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Meaning of name Dara
Etymology : From the Irish Mac Dara which means Means "oak tree"
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Dara is an introverted soul, reserved and secretive, who tends to protect himself from a world that can make him feel a little uneasy at times. Often shy, his sociability is inseparable from a certain elitism: Dara would definitely rather be alone than in unsuitable company. He is a cerebral type who is inclined to speculations of the mind, easily worried and tormented, pessimistic about life which he deems disturbing from the start. Pragmatic and rational, he needs to reassure himself and possesses an instinctive wariness. All the same, he is a reliable man who can always be counted on, of outstanding moral character and an attentive listener. If he lives his active number in 2, he is likely to be sensitive, impressionable and seek security above all else. Affectionate and receptive to others, his priority tends to be self-protection from the countless and nameless difficulties that could lie in wait. He would therefore tend to choose a well-organized and therefore reasonably safe life, even if that means a monotonous one. However, transformation is nonetheless always possible, and if he so wishes he could live in harmony with his active number 11 (master number) and acquire a certain moral and physical ascendancy on others by concretizing his high aspirations - which are often of a social or humanitarian nature - and developing his intuition, psychological talents and inspiration. Time is always on his side and if he can show tenacity and perseverance he will surely reap the rewards of his efforts. However the downside is likely to be an accompanying atmosphere of considerable stress. With the influence of his master number he tends to carry the world on his shoulders and this could render him less tolerant over time, more impatient or even obsessive... As a child he needs much love and affection although his modesty can mean that he doesn´t deal with exuberant manifestations of emotion very well. A balanced emotional environment is crucial: as long as his parents provide him with plenty of encouragement and love, Dara will do better at school, and could even be the top of the class while attracting the interest of his teachers. He is well-behaved and reliable, sometimes even too much so, and he isn´t afraid of solitude which is more of a sanctuary than a source of suffering for him.
What does he like?
He loves peace and quiet, simplicity and all that is natural, while he loathes sophistication, elitism and snobbery. His primarily seeks security and stability. The latest technology fascinates his practical and rational mind, and he enjoys planning and organizing, possibly because he is always expecting the unexpected. In matters of the heart, he is faithful and affectionate, but can have difficulty expressing his feelings and emotions. Don´t expect too much romance, but remember, if he loves you, it´s for life!
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Dara is likely to be tempted by the scientific and technical fields, professions in connection with modernism, avant-garde technology, those related to the land, nature and the humanities (psychology...) or counselling, and if he lives his master number, all occupations in connection with humanitarian and social movements.
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Love :Couples: The complicity between the two of you will be reinforced. Singles: An admirer will make themselves known.
Money :You are trying to decide whether or not to make a property investment. Take your time.
Health:You won't see any results without some effort Dara.
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'Left-wing college campuses nationwide won't know what hit them'
Wars, financial-aid cuts and curfews put many college students on edge, on the street and in action.
But so does the Constitution.
That 225-year-old document is the reason thousands of college liberty activists from across the country will participate in "Constitution Week" in honor of Constitution Day on Sept. 17.
And they'll be doing more than just reciting the "We the People" introduction.
According to a report from Young Americans for Liberty, more than 150 student chapters across the country will be active in sparking conversations about the nation's founding document. The students will be equipped with thousands of pocket Constitutions, personalized flyers and signup sheets to recruit others to "join our fight to preserve the constitutional republic."
They also will hold various events, including "Free Speech Walls," and building giant replicas of the Constitution.
"Left-wing college campuses nationwide won't know what hit them next week when over 150 YAL chapters and thousands of student activists take over their campuses," said Alyssa Farah, YAL director of communications.
Young people, she said, "are shifting more dramatically in the polls away from Obama and his policies than any other age demographic."
"At the same time, YAL is experiencing record growth in both our membership and chapter base," Farah said.
The organization reports a 60 percent increase in chapter participation this year, and it expects the nationwide activism to be the largest Constitution Week in YAL's history.
The organization is the largest and fastest growing libertarian and conservative group on America's college campuses, with a network of more than 450 chapters nationwide. Its goals are to identify, educate, train and mobilize students on the ideals of individual liberty and the Constitution.
Constitution Week in America observes the adoption on Sept. 17, 1787, of the Constitution, and it runs Sept. 17-23 this year.
The organization recognizes God-given natural rights of life, liberty and property set forth by the nation's founders. It objects to the "moral decay" promoted by the present government.
"The political class dominates the agenda with a violent, callous, controlling grip. For this we do not stand," the group explains. "We welcome limited-government conservatives, classical liberals and libertarians who trust in the creed we set forth."
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The "defect" method needs to return the percent to a text line in the main method. (25points)
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But the combination of onsite inspections and gathering data remotely through a Scada system (see below) is essential for maximising a turbine's performance.
To make sense of data collected by Scada, a warranted power curve is usually used as a basepoint. This is a data curve, supplied by the turbine maker, that predicts the hypothetical performance of its machine during the initial warranty period. The power curve is based on the turbine's predicted performance at an ideal site, watered-down to make it more realistic.
As each wind turbine may depict variations due to differences in its components or surroundings, the warranted power curve alone is insufficient for understanding performance and a historical reference for the specific wind turbine is required. This reference can be defined using an earlier period when the wind turbine was operating as expected after filtering out unwanted data. It is important to ensure that probable software or hardware changes have not affected the operation of the wind turbine in relation to the historical reference.
Historical references can also be used for aspects that may affect a turbine's performance, such as the temperature of the components and control parameters. In addition, the references can be applied between identical wind turbines, to define potential performance increase or a case of underperformance.
As a wind turbine is a complex assembly of electric, hydraulic and mechanical systems, the amount of information that can be gathered is huge, requiring a structured database and standardised analysis methods. Performance data is either continuous when it comes from Scada or periodical when gathered from inspections.
Continuous information can provide indications on the performance of the turbine's control system itself as well as the status of its components. For example, a wind turbine whose pitch parameters deviate from the optimal settings would result in high revenue loss.
Periodical information is gathered from inspections that can vary from general wind-turbine checks to specific gearbox endoscopic inspections, oil analysis and vibration measurements. Like Scada, this information must be collected in a structured manner to be available for reviewing when needed. It is valuable for identifying possible root causes when issues appear in the Scada system. A high gearbox temperature that leads to sequential stoppages during high winds can be directly attributed to a gear oil pump that is found to malfunction during inspection.
The combination of this information is also essential to identify issues that may either not be visible in the Scada system or be misinterpreted by sensors. For example, a misplaced ambient air temperature sensor will lead to wrong measurements and, consequently, an error in the normalisation of the power output in relation to wind speed.
A supervisory control and data acquisition (Scada) system collects electronic data from sensors fixed to a wind turbine and fed to a central computer. It is usually supplied when the turbines are installed to ensure owners and operators can access statistical data on turbine performance.
The sensors monitor results such as power output and blade pitch changes, averaging the data over ten-minute periods. It can also show signals from voltage and temperature sensors, or vibration data. This low-frequency data may also contain maximum, minimum and standard deviations, and the Scada information can also contain alarms triggered by predefined limits set by the maker.
The periodical Scada system can be complemented by high-frequency data from condition monitoring systems (CMS). These assess the status of turbine systems and sub-systems using sensors such as accelerometers, strain gauges, and oil particle counters. The signals from these instruments provide data in very short time frames — less than a second. Because each CMS instrument is standalone, the temperature and alarm data, for example, provided from the Scada system can be used to correlate possible deviations in the CMS readings and indicate root causes.
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Banks in the European Union could soon find themselves regarded in much the same way as power or water companies: entities that keep society functioning but pretty much stay in the background. That is, if lawmakers have their way about new proposed amendments to the draft law prepared by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. At stake are not only bankers' bonuses, but their entire culture.
Bloomberg reported Wednesday that among the amendments proposed are rules that would forbid bonuses that exceed the salary a banker draws. That rule is actually tougher than the one originally proposed by its originator, Othmar Karas, an Austrian Christian Democrat lawmaker who is leading work on the draft rules in the European Parliament.
Karas had originally proposed capping bonuses at double a banker's fixed pay, but the tougher measure, according to Philippe Lamberts, a Belgian who's representing Parliament's Green group in the negotiations, has cross-party support.
A vote on that measure, and numerous others, is scheduled for May 8. The Basel bank capital rules will become law in all 27 E.U. nations on Jan. 1.
According to Michel Barnier, the financial services commissioner of the E.U., some banker pay is beyond "all reason, common sense and morality." While Barnier, who is responsible for draft legislation, has said he will consider additional rules governing bonuses, Parliament may not wait for him, insisting that the restrictions belong instead in the Basel law. The basic purpose of that law, lawmakers point out, is to shut down excessive risk taking and push banks into more responsible foundations for the economy.
While banks have protested such measures, saying that they will drive away talent and possibly harm a stable financial system, lawmakers do not agree. According to Sharon Bowles, who chairs the E.U. Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee, "a majority" of members "have had enough of banks living on a different planet than everyone else." She was quoted saying, "I think it's more than that though—we want to change banks' behavior."
Simon Gleeson, a financial services lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP in London, called such a bonus-limiting move "the 'Banker Enrichment Act,'" saying in the report, "You're telling them 50% of your next bonus is guaranteed, not just next year but for the whole career, and you'll receive it in cash. I'd be surprised if bankers weren't lobbying for it," Bowles disagreed.
While bonus limits could cause "some salary inflation," Bowles said, she added, "I don't think it will totally compensate for the reduced bonus payments." She also pointed out another factor. "It will make banks face up to what they are paying and ask whether they want to do this on a permanent basis," she said in the report. "Shareholders and investors will ask questions about whether it's right."
Lamberts said that once the law is on the books, he wants to find a way to return to the time when banks served the economy, instead of the other way around. While he acknowledged that banking is a "very important industry," he added, "It's just that it's not more important that other utilities like energy and water."


