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LOS ANGELES - A lone gunman stormed into a crowded terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport and opened fire with an assault weapon on Friday, killing a security agent and wounding six other people before he was shot and captured, authorities said.
The gunfire in Terminal 3 touched off panic and chaos at one of the world's busiest airports as passengers fled or dove for cover behind racks of luggage as police shouted warnings to travellers and quickly evacuated the terminal.
Departing flights were halted and arriving planes were diverted to other airports, as streets surrounding the airport were shut down, snarling traffic for miles around.
"An individual came into Terminal 3 of this airport, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire in the terminal," Patrick Gannon, chief of the Los Angeles Airport Police, told a news conference.
Gannon said the gunman, who appeared to be acting alone, made his way past the screening gates and into a food court area, where law enforcement officers tracked him down, shot him at least once and took him into custody. His condition was not immediately clear.
"The suspect got back very far into a terminal. There is a Burger King that is quite a ways away from the screening station and he was able to get back there," Gannon said.
An FBI spokeswoman identified the suspect as 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia, a resident of the Los Angeles area. Several news organizations reported that Ciancia also has ties to New Jersey, and that police there were serving a search warrant at his childhood home in Pennsville.
The US Transportation Security Administration, which runs security screenings at US airports, said that multiple agents had been shot, one fatally. The agency did not identify the slain agent, who was the first TSA officer to be killed in the line of duty.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner said it was handling one person who was killed in the shooting, a man approximately 40 years old who was not identified by name. It was not immediately clear if that person was the TSA agent.
Two US officials, who asked to remain anonymous, told Reuters that federal investigators were looking into whether the gunman had targeted TSA agents during the rampage.
'People started running'
Jose Mares, who was catching a flight back to his home in Norman, Oklahoma, with his wife, told Reuters he was about 20 to 30 yards (18 to 27 meters) away from a man with a gun on the second level of Terminal 3 when the man opened fire.
Mares, 31, said he used his own body to shield his wife from the bullets.
"As I'm getting on top of her I'm reaching for more luggage and that's when I stacked luggage like two high and then made a row of luggage," he said. "I was in the corner and I'm looking at the guy just shooting randomly, like I saw a TSA (agent) go down."
Mares said when the shooter looked and pointed in his direction and appeared headed toward them, he told his wife: "Once I say three you better run. Once I had the opportunity as he is looking down the escalator, that's when I told her 'OK, let's go. Let's run.'"
Witness Alex Neumann, meanwhile, told cable network CNN that he was in an area inside the airport past a security checkpoint when he heard loud noises and screaming and saw people running in a scene that amounted to mayhem.
"We were at the food court and all of a sudden I hear a big commotion and people started running. People were running and people (were) getting knocked down," Neumann said, adding that he heard screams. "Mayhem is the best way of describing it."
A Los Angeles fire department spokesman said seven people were wounded in the shooting and that six of them had been taken to hospitals.
Television images showed at least one person being loaded into one of several ambulances at the scene, and passengers were seen being evacuated from the area.
Three male victims hurt in the incident were taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre, where one was listed in critical condition and two others in fair condition, said Mark Wheeler, a spokesman for the hospital. The condition of the other victims or the gunman was not immediately clear.
President Barack Obama was briefed on the incident and White House officials are in touch with law enforcement officials on the ground, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.
"We're concerned about it, but I'll let law enforcement folks talk about it directly," Obama told reporters in the Oval Office after meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Los Angeles International Airport is the world's sixth busiest, handling over 63 million passengers in 2012, according to its official website.


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Some days it's just not safe to surf one-a-day online t-shirt shops. Between Ript's brilliant Pac-Man / Labyrinth combo and TeeFury's Mega Man morning routine... well, I am buying two t-shirts.
Technically three t-shirts, as I couldn't resist picking up one of the Mega Man shirts, designed by artist Michael Myers Jr., for the mother of my children. You might have seen Michael's work right here a few hours ago. This looks like a Mega Man take on the Mario's Closet piece that circulated a few years back, only cooler because a robot boy is involved. It's available today and today only at TeeFury.
Meanwhile at Ript, artist Riccardo Bucchioni places Pac-Man in the strangest maze he's ever seen, complete with David Bowie as the creepy guy with the massive package. It's almost better than a t-shirt that's just a close-up of Jareth the Goblin King's crotch. Almost. Grab a t-shirt, hoodie, or onesie featuring Riccardo's glorious design today at Ript or lose it forever.

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'Forrest Gump' to be preserved in U.S. film registry (video)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bambi, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.
"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), a disturbing psychological thriller about the cannibalistic serial killer Lecter, and "Forrest Gump" (1994), starring Tom Hanks as the simple-minded hero who thinks "life is like a box of chocolates," were critical and commercial successes that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The animated Disney classic "Bambi" is among the most beloved movies ever made.
A majority of the titles chosen this year for inclusion in the National Film Registry are lesser-known -- including silent films, documentaries, avant-garde cinema and even home movies. The Library of Congress announced the selections Tuesday.
The registry began in 1989 under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act and includes 575 films. Its aim is not to identify the best movies ever made but to preserve films with artistic, cultural or historical significance.
"Forrest Gump" has its critical detractors but was praised for its technical achievements, including the seamless incorporation of the title character into historical footage.
More than 2,200 films were nominated for the registry this year. The National Film Preservation Board pares them down before Librarian of Congress James H. Billington makes the final selections.
"Each year, we do try to pick one of the titles that the public nominated the most, and 'Forrest Gump' was way up there on that list," said Stephen Leggett, program coordinator for the National Film Preservation Board. "Everything on the list is subject to dissenting opinion."
For each title, the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation works to ensure that the film is preserved for future generations. That comes either by the Library's massive motion-picture preservation program or through collaborating with other archives, motion-picture studios and independent filmmakers.
"These films are selected because of their enduring significance to American culture," Billington said in a statement. "Our film heritage must be protected because these cinematic treasures document our history and culture and reflect our hopes and dreams."
Films must be at least 10 years old to be considered.
The oldest movies selected are both from 1912. "The Cry of the Children" is about the pre-World War I child labor reform movement, and "A Cure for Pokeritis" featuring John Bunny, is regarded as the American film industry's earliest comic superstar.
"A lot of people would argue that the humor is kind of dated," Leggett said of Bunny's films -- mostly domestic comedies in which he played a henpecked husband. "He really was a major figure at the time. It doesn't help your reputation when people like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton come after you."
Chaplin's first feature, "The Kid" (1921), was also chosen for the registry.
It was a big year for actress Sally Field, who co-starred in "Forrest Gump." "Norma Rae" (1979), featuring her Oscar-winning performance as a single mother who fought to unionize a Southern textile mill, also made this year's list.
Among the other titles chosen: "The Big Heat," a 1953 film noir starring Glenn Ford; "The Lost Weekend," Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning alcoholism drama; "Porgy and Bess," starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge; and John Ford's epic 1924 Western "The Iron Horse."
Lesser-known films were chosen for their significance to the art.
"A Computer Animated Hand" from 1972 is by Pixar Animation Studios co-founder Ed Catmull. The one-minute film that is one of the earliest examples of 3D computer animation displays the hand turning, opening and closing, pointing at the viewer and flexing its fingers.
Making the list were notable documentaries as well.
"Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," focuses on Gov. George Wallace's attempt to prevent two African-American students from enrolling in the University of Alabama and the response of President John F. Kennedy. "Growing Up Female" from 1971 was one of the first films to come from the women's liberation movement.
Also included was "The Negro Soldier," produced by Frank Capra. It showed the heroism of blacks in the nation's wars and became mandatory viewing for all soldiers from spring 1944 until World War II's end.


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Edge of Glory – Gaga and Gay Marriage
Like most children from the 80s and 90s, I grew up on Disney movies. The cartoons were full of magic and wonder, and I was enthralled. Prince Charming. Happily Ever After. The whole nine yards.
As a strong, gay adult male, I'm not looking for some Prince Charming/White Knight to ride in on his horse and save me. I'm fully capable of saving myself. But as for the Happily Ever After… who wouldn't want that?
After Lady Gaga released "Edge of Glory", a guy in California filmed a fan-made video (more like a short film) to go along with the song. I've watched it countless times, and it makes my soul happy every time. This is definitely a Happily Ever After I would want.


