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It was late and there was a roaring in her head that overtook the sound of his shouting. She stopped processing his words after the threat left his lips.
Stalking, a Very Dangerous Obsession.
"Sometimes, we do bad things for the people we love. It doesn't mean it's right, it means love is more important.- Joe Goldberg
That's How I was Raised
We all want better for our children. Better educations, better jobs, better options, better opportunities, better lives. It's part of our fabric as human beings. Many of us can look back over the generations that have come before us and track a steady upward trajectory of improvement from one generation to the next, some trajectories more drastic and rapid than others, but in many cases an upward trajectory nonetheless.
It Could Only Get Worse
While driving home this evening, I was listening to NPR interview a woman in Panama City talking about the horrific devastation which all but wiped out that town. The reporter asked her, now that she, her husband and her three year old daughter have lived through that Cat 4 hurricane and lost everything, is she considering moving?
Terrorism and Domestic Violence
A 58 year old Virginia pastor is charged with first degree murder of his wife, his stepdaughter and the stepdaughter's boyfriend on Thanksgiving. This is domestic violence's end game.
Violence at Home
"To the Moon, Alice," Ralph Kramden would often say, his fist clenched tight under his wife's jaw. Kramden didn't mean, "to the Moon and back" as in, "I love you to the Moon and back." He meant he was going to punch her so hard that he would knock her to the Moon.
Domestic Violence: Laws that Don't Make Sense
Before you write to me with your arguments in favor of Domestic Violence laws, hear me out. I'm writing about something a little bit different.
Daisy and Domestic Violence
Tonight's post on pets and domestic violence is from our newest family law Attorney practicing in Marietta and Atlanta, Megan McClinton.
Is Marital Rape Domestic Violence?
Is Marital Rape domestic violence is quite a question and is answered by our Gainesville and Lawrenceville Family Law attorney, Jennifer Thuy-Tien McCall.
Divorce: Ex Parte Gone Wrong
Tonight's post about the abuse of ex parte in divorce was written by our Savannah divorce attorney, David Purvis.


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Sometimes it only takes a few minutes for the perfect murder to take place. Here are two fast-paced thrillers that will have you reading for just a minute longer.
13-MINUTE MURDER: He can kill anybody in just minutes--from the first approach to the clean escape. His skills have served him well, and he has a grand plan: to get out alive and spend his earnings with his beloved wife, Maria.
An anonymous client offers Ryan a rich payout to assassinate a target in Harvard Yard. It's exactly the last big job he needs to complete his plan. The precision strike starts perfectly, then somehow explodes into a horrifying spectacle. Ryan has to run and Maria goes missing. Now the world's fastest hit man sets out for one last score: Revenge. And every minute counts.
113 MINUTES: Molly Rourke's son has been murdered--and she knows who's responsible. Now she's taking the law into her own hands. Never underestimate a mother's love.

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I've been through about 6 pairs of gloves in a little over a year. I know, I have problems. But with hands being used so frequently in daily activities I think they merit excellent protection.
I previously did a review on my Alpinestars SP2 gloves that I lowsided in. They held up just fine, but I heard numerous stories about them failing for other riders. That's no good.
Being fed up with trying so many gloves I decided to drop some money and get a pair I could really trust. I went with the Rev-It ST Pros. At a retail price of $130 they're up there, and they're rare. I bought them without ever trying them on. However, I did order them directly from the company and they had great service
The first thing that struck me was the knuckles. Carbon fiber is perfectly normal, but instead of being a smooth curve they have a jagged ridge. They look as if they're designed to punch things. What the actual purpose of this design is eludes me, but it looks pretty cool. There's also a small carbon fiber piece on the outside of the back of the hand for extra protection.
Sidenote: some people argue carbon fiber does more harm than good. I argue the opposite, but it's your call.
The palm is a bit unique. Like every respectable motorcycle glove it has two layers of leather. The difference is what it has in addition to the leather. There is some sort of honeycomb design made out of what feels like plastic. The honeycomb keeps it flexible, and I suppose the plastic is supposed to 1) slide better and/or 2) provide better abrasion resistance than leather alone. Furthermore, there is padding between the layers of leather, making the ride a lot easier on your palms.
There are also additional grip aids (for lack of a better term). One on both the index and middle fingers, as well as around the connection points between the thumb and index finger. These are obviously there to provide extra grip on the levers and handlebars. While I don't know if they work, I do know that my hand has never slipped with these gloves on. Take that as you will.
The back of all but the pinky finger also include pieces of fairly hard material that is probably meant as impact protection. Because of how solid the material is I don't know that it'll help, but I doubt that it hurts.
The gloves also contain stretch panels on the back side of each finger, and one large one behind the carbon fiber knuckles to aid in comfort. The fingers are all pre-curved as well. For a snug fit, there's a double strap system with a band that tightens at the wrist and another on the end of the gauntlet. With both of these tightened it is impossible for me to pull the glove off.
I sweat just about every time I wear these gloves, but I've been riding in 90+ degree weather for the past few months. I doubt these will work when temperatures drop below 40, but from 70-115 degrees, they've been suitable.
On to the real reason I bought them: durability. I have used these approximately 5 times a week for the past 4 months, and I'm happy to report that there is not a single loose thread. The leather feels just as thick as the day I bought them, and I really can't find any flaws in the construction.
But nothing is perfect, although my complaint(s) are minimal. Because of so much use, the black part of my right gauntlet has faded to more of a brown color. Also, the black leather on the palm rubs off onto the silver of the fingers, leaving them looking dirty. This has nothing to do with the integrity of the glove, but it's worth noting.
For sizing comparison they fit extremely similar to Alpinestars gloves.
I've come to learn that with motorcycle gear you typically get what you pay for. Although the price is steep on these gloves, they're no exception to the rule. If you care about quality gear you can depend on, these gloves just might be for you.


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A celebration of learning throughout Limerick City & County
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The southern section of the central highlands is its most-travelled region, though the vast majority pass straight through from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Lat, the only city in the area that appears on open-tour bus schedules. It's also possible to fly into Da Lat, but there are actually a few sights on the overland route from Ho Chi Minh City. The route follows Highway 1 for about 70km before branching northeast on Highway 20, which starts a steady climb. The rubber trees corralling its traffic occasionally reveal tantalizing views of the valleys below. Buses sometimes screech to a brief halt on the causeway traversing La Nga Lake, from where the houseboats cast adrift on its waters are only a zoom lens away. Locals use foot-powered rowing boats to access their homes, which double as fish farms. East of La Nga, Highway 20 passes wooded slopes whose verdant greens are flecked occasionally by the red-tiled roofs of farmsteads and the roving figures of grazing cattle. Look out for unusual rock formations at the roadside in Dinh Quan, 112km from Ho Chi Minh City, where enormous smooth boulders are scattered beside the highway in the southern part of town, and volcanoes with symmetrical slopes and flat tops are visible from the road both south and north of town.
In time the hills yield to the tea, coffee and mulberry plantations of the Bao Loc Plateau. The town of Bao Loc is the best place for a pit stop between Ho Chi Minh City and Da Lat, and it's also a jumping-off point for visits to nearby Cat Tien National Park and Dambri Waterfalls. Another 100km further northeast, Highway 20 switchbacks up the considerable climb to Da Lat at an altitude of just under 1500 metres.
Dambri Waterfalls
Surrounded as they are by dense forest, Dambri Falls are much more attractive than any of those in the vicinity of Da Lat, and the only ones worth visiting in the dry season. The road to the falls, which branches north from Highway 20 just east of Bao Loc, bisects rolling countryside carpeted by coffee, tea and pineapple plantations. Once you arrive, there are two paths leading to the falls. The main one to the right leads to the top of the falls, where some ugly fencing stands between you and a precipice over which a torrent of white water tumbles over the 80m drop. From here, you can descend to the base of the falls by steep steps, or if you're feeling lazy, there's a lift available. A second path, to the left by a restaurant, leads down a steep stairway among towering trees to a superb view of the falls from in front. The two paths are linked by a bridge over the river, where you're likely to get drenched in spray, even during the dry season. The path continues downstream to a smaller cascade, Dasara Falls, but the trail can be slippery after rain.