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Indian Tray Basket Bowl in Red/Green
Indian Tray Basket is inspired by Native American art, made with a traditional Pima Indian design, colored with natural dyes. The Pima Indians are known for their fine Indian baskets. Thin strips of materials; Devils Claw, willow and Bear grass are wrapped into a bundle which is coiled around in a continuous spiral. The symbol of the Salt River Pima Indian is the Man in the Maze. The legend depicts the experiences which occur during the journey through the maze of life. At the center of the maze are ones dreams and goals and when one reaches the center they are met by the Sun God who passes them on to the next world.
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We know from elementary school that the triangle inequality holds in Euclidean geometry. Some where in High School or in Univ., we come across non-Euclidean geometries (hyperbolic and Riemannian) and Absolute geometry where in both the inequality holds.
I am curious whether the triangle inequality is made to hold in any geometry( from the beginning) or is a consequence of some axioms. Presumably, the denial of the inequality would create havoc in that conceivable geometry.


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Step2 Plugin
compile "org.grails.plugins:step2:0.1"
Google Step2
About this plugin
- Remarks: Due to an unknown technical reason, this plugin cannot be released for installation with "grails install-plugin" command. Check the Grails JIRA issue GRAILS-3978 for details. You'll need to checkout the source project from svn.
- This plugin currently serves as a demonstration of how the Google Step2 project could be started by Grails. This plugin setup all Step2 servlets and provides full OpenID and OAuth functions provided by Step2. e.g. you could use the login form to login Google's public OpenID endpoint and retrieve the user's email address via the AX attribute.
- Remarks: This plugin must be run as "grails run-war" or generate as a WAR to deploy to an app server. For another unknown technical reason, it cannot be started with "grails run-app"
- Remarks: This plugin depends on the Google Data Plugin
- checkout the source project from svn
svn co http://svn.codehaus.org/grails-plugins/grails-step2/trunk/ step2
- run the project as a war
grails run-war
- access the logon page
http://localhost:8080/step2/login or http://localhost:8080/step2/popup
Facebook-Connect-style pop-up login - Google
- Step1
- Step2
- Step3
- Step4
Normal same page login - Yahoo!
- Step1
- Step2
- Step3
- Step4
- Tested with Grails 1.1 RC 1
- Tested against the following OpenID end-points
- https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id
- http://yahoo.com
- but not http://me.yahoo.com/$yahooUserID
- any help to further improve this project is welcome. Please contact the arthor or discuss in the grails-user mail list.


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Royals rally around Billy Butler's barbecue sauce
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The Royals came into Tuesday night's game riding a hot streak and a bottle of barbecue sauce has been along for the ride.
Billy Butler's Hit-it-a-Ton Barbecue Sauce was brought into the dugout last week and the Royals won six straight games.
"(Jeremy) Guthrie is looking at the bottle and Billy's foundation is called Hit-it-a-Ton," said Terry Hyer of Zarda's BBQ. "Guthrie says we need to be doing that, hitting it a ton."
Soon, teammates were handing out bottles of the sauce to each other for big hits and runs scored.
"Right now, they are riding it. It's called the rally sauce," Hyer said.
Butler, the Royals' designated hitter, lent his name to the sauce to help Kansas City's Bishop Sullivan Center feed the less fortunate. Royals fans have been rushing to stores to pick up a bottle for themselves.
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"Sunday, I went to the shelf to check on it and it was totally empty. We had to get an urgent phone call in," she said.
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Stardust/Source Code
- 1 Browsing the Source Code
- 2 Overview
- 2.1 Command Line Build
- 2.2 IDE Build (Under Construction)
Browsing the Source Code
For initial quick browsing of the source code please go to http://git.eclipse.org/c/?q=stardust.
This documentation covers the local build of stardust. You can use the command line or build directly in the Eclipse IDE.
Command Line Build
Installing Git
To checkout the source code you need to install git first. You have different options:
- git scm installs a minimal environment to run Git. It comes with a Bash,a Perl interpreter, the Git executable plus dependencies.
- msysgit installs a build environment for Git on Windows. It includes git scm. After installtion you can open a git shell to run git commands (git bash or git-cmd.bat).
Clone git Repositories
- Create a new folder, e.g. C:\\stardust, and open a git shell there. (bash on Linux/Win or git-cmd.bat on Win)
- Copy the following commands to a file named cloneStardust.cmd or cloneStardust.sh file.
- Save it to the stardust folder and execute it.
git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.build.tools.git build.tools git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.components.git components git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.deploy.jee.git deploy.jee git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.documentation.git documentation git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.engine.git engine git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.examples.git examples git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.git org.eclipse.stardust git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.ide.git ide git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.ide.simulation.git ide.simulation git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.ide.wst.git ide.wst git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.product.git product git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.reporting.rt.git reporting.rt git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.repository.git repository git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.ui.common.git ui.common git clone http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/stardust/org.eclipse.stardust.ui.web.git ui.web
If you run git clone behind a HTTP proxy specify proxy details first.
git config --global http.proxy http://<user>:<password>@proxy:port
Now you have the default checkout which is the master branch.
Following branches are available:
Please find in Branch strategy explained which branch to use.
For more details on the differences between stardust versions, please look at the project website.
If you like to clone a specific branch add "-b <branch-name>" to the git command. To work on a stable source please use release tags as checkout. We have a help script (linux) to do git commands on all stardust repositories:
cd <root-of-your-stardust-checkout> build.tools\bin\git-all.sh checkout v188.8.131.5230612-0325-R
We tag every milestone and release build. See git for details.
Build Stardust
- JDK - we suggest Java 1.6
- Apache ANT - we suggest Ant 1.7.0
- Apache Maven - we suggest Maven 3.0.5
Running the Build
To maybe cover the different build configurations in branches, we have a readme.txt available in the source tree. Please follow the steps described in readme.txt residing in product folder.
Version Qualifier
The concrete value of the .qualifier version part may be set to a define value by appending "-DforceContextQualifer=<qualifier value>". Please note, that if you do not provide an explicit Stardust version and qualifier, build artifacts will use the default build version (which is currently 9.9.9-SNAPSHOT). You should check startust/org.eclipse.stardust/org.eclipse.stardust-parent/pom.xml for the ipp.version, which should equal the version you are using in your overall build.
Where to go from here?
Now you can use the build result, a local eclipse update site, to install Stardust. Follow the instructions in the section Local Eclipse Update Site (offline)
If you like to consume our archetypes, e.g. tomcat7 web archive, via maven please find documentation here: Maven - Basic Setup
Next check out the resource in the Stardust Knowledge Base, especially the Getting Started section. You may also want to check out the Forum to post questions or just exchange thoughts with the community.
To access the online help please consult help.eclipse.org
If you experience any problems downloading the source code or building Stardust then please contact us via the Forum.
Errors fetching Dependencies
If you encounter errors during the build that indicate missing dependencies which could not be fetched from the repositories then try cleaning the ivy cache folder .ivy in your user.home (e.g. C:\Users\your.name\.ivy, if it exists) and the maven repository (check settings.xml in M2_HOME/etc and/or user.home/.m2 to determine the location).
If your are using Maven 3.0.4 behind a proxy please see here on how to fix the issue.
IDE Build (Under Construction)
You have the possibility to build stardust also in your Eclipse IDE.
Importing projects into Eclipse
After you have executed the build you can import the projects into Eclipse. Although we're using Maven as the main dependency management system we have currently some projects which are using Ivy for the dependency management (this will be slowly but surely changed sooner or later). Because of the fact that the IvyDE plugin can handle Ivy and Maven projects we have adjusted all projects to work with this plugin.
Installing IvyDE plugin
At first you have to install the IvyDE plugin. To do that just click on "Install new Software..." in the Help menu item of Eclipse. In the upcoming dialog press the "Add..." button and provide the following URL http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/ivyde/updatesite. Please install "Apache IvyDE" and optionaly "Apache IvyDE Resolve Visualizer". These can be found in the section "Apache IvyDE Eclipse plugins".
Import build.tools project
Now import the build.tools project with help of the "Existing Projects into Workspace" wizard of the import dialog of Eclipse.
Configure IvyDE plugin
After the installation of IvyDE and the build.tools project import, open the preferences dialog of Eclipse which can be found in the Window menu item and click on Ivy in the left panel. Now configure the plugin as follows:
- Advanced: enable "Use extended resolve id"
- Classpath Container: enable "Resolve dependencies in workspace"
- Settings/Ivy settings path: ${workspace_loc:build.tools/ivysettings-eclipse.xml}
- this assumes that you have already imported the build.tools project in Eclipse
Importing all projects
In the last step you can import all remaining projects into Eclipse with the "Existing Projects into Workspace" wizard of the import dialog of Eclipse. As the root directory you can choose the GIT checkout folder. As a result of this all projects are listed in the Projects view. Please remove the marker left of the project stardust-hazelcast-ra because it is currently not used. After this click on the "Resolve All" button which can you find in the IvyDE toolbar:
This step can take some time. Therefore we're suggesting to open the Ivy Console in the Console view to see/validate the resolve progress.