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Sorry, but Windows Mobile 7 is already dead-on-arrival.
LG Electronics has confirmed the first devices featuring Microsoft's highly anticipated Windows 7 Mobile will hit retailers in 2010. LG is reported to have told the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, it will ship phones running Windows Mobile 7 and 6.5 this year. Gizmodo reported LG saying Microsoft …
I really hope Microsoft put a corker out with Windows 7, though I'm not hopeful. I used to love my WM 5 and 6 'phones but it's no secret the UI has become hopelessly out of date. In any case it provides no-one any benefit to have a market dominated by iPhone and Android, with a few other bit players running around.
So looking forward to WM7. Enjoying my HD2 right now but it'll be great to finally drop the old stylus-based bits still lurking under the surface. WM is the only OS that properly synchs with Outlook and doesn't suffer from total lockdown or rely on the often unavailable internet connection to be able to operate. WM7 will be a fresh start, so if it isn't any good I may have to consider the alternatives, but I get the feeling it's going to be great, just as Windows 7 is great.
Fingers crossed my HD2 will be upgradeable, but if it's not, I've got a great excuse for another handset upgrade! Phwoar!
Quote: "… Microsoft's highly anticipated Windows 7 Mobile …"
That's the only news of this story. As far as I am aware there is no-one outside of MS that could give a flying fuck about WinMo 7. They'll have to do something miraculous to make themselves remotely relevant in this space and as CES demonstrated with the laughable 'slates' MS is just incapable of delivery when it is needed. MS's normal 'just about good enough' product mantra is simply not going to be anywhere near what is required in this case.
Windows Mobile 7 needs to be very good in order to stop market share loss. If it's not, then I think that Microsoft needs to seriously consider pulling plug on windows mobile platform. It doesn't do Microsoft any good if they keep putting resources and effort into platform that will hover around single digit market share. As others already pointed out, there are ways for Microsoft to make money on software for mobile phones without having its own OS. Of course, there's significant chance that for Balmer it's going to be pride issue and he'll try to keep WinMo as long as he is around.
For goodness' sake they've got:
a) The brand which is known to 90% of the population for being synonymous with a PC
b) Money. Lots of it.
c) People to copy.
d) All the advantages for syncing and integrating with things, as they probably wrote the app/OS it's syncing to.
e) As far as I understand it, a fairly ok nuts and bolts underneath?
While I appreciate that this isnt a sure fire recipe for a innovative and revolutionary system, they've had a decade to skin an OS to something that DOESN'T NEED A FUCKING STYLUS! Quite which M$tard decided that the way to go was to take the Win95 desktop and shrink it......
HTC have managed to skin 90% of WM6 into something approaching usability with several iterations appearing over the course of a few months, so why can't MS?
I think good sir, you are deluded.
"WM is the only OS that properly synchs with Outlook and doesn't suffer from total lockdown or rely on the often unavailable internet connection to be able to operate. WM7 will be a fresh start"
You think M$ will unlock the ability of outlook to do anything with another Mobile phone OS? So WM7 will still be the ONLY phone OS that can sync. It therefore won't be a fresh start, it will be more of the same.
I fear WM7 will just be a rehash of WM6.5, like Win7 is to Vista. But as someone else said it will be dead on arrival. People have left for blackberry, Iphone and android, they won't come back unless it really is free and open to sync with the kind ofthings people actually use, not what M$ want them to use and that requires updates in office 2003, 2007, 2010 etc.
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With the new year just days away, I've been reflecting on what a wonderful year it's been (and how fast it went by!?). 2013 was another busy, yet rewarding year here at Simplified Bee. To celebrate, I've selected some of my favorite posts of 2013.
Design Reveal: Traditional Boy's Bedroom
Valentine's Day hot coco bar & diy XOXO banner
Interview: Interior Designer Graciela Rutkowski
Peninsula Decorator Show House :: Guest Bedroom by House of Ruby
San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2013 :: Living Room by Catherine Kwong
San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2013 :: The Family Kitchen by Jute Interiors
Modern Prince Nursery Design Board
Design Reveal :: Playroom + Guest Room
I've been blessed to have amazing clients, faithful readers and loving friends and family who have supported this blog from the very beginning (May 2014 will be mark the 5 year anniversary!). Thank you so much!
Wishing you a happy, healthy 2014!


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Another Year in Berlin: überlin's Highlights of 2012
by James and Zoe
The Loxx Miniature Railway version of Berlin is probably the city's best-kept secret, or at least it was until our photos ended up on the front page of The Guardian website. Small world(!) – on our second visit to the mini-Berlin on top of Alexa mall, we ran into Dave from the blog Andberlin – who also named Loxx as one of his highlights of the year. This is the perfect place to go on a rainy winter's day.
To celebrate Zoë's birthday we went to Stockholm and Copenhagen and while we were there, visited the most beautiful and inspiring place we've ever been. Looking back at our post about the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, I feel like my words fail to live up to Zo's stunning photos, and even those can't capture the breathtaking beauty of the museum and its coastal environment. We thoroughly enjoyed our short time in Scandinavia, but the Louisiana was the hands-down highlight.
The first of our articles to appear on The Guardian, 5 Apps Berlin Really Needs, was a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the buzzy, bubbly startup capital of Europe. Our iProtest app concept gamified civil disobedience, while Angry Berliners turned German bureaucracy into an addictive platform game. Our Buskamatic app aside, March was a great month for music – Modeselektor released the iconic video for their "Berlin" anthem, and we discovered Big Stu's comedy rap tributes to Hühnerhaus and Kottbusser Tor.
Our personal highlight of the year has to be getting our hands on this little ball of cute. In fact, Olive is probably many readers' main reason for visiting the blog – we might be better off training her to work a camera and a laptop and leaving her to it! The unofficial überlin mascot, Big Ö is recognised way more frequently than we are, and has turned up in the unlikeliest of places – including an Instagram tutorial video and a conversation with a Bully-obsessed stranger at my cousin's wedding ("you own Olive the dog?!!!"). Apart from welcoming our fuzzy daughter to the fold, we also ate the meal of the year (with matched cocktails!) at Rollin Restaurant.
If our May pick was a movie it would be the überlin prequel, Escape from Newcastle. While our home toon stands for everything we hate (or is that the other way around?), we still have a soft spot for the football-loving Stella-downing lads and lasses we grew up with – something we hope came across in our "origin story", From Geordie Shore to Germany. Back in Berlin, visiting friends introduced us to the Ramones Museum, the only such institute devoted to the Detroit proto-punks in the whole world, the personal collection of a Berliner who must be their greatest fan.
It might seem obvious, but our What I Know about Germans post is like David Hasslehoff's "Looking For Freedom": ubiquitous, infectious, and every German loves it ;). Credit for our "greatest hit" actually goes to writer Liv Hambrett, for her keen observations about her adopted countrymen, and illustrator Mischief Champion who's busy bringing them to life for WIKAG – the book! Photo op of the month (year?) had to be Berlin Gay Pride 2012 – so many queers! So many colours!
It seems like a long time since Zoë spent a boiling Berlin Fashion Week maximising her time in the air-conditioned tent, and occasionally popping outside to photograph slebs like Fashionbloggerin Miggy. Lucky for us, she braved the heat long enough to get these impressions of Berlin Fashion Week SS13.
While Peaches was never exactly a reason for moving to Berlin, we've never been able to think about the city without picturing her merkin. Since we arrived, we've been lucky enough to see her twice: "doing herself" live on stage and orchestrating a protest/video shoot in support of Pussy Riot. We weren't the only starstruck fans following this freak parade into Mauerpark, and it was impressive to see Ms Nisker whipping up a storm to publicise an important – and still ongoing – cause. Less colourful, but no less eye-opening, was guest blogger Russell Dornan's look behind the closed doors of Berlin's Natural History Museum.
You Know You're a Berliner When… you pose for a photo pretending the TV Tower is your penis, which then becomes a lightning rod for critics of hipsters, expats and archisexts (I made this one up). Having regular "Berlinergasms" was just one of 11 sure-fire signs that you've become a Berliner, along with dancing in a U-Bahn station and witnessing at least one daily act of crazy. Zoë saw more craziness at London Fashion Week SS13 – here is just a taste.
October was a month of light and dark. The gloomy nights provided the perfect backdrop for the Festival of Lights and (we think) our animated GIFs were the perfect demonstration of the event's kaleidoscopic displays. Far less joyful was Berlin Crawling: 10 Halloween Horror Films, a list of creepshows shot here in the Haupstadt, ranging from the slick (the neo-Giallo short Yellow) to the just plain sick (corpse love story Nekromantik).
We're so glad Phia agreed to be the first subject in our series of Berlin portraits. We'd heard the Australian singer/songwriter/thumb-pianist at an intimate concert in a fellow musician's house, and loved her stories and songs about her granddad, a Berliner, and what it meant to live in his hometown. We spent a beautiful, crisp day discovering her Berlin, and sharing our love for the creative, open city we now call home. Oh, and we celebrated two years of überlin/living in Berlin!
As we entered our third winter in Berlin, we thought we should share the survival skills we've picked up with expats who've recently arrived from warmer climes. With the help of Josh Bauman's awesome caricatures of us (and Olive!), our more-or-less practical tips about How to Survive a Berlin Winter helped to restore calm among the panicky sun-botherers freaking out at the first sight of snow. I wonder if anyone's quit their job or grown a beard on our advice? And giving away €250 of Berlin-themed swag was a great way to end another awesome year of überlin.
Join us in 2013 for more Berlin love and LOLs. Happy New Year!


