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YCS Sydney 2017 Champion Interview – Michael Duke
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We've come to the end of the YCS! After competing against just over 1,000 Duelists, we have your new YCS Sydney Champion! Michael Duke is a Sydney local who won the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series using his Metalfoes Majespecter Deck after 2 long, gruelling days of competition. We managed to catch up with him after the awards ceremony to ask a few questions about the event!
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Michael: "I'm a Sydney local, so it was pretty close for me. Since we only get one YCS a year and it's easily our biggest event, there was no way I could miss it. I always wanted to top a premiere event, but this time I managed to win the whole thing!"What gave your Metalfoes Deck the edge in this event?
Michael: "I used 2 Fullmetalfoes Fusion, and a lot of people played only one in favour of other cards. I could use two copies to my advantage for this reason and always had one more Metalfoes Fusion Monster to Summon as a result."How well did you expect to do in this event?
Michael: "I expected that I'd be able to get to the Top 32 and then lose straight away, but I just kept winning! It was a great feeling."Any final words?
Michael: "Huge thanks to everyone at Gametraders MacArthur and all of my friends and family!"Another final congratulations from us to you as well, Michael. We hope you're excited to be crowned the new YCS Sydney Champion! If you'd like to see the awards ceremony from the event, you can check that out here!


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Why it Sucks to Be Barbara Boxer Part 2: Buying Friends / Donors Under Federal Investigation?
Most of us know that a lot of the dot com millionaires are freaked out liberals. The dudes that run Facebook, Craig's List, etc are amongst the worst.
That's why it sucks to be Barbara Boxer. Her buddies at Craig's list have a small problem that even Eric Holder can't ignore.
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark — under fire by government officials and others who believe his namesake website's "adult services" section facilitates prostitution and child sex trafficking — has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and committees, a Center for Responsive Politics analysis indicates.
What's less clear is whether any of the numerous Democrats, who have received handsome political contributions from Newmark, will distance themselves from those who operate the popular site. Craigslist serves as a virtual bulletin board for items mundane as event tickets and auto parts to "services" salacious as sexual rendezvous.
Read More – but the key part is the $3000 to Barbara Boxer. I guess it gives new meaning to a broad coalition of the left.
Why it sucks to be Barbara Boxer Part 2, section 2:
Buying Friends and influencing no one…
Boxer has paid $30K to keep Maxine Water's endorsement since 2004 – according to Capitol Confidential.
And, with those payments come access to a slate mailer run by Water's daughter.
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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) meanwhile cited Waters as one of the most corrupt members of Congress in both 2005 and 2006 for operating the scheme. In both years, CREW noted that Waters' "ethics issues stem from the exercise of [her] power to financially benefit her daughter, husband and son." The 2005 rating placed Waters in the company of figures like former Reps. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and Bob Ney—both subsequently convicted of corruption-related offenses—and was directly connected to the operation of the political endorsement scheme.
So, Barbara Boxer is relying on website founders that refuse to address potential prostitution and child porn and is paying off one of the most corrupt members of congress for support.
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Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL), the country's largest bike maker, has entered into a 60:40 joint venture with Milan (Italy)-headquartered Magneti Marelli for developing and manufacturing new generation fuelling systems in India, the company said in its communiqué to the exchanges.
Hero will hold 60% stake in the joint venture company HMCMM Auto Ltd and the Italian firm will hold the balance 40% stake. The JV firm is targeting revenue of $100 million in five years and plans to double it in 10 years. The companies together will invest $8.5 million in the JV over three years and $27 million in 10 years.
This is HMCL's first partnership since commencing its journey a little more than two years ago as a standalone entity after its separation from Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
Pawan Munjal, managing director and chief executive of Hero MotoCorp, said, "We have decided to form a joint venture with Magneti Marelli for next generation fuel injection systems." The joint venture would also be open to supplying components to other manufacturers as well, Munjal said.
Hero MotoCorp has already forged alliances with the US-based Erik Buell Racing LLC, Austrian engine developer AVL List GmbH and Italy's Engines Engineering Srl to enhance its R&D capabilities.
Magneti Marelli designs and produces advanced systems and components for the automotive industry. With its 83 production units, 12 R&D centres and 26 application centres in 19 countries, about 36,900 employees and a turnover of 5.8 billion euros in 2012, the group supplies to all automobile and two wheeler makers in Europe, North and South America and the Far East.
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In Wednesday's newscast we interviewed Collet area representative Patrick Faber as part of our campaign trail series leading up to the March seventh General Elections. In the interest of objectivity, we also interviewed his opponent, P.U.P. standard bearer Carolyn Trench-Sandiford, who responded to allegations made against her concerning the issuance of false land titles during the 2008 campaign. That story was initially set to air tonight; but because of the voluminous news, we'll have that report on Friday.