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Management guru and former General Electric CEO Jack Welch responded to the firestorm of controversy created by his tweet in response to the latest employment figures released Friday.
Welch, who suggested President Barack Obama's campaign, or "Chicago guys" as he referred to them in the tweet, had somehow manipulated the numbers to favor its re-election efforts, drew sharp criticism from economic observers on both the left and the right.
While Welch (left) conceded his tweet was controversial and, given the chance, he might have worded it differently, he nonetheless defended its substance in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday.
Comparing the intensity of his critics to those found in Soviet Russia and Communist China, Welch began by downplaying his original comments, writing that he simply suggested "that a certain government datum (like the September unemployment rate of 7.8%) doesn't make sense" and is "downright implausible."
He countered that reports of his affiliation with the Romney campaign are wrong, and while his wife did work for Bain in the late 1980s, it was Bain Consulting and not Bain Capital, and she "had no contact with Mr. Romney."
"The Obama campaign and its supporters, including bigwigs like David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs, along with several cable TV anchors, would like you to believe that BLS data are handled like the gold in Fort Knox, with gun-carrying guards watching their every move, and highly trained, white-gloved super-agents counting and recounting hourly. Let's get real."
The unemployment data reported each month are gathered over a one-week period by census workers, he explained. Some questions allow for "unambiguous answers, but others less so."
"For instance, the range for part-time work falls between one hour and 34 hours a week. So, if an out-of-work accountant tells a census worker, "I got one baby-sitting job this week just to cover my kid's bus fare, but I haven't been able to find anything else," that could be recorded as being employed part-time."
He claimed the possibility of "subjectivity creeping into the process is so pervasive" that the BLS' own "Handbook of Methods" has a full page explaining the limitations of its data.
"Bottom line: To suggest that the input to the BLS data-collection system is precise and bias-free is–well, let's just say, overstated," Welch states.
He then pointed to three statistics he says don't add up–the labor-force participation rate, the growth in government workers, and overall job growth. That all of them achieved multi-decade records over the past two months has to raise some eyebrows, Welch argued.
"There were no economists, liberal or conservative, predicting that unemployment in September would drop below 8%."
He's noted he's not the first person to question the accuracy of the Labor Department's figures, and pointed to Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of the Obama administration's Council of Economic Advisers, and "one of my chief critics in this go-round." Back in 2003, Goolsbee, commenting on a Bush-era unemployment figure, wrote in a New York Times op-ed: "the government has cooked the books," though Goolsbee was not directly accusing the Bush administration in the same way Welch did of the Obama administration.
Employment numbers are regularly spun for political gain upon their release, and additional confusion can occur due to the fact that certain private organizations' including ADP and TrimTabs, release their own high-profile numbers just prior to the government. The organizations' findings often differ, sometimes heavily, from what the government eventually reports, though Welch is one of the first high-profile business executives to accuse an administration of purposefully changing the numbers.


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This was one of the more unexpected shows I've ever seen. Red Skelton was appearing at the Circle Star Theater, doing a long standup act, and I went, figuring it would be OK, kind of old-fashioned, an interesting encounter with the past. And he turned out to be absolutely brilliant. I wouldn't have believed it had I not seen it with own eyes. And I brought a friend with me, so I had a witness. The review, which was the first I wrote in my thirties, came out in May of 1989, and here it is:
Red Skelton got a standing ovation before he did
anything Saturday night. Before he made it to the stage of
the Circle Star theater, the place was on its feet. Skelton
looked around, said, "Well, can't top that. Good night,"
and made as if to walk off stage.
Respect, sentiment and nostalgia were big ingredients
in that applause, of course. Going into the show, you knew
that Skelton would be well-received just about no matter
what he did up there. The questions in my mind were 1) Would
he still have it? And 2) Would "still having it" be
enough? Would Skelton's brand of comedy seem as funny now
as it did 20 years ago, when he was on television once a
Turns out, Skelton's show at the Circle Star Saturday
was without exaggeration the best stand-up comedy show I've
seen. Forget sentiment. Forget the showbiz legend stuff.
Take someone to this show who somehow never heard of Red
Skelton — a juror from North trial, let's say — and the
reaction would be the same. Amazement. Delight. And a laugh
out loud every 15 seconds.
Really, looking back on other comedy shows after seeing
Red Skelton is like looking back on a long stretch of dating
now that you're in love. You thought you were happy, but now
you're really happy. There's a spiritual dimension to
Skelton's humor, a wisdom and a kindness. You can sit and
listen to him for two hours and wish he'd go on for two
more, because it's not one note being sounded again and
again. His understanding is as wide as life.
At 75 — going on 76 this July — he looks great.
"People tell me all the time, `Oh, you look good.' Those
are the three stages of man," he said. "Youth. Middle age.
And `You look good."' His frame is solid, his voice strong.
That clown's walk, a sort of child-like hobble he adopts, is
not old age but part of his act.
He wore a tuxedo, swayed back and forth and laughed at
his own jokes in that manic but benign way, looking like
Jack Nicholson's kindly old Uncle. The first part of the
show was pure stand-up, one joke after another. "Jimmy
Swaggart was reciting the Ten Commandments. But when he got
to the seventh, he changed the subject, because he
remembered where he left his car."
Skelton's timing is a marvel. "My grandmother was 102
years old when she died. The baby lived, we were happy about
that." He adopted the character of a punch-drunk retired
boxer and said, "Ever tell you about my first fight? Ever
tell you about my last fight? Same fight." Any other
comedian might have gotten a chuckle, but Skelton's ease,
the way he tosses off "Same fight" as if the boxer were
hoping you wouldn't hear that, earns him a big laugh.
Skelton assumed some of the characters from his
television days. His bit as Gertrude and Heathcliff, the two
seagulls, involved their flying over Washington, D.C.
"Gertrude, do you realize that's the Capitol building down
there?" "Well, then, this one's on the house."
He pulled a hat down over his ears and talked in a lisp
as Clem Kadiddlehopper. "You haven't seen me in some time.
I got married. A military wedding . . . At least there were
guns there, I know that." Then he sang a song he wrote "If
I Were King of the Birdies" and had members of the audience
stand up and flap their arms like wings. Where else can you
buy fun like this?
Skelton asked for requests and did several of his well-
known pantomimes — a slovenly cook in a Greek restaurant, a
Japanese hunter with a blow-gun. Best of all was the
pantomime of a father looking through the glass at his
newborn for the first time.
The pantomime, in loving detail, shows the father
passing from consternation at the child's homeliness to
pride. The last seconds of the pantomime, when the father
waves at the baby and smiles lovingly, are enough to bring
tears to your eyes. There's nothing corny here. Skelton
depicts a man in a rare moment of unguarded tenderness –
and brings out that feeling in his audience. Your world
becomes bigger.
In all, Skelton performed for just over two hours,
never letting up, telling jokes, assuming characters. At one
point he talked about things that confused him. "How can
your wife see a little blond hair on your coat and miss the
garage door? How can a little 10-year-old find a drug pusher
and the FBI can't?"
He closed the show with a long bit, playing a man doing
commercials for "Guzzler's Gin." With each station break,
the man gets more and more sloshed, until he's spitting gin
all over himself.
Then, after saying "Good night and may God bless" and
taking several bows, alone and with his band leader Frank
Leone, Skelton left the stage to a standing ovation. A real
standing ovation. Not the kind where five people in the
front stand up and everybody else feels obligated. Two hours
with Skelton, and you love the man.
It's a shame he doesn't often perform in this area.
Skelton's last Bay Area show was in 1982, and Friday
morning, at a press conference at the Circle Star Center, he
said he didn't anticipate playing here for at least another
three years. Three years between nights like Saturday is
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Abuse culture
This article is spot on. In a religious group that promotes male dominance, there will be sexual abuse, it will be covered up, the perpetrator will be reinstated, and the victim will be blamed. And the members of the group close ranks and deny anything of importance happened. In these male authority cults, the sheer desperation to retain in authority even the most unsavory leaders boggles the mind. Pure evil. And very common.