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ATHENS, February 4. /TASS/. The Greek government supports the construction of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), however, believes that the profit that Greece may get from the natural gas transit through the pipeline via Greek territory is insufficient, Greek Production, Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis said on Wednesday.
The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline is an integral part of the EU-lobbied "Southern gas corridor" to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan, bypassing Russia. The project envisages natural gas pumping from the Caspian and later Middle East regions to Western Europe via the Turkish gas network. The pipeline's throughput capacity is 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Gas production within the project framework is expected to be launched in 2017-2018.
"We have doubts concerning TAP transit conditions in regard to Greek interests," said the minister. "We support the TAP pipeline laying on our territory, it will benefit the country as it helps ensure energy security and energy sufficiency in the wider European region." According to Lafazanis, the government seek to get more benefits from TAP for Greece and certainly for Azerbaijan. "There will be a discussion in order to obtain the best results," said the official, adding that the government "seeks to strengthen and improve relations with Azerbaijan in all areas."
Deputy of the Greek Parliament from the Independent Greeks faction Gabriel Avramidis said previously in an interview with TASS that his "party opposed the version that had been chosen by the previous government of Greece — the Azerbaijani TAP gas pipeline, which did not even envisage payments to the Greek state for the natural gas transit."


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Car leasing is one of those agreements in America today that is wholly surrounded by misinformation and falsely claimed facts. Still not completely understood by the majority of Americans, car leasing is a wise financial investment and viable alternative to investing in a piece of machinery that is going to depreciate over time.
If you're ready to set the record straight and really learn about what leasing a car can do for you, here are some of the top car leasing misconceptions to look out for today:
- "It's a Bad Deal." If you keep a car past the day the loan is paid off, then yes, you can save some money. But, if you trade in the car before that point, or end up fronting costs for major car fixes, the trade-in value will not cover the loan you took out in the first place. But, with a lease, there isn't that kind of pressure. You can make the deal whatever you want it to be, and walk away with lower monthly payments.
- "You Can't Negotiate a Good Lease." False again! Dealers are more than happy to negotiate lease deals with you – nothing is set in stone. Much like the negotiation process for buying a car, the same kind of process is available to you when negotiating your car leasing terms.
- "I Won't Get a Tax Break." Incorrect. Yes, the tax law enables businesses to deduct monthly leasing payments as an expense, but you, too, will get a tax break. Depending the state, you pay sales tax only on the monthly payments, not the vehicle price. You owe a fraction in taxes than what you probably thought was the reality.
- "Hefty Turn-In Fees." You negotiate the terms of the lease from the onset. You know exactly what mileage was purchased for what time period. That way, you can guarantee you circumvent hefty fees by the end of the agreement – just respect the terms you agreed to in the first place."
- "I'm Stuck in My Lease." Most dealers are open to considering different completion terms if that's what you need. Instead of assuming the worst, call the dealer and start the conversation about changing the termination period for your lease.
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A day after Toronto city council approved the 2012 budget, Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti says it is time to cut council in half.
Mammoliti told the Sun Wednesday he plans to move a motion within the next two months to reduce the number of councillors from 44 to 22.
"I think it is appropriate and time to consider," Mammoliti said.
The move comes after a slim majority of 23 councillors lined up against Mayor Rob Ford Tuesday night to reverse almost $19 million in cuts to the 2012 budget.
"Budgets are important to this city and we have to understand that the amount of councillors in council make it very difficult to make timely decisions," Mammoliti said.
The York West (Ward 7) councillor said he hopes to make the move as early as the next council meeting and to have the change ready in time for the next municipal election in 2014.
Ford's 2010 election platform included a pledge to cut council in half but the mayor always maintained he wouldn't bring the issue to council until the last year of his term.
Like Ford, Mammoliti said councillors' wards should match the 22 federal and provincial ridings that make up Toronto.
"There would be more of a willingness to work together and less friction (with 22 councillors)," Mammoliti argued.
While Mammoliti looked at carving up council, other members of Ford's inner circle were still focused on the 2012 budget.
Despite the mayor losing votes on some of the cuts, Councillor Doug Ford said the budget was "good news for the taxpayers of Toronto."
"I thought there was going to be a bigger battle," Ford said Wednesday.
TTC chair Karen Stintz dismissed the notion the TTC could use the $5 million city council pulled out of the budget surplus to save transit service slated to be cut.
"It would be my recommendation that we don't put it back into off-peak service because it is one-time funding that is not sustainable," she said. "We will not be able to continue to afford it unless we raise fares beyond the rate of inflation or unless we get a subsidy increase from the city."
Stintz said the best thing to do would be to put the $5 million back towards capital funding for streetcars or buses or to use it to maintain Wheel-Trans service for ambulatory dialysis patients.
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How to add a new field for a product in Virtuemart's back end
Anyone who uses Virtuemart 2 for their joomla ecommerce website has probably come across custom fields for products which are displayed to the user in the front end shop. In this way you can increase the functionality and depth of the Virtuemart core offering.
Sometimes however it may be necessary to add a product field to Virtuemart's backend. So that when a product is either added or updated in the administrative back end this new product information can be stored to the database. In this blog post we will run through the process of adding a new field to the products section of the Virtuemart backend.
Fixing duplicate meta descriptions in Kunena forum posts for SEO benefit
It is common knowledge that having duplicate meta descriptions for different page in your website can harm your SEO efforts. If you are using the Kunena forum component for Joomla! you may have noticed this can create duplicate meta descriptions that will appear in Google Webmaster tools.
Connecting Joomla to Filemaker for an integrated solution
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Twin aces steal the show at Open
Not one, but two aces highlighted the final day of last month's 45th Pambula-Merimbula Men's Open Championship.
Local junior golfer Andrew Tolentino, playing in the second group out on Sunday morning, carded his ace on the fourth hole.
Twin aces steal the show at Open
Then Kim Robinson added to the magic when he aced the fourth hole (his 22nd hole) later in the day.
The uphill lie of the 22nd hole meant Robinson and his playing partners could not see the ball once it disappeared over the front fringe of the green.
After searching the surrounds, they finally looked in the hole to reveal that Kim had scored his ace.
Conditions were difficult on Saturday and there was good reason the field for the 36-hole Open was greatly reduced to just 146 starters.
Play had to be suspended for an hour on Saturday afternoon when heavy rain caused greens to go under water and parts of the course flooded in the sudden storm.
Sunday dawned with picture-perfect weather and great conditions for the final day's play.
David Crawford, from Cooma Golf Club, finished strongly to become the 2010 Men's Open Champion. David won with a score of 146, just one shot ahead of local 'young gun', Ross Oldham.
Up and coming junior, James Wheeler, took out the B Grade event with a fine score of 163.
James' handicap is coming down in leaps and bounds with many fine rounds over the past three months. C Grade was taken out by country member, Barry Cleary, from Kooringal Golf Club scoring 174.
Handicap winners were Noel Tuck [A Grade] with a score of 137, Neville Bridge [B Grade] 137 and Harold Patterson 134.
Sponsors for the event were Bega Valley Motors Group, ARV Caravans Eden, Jacob's Creek Wines and Golf Professional, Noel Matthew.