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PARIS (AFP) - Germany have moved up to second behind Argentina as Belgium dropped out of the top three in the latest Fifa men's world football rankings released on Thursday.
A pair of 2018 World Cup qualifier wins against Czech Republic and Northern Ireland lifted world champions Germany up one spot, with Brazil also up one to third.
Former world No. 1 side Belgium are on the drift, down two to fourth and out of the top three for the first time since March 2015.
Spain, who beat Belgium in a friendly last month, are back in the top 10 while Euro 2016 sensations Wales slid one place to 11th.
In Asia, a strong 2018 World Cup qualifying run lifted the continent's highest-placed side Iran 10 places to 27th.
Singapore, under caretaker national coach V. Sundramoorthy, plunged 16 spots to a record-low 171st position, after drawing 0-0 with Malaysia at home in the Causeway Challenge and losing 0-2 to Hong Kong away this month.
This is six places below their previous-worse 165th in 2013 under then coach Bernd Stange.
The Lions are seventh in Asean, behind the Philippines (124th), Vietnam (136th), Thailand (146th), Myanmar (156th), Malaysia (164th) and Cambodia (joint 167th).
Fifa rankings (209 teams): 1 Argentina. 2 Germany. 3 Brazil. 4 Belgium. 5 Colombia. 6 Chile. 7 France. 8 Portugal. 9 Uruguay. 10 Spain.


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** Following on from DLJ's post re old kits still on sale - who here
has the oldest EA ( or RTV&H ) magazine kit design in GOOD WORKING
Gotta be something significant - like an item of test gear or hi-fi.
Gotta be something YOU constructed too !!!
I have an EA May '66, 2 MHz calibrated CRO, still in good order.
Will post a pic on ABSE, if asked.
So will you too !!
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- Alan Rutlidge
March 27, 2008, 12:28 pm
Re: Oldest EA kit in use ?
Well I can't beat that Phil.
I built an EA Playmaster 136 which was later passed on to a friend's father
along with a Philips belt drive turntable and an ADC magnetic cartridge. At
a recent school reunion my class mate reported the amplifier hadn't missed a
beat and is still going strong. Apparently his father uses it everyday and
other than the volume control is a bit "scratchy" in one channel at some
settings he's completely happy with it and has seen no reason to replace it.
Perhaps on day when I have reason to be in his area I'll drop in with a
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Re: Oldest EA kit in use ?
"Alan Rutlidge"
** Well just lookie - here is one on eBay right now !!
Amazing !!!
I recall selling transistor packs ( when at Edge Electrix) for the power amp
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The AY prefix output devices came in TO66 packs, with gold plated leads and
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Since its first publication by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1965, this seminal vade mecum of Los Angeles architecture has explored every rich potency of the often relentless, but sometimes—as the authors have captured here—relenting L.A. cityscape. Revised extensively and updated rigorously since its fifth edition published in 2003, An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles now contains ninety-six sections organized in thirteen geographic chapters, boasting over 200 new additions to over thousands of entries cataloging every crease of Los Angeles County's metropolitan sheath.
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You made great use of light for the outdoor shots.
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The American Jewish Lobby's control over the US government has been powerfully demonstrated once again with the news that the Jews-only state of Israel has been given more than twice the amount of money than what it asked for in the latest US defense budget allocation.
As revealed in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) signed by President Barack Obama last week, Israel had asked for $102.7 million to fund its missile program—but instead was awarded $267.5 million.
The NDAA—the US's premier defense budget allocation law—authorizes the use of American taxpayer money for Israel in the following areas:
– $150 million for Israel's "David's Sling Weapon System";
– $41.4 million for Israel to "procure the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system."
– $15 million for Israel's "Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program."
As if that was not enough, Israel is also granted the right to demand of the US Secretary of Defense additional funds to research counter measures to tunnels—which the Jews claim is some type of major threat to their state.
Incredibly, the NDAA actually claims that these tunnels are also a threat to America: Section 1279 of the 2016 NDAA sates that the "Secretary of Defense, upon request of the Ministry of Defense of Israel and in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, is authorized to carry out research, development, test, and evaluation, on a joint basis with Israel, to establish anti-tunnel capabilities to detect, map, and neutralize underground tunnels that threaten the United States or Israel."
Israel is to be given at least $25 million for this "tunnel" research—which they call "terror tunnels" even though the United Nations High Commission on Refugees Commission of Inquiry on the Gaza Conflict found that "the tunnels were only used to conduct attacks directed at IDF positions in Israel in the vicinity of the Green Line, which are legitimate military targets" (United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict, 2015-06-22. Geneva: United Nations. p. 31).
These four amounts listed above add up to $231.4 million—but the budget allocation has been set at $267.5 million, apparently in expectation of some sort of escalation in costs over the coming year.
The priority given to Israel even dominates other areas of the US defense industry in the act. For example, Section 1278, which deals with the "sale of certain fighter aircraft to Qatar," the US Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is obliged to present to Congress a "briefing on the risks and benefits of the sale" of those aircraft in terms of how it affects the "preservation by Israel of a qualitative military edge."
In other words, the law has as its intention the cancellation of any technology which might put any Middle Eastern state on any sort of military par with the Jewish state.
This direct grant to Israel is only the tip of the US aid iceberg. According to the US Congress's own latest Congressional Research Service report on US Foreign Aid to Israel, dated June 10, 2015, Israel gets at least $3.1 billion a year in military aid alone.
This figure is currently under renegotiation with the Obama administration, and is set to increase to $50 billion, or $5 billion per year.