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Court to hear innocence claim in Ga. death case
Monday, June 21, 2010
Professor Donald E. Wilkes Jr. was quoted in The Macon Telegraph regarding an upcoming habeas corpus hearing in federal district court in Savannah in the case of Troy Davis, a Georgia death row inmate who claims innocence. The article was written by Russ Bynum and Greg Bluestein and appeared on 6/20/10.
Other related articles: Athens Banner-Herald, The Marietta Daily Journal, Fulton County Daily Report


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Supreme Court Lets $270 Million Tobacco Award Stand
Cigarette makers must pay to help smokers in Louisiana quit their habit, as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by tobacco companies in a landmark class-action case.
By refusing to throw out a $270 million jury award, the high court put an end to a case that began in May 1996, when some 500,000 smokers in Louisiana filed a class-action suit against tobacco companies.
As the AP reports, "The smokers prevailed at every step in state courts, but Justice Antonin Scalia temporarily blocked payment of the money in September, citing concerns that the cigarette makers might have been deprived of their legal rights."
Here's an excerpt from NPR's Debbie Elliott's report for Newscast:
Without comment, the court refused to throw out a jury award intended to help a half a million Louisiana smokers quit. The 2004 verdict came in one of the first tobacco cases brought by smokers who weren't sick, but claimed addiction as their injury.
The New Orleans jury found that the tobacco industry conspired to addict people to a hazardous product and committed fraud by trying to conceal the dangers. And it ordered a unique remedy: that cigarette makers set up a trust fund to pay for nicotine gum, patches and other aids to help smokers break their addiction.
Tobacco firms unsuccessfully argued that Louisiana smokers should not have been grouped together as a class, but that individuals should have to sue.
The initial case was filed against tobacco companies Philip Morris; R.J. Reynolds; Lorillard; and Brown and Williamson, among others.
Last week, the FDA updated the anti-smoking messages it includes on cigarette packages, using graphic images that are meant to turn people off of the habit.
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CHULA VISTA, Calif. (Sept. 29, 2012) – Two U.S. men's beach volleyball teams will play each other in the semifinals of the 2012 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
The USA3 men's team of Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Tri Bourne (Aiea, Hawaii) will face the USA5 team of Avery Drost (Hawthorne, Calif.) and Jesse Rambis (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) in the semifinals set to begin at 9 a.m. PT at the Olympic Training Center.
The winner will play the winner of the other semifinal between the Canada1 team of Chaim Schalk and Benjamin Saxton and their compatriots Cameron Wheelan and Michael Plantinga of Canada2. The losers will play for the bronze medal at 11 a.m. PT while the gold medal match is scheduled for 1 p.m. PT.
There were plenty of battles played out on Saturday, with the final match finishing by the light of the moon.
In that match, Drost and Rambis defeated Mexico's Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen 2-1 (26-24, 13-21, 29-27) in 1 hour, 5 minutes, completing an amazing comeback from a disappointing day on Friday.
"I've had so many battles with Juan Virgen that it was fun to win that one," Drost said. "I really respect that guy a lot."
Drost and Rambis went 0-2 in pool play on Friday and thought Saturday's final pool play match would be their last of the tournament.
The duo won their final pool play match on Saturday, beating Marcelo Araya and Jonathan Guevara of Costa Rica, 2-0 (21-16, 21-18) to finish third in the pool. They thought their tournament was over.
But they were surprised to find out they would advance in the winners' bracket.
In the next round, they defeated the USA4 team of Adam Cabbage (Rio Rancho, N.M.) and Parker Kalmbach (Newport Beach, Calif.), 2-1 (16-21, 25-23, 15-13) to advance to the quarterfinals against Mexico.
"We got such a huge lift when we found out we could keep playing," Drost said. "We took that momentum and won a three-set match against Parker and Adam, who are playing really well.
"Sometimes when you win (three-set matches), it just gives you that feeling that you can't lose. That's how we felt against Mexico, even though we were up against it so many times."
The USA3 team of Montgomery and Bourne had a much easier path to the semifinals.
They finished pool play undefeated at 3-0 with a 21-5, 21-6 win in their third match Saturday over Turks & Caicos. The team advanced straight to the quarterfinals where the U.S. duo beat Guatemala's Andy Leonardo and Erick Garrido 2-0 to advance.
The other U.S. men's teams competing in Chula Vista finished their tournaments on Saturday.
The USA2 team of Jeff Carlson (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Tony Ciarelli (Huntington Beach, Calif.) won their pool with a 3-0 record after defeating compatriots Alex Jones (Northridge, Calif.) and Kyle Stevenson (Santa Monica, Calif.) of USA1, 2-0 (21-19, 21-14) in their final pool play match Saturday.
Carlson and Ciarelli advanced straight to the quarterfinals, where they fell to Wheelan and Plantiga, 2-1 (18-21, 21-18, 15-11). Jones and Stevenson were eliminated in a loss to Guatemala, 2-1 (21-17, 7-21, 15-9).
Cabbage and Kalmbach finished second in their pool with a 2-1 record after beating the U.S. Virgin Islands team of Marc Lomeli and Anthony Pippen, 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) on Saturday. But they were eliminated in the first round by Drost and Rambis.
About the photo: Mexico's Juan Virgen hits against the block of Avery Drost by the light of the moon over Chula Vista. Photo courtesy of Ed Chan
Saturday's Results
Pool A: CAN1 d ESA 2-0 (21-14, 21-17), USA4 d ISV 2-0 (21-16, 21-15); Pool B: USA5 d CRC 2-0 (21-16, 21-18), MEX d DOM 2-0 (21-16, 21-15); Pool C: USA3 d TCI 2-0 (21-5, 21-6), GUA d LCA 2-0 (21-17, 21-19); Pool D: CAN2 d TRI 2-0 (21-11, 21-16), USA2 d USA1 2-0 (21-19, 21-14)
Play-out matches: CRC d TCI 2-0 (21-12, 21-16), ISV d TRI 2-0 (21-10, 21-19) Round 1: DOM d ESA 2-0 (26-24, 21-12), CAN2 d LCA 2-1 (24-26, 21-14, 25-11), GUA d USA1 2-1 (21-17, 7-21, 15-9), USA5 d USA4 2-1 (16-21, 25-23, 15-13) Quarterfinals: CAN1 d DOM 2-0 (21-8, 21-16), CAN2 d USA2 2-1 (18-21, 21-18, 15-11), USA3 d GUA 2-0 (21-14, 21-15), USA5 d MEX 2-1 (26-24, 13-21, 29-27)