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A redesigned I SKI NY custom license plate from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles is available to motorists statewide to not only show their enthusiasm for this popular winter sport but also help support winter recreational facilities in New York State. Ten dollars of the initial fee will go to help support ski areas statewide.
The I SKI NY plate is available in both passenger and commercial class, but only through the trade association Ski Areas of New York. You can call the organization at (315) 696-6550 or visit their website at www.iskiny.com.
Those who have the previous version of the plate can upgrade to the newest design for $28.75, either online or by calling Custom Plates at (518) 402-4838. First-time registrants can purchase the I SKI NY plate with a standard plate number assigned by DMV for an initial fee of $70. The annual fee of $31.25 is in addition to the standard registration renewal fee. The plate can also be personalized with two to six characters, including spaces, for an initial fee of $101.25. The annual renewal fee for a personalized I SKI NY plate is $62.50.
In addition to being available for passenger class vehicles, the I SKI NY plate is also available with the International Symbol of Access (ISA) on it for any registrant with a disability who qualifies for such a plate. Any individual qualifying for an ISA must contact Custom Plates before submitting his/her application.


text: About disease resistant varieties: There are many disease resistant varieties (and insect resistant varieties in some crops) that have been developed using "conventional" plant breeding techniques--in other words, by carefully planned pollination and selection--and, very recently, there have begun to be varieties resistant to disease and insects that have been produced using genetic engineering. It is easy to see why you would be confused, because the companies selling seed are under no obligation to tell us whether the seeds we buy were produced using genetic engineering or not. Kim Stoner CT Agricultural Experiment Station P.O. Box 1106 New Haven, CT 06504 On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Karen Mundy <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >I keep getting asked about genetic engineering and really don't have a good >answer, would you please help? > >Are hybrid varieties of seeds genetically engineered? >When Michelle Miller talked about reduced synthetic chemical use, she said >using disease resistant varieties--are these naturally occurring or >genetically engineered? >Using "old varities" of seeds, crop rotations, no-til or minimum till is it >possible to get the same yields as with hybrid varities--in corn, for example? > >I hope that I am not the proverbial "can of worms," I would like to be able >to answer the negativism I encounter with something other than "I really >can't answer that question." > > > >Karen Mundy >Rural Economic Analysis Program >Dept. of Ag. and Applied Econ >Va. Tech >Blacksburg, VA 24061-0401 >(540) 231-9443 > > > >


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During my freshmen year of college I had a Western Civ. professor from the the Czech Republic, who out of no where one day, went on a tangent about Absolut Vodka. He demanded that none of us drink it because it is bottom of the barrell vodka that was just packaged very nicely to sucker American buyers, all in the name of Sweden needing a product to export.
Well, he was kind of right.
Back in 1879, Lars Olsson Smith developed a new distillation method, called rectification, and is still used today. Before this revolutionary development, vodka in Sweden was dubbed "bränvin", or we would call it, burnt wine. Guess what it was?
Smith took on the wine and spirits monopoly of Stockholm, only to become rich and then lose it all, and have his vodka swallowed up by The Swedish Wine and Spirits Corporation. However, it was this corporation that brought Absolut to the rest of the world.
As the 100 year anniversary approached, the company looked towards the U.S. market. After testing new names for their product, like Swedish Blonde Vodka or Royal Court Vodka, they went back to the original Absolut name. This not only added a little Swedish allure, but also allowed them to copyright the name since you can't do that with an adjective like absolute.
Next up was the packaging. The company went with a medicine bottle design, after one of their ad men saw a medicine bottle in an antique shop, and liked the idea. After the bottle was chosen, they decided to not cover it up with labels and just go with lettering. They chose blue because it was so visible and attractive to them. It worked though, because it's still the same today.
So, Absolut had the product, design and were ready to go, but needed to market their vodka. They turned to ad company TBWA and created one of the most successful, and longest running, campaigns. The idea came to South African art director Geoff Hayes while in the tub. It very simply featured the distinct Absolut bottle in the center with the title "ABSOLUT ____", which could be filled in to meet whatever direction the company was looking for.
Over the years the ads have been altered to match various locations, like U.S. states or cities, cultures, trends, holidays, or new products. The ads were also some of the first to embrace the gay community.
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The problem is compounded by the fact that the first year or so after Virginia (Virginia Kull) met Jeff (Ben Rappaport) seemed perfect, with plenty of talking, taking pictures together, and of course having sex. But all that's changed since he popped the question, and when the pair stays with Virginia's parents, Christopher and Charlotte (Daniel Jenkins and Lisa Emery), in advance of the ceremony, Virginia finds herself become particularly obsessed with who her parents were when they tied the knotand whether they should really still be together today.
This ushers in those visions, and once they start, they don't stop. It's bad enough Virginia can't shake the barest copulatory details of how mom and dad met, or even the earliest and most amorous years of grandma and grandpa's marriage. But she's also tormented by mom and a neighbor boy playing "glamour photographer" in the bedroom that eventually became Virginia's (ick), by mom and another woman dating (?), and, most perniciously, by mom's hot-and-heavy hanging out with a concert pianist named Lucas (Mark Zeisler) whom mom always insisted never existed in the first place.
What's going on here? Good question. Spend too much time trying to analyze Virginia's thought patterns (or, for that matter, Mitnick's), and you'll drive yourself to insomnia. Why (or more specifically how) Virginia is able to conjure so many narrative demons from her family's past, and (much more importantly) why they are all perfectly accurate down to the slightest nuance, is never explained. That does hobble the play somewhat: If Virginia is naturally gifted a time traveler, why can't she just hop a few years into the future to see if things will work out with Jeff? That would dispel at least one of her central worries right now.
Thankfully, the play is far clearer and smarter when focusing on the emotional implications of all this. Mitnick draws complex parallels between Jeff and Virginia's evolving relationship and that of Virginia's parents. (She's not sure Jeff is right for him; how did dad know? He just did.) And when Jeff's hapless, lisping best friend Elliot (Teddy Bergman) gets drawn into the storyas pretty much the textbook definition of the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong timewe're able to see the depths of the rightness and wrongness that are driving all of their lives. And as we discover that certain aspects of Jeff and Virginia's pairing are much more screwed up than Virginia's dreams about her parents getting it on, the play accumulates more insight than its earliest, flighty scenes lead you to anticipate.
The chief communicator of that is Kull, who's marvelous as Virginia: She expertly balances the young woman's inherent optimism with her mounting insecurities, unleashing her frustration in frightening bursts that drive home the story as a series of miniature explosions. Except for Bergman, who's overly dopey as Elliot, the other performers successfully capture the awkward anxiousness of people dealing with different stages of love at different stages of life, and not always finding they have the answers they need.
Director Davis McCallum gives the production a fluid, misty-eyed feel (on an impressionistic dollhouse set by Andromache Chalfant that stylishly captures the mystical mundanities of everyday life) that works right up until the final scene, at which point Mitnick's desire for an untidy resolution allows the tension to peter out rather than build to a completely satisfying conclusion. But while it's moving at its strongest stride, it's a convincing comic look at romances that work, romances that don't, and romances thatfor the moment, anywayare just too close to call.