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My friend and I stayed at Villa Rosa recently and had a wonderful time.
The staff was most helpful and friendly.
A very good location, near the beach and pleasant shops.
The pizzeria at the corner was the nicest we visited through out Italy.


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Bugis+ is located in the heart of Singapore's Civic and Cultural District. It is directly connected by an overhead linkbridge to Bugis Junction, which allows easy access to the Bugis MRT station. Bugis+ is a vibrant mall with endless entertainment and an exciting F&B and stylish fashion trade mix, creating a dynamic magnet for fun-seeking trendy youths in the heart of Bugis.


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WASHINGTON: Ketchum has won a contract with the Library of Congress to support the 2015 National Book Festival next month with the potential to eventually take over a broader scope of services for the institution.
The account has "four annual option years to renew the contract for event management as well as the option to activate national media relations support," according to the contract. The National Book Festival is scheduled for September 5.
In February, the Library of Congress posted documents saying it was planning to sign several contractors to indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts. It also outlined the duties it was looking for the firm or firms to cover: strategic counsel, research, outreach, planning, media consultation, and event execution, according to documents.
A Ketchum representative said the performance period for the 2015 base year is from May 27 to September 30, however option years would have different timelines based on the festival dates for the next four years.
A contract specialist said earlier this year that while the minimum award is $5,000, the maximum ceiling through the life of the contract is $50 million.
Ketchum is one of four firms that won work from the Library. While the Omnicom Group agency is handling event planning and PR, Dufour & Company Productions is managing event planning, and Decibel Management is overseeing operations. Virginia-based Ardelle Associates is also working on communications, according to a contract specialist from the Library.
The IDIQ nature of the contract allows the Library of Congress to place individual orders for the next five years, the specialist noted. The ceiling for Ketchum's budget is $30 million during that time, while Ardelle's maximum budget is $12.5 million.
FleishmanHillard has worked with the Library of Congress to "coordinate the annual event and PR campaign, highlighting the festival's national appeal and positioning the Library as a unique source of inspiration and imagination," according to its website.
This story was updated on August 19 with more information about other firms working for the Library of Congress and budget amounts.


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Easy in the implementation, colourful in the presentation, these jackfruit taco bowls won't look pretty for long. This is the sort of food where you have to get involved; be prepared to get a little bit messy when eating this and enjoy every moment!Fibro Food Fairy
I confess, up until this point I had been a jackfruit virgin. The idea that a piece of fruit could be turned into something that resembles pulled pork seemed a little bit bizarre to me. However, to broaden my horizons, experiment with new flavours and to eat less meat I thought that it was worth a try. If it is good enough for vegans, it is good enough for me.
My first impressions were that jackfruit had an appearance that was closer to tuna rather than to pulled pork. I thought that it was important to know what it tastes like before cooking and so tried a little raw. Personally, I would not recommend it as it was pretty bland in flavour and had a strange spongy texture. For those of you who have never tried jackfruit I know that I am doing a pretty bad job of selling it to you. That said, having prepared this recipe I can see why jackfruit works so well in many recipes as it is the sort of ingredient that absorbs flavour really well; it's all about how you prepare the jackfruit and what flavours you add to it.
In this recipe I have used Mexican flavours of cumin, coriander and chilli however, I think that you could also afford to experiment a little by preparing it with something like a sweet, sticky BBQ marinade or possibly using it as an alternative protein in Korean beef recipes with ginger and soy (or gluten free/soy alternative such as coconut amino's).
I have prepared the wraps used in this recipe myself however there are a range of dairy and gluten free wraps available now to purchase if that is what you prefer. There is a huge variety available with everything from those made from sweet potato or quinoa to those with seeds or beetroot. I confess that I took my inspiration for my homemade wraps from the beetroot wraps I saw at the supermarket. The use of beetroot juice in the wrap batter not only makes them super healthy, but also perfectly pinky purple (I love an alliteration, don't you?)
As I said in the intro to this post this as a sort of food where you have to get involved and get a little messy. I confess that, with good intentions and as my parents would expect I started, politely with a knife and fork, but before long ditched these in favour of breaking shards off the crunchy taco bowl and scooping a mountain of filling on top before devouring it nachos style. Absolutely delicious and absolutely enjoyable. Finger licking good.
Here is the recipe for my vegan gluten free wraps
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Spicy Pulled Jackfruit with rainbow taco bowls
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil or rice bran oil
- 400g tin jackfruit, drained, rinsed
- ½ red pepper finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic purée
- 4 tablespoons tomato purée
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- A large pinch of dried chilli flakes
- 100 mL apple juice
- 100 mL organic vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 small tin of sweetcorn (160g drained)
- Salt-and-pepper, to taste
- 2-4 taco bowls
- Garnish with roughly chopped, fresh coriander and finally chopped fresh chilli. Serve with crunchy salad leaves, avocado, fresh tomatoes or whatever takes your fancy!
Break the rinsed jackfruit into smaller pieces and set aside until needed.
Heat the oil in a non-stick sauté pan. Gently fry the chopped pepper for 5 minutes to soften. Add the garlic and tomato purée, spices, herbs and the chilli flakes. Cook for another minute, stirring continuously to coat the peppers.
Add the apple juice, organic vegetable stock, maple syrup and lime juice. Stir and bring to a simmer.
Add the jackfruit and sweetcorn, season generously with salt-and-pepper. Cook for 20-25 minutes or until the sauce has reduced significantly enough to just coat the rest of the ingredients. If the sauce is too wet, it will make the tacos soggy.
Once the jackfruit is cooked remove from the pan and shred using two forks. Fill the taco bowls with fresh salad, the shredded jackfruit and dressings of your choice. Serve immediately.