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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake will begin a three-game home stand on Saturday, when it will host Western Conference foe Chivas USA at Rio Tinto Stadium.
Saturday's match will kickoff at 7:00 p.m. MT and will be broadcast live on CW30, ESPN700 AM and 102.3 La Gran D/1600 AM. CW30 will air its 30-minute Ford Postgame Show immediately following the match; ESPN 700 will begin its pregame coverage at 6:00 p.m. MT and will air an hour-long postgame show immediately following the final whistle.
RSL – which tied 1-1 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC last Saturday – is again dealing with injuries as it heads into Saturday's match. MF Cole Grossman (Concussion) remains out, while Captain Kyle Beckerman (Rib dislocation), FW Robbie Findley (L adductor strain) and MF Sebastian Velasquez (R hand fracture) are all questionable for the game.
It's not all bad news, however, as a number of Real Salt Lake players have been taken off the injury report for Saturday's game. FW Alvaro Saborio (R knee swelling), FW Joao Plata (R hamstring strain), MF Javier Morales (R knee menisectomy), MF David Viana (R quad strain), MF Khari Stephenson (L knee sprain), DF Chris Wingert (R foot fracture), DF Rich Balchan (L groin strain) and DF Carlos Salcedo (concussion) are all healthy and available for selection on Saturday after being listed as questionable last weekend.
Real Salt Lake went 2-1-0 against Chivas USA last year, falling to the Southern California side 1-0 at home on March 24 before beating them at the Home Depot Center 3-0 on June 16 and 4-0 on Sept. 29. Saborio starred in the Sept. 29 victory, notching a hat trick – his second of 2012 – in just 74 minutes of action in the 4-0 win.
Widely predicted to struggle this season, Chivas has surprised many with its solid 3-2-1 start under first-year coach Jose Luis Sanchez Sola. Sanchez Sola – more commonly known as "Chelis" – and his Chivas USA charges lost their last match, falling 1-0 at home to the Colorado Rapids last Saturday.
Real Salt Lake will host USL Pro side Phoenix FC at Rio Tinto Stadium in MLS Reserve League action on Monday, April 22. Fans can buy tickets for that match – part of this year's groundbreaking partnership between MLS and USL Pro – at the Rio Tinto Stadium box office, online at http://www.riotintostadium.com/events/rsl-v-phoenixfc.php or over the phone at 801-727-2700.
RSL will return to league action next Saturday, April 27, when it will host Western Conference rival L.A. Galaxy at 7:00 p.m. MT at Rio Tinto Stadium. Tickets for that match can be bought at the Rio Tinto Stadium box office, online at www.RealSaltLake.com/Tickets or over the phone at 801-727-2700.
Click here to download the PDF version of the MLS Game Guide for Saturday's RSL-CHV matchup
How to Follow Real Salt Lake v. Chivas USA
- Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. MT at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah
- TV: CW30 (Ford Postgame Show to immediately follow final whistle)
- English Radio: ESPN700 AM (Pregame begins at 6:00 p.m. MT)
- Spanish Radio: La Gran D 102.3 FM & Juan 1600 AM
- Online: The @RealSaltLake Twitter Feed will provide live match updates
RSL History v. Chivas USA
Real Salt Lake is 9-10-4 in regular season play against its 2005 expansion partner Chivas USA. The Claret-and-Cobalt is 4-3-3 against the Goats in MLS action at home.
RSL was 2-1-0 against Chivas USA in the 2012 regular season, falling to the Southern California side 1-0 at home on March 24 before beating them at the Home Depot Center 3-0 on June 16 and 4-0 on Sept. 29.


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By Anna Coren, CNN
Protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, attacked police officers in a violent demonstration over an anti-Islam film on Monday, raising the specter of a new round of protests that have rocked U.S. diplomatic missions from Libya to Pakistan.
The violent protest came as tensions remained high in the Muslim world, with American embassies and consulates on alert for further backlash over a privately produced video in the United States that mocked the Prophet Mohammed.FULL STORY
Apparently Bapu Gandhi was banging a boy while Gandhi's father lay dying. Sick leader of a sick country with a sicko culture.
This goddess was married to five brothers. Which one would become the legitimate father of his child should she have one? Dr Charles (renowned author and an authority on India) says that instances of incest are common in Hindu scriptures
The movie has been out for months -hmmm-the Libyan President said the attack on our Ambassador and other Americans was planned and the attack was from terrorists. the Libyan President said there were no protestors. the night it happened about 125 stormed where the ambassador and the other Americans were. The ambassador was being guarded by people with no arms.
I wonder what will happen when Obama's movie, suppose to show Obama as the hero who killed Osama, comes out.
Obama will appear on Letterman, meet with JZ but not with the Prime Minister of Israel?
Cnn you have been covering up for him and it is shameful and it is coming out-you cannot stop blogs and the blogs all over are telling the truth as you cover up.
and we could be at the verge of a war and Obama is covering up-I am scared.
Obama bragged that the world would look at us differently after he was elected and he knew all about the Muslim faith. yeah the world is sure looking at us differently now.
How about Obama actually throwing us under the bus and blaming a stupid movie no one saw and then he gives billions to Muslims who torture their women, rape them, dispose of them , do not let them vote and must marry and dress the way the males state and then the Republicans have a war against women? shameful Mr. President.
Quit covering up for the radical Muslims and do your job. If you get in you think the world will change-not it will get worse as the radical Muslims do not care about you one bit or any of us Americans and would rather kill us than not.
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, a chain smoker, tuberculosis patient, atheist muslim lawyer, who jokingly called then Sindhu land occupied by people "Paki-Satan" in Urdu, it literally means "a land of Puking Devils", poor soul never imagined his personal racist joke on some group would become a reality one day country Pakistan he fathered. Pakistan is a land of Puking Devils or Terrorists.
Just a quick question guys! are we allowed to sell our Pakistani terrorists on eBay? I am new in this business you know!!
I have ENOUGH living in SHAME of being a Pakistani. My country hides the sc.ums of the world. Why didn't my father practice safe s_x?
You are not from Pakistan-you are from Chicago-admit it.
With such "Dark Age" culture still in existence in India how can the world be healthy and the neighbors prosperous. India poses a grave danger to the world and its deities and leaders set a bad example. Mahatma Gandhi, a pedophile, needs to be exposed and tried posthumously for his child molestation crimes just like the Penn State crowd Sandusky et al. Gandhi's statutes need to be knocked down everywhere they have been put in USA. The hindu deities need to be shattered and trashed. Disgusting figurines of ugly and scary looking characters with demonic personalities. How can hindu children grow up mentally stable looking at such atrocious representations of evil in its most heinous form.
Why do Indian Hindus smell like sh!t? DNA? Genes? Eating habits (too much cow dung)? If you ever sit next to an Hindu Indian on an airplane....MOVE t another seat. Otherwise you will puke !!!!!
LMFAO !!!! HOW TRUE !!!! I was flying overseas and had t request alternate seating. This Indian next to me was worse than a skunk. Trust me when I tell you that. I COULD NOT BREATHE DUE TO OBNOXIOUS SMELL !!!!!
We believe that India poses a clear and present danger to the regional security of the world. Hindu cult extremism is on the rise and fanning all terrorism worldwide. Indians are the bankers to and financing terrorism and supporting Talibans and Al Qaeda and harboring them in India. Shame on these Indians. Like the NAZI's they need to be stopped forcefully and immediately without further ado.
Good for you speaking out. If we all stayed silent they(the terrists) would have a free plain to killing all resistance.
We now need to focus on Pakistani Terrorist Groups (PTGs). Last month, Mrs. Clinton labeled Pakistan-based terrorist group Haqqani a threat to American interest in the South Asia. She also came close on numerous occasions to label Pakistan a terror sponsoring state, and who was that US policy maker who called Pakistan a "ROGUE STATE". Pakistan with a population of little over 180 million Sunni dominated Muslims, there is no value that this nation could bring to the table, except terrorist threats. Their soldiers (terrorists in army uniform) continued to protect al Qaida and terrorists around the world. Pakistani youths are directionless and committing crimes or turning into terrorists out of frustration. Not a day goes by without hearing some bad news out of Pakistan, be it Taliban attacking Pakistani military bases or politicians going after decent individuals like Ambassador Haqqani, or dishonest like HQ Khan leaking Nuclear secretes to enemies of Israel. With current economic turmoil in the US and Europe, we cannot support this liability country forever on our tax dollars. It's time to break up Pakistan into smaller manageable states.
My Indian friend is back hijacking IDs. Hey, BTW why do Indian Hindus smell like sh!t...literally?
I think you are being too emotional as is evident from your vitriol. India must cease financing the terrorists and address the Kashmir genocide issue (among others such as Tamils, Maoists etc.) in order for peace to prevail in south Asia. It appears to me that Pakistan considers India as an insignificant player in the region (except for nuisance value) and has gotten away from the south Asian model. It is poised, per my model @ 15% clip – GDP growth – when all cylinders start firing next 12 months. What differentiates Pakistanis from India is that Pakistanis think BIG and have BIG hearts not to mention BIG d!cks for the likes of you. Pettiness is not in their DNA.
Oh, be a man (understandably that is difficult for a hindu to do) ID yourself and don't hide behind stolen IDs.
Solution for all those whackos - carpet bomb the entire middle east with bacon/pork fat and pork rinds!
How 'bout sum T-Bones?
fake "Pastor Culton" white washing a pig.
LIPSTICK ON A PIG: The Story of India
There is only so much one can do to make a pig look pretty
Slapping some lipstick is the epitomy.
India is mired in sewage and poverty.
GDP growth GDP growth
Has done nothing but made the people loathe.
Lipstick on a Pig is the Indian way
The nukes will soon blow it away.
Hello Sir Hello Shalom bhaiya!!
I am Kareem from Pakistan. I have no job. I want to come to America Sir!!! please send me sponsor papers. I will work in your Chicken place Sir day and night Sir!! Thanks you Thank you Sir!!
Kareem Chamar
It appears to me that Muslims are the fastest growing segment of world society today. As others are withering away the Muslims seem to be rising again with their contributions as was the case historically when they ruled India and Europe and left behind a legacy of science, art, architecture, culinary et al. One only needs to go to Spain and India to witness this. As immigrants, it is a good thing to be aware of your glorious heritage and be connected with it. The Italian immigrants do it as do the Germans, Polish, Jewish, Hispanic and many other cultures. What really pleasantly surprised me was what I witnessed in the Middle East. A tolerant and progressive Islamic society that has come so far in a few years. Most importantly providing job and economic opportunities to all, Hindus/Indians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Europeans, Americans, Africans, South Americans, Chinese, and Russians etc. Never have I witnessed such openness and equal opportunities unless you go back to the times of Muslim rule in India and Spain. My conclusion is that the Muslims get it. They are striving to once again take their leadership role in the world order and take this civilization to its next level of excellence. The climb to success and progress is not a linear curve but a stochastic one. Let us join in wishing our Muslim brethren well and much success in their endeavors. If we can't help them let's not pull the rug from under them.
weeds grow faster than grass, but they die faster too! Grow up man.
BS Alert!!!!!!!!! BS Alert!!!!!!!!
Excellent comment. Well done.
The world is at a loss how to deal with the growing influence of muslims who are enroute to becoming a force to reckon with. Yes, there is no denying this is a clash of culture and thought and way of life. It is my prediction that muslims will prevail. Proud to be a muslim.
real muslim dont kill. u guys carry hate real muslim dont carry hate.When people from all over the world look at muslim they look at worries.their are good muslim.not some that are brain wash,to do stuip thing.wake up and let peace raigen in your heart>