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In time, the significance of locking Kieran Read and Sam Whitelock into four-year deals will be fully appreciated.
The New Zealand Rugby Union made the mistake of announcing the news two days after Sonny Bill Williams had rejected its overtures, and it made the whole business seem like a consolation prize.
But for all that it would be useful to have Williams, he wouldn't be integral to the All Blacks' hopes of retaining the World Cup.
However, if the All Blacks had lost Read or Whitelock they could just about forget winning in 2015.
These two are the new Richie McCaw and Daniel Carter - the two men around whom the All Blacks are building their team.
It won't take long for people to realise that the biggest source of concern now is not McCaw being injured, but Read being unavailable.
Read is the the beating heart, the irresistible force who takes the contest into the breach.
There isn't a better No 8 on the planet. There probably isn't a better rugby player, for that matter, and Read is integral to not only the current All Black regime, but the next.
He is the captain-elect and his anointment will be seamless when it comes. What's particularly admirable and indeed important about Read is that, like McCaw, he hasn't surrendered fully to the modern ways. Too much of him is submerged in old-school values.
White boots will never make their way into his kit bag, a short back and sides will forever be the haircut of the day and no one will beat him off the bus onto the training ground.
It's imperative that today's All Blacks retain a link to the All Blacks of yesterday and McCaw and Read are that bridge.
In time, it will be just Read, although Whitelock's not much different in that he too will never be convinced that style has even a fighting chance against substance.
At just 25 and with nearly 50 caps, Whitelock may eclipse anything achieved by any previous All Black lock. After spending his formative years as an All Black in the company of Brad Thorn and Ali Williams, Whitelock has intriguingly morphed into a hybrid of the two.
He has the punch and presence of Thorn, but also shows the athleticism, mobility and aerial skills of Williams.
No one feels that the All Blacks lack a hard edge. The Boks pushed and shoved a bit and didn't gain an inch in Auckland or Johannesburg.
Such is the nature of Read and Whitelock that they wouldn't have minded that the palaver over Williams stole their show a bit.
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25 Nov 2015
The Landscape Association of NSW and ACT Landscape Excellence Awards were held on Friday 20 November in Sydney. Find out who the big winners on the night were ...
The LNA Master Landscapers Association hosted yet another successful evening, the Landscape Excellence Awards for 2015, on Friday night. The leading industry body, alongside its corporate partners, celebrated this event at Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf with overwhelming success.
The 2015 LNA awards had over 400 professionals attend.
The awards were hosted by Australian sports star and TV Personality Michael Slater, with guest speaker Linda Ross from Garden Clinic. As the Master of Ceremonies, Micheal showcased the cutting edge Australian landscape designs created by members.
LNA has received gratifying and positive feedback from its valued affiliations. In fact, many attendees have already stated that they are looking forward to participating in next year's ceremony, and members have already started thinking about their next entry.
LNA's CEO Joanne Aquilina stated, "It was fantastic to see such diverse complexity and scope of our members' projects. We enjoyed showcasing the very best, networking with professionals and providing the platform for the development of our members."
This year the LNAs' winners were awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates and the Gold winners will be featured with Universal Magazines, The Daily Telegraph 'Home', and members will be interviewed on 2GB by Graham Ross on 'The Garden Clinic' show.
From the ranks of this year's illustrious and worthy entries, the winners are ...
Commercial Civil $250k to $1M
Bronze Winner: Dig-It Landscapes P/L for the Gungahlin Common Ground
Silver Winner: The Gardenmakers P/L for the Mirvac Era Apartments Chatswood
Gold Winner: Hargraves Urban P/L for the 'Napier Street Reserve'
Commercial Civil Over $1 million
Bronze Winner: Hargraves Urban P/L for the Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Silver Winner: Design Landscapes P/L for the Sydney Park project
Gold Winner: Design Landscapes P/L for the Centenary Square Water Feature
Open Space Parklands Open Value
Bronze Winners: Perfection Landscape Services P/L for the Potts Hill project; Hargraves Urban P/L for the Memorial for Fallen Lifesavers; and The Glascott Group P/L for the Chinese Gardens.
Silver Winner: Design Landscapes P/L for the Sydney Park Project
Gold Winner: Design Landscapes P/L for Smiths Paddock
Maintenance Commercial
Bronze Winner: Skyline Landscape Services P/L for the Breakfast Point Community Association and Landscape Solutions P/L for Courtland's Retirement Village
Silver Winner: BNS Landscapes P/L for the Toyota Motor Corporation Wollooward Bay
Gold Winner: Landscape Solutions P/L for the 'Bingara Gorge'
Sustainable Landscapes Commercial
Bronze Winner: Hargraves Urban P/L for the Maluga Passive Park Water Quality Improvement
Silver Winner: Scape Constructions P/L for Forresters Beach Retirement Village
Gold Winner: Design Landscapes P/L for 'Sydney Park'
Local Council Government Award
Bronze Winner: Hargraves Urban P/L for the Yininmadyemi project
Silver Winner: On-Track Landscapes P/L for the Heritage Park Barracks and Cookhouse Interpretation
Gold Winner: Design Landscapes P/L for 'Centenary Square'
Apprentice of the Year Construction
Silver Winner: Timothy Reardon from the Gardenmakers P/L
Gold Winner: Christopher Hill from Design Landscapes P/L
Apprentice of the Year Parks and Gardens
Bronze Winner: Michael Dawes from Skyline Landscape Services P/L
Silver Winner: Nicholas Field from Skyline Landscapes Services P/L
Gold Winner: Jarrod Arthur Starr from Good Manors Pools and Gardens
Celebrating Women in Landscaping
Bronze Winners: Hargraves Urban P/L Daniela Saya; The Glascott Group P/L Catherine Mcbrien
Silver Winner: Skyline Landscape Services P/L Skyline Women's Team
Gold Winner: Joanne Neylon from Joanne Green Landscape Design
Landscaper Project Construction Manager Foreman of the Year
Bronze Winner: Skyline Landscape Services P/L Aaron Curtin
Silver Winner: Design Landscapes P/L Stephen Merceica
Gold Winner: Jim Gunn from Co-Ordinated Landscapes
Best Innovation and Technology
Silver Winner: Gardens at Night P/L LED Outdoor Lighting Range
Gold Winner: Design Landscapes P/L for the Centenary Square Water Feature
Residential Up to $75k
Bronze Winners: Art in Green for the Lilyfield Residence; Custom Creations Landscapes for the Surry Hills Courtyard; and BTM Trades for the Dural Project
Silver Winner: Reflective Gardens P/L for the Horizon Apartments Darlinghurst
Gold Winner: Outdoor Establishments for the 'The Moo Project'
Residential $75k-$150k
Bronze Winners: Urban Escape Landscape Contractors for the Chin Project; Impressions Landscape - Design for the Concord Project; and Reflective Gardens P/L for the Mosman Garden
Silver Winner: Sand and Stone Landscapes for the Cheltenham Project
Gold Winner: Good Manors Pool and Gardens for the 'Residential Garden Bronte'
Residential $150 -$300k
Bronze Winner: AK Outdoor Living for the Lane Cove North Project
Silver Winner: Sand and Stone Landscapes for the Beecroft Project
Gold Winner: Joanne Green Landscape Design for the 'Bilgola Residence'
Residential Over $300k
Bronze Winners: Land Forms P/L for the Palm Beach Project; Antscapes Enjoy Outside for the Cremorne Project; and Secret Gardens of Sydney for the Kirton Project
Silver Winner: Secret Gardens of Sydney for the Grimm Residence
Gold Winner: Urban Escape Landscape Contractors for 'Chinamans Beach'
Residential Regional Open
Gold: Nature's Vision Landscape P/L for the 'Mann Residence'
Maintenance Residential
Bronze Winner: Impressions Landscape - Design for the Concord Residence
Silver Winner: Good Manors Pools and Gardens for the Mosman Residence
Gold Winner: Natures Vision Landscape P/L for the 'Mann Residence'
People's Choice Commercial
Glenn Simpson Landscapes – Shelley Beach SLSC forecourt
People's Choice Residential
Natures Vision Landscape – The Mann Residence
Graham Ross Residential Award
Urban Escape Landscape Contractors for 'Chinamans Beach'
Graham Ross Commercial
Hargraves Urban P/L for the 'Napier Street Reserve'
LNA would like to extend a welcome and friendly reminder to 'Save the Date' on 28 October 2016, for next year's Excellence Awards.
LNA is also extending an invitation to a 'Professionals Workshop' in early 2016, to assist with entry submissions. This workshop will provide our members with a platform to answer all queries.
As a professional participating in the LNA awards, you can "benchmark your performance against the industry's best … boost your company profile … boost your organisation's credibility … it is a credit to all the membership." David Bambridge, Director /Project Manager, The Gardenmakers.
For more information visit www.landscapenswact.com.au
Images (top to bottom): Urban Escape, Chinamans Beach; Hargraves Urban, Napier Street Reserve; Landscape Solutions, Bingara Gorge; Design Landscapes, Smiths Paddock; Design Landscapes, Centenary Square Water Feature.