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Released: 2017
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Hailing from Finland, this one-man band is a throwback to the great synth music from the '80s; kind of new wave, kind of industrial, but catchy as hell and fun. I was looking at the cover and wondering if it was going to be a thrash metal album with the lettering and the cartoon futuristic cover, but soon found out it wasn't that at all.
At first listen, I thought that this was going to be an all instrumental album, but then lyrics popped up here and there and added to the mostly peppy synth-pop on the album. The songs were a throwback to when I was younger and was searching for this kind of music everywhere, glad to hear that some people are still into it after all these years. The album kind of had a soundtrack feel to it like you were listening to it while a movie from 1983 was playing and you just got drawn into it. The songs are well done and sound both familiar and fresh at the same time and really require more than one listen to fully appreciate everything going on in the songs. So many layers and sounds that you hear when you hit that replay and let the music take control. I really liked that in some of the songs, they added a guitar that was a bit heavy and really suited the music and added another aspect to the sound.
I was really surprised that the album grabbed me as fast as it did and made me want to find out if there was more info about the band. I suggest that you go and take a good listen to this and maybe make up a movie in your head to go along with the cool sounds on this release.


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John Sloss (born 1956) is an entertainment lawyer, film sales agent, and manager, who has executive produced over 50 films including the Academy Award-winning The Fog of War and Boys Don't Cry. Other credits include Bernie, City of Hope, Friends with Kids, A Scanner Darkly, Far From Heaven, and Before Sunrise. Through his companies, Sloss Eckhouse LawCo and Cinetic Media, he has facilitated the sale and/or financing of films such as Lee Daniels' Precious, Napoleon Dynamite, The Kids Are All Right, Little Miss Sunshine, and Super Size Me. Filmmakers he has worked with include Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith, Whit Stillman, Todd Haynes, Brad Anderson and Justin Lin.
Sloss has worked with such companies as Cinetic Media, Sloss Eckhouse LawCo LLP, Producers Distribution Agency.
In 2009, Sloss co-founded Filmbuff, a digital distribution company. In 2010, he co-founded Producers Distribution Agency which has released the films Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop, Senna, The Way, and Brooklyn Castle. Sloss has also served as an adjunct professor in the Graduate film program at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.


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By Roberta Attanasio
The debate on the safety of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles contained in sunscreen products is still on. Some scientists have raised concerns about the negative impact that these tiny particles — generally between one and 100 nanometers (between one and 100 billionths of a meter) across — may have on human health. Due to their small size, nanoparticles might do harm to humans by seeping through the skin and into the bloodstream. A few months ago, despite the widespread safety concerns, Paul Wright (a toxicology expert at RMIT University) told The Guardian that sunscreen nanoparticles don't get past the outermost dead layer of human skin cells. In contrast, Paul Westerhoff (a professor at Arizona State University's School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment) told The New York Times that the products have not been thoroughly studied and are minimally regulated — he concluded: "I'm just saying we need to figure out if we should worry."
We need to figure out if we should worry not only in terms of human health, but also in terms of toxicity to the environment.
About a year ago, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez (Department of Global Change Research, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Esporles, Balearic Island, Spain) and collaborators reported the potential effects of commercial sunscreens released in nearshore waters by beachgoers. The researchers sampled surface nearshore waters of three beaches around Majorca Island and demonstrated that sunscreen products are a significant source of organic and inorganic chemicals that reach the sea with potential ecological consequences on the coastal marine ecosystem, inhibiting the growth of some species of marine phytoplankton or adding essential micronutrients that may stimulate the growth of others.
In a new study published July 28, 2014 (Sunscreens as a Source of Hydrogen Peroxide Production in Coastal Waters), Antonio Tovar-Sánchez and his collaborator David Sánchez-Quiles show that titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles — when exposed to solar radiation — produce significant amounts of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a strong oxidizing agent able to generates high levels of stress on phytoplankton, the microscopic organisms that feed marine animals, from small fish to shrimp to whales..
The researchers went to Majorca Island's Palmira beach on the Mediterranean along with about 10,000 beachgoers, a small portion of the more than 200 million tourists that flock to Mediterranean shores every year. Based on lab tests, seawater sampling and tourism data, they concluded that titanium dioxide nanoparticles contained in sunscreen products are largely responsible for a dramatic summertime spike in hydrogen peroxide levels in coastal waters.
The researchers point out, in a press release, that other than staying indoors, slathering on sunscreen is currently the best way to protect the skin from the sun's harmful rays. However, when sunbathers splash into the ocean to cool off, some of their lotions and creams get rinsed into the water, react with ultraviolet light from the sun and form new compounds (such as hydrogen peroxide) that could be toxic.
Back in 2010, Johannes Jacobs and collaborators argued that the marketing of sunscreens containing titanium dioxide nanoparticles constitutes a morally unacceptable societal experiment — it is a large scale societal experiment due to the introduction of the technology before the hazards of the technology can be fully assessed and it is morally unacceptable as it violates four reasonable moral conditions for societal experimentation. They proposed a set of actions to move towards acceptability:
- Closing the existing information gap.
- Setup of monitoring tools and gathering data from the conducted societal experiment.
- Start continuous evaluation of available quantitative risk and benefits.
- Ongoing engineering design for safety.
- Altering legislation so that it incorporates the experimental nature of introducing novel technologies into society.
Sadly, not much has been done by regulators during the past years as it relates to the proposed set of actions. Although the new study on the release of hydrogen peroxide at levels hazardous for sea life in coastal waters helps to attenuate the information gap, much more research must be carried out in a timely fashion to address the concerns raised by the widespread use of sunscreen products containing titanium dioxide nanoparticles.