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Today's 1HaskellADay problem was an interesting NP-hard problem ... until I reread the problem statement carefully, then it became trivial. 'Consecutive' is the keyword here that unlocked the puzzle for me, eventually.
The heart of the algorithm here is simple enough. It says, in words, 'are these next n numbers in the list the sum specified?' If they are, return them as a solution, if they are greater, return nothing, if they are less than the sum, keep trying.
Those are the words, here is the implementation:
inquiry :: Int -> Int -> DList Int -> [Int] -> [Int]
inquiry _ _ _ [] = []
inquiry goal sub accum (next : rest) =
let tote = sub + next
naccum = accum << next
in case (compare tote goal) of
LT -> inquiry goal tote naccum rest
EQ -> dlToList naccum
Simple enough, and I use a difference list as an accumulator, just because that's how I roll (and the fact, too, that difference lists append an element in constant time is sweet!)
So, now all we need to do is move an index over the list to test each possible scenario.
Enter the (Comonad) Dragon
Of course, iterating over a list, keeping the context of the list itself active can be done functionally in many ways, but what suggested itself to me right away was the Comonad.
The Comonad of the list is the list itself and all of its tails, and this is exactly the paradigm we need to solve this problem simply, so, writing matchingSub became simply a comonadic extension:
matchingSub' :: Int -> [Int] -> [[Int]]
matchingSub' goal domain =
domain =>> inquiry goal 0 emptyDL
Now, this doesn't quite give the requested solution sets for the given examples, as it returns the empty list as 'no solution,' not 'nothing at all' as requested, but filtering out the empty list is easy enough: we just need a predicate to test if the list is not empty and then return only the lists of answers:
isCons :: [a] -> Bool
isCons [] = False
isCons _ = True
matchingSub :: Int -> [Int] -> [[Int]]
matchingSub goal = filter isCons . matchingSub' goal
And there we have it!
I like comonads. They're sweet!
Okay, prove it, buster!
(Who is this 'buster'-person, by the way, and why is he always having to prove things?)
All the above code is in Haskell programming, but it is also mutually-translatable to and from Idris. Nearly the same syntax (intentionally so), and nearly the same semantics (Idris's eager evalution looks and tastes very much like Haskell's normal order evaluation).
In Haskell, we'd hand-verify the above with the provided samples and we're done. We'd run it through quickcheck to be done-done.
In Idris, we can prove that what we specified is actually (heh: 'actually') correct in its implementation.
So, let's prove it.
prvSample : (expected : List (List Int))
-> (actual : List (List Int))
-> (so (expected == actual)) -> ()
prvSample expected actual pred = ()
Using the 'so' assertion, we're (almost) done.
Let's run our sample-set through our prover, such that it is:
sample1 : ()
sample1 = (prvSample [[1..4]]
(matchingSub 10 [1..5])) oh
sample2 : ()
sample2 = (prvSample [[1,1], [1,1]]
(matchingSub 2 $ replicate 3 1)) oh
sample3 : ()
sample3 = (prvSample [[1,1], [1,1]]
(take 2 $ matchingSub 2 $ repeat 1)) oh
Code compiles? Yes? We're done: we've delivered functionality as specified.


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ADRS | Alabama Department of Rehabilitation ServicesThe Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services ( #ADRS ) is a state agency that is unique in the nation for providing assistance to children and adults with disabilities through a seamless system of service delivery. Created by the Alabama Legislature in 1994, the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS) is the state agency that serves people with disabilities from birth to old age through a "continuum of services." The greatest challenge to the design was "No Compromise" when still having to deal with a ever dwindling budget for community services. The Milberger Architectural Group was able to keep project costs 15% below the regional average and still create a facility that is a leader in Rehab.
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Different strokes: McGuffey showcases new members
"Show me something new." That's the prayer I send up each month as I head out to make the gallery rounds. And it's why I look forward to the McGuffey Art Center's annual "New Members Show" since it usually provides a satisfying answer. This year, however, the 10 inducted McGuffeyites' offerings–- with three exceptions–- are long on competence but short on shake-it-up new.
The exhibit is also long on painting, with seven new members focused on brushwork. Longtime Charlottesville artist Elizabeth Geiger's oil-on-canvas still lifes are pleasant. Krista Townsend's paintings of clouds are pretty. And Cheri Schramel's watercolor crows are moody.
But only Matt Kleberg jolted me awake with the energy of his strokes. Kleberg's oversized oils examine death and transition in the natural world, yet his exuberant style of dashing color across the canvas infuses his dark subjects with dynamism. Kleberg also plays with dividing his compositions into diptychs, triptychs and stripes, which succeeds in some pieces but comes across as gimmicky in others.
Kleberg's divided approach works well in "The Transformation of a Dead Sparrow," in which the right three-quarters of the frame depict the colorful body of fallen bird against a white background. The sparrow's lifeless head occupies the remaining quarter on the left, where Kleberg paints it in soft grays and elides it with the ochre background.
Renee Balfour opts for a more refined approach in creating her rich oil paintings that derive from close-ups of botanical material. Balfour's sensual images, which contrast shadowy recesses with light-filled surfaces, are both abstract and invitingly familiar. Her careful technique of layering color all but obscures her brushwork, making the human hand nearly invisible in her work.
In "Wish," Balfour juxtaposes rusty husks, their interiors yawing like caverns, with the fluffy contents they have spilled. The painting is deliciously tactile; the seedpod's dried edges appear brittle and sharp, while the cottony down seems soft and luminous.
Another artist skilled at creating depth while working in two dimensions is Pierre Fihue. A well-known French comics artist who specializes in fantasy and science fiction illustration, Fihue's "Organic Machines" offer whimsical entities that are simultaneously anatomical and botanical, combining bones, organs, stems, and leaves. If Balfour's paintings carriy a whisper of Georgia O'Keefe, Fihue's dazzling graphite drawings and digital paintings faintly echo Dali and Escher.
Although the other seven artists know their chops, Kleberg, Balfour, and Fihue bring the "new" to the "New Members Show."
The McGuffey Art Center's "New Members Show" is on view through January 30. 201 Second St. NW, 295-7973.
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Thank you for the article about me! I'm glad The Hook enjoyed my artwork.
And thank you to other artists who I was proud to share this show with.


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7/18/19 Workout
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Afternoons are getting pretty oppressively hot/humid the rest of the week, so did some yoga in the basement on Wednesday. Then storm rolled in so it actually got the pool to a decent temperature for this morning.
Thursday, 7/18/2019 Pool Workout
Kennedy Rec Center (LCM)
6x200 :15 rest 1-5 add-on backstroke, 6 IM
3x8x50 IMO
1st set - k 1:00
2nd set - drill 1:10
3rd set - sw 1:10 push short-axis strokes
4x4x50 1:00 V.S.
1st set - fly
2nd set - fly k/fins
3rd set - free
4th set - free k/fins
200 warmdown
1 more week outside/long course, apparently. Probably good since the real summer heat is starting to show up. Have a softball game tonight if we get enough people to field a full team.


