoy the attractions of Aoraki/Mt Cook Village, which offers everything from backpacker lodges and camp sites to luxury hotels. The Hermitage Hotel is famous for its barstool views of Aoraki/Mt Cook.
The nearest towns are Twizel and Lake Tekapo. They both offer a range of restaurants, cafes and accommodation options.
Mountain walks
There are 10 short walks beginning near the village. All tracks are formed and well marked. The Red Tarns Track, Kea Point and the Hooker Valley Track each take around two hours return. For more experienced alpine hikers, there are three mountain pass routes - over the Mueller, Copland and Ball passes.
Glacier viewing and skiing
Helicopters and ski-planes provide access to the park's fabulous glaciers. The Tasman Glacier is an excellent choice for intermediate skiers, while the Murchison, Darwin and Bonney glaciers promise excitement for advanced skiers. Landing among spectacular ice formations and caverns is the start of an unforgettable experience. From October until May, you can explore the Tasman Glacier's terminal lake by boat.
Climbing Aoraki/Mount Cook remains the ultimate challenge, but there are many other peaks to tempt experienced climbers. Tasman, Malte Brun, Elie de Beaumont, Sefton and La Perouse are local favourites.


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Now, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are beckoned back to Narnia to find a vastly different world, where a new enemy stalks the battlefield and the land's kindly creatures find themselves on the brink of extinction.
The enchanting characters of CS Lewis' timeless fantasy come to dazzling life again in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN. This time out, the Pevensie siblings - Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy - are magically transported from World War II-era England to Narnia through a tube station near London's Trafalgar Square, embarking on a perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage.
One year after the incredible events of " The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the former kings and queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway, only to discover that more than 1,300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has faded into legend. The land's magical talking animals and mythical creatures exist as little more than folktales to the Telmarines, a race of humans led by the merciless Lord Miraz.
The four children have been summoned back to Narnia by Caspian, the young heir to the Telmarine throne, to combat his evil uncle, Miraz. With the help of a crusty, valiant dwarf (Trumpkin), a courageous talking mouse named Reepicheep and a mistrustful Black Dwarf (Nikabrik), they lead the Narnians on a remarkable journey to restore magic and glory to the land.
This film has an overall darker tone from the first, but is no less magical. In the beginning, we get to see how the children are dealing with life after Narnia. These personality traits form the foundation of how each deals with the return to Narnia and the knowledge that their time there is limited.
I found the battle between magical Narnians and the mundane Telmarines far more intriguing than the battle with the White Witch. In this story, the events do not have a prophecy pushing them forward. Without Aslan's presence, the children need to rely on their wits and determination. Throughout the film, you wonder if everyone will survive this time and just when you think everything will be alright, things spiral out of control.
My six-year-old daughter was enthralled throughout the film. At one point, she was out of her chair leaning on the seat in front of us watching with an intesity I wish she had while cleaning her room. As we watched the credits roll, she was wiping tears from her eyes.
If you enjoyed, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or Spiderwick Chronicles, this is a must see film of the summer.
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Vista Feature Pack
Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless resolves an issue where Bluetooth devices may no longer be detected after resuming from sleep or hibernate modes.
Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless resolves an issue where Bluetooth devices may no longer be detected after resuming from sleep or hibernate modes.
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Even if you've never played with Roland's iconic TR-808 drum machine, you've most definitely heard it used in the background of hit songs over the past 30 years. So what could be a more appropriate way to enjoy those songs than kicking back on this massive TR-808 beanbag?
Made from a nylon material that's supposedly easy to keep clean (hopefully it's Doritos powder-proof) the printed beanbag can be re-stuffed as needed through a zippered access panel on the side. But is it worth $US300? If you have to ask yourself that question, you're unfortunately not a big enough fan of classic electronic music hardware to warrant ordering one. [Analog Sweden]


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I've found that Esther's starting Familiar is very useful in the long run. It comes off rather weakat first, but stick the wind magic and healing spell on it, and it'll be useful for the long haul. The thirdcharacter's Familiar is beyond worthless; toss it immediately.
Get a Purrrloiner if you can. You can find them by castaway cove. Its got a great attack speed and nice damage as well as huge evasion. It trumps the mite very quickly. Plus, one of its tier 3 variants can be a pirate with an eye patch....it's so badass.