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ENGG 138: Corrosion and Degradation of Materials
Can be used by undergraduates for A.B. course count only
Application of the thermodynamics and kinetics of electrochemical reactions to the understanding of such corrosion phenomena as oxidation, passivity, stress corrosion cracking, and corrosion fatigue. Discussion of methods of corrosion control and prevention including alloy selection, environmental control, anodic and cathodic protection, and protective coatings. Some treatment of the environmental degradation of non-metals and polymers. Applications to current materials degradation problems in marine environments, petrochemical and metallurgical industries, and energy conversion systems.


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Thursday, December 22, 2011
barneys sale
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- julia said...
i saw the sweater on barneys the other day. i wish they had it in the blue/grey combo that the cardigan is in! i like the yellow, but i don't know if i'd wear it all the time like the grey! sweaters, shoes - they will be my downfall.
i still haven't sent any cards! i want to! i guess i could send happy new year cards!
- Amy said...
As a Toronto girl who would take Parkdale shopping over Yorkville 9 times out of 10, I definitely recommend going to Holt's on boxing day! I've gone first thing in the morning with my Mom for years, and always come away with some great finds- last year was a leather A.L.C. skirt and rag and bone pants. I also just got an email saying that Jonathan & Olivia just started their boxing day sale (?), so that could be good too.


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Looking for gift ideas? It's the holiday season and these items caught our eye. These knife kits at www.knifecenter.com are all wooden except for three steel pins. They are totally made in the USA, are very reasonably priced at $9.95 and are easy to put together. Even I got one done in a few minutes- although the finishing is left up to the individual who may want to sand and even stain the pieces.


text: Saint Felix IV, (died Sept. 22, 530, Rome; feast day January 30), pope from 526 to 530. He was elected on July 12 as the choice of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, who had imprisoned Felix' predecessor, St. John I, and who died shortly after Felix' consecration. The new pope ended the controversy over grace at the second Council of Orange (529) by condemning Semi-Pelagianism, which maintained that the beginning of faith results from human effort rather than grace (see Orange, councils of; Semi-Pelagianism). Felix converted a pagan temple at Rome into the Church of SS. Cosmas and Damian. To avoid a disputed succession, Felix named the archdeacon Boniface (Pope Boniface II) as his successor.


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Kershaw and Cupcakes
A couple years ago, during the postseason, we had a local bakery called Dots (started by a former Dodger employee) and Mrs. Beasley's, provide themed cupcakes for the media in the press box and that was when I really realized what an insane craze this had become.
Well, the madness continues tonight as The Food Network's Cupcake Wars airs a Dodger-themed show they taped a couple months ago, partially at the Stadium. Lee Lacy is a guest judge and the winner got to provide cupcakes to the Dugout Club and man, do these bakers take this stuff seriously.
I'm assuming most of you will be watching Kershaw take on the Rockies tonight as the team goes for four in a row and eight of the last nine home games, so if you're either at the game or watching it on TV, you should DVR the show. Even if you're not a food-show fan, this one kind of sucks you in…and makes you hungry.
And for those who are coming down, be sure to come early and snag your Fernandomania bobblehead. He's the first Dodger to be honored with three bobbleheads since we started giving them away in '01. Here's a list of all those that have been distributed over the years.
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Cupcakes. No doubt, that is about all we'll get for Kuroda.
Hi'Ya Dad and Trumom. Thanks for the attendance updates.
Well, since we have a bankrupt owner and a brainless GM, I have a bad feeling that this trade deadline will be more of a salary dump than actually trying to build something for the future. If we don't eat some of Kurodas remaining salary(includes incentive to waive no trade clause and deferred payment), we will not get much in the way of prospects. Thats how we lost Carlos Santana if you recall. We didn't want to pay the rest of Blakes contract, so we threw in Santana. Cleveland sure got the better of that deal.
Now, on the other hand, if we can dump Uribe, Lilly, and Grrrrear, it won't matter if we get anything in return. It will be addition by subtraction with those guys. We will just be better off in the long run with them gone.
Thanks Tru!!! Go Kersh!!!!
Go Blue!!
I wonder if Arizona would be interested in Ferk seeing as they lost Drew for the season.
Sure seems to be a slow trade market this year. Hopefully Ned will be able to make a decent trade for more than the cupcakes Eric suggested…
Eric… SHHHHHHH. Don't give him any ideas. You know Uribe would love that move!
Ned darlin', it's time to pay the Giants back for all the help they've given us lately. Send Kuroda packing to them immediately. But I want them to pay the balance of his contract. I haven't got $226, let alone $2.26 million. Give them that Robinson kid if they'll pick up the tab. I'm tired of hearing his name. He'll probably only be another Kemp nightmare eventually.
Thanks Josh! Just called home so that the cupcake show is taped. I already had scheduled the Kershaw game to be taped as I do all of Kershaw's games.
I am meeting some fans from twitter tonight.
Go Kerhsaw! Go Dodgers! It is more fun when we win.
Josh, thanks for the new thread. At least you are talking about real cupcakes rather than the kind we usually discuss around here.
I added up to the minute Twitter feeds for the Dodgers (@dodgers) and Tony Jackson (@dodgerscribe) and other changes to OTD at http://outsidethedodgers.wordpress.com/
Tonight there is a tribute to Dodgers strikeout king Van Lingle Mungo
How did they get that logo on the cupcakes..I tried doing it by hand for my sons b-day last year…they didn't turn out so hot!
Most bakeries have scanners and they "spray paint" pictures, etc. on the cakes. I'd guess that is how the logo was reproduced.
Love the Gnats getting Beltran. They gave up a potential future ace pitcher for a two-month rental. And even if he re-signs with Gnats, he's an aging slugger who's on the downhill side of his career. And it's not like the Boys in Blue are poised to make a run anytime soon. If I didn't know better, I'd swear Ned worked with Sabean on this one…just the kind of deal Ned loves: the future swapped for a PVL.
Ned would, of course, do Sabean one better by putting up another good prospect so that the Mets would pay Beltran's salary for the rest of the season – or is that Frank I'm thinking of.
Kenley Jansen was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat today. He is staying overnight for observation. Take care Kenley!!! We need you back!!
Thanks for the post Josh…. Did not watch the cupcake show. I wish I had read this earlier since I love to watch anything Decor shows (cakes, homes, cupcakes…etc). I did get my Valenzuela bobblehead. The kids had a blast at the game on Tuesday night. Too bad we couldn't sweep…I'm just wondering if there is someone that owns all those bobblehead….great collection if they do. I have about 10 of them but that's it!LET'S GO DODGERS!
I know I don't have all the bobbleheads but I have most of them. Some weeks ago Josh posted a list of all the bobbleheads the Dodgers have given out and I need to compare that list to my collection.
The Dodgers are in Frankruptcy and the team is barely competitive, the trading deadline is approaching and you're writing about cup frigging cakes? This is exactly one of the things wrong with this franchise since that douche bag Franckrupt bought the team, everything is fluff, smoke and mirrors, that is except for him raising prices and pocketing most of the money.
TED LILLY just like BROXTON makes me want to turn off the TV when he comes up to pitch….NEW PITCHER PLEASE!
Dodgers are apparently talking with the Cards about Furcal, which sounds OK to me, other than if Ned is inclined to bring Theriot back. That would be Ned's style.
Great news, bear. Octavio Dotel was traded to the Cards last week in the Colby Rasmus deal. Maybe Ned can swing a deal for Dotel!!! Happy days.