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Blog Action Day 2008 is October 15th this year and the topic up for bloggy discussion is poverty. The site offers a lot of suggestions on ways to blog about poverty including technology blogs exploring poverty fighting initiatives, a political blog comparing candidate positions on the issue, and a sports blog covering charity activities by sports organizations that benefit poverty issues.
Last year, Writing Tips for Blog Action Day on The Blog Herald helped a lot of people understand how Blog Action Day works and how to convey their message on their blogs. Many also found How Not to Blog in a Blogathon Blog and Blogathon Tips and Help helpful as the two fundraising and activist events have some commonality: Encouraging your readers to action.
That's the key to any successful endeavor, especially when it comes to blogging. You have to move your readers to action.
The action you desire is different depending upon your goals. For most bloggers, traffic and comments are their most desired goals. However, when you take on a political or evangelistic platform, your goals must be higher. They must compel action beyond your blog.
Moving the Public Towards Action
There are a lot of ways to motivate the masses. Techniques have been used over the millennium to convince whole communities and even countries of population to revolt, become passive, and evoke change. Most of these are led by strong leaders, but many happen through grassroots efforts.
By blogging about a single subject on a single day, hundreds of thousands of voices create the latter grassroots impact. The goal is to be heard by those listening and in power to take action and make a change.
Have you thought about the impact your single blog has when combined with hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of other voices? By participating in such global online events as Blog Action Day, the Blogathon in July, the Day of Silence in April, or others, how do you think your single voice will be heard? What impact do you think you can have? Does it really make a difference? Can you make a difference?
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Theater Breaking Through Barriers presents its second annual play festival
MORE OF OUR PARTS Six new plays about disability in 70 minutes.
World-premiere short plays by Neil LaBute, A.R. Gurney, Bekah Brunstetter, Bruce Graham, Samuel D. Hunter, and Jeffrey Sweet. Directed by Ike Schambelan, Patricia Birch, Christopher Burris, Christina Roussos, and Russell Treyz.
|Bekah Brunstetter's Gorgeous is set in a gym locker room, post-yoga, where two disabled women confront Gorgeous,a woman who is perfect – or so they think. (l-r) Mary Therese Archbold, Anita Hollander, by Tiffan Borelli. photo: Carol Rosegg
Limited Run! June 21 – July 1 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).
Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB), the renowned Off-Broadway company known for its productions that integrate able-bodied actors with artists with disabilities, presents MORE OF OUR PARTS – its second annual festival of short plays about disabilities and the people affected by them, featuring world premieres by Neil LaBute, A.R. Gurney, Bekah Brunstetter, Bruce Graham, Samuel D. Hunter, and Jeffrey Sweet – with performances to run June 21 through July 1 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42nd Street). TBTB artistic director and founder Ike Schambelan, Tony-nominee Pamela Birch, Christopher Burris, TBTB company member Christina Roussos, and Russell Treyz, and direct.
The world-premiere plays, each commissioned by TBTB, include Bekah Brunstetter's AFTER BREAKFAST, MAYBE; Bruce Graham's THE AHHHH FACTOR; A. R. Gurney's THE INTERVIEW; Samuel D. Hunter's GEESE; Neil LaBute's THE WAGER; and Jeffrey Sweet's A LITTLE FAMILY TIME.
The ensemble of MORE OF OUR PARTS includes Melanie Boland, Tiffan Borelli, Donna Bullock, Shannon Devido, Stephen Drabicki, Joshua Eber, Shawn Elliott, Warren Kelley, Shawn Randall, Jonathan Todd Ross, Nicholas Viselli, and Blair Wing. The production features set design by Bert Scott; costume design by Kristine Koury and dramaturgy by Julius Novick. Brooke Elsinghorst is Production Stage Manager.
In Bekah Brunstetter's AFTER BREAKFAST, MAYBE, a young woman plots to take over the world, while her mother serves her blueberry smiley-faced pancakes. Christina Roussos directs.
In Bruce Graham's THE AHHHH FACTOR a producer and writer argue over whether they should shoot a sex scene for a beautiful, deaf movie star. Russell Treyz directs.
In A.R. Gurney's THE INTERVIEW, a young, deaf man has an admissions interview at a prestigious college. Ike Schambelan directs.
Samuel D. Hunter's GEESE looks at a wheelchair-using young woman who wants to save the geese in a city park. Christopher Burris directs.
In Neil LaBute's THE WAGER, on their way home from a club in NYC, a guy and his girlfriend are stopped by a homeless man and a game of chance quickly begins to escalate into something more dangerous. Ike Schambelan directs.
In Jeffrey Sweet's A LITTLE FAMILY TIME a celebrated writer is forced to introduce his fiancée to a corner of his life he has tried to keep hidden. Patricia Birch directs.
Bekah Brunstetter is the author of the Off-Broadway hit BE A GOOD LITTLE WIDOW, A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE, CUTIE AND BEAR, to be produced by Roundabout Theatre this fall, MTV's "Underemployed," and the short GORGEOUS, which premiered as part of TBTB's first short-play festival, SOME OF OUR PARTS, in 2011. Bruce Graham is the author of ANY GIVEN MONDAY, THE OUTGOING TIDE, MINOR DEMONS and EARLY ONE EVENING AT THE RAINBOW BAR AND GRILL. A.R. Gurney's best-known plays include the Pulitzer Prize-nominated LOVE LETTERS, THE COCKTAIL HOUR, SYLVIA, FAR EAST, and THE DINING ROOM. Last year, Mr. Gurney received a special Drama Desk Award for his prolific four-decade-long career. Samuel D. Hunter is the author of A BRIGHT NEW BOISE, a 2011 OBIE Award winner, and THE WHALE, which will be presented at Playwrights Horizons as part of its upcoming season, and WELCOME TO WALMART which premiered as part of SOME OF OUR PARTS. Neil LaBute's plays include the Tony-nominated REASONS TO BE PRETTY, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, SOME GIRLS, IN THE COMPANY OF MEN, MERCY SEAT, FAT PIG, and the short CRIPPLES, which premiered as part of SOME OF OUR PARTS. Jeffrey Sweet is the author of THE ACTION AGAINST SOL SCHUMANN, BLUFF, BERLIN '45, FLYOVERS, and the book for I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE.
Ike Schambelan has been a theatrical director, teacher and critic for over 45 years. He has a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and a Doctor of Fine Arts from Yale Drama School. He has directed at the Long Wharf Theatre, the Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, The New Dramatists, Equity Library Theatre, the Pittsburgh Public Theater and the George Street Playhouse; and has directed many productions for TBTB. As founder and Artistic Director of TBTB, he has built it for 33 years into an Off-Broadway company recognized for doing first-class work. Previous productions include revivals of works by Shakespeare, Shaw and Gurney and new plays, including NY premieres of THE RULES OF CHARITY and A NERVOUS SMILE by disabled playwright John Belluso, Kate Moira Ryan's BASS FOR PICASSO, and most recently THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Patricia Birch is a director and Tony-nominated choreographer whose credits include film ("A Little Night Music," "Grease," "Big"), television ("Boardwalk Empire," "Saturday Night Live"), and theatre (LOVEMUSIK, PARADE, PACIFIC OVERTURES); directing credits include the musicals Maurice Sendak and Carole King's REALLY ROSIE, HAPPY END, and I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE. Christopher Burris's credits include the 2010 FringeNYC hit RAISIN IN THE SALAD: BLACK PLAYS FOR WHITE PEOPLE and the celebrated short plays THE MUD IS THICKER IN MISSISSIPPI and A SHADOW WITH NO FORM. Christina Roussos's credits include new plays at the American Globe Theater, HB Playwrights Foundation, HB Studio, TBTB Reading Series, a recent collaboration with Tony-winning director Jack Hofsiss, and last year's festival short GORGEOUS by Bekah Brunstetter. Russell Treyz directed THE 39 STEPS, currently running as part of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival; other credits include FINAL CURTAIN, NEW YORK! NEW YORK!, YEAR OF THE DRAGON, and COTTON PATCH GOSPEL.
Theater Breaking Through Barriers, formerly Theater by the Blind, is a critically acclaimed company integrating able-bodied actors with artists with disabilities. Founded in 1979, by Artistic Director Ike Schambelan, the company's mission is to change the image of people with disabilities from one of dependence to independence, to fight stereotypes and misperceptions associated with disability, and to show how vibrant, fluid and exuberant the work of artists with disabilities can be.
MORE OF OUR PARTS runs June 21-July 1 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42nd Street): Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm; Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 3pm and 8pm; Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $19.25. For reservations, call 212-239-6200 or visit www.telecharge.com. For additional information, visit www.tbtb.org.