I beat Shadar. Everything after him just felt tacked on and unnecessary. I felt it hurt the experience more than it helped it.Also, this is one of those games where leaving the ancient civilization mysterious would have helped immensely. It's not nearly as impressive as the game makes it out to be when you see it up close. Some games can do this right,like Grandia. Ni No Kuni is not one of them.One special note goes out to a post-game quest that explains why the Save points exist. This was a very good minor twist.
Just beat the game, now messing around in post game, bounties and quests a plenty. The final boss was pretty cake, but I was SERIOUSLY overleveled (heroes are all 80+). Overall, I give the game a solid 8.5. The gameplay was fun, but the tame rate for creatures sucks way too much, especially when you're trying to catch them for quests. All the excess attempts caused a bit of a level spike, making everything pitifully easy. The story is great, but it starts to become pretty easy to see coming, and I didn't like how they pulled the old 80% of the game villian is in fact not the major villian baloney, it always sours my taste buds (though it does get surprising at the absolute last second though, I chuckled for it). The music was catchy....til you realize that there is only 1 fucking song playing the whole game. Sort of a late kick in the balls, but I'll eat it. Honestly, my gripes are miniscule regarding the game, Level-5 did a great job making an old rpg here, and I'm gonna use the term old because this is an rpg of olden days. Fuck the wrpgs and jrpgs of today, they're both crappy 9 times out of 10. This reminded me of games like chrono cross, ffvii, pokemon, and so forth. So much freedom to explore, places to go, stuff to do. I was always occupied with this game, and had to force myself away at times to relax and level out from gaming. Last time I did that was probably FFIX or X. This is easily my most enjoyed week and a half in years, and I spent most of it sick and achey.One suggestion for anyone who is still on the fence or even just starting, take the time to read everything and not speed past it. The language used is quite entertaining, especially the fairies' english slang. It's downright comical at times.
You wanna talk about demonic dedication to a game? When MGS4 was released, I was working at a game store. I got the game the day before it was released, brought it home after installing it on my ps3 while at work, and proceeded to marathon it from 8pm that evening to 11:16am that next morning, 2 liter bottle of iced tea next to me and a small pizza to go through the night. 2 minutes after I beat the game, I walked to my phone, called my boss and told him I was not coming in that morning, see him tomorrow. He reminded me I wasn't working that day anyway, so I said oh good, hung up, went to my bed, and fell right to sleep. Best 15 hour marathon ever!


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John Brown b. May 9, 1800, Torrington, Conn.
d. Dec. 2, 1859, Charles Town, [W] Va.
John Brown was a militant American abolitionist, whose capture and execution following his raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, [West] Virginia made him a martyr to the antislavery cause. This series of events also contributed to a heightening of the sectional animosities that increasingly divided north and south. Less than two years after Brown's death, the country would be at war.
In the summer of 1859, leading an armed group of 16 whites and 5 blacks, Brown set up a headquarters in a rented farmhouse in Maryland, across the Potomac from Harper's Ferry, Virginia, the site of a federal arsenal. On the night of October 16, he captured the arsenal and rounded up some 60 leading men of the area as hostages. Brown took this action in the hope that escaped slaves would join his rebellion, forming an "army of emancipation" with which to liberate their fellow slaves. Throughout the next day and night he and his men held out against the local militia, but on the following morning he surrendered to a small force of U. S. Marines, commanded by Lt. Colonel Robert E. Lee. Brown was wounded, and 10 of his followers (including two sons) were killed. He was tried for murder, inciting slave insurrection, and treason against the state, and was sentenced to be hanged.
Fearing the possibility of another uprising by Brown's supporters, the Governor of Virginia accepted the offer of VMI's Superintendent, Francis H. Smith, to send a part of the Corps of Cadets to provide an additional military presence at the execution, which was to take place at Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia). Smith consulted his faculty and selected upperclassmen to prepare for duty at Charles Town. Official VMI records do not include a list of the selected cadets. The only known list was published in the Petersburg (VA) newspaper on December 8, 1859.