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A cartoon giraffe drawing is a fun exercise that looks to challenge what an artist can do with deforming an animal that already has such a unique shape. This chance to be creative with new forms and ideas is a problem solving skill to be developed and one that is useful anywhere.
For kids and adults that ever had the privilege of being able to see a giraffe in person, it is a special moment. Just the sheer height is enough to garner amazement and curiosity. It also helps that they are approachable and docile animals.
In art and drawing, we tend to focus on unique characteristics to really bring out a subject. How do we retain the essence of the giraffe while making it into a cartoon? The giraffe makes this easy with its long legs and neck.
That is, with those tall features, there is little chance to mess up the core form, and is a great confidence booster in life when successfully solving this creativity problem. Just see what possibilities arise when working through the picture. Everyone is different and this drawing will help bring out that creative side.
Breaking down the cartoon giraffe drawing into its core components is a skill in itself. Ask a few questions regarding the form: What shapes comprises the main body? How long should the neck and the legs be? What characteristics of the head can be simple suggested using simple shapes?
In the cartoon, start with answering these questions and filling in the drawing with the necessary shapes that makes up the giraffe. These will be the building blocks that will be analyzed to be rebuilt into a different cartoon form altogether.
The next step would be to duplicate the sketch and then deforming it as necessary to create a cuter form of the giraffe. Some may like to just keep the form as it is. Others may like to shrink the neck and legs only. It isn't just shrinking either: how about enlarging the head and the hooves?
This is exactly what it means to have a whole picture and work backwards. Just like many situations in life, it's a benefit to break down a large picture into its specific parts to get a better idea of how to proceed with getting the right outcome.
While the sketch is rough, it does highlight the key areas to be refined. Aside from the long legs and neck, there is a hump at the back connecting the neck with the body. Furthermore, the angle of the back is slopped downwards, which makes the front legs longer than the rear legs.
As for the head, there are three bumps: two for the horn and one central on in the middle of the forehead. The ears are curved inwards and forward facing. The snout is also shaped like a triangle. This is to help the animal reach in between leaves.
To get the cartoon style, duplicate and merge the layer multiple times to get the lines as dark and thick. Then, just use the regular drawing tools to finalize the form and the features. After that, erase into the drawing to get rid of those extra lines created from the circles.
The overall line drawing can be cleaned up to have all these featured refined into a deformed cartoon while maintaining all these core features. The problem solving step should now be complete. It may look different from the above drawing but embracing different creative results is a positive thing.
Flat colors are a great way to fill in the line drawing just to make it come alive. The best method would be to fill in the drawing with a neutral color first that plays well with lighting and darkening of that value. For example, a flat orange can be bright or dark.
This will give the artist enough room to draw in a light source as well as shading. The challenge is to fill in the shape of the line drawing. The quickest way is to isolate the blank area inside the line drawing using some sort of a selection tool and then fill it in with the flat color on a different layer.
Next, the adding of simple shading will give the cartoon some more added weight. Lock the layer down for this step. There will be some shading around the limb areas, the eyes, and parts of the underside starting from the neck leading up to the rest of the face.
This ability to prepare the drawing for revisions is a skill to practice as drawings will sometimes require churning out multiple assets depending on the circumstances. It's a positive skillset that leads to greater productivity and time saved to be used for more important things.
Noticed that the spots are done last as these are simply details only important near the finishing stages. Everything before this step is more concentrated into getting the cartoon looking right based on the initial sketch.
When ready, draw very large blocks of color on a different layer to show the position of the spots. Since the cartoon giraffe drawing has cubed like spots, erasing into these blocks to separate it into smaller blocks will work really well.
The main point, when doing the spots, is to have multiple sizes. The larger patches are near the rest of the body while the smaller patches are near the face and the legs. However, since the face is much larger on this cartoon giraffe drawing, the spots are also just as large.
When that is done, the final step would be to adjust the colors a bit more. Use global options to brighten up or create color contrasts throughout the entire drawing all at once. For example, adjustment masks is Photoshop is an excellent one-step tool to do this. Though, it will be up to the artists' familiarity with the drawing software they are using.
That's pretty much it! From the logical breakdown and rearranging of information, it's a great feeling to have the drawing completed this quickly. What other new cartoons or drawings can these techniques be applied to? There is no limit to creativity!
There is quite a bit to gain after finishing the cartoon giraffe. Aside from having a finished product, the benefits are there: creatively thinking through a drawing allows for freedom to take risks, engage others, as well as using time for something productive worth sharing.


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General Mills' Global Responsibility in 2012
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I'm pleased to share with you our 2012 Global Responsibility report. It is posted on GeneralMills.com, as well as a video overview of our commitment.
We have reported our responsible business practices to the community for the past 42 years as a way of demonstrating the many ways our business performance reflects our values. Our report is an important way for us to be both transparent and accountable for our actions as a company.
For example, in the area of health, we seek to share the efforts we make to continuously improve our portfolio of products.
In the area of community engagement, we take the opportunity to showcase the many ways that we're changing lives through our philanthropic activity in the communities we serve.
And in sustainability, we share our progress against the very aggressive goals we have established for ourselves – or, in the cases where we have struggled to reach our goals, we share the challenges are that we're facing.
CSR is core to our values. When we talk about our mission of Nourishing Lives, it isn't just a tag line. It's a way of life at General Mills.
It means we can make lives richer, easier and healthier through the food products we provide. We also can better the communities we serve through our philanthropy. And, we can steward the resources at our disposal as we manufacture and source our ingredients for our products.
It is important that our employees, consumers, customers, and investors know they're dealing with a company that is behaving with a sense of enlightened responsibility.
CSR has been and always will be a critical dimension of how we deliver long term economic shareholder value. In today's world order to sustainably deliver economic value over the long term, you must also deliver social and environmental value.
As you read through our 2012 report, my hope is that your reaction will be similar to my own: one of immense pride and satisfaction that we are doing the right thing and continuously improving our impact and effectiveness. We are proud of the progress we're making – and we are committed to doing more.
Editor's note: To hear Kim Nelson talk about one of the aspects of corporate social responsibility at General Mills that she's most proud of, click here.
This is the first post in a series about our 2012 Global Responsibility report featuring leaders within General Mills. The second post features a Q&A with John Machuzick, senior vice president and President of our Bakeries & Foodservice division.
Kim Nelson is the senior vice president of External Relations at General Mills, based in Minneapolis, Minn. She oversees the General Mills Foundation, Corporate Communications, Government Relations, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. She began her career at General Mills in 1988.


