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PSG give Cantona a taste of his own medicine after 'small club' jibe
Eric Cantona is well known for being one of football's most eloquent, inventive insult-crafters - but his latest targets Paris Saint-Germain have come back swinging!
The former Manchester United and France striker is no fan of PSG, and made his thoughts known during a recent interview.
Speaking to FullTimeDevils, Cantona dubbed the Ligue 1 leaders a "small club" when asked about the future of Javier Pastore.
"He plays for Argentina but he doesn't play for Paris, a small club, but since they have a lot of money they are big," he quipped.
In response, PSG decided to use Cantona's own words against him to suggest the criticism had washed right off their backs.
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"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think fish will be thrown into the sea," the club stated on Twitter.
Knowing Cantona, this is unlikely to be the last word in what could be a media war between two French heavyweights!

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Nearly 6,000 residents were evacuated from their homes in Butuan City as floods submerged at least 21 villages there, the Office of the Civil Defense in Caraga region said Friday.
Flood Alert Level 3 is still up in this city due to continuous heavy rains brought by the low pressure area (LPA) located 380 kilometers southeast of General Santos City.
This despite the receding waters of the Agusan River from a high 3.2 meters as of 11:55 p.m. Thursday to 2.9 meters as of 8 a.m. Friday, a city official said.
In an interview, Gracia Espere, officer-in-charge of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, said that Alert Level 3 is still up and classes are suspended on all levels.
Espere said the flood has already affected 1,634 families or some 6,018 individuals in 21 low-lying barangays.
The evacuees are currently housed in 21 evacuation centers including in covered courts and schools.
The City Social Welfare and Development Office is conducting relief operations in the different evacuation centers since Thursday afternoon.
In a radio interview Friday morning, Acting Butuan City Mayor Lawrence Lemuel Fortun said that mandatory evacuation had been implemented in the barangays located at riverbanks since Thursday afternoon.
He said the Butuan City Search and Rescue Team (BUSART) augmented by teams coming from the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy, and the Coast Guard are on standby and ready for any emergency.
He added that even private firms (i.e. construction companies) are volunteering their equipment and personnel if the need arises. The nine dump trucks of the City Government including its ambulances are also ready on standby.
Waist-deep floods affected several barangays as Alert level 3 has been raised over the city, she added.
For its part, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said three roads and a bridge in Caraga are still impassable. The same goes for roads in Agusan Del Sur, Talacogon and San Luis.
Norala was declared under a state of calamity due to severe flooding, NDRRMC added.
Affected barangays include Amparo, Bading, Bonbon, Dankias, Golden Ribbon, Lemon, Maon, Mahay, Bobon, Obrero, Buhangin, Agao, baan Riverside, Pangabugan, Nongnong, Agusan Pequeno, Port Poyohon, Basag, Mahogany, Pagatpatan and Maog.
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Canadian Recording Industry Faces Massive Infringment Claimsposted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Dec 2009 19:19 UTCAnd we have news of yet another massive copyright infringement lawsuit in the music industry. This one takes place in Canada, and the infringed party is placing a truly massive claim on the infringing party: 50 million USD, with the possibility of it exceeding 60 billion USD. Bad news? Well, no, not really - you really need to consider the infringing party in this one. This is irony not even the ancient Greeks could imagine.The infringed party in this particular case consists of, among others, Chet Baker, a leading jazz musician in the 1950, who played various instruments and died in 1988. His legacy is maintained by his estate, which owns the copyright on 50 of his works. The infringing party has already admitted the infringing behaviour, meaning they own at least 50 million USD.Now, here's the real shocker: the infringing party is none other than... The Canadian music industry: Warner Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, EMI Music Canada, and Universal Music Canada - the four main members of the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
And here comes that sweet, sweet taste of irony, a taste sprinkled in fairy dust and brought to you by pretty pixies riding on pink unicorns: the recording industry successfully argued in Canada that pirates have to pay 20000 USD per infringement, which means that the potential liability exceeds 60 billion USD. "These numbers may sound outrageous, yet they are based on the same rules that led the recording industry to claim a single file sharer is liable for millions in damages," says Michael Geist, Internet Law columnist at The Star. He also holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa."After years of claiming Canadian consumers disrespect copyright, the irony of having the recording industry face a massive lawsuit will not be lost on anyone, least of all the artists still waiting to be paid," Geist further details, "Indeed, they are also seeking punitive damages, arguing "the conduct of the defendant record companies is aggravated by their strict and unremitting approach to the enforcement of their copyright interests against consumers"."
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SRS stands for Supplementary Restraint System. This is the airbag system and is specifically designed to supplement the seatbelt restraint system in a vehicle.
The result is the increased safety of the occupant during some types of crashes.
Most SRS systems are composed of airbags. When a certain type of crash occurs, the system deploys the airbags.
These airbags are located in front of the driver, in front of the passenger, at the sides of the doors, and the rear windows.
The SRS computer also tightens the seatbelt during collisions to increase protection of the passenger. SRS systems normally have an SRS light that shows on the dashboard.
When you start up the vehicle, the SRS light should come on for about 5 seconds.
That is the bulb check that shows you that the SRS system is working. After this, it should switch off.
Why is the SRS light on?
If the SRS light does not switch on shortly after ignition, it is indicative of an issue with the system. In such a case, the SRS system will be deactivated.
This means you have not any supplementary protection.
In the event of a collision, your airbags will not deploy. Your seatbelt will also fail to tighten so you might end up hurt lethally if you are involved in a car accident.
A potential issue that could cause the seatbelt to turn on is a faulty seatbelt switch. The event of a damaged cock spring located inside steering wheel could also cause the SRS light turn on.
Lastly, a defective crash sensor will also result make the SRS warning light to turn and stay on.
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There are two main sensors in the car that get damaged or worn out faster than the others. These are the clock spring and the passenger occupancy sensor.
The latter is a weight sensitive scanner that activates the passenger's airbag when a certain amount of weight is felt on the car.
This prevents infants sitting on the front seat from getting an airbag to the face in case an accident occurs.
The wiring for this sensor is located underneath the seat. Passengers often move the seat to meet their specific degree of comfort.
The constant moving of the seat could cause the wiring for the passenger occupancy sensor to get damaged or to get cut entirely.
The clock spring is the electrical coupling that allows the electrical functions mounted on your steering wheel to function.
These include the horns and other mounted buttons. A broken horn and an airbag light is the indication of a damaged clock spring.
What to do when the SRS light turns on
Diagnose the problem
As aforementioned, the SRS light is indicative of a larger problem with your restraint system. So, when it turns on, the first step you should take is to diagnose the problem.
One way to do so is by taking the car to a mechanic. They have professional tools that can assess the systems and know what the faults are.
These mechanics are also professionals with knowledge on how to fix these systems without damaging them further.
You could also diagnose the SRS light issue yourself. There are car diagnostic tools known as OBD II scanners that can professionally diagnose the problem with your SRS system.
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These OBD II scanners are easily bought from stores and most of them are quite easy to use. OBD II scanners scan your entire SRS system and give you a report in the form of error codes.
Some of these scanners define the error code for you while others don't.
For those that don't, you need to look for the meaning of the code on Google or any recommended website.
The advantage a self-diagnosis offers is that, if the issue is a simple one, then you can do it yourself.
This will save you time and money you otherwise would have spent at the mechanic.
Passenger Occupancy Sensor
If the problem with your SRS system is the passenger occupancy sensor, the passenger "Airbag Off" light will not illuminate even when someone sits on it.
In this case, the wiring could be at fault.