Smith, by directive of the governor, was placed in charge of the execution itself. Overall command of the cadet detachment was given to VMI faculty member William Gilham, who also commanded two cadet infantry companies consisting of 64 cadets. His colleague Major Thomas J. Jackson, was placed in command of the artillery--two howitzers manned by 21 cadets. (less than two years after the duty at Charles Town, Jackson would acquire the nickname "Stonewall" and would soon thereafter achieve fame as one of the Confederacy's ablest military leaders). The VMI cadets reached Charles Town on November 26th and were relieved from duty on December 6th. They returned to Lexington via Richmond, where they were greeted by the Governor and members of the Virginia Assembly.
Photo at right: VMI Cadet group, ca. 1860. Henry K. Burgwyn (front center) witnessed the execution.


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I can imagine the scene all too well: a single mom and her two kids are at Pizza Hut after a long day and an even longer week of school, work, day care and life. The kids are misbehaving and the mom is doing her best to calm them down while apologizing to the only other restaurant patron — a young man on his own — for her kids' behavior.
I've been on both sides of that table before, and I know that it could have been stressful for everyone involved. But instead, a stranger's random act of kindness turned it into a joyful scene that left both the mom — and the restaurant staff — in tears.
According to a report from ABC11, the local news station in North Carolina where this all occurred, as soon as the man left the restaurant, the waitress and her manager approached the table where the mom and her family were eating. They informed her that the man had paid the family's dinner bill and left them with a Pizza Hut gift card — and a three-page note.
With tears in their eyes, the three read the note together:
"I do not know your back story, but I have had the privilege of watching you parent your children for the past 30 minutes. I have to say thank you for parenting your children in such a loving manner.
I have watched you teach your children about the importance of respect, education, proper manners, communication, self control, and kindness all while being very patient. I will never cross your path again but am positive that you and your children have amazing futures.
Keep up the good work, and when it starts to get tough do not forget that others may be watching and will need the encouragement of seeing a good family being raised. God bless! -Jake"
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text: Jeremy Flinn, OutdoorChannel.com 'Plotting' Your Deer Season You don't have to have a tractor or ATV/UTV to plant a food plot. Here, the author treats a ¾-acre Roundup Ready soybean field with glyphosate & PlotBoost by DeerGro using a backpack sprayer that cost less than $50. (Jeremy Flinn photo) With deer season on the horizon, hunters across the country are laying out every aspect of their hunting season. From tree stands to trail camera locations, the pre-season prep work often exceeds the number of hours we put on the stand during the season! One of the most time, and financial, consuming tasks we do is food plots. Though planting can take place during the spring and early summer, the dominating majority are planted in the late summer through early fall. These plots can be nutritious, but typically have one goal: bring deer into a harvest situation. Thus, the nickname "kill plots."But anyone who has shopped around for food plot seed, knows that there is a sea of species, mixes, and brands, often making it difficult to determine what is best for you and your property. So what do you need to consider when planning your food plots this season?When Are You Hunting?No not the time of day, but when during the season? I know that may seem like a dumb statement - "Until I kill one." But it is focused around the attractiveness of certain food plot species at different times of the year. If you are a bowhunter, you likely want a plot that is most attractive the first half of the season since bow season usually opens earlier than gun. If you are simply a gun hunter, you may want to plant something that is more attractive later in the season. If you hunt all season then you might want to plant a "mix," which contains both early and late season attractive species.Early in the hunting season, deer experience a rapid change in food sources. Crops that have provided near endless nutrition all summer long will be harvested, leaving little behind. Soon after the season starts, the "ice cream of deer foods," acorns, will begin to rain down. This will dramatically shift not only their food-focus, but also their movements in general. Often the fall/October lull hunters experience is caused by deer shifting their movement into the woods, and hunters remaining on earlier food sources like crop fields. With all of this going on, it makes it even more critical to plant the most attractive food plot to combat the alternative food sources. The fact is you will never outcompete the acorns completely. However, you can still pull deer into the plot. Early season food plots typically contain an oats, wheat, triticale, or rye grain. The cereal grains sprout fast and are very attractive the moment they pop through the soil. Planted alone at rates of up to 100 pounds per acre, it is likely some of the most planted food plot species. Though planted months before, corn and soybeans left standing through