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Winsted selectmen to meet tonight; finances on agenda
WINSTED >> The Board of Selectmen is expected to wrap up its unfinished business at Tuesday night's meeting.
Agenda items include the official approval of a loan through the town's brownfields fund to the Winchester Housing Authority Development Corporation to help pay for unexpected remediation at Carriage Maker Place. Winsted's Selectmen signed off on the loan, which totals $80,000, at the Jan. 22 meeting. Tonight, brownfields consultant Arthur Bogen will be on hand to discuss the loan agreement.
Loan terms state that the Winchester Housing Authority has until October 2014 to replay the loan, which is intended to clean up additional contamination at the Carriage Maker Place site.
The Winchester Housing Authority discovered a third tank and oil at the Gay Street construction site, which requires additional remediation above and beyond the original estimates.
Originally, the Carriage Maker Place project was the first proposal to tap Winsted's brownfields revolving loan fund -- a $500,000 line of credit with the Environmental Protection Agency -- ending a parade of extensions.
Winsted was in danger of having the line of credit revoked due to inactivity before approving Carriage Maker Place, as well as a loan to remediate contamination at Whiting Mills.
The line of credit is set to expire on July 31, but any repaid funds could be used to establish Winsted's own revolving loan fund.
The Board of Selectmen will also hear from King, King and Associates regarding findings of the town's Water and Sewer Commission.
King, King and Associates was named the town's auditing firm, starting with the 2012-13 fiscal year, but before the consultants could begin their work, the 2011-12 audit ran into delays due to missing paperwork and what town officials termed "accounting irregularities."
These issues eventually led to an investigation into the town's accounting and cost town finance director Henry Centrella his job. He was terminated just before his 36th year with the town, and two months after he originally planned on retiring.
The Water and Sewer Commission was one of the town entities involved in the accounting issues, ranging from unapproved fund transfers to a decade of deficits.
The latter issue was news to members of the Water and Sewer Commission, who stated that they had received contrary information from Centrella.
Town attorney Kevin Nelligan told the commission of their issues after a preliminary review of previous audits, and King, King and Associates performed a full forensic audit to help the town's investigation.
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FAYETTE ACADEMIC: Nine Fayette students were named fall season scholar athletes by the Buckeye Border Conference.
The award is presented to juniors and seniors who maintain a GPA of at least 3.25.
Fayette's all-academic students are senior cross country runners Erica Goeltzenleuchter and Olivia Molina; senior volleyball player Elisha Hartman; and junior cross country runners Chase Hookstadt, Clay Burkholder, Hunter Colegrove, Darrell Randall, Alexa Kessler and Rachel Seiler.
Hookstadt was also a member of the golf team.
FAYETTE CROSS COUNTRY: Fayette's boys team will move on in state cross country competition and they'll bring one girl along with them to the regional run.
The boys placed fourth overall at the district run last Saturday—just one point behind Archbold—and will advance to the regionals Saturday at Tiffin.
"Everything went about as good as it could," said coach Bryan Stambaugh, and he was pleased the boys are able to move on for another week.
Fayette lost to Columbus Grove at an invitational earlier in the season, but Eagles finished more than 20 points ahead of them this time around.
At the front of the pack, it was business as usual for Fayette's Darrell Randall and his two usual foes from the BBC. Stryker's Kenny Graber was first at 16:53, followed by Hilltop's Cody Livensparger at 17:04 and Randall at 17:05. Travis Burwell of Hilltop placed fourth at 17:13 and Lincoln Frey of Pettisville took fifth at 17:26.
"Those guys have been battling back and forth for a long time," Stambaugh said about the top three.
Stryker has the best chance among league members of advancing to the state finals and Stambaugh hopes they get there to represent the BBC.
Stryker won the meet with 35 points, followed by Hilltop with 46, Archbold with 116 and Fayette with 117.
After Randall, Eagle runners were Trevor Cox (14th, 17:47), Dalton Goeltzenleuchter (21st, 18:09), Tim Stoltzfus (38th, 18:48), Hunter Colegrove, (41st, 18:55), Tyler Keefer (43rd, 18:57) and Clay Burkholder (78th, 21:17).
Coach Stambaugh was disappointed to learn that Goeltzenleuchter broke his wrist over the weekend and might not be able to run Saturday. Goeltzenleuchter had one of his best showings of the season Saturday.
Fayette's girls squad placed sixth out of 10 teams, and Stambaugh was delighted just to be able to use the word "team." With Erica Goeltzenleuchter injured most of the season and Rachel Seiler running to help rehabilitate from surgery last year, the Eagles couldn't compete as a team very often.
Goeltzenleuchter placed fifth overall and will advance to Tiffin.
"I'm happy for her to make it and move on," Stambaugh said.
Tanner Hostetler of Pettisville placed first at 20:00, followed by Sarah Flickinger of Pandora-Gilboa at 20:04, Chelsea Knapp of Liberty Center at 20:17, Jordan Sidel of Liberty Center at 20:47 and Goeltzenleuchter at 21:10).
Olivia Molina placed 24th with a time of 22:50, Alexa Kessler was 38th at 24:03, Sarah Kovar was 49th at 25:20 and Rachel Seiler was 63rd at 27:08.
Liberty Center won the team competition with 34 points, followed by Pettisville with 83.
At one point Friday, the Bulldogs looked like they were going to overcome all the hardships they created for themselves at Whiteford.
Then they went and created some more hardships.
Fumbles and penalties hurt the Morenci over and over again as Whiteford claimed a 20-8 win and moved on to the playoffs with a 6-3 record.
The Bulldogs ended at 3-6, leave behind a few almost-wins along the way.
"It was a sad ending to a season of would-a, could-a, should-a's," coach Tom Saylor said.
Whiteford recorded the first fumble of the night in the rainy first-half. Just as the Bobcats were about to score, they fumbled the ball at Morenci's three-yard line where Clayton Wolf jumped on the loose ball.
After a couple of punts, Whiteford finally made it into the end zone for an 8-0 lead with two minutes gone in the second quarter.
This time it was Whiteford's time for big break. The snap went over the head of Morenci's punter and the Bobcats took over on the 15-yard line. They scored on the next run to go on top 14-0, a lead that led until half-time.
The Bulldogs lost the ball on an interception, got it right back on a Whiteford fumble, then lost it again on an interception.
The half ended with the Bulldogs in the hole and the ball never crossing the 50-yard line.
Dustin Roller picked off an interception in the third quarter and Chas Frey soon had a touchdown on a 33-yard run, trimming the score to 14-8.
Morenci soon had possession again and started to advance. A score would tie it up, but quarterback Brett Bovee threw another interception late in the third quarter.
Whiteford got another big break—a fumbled punt at the Morenci 15—and soon went on top 20-8.
A final Morenci drive ended with another interception.
JV: Morenci freshman Cody Graham needed just 118 yards to tally a thousand-yard season at Morenci's reserve football game Thursday.
He covered that, plus a couple hundred to spare, to lead the Bulldogs to a 46-12 victory over Whiteford.
"They just couldn't stop our run," coach Ryan Love said. "We never threw a pass, but we didn't have to."
Graham ran for 312 yards on 15 carries to finish the season with 1,206 yards. Lucas Hollstein ran for 119 on 11 carries.
The Bulldogs punted on their first possession, but scored on their next try on a 44-yard jaunt by Graham. Simon Jeffers carried for the conversion.
The Bobcats made it 8-6 on a touchdown with about two minutes left in the first quarter, but Morenci answered with six points on a 62-yard run by Graham.
Whiteford threatened again, but lost the ball on a fumble at the Bulldog one-yard line. Brad Funchion made the recovery. Four plays later, Graham scored again on a 66-yard run.
Following a Whiteford punt, Hollstein capped a long drive with a short run. Jeffers's conversion made the score 28-6 at half-time.
In the rainy third quarter, Kendrick Taylor scored to end a 10-play drive. Whiteford came back with a touchdown on a 47-yard pass.
Jacob McVay made a fumble recovery and Graham carried for a 35-yard touchdown late in the quarter.
At 9:33 in the fourth, Hollstein broke loose for a 40-yard run to end the scoring.
McVay was the leading tackler with 14. Larry Barron added eight, Coach Love said, while doing a good job stopping Whiteford's veer end play.
Love is certain the Bulldogs at least tied for the league title and maybe won it outright.
"It was a great season either way and I'm really proud of the kids," he said.
Morenci (6-2-1) was a resilient team that gutted it out this season, he said, by coming from behind to win more than once.
MORENCI VOLLEYBALL: Morenci made a remarkable come-back to take two matches from TCC foe Whiteford last week.
After dropping the first two games (25-27, 22-25), the Bulldogs turned it around in game three to win six straight for the double-header victory.
"The turn around came in game three of the first match," coach Dennis Owens said, "when Barbara Hollstein came off the bench and served 10 straight points, including five aces."
She finished the night as the leading server with a perfect 30 for 30.
Whiteford fell hard in that third game, losing 10-25, before Morenci tied the match with a 25-16 win. In the deciding game, the Bobcats kept it close but the Bulldogs prevailed, 15-13.
The second match was close in a 25-22 Morenci win, but the next two went easier, 25-18, 25-18.
Holstein finished the night with six aces and 20 points. Tess Ramsey went 20/20 from the serving line; Mariah Bovee went 33/38, with seven aces and 23 points; Meghan Smith finished at 31/36, with three aces and 21 points; and Chanler McCaskey went 25/30, with four aces and 17 points.
After her initial 10-point run, Holstein made another run of five points. Smith produced an eight-point run and Bovee had a seven-point run.
Setting leaders were Ramsey with 46 assists and Mercedez McCaskey with 25.
Attack leaders were Tia Tompkins, 29 kills and one block; Phoenix Duncan, 18 kills and four blocks; Chanler McCaskey, 18 kills; and Smith, eight kills and two blocks.
Chanler McCaskey finished with 50 digs and a 40/43 serve reception record. Bovee made 49 digs and had a 27/28 serve reception tally. Duncan made 33 digs.
LCS: After a slow opening at home Oct. 19 against Lenawee Christian School, Morenci kept it close. The Cougars needed only three games to win the non-league match, 25-15, 28-26 and 25-23.
Serving leaders were Bovee with 10 service points, Ramsey (8/8), and Chanler McCaskey (8/10, three aces).
Setting leaders were Ramsey with 12 assists and Mercedez McCaskey with eight assists.
At the net, Tompkins finished with six kills and one block, Duncan with six kills and Smith with five kills.
In passing, Bovee finished with 25 digs and 14/14 on serve reception, Chanler McCaskey had 10 digs and 14/16, and Duncan went 11/11.