Check the wiring under the seat and other components. Ensure nothing is out of place and that all the wires are intact.
If not, the component out of place or the frayed wire is the cause of the SRS warning light.
If everything is in place, the pad that detects weight could be faulty. You can have this replaced and your SRS light should go off.
Alternatively, you can use a plug and play kit to bypass the occupancy sensor.
This device will render the passenger airbag armed with or without someone present in the seat.
Just make sure that you never place your child in the front seat while driving.
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Faulty clock spring
If the issue is a faulty clock spring, first you need to remove the steering wheel. This process is simple and hand tools can accomplish it in under 20 minutes.
Then, take off any negative battery wires and leave the system for about 15 minutes.
This will discharge the capacitors making sure the airbag does not blow up in your face. You can then replace the clock spring.
New clock springs are quite affordable so never by a used one.
Should you drive with the SRS light on?
The SRS light is indicative of a problem with your restraint system. Some airbags might still deploy with this light on but you cannot be certain that case they will.
Most often, when the SRS light is on, the SRS system is disabled completely.
Even if there is a remote possibility your airbags might still deploy, driving with your SRS system disabled is too risky.
For this reason, it is highly inadvisable to drive with your SRS light on.
More about SRS
SRS systems continuously get and evaluate data from all the sensors in your vehicle. These help the SRS computer to determine when the criteria for activation has been met.
A rapid and very abnormal decrease in acceleration, for example, will be interpreted by the computer as an emergency.
The computer then decides which airbags should be deployed and which safety belts should be tightened.
Any fault with the SRS system could cost you your life.
It is essential that you fix the issue causing your SRS light to switch on immediately.
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Successful scavenging. The herring gull has adapted very well to man's way of life and is the main scavenger around rubbish dumps and fishing harbours. It seems to prefer to feed on these easy pickings rather than catch fish at sea. Herring gulls are aggressive birds and will threaten other species with a fierce and intimidating display if they come too close.
Breeding: Herring gulls nest in colonies mainly on rocky cliffs but also on dunes and even on buildings in coastal towns or cities. A large nest of seaweeds and grass is built, sometimes as early as February. A single clutch of 2-4 eggs is laid but if these are lost more are laid. The eggs are laid on alternate days so that the young hatch at 2 day intervals. The eggs are incubated by both parents for 25-27 days.
The chicks, which are covered in grey down with dark blotches, are fed by both parents on regurgitated food. To obtain a meal they peck at the red spot on the parent's bill. Studies on the island of Skokholm, South Wales, have shown that herring gulls which feed their young on food scavenged from fish docks breed more successfully than those which mainly fish at sea.
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Hort Innovation's new Table Grape Strategic Investment Plan is here!
Have a quick look with the handy 'at a glance' version, or download the full document, on Hort Innovation's table grape grower page at www.horticulture.com.au/grower-focus/table-grape.
The Table Grape Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) will help guide Hort Innovation's management of investment programs for the table grape industry for the next five years. It lays the foundation for decision making in levy investments and represents the balanced interest of the industry. The very important function of the SIP is to ensure levy investment decisions align with industry priorities.
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LIVERPOOL'S Summer Pops organisers have increased the capacity for each show after a surge in demand for tickets.
An extra 700 seats have been added to each show as ticket sales for the three-week festival are set to break all records and the new nightly audience capacity of 5,000 is still barely enough to cope with demand.
Promoter ChasCole said: "We hope to break all previous box office records. We are increasing the public space in the big top by moving the stage back.
"In previous years a lot of backstage space has been surplus, but this year we need every available inch of room."
Superstars booked for the Pops, which run from July 5 to 23, include Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Lionel Richie, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Chris de Burgh and Gary Moore, as well as legendary groups the Beach Boys and Status Quo.
Artists introduced to appeal to younger audiences are Ronan Keating, Mel C, Atomic Kitten and Gabrielle.
The crossover classical-pops promotion features opera singer Lesley Garrett and West End and Broadway star Michael Ball.
Mr Cole said: "By coming along in such large numbers, they are helping to guarantee equally big names for the Pops in future seasons.
"My aim is to encourage all music fans in the region to visit the big top on at least one night during the festival."
Tickets are available on the following numbers: 0151-256 5555; 0870 120 0721; 0151-709 3789.
SIR Paul McCartney has sent his good wishes for the Summer Pops ? and a note of regret that he cannot be on the bill this year due to recording commitments.
The ex-Beatle has sent his "sincere good wishes for what promises to be a fantastic event".
However, Sir Paul will be in Liverpool on July 20 when he attends the Philharmonic Hall graduation ceremony for students at Liverpool Institute for the Peforming Arts.


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It may not be James Bond, but Idris Elba is about to take on the task of becoming Quasimodo in Netflix's modern adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Forget the fact that a lot of us are still waiting for the Luther episodes we were promised a long time ago. But I digress.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Elba will also direct, produce and provide the movie's score for what is being called a "sonic and musical experience."
As a recap, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, an 1831 novel by Victor Hugo, is about an unfortunate-looking man named Quasimodo who falls in love with Gypsy street dancer Esmerelda and wants to be her Superman and save her from being hanged for a murder.
And again, what about Luther? How are they just going to leave us hanging?
I'll always cherish the time Idris and I spent together in Miami (video above). It was only five minutes, but who's counting? It is also close to that time of year when Idris teaches people how to pronounce my name with birthday wishes. Although the videos are about two years apart, I see he loves a lavender polo.


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Widebelt Sander Help Needed6/30
Don't you think it is past time to retire a 35 year old machine? You aren't saving any money if you have to rework product!
Nope. Not planning to retire this machine. It's still a great machine with plenty of life left in it. It just needs some adjusting. I have plenty of older industrial machines. I prefer the older equipment.
Logic. Just a bit of applied logic.
First, what you are seeing is a snipe. Not like chasing one in the woods, but a snipe - fore or tail. You run moldings, so you have seen snipes before on moldings, usually tail snipes. Planers will also snipe, fore and or tail.
Second - determine for certain what you are seeing on your doors - fore snipe is the first leading edge of the panel. Tail snipe is the last.
Now, for logic. Measure how long the snipe is. Not how wide, but how long. Lets say 5" tail snipe. Now go to the machine and open it up (power off, 100%) and visualize your panel feeding thru the machine. Take a thin stick, mark 5" on it and 'feed' it thru. Where the 5" mark is on the abrasive wheel (the sanding cylinder), you will see the end of the stick coming out from under the holdown roller. This allows the tail of the panel to rise into the abrasive.
Careful observation will tell you what is happening. Careful analysis of these events will help tell you what to do.
It ain't simple, but it is a good exercise in logical thinking. The age of the machine would lead me towards a bearing problem/solution, but that is not a given.
Snipe on a planer comes from the stock moving around until it hits the chip breaker or outfield roller, or both. I'm having trouble visualizing how a pinch roller would work without a pivot and springs. How would the infeed pinch roller work when you have it all set to remove 1/32" and then move the bed to remove 1/64"? Doesn't that mean you now have 1/64" clearance under the roller? Also what happens when you change grit? An 80 grit belt is much thicker than a 120 grit. Are you constantly changing the roller positions? How long have you owned it? Has it always done this?
Thank you, David. I'm going to determine whether it's the leading end of the trailing and of the doors that has the snipe when I run my next batch of doors. And, I will do what you suggest about using logic to determine when and where the snipe is occuring. Apparently, this sander was built before they started putting spring loaded pinch rollers on wide belt sanders. I have wondered if not having spring loaded pinch rollers has been the main problem with the snipe issue. I have thought that the spring loaded pinch rollers would easily let off the tension as the door passes through. Whereas a fixed pinch roller is not going to easily let off the tension. I have wondered if it's possible to convert my fixed pinch rollers to spring loaded rollers. Have you ever heard of anyone doing that? Thanks again for your help.