the early season can be very effective, especially when larger, commercial fields have been harvested. For those that hunt mainly during the latter part of the season, planting cereal grains or leaving summer crops standing may not be the most effective option. In the North, planting brassicas which include kale, rape, and turnips can provide a lot of food that is very attractive once a couple of hard freezes occur. Because deer don't tend to find them attractive until the freezes, planting brassica in the South may be unproductive. Instead, planting something like daikon radish or annual clovers can attract deer later in the season, which in the South, often coincides with the rut. This image is a great example of an "All Season" food plot mix, which contains cereal grains for early attraction and brassica and radish for mid to late season. (Jeremy Flinn photo) What Equipment Do You Have?Hunters often get discouraged when they hear the term "food plots" because these days it seems like you have to have a commercial farming operation to plant them. That's not true at all. In fact, many hunters plant successful food plots each year with no more than a few hand tools and a backpack sprayer. Sure it may take a little more elbow grease, but that will likely generate more satisfaction when your plot draws in that giant buck this fall.Often the first piece of equipment hunters think of when discussing food plots is a tractor. Now you don't need a 200hp commercial ag unit to plant food plots, in fact smaller ones often work better, especially in tight areas. Most food plotters lean towards tractors under 75-horsepower in size. That's big enough to do a few-acre destination feeding plot, yet still can get into a half acre kill plot. The important thing is finding the right size for you and your property.If you aren't in the market for a tractor, you can accomplish a lot with an ATV or UTV. Although you probably don't want to have to plant more than a couple acres, it will do a great job on anything under one acre. With tractors and an ATV/UTV it also is necessary to have the proper implements to get the job done. Anyone can plant a food plot with a sprayer (applying Roundup/Glyphosate to kill existing plants), disc or tiller to work the ground, and seeder or spreader to distribute the seed. Those three implements alone will give you a good food plot. But what about the guy with no equipment? I, for one, have planted a lot of "Poor Man" plots over the years, and some have been more successful than those I planted with equipment, seriously. The reason, in my opinion, is that I can get into tighter areas that are closer to bedding areas. Whether it's a tractor or ATV/UTV, making a food plot is not the quietest task near a buck's major bedding area. However, a backpack sprayer, rake, and hand crank seeder is relatively noiseless. Basically, you can create a solid "kill plot oasis" that will likely see more daylight activity than any of your larger food plots in which deer would have to travel longer distances to get to.It's Like Building a HouseYou wouldn't put up the walls of a house without having a solid foundation first, so why would you plant seed without knowing the condition of the ground you are putting it into. Forget all the craziness around soil tests, eight out of ten food plots will need calcium/lime and nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) fertilizer. The ground you are planting has three main properties that will affect how your food plots grow: physical – which isn't going to change often; chemical – we affect this most when adding calcium/lime for pH and NPK for nutrients; and biological – which is enhanced with specialized sprays like those from DeerGro (www.deergro.com).Ensuring that you are creating a solid foundation for the food plot means that it will be more attractive and nutritious to the deer. Simply put, you will see more deer in it and head towards growing bigger deer because of it (along with better natural habitat). For about as little as half the cost of the seed you're planting, you can amend the soil and create a strong foundation. You can get traditional lime and fertilizers through many local farm co-op stores, or look for more specialized spray applications like liquid calcium which works faster than traditional lime and lasts longer than liquid lime. Great for us who tend to wait until the last minute. This season, put a little extra thought into the food plots you are planting. If you lay out a strategy you are much more likely to be successful at not only growing a great food plot, but harvesting deer over it this fall.Got a question on Food Plots for Jeremy? Ask the Expert at http://www.deergro.com/ask-a-foodplot-question/ GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Based on a unique single-source, cross-media panel across PCs, tablets and mobile, and, in selected countries, television, it provides the measurement across all media (paid, earned and owned).
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This chapter is a short introduction to the usage of audio devices on NetBSD (who wants a dumb computer, anyway?)
In order to make audio work on your system you must know what audio card is installed. Sadly it is often not enough to know the brand and model of the card, because many cards use chipsets manufactured from third parties. Therefore knowing the chipset installed on the audio card can sometimes be useful. The NetBSD kernel can recognize many chipsets and a quick look at dmesg is enough most of the time.