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Corn, Wheat, Poultry Meal, Wheat Shorts, Wheat Flour, Poultry Fat, Beet Pulp, Protein-Hydrolysate, Corn Gluten, Cellulose, Limestone, Sodium, Chicory Powder, Yeast, Glucosamine, Chondroitin Sulfate.
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Crude Protein 18.9%
Crude Fat 8.6%
Crude Fibre 3.1%
Moisture 8.0%
Crude Ash 5.5%
Calcium 0.90%
Phosphorous 0.70%
Potassium 0.60%
Sodium 0.32%
Magnesium 0.11%
Vit. A 18750 IU/kg
Vit D3 1500 IU/kg
Vit E (Alpha-Tocopherolacetat) 250 IU/kg
Copper (as copper-II-sulfate, pentahydrate) 11 IU/kg
Metabolizable Energy 14.7 MJ/kg
Omega 3 0.16%
Omega 6 2.15%
Ratio Omega 6/Omega 3 13.4:1
Expected contents of other vitamins and trace elements (not guaranteed)
Vit. B1 14 mg/kg
Vit. B2 14 mg/kg
Vit. B6 8 mg/kg
Vit. B12 120 mcg/kg
Biotin 600 mcg/kg
Pantothenic Acid 36 mg/kg
Nicotenic Acid 60 mg/kg
Folic Acid 3 mg/kg
Vit. K 1 mg/kg
Vit. C 84 mg/kg
Choline Chloride 2.5 mg/kg
Iron 125 mg/kg
Zinc 205 mg/kg
Manganese 30 mg/kg
Cobalt 0.4 mg/kg
Iodine 3 mg/kg
Selenium 0.4 mg/kg
Vitamin A 18750 IU/kg
Vitamin D3 1500 IU/kg
Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherolacetat) 250 IU/kg
Copper (as copper-II-sulfate, pentahydrate) 11 IU/kg
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The sole meat ingredient in the food does not occur until third on the ingredient list, and is not identified by species. "Poultry" could be any fowl and may also vary by source. Unidentified ingredients like this are usually cheap and of very low quality. We prefer not to see them used in dog foods. The fat ingredient is similarly of low quality and unidentifiable source. Protein hydrolysate (usually from whey) is a low quality means of boosting the protein content of the food.
The main ingredients are grains making this appear a very grain heavy food, with very little meat content likely. Corn is of limited value, being a difficult to digest grain that is also commonly implicated in food allergies. In corn gluten form it is that part of the commercial shelled corn that remains after the extraction of the larger portion of the starch, gluten, and term by the processes employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup. In plain English, the remains of corn after most of the nutritious bits have been removed. Wheat is believed by many to be the number one cause of food allergy problems in dogs. As wheat shorts this consists of "fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, wheat flour, and the offal from the tail of the mill. This product must be obtained in the usual process of commercial milling and must contain not more than 7% crude fiber". In simpler terms, the floor sweepings from processing of wheat for flour and other products. Wheat flour (in dog food commonly a byproduct of human food production) is a further grain fragment we consider primarily filler. Cellulose is purified, mechanically disintegrated cellulose prepared by processing alpha cellulose obtained as a pulp from fibrous plant materials: otherwise known as sawdust.
Beet pulp is controversial filler which appears to be used in large quantities in this food. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
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But after that, you would never have known that Burke-Charvet, 41, had revealed in a blog post last week that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and is facing life-saving surgery. There's no word yet on when and where the surgery will take place, but ABC confirms that she will continue to co-host the show through the finale, which airs the last week of November. Says one rep, "She'll probably release more videos, in her own time, to explain what's going on."
Backstage, the dancers said Burke-Charvet's diagnosis put their own struggles with injuries and the relentless demands of the show in perspective. "I think it's a reminder to everybody right now who's knee-deep in dancing that there are bigger issues in the world," Melissa Rycroft says. "At the end of the day, this is just a dance competition." Added Apolo Anton Ohno, "For her to make it public just signifies what a strong person she is. She's got all the support of everyone here."
Burke-Charvet, who has four children and is married to actor David Charvet, is staying positive. "I went to her dressing room this morning, and she was being strong for me," said pro Tony Dovolani. "She assured me that she was okay, that she was going to deal with this. I was in awe of the way she handled it, how classy she is and how strong. But when I walked away, I thought, 'What else would you expect from Brooke?'"
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WASHINGTON >> The Vatican announced this week that Pope XVI will begin tweeting under the handle @Pontifex. Though his first Tweet is not expected until Dec. 12, the English-language papal account already has over 112,000 followers:
"We are going to get a spiritual message. The Pope is not going to be walking around with a Blackberry or an iPad and no-one is going to be putting words into the Pope's mouth," Greg Burke, senior media adviser to the Vatican said.
"He will tweet what he wants to tweet," he added, though the leader of the world's 1.2 billion or so Roman Catholics is expected to sign off, rather than write, each individual tweet himself.
We applaud St. Peter's successor for embracing social media, but navigating Twitter can be tough for even the holiest of noobs. Here's a bit of unsolicited advice for His Holiness:
1. Learn from your peers
As Nick Kristof suggests, Benedict could do worse than to study the Dalai Lama's extremely popular account as a model for how religious leaders can use Twitter. @DalaiLama is mostly short nuggets of Buddhist teaching with occasional commentary on current events and some non-obnoxious self-promotion. The Pope may also want to get a translation of Salman al-Odah's feed to see how the Saudi cleric has built up nearly 2 million followers or look at Twitter-loving American evangelist Joyce Meyer who has more than 1.5 million.
2. Follow some people
Too many celebrities and leaders on Twitter make the mistake of using it only as a transmission system without following any other users. Benedict could start with other religious leaders, or political figures like Barack Obama and David Cameron. Nobody's expecting Benedict to follow biologist and avowed atheist Richard Dawkins just to prove he's open-minded, but perhaps following a few slightly critical feeds such the National Catholic Reporter -- which advocates ordaining female priests, for instance -- could broaden his information diet a bit without angering the man upstairs.
3. Interact, but don't flame
Responding or retweeting followers can help give them the sense that there's a real person behind the handle. Newark Mayor Cory Booker is the master of using Twitter to communicate directly with constituents on issues as small as stray pitbulls. That level of engagement probably isn't possible for a global figure like Benedict, but it wouldn't hurt to periodically engage directly with the flock.
What he should be careful to avoid is getting into the kind of angry flame wars carried out in recent months by the presidents of Rwanda, Estonia and Azerbaijan. It's not very becoming of the Holy See to start arguments over politics or points of doctrine with obnoxious journalists.
4. Don't sweat the parodies
The Pope is a major world figure. He's going to be mocked on Twitter. He should handle it like Mayor Michael Bloomberg, not like The New York Times.
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Trusting others to do one's tweeting, as Benedict appears to be doing, can be risky. Ban Ki-moon likely wasn't too thrilled when the U.N.'s official feed tweeted out his support for a "1-state solution" last week." God's Emissary on Earth should probably double-check to make sure his staff are getting the wording right in all eight languages.
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Three fundamental components of debris-flow risk assessments include frequency-magnitude analysis, numerical scenario modeling, and consequence analysis to estimate the severity of damage and loss. Recent advances in frequency-magnitude analysis take advantage of developments in methods to estimate the age of deposits and size of past and potential future events. Notwithstanding, creating reliable frequency-magnitude relationships is often challenged by practical limitations to investigate and statistically analyze past debris-flow events that are often discontinuous, as well as temporally and spatially censored. To estimate flow runout and destructive potential, several models are used worldwide. Simple empirical models have been developed based on statistical geometric correlations, and two-dimensional and three-dimensional numerical models are commercially available. Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) methods for assessing public safety were developed for the nuclear industry in the 1970s and have been applied to landslide risk in Hong Kong starting in 1998. Debris-flow risk analyses estimate the likelihood of a variety of consequences. Quantitative approaches involve prediction of the annual probability of loss of life to individuals or groups and estimates of annualized economic losses. Recent progress in quantitative debris-flow risk analyses include improved methods to characterize elements at risk within a GIS environment and estimates of their vulnerability to impact. Improvements have also been made in how these risks are communicated to decision makers and stakeholders, including graphic display on conventional and interactive online maps. Substantial limitations remain, including the practical impossibility of estimating every direct and indirect risk associated with debris flows and a shortage of data to estimate vulnerabilities to debris-flow impact. Despite these limitations, quantitative debris-flow risk assessment is becoming a preferred framework for decision makers in some jurisdictions, to compare risks to defined risk tolerance thresholds, support decisions to reduce risk, and quantify the residual risk remaining following implementation of risk reduction measures.
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I was wondering if anyone else has played this?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/57723 ... t_Warlord/
I've been following it for a while but only picked it up the other day after reading the main reason I hadn't bought it yet had been fixed. It's a turn based (mostly) game clearly inspired by the older Koei ROTK games, but with it's own ideas. It's got a semi-complete english version but a lot of things are still untranslated.
One of the more interesting ones is that officers have very large number of stats instead of four or five. Instead of just one "Leadership" stat officers have separate rankings for infantry, cavalry, bow, and naval units, as well as others that would be rolled into Lead (Defense, Siege, Patrol, Training, and so on) which has led to a game where just about every officer feels like they can do something of use.
Speaking of stats they're often pretty far from what you'd expect! Sun Jian isn't a great general, for instance--he's fairly good but not the powerhouse he is in Koei's games.
And there are a lot of officers--they say over 1300 in the final version. There's also supposedly going to be mod tools released later.
One issue is the game doesn't explain itself yet, so I'm hoping we get in-game help or an english manual (there's apparently a Chinese one already) fairly soon.