Rich, it's been a while since I set the pinch rollers. I can't remember if I set them to be inline with the contact drum or not. I will find out soon though. I don't move the pinch rollers once I have them set. The pinch rollers are on a cam. You just loosen a set screw and then you rotate them to make them go up or down. I usually am only using one grit size belt. I typically use a 100 grit belt. I have had a long history with this machine. My first boss bought this machine at the IWF show in Atlanta. I used to use this machine when I worked for him. I ended up buying the machine when my old boss's shop got sold to another fellow. I've owned the machine for the last 22 years or so. My old boss did not do maintenance on it like he should have. I had Black Brothers recover the contact roller and I replaced the conveyor belt. I am thinking of having the pinch rollers recovered too, but I'm trying to decide if I should do that or if I should try to modify it to make the pinch rollers spring loaded (if possible) Thanks for your help too, Rich.
Costa sets the pinch rollers 0.05mm below the shoes from the factory. This causes far more problems than they would ever admit. I've seen multitudes of issues that would easily be fixed by simply using softer rubber and a bit more pressure. I've seen hundreds of sanders with sticks used to push parts through.
I would pull the shoes and set the rollers to 0.3mm below the shoe. I like to mill a step into the middle of a piece of aluminium that I can set across the shoe while it is inverted on a table.
The shoe itself would be set to the same height as the head it follows. The roller will give much better drive this way without causing a snipe from the roller itself.
This will help with drive issues through the machine.
If you would like you can private message me and I can walk you though it or help directly.


text: My posts this week have all been informed one way or another by the methodological question of how to understand the kind of historical contextualization Newman offers in Benjamin's Library. I am very partial to such contextualization and I think in Newman's case it has produced an extraordinarily rich and provocative book, one with implications for other studies of modern readers of early modern texts. (As Newman's own posts have shown this week, Benjamin is not the only scholar to have turned to the early modern period in an effort to make sense of the horrors of World War I and the uncertainties of the interwar period.) But I do have some lingering questions: Is such contextualization an addition to existing interpretations of the book or does it fundamentally alter our understanding of what Benjamin is up to in the Trauerspiel book? For example, I am completely persuaded by Newman's argument that Benjamin was engaged with early twentieth-century discussions of the baroque as "part of a specifically German narrative of nation," and that his conception of origin may have been designed in part to contest existing nationalist narratives. I am also persuaded Benjamin was preoccupied with the question of "Which version of the origins of modernity was the Baroque . . . supposed to represent in Germany and for whom?" But I also think Benjamin was not himself a historicist, if by this we mean someone for whom the meaning of a text is determined by its historical context. In fact, his return to the early modern period to answer modern questions suggests as much. The same rejection of historicism (or rejection of the identification of historical contextualization with historicism) may be implicit in Newman's reading of Benjamin's reading of the Baroque. So I would like to hear Newman reflect a little in conclusion about balancing historical contextualization and what Nietzsche called a critical sense of history.


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So... no big question or mystery here. Just another medical guy getting screwed by Washington recreational and feeling the need to vent to some folks that might have a sympathetic ear.
I've been bitching about it since it was official. As of July 1st, 2016 all MEDICAL grows in Washington state will be reduced from 15 plants per patient to 4... or, if you're willing to surrender your HIPPA rights and sign on with the state, you can grow 6. You can still reach the 15 max, but only if you have a Dr. willing to go out on that limb but I guarantee you, the state will be giving you the big eyeball.
This has been a heartbreaking realization to accept. For the last 6 yrs., I've been growing two cycles of between 12-15 plants, 1 cycle for me and 1 for my ol' lady... all legal and legit like, non-stop. I have a prosthetic leg with lots of issues and major stomach problems, so having this medical grow working round the clock has been such a blessing. Even after a stump surgery, I could crutch on out to the trailer and keep things moving really well.
When we moved out here to our property... I picked up a cheap, used, 30 ft. travel trailer and stuffed it inside my pole-barn/shop. I gutted it out completely with the exception of the working rear bathroom sink and the propane heater. I put 5 mil black plastic up against each window, then covered that with plywood. When you look at it... you can't even tell it's plastic, it just looks as black as night "inside", always.
I lined the floors with 5 mil. white plastic, lined the roof and walls with mylar. I built an insulated wall/door to separate the front and rear of the trailer. 1 side for veg and the other for budding. I setup air conditioning in both rooms, small squirrel cage fans to vent out the roof holes right into charcoal filters. Plumbed in electrical straight from the shops fuse box, to a 4 plug outlet in each side, each with it's own 30 amp fuse... along with maintaining the stock wiring and fuse box.. for the smaller, simple stuff. I eventually setup two light tracks, each with a 600 MH on the bud side and a single 1000 HPS in the veg. room. Automatic heat/humid temp sensors to trigger off the squirrel cage venting and auto-light timers for the tracks and lights. I setup a regular plastic trash can with a little giant water pump, a black, flexible garden hose and a trigger wand for mixing and delivering water to the babies. I lost track of the amount of money invested to make and keep this thing working like the outstanding indoor grow it has been.
I've been using this trailer in repeated cycles with no breaks for the last 6 yrs and clean it all up between each cycle and seasonally, treat each room for pests between cycles, to keep the room clean and avoid any unnecessary plant exposure to pesticides and/or pests.
It has been an outstanding, reliable and safe setup and I've absolutely loved having it. I just pulled my second to the last harvest out of this trailer, this last weekend and the closer I get to the deadline, the more heartbroken I seem to feel.
I plan to build two wood boxes that I'll put on wheels, to keep them off the cold concrete floor and move around when/if needed. These new boxes will be very small in comparison, as I only plan to now run 4 plants in each box to keep the cycles going. I considered trying to grow bigger plants in the trailer... but the head room just isn't there and obviously, I'd have to re-learn everything I've perfected over the years for a totally different style of grow.
I would love to sell the trailer to someone that could keep using it... but I don't make outside contacts much anymore. I moved out of the big city and over time, got more and more isolated from the old crowds. The chances of finding anyone to buy this setup as is... next to impossible. That means I'll be breaking it all up and re-using as much as I can to apply to the new grow boxes. Then I guess I'll continue to gut the rest of the trailer out, leaving just the window coverings and offer it up for a "storage" trailer on craigslist.
It feels blasphemous to even type it in the open, to think it to myself. I feel shame... and yet, there's nothing I can do.
I watched my Dad get busted more times than I like to remember and did what little I could to help when he went to the fed penn. for 5 yrs. on the last bust. I'd watched him get screwed by the legal system, then screwed by the people he should have been able to trust... who took whatever the cops didn't take or break. Some of the most disgusting behavior from some of the last people I'd have ever expected.
So yea... I could say "F-IT!" and go underground... but obviously, that's not the choice I'm willing to make or I wouldn't be here crying about it. I can't risk my property or my ol' lady, who works for the damn post office, a federal agency.
anyway... thanks for listening. I'm trying to look at the bright side and all I can see is maybe starting up a sandblasting/powder-coating business in the shop space I'll gain when I pull out the trailer... but it's small consolation.
It was good while it lasted. I guess they can't take that away right?
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- Heart-shaped baking tin
- Plastic bowl or container that is wider than your baking tin and about 2″ deep.