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HyperX Streetfighter V and Super Smash Brothers Melee Event
HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, Inc., is one of the key brands in the growing eSports industry and will be hosting a unique eSports event at its headquarters in Orange County. Elite Streetfighter V and Super Smash Brothers Melee eSports pros will compete in showmatches in the HyperX gaming studios with popular gaming broadcasters on-site streaming the event live on twitch.tv/HyperX.
Between a weekend of tournament play at EVO in Las Vegas and Comic Con 2017 in San Diego the following weekend, HyperX is bringing together eSports pros for a summer exhibition tournament in HyperX's fun gaming environment. The event will be held on Tuesday, July 18 starting at 2:00pm, with SSBM matches, SFV matches and new Nintendo Switch brawler ARMS matches live on twitch.tv/HyperX. Find more information at @HyperX and @hyperxcommunity.
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|Daniel "Chudat" Rodriguez
|Team Liquid
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|Ken "Ken" Hoang
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|Weston "Westballz" Dennis
|G2 Esports
|William "Leffen" Hjelte
|Team SoloMid
- The Streetfighter V Lineup:
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|Yuko "Chocoblanka" Momochi
|Yusuke "Momochi" Momochi
- Tournament play will be broadcasted live by popularTwitch streamers D'Ron 'D1' Maingrette, Stephen "Sajam" Lyon, Terrence"TKBreezy" Kershaw, and Steve "Tasty_Steve" Scott.
HyperX has supported the developing eSports community for over a decade, developing products designed to meet the needs of all gamers. HyperX is known throughout the world for quality, performance and innovation. HyperX is committed to eSports as it sponsors over 35 teams globally and is the main sponsor of Intel Extreme Masters. HyperX can be found at shows across the globe including Brasil Game Show, China Joy, DreamHack, ESL One and PAX.
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The View's Sherri Shepherd is one tough cookie. She's been through it all: weight loss, infertility, abortion, but she's not only lived through it, but has managed to thrive. Sherri is also one of the 10 percent of U.S. women living with diabetes. As she and countless others have learned, dealing with the disease is about making healthy lifestyle choices…and sticking with them.
"If I didn't have diabetes, I would probably be at the International House of Pancakes eating a stack of pancakes with butter and syrup," says Shepherd, 46. "I would probably be 250 pounds. I would not be going to the doctor. I probably wouldn't be married to my husband, Lamar Sally. I wouldn't be healthy for my son, Jeffrey."
At 5-foot-1, she now weighs 157 pounds, down from 197 pounds several years ago. Once she was taking three medications for diabetes, but now that she's eating healthier, exercising regularly and keeping her blood sugar in the right range, the doctor has taken her off all medications for the disease.
Shepherd details her struggles with diabetes and the changes she made in her life in her new book, Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It), written with Billie Fitzpatrick.
What are the diabetes-management rules that she lives by?
1. Find a doctor who challenges you.
"My mom died of diabetes complications when she was 41. When I was 40, my doctor told me, 'I don't know when you're going to have a stroke, but it's going to happen.' That was my wake up call."
READ: 4 Things That Make Diabetes Worse
2. Scare yourself.
"Diabetes makes you feel like you're in a fog. I needed clarity, because I was about to joinThe View and sit at a table with four formidable women. So I vowed to get healthy and strut my stuff in a swimsuit on TV. It worked: I lost 10 inches in…


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The Townes at Kitts Creek Homeowner Owner Association represents the 100 townhome owners in Kitts Creek and is a sub-association of the Kitts Creek HOA.
2020 Board Members
Eric Siebert, President
Kamal Kalsaria, Vice President
Joe Dedge, Secretary Treasurer
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Chaz Ebert Picks 13 Films (and Franchises) to Cure Hollywood's Post-Trump Stress Disorder
From Frank Capra's holiday classic 'It's a Wonderful Life' to stories of a galaxy far, far away, movies offer blueprints for hope and needed lessons in empathy for a president-elect, suggests the widow of revered critic Roger Ebert.
My husband, Roger Ebert, said that movies, at their finest, generate empathy. The films I would recommend to people feeling despondent about President Trump also inspire compassion, kindness, forgiveness and joy. I am hoping these are watchwords for the next four years, and I implore not just movie lovers, but also Donald Trump himself, to take them to heart.
'It's a Wonderful Life' and 'Life Itself'
Frank Capra's beloved 1946 film is a go-to for a good cry. It's also timelier than ever, since many people these days are feeling as if we've entered the movie's alternate universe of Pottersville, in which corruption and greed reign supreme. But what the classic continues to affirm is the impact our selfless acts of kindness can have and how goodness will forever triumph over evil — as long as we come together as one human family. A great companion piece to watch is Steve James' 2014 documentary about one of my heroes, my late husband, who also fought for the underdog and who believed in empathy, inclusion and standing up to those who would do us harm.
Singin' in the Rain
Tears were shed on election night — understandably, given some of the hateful rhetoric we heard during the campaign. One of the surest means of escapism, and of putting a smile back on your face, is to watch — or rewatch — this most cherished of screen musicals. Its enduring magic was evident in the outpouring of emotion at Debbie Reynolds' death, as well as the Gene Kelly-esque quality to Ryan Gosling's moonlit song-and-dance in Damien Chazelle's La La Land.
'A Face in the Crowd'
Some have called Elia Kazan's astonishing 1957 satire prophetic. It's about an Arkansas drifter, Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith in his best big-screen role), who becomes a media sensation via his manipulative courtship of the working class. Fueled purely by a narcissistic need for power and exposure, Rhodes ultimately is done in by his big mouth.
'He Named Me Malala'
One of the most appalling aspects of 2016's election season was the shocking misogyny, from menstruation jokes to "Trump That Bitch" signs. Films showing young women embodying strength and resilience, working to guide this world to a more enlightened place, are more crucial than ever now. A key figure of empowerment is the heroine of Davis Guggenheim's 2015 documentary: Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani schoolgirl who survived a vicious attack by the Taliban designed to silence her advocacy for women's education. The stirring film fills you with hope.
Ava DuVernay's 2015 film about the historic civil rights march organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (played brilliantly by David Oyelowo) reminds us of where the country came from in terms of race relations — and what we don't want to go back to. It also shows us not just what a true leader looks like, but also how an electorate dissatisfied with the way things are can force change.
'Love Jones' and 'Southside With You'
What the world needs now is love, sweet love, and here's a perfect double bill: Start with the hip, upwardly mobile canvas of poetry slams, coffee shops and slow kisses between Nia Long and Larenz Tate in Theodore Witcher's 1997 Love Jones; then proceed to the mesmerizing (fictional) courtly, intellectual mating calls of our very own outgoing president and first lady Obama in Richard Tanne's Southside With You.
Disney's animated comedy skewers everything from businesses refusing service to customers because of their sexual orientation to the notion that all Muslim Americans have a natural tendency toward radicalization. It's amazing that one of the most profitable studios of all time managed to produce something this timely, vital and subversive.
'Sidewalk Stories'
Charles Lane's delightful low-budget 1989 variation on Charlie Chaplin's The Kid centers around a homeless African-American who ends up with an abandoned child and proceeds to make the best of the situation, creating a family and home life for them. It will warm your heart.
'The Tree of Life'
When something catastrophic occurs and upends any sense of normalcy, our first response often is, "How did we get here?" Terrence Malick tackles this question in mind-boggling fashion, cutting from the origins of the universe to a Texas family in the 1950s to a vision of the afterlife. What an extraordinary, and yet ultimately redemptive, way to visualize the spiritual crises that befall us all — particularly in the wake of trauma.
The 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' Franchises
When Gene Roddenberry's TV series Star Trek first launched in 1966, he probably didn't guess the franchise would be going strong half a century later. The same likely was true of George Lucas, who nearly collapsed from the stress of making 1977's Star Wars, only to see it change the industry forever. Star Trek and Star Wars continue to engage audiences because of their themes of solidarity, diversity and working together to achieve success. Heroic figures of different genders, nationalities and languages uniting against forces of evil fills us with hope that good wins in the end.