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A shortcut version of traditional Hawaiian roast pork made in the slow cooker, shredded, and served in a slider with sliced pineapple and jicama.
The centerpiece of a luau is the painstakingly slow-cooked pig. If you can't go to Hawaii or don't have an imu (underground oven) at your disposal, fake it with slow-braised pork shoulder. The combination here of salty soy and sweet pineapple juice balances the richness of the pork.... Read More
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COLIN COOPER admits he harbours hopes of his two Sunderland loan signings returning to Hartlepool United next season.
Both Scott Harrison and Connor Oliver started in the weekend draw at Plymouth, centre-half Harrison making his fourth start, Oliver impressing on his Football League debut.
The pair are part of Kevin Ball's Under-21 squad at the Academy of Light, but their development will be boosted by appearing in League Two.
They will both start Pools' final game of the season, at home to Exeter on Saturday, and return to Wearside.
And Cooper would have no hesitation in the 20-year-olds joining Pools on longer-term loan arrangements for the 2014/15 campaign.
Cooper, who has made a number of successful loan captures this season, said: "Scott (Harrison) did well and showed his strength against two strong strikers. He learned his trade out there against two lively and strong strikers in Enoch Showumni and Reuben Reid.
"All in all he has done smashing, I've been really pleased with both of them.
"Connor did well. When you play in development football you play at big grounds as well, so the Football League stage won't worry him, but I thought he looked every bit a good player.
"Whether he gets his opportunity or not at Sunderland I don't know but he can come and play for me.
"It's a development squad and they are at a Premier League club because they are quality young footballers, and I have to add, quality young men as well.
"I'll be trying to see if Gus (Poyet) and Bally will let me have them back.''
Before starting at Home Park in place of the suspended Simon Walton, Oliver had experienced just ten minutes first-team football, appearing as a late substitute during Pools' home defeat to Chesterfield in April.
But he played with freedom against Plymouth and impressed in central midfield.
Cooper reflected: "Connor looked comfortable out there, he was excellent. He has been patient and waited for his chance. Simon has done well, but he's not here now and he would have been looking forward to playing at Plymouth, his former club.
"But he was at the pitch of it from the off. He will not have had this level in his development so far.
"From day one with us in training, I heard some of the lads about him sliding someone in and that's progression.
"I've seen him shoot from distance and thunder in with his right foot.
"I've seen him flash into the top corner from 25 yards in training. He's got the ability, but the learning side of it is that if you have had a shot can you next slide someone in there.''
Oliver sat at the base of Pools' diamond midfield shape, but the Walker-born prospect is not restricted to playing only one role.
Cooper said: "He is a midfielder, not a sitter, but I've seen him play right back, centre back midfield, as a sitter in midfield. You could see by shooting he wanted to join in and the learning part – when do you sit, go, let someone else go, but in and out of possession he did well.''
Loan signings make an impression at Victoria Park
COLIN COOPER admits he harbours hopes of his two Sunderland loan signings returning to Hartlepool United next season.


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Developing future leaders today
Her eyes glint with a ray of hope. She knows that her dim yesterday is gone and her tomorrow can only get brighter. "I would like to be the Minister for Agriculture for my country Somalia when we attain peace", Habiba confides. She knows that she'll have to forge ahead and forget her past that has been filled with war, pain and self doubt. She bends and pulls the weed choking her crop of beans. She knows that she has also been there before and has needed some weeding herself.
Habiba Athumani has been a pupil at Angelina Jolie Girls Primary School in Kakuma Refugee camp for two years now. This school, started by a film star by the same name has been a refuge for her and many other girls with similar tales to tell.
With the worsening conflict in Somalia, Habiba and her siblings, two brothers and a sister, left their home country in 2004 and found themselves at the Kakuma refugee camp. They fled and escaped with their lives after both parents were gruesomely killed in the inter-clan hostilities. At the camp, the orphaned family was left in the care of their step mother who soon also abandoned them before they were taken in by a cousin. This was until they were formally registered as refugees by the authorities in Kenya.
Habiba is one of the eldest daughters in Isabella's household. With nine different nationalities, Isabella has a register of all her girls to help keep track of their whereabouts. Her home is sometimes fondly referred to as Angelina. She is the deputy headmistress of Angelina Jolie Girls Primary School. Isabella Muthoni knows that this is the only place the girls can call home and mean it and she intends to keep it that way.
The school offers protection to thirty four vulnerable girls who have been rescued from various difficult circumstances. Isabella calls out to the girls and they come closer and surround the small plot in which cowpeas are growing. She points at the plants and draws lessons for daily living. It's time for class. Welcome to Bidii Junior Farmer Field and Life School (JFFLS). Bidii, a Kiswahili word for 'working hard' is demonstrated in action by the twenty five members of the Bidii JFFLS. Under the astute leadership of their Chairperson Habiba Athumani, the girls diligently attend to their plots of maturing tomatoes, cowpeas, okra, water melons and kales. The girls, aged between ten and eighteen years, know that the value realised from being members of JFFLS far exceed their expectations and are glad they belong.
The JFFLS is designed to empower vulnerable youth, and provide them with the livelihood options and gender-sensitive skills needed for long-term food security while reducing their vulnerability to destitution and risk coping strategies. "We have learned how to protect ourselves from HIV and AIDS and from sexual abuse sexual exploitation that affects girls like us", says Furaha Aziza, a jovial thirteen year-old from the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the other major objectives of the JFFLS is to promote the creation of gender-equal attitudes, by enabling youth to exercise the same roles and responsibilities and developing their capacities to critically assess relationships and understand the risks and resources present within their community.
"As the leader of Bidii JFFLS, I have learned to lead by example and to inspire confidence in my fellow students when rallying support for the various projects we carry out", quips a confident Habiba.
John Kaissa, the project coordinator from the implementing NGO adds, "Although most domestic chores are carried out by women in the Turkana community, the JFFLS activities encourage the carrying out of different tasks by all irrespective of gender."
The strength of the JFFLS is its unique learning methodology and curriculum, which combines agricultural, life and entrepreneurship skills in an experiential and participatory learning approach suited to vulnerable communities. This methodology is also suited to other contexts of low literacy levels.
"We meet at least once a week to discuss the crops and understand the science behind our farm practices. The girls have learned how to space crops, identify and manage pests", explains Isabella, who also doubles up as the group's facilitator.
Noella Nzabimana, a budding rap artist from Burundi wraps it up very well with her rap song with the words "What are we going to eat without farming?"
"My fellow Ministers," Habiba mentally rehearses her speech in preparation for the day she presents the Somalia cabinet with an agricultural policy paper. She knows it's a long way but with the leadership skills honed through JFFLS, she knows her dream is never too far out there. Ask Obama.
This FAO programme was funded by the Swedish government and implemented by Lutheran World Federation.