- One cup sand
- One-half cup water
- Candle wick
- Small metal washer
- Wax
- Candle dyes or crayons for color
- Candle scent (optional)
- Double boiler (Note: You can melt wax in the microwave or in a tin can in a shallow pan of water over low heat. Add color and scent after wax is melted.)
- Newspaper
- Scissors
Fill bowl with sand and water. Press bottom of heart tin into wet sand. Pull out leaving a heart shape. If the sides fall in, press tin in again and add some more water to sand. Tie wick to washer and place in center of the sand-shaped heart. Tie other end of wick onto a pencil and set on top of container. Make sure wick is taut. Pour melted wax into the heart-shaped hole in the sand. Position wick so it is in the center. Let wax harden and cool, about 45 minutes. Carefully lift heart candle from container and place on newspapers. Trim wick with scissors.
This is a classic I remember from childhood. Some people call them fortune tellers.
- Construction paper or copy paper
- Markers, crayons or gel pens
- Optional: Stickers or other decorations
Take a regular-sized piece of paper and place it vertically flat in front of you. Turn one corner down to line up with the opposite side of the paper. Tear or cut off the excess. You now have a perfect square. Fold one corner to the opposite corner to form a triangle. Fold again to form an even smaller triangle. Open up the paper. Take each corner and fold it into the center point so that when you are finished all four corners folded make another square. Flip entire piece over and repeat the previous procedure. You should see eight small triangles. Number each of these. Flip up the flaps and write romantic messages underneath. When you flip it over you will have four squares that act as "pockets" for your thumb and index fingers. Number these too. Place your fingers inside and start playing. Have your child hold the Cootie Catcher and ask her Valentine to pick a number. She then opens and closes the Cootie Catcher that many times. The Valentine child then picks an inside number and when you lift up that flap you will find your special Valentine message.
This is a quick and easy fun project you can do with all those extra buttons you have lying around the house. If you need more, you can always buy them in bulk at craft stores like and Beverly's. This project is also a perfect birthday party activity. Can be adjusted for a seasonal activity using season themed buttons like heart shapes or Christmas trees.
You will need:
- 1-inch wide elastic
- Strong needle and sewing thread
- Scissors
- Assorted buttons in various shapes and colors
Cut a piece of elastic about 2 inches longer than your wrist. Before you start, think about a design or theme idea. You may want buttons of similar colors like all primary colors, all pastels or just black and white. Buttons in the shapes of flowers or bugs could be a garden theme. Try all square or all round buttons. You get the idea. When you have a plan, start sewing the buttons onto the elastic leaving an inch blank on either end. Overlap the edges of the elastic and sew the ends together. Make sure you use a lot of stitches so your bracelet is secure. When you are finished, sew on more buttons to cover the stitches.
Note: You can use 2 or 4 holed buttons as well as shank. Sew the holed buttons on first and then fill in the blank areas with the shank buttons.
Homemade Valentines are much better than the store-bought kind and these butterflies are truly unique.
Red or pink construction paper
Red string licorice
A stick of gum
Valentine stickers and heart shaped sequins
Markers or crayons.
Cut heart shapes from the construction paper and place on either side to the gum to form wings. Secure with tape or a heart-shaped sticker. Using two pieces of string licorice, fashion antennae and tape in place at the top of the stick of gum. Decorate the "face" of the butterfly with mini heart stickers or sequins. Have your child write a Valentine message and sign her name on the wings.
You won't need a special heart-shaped muffin tin to make these muffins.
Your favorite muffin recipe
Muffin tins
Muffin or cupcake liners
Marbles or marble-sized rolled up balls of foil.
Line the muffin tins with the liners and prepare your favorite muffin or cupcake recipe. Fill the liners with the batters. Place the marble or foil between the liner and the edge of the muffin tin. Bake as usual. As the muffin bakes the batter will pull away from the sides and form a heart shape.
Pretzels are fun snack to make with your children. Why not fashion them into heart shapes as a healthy alternative to the traditional Valentine chocolates?
1 cup warm water
2 T sugar
2 pkgs. fast acting yeast
1 egg
3 1/2 to 4 cups flour
Kosher salt
Stir the yeast, water and sugar together in a large bowl until the yeast is dissolved. Set aside for about 15 minutes or until the yeast gets foamy. This is called "proofing". Afterward, stir in the flour a little at a time until the dough is stiff. Remove dough from bowl and knead on a floured surface for five minutes. Shape dough into a large ball and place in a buttered bowl. Cover with a dish towel and set in a warm place to rise until it is doubled in size. Once the dough has risen, punch it down. On a lightly floured surface, roll it out into a rectangle. Cut fat strips and shape into heart shaped pretzels and place on a baking sheet. Beat the egg with a fork and brush onto the pretzels. Sprinkle on some kosher salt and bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
This makes a great Valentine room decoration. Use extra long yarn and hang them from your child's bedroom ceiling.
6 pieces of construction paper, 3 pink and 3 red
3″ piece of yarn
Cut 5 identical hearts from the pink paper. You can draw then free hand or trace a cookie cutter. Just make sure they are all the same size. Stack them one on top of the other; then glue the yarn along the center fold of the top heart, leaving the extra yarn on the top for hanging. Staple along the center fold of all five hearts. The staples should be in line with the string. Fold over half of each heart so that the hearts fan out. Next, from the red paper, cut out 5 smaller hearts about half the size of the larger hearts. Glue them inside each of the "pages" of the larger hearts.
If your child wants to exchange valentines at school and you don't want to give candy, here are some simple alternatives that are quick and easy to make.
Materials for crayons:
- Heart-shaped candy molds available at craft stores.
- Old, broken crayons
- Small glass jars like baby food to melt crayons in microwave. You can also place jars in pans of water on stove over low heat.
A few hours before you begin, place crayons in a bucket of cool water. Left to soak, the crayons should be easy to peel. Small children love this task. Sort crayons by color and place in glass jars. Melt in microwave or on stove. Let cool slightly and pour into molds. Once completely cooled, the heart-shaped crayons should pop right out. You may want to attach a note to the recipients letting them know the hearts are not candy.
To make the heart-shaped soaps follow the above instructions substituting glycerin soap for the crayons. I purchase inexpensive glycerin soaps at the grocery store and melt them in the microwave.
This is a great gift idea for friends or relatives who live far away. We plan to make two this year to send back East to both sets of grandparents.
Small store-bought picture frame. (Dollar stores and drugstores sell ones very inexpensively.)
Conversation hearts, little heart-shaped candies available at drugstores.
Glue gun
Modge Podge (optional)
Lay conversation hearts on frame to decide which way you want them arranged. Glue onto frame. Let glue dry. You can cover with a Modge Podge glaze if you like. Place picture in frame and present or send to your loved ones.
Pipe cleaners in variety of colors cut in 6″and 2″ lengths
1″ and 1 1/2″ pom poms and tiny ones for noses
Wiggly eyes
Cardboard or paper plate for backing
Sequins, beads or small buttons
Magnetic tape(available at craft stores)
Glue pom poms to cardboard and trace around them. Cut out tracing to form a backing. Scrunch up pipe cleaners like an accordion, to forms legs and glue onto the cardboard backing at the bottom of the bug. Take two 2″ pipe cleaners, bend slightly at the top to form antennae and glue to the cardboard backing at the top of the bug. Glue on wiggly eyes and nose and decorate. Affix a magnetic strip to the back.


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Nigella Lawson is known for her curvaceous figure and love of delicious food, but despite her penchant for sweet treats and famous curves, the celebrity chef is now looking slimmer than ever.
The 57-year-old star start to speak out about slimming down from a size 16 to a size 12 last year, and it seems that the mum-of-two has been continuing her weight loss journey ever since.