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The William C. Morris Award celebrates new writers in young adult literature by honoring outstanding works by authors who are writing for teens for the first time. S.D. Crockett's After the Snow is rightfully one of this year's finalists.
After the Snow takes place in a future ravaged by climate change. The melting polar ice caps have cooled the oceans, changing the currents and plunging the world into a kind of eternal winter. The winters are astonishingly brutal and last nine months out of the year. Society as we know it has devolved, and the West has disintegrated. China and Russia are now the dominant world powers, and those who once lived in a world of air conditioning and supermarkets now have to learn to live without electricity, running water, or modern conveniences.
Most now live in extreme poverty in cities clenched tightly by the fascist hand of the government. But some choose to live illegally and off the grid in the wilderness, relearning how to hunt, grow food, and live off the land. Willo is part of one such family — until he comes back from a hunt one day to find his entire family gone.
Willo's search for his family and the truth behind what happened to him takes him on a long adventure across mountains and to the city and through valleys and out to the ocean. Below is my attempt at creating a map of the world that Willo travels through on his journey. The book's language and signifiers indicate that the story takes place in a future version of the United Kingdom. The town and landmark names pinpoint the wilderness even more specifically as being in and around Snowdonia National Park in Wales and the city as being northeast in Manchester, England.
If this book has one weakness, it's that it's hard to keep a map in your head of where Willo is on his journey while you're reading it. Perhaps in the next printing, the publisher will include a map, but in the meantime, this one should help you navigate the beautiful world in After the Snow.
— Annie Schutte, currently reading Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson


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CORNELIUS, N.C. — No. 00 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota driver David Reutimann said Monday's crash and flip on the road course at Watkins Glen was one of the hardest hits of his career. Less than four days later Reutimann will buckle into the No. 00 on Friday and begin practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. That's what separates race car drivers from the rest of the world's population.
REUTIMANN ON HEALTH A FEW DAYS AFTER WRECK: "I'm actually not feeling too bad, I'm just a little bit sore. My leg and ankle are banged up a little bit, but other than that really not a big deal at all. I'm feeling pretty well. The safety of these cars has come a long way, and I'm grateful for that. Now, I'm just focusing on getting the job done at Michigan."
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE CRASH? "I remember everything. It all happened so fast, but I can clearly look back on it. It was definitely one of the hardest hits I've ever had, but it's part of the gig especially at the speeds we're going. I believe the 51 car (Boris Said) got into the left rear corner of the 6 (David Ragan) and kind of turned him across the race track into the fence. (Ragan) then just bounced into the race track and hit me. We were going pretty fast through that section of the track. We were actually going faster than it seems there because once I made contact with (Ragan) we went into the barrier. Things got a little crazy after that. In the end it was just an unfortunate end to our day."
ANY HESITATION TO GET BACK INTO THE CAR? "No, there's no hesitation. I trust all of the guys here at MWR and I know they are giving me safe race cars. Each of us goes out on the track knowing that a crash might happen, but it's just not something you can spend too much time thinking about. We get paid to race as hard as we can and finish up front – there's not enough time to think about being involved in an accident. I've already moved on from Monday's wreck."
GOALS FOR MICHIGAN: "We had a fast car in June and almost (qualified second) put the Aaron's Dream Machine on the pole. We have a really good qualifying package at Michigan and our big track program here at MWR is really strong. Plus, we have made huge strides since we were there in June so I'm confident we'll have a shot at the pole again. Our goal every weekend is to win and that never changes, but a place like Michigan favors us a little bit more than normal."
· Sunday's race marks Reutimann's 158th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and 10th at Michigan International Speedway. He owns two career victories (Charlotte 600 in 2009 and Chicagoland 2010)
· In four of the last six races at MIS, Reutimann has posted a top-nine qualifying effort.
· Fans can win an autographed Reutimann hat from Aaron's when the No. 00 logs a top-10 finish. To win you must follow @aaronssports on Twitter.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SpeedwayMedia.com.


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San Francisco USPS Uses Large Robot To Sort Packages During Holiday Shopping FrenzyThe U.S. Postal Service is using a large new robot to handle the delivery challenges of this year's holiday shopping rush.
Best Places In The Bay Area To Get Your Holiday Shopping Done EarlyWith the holiday season encroaching, it's once again the time of year when shoppers hit the streets searching for the perfect gift for everyone on their list. Here are five ideal areas around the Bay to wrap up some early holiday shopping.
Tech Report: Late Holiday Shoppers Still Have Time For Free ShippingWith Christmas one week away, there are hundreds of businesses encouraging online shoppers to take advantage of Free-Shipping Day this Wednesday.
Brian Cooley: The Twelve Tech Buys Of ChristmasFor this holiday shopping list, I'm skippping smartphones, computers, cameras and a host of other technologies that have either become utterly routine or obsolete. Instead, let's get a quick look of what I would think of this year when I think great tech that will delight as well as surprise.
Tech Report: Last, Last Minute Online GiftsKCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid picks out some very, very last-minute gift options for holiday shoppers.
ConsumerWatch: 'Advent Conspiracy' Tries To Take Focus Off SpendingWith Christmas just a few days away shoppers are rushing to buy last minute presents. But for some the holidays aren't just about the gifts. Enter the Advent Conspiracy movement, where instead of buying and receiving presents it's more about giving something valuable like time and charity.
Toys 'R' Us Stores Extend Hours Before ChristmasLast minute shoppers are getting a reprieve as Toys 'R' Us stores nationwide will remain open for 88 straight hours of shopping.
Bay Area Retail Employees Endure Holiday Shopping RushFor the people helping hurried and stressed out customers, it was becoming anything but the most wonderful time of the year.
ConsumerWatch: Bay Area Retailers Bring Back Layaway PlansWith the holiday shopping season underway, there are indications that consumers are spending less or at least within their means.