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And we shall awake to more love and goodness every morning of the year.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
And we shall awake to more love and goodness every morning of the year.
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Dear Pamela, Thank you for these words, they express my attitude and situation in life exactly! More and more I find moments of gratitude anytime, not needing the big events to feel it. But I still need to learn to smile, when I feel tears are easier to shed....I shall remember this.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, surely you will find the sacred moment under the trees, and Edward will be by your side.
Your comments made me order your book immediately.ReplyDelete
You are medicine for the soul. Thank you.
What beautiful sentiments for today and every day. I would love to post this to facebook if you wouldn't mind. I think everyone, ( at least those I know) needs the message to be thankful everyday and to see beauty every day.ReplyDelete
Let me know if this is allright with you.
Thanks for your gentle/positive ways. and big hugs to the Edward and Apple.
- WingsfornanNovember 21, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Oh Pamela...for indeed you are an *old soul* who lives in gratitude and sees and appreciates beauty everywhere. You are a kindred soul and you make my heart sing with your equisite words. Thank YOU!
Beauty here in these thankful words.......and more beauty arrived in my mailbox wrapped in brown paper and string!ReplyDelete
Now I'm truly surrounded by the writings of Pamela..........and lovely drawings of Edward. I see evenings by the fire, wrapped in a warm throw, a glass of something sweet and heady within arm's reach, and quietly turning the pages of a very special book.
Thank you Pamela.
Happiest of Thanksgiving holidays tomorrow.
Very well said.ReplyDelete
- Nicole GNovember 22, 2012 at 3:18 AM
As English is not my native language I learn beautiful words every time I read your blog. I can't wait for my copy of your book to arrive so I can indulge in more magical words. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Belgium, but the feel of the holidays is in the air, so ... happy Thanksgiving and thank you for your wonderful words! Nicole - BelgiumReplyDelete
I read all your posts and I do love them. Today's is specially beautiful and right. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Spain either, but I hope you have a wonderful night. Love from the misty North of Spain.ReplyDelete
A very happy and positive Thanksgiving to you and your family Pamela.ReplyDelete
This is beautiful, and i'm grateful for this lovely post and the positive words! A splendid Thanksgiving to you and to Edward of course! And Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets. :)ReplyDelete
a beautiful post. i have dipped into the well. i'm always refreshed. i love that word refreshed. that's what your posts are to me. every one.ReplyDelete
i am a pollyanna. i used to try to hide it. i cannot. nor now do i want to! kindred souls.
tammy j
i'm so delighted i bought your book. it is a little treasure i gave myself at the end of this year. it's the gift that keeps on giving!
I wish you a happy and beautiful Thanksgiving! I love you blog, your writing and your message. There are dark days for everyone and coming here to read your posts makes every day brighter. I think in this scary and dark world people who offer sunshine and light are a way to celebrate the beauty in life.
Thank you for sharing your light and magic, Elizabeth
That's a lovely post Pamela. I'm reading this late but still would like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and by now I hope your tummies are full of the most delicious turkey and all the rest and I can just imagine you've all rolled off the chair and onto the sofa and fell asleep. That's all as it should be. My love to you. :)ReplyDelete
I am so thankful to you....who puts into beautiful words what my heart often feels!ReplyDelete
A beautiful season of thanks to you and yours!
Pamela, I am so very thankful to have you as a blog friend. This past year has shown me how important it is to reach out to others and even not to be too proud to ask for help. Like you I tend to keep my dark days away from others and to see the light at the end of the tunnel.ReplyDelete
Your book is at the top of my Christmas list!
Last day for Scalamandre Giveaway!
Pamela, happy Thanksgiving. I agree with you that gratitude needs to be a daily event. I do believe that the happiest people feel gratitude on a regular basis. I just ordered your book and am very excited to receive it!ReplyDelete
xx Sunday
Happy Thanksgiving Pamela. I have had many visitors since your post mentioned my piece on your book. I am still reading it every night, almost finished but I don't want it to end.ReplyDelete
You always say what is in my heart. What a wonderful Thanksgiving post. I too am a positive person and that does draw some scrutiny and maybe even an inference that it is somehow something that only simple, unknowing people possess. Thank you for this reminder that being a positive, happy person is a choice.
I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving.
And I'm thankful for your blog.ReplyDelete
Here is a belated Thanksgiving wish to you and Edward, Pamela! I am grateful to you both!!ReplyDelete
My precious five year old grandchild, Isobel, wanted to give the Thanksgiving prayer this year and she started by saying, "Dear Santa,..."ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 25, 2012 at 9:26 PM
Well said :)ReplyDelete
No matter how bad our situation, gratitude for the little things always manages to lift our soul.ReplyDelete
Sorry I have been out of touch for so long when I so very much enjoy your blog.
Things are slowly on the mend.
That is a nice little quote by Mary Oliver. I try to cultivate gratitude and it is definitely happiness making.ReplyDelete
wonderful book recommendations. Thank you. Along the Tim Walker line, you may enjoy the photography of adrienbroomphotography.comReplyDelete
I love to read your comments! Each and every one! Though I'm always reading your comments, I may not respond in the comment section. If you want to write me directly, you may do so at email@example.com. Thank you for reading!


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Fudan University Licenses ARM7TDMI Processor For Advanced SoC Research Projects
China's only state key laboratory of ASIC & System selects ARM technology for SoC design research and training
SHANGHAI, CHINA AND CAMBRIDGE, UK - July 4, 2005 – Fudan University, one of the top universities in China, and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)] today announced that the State Key Laboratory of ASIC & System has licensed the ARM7TDMI® processor through the ARM® Foundry Program . The State Key Laboratory of ASIC & System will implement ARM technology in its advanced SoC designs for research and training purposes.
Chinese fabless companies continue to grow at a tremendous rate; however, the market still faces a shortage of talented designers and developers. By licensing ARM technology, China's only State Key Laboratory of ASIC & System in Fudan University will help increase the number of capable, local designers and developers by providing them with training through ARM technology-based SoC design and research projects using ARM solutions. The laboratory has trained many IC designers and developers in China during the last decade.
"The ARM architecture is widely recognized as the ideal solution to deliver high-performance, low-cost and power-efficient embedded SoC design systems," said Professor Dr. Zhiliang Hong, deputy director of State Key Laboratory of ASIC & System, director of IC Design Laboratory, Fudan University. "This agreement will enable us to develop our research and training programs using the popular ARM7TDMI processor, which is among the most widely used in today's SoC design environment."
"Since entering China in 2001, ARM has brought advanced technologies to the market and established a thriving ARM Powered® ecosystem. A central part of this ecosystem involves training and skills development at the local level," said Dr. Jun Tan, president of ARM China. "We expect this agreement, along with our University Program, will enable China to cultivate more IC design specialists—speeding the shift from 'made in China' to 'developed in China'."
About State Key Laboratory of ASIC & System in Fudan University
Founded in 1992, the State Key Laboratory of ASIC & System in Fudan University is the only Chinese key laboratory focusing on IC design and SoC technology research and teaching. Its major research fields include: ASIC system (and sub-system) design, ASIC chip design and testing, and processes and components for ASIC design. It is one of the most influential IC design, development and research centres and the strongest IC designers' culturists in China. More information on the State Key Laboratory of ASIC & System in Fudan University is available at http://me.fudan.edu.cn/brief/asics.htm.
About ARM
ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, 3D processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
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Advocate for Disabled Joins Western PA Transit Board
The newest member of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's board is no stranger to the agency or its meetings.
Sixty-five-year-old John Tague is a retired steelworker who has used a wheelchair for about 15 years due to muscular dystrophy.
He's been appointed to the board by County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, though observers say Tague attended board meetings, public hearings and other events about as regularly as the board's members did.
Tague has lobbied to be appointed to the unpaid, nine-member board.
He says the board needs someone with a "disability perspective" - especially as the Pittsburgh-area agency wrestles with funding issues that threaten to cut service on its light-rail and bus lines.
Tague says even people who aren't technically "disabled" have mobility issues that he says must be addressed by the agency.