Nigella has always been open about her weight, having revealed that she lost an incredible two stone over two years through a mix of yoga and eating smaller portions.
Despite losing weight, the culinary queen has stayed relatable, encouraging other women not to go on fad diets and having assured the listeners of Women's Hour that her weight goes 'up and down'.
Here we take a look at Nigella's weight loss secrets, picking out her top slimming tips from her favourite exercise to her weight loss mindset.
If HIIT workouts and full-on cardio aren't your thing, it seems you could be in luck.
The Nigellissima author is an avid fan of Iyengar yoga, and has credited it to playing a part in her incredible transformation.
'I do yoga three times a week. I have to do something I enjoy, otherwise I wouldn't do it', she told Good Housekeeping in a recent interview.
The culinary queen also revealed she puts in a stretching workout on days when she's not practicing yoga.
'The older I get the more I realise I have got to do lots of stretching. So even if I'm not doing yoga, I make myself do lots of stretching', she said.
It's not the first time Nigella has opened up about practising Iyengar yoga, which she described as 'a rather slow form of yoga'.
'As you get on in life, you value feeling well as opposed to looking well. Yoga certainly makes you feel great, and you want to carry on feeling great. I just do a bit in a very slow way – sometimes lying down', she told Good Housekeeping.
Eat your greens
It would be pretty impossible to be the creator of such delicious recipes and the author of so many cookery books filled with sugary treats and not have a taste for the sweet stuff.
But, Nigella insists that although she loves dessert and comfort food, she also loves her greens.
Among the 57-year-old's favourites are superfoods such as kale and avocado, 'I love kale and I'm an avocado obsessive', she says.
Kale is rich in vitamins and antioxidants, whilst avocado will give you a shot of nutrients like no other and is filled with healthy monounsaturated fatty acids. Have a go at incorporating these greens into your diet by having avocado as a snack or trying some kale recipes.
Don't follow diets or food trends
The very mention of the word diet can send some women into a cold sweat. The weird food pairings, the unachievable goals – is it just us or can being on a diet actually make you want to eat more?
For Nigella, mind set is everything and she admits, 'I have never been on a diet to try to lose weight'.
Not only that, but the chef also believes that 'no-one should be put on this earth to go on a diet'. Touching on the clean eating trend in particular, which essentially means cutting out processed foods, Nigella revealed she thinks the idea can have a negative impact on people's perceptions of food.
Speaking on Women's Hour, the mum-of-two said she's 'disgusted' by the notion of clean eating, because it implies that 'any other form of eating is dirty or shameful'.
Treat yourself
It sounds too good to be true, but when it comes to her food intake Nigella is all about having a balance, and we couldn't agree more.
Turns out she's like the rest of us and likes to indulge in a few treats from time to time, namely a chicken pie.
Speaking about her new book, At My Table: A Celebration of Home Cooking, the author said: 'It is a celebration of home cooking. My books come out of my life.
'I love traditional food, and I'm never going to complain about having a pie! Roast chicken is my favourite food.
'I think in this country we are very open to different tastes and cuisines, and looking at fresh ways to eat. And I think that is something to be celebrated.'
She had previously opened up about not focusing on one type of food group and making room for both healthier and more indulgent meals.
'I wouldn't want a life where I lived on chia seed pudding, just as I wouldn't want to live where I lived on eggs Benedict or steak and chips.'
She continued to say that food should be a pleasure, and without trying to be too extreme, it can be possible to enjoy different kinds of ingredients.
'I don't like extremes. I think that's the real truth. I think that food should not be used as a way of persecuting oneself and I think really one should look to get pleasure about what's good,' she concluded.


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The Expansion Draft Protected list deadline is 3 p.m. tomorrow, so teams have just over hours to make a deal instead of potentially losing a valuable asset for nothing. This unique deadline has the rumour mill churning out names faster than Frank and Claire Underwood make backdoor deals to preserve their spot in the White House. How awesome would this deadline be if we had GMs turn and face the camera to share their views? I love it when Frank talks directly to the audience in House of Cards.
I'm not sure any of the GMs have the ruthlessness of Underwood, but it would be great.
"Shake with your right hand, but hold a rock in your left," Underwood.
Chiarelli doesn't need to be desperate before Saturday's deadline, but a quick scan of the Oilers blueline shows it is clear they have some holes to fill before the start of the season.
Oscar Klefbom and Adam Larsson are the top pair.
Darnell Nurse and Matt Benning are the third pair, and as they continue to develop both could push into the top-four.
Currently, there is no second pair to start the season. Andrej Sekera had knee surgery on May 18th, and he'll be out six to nine months. Let's split the difference and say he returns January 1st (7 1/2 months). That means they need a second pairing LD for the first three months of the season.
Nurse could play there and gain valuable experience. He only has 128 games of NHL experience (reg season and playoffs), so there will still be some bumps, but Chiarelli made it clear at his end-of-season presser his challenge will be filling out his D corps, while also allowing his young defenders room to grow. Meaning they need to play and the organization will want them to dip their feet in the top-four waters here and there.
The Oilers only have four healthy D-men signed. They need to sign two, possibly three, especially if they lose Griffin Reinhart in the expansion draft.
So today and tomorrow Chiarelli will be working the phones, but finding quality second pairing defenders won't be easy. The Oilers could use Jordan Eberle as trade bait, and it sounds like there is a strong possibility he could be moved before the deadline according to Bob McKenzie. Moving him creates a void at RW. Jesse Puljujarvi, Anton Slepyshev and Zack Kassian would be the three right wingers remaining. Yes, you could move Leon Draisaitl to the wing, but long-term I believe he is much more valuable on his own line creating a great 1-2 punch with Connor McDavid.
"If you don't like how the table is set, turn over the table," Underwood.
Chiarelli could re-sign Kris Russell, but that won't happen until after the expansion draft. Despite a misguided, inaccurate and false suggestions that he "Isn't good at hockey," Russell is actually a very competent defender. He's played 690 regular season and playoff games. Who else could Chiarelli have signed last year to a one-year deal at $3 million who would have played as well as Russell? None that I saw. It was a great signing, but that was last year. This summer is different and the tough balancing act for any GM is to not let the past influence too much of the future.
Russell isn't an elite defender, but last season he was an excellent value contract for the Oilers at $3 million. If Chiarelli can convince him to sign another one or two year deal it would be a great move. I'm sure Russell would like more, but if it is three years or four the cap hit needs to be lower in my eyes. The ideal contract would be two years, which gives the team time to allow Nurse and Benning to keep developing, growing their confidence and not forcing them into top-four minutes every night. If at some point in the next two years they prove they are consistently better, then you can lower Russell's minutes and increase Benning's.
The challenge for Chiarelli is Russell likely wants a three or four year deal. Why wouldn't he? The NHL hands out three and four year deals regularly to unrestricted free agents. Maybe Chiarelli can wait him out, like he did last year, but none of us can predict that. The wildcard in free agency is knowing when to pull the trigger on a deal and to find the sweet spot in money and term where the organization doesn't regret the deal two years down the road.
"For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy. There is but one rule: hunt or be hunted." Underwood.
I would love to be a fly on the wall listening to and reading all of the phone and text conversations going on among NHL GMs. Chiarelli has over a decade of experience as a GM. Only Ken Holland, David Poile, Lou Lamoriello, Dale Tallon, Doug Wilson, George McPhee and Jim Rutherford have been a GM longer. Experience doesn't guarantee success, but Chiarelli has heard a lot of chatter, banter and bargaining, and he might be able to pick up on a weakness better than GMs in their first or second year, when discussing possible trade scenarios.