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NHL Digest readers voted this one of the ugliest hockey jersey's ever! These early Canuck sweaters feature a shocking colour combo (why yellow and black?) and an odd, fashion forward graphic (a "V"?) which makes this uniform one of the oddest ever seen on the rink, and one of the poorest selling in the fan shops. The only positive thing that I can say is that the designers broke the mold, resisting the urge to go classic. With the fashion world still obsessing over details of the eighties, these may make a comeback!


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One of the things I've learned at the ranch where I volunteer is how to walk and carry myself. Yes…I was taught how to walk again and we spent time walking in circles to practice. You would think I would have had that one down after 40-some years! What I learned was I had still not broken a habit of looking down when I walk. This habit has been around forever and sometimes I chastised myself for it. People with low self esteem look down…people without vision look down…people with poor posture look down…blah…de…blah…blah…blah. These are actually the thoughts that I beat myself up with for having a "bad" habit. I even walked around with a book on my head as a teenager. Stand up straight…look forward. Oh, yes I did!
Now…horses follow the energy toward where you are looking. When you look down while leading a horse, the horse stops because he thinks you want to go, well, to the ground! Looking forward in the direction you want to go is essential for getting a horse to your desired destination. No looking forward, no moving horse! When you have 35 horses to feed and two people to lead them in on line, you learn quickly to break the habit of looking down. It's dinner time for crying out loud!
My habit of looking down returned, however, on a walk along the lake a couple of days ago. It was a gorgeous fall day. I was walking along, looking down, not noticing the beautiful, expansive views around me. However, while looking down, I noticed a small, white feather. I picked it up to save it as a contribution to a friend's feather collection. I asked the universe to send me another feather for her husband. About 5 minutes later I found another feather. This one was large and black.
After examining the feathers, I noticed that the black feather had a small curved white area at its base. Curious, I matched the feathers at the base of both quills and the white feather matched the white pattern on the black feather perfectly! Looking down while I walked had produced such a unique synchronicity.
There are times in life where looking forward is essential. We need to have vision and plans. However, there are also times when we need to be absolutely present to the moment in order to see these types of synchronicity. Many times we are so busy and preoccupied with the future and getting things done that we don't really get to appreciate what is right under our nose. To me, looking down that day symbolized being in the present. I'll never forget that lesson. Life is about finding a balance between looking forward and looking down.
Each of our lives has a larger picture that we cannot see. No amount of planning and controlling or foresight will stave off something that is a part of that picture. It's like a big puzzle. We get little bits and pieces along the way. Some may be light and some may be dark. But when added to another piece minutes, days or even years down the road, bit by bit it becomes a beautiful portrait.
Sometimes, it may feel like you cannot find the next piece to your puzzle. All plans are void and you feel stalled out. It may be that you just need to stop looking forward for the moment. Take a look down. Be present. Be open to the mystery of life. The piece you need might just be right under your nose.
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The first thing that most people will notice about a home's interior is its flooring. Choosing the right type of flooring is a lot easier said than done due to the overwhelming amount of options out there. For most homeowners, choosing to carpet as their flooring of choice is more about functionality than anything else. One of the main things that a homeowner will have to do in order to keep their carpet looking great is to get it cleaned on a regular basis. Below are some of the reasons why using Carpet Cleaning Specialist on a regular basis can be beneficial for a homeowner.
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Drying Gourds
I have grown some very large gourds that I want to make into birdhouses. How do I dry them out and prepare them for painting? If you have any suggestions please let me know.
Harvest these and other ornamental gourds when the shell is hard, glossy and brightly colored. Allow the gourds to dry for several days in a warm dry shaded location. Wash off any dirt and dip the gourds in a dilute solution of bleach water. Hang the cleaned gourds in a warm dry location until they are thoroughly dry. Handle them with care as any bruise or scratches can lead to deterioration.
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The scrutinized Keystone XL contractor says the decision to withdraw from the State Department's Alberta Clipper review was 'strictly a business decision.'
A State Department contractor for the Keystone XL that has been under attack for alleged conflicts of interest has withdrawn from contract negotiations to review a lesser-known but still controversial tar sands pipeline: Enbridge's Alberta Clipper.
The unusual move has led some legal and industry experts to question whether public and political pressure against the company might have played a role in the decision. "There's no doubt it is in the back of our minds," said David McColl, an energy analyst for Morningstar, an investment research company, who focuses on Enbridge. Federal contracts for major projects can be lucrative—potentially worth into the millions, depending on the scope and scale of the work and the agency involved—and are often the bread-and-butter of consulting firms' business.
On March 15, 2013, the State Department announced it had chosen ICF International, a technology and policy consulting group based in Fairfax, Va., to carry out the environmental review of Enbridge's proposed expansion of the Alberta Clipper oil pipeline to transport 880,000 barrels a day from Canada to Wisconsin.
The announcement came days after the department released its draft environmental analysis of the Keystone XL, which was partly prepared by ICF. The report concluded that the pipeline wouldn't have much effect on the environment or climate, and touched off a flurry of controversy and a campaign by environmentalists to expose alleged bias of the contractors. Groups criticized several of the firms—including ICF, but mainly the ERM Group Inc.—over their business ties to Keystone builder TransCanada and to other oil companies that would benefit if the pipeline is built.