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When I was younger and held my beliefs like a stick that was good for leaning on, and sometimes for swinging at people with, I had some life-shaping experiences with people who lived in extreme poverty.
My life took course because of what I had seen and touched and felt among the poor. But as I changed, it took me time to understand that I can't hand people my beliefs – I can only provide experiences that will help shape their convictions.
Nowhere is this truer than in parenting. I so desperately want my kids to be willing to sacrifice for the ones Jesus seemed to care about so much – the ones who didn't fit, the poor, the oppressed.
My children were born in the world of the "haves" and they live surrounded by the message that to consume is to be whole. But telling my kids to clean their plates because other kids don't have enough to eat – this is a useless exercise.
I have to provide avenues for them to learn these lessons for themselves. Becoming friends with a child who writes letters from a slum is one of those experiences. Eating simple, staple foods for 40 days is another.
My son fell in love with Haiti as a 5-year-old. He had recently learned the value of money, because Lightning McQueen was one of his favorite toys, and because brilliant marketers know that if you place a bright red trinket at 24 inches off the ground, begging will ensue and parents will do anything to restore peace in the grocery checkout lane.
But I feel it's my duty to push back on the marketers. If my kid wants something, he can earn it. He can learn the value of money.
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So he did, and started collecting shiny little cars with eyeballs and smiles and names. He earned quarters for picking up his room and attempting to shovel the walk when it snowed. And we got out three glass jars.
Every time he earned the four dollars he would need to buy a new car, the trip to the store was postponed until he had earned two extra dollars. One dollar went in a savings jar, and one went in a giveaway jar.
The savings jar became the source of a few conflicts.
Son: "But save it for what?"
Daddy: "For something you need in the future."
Son: "But I need Mater. He's Lightning's best friend."
Daddy: "That's not a need, that's a want…"
And so on.
But the giveaway jar made sense. Find someone else who has a need, and give that person your money. So he diligently saved a quarter at a time, and bought the marketing lie that just one more toy would make him happier than the last.
The toy collection was growing, and the giveaway jar held somewhere in the neighborhood of $4.25, the day a radio news story about Haiti came on during the car ride home from kindergarten.
It was during the first major global food crisis a few years ago, when rice and bean prices were out of control in Haiti, when the daily news was showing pictures of mud-pies being sold for food on the streets of Port-au-Prince. What perked my son's money-tuned ears was the words "fifty cents."
Son: "Fifty cents? What are they talking about fifty cents, Daddy?"
Daddy: "They're talking about it because that's how much the daily price of food went up in Haiti this week."
My brain went scrambling into overdrive to give this figure some context.
Daddy: "How much do you spend on a Lightning McQueen Car?"
Son: "About four dollars. Sometimes three dollars and fifty cents."
Daddy: "Well, for the amount of money you spend on one toy car, someone in Haiti could buy food to eat for several days. It wouldn't be very much food, but they could buy some rice and some beans and some vegetables.
But now the price of food is going up, and people don't have enough money to buy food. And some people are even eating dirt just to have something in their bellies."
More questions, then a brief lesson on macro-economics and deforestation, international food subsidies, and the plight of the Haitian rice farmer. Sounds over-the-top, but I'm serious.
I've always figured if my kids are old enough to ask a full question, they're old enough to receive a full answer. They might not understand it all, but it's better than being patronizing. Which might have led to the words that came from his 5-year-old mouth when he interrupted me, just as I was getting to the part about Haitian rice farmers not being able to get a good price for their crops because of US farm policies.
Son, with great urgency: "But Daddy, I've got a solution for that problem!"
Pause. Surprise at the swagger in his voice.
Daddy: "What's that, buddy?"
Son: "Duh. My giveaway jar!"
Four dollars and twenty five cents in a small glass jar, waiting for a need. Need had just been found, and a little boy was suddenly captivated by the story of Haiti.
From then on, just the name of the country was enough to perk his ears. He met a maid in a hotel who spoke nothing but Creole, and invited her home.
"Would you like some of our food?"
So we started sponsoring Billy in Haiti, who was born the same day as my son, and experience began to shape convictions.
My children have been joining me on this journey of eating simply for 40 days.
Lunch and breakfast follow their normal routines, but dinner is some combination of rice, chicken, beans, avocadoes, oranges and bananas. My wife's great cooking has something to do with helping them approach it as an adventure, but I know it's an experience they won't forget.
What experiences have shaped you?
Get a glimpse of the foods Nate's family is and isn't eating during their 40-day fast!


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Alzheimer's Association
Site contains information on the disease and helpful materials for caregivers.
Website: http://www.alz.org
Phone: 1-800-272-3900
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
News, facts, tools and expert information for adults coping with mental health issues & aging.
Website: http://www.aagpgpa.org
Arthritis Foundation
Site and 800 number provides general information and resources on arthritis.
Website: http://www.arthritis.org
Phone: 1-800-568-4045
American Cancer Society
The Society provides information on all aspects of cancer through a toll-free information line, web site, and published materials.
Website: http://www.cancer.org
Phone: 1-800-ACS-2345
American Diabetes Association
Site contains basic information on diabetes and healthy living advice and tips.
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American Heart Association
Site contains very useful information on heart disease and stroke prevention.
Website: http://www.americanheart.org
Phone: 1-800-AHA-USA-1
American Psychological Association
Site contains a Help Center that provides consumer information on mental health issues and concerns.
Website: http://www.apa.org/helpcenter
American Stroke Association
Consumer information for stroke prevention and care of someone following a stroke.
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National Kidney Foundation
Consumer information to assist individuals affected by kidney diseases.
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National Mental Health Association
Site contains fact sheets and other materials related to mental health issues.
Website: http://www.nmha.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation
Consumer and professional information on bone health and osteoporosis.
Website: http://www.nof.org
National Parkinson Foundation
Site provides consumer and advocacy information related to Parkinson's disease.
Website: http://www.parkinson.org
VisionAware/American Foundation for the Blind
The American Foundation for the Blind works to expand possibilities so people with vision loss can achieve their full potential. VisionAware is a website designed for older adults.
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Press TV, not waiting to get its official reprimand for broadcasting a dodgy interview, has accused Ofcom of being in league with the Royal Family to get it taken off the air.
The channel, which is a division of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting and funded by the state of Iran, reckons it has inside knowledge that the UK watchdog is about to have it kicked off the Sky satellite platform, and that the regulator is only doing that in response to Press TV's irreverent coverage our of monarchy and reporting of civil unrest in the UK.
Ofcom retorts that it still hasn't made any such decision, despite having spent more than 15 months investigating the case of the broadcast interview with Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari. Ofcom has decided that Press TV was wrong to broadcast the interview, and said in May that the station "omitted material facts and was placed in a context in which inferences adverse to Mr Bahari in could be drawn" (pdf), but despite that the regulator tells us it hasn't yet made a decision on what action to take.
It's pretty unlikely that Ofcom would actually block the channel being transmitted, in response to a 10-second interview, even if it was shoddy journalism. Some sort of fine, a broadcast apology, and a promise to behave better in future is more usual in such cases, but that wouldn't fit in with the ideology being pushed by Press TV.
The channel is one of a handful of government-funded stations that are increasingly pushing national perspectives and agendas onto international TV screens. Russia Today is another good example, already available on Freeview it offers an alternative view of the news - often one at odds with common perception and (sometimes) sense.
Living in the country that's offered the BBC World Service for decades we're in no position to complain about other governments broadcasting their point of view, but it's an interesting trend just as we are cutting our own investment in projecting our perspective abroad.
Press TV's rant about Ofcom starts off dismissing the complaints, then gets down to accusing the regulator of being a mechanism of state censorship before concluding that Peter Mandelson is a Jew.
It's true that Ofcom censors UK television, generally preventing the display of too much flesh before the watershed (though "gently thrusting buttocks" are OK). Most slaps are administered for rogue advertising, such as imploring X-Factor viewers to rush to iTunes and download stuff, or claiming to offer internet connections fast than anyone else's, hardly the stuff international politics is made of.
But, notably, when we asked the regulator directly if it operated as a royalist lickspittle there was no denial forthcoming - the laughter could have been taken either way. ®


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a) get a card made quick!
b) use up some scraps of paper
c) feel like you did something with your crafty time. Sometimes, that's just the way it is. :)
First, gather your materials. You will need:
-patterned paper
-gem or pearl
Minute 1
Cut your cardstock to the size you want your card. I cut my card stock to 8-1/2 inches x 5-1/2 inches. Fold in half to make card.
Minute 2
Punch out your patterned paper. I used a square punch , then rounded two opposite corners with a corner rounder punch. Cut additional strip of patterned paper.
Minute 3
Stamp sentiment on card.
Minute 4
Adhere the punched papers.
Minute 5
Adhere paper strip & pearl.
Have you done any super fast projects lately? I have to admit, I'm not into long, really detailed projects. Quick & simple are my favourite!
I'm off to the semi annual flea market tomorrow!! I'm super pumped!! Look how many exclamation points I'm using! :)
Happy Friday!
Enjoy your weekend! (more exclamation points... sheesh, talk about overkill.)
Linkin' Up:
Tater Tots & Jello
Mommy By Day... Crafter By Night
Oops, I Craft My Pants (the name of this blog makes me laugh every time!)
Mommy By Day... Crafter By Night
Oops, I Craft My Pants (the name of this blog makes me laugh every time!)