The most likely names for a possible trade prior to Saturday for RD include:
Sami Vatanen, Mark Pysyk, Alex Petrovic, Matt Dumba and Jason Demers, because the Ducks, Panthers, Wild and Islanders have more D-men than they can protect.
I get the sense Florida wants to keep Petrovic. He's the only big, strong, physical defender they have. You can't have all puck movers and no puck retrievers or puck separators (I made up that term). New coach Bob Boughner likes to play aggressive and that includes having someone with a physical presence. I believe they find a way to keep Petrovic.
Demers toured Edmonton as a UFA last summer, but he elected to sign in Florida. He has four years remaining with a $4.5 mill cap hit. He has a small no-trade clause, with a list of eight teams he can't be traded to, and if he toured Edmonton last season I'm guessing they are one of the 21 teams to which he could be moved. Todd McLellan knows him well from their time in San Jose, and I could see Florida being more willing to move him than Petrovic or Pysyk, who are both 25 and RFAs.
The Panthers currently have 16 players signed for $60 million. Would Jordan Eberle for Demers make sense? It might, but if they acquire Demers they likely don't sign Russell, unless it is a one-year deal. Does subtracting Russell and Eberle for Demers and Jesse Puljujarvi make the Oilers better? That is likely the question the Oilers are asking about any trade involving a defender and Eberle.
Hamonic would be ideal for the Oilers. He is a proven top-four RD and he has an excellent contract, but many teams will after him. The other aspect about trading for a D-man, is it means Mark Letestu and Kassian would be exposed. Letestu was excellent for the Oilers on and off the ice. He was a jack-of-all-trades and while he isn't a major piece, replacing a solid complementary player isn't always as easy as some think.
Chiarelli will weigh the factors of a trade and how, if any, it impacts the expansion draft. Maybe he swings a deal to ensure Vegas doesn't take either Letestu or Kassian.
"Treading water is like drowning for people like you and me. Good luck. I'll be watching." Underwood.
The list of UFA right-shot defenders isn't very long:
Kevin Shattenkirk, Michael Stone, Cody Franson and Dan Girardi are the top four. Shattenkirk wants to play in the east and with the Rangers buying out Girardi I sense they make a big play for him. He will cost a lot and likely be overpaid. Franson's footspeed would be an issue. I think he is a third pair guy on a good team. I don't see him as a fit with McLellan's or Chiarelli's style.
Stone is the most attractive candidate. He would be a solid second pair RD. The Oilers are lucky because their top-pairing combines to make only $8.32 million/year for the next four seasons. I'm sure Stone will want four or five years at $4.5 million, maybe more. Of course that doesn't mean he'll get it, but that is likely what he is looking for. I don't see him as much of an upgrade over Russell though.
Girardi is an interesting player. He isn't a top-pairing guy anymore, but if you could sign him for $2 million he'd be an excellent third pairing guy who could play in your second pairing if an injury occurs. It is amazing how the perception of a player can change when their cap hit and on-ice usage is more in line with their ability. He wants to go to a winner and Edmonton is now a team NHL players believe has a chance to win because of McDavid, Draisaitl and the supporting cast.
The injury to Sekera has made Chiarelli's off-season much more difficult. Sekera should return in January, but even then he might need another month of playing time before he is back to his usual playing level. Coming of an ACL injury is never easy and every player is different in how quickly they can return to their previous level of play.
Ideally, Chiarelli would like to sign or acquire a D-man who he sees as a top-four RD for the next few seasons. That allows Nurse and Benning time to mature and develop without being force-fed top-four minutes right away. However, Sekera's injury means they need another competent defender to start the season, preferably one on a short-term contract.
It will be difficult to find another one-year Russell-type contract. That was an excellent signing. It was one year and very cost effective for the amount of solid minutes Russell provided. I doubt Russell would sign another one-year deal, especially early in the free agent period. And because of his solid season, he won't be remain unsigned until October.
The expansion draft has put more names on the trade market. Can Chiarelli land one, and at what cost? Will he make a deal and still re-sign Russell? We wait.
"A lion does not ask permission before he eats a zebra." Underwood.
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North end of the High Line, New York.
It's amazing how much new construction is going on along the High Line. Who would have thought turning a rotting elevated train platform into a park could transform some tough neighborhoods?
This is right next to the Penn Station rail yard and a very large building is going up with many cranes working the site. This monster was parked off to the side and I could not resist taking a picture of it. It looks like a cross between a weapon and a space vehicle. There may be larger mobile cranes but I doubt they're much larger.
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'Sharknado 4' Trailer Reveals Fate of Tara Reid's Character
April's fate has been revealed.
In a twist for the upcoming Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens, Syfy let viewers vote on the fate of Tara Reid's character, who was last seen with a piece of space shuttle wreckage hurtling toward her before the screen cut to black.
Fans of the franchise have presumably been waiting with baited breath to learn the outcome. Instead of making them wait for the July 31 premiere, Syfy has released a trailer that answers that question. Watch it below.
Sharknado 4 premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 31. The movie is set five years after the events of Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! Fin (Ian Ziering), his family and the cosmos have been blissfully sharknado-free since then, but now sharks (and the sharknados) are wreaking havoc in places that are completely unexpected.
The cast also includes returning actors David Hasselhoff and Ryan Newman along with Tommy Davidson, Cheryl Tiegs, Gary Busey, Cody Linley, Imani Hakim and Masiela Lusha.
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I heard someone said this: Tonight I will help my mother fix dinner. Is it correct say fix dinner? I think the person means to make dinner.
Yes, it's very common in some places to use this phrase, NJ.I heard someone said this: Tonight I will help my mother fix dinner. Is it correct say fix dinner? I think the person means to make dinner.
I appreciate your helpful replies, Dimcl and Twen. Sonofspm, you and I we need to learn more of the informal English phrases. Thank you for offering your input.
Perhaps among Indian speakers of English it would look awkward. Among native speakers of English in the US, "fix dinner" would sound entirely natural and common, if a little colloquial.Yeah. The "fix dinner" looks awkward. This should be "make dinner".
I agree with all that have said that fixing a meal/drink, etc., is fine.Yep, I've heard it too a bunch of times. If I'm not mistaken, one can also fix something to drink.
Also, I've heard that I'm fixing to do something is used as I'm going to do something in the US in the Southern states.
Thank you for your answer. If it's not a very precise way of talking, what verb do you suggest instead?It's not a very precise way of talking.
Until now I wouldn't have known it was strictly American. It sounds natural to me.I think 'fix' in this sense is AE. I would say I'll get dinner ready.
Prepare, make, cook, serve...... what verb do you suggest instead?
You believe wrongly.I believe, Fix means that the meal is already cooked, fixing food means arranging it on the table to eat


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Our name comes from El Centro Avenue, which runs down the east side of the block. The root word centrum originally meant the fixed point around which you draw a circle—the middle of it all. Hence: center stage, centerpiece, center court, centerfield, centerfold, EL CENTRO.
With views of the Hollywood Hills to the north and DTLA to the south, El Centro's Hollywood and Vine apartments are the midpoint between Westside prestige and Eastside energy. The daily necessities of life are within a five-minute walk—gym, co-working, apothecary, matcha, mezcal cocktails.
"What's our take on Hollywood? We love the Hollywood Farmers' Market, Musso & Frank, Sugarfish, Neuehouse, Gwen, La Poubelle, the David Hockney pool at the Tropicana." —
Los Angeles may offer residents a naturally active lifestyle, but Hollywood undoubtedly makes it convenient. El Centro lies but minutes away from both Griffith Park and Captain's Roost, where the views are as spectacular as the workouts.