In December, 25 House Democrats urged the Obama administration to hold off making a decision on the Keystone until the claims could be investigated. It was around that time that ICF withdrew from the Alberta Clipper project, according to an official at the State Department.
"It could be something where [ICF] just doesn't want the heat," said Nick Schroeck, an expert in transnational environmental law at Wayne State University in Detroit and the executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. "They would rather go do something without the public scrutiny." It could also be that ICF International, Enbridge and the State Department couldn't agree on fees and costs, he said.
Steve Anderson, a spokesman for ICF International, said that pressure from environmentalists didn't play a role in its decision to pull out of the Alberta Clipper review. He said it was "strictly a business decision," and that it is "well known that ICF takes on controversial issues." He would not provide any additional details, including information about how much the contract was worth. Enbridge said it "would not publicly discuss costs" and directed all further questions to the State Department.
ICF receives nearly 60 percent of its total annual revenue—equal to $549.6 million—from U.S. federal government contracts for jobs ranging from evaluating how climate change will affect transportation infrastructure and tracking natural gas industry trends for the EPA to doing research on solider selection and training for the Department of Defense.
It is "not unheard of" for a firm to abandon a government contract, "but rare," Schroeck said.
"I haven't run into that situation before," said Anthony Swift, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council's International Program on tar sands development.
No matter what led ICF International to back out of analyzing the environmental risks of expanding the Alberta Clipper line, the procedural set back has significantly delayed the project.
Depending on the scope and scale, environmental impact statements can take months, if not years, to complete.
When Enbridge filed its application to amend the line's presidential permit in November 2012, analysts predicted the pipeline would be pumping more oil by mid-2014.
"Now it likely won't happen until at least after the mid-term elections," said McColl of Morningstar.
Scrutiny Expected on Enbridge Review
ICF International has been involved with the State Department's review of the Keystone XL since its intitial environmental impact statement in 2011. When President Obama rejected TransCanada's first permit application, it prompted another application and a supplemental environmental review.
ICF was one of a handful or so companies to contribute to the March 2013 supplemental draft analysis for TransCanada's new application and to the final assessment, released on Jan. 31. It undertook the section that compared the carbon footprint of transporting tar sands to conventional oil. ICF concluded in the January report that the 830,000 barrels of oil the Keystone XL could carry each day would contribute as much as 168 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere annually.
It also concluded that even with the increase in emissions, the project would have no significant impact on global warming because expansion of the tar sands would continue unabated regardless of the pipeline's fate. Many environmentalists and industry experts dispute that assumption.
ICF's section is particularly crucial because Obama, who will make the final decision, has said that "the national interest will be served only if this project doesn't significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
The climate change impacts of the Alberta Clipper—alternatively known as Line 67—will also be studied, according to the State Department official.
This means that whichever firm is selected to carry out the review will likely face scrutiny from environmentalists who are bent on demonstrating that tar sands development is bad for earth's climate, and that without cross-border pipelines Alberta's landlocked oil patch would struggle to expand. "By expanding the Clipper, you are enabling increased volume of tar sands to make it to market in a manner that sends a financial signal to the industry to continue expansion," Swift of NRDC said. "It could be disastrous in terms of climate change."
While Keystone XL is their no. 1 priority, environmentalists are keeping a close eye on the Alberta Clipper review, Swift said. In a legal tactic designed to force a redo of the Keystone XL review, several groups filed a petition asking the State Department to study the cumulative climate impacts of the Keystone XL and the Clipper expansion.
The Alberta Clipper has been transporting crude 1,000 miles from Canada's tar sands mines to a terminal in Superior, Wisconsin for three-and-a-half years. Enbridge has applied to nearly double capacity on the line, from approximately 450,000 barrels per day to 880,000 barrels per day, "to meet the rising demand of U.S. and Canada refineries, which require access to additional secure and reliable supplies of crude oil from western Canada." It is seeking an amendment to its already approved presidential permit. An additional environmental review is needed to assess the risks of the proposed expansion, which will include updating and installing new technology at pumping stations.
The State Department has already issued a request for new contractor proposals and is currently reviewing the bids. It "expects to make a new provisional contractor selection soon," the official said.
How Contractors Are Chosen
How government agencies choose third-party contractors to work on projects such as environmental impact statements is a long, drawn-out procedure with "no hard and fast rules," said Stephanie Karisny, a staff attorney for the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center.
For the State Department, generally, the company applying for the presidential permit—or an amendment to its permit, in the case of Enbridge's Alberta Clipper expansion—prepares a written request for third-party contractors to submit bids for a particular project. The State Department will then issue this request through the federal register, send it to an existing list of contractors put together by the permit applicant, or publicize it using "other means," according to Karisny.
The State Department analyzes the contractor bids based on whether the firms have the "technical adequacy" and "managerial capacity" to conduct the project, as well as if there are any conflicts of interests, according to an agency document titled, "Interim Guidance for the Use of Third-Party Contractors in Preparation of Environmental Documents by the Department of State." It is up to the permit applicant, in this case Enbridge, to confirm that there is no conflict of interest.
Based on these three factors, the State Department will choose a contractor—"at which point the deal is usually done," said Karisny. It is then up to the permit applicant, who pays for the work, and chosen contractor to finalize the details.
InsideClimate News reporter Zahra Hirji contributed to this report.