Therefore, type the following command:
dmesg | more
and look for the audio card and chipset. If you're lucky you won't need to do anything because NetBSD automatically detects and configures many audio cards.
Sometimes audio doesn't work because the card is not supported or because you need to do some work in order for the card to be detected by NetBSD. Many audio cards are nowadays very cheap, and it is worth considering buying a different card, but before doing this you can try some simple steps to make the card work with NetBSD.
This section is useful only to the owners of i386 PCs; on other architectures (e.g. Amiga) there are no such features. The most important thing to determine in order to use the audio card with NetBSD is the type of bus supported by the card.
The most common interfaces are ISA and PCI.
ISA Plug and Play cards are usually more tricky to configure mostly because of the interaction with the BIOS of the computer.
On the newer machines (those produced after 1997) there is a BIOS option which causes many headaches for the configuration of ISA Plug and Play audio cards (but not only audio cards): this option is usually named "PNP OS Installed" and is commonly found in the "PNP/PCI Configuration" (the names can be different in your BIOS.) As a general rule it is usually better to disable (i.e. set it to "NO") this option for NetBSD.
On many systems everything works fine even if this option is enabled. This is highly system dependent.
During the installation of NetBSD the devices are created in
/dev directory.
We are primarily interested in:
If they are not present they can be created like this:
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV all
This command creates all the devices, including the audio devices.
The audio card is now probably ready to be used without further work.
You can make a quick test and send an audio file to the
device (audio files usually have the
extension), but if you don't have an audio file you can just
send a text or binary file (of course you won't hear anything
/dev/audio or
cat filename > /dev/audio
cat filename > /dev/sound
If you hear something it means that the card is supported by NetBSD and was recognized and configured by the kernel at boot; otherwise you must configure the kernel settings for the audio device installed on the system (assuming the card/chipset is supported.)
NetBSD supports a wide range of audio cards and the GENERIC kernel already enables and configures most of them. Sometimes it is necessary to manually set up the IRQ and DMA for non-PnP ISA cards.
When you create a custom kernel it is better to work on a copy of the GENERIC file, as described in Chapter 28, Compiling the kernel.
If you still have problems you can try enabling all the devices, because some audio cards can be made to work only by emulating another card.
Many chipset make use of the SoundBlaster and OPL compatibility, but a great number of them work with the WSS emulation.
OPL is a MIDI synthesizer produced by Yamaha; there are many OPL variants (e.g. OPL2, OPL3SA, OPL3SA2, etc.). Many audio cards rely on this component or on a compatible one. For example, the chips produced by Crystal (and amongst them the very common CS423x) all have this chipset, and that's why they work with NetBSD.
WSS is not a microchip; it is the acronym of Windows Sound System. WSS is the name of the NetBSD kernel driver which supports the audio system of Microsoft Windows. Many audio cards work with Windows because they adhere to this standard (WSS) and the same holds for NetBSD.
Of the many audio cards that I tested with NetBSD, a good
number work only if
opl* and
wss* are enabled in the kernel.
You should have no problem to get the Creative SoundBlaster cards to work with NetBSD: almost all of them are supported, including the Sound Blaster Live 1024!
When everything works you can disable in the kernel configuration file the devices that you don't need.
NetBSD comes with a number of commands that deal with audio devices. They are:
audioctl(1) made its appearance in NetBSD 1.3 and is used to manually set some variables regarding audio I/O, like the frequencies for playing and recording. The available parameters can be displayed with the following command:
audioctl -a | more
For example, to listen to CD quality music you can use the following command.
audioctl -w play=44100,2,16,slinear_le
This command sets the frequency to 44100Hz, 2 audio channels, 16 bit, slinear_le encoding.
You can see the supported encodings with:
audioctl encodings
This command displays the list of all the encodings supported by the audio card on your system.
This command is used to configure the audio mixing and has an interface similar to that of audioctl(1).
With this command you can play audio files in simple formats like ULAW and WAV. For more sophisticated needs you might want to install one of the many programs available in the package system which let you play audio files in different formats (e.g. MP3, etc.)
Not unsurprisingly this command is used to record audio files.