El Centro establishes itself as a self-contained neighborhood on a full city block east of Hollywood and Vine. Viacom, Netflix, and Capitol Records are in the neighborhood. The Metro is half a block away, and goes directly downtown. A ten-minute Lyft will get you to Mozza or Kismet. For residents with a fresh take on Hollywood living, El Centro really is at the center of everything.
Restaurants, bars, and shops will line the Paseo and fill El Centro's ground floor. When you leave the property, you'll literally be walking on stars along Hollywood Boulevard. (The iconic silver-screen heartthrob Rudolph Valentino's star is out front.) The ArcLight Cinema is just moments down the road, and major museums aren't much further.
The middle of it all: From El Centro, it's less than seven minutes on foot to the Hollywood Farmers' Market, Paley restaurant, Trader Joe's, WeWork, Soul Cycle, and K&L Wine.


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Why Upper Rogue Pollinator Project
Following the announcements from the United Nations, European Nations and Organizations, our own USDA has announced the necessity to form coalitions to battle the effects of climate change and confront the fear of food shortages.
Pollinators are recognized as a key part of this announcement, and to be incorporated into major projects to find solutions to the impending crisis. USDA departments who are traditionally not involved with pollinators are currently being informed of the need to incorporate pollinators into their different programs. Example: Xerces pollinator presentation last month to the local NRCS , followed by their new ICP program working with USDA and the NRCS working with the farming community to incorporate pollinator friendly zones. Xerces new ICP program is a fantastic example of the types of projects the USDA is calling for. It validates the concept of the U.R.P.P. This year the U.S. has invested 71 million dollars towards finding solutions to the pollinator crisis. The National Honey board has just sent out an announcement asking for projects that can support and build honey bee stocks.
Southern Oregon is known to be a premier area to raise bees. Known for its micro-climate the area is made up of varying micro/macro environments. Mankind has the ability to build macro/environments. The Sams valley and Lake creek area become limited foraging grounds for pollinators after the blackberry bloom. However there are large tracks of land within these two areas that have the capacity to build a prolonged pollinator forage area with the assistance of different experts, in different fields, of Agriculture and Ecology. Southern Oregon is one of the few areas in the continental U.S. that has been relatively sheltered from Climate Change being suffered across the U.S., and has a relatively cleaner environment than many areas of the U.S., increasing survival chances of Honey Bees. If the USDA is calling for large projects to be initiated in the U.S., the question needs to be asked, where is the best area for these types of projects that offer the best chance of success? With implementation of ecological self-sustaining measures, this project has the chance of not just sustaining local pollinators, but producing excess pollinators for outside pollination besides supplying a more resilient bee to other beekeepers both in and out of our valley area. Building and strengthening our beekeeping community besides the rest of the community involved with agriculture.
Beekeepers besides involved scientists acknowledge the needed work on genetics. One of the major failings to develop a superior genetic stock of bees is the lack of controlled environments. Example, minutes from the Cascadia Queen Breeder association besides discussion with Manly Bigalk of the Russian Queen Breeders association and multiple references available on the web.
The vast amounts of beekeepers in S.O. are not members of SOBA or OSBA. A project of this type should have its own research station not just for the project but additionally for the whole region. A research station would facilitate the needed surveillance of the regions honey bee stock besides making it easier to encourage all the S.O. beekeepers to supply samples of their bees.
SOBA could better serve the community in a permanent location dedicated to beekeeping. WBI envisions a full facility incorporating the research station, a permanent location for SOBA, supplying the requirements for teaching and training beginning beekeepers, 4h, FFA, school outings, conference/events, besides housing other aspects of the URPP


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Les and Diane Paulson are a husband and wife team, who operated a portable seed conditioning business for many years in Bowman, North Dakota. When they decided to expand and build a plant in 1997, they approached Dakota Western Bank for financing. Through an SBA 7(a) loan, combined with assistance from the Bank of North Dakota and the Bowman County Economic Development Corporation, Paulson Premium Seed & Conditioning was born. The plant specialized in quality grain processing for commercial use.
Les oversees management of the plant, and concentrates much of his efforts on obtaining new, quality seed with traits and characteristics which result in better production, and in turn are more marketable around the globe. He often travels with trade missions to other countries to obtain new buyers. Les also has been instrumental in introducing new pea and lentil varieties to the area. He spends considerable time researching which varieties are best suited for customers. As their... Read More


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Graystone is a property developer with an extensive track record delivering industrial estates and, more recently, business and technology precincts, in South East Queensland.
Graystone applies its expertise to new and existing projects focusing on:
- Location and access to the major roadways connecting north, south, east and west
- Growth potential – the capacity for long term expansion as the location gains momentum
- Access to public transport
- Master-planning to maximise site coverage, ensure suitability of the built form
- Continuity in design and built form
- Flexible layouts to maximise natural light penetration and divisibility of floorplates.
Graystone values is long term relationships with tenants and is committed to working with companies as their requirements change.


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We are living in exciting times! The Spirit of God is moving in unprecedented ways around the world, calling millions of people to repentance every single year. Never before has the Church seen a time when the preaching of the Gospel changed so many lives as today. Even in the Middle East, which has been shaken by so much unrest, we hear reports of an unrivaled move of God among the Arabs churches.
At the same time we see the restoration of the State of Israel, with the Jewish people returning back to their ancestral homeland after 2000 years of dispersion. From an agricultural, pioneering country, Israel has emerged today as a global leader in hi-tech, economics and science. And the best is still to come – God has promised to pour out the Spirit of Grace and Supplication upon His chosen people. Many prophets of old desired to see the things that we are witnessing in our day.
The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem has had the privilege to be involved both with the move of God around the world through our international branches in more than 70 countries, and to be actively engaged in the modern restoration of Israel through our global headquarters here in Jerusalem. At this unique time in history, we felt to call Christian leaders to Jerusalem to receive a fresh and prophetic perspective on the time we live in and to equip them for pursuing their own calling.
During this conference, you will have the opportunity to connect with Messianic and Arab pastors and church leaders from around the world. You will also receive ministry insights from Ingolf Ellsel, chairman of the Pentecostal Movement in Europe and chairman of the ICEJ's International Board of Directors. In addition, you will receive exclusive briefings from key national leaders of the State of Israel. But most importantly, we expect God's Spirit to visit us all with His regenerating presence!
Take a step back from your daily responsibilities and receive a 'bird's eye view' on what God is doing around the world and in Israel today. It will be a time during which God can strengthen and envision you afresh for the calling He has placed upon your life and ministry.
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England beat France: and South Africa beat Argentina, lining up a final in the Rugby World Cup between two teams who met in the pool stages a month ago. South Africa won that game 36-0 and England looked like they might be lucky to escape their group, but somehow, everything has changed. Maybe it's the broccoli Martin Corry eats for breakfast, or maybe rugby is a game that values will over skill. They have struggled with the title of World Champions, but could England do the unthinkable and become the first team to ever retain the RWC on Saturday night? The bookies think not, but England have already proved them wrong twice.