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Park City house, highly visible, deemed not to be historic
Park City's Old Town panel on Wednesday indicated a house on Park Avenue close to Main Street is not historically significant, a step that sometimes portends a demolition even as the owner says such a move is not planned at the location.
The Historic Preservation Board voted 5-2 to recommend the house at 819 Park Ave. be removed from City Hall's historic sites inventory. The inventory is a collection of old buildings and other sites deemed a part of Park City history. Locations listed on the inventory enjoy greater protection from demolitions.
Discussions about removing a location from the inventory sometimes are tense as property owners tangle with Park City's influential preservation community. The talks about 819 Park Ave., though, did not become difficult even as the panel cast a split vote.
The Historic Preservation Board's recommendation will be put before the Park City Council. The elected officials are not bound by the lower panel's recommendation. The City Council is tentatively scheduled to consider the issue on May 3.
The house at 819 Park Ave. is located in a high-profile spot just off Main Street and close to the Town Lift. The red color makes it even more noticeable as drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians pass the location headed to or from Main Street or the surrounding Old Town neighborhood.
A property that is removed from the inventory of historic sites is eligible for demolition, one of the reasons why some other cases are watched more closely than 819 Park Ave. The Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday essentially found that the house had been altered over the decades to the point it should no longer be considered historic. City Hall staffers had recommended the Historic Preservation Board support the removal.
Staffers prepared a detailed rundown of the history of the location as part of a report drafted in anticipation of the meeting on Wednesday.
The building went up in 1941 or 1942, the research shows, describing that the location was remembered as a grocery store. The building became a house later in that decade.
The City Hall report says the couple Patrick and Grace McPolin owned the property between 1948 and 1962. The McPolin family played an important role in Park City's history as the owners of the McPolin Farm and iconic white barn off what is now S.R. 224. The municipal government decades later acquired the McPolin Farm and barn from a different family in a conservation deal.
Staffers detailed a remodel in 1948 of 819 Park Ave. that "significantly altered the form of the original" front of the store. The remodel turned the building into a residence.
"Staff finds that this building form that emerged less than a decade after the building was constructed, borrowed from Post World War II housing styles popularized at the time of the" renovation.
Changes were made by different owners in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the report says.
The report argues the building does not contribute to the historic Park City era stretching from the 1930s until the 1960s. That period was marked by the decline of the silver mining industry and the emergence of the ski industry. The opinion is based on the "drastic material changes that have deteriorated the building's historic integrity," the report says. It also notes the McPolin family did not live at the house as well as the changes to the structure since the family's ownership, negating much of the association with the McPolins.
Douglas Stephens, the chair of the Historic Preservation Board, noted the change of the building from a commercial property to a residential one in his comments. He said the integrity of the historic architecture was lost when the conversion occurred. Stephens was one of the votes in favor of the recommendation for removal.
The 819 Park Ave. owner, Ron Whaley, refused to discuss details after the meeting.
"No plans for no plans," he said, declining to provide further explanation.
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Event Archive - Late show: Sizzle Teen Records presents: Tough Lovers, Diamond Dancer, The Chimpanzebras, Young Pacific
Sat. April 21st 2012 @ Railway Club (No Minors)
$10 at the door only.
Presented by: Sizzle Teen Records
Event CategoriesMusic: Jazz / Blues, Pop / Rock / Indie
Late show: Sizzle Teen Records presents TOUGH LOVERS, DIAMOND DANCER, CHIMPANZEBRAS, & YOUNG PACIFIC
Door prizes! Sizzle Teen T-shirts! Good times!
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Diamond Dancer (indie / emo revival)
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Bringing together the distinct energy of the west coast with upbeat melody, Young Pacific captivates audiences with a distinct brand of indie pop. Their songs explode on stage as they combine with the bands high-energy presence to captivate audiences, and move them on the dance floor. Hailing from Coquitlam B.C. a cloudy suburb of Canada's west ... more info