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What are BRFCs?
These hard plastic portable containers are a vital part of Denali's bear/human conflict management program. You must store all food, garbage, and other scented items in a BRFC when camping overnight in Units 1-21 and 23-43. BRFC's are recommended for overnight camping in all other units. Their consistent use has resulted in a bear population that does not associate humans or their property with food sources. A small BRFC weighs 3 lbs. and holds 3-5 days of food for one person, and the larger BRFC weighs 5 lbs. and carries 7-10 days of food. BRFCs are issued free of charge with backcountry permits and must be returned within 48 hours of completion of your backcountry trip. If the BRFC is lost or damaged, you may be held responsible for its replacement.
BRFCs Approved for Use in Denali
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) is the authority consulted for what products are and are not permissible in Denali. The list below reflects items they categorize as "backpacking & small storage containers."
This reflects the September 2020 product list from the IGBC. We periodically review the IGBC site for updates to the approved list. If you feel that the IGBC has updated their list and we have not provided the latest info on our site, please contact us and we'll update our site as necessary. Learn more about the Interagency Grizzly Bear Council
How to Backpack in Denali
In six million acres of wilderness, you'll find campsites from the sublime to the subtle. Learn how to explore the backcountry of Denali.
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Dentures are a common tooth replacement option performed by Dr. Shirley Bien of Greenhills Dental. Patients like receiving dentures because they involve a non-invasive non-surgical process. Dentures can help you get your smile back by replacing a few teeth or all of your missing teeth.
Denture Types
Dentures come in two categories: partial and complete. The partial denture is used to replace a few missing teeth. The complete denture is used to replace all of the missing teeth so you have a normal smile again.
The materials used in dental offices vary. One common denture type that's used regularly is made with Valplast. Dentists prefer this denture material because it's easy to work with, looks great and is flexible, letting it move with your mouth. Another type of denture is made of a metal frame. While not as flexible as the Valplast denture type, this denture type is comfortable and used by hundreds of patients.
There are also two options for dentures: convention and immediate. The conventional denture is the the set of dentures that can placed in your mouth after your tooth extraction. They aren't placed in your mouth immediately after which will allow your gums and mouth to heal. However, because you've had teeth removed and you need to heal, you won't have any teeth so you may not want to go this route if possible.
Immediate dentures are different, as they're replaced in your mouth upon having your teeth extracted. You won't have to go without your teeth but it will take a bit of time to get used to them. You will need your dentures adjusted adjusted as your mouth heals, but once the process is over, you won't need to have this performed as often.
Why Get Dentures
If you want to replace your missing teeth, and can't receive a dental implant, dentures are a great substitute. Teeth that are missing can cause your jaw structure to shrink, while can affect your entire facial structure. Dentures are used to not only replace your teeth, but also prevent this facial sag from happening. A pair of dentures can also help you get that beautiful smile you want.
Living with Dentures
Dentures have helped millions have beautiful replacement teeth, and Dr. Shirley Bien is eager to help you with yours. The dentures can take a bit of time to get used to, but as you use them more, you'll find it easier to speak and eat with them. Just be patient and practice these processes to become more comfortable with them.
After you have your dentures fitted at our Fremont, CA office, you will need to practice using your tongue now that you have dentures. You may experience some irritation or soreness while getting used to the dentures, but this is normal. If the pain or irritation doesn't go away after a few days, please contact our office immediately. We can see if the dentures need an adjustment or how we can fix the problem.
Dr. Shirley Bien will need to you come in for a follow-up visit to make sure that your dentures are fitting well and are working for you. After you receive your new dentures, the dentist will give you tips on how to care for them. You'll need to floss and brush regularly, cleaning your gums, plus rinse your dentures regularly after eating. The dentist will also recommend a denture solution that can properly clean your dentures.
Caring for your dentures is important so that you protect your investment and make sure your mouth is healthy. Don't think of dentures as just like your real teeth, because they're not nearly as hearty. Improper maintenance and care of your dentures could make them stain, warp or even break.
Want to know more about dentures and other types of tooth replacement? Call our Fremont, CA office today!


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Whitley Heights restoration evokes 1920s Hollywood
The feel of classic Hollywood permeates a renovated 1920s Spanish Revival home in Whitley Heights that sits on a bluff facing the Hollywood sign and surrounding hillside.
An early celebrity enclave, Whitley Heights was Hollywood's first National Historic District and home to such stars as Rudolph Valentino, Bette Davis, Charlie Chaplin and Gloria Swanson. Today the neighborhood's Mediterranean-style homes sit under towering eucalyptus and mature pine trees.
"We loved the history of the neighborhood," says James Everingham, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who renovated the house with his wife, Brooke Davis. "It felt magical at night, like being in a European village. We're into historic preservation so pulled the original floor plans and relaid the bottom floor to make more sense for modern living while preserving the 1920s feel."
Some floors were leveled, and green and black subway tiles, typical of the period, were placed in updated bathrooms. The ceiling in the living room was raised 3 feet, and new plumbing, heating/air conditioning and electrical systems were installed.
A distinctive circular ceiling overlaid with gold leaf above the breakfast nook in the kitchen was added by artist Tania Seabock, who was commissioned to work on the U.S. Treasury Building and Trump Tower in New York.
On the ground floor is a dining room with a picture window overlooking the Hollywood Hills, a hall bathroom with shower, a large kitchen with walnut floors, two bedrooms and a guest bathroom. A third bedroom is used as an exercise room.
A laundry closet with a stacked washer-dryer and a storage closet are tucked between the dining room and guest bedroom under a gold-leaf ceiling archway.
Replicas of lighting fixtures and chandeliers from the period are found throughout the house, such as a beaded shade and crystal pendant chandelier at the top of the staircase landing.
Upstairs is a living room with wood-burning fireplace that leads to an outdoor deck. The master bedroom shares a bathroom with a fifth bedroom that is used as an office.
Outdoor patios on opposite sides of the house offer entertainment space and gardens.
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Title: NORTHERN FRANCE From Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire. Excluding Paris and its Environs. Handbook for Travellers
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BONIA AW2017/18: The Manhattan
The Manhattan State of Mind
The BONIA's Autumn Winter Manhattan Collection is diverse and its style is unsurpassable. The ceaseless passion is inimitable. The handbags were inspired by the city's glistening reflections and busy avenues. Its design is sleek and tells the story of the city through the lens of the 1960's.
During the 1960's, fashion plays an important role as it was the first time in history that clothing was geared to a wide number of diversified trends. That was an era of liberation, experimentation and self-expression.
Fashions in the early years of the decade reflect Jacqueline Kennedy, the First Lady. Women of that era wore Pillbox hats with suits in deep pastel colors, short boxy jackets with oversized buttons. Simple and humble geometric dresses, known as shifts were also a signature style. For evening wear, women would choose full-skirted gowns with a low décolletage and an embellished waistline. This Collection is also focused on Kenton Nelson's paintings of the New York City life where modernity meets the Works Progress Administration as American life remembered and captured on canvas forever.
BONIA's Cherry Blossom Sonia welcomes the Chinese New Year with good fortune, class and style. The lightness, femininity and the feeling of romanticism sweeps the air that these transient flowers symbolize. With so much pink and red making an impression and infusing the spring season, it makes a great mark in the fashion line. The cherry blossom tree stands out in all its balancing grace and harmony.
What's unique about this Collection is that the Craftsmanship lies at the heart of this unique hatter-like shaped bag. The focal point of the bag's design is the delicate graphic silhouette of the cherry blossom tree and their pale pink buds. Crafted with fine Leather on the front and back, the Cherry Blossom Sonia comes with a statement-making tassel that anchors perfectly with the rest of the bag's fanciful details. This is indeed a show stopping fascinator and an inevitable boost. The blooms are a symbol of the ephemeral and transient nature of life.


text: Palm Springs Film Festival to Spotlight Canadian Cinema 8:36 AM PST 12/21/2015 by Etan Vlessing FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival Films from directors like Andrew Cividino, Andre Turpin and Stephen Dunn will feature during the upcoming 27th edition. The Palm Springs Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 1 to 11, will offer a special program focusing on Canadian cinema. In what's become a tradition, the festival will screen 10 Canadian films in all, including the U.S. premiere of Andrew Cividino's Sleeping Giant, in the New Voices, New Visions program. Cividino's coming-of-age drama debuted in Cannes and was named best Canadian first feature in Toronto. The Canadian spotlight was unveiled after Brie Larson, the star of Lenny Abrahamson's kidnap drama Room, a Canada-Ireland co-production, was tapped by Palm Springs organizers for this year's Breakthrough Performance Award. Also booked into Palm Springs is Stephen Dunn's drama Closet Monster, Don't Blink, a U.S.-Canada collaboration by Robert Frank and Laura Israel, Maxime Giroux's Felix and Meira, Canada's entry into the Oscar's best foreign language film category, and The Girl King, a Finland-Canada co-production by Mika Kaurismaki. And Palm Springs will screen Andre Turpin's Endorphine, Adam Garnet Jones' Fire Song, Philippe Falardeau's My Internship in Canada, Dominic Goyer's On My Mother's Side, and Ryan McKenna's Sabali. "This year's selection of Canadian films at [Palm Springs] illustrates the vitality of the Canadian film culture and the strength of its emerging talent," Helen Du Toit, Palm Spring's artistic director, said in a statement. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Etan Vlessing email@example.com @thr