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Carpet shopowner Neil Fautley is being driven around the bend by people who go the wrong way down a one way street outside his Devizes shop.
Mr Fautley, who runs Hallmark Flooring in the Market Place, believes it is only a matter of time before a serious accident happens.
He said: "People coming from the Wadworth Brewery direction turn into the slip road outside my shop and the Black Swan either because they don't see the no entry sign or because they ignore it.
"My desk is in the window of the shop and I see it happen about 10 times a day. It is only a matter of time until someone is knocked over as they do not see the vehicle coming."
Mr Fautley believes one of the problems is the bus stop close to his shop. He said: "When buses are parked there they block the no entry signs so people can't see them.
"Personally I don't think it is the best place for a bus stop.'
He has contacted Devizes police, Devizes Town Council and Wiltshire Council about the problem.
He said: "The police are sympathetic, but say unless they actually catch someone going the wrong way there isn't anything they can do."
Town clerk Simon Fisher met Mr Fautley and a Wiltshire Council highways officer.
He said: "The officer said that for the sign to be seen above the buses it would have to be about 30ft high and for that to happen it would have to go before a committee."
A spokesman for Wiltshire Council said: "We have previously looked into issues reported to us and as a result have refreshed lines and replaced the signage.
"However if vehicles are still accessing this road incorrectly we would recommend that anyone concerned about this should report to the local area board for it to be discussed."


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Breathe in the fresh sea air as you step from the beachfront straight into Crowne Plaza Vilamoura-Algarve's air-conditioned marble Lobby. Ease your way into your Portuguese holiday with a cool fruit juice in the minimalist Lobby Lounge, or head out for a round on one of Vilamoura's world-class golf courses. Either way, your spacious ocean-view room will be waiting for you when you get back.
Crowne Plaza Vilamoura-Algarve is right on the beach in Vilamoura, one of the Algarve's prettiest resort towns. It's a 30-minute drive to the hotel from Faro International Airport, and a few hours' drive from Lisbon. Vilamoura's casino is adjacent to the hotel and the Vilamoura Marina is within easy walking distance. Stunning Silves Castle is a 35-minute car-ride away.
Portuguese specialities add local flavour to our main restaurant's buffet tables, which are arranged in the shape of a local cataplana cooking pot. At Caravela Bar & Lounge, our brightly lit cocktail bar, Portuguese beers are sipped on cosy white sofas.
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Shirley Temple Black is dead at the age of 85.
I watched a few scenes from her old movies yesterday, and I was astounded. When I saw these movies on tv as a little girl, I took it for granted that she could sing and dance. But when I saw the scenes with her and Bojangles last night, I realized how extraordinary she was.
How could a little child perform at that level? Shirley Temple was an incredible talent.
She was also different in another way. Almost alone among child stars, Shirley Temple grew up to be a normal adult. We are all watching the implosion of Miley Cyrus' young life as she destroys herself publicly. We've seen the suicides, the lives wasted on drug addiction and the inability to form meaningful relationships with people of the opposite sex over and over again.
But Shirley Temple grew up to become a young woman who was able to have and raise a stable family and engage in productive work at an incredibly high level in the diplomatic world. She had a successful life in the ways that matter.
What made the difference?
I would guess that the major difference was her parents. I read one story talking about the fact that Shirley's mother was always present when she was performing. The story went that the director of a film sent Mrs Temple on a brief errand, and, while she was gone, deliberately frightened little Shirley to make her cry for a scene. When Mrs Temple returned and learned what had happened, she decided to never leave her daughter alone with these people again.
Contrast that with the famous story of the director telling Jackie Cooper that his dog had died to make him cry for a scene:
When young Cooper was unable to summon tears for a big crying scene, Taurog threatened to remove the boy's small dog from the set and take it to the pound. The incident ended with Cooper believing his dog had been shot by an armed security guard.
"I could visualize my dog, bloody from that one awful shot," Cooper wrote. "I began sobbing, so hysterically that it was almost too much for the scene. [Taurog] had to quiet me down by saying perhaps my dog had survived the shot, that if I hurried and calmed down a little and did the scene the way he wanted, we would go see if my dog was still alive."
Only after doing the scene as best he could did Cooper learn that his dog was unharmed. He also saw Taurog, the guard and Cooper's grandmother grinning over their successful deception.
"Later, people tried to rationalize to me that I had gained more than I lost by being a child star," Cooper wrote. "They talked to me about the money I made. They cited the exciting things I had done, the people I had met, the career training I had had, all that and much more….
"But no amount of rationalization, no excuses, can make up for what a kid loses — what I lost — when a normal childhood is abandoned for an early movie career."
It is worth noting that Jackie Cooper had a relative there when this happened — his grandmother. But instead of protecting her grandson, she allowed what happened and seemed to enjoy it.
The emotional abuse Jackie Cooper endured, bad as it was, was nothing compared to what Corey Feldman, and, according to books and testimonies by a number of former child stars, many others, have endured. Corey maintains that the single biggest problem for child actors is pedophilia.
He also says that the pedophiles are often big names in the entertainment industry. The way that industry people behave when famous directors are accused of child rape lends credence to these charges.
Shirley Temple Black and her normal, productive life, indicate that it is possible for a child to work as an entertainer and come out of the experience intact. But the fact that she is so rare as to be an anomaly raises serious questions about the practice of putting underage people into that world.
We've all seen the shattered lives of former child actors. From River Phoenix, to Michael Jackson, to Miley the story is the same. But we keep right on, ignoring the obvious.
Are the lives of children worth the "art" of the films they help make?
More to the point, are sexual predators in the entertainment industry who abuse and violate children off limits for prosecution and the long lives in prison that they deserve?
We will only truly know the degree of child abuse in the entertainment industry when adults who work in that world grow spines and begin to out these guys instead of covering for them and defending them. From what I've seen, that day is a long way off.


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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the nation's strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for future generations.
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
"The decades-long effort to protect our children from the harmful effects of smoking has finally emerged victorious," Obama said during the sun-splashed Rose Garden signing ceremony.
The bill marks the latest legislative victory for Obama's first five months. Among his other successes: a $787 economic stimulus bill, legislation to expand a state program providing children's health insurance and a bill making it easier for workers to sue for pay discrimination.
The president has frequently spoken, in the White House and on the campaign trail, of his own struggles to quit smoking. He did so again during the ceremony, bringing it up while criticizing the tobacco industry for marketing its products to young people.
"I know — I was one of these teenagers," Obama said. "I know how difficult it is to break this habit."
Before dozens of invited guests, including children from the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, the president signed legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act allows the FDA to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, ban candy flavorings that appeal to kids and block misleading labels such "low tar" and "light." Tobacco companies also will be required to cover their cartons with large graphic warnings.
The law won't let the FDA ban nicotine or tobacco outright, but the agency will be able to regulate what goes into tobacco products, make public the ingredients and prohibit marketing campaigns geared toward children.
"It is a law that will save American lives," Obama said.
Anti-smoking advocates looked forward to the bill after years of attempts to control an industry so fundamental to the U.S. that carved tobacco leaves adorn some parts of the Capitol.
Opponents from tobacco-growing states such as top-producing North Carolina argued that the FDA had proved through a series of food safety failures that it was not up to the job of regulation. They also said that instead of unrealistically trying to get smokers to quit or to prevent others from starting, lawmakers should ensure that people have other options, like smokeless tobacco.
As president, George W. Bush opposed the legislation and threatened a veto after it passed the House last year. The Obama administration, by contrast, issued a statement declaring strong support for the measure.
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