Even if we collapse in the final and lose 36-0 again it'll be an improvement on what was expected as the team limped into the tournament. The Aussies seemed to think they'd beat England by just putting their jerseys on and if France had played anything like they did against the Kiwis, they would have sent us home too as we were simply horrible. The lineouts and, shockingly for England, the kicking were just terrible and yet, there we are in the final. I can't believe the South Africans will choke the way the French did, but if we can move their pack, something Argentina managed, then who knows.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:04 AM on October 15
England beat France : and South Africa beat Argentina JJ, Those of us here in the States interested in the Rugby World Cup have to watch it on tape delay. The Eng v Aus and Fra v NZ games came on Sunday morning at 5:30am for the first time. Now, thanks to unavoidable spoilers in the headline, I don't have to worry with actually watching the matches! Woo Hoo! More time for fun stuff like washing dishes and laundry. Thankx
posted by r8rh8r27 at 02:16 PM on October 15
I watched both semis here in beautiful downtown Apia. The Samoan view, with which I concur, is that they can't believe how bad the final four teams were, and the poor quality of play in both games. England-France looked like a throwback to the amateur days of the 70s. The mistakes in the Sth Africa-Argentina game made it look like an average club game. In fact, the whole tournament has not exactly been a ringing endorsement of attractive rugby. But I guess this only proves that the current rules and interpretations mean winning ugly. None of the more skilful players seem to have had the opportunity to display their talents. Before anyone says it - this applies to Australia and NZ as well as the semi finalists. If this is the game they play in heaven, I prefer to be with the devil, football and even rugby league. And the best tunes.
posted by owlhouse at 03:29 PM on October 15
During the first semi final, my mind was drawn to a conundrum. By trying to stop rugby being played, are you still actually playing rugby? Sorry if I'm being too negative, but I was reading about Wittgenstein over the weekend.
posted by owlhouse at 05:21 PM on October 15
I don't think so owlhouse, because that is still rugby, just a different style of rugby. That being said I really, really don't want England to win. But I don't want SA to win either. So it is a lose-lose situation. I'm guessing once the match starts I'll cheer for SA. It seems to me though that no team has really gone out and won a big match, instead their opposition have lost games through mistakes. Scotland could have won against Argentina if they'd had a bit of belief earlier. New Zealand made plenty of mistakes in their game, and blaming the ref is just taking the loss badly (though it was a forward pass). Course I read articles like this on on The Roar which has lines like "there are some damning statistics about a spike in women requiring refuge on Sunday October the seventh" and it makes me glad that we don't take our rugby that seriously.
posted by Fence at 03:32 AM on October 16
That being said I really, really don't want England to win. But I don't want SA to win either. Maybe "sport will be the winner." Heh. Fat chance.
posted by Abiezer at 04:46 AM on October 16
I'm surprised by the level of negativity. I've found this World Cup easily the best tournament in the competition's twenty year history from a spectator's point of view. I think it threatened to be the World Cup where the physically biggest, most professional, best prepared team won at a canter, but really it has served to highlight the importance of other facets of the game. You can be as big as you like, but without the ball, you can't play. You can score as many beautiful tries as you like, but if, when it comes right down to it, you're too stupid to have a go for a drop goal in the last ten minutes because you thought you'd inevitably "score a try", then you deserve to go out in the quarter finals. There have been plenty of mistakes, but anyone who remembers any game of rugby - even the greatest ever played - without mistakes is a fool to themselves and making stuff up. It's a game of mistakes and of imperfection. It's a game of spoiling. It's a game of cheating and who can get away with it. And all of that is what makes the moments of brilliance shine. This is widely considered the greatest try ever; even though the final pass was forward, it still gives me shivers to see it (and hear the commentator). More important than the mistakes (or possibly because of them), it has been a world cup filled with tension and excitement, much of which has been thanks to England. Despite being Irish and being strictly raised to support ABE (Anyone But England), I cheered for them four years ago, and despite having been born in South Africa, I'll do it again this time, with even more gusto, because this time, they're underdogs. We shall see what Saturday brings. It would have to be a hell of a game to rival the tension of four years ago, but if they're still in it with 20 minutes to go, I think the English will win it, having forged a bond in adversity that South Africa haven't had to.
posted by JJ at 05:34 AM on October 16
I've just calculated I'll be watching the final from the coffee bar at Auckland airport on Saturday morning. That should be fun. At least I'll get a good seat. In Samoa, we get the NZ TV news every night. The loss against France/overall performance at World Cup is still one of the top 3 stories in each bulletin. Dear God, get over it. However what has popped up are some stories reagrding hosting the RWC in 2011: - NZ Rugby is having a financial crisis, partly due to the early exit this time round - they want to reduce the tournament to 16, as they feel their infrastructure can't cope with 20 - the proposed new stadium in Auckland has been canned, while the newly elected local council won't stump up for renovating Eden Park
posted by owlhouse at 07:16 PM on October 16
.... while the Japanese - inexplicably denied the host's role - probably have stadiums coming out of their ears! No doubt you've seen this, Owlhouse, but just in case you haven't!
posted by JJ at 04:09 AM on October 17
Auckland airport on Saturday morning Better make that Sunday morning. I'm crossing the date line. Duh. Thanks JJ, I'll pass it on. It's cruel, but oh so true. PS: No facet of life is immune. Last night's NZ news compared a Kiwi author not winning the Man Booker Prize to the rugby quarter final loss. Can they blame the judging panel?
posted by owlhouse at 03:10 PM on October 17
My favourite so far: What's the difference between the All Blacks and an arsonist? An arsonist would never lose his last match. owlhouse - I suspect it's justyou and me left at the bottom of this particular ruck, so I'll risk a guidline breach and use this as a personal message board - I know you cut about the south pacific a lot, although I'm not sure you ever go as far west as Singapore, but I thought I ought to flag up that I'll be there from 27th Oct to 1st November. I'm speaking at a conference and so on, but should have some down time on the off chance that you're in the vicinity. I'm going to hit the sevens tournament they have on there on Sunday the 28th at the SCC. If by some quirk of fate you're in the vicinity, we should meet up and cry into our respective pints about the fact that England won the World Cup again (or the boks - it's a no win final for an Irishman and an Aussie really, even ones with South African and English heritage).
posted by JJ at 07:01 AM on October 18
Thanks JJ. Sounds like a great idea. Unfortunately the timing is a bit off. I will be going through Singapore a week or so later in transit to Jakarta. I have friends in Singapore and often stay over the weekend. Let me know if you are out this way again and we could try and catch up for a quiet ale.
posted by owlhouse at 02:22 PM on October 18
Shame, but glad I asked. Will probably do another SE Asia tour (this time of Jakarta, Singapore, KL, Bangkok, Hanoi, Phenom Peng and Shanghai) sometime early in the new year to try and sell the study I'm researching on this trip, so I'll keep you posted.
posted by JJ at 04:04 PM on October 18
owlhouse - I suspect it's just you and me left at the bottom of this particular ruck, I'm still here reading and learning, but don't have too much to contribute to the conversation. So please, as you were, continue on with your discussion. I'll just stand over here real quiet and try to not to say anything completely stupid.
posted by tommytrump at 05:05 PM on October 18
I'll just stand over here real quiet You and Shaun Perry. I'm still reading too, but I try to never get anywhere near rucks. So I'll return you to the JJ and Owl love-in.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 05:16 PM on October 18
I'll be back in Jakarta in January at some stage. If the planets align, it could work out, JJ. Thanks, Mr B and tommy. You're welcome to join us for a four ball.
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Honestly, my greatest accomplishment today was rousting out a completely uncontrollable perennial sunflower that was flopping everywhere and generally being a very poor neighbor in the garden.
Then there's this…
Some day, I will figure out that cut paper look that I want to do somehow. Probably. Mind you, once you start doing nonsensical allegorical paintings, it's hard to know when to stop. "The Puffin Of Organization Astride The Dragon Of Excessive Craft Supplies." "Excellence As A Young Hamster Maiden Nibbled By The Turtles Of Indolence." You get the idea.
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