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Shooting World Cup: Manu Bhaker Wins Team Gold After Securing Olympic Quota
India's teenage shooting prodigy Manu Bhaker along with Saurabh Chaudhary won their third consecutive 10m air pistol mixed team gold at the year's third International Shooting Sport World Cup in Munich on Thursday. The 17-year-old has recently secured India its seventh Olympic quota in shooting. Earlier this week her stellar performance led her to finish fourth in the women's 10m air pistol event of the ISSF World Cup.
The dynamic duo showed outperformed once again and beat the Ukrainian pair, Olena Kostevych and Oleg Omelchuk, 17-9 in the final.
Manu, 17, missed a medal by 0.1 point but ensured a quota for the 2020 Tokyo Games
They had won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold at the World Cups in Delhi and Beijing earlier this year, and topped the qualification table both times.
This is India's fifth gold medal at the ISSF World Cup in Munich and they lead the table with six medals.
The best mixed team in shooting
Bhaker and Chaudhary smashed the qualification world record and clinched the 10m air pistol mixed team gold in the 12th Asian Airgun Championship in Taoyuan, Taipei in March. A month after winning the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup stage gold in the same event in Delhi, the dynamic duo showed stellar performance once again.
In doing so, they broke the record set by the Russian duo Vitalina Batsarashkina and Artem Chernousov at the European Championships.
READ: Why Manu Bhaker Banned Her Parents From Asian Games
Who is Manu Bhaker?
The pistol shooter, who hails from Goria village in Jhajjar, is one of India's top young stars. She won multiple gold medals in her maiden senior World Cup, Commonwealth Games, besides clinching the top prize at the Youth Olympics last October.
Bhaker had become the first Indian shooter to win a gold at the Youth Olympics. The prodigy went on to bag the women's 10m air pistol gold medal at the CWG 2018 too. Prior to that, at her maiden senior World Cup, she stunned the entire fraternity with her pistol shooting skill. She won the women's air pistol gold at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, becoming the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the event.
Manu secured India's second individual gold at the ISSF Junior World Cup. She captured two gold medals — in individual and team events.
Why shooting
Coming from a state which has been home to various sporting talents the country boasts of, Manu too since her school days experimented with various sports forms. From volleyball, the interest shifted to Thang Ta, a popular martial art based in Manipur.
Manu juggled with other sports like Huyen Langlon, another Manipuri martial art, as well as boxing, tennis, and skating till she was 14. She went on to win medals at the National Games in these events. Shooting for her, happened accidentally when one day at her school's shooting range court, she casually took up a gun and shot a straight 7.5.
Family as backbone
Manu's father, Ram Kishan Bhaker, works as a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy whilst her mother Sumedha is an ex-school teacher. In fact, while her home state is notorious for gender inequality, Manu's family runs a Universal school, which is a space where interested students, above class five of either gender, can take up shooting.


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These patriotic dishes will dazzle your guests, and they're super-easy to make. Talk about a win-win! Get your spatulas ready to tackle these red, white, and blue masterpieces.
Two boxes of brownie mix, cream cheese frosting, and some berries make a super cute dessert.
Red, White, and Blue Fruit Skewers
Talk about easy! Take angel food cake, strawberries,and blueberries and put them on skewers. Kids will love them!
Okay, this one borders on the not-so-easy, but they were too cute for me not to share. How fun are these?
Red, White, and Blue Poke Cake
Another version of a flag cake, but I love that the red Jell-o is visible through the entire piece of cake.
Dip in water, blot, roll in Jell-o. It doesn't get much easier. The kids can even help on this one!
You can adapt this recipe (if you want to call it a recipe) to any occasion. Some red or blue sprinkles make it perfect for the 4th!
You had me at no crust.
Keep it healthy and simple by throwing some blueberries in a bowl along with watermelon cut in the shape of stars. Add apples or bananas to add a touch of white. I love pouring about 2/3 cup of orange juice on top of any of my fruit salads. It adds a nice zest and helps keep the nice colors.
I had to put a few recipes in here that weren't desserts, and this one was too adorable to pass up.
Red, White, & Blueberries Salad
Dress up a simple Caprese salad with some blueberries for a summery, fresh side dish.
There are lots of variations of layered puddings and Jell-o, but I love the fruit used in this one.
A crushed pretzel crust makes a salty base for sweet strawberry Jell-o.
Roll ice cream sandwiches in patriotic sprinkles. Easy-peasy, plus you can do it a day or two before the party.
These football snacks can easily be adapted to a yummy 4th of July snack.
You can see ideas for dipped pretzels like these all over Pinterest. I've done these so many times, I've got it down to a science. I use the Aldi pretzel sticks. I've got a Wilton melter, but I find that my Crock-Pot lunch warmer is the best tool to use to make these. You don't have to do multiple colors. Just doing white with colored sprinkles would be pretty.
I love this cute idea from Love from the Oven. No drips = less mess.
Spinach, strawberries, Gorgonzola, and pecans – yum!
Blue Corn, Great Northern Bean & Salsa Mini Pies
This one comes from the Aldi test kitchen which means you can get all ingredients from Aldi.
Another recipe from Aldi's Test kitchen and this one is all made in a blender. Talk about easy.
These stuffed red bell peppers look scrumptious and make a great appetizer.
I hope you all have a wonderful Independence Day and let me know if you try any of the recipes!