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Milwaukee doesn't get series sweep
Luis Valbuena, Nate Schierholtz and Brian Bogusevic homered, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Thursday to stop a five-game losing streak.
Jake Arrieta (3-2) didn't allow a hit until two outs in the fourth when former-Cub Aramis Ramirez singled between second and third. Carlos Gomez hit a solo homer in the seventh.
Arrieta allowed three hits, struck out five, walked one and drove in a run.
Valbuena stopped an 0-for-14 slide with his 12th homer, a solo shot off Kyle Lohse (10-10) in the first. Schierholtz hit a two-run homer in third that landed in the Cubs bullpen in center for a 3-0 lead, and Bogusevic added a pinch- homer off Donovan Hand leading off the ninth.
Lohse gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings. He has allowed 26 homers, tying Washington's Dan Haren for the NL lead.
NOTES: Cubs C Wellington Castro Brewers SS left after the seventh inning with right knee soreness. ... Milwaukee SS Jean Segura did not play, a day after straining his right hamstring. ... Injured Brewers 1B Corey Hart, eligible for free agency after the World Series, wants to remain with the Brewers. He is making $10 million this year, the final season of a $26.5 million, three-year deal. "I wouldn't sit there and ask for anything that is outlandish," he said. "I would take a discount to stay here because I think I owe it to them to stay here and be a cheaper player." He had surgery on his right knee in late January and missed spring training. "I've told them I would be very generous to stay here. Nobody wants to play for free, but I've basically sat there and watched all season. That's kind of what we're hoping for, but at the same time, you don't know what's going to happen." ... Schierholtz' 21 home runs are 12 more than his previous high of nine with San Francisco in 2011.


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The high toxicity of castor beans was recognized during the last century when the extract was found to agglutinate a suspension of erythrocytes of different animal species. Since then, lectins were studied and extracted from plants, including fungus and lichens, as well as in animals.
Lectins are glycoproteins of 60,000-100,000 MW that are known for their ability to agglutinate (clump) erythrocytes in vitro. There are over 400,000 estimated binding sites for kidney bean agglutinin on the surface of each erythrocytes. Lectins are found in most types of beans, including soybeans. Reduced growth, diarrhea, and interference with nutrient absorption are caused by this class of toxicants. Different lectins have different levels of toxicity, though not all lectins are toxic, though no all are toxins. The bright scarlet seeds of precatory bean Abrus precatorius contain the highly toxic glycoprotein, abrin. Less toxic lectins can be fatal if ingested in high amounts. Some of such lectins is concanavalin A from Concanavalia ensiformis (jack bean). Others may exhibit no hemagglutinating activity as in the case of ricin from castor bean and yet it is one of the most toxic substances.
The terms phytohemagglutinins, phytagglutinins, and lectins are used interchangeably. Lectins-containing plants have been found in many botanical groups including mono- and dicotyledons, molds and lichens, but most frequently they have been detected in Leguminoseae and Euphorbiaceae. They may exist in various tissues of the same plant and have different cellular localizations and molecular properties.
Lectins interaction with certain carbohydrate is very specific. This interaction is as specific as the enzyme-substrate, or antigen-antibody interactions. Lectins may bind with free sugar or with sugar residues of polysaccharides, glycoproteins, or glycolipids which can be free or bound (as in cell membranes). The term lectin refers to the specificity of the reaction (legere = to choose).
One of the major interest in this class of glycoproteins is the therapeutic use against HIV-1. Jacalin, a plant lectin, is found to completely block human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in vitro infection of lymphoid cells. This activity of the jacalin is attributed to its ability to specifically induce the proliferation of CD4+ T lymphocytes in human.
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The ability to agglutinate human erythrocytes or representatives of human indigenous microflora was detected in 29 of 88 food items. Many foods contained substantial amounts of agglutinating activity, and lectins extracts could be diluted several folds and still produce agglutination. Great variation was observed in agglutination activity in the same food item purchased from different stores or from the same store on different days. Sometimes a food that possessed substantial activity on one day was found to have little or even no activity on other day.
Great article Miriam,
To answer your questions:
1. No. Which does not make it possible for me to answer #2 and #3
4. Not yet.
5. To be honest, I never really thought about the Question and Answer feature from Google, but reading your article I realized the importance of it! It think it really can be beneficial to local businesses to make sure to answer their questions as good as possible. So I think it might be a winner.
Good luck in giving it a try, Abel, and thanks for taking the time to reply!
Agreed, great article.
I've never had to post a question as normally there is an existing thread with multiple answers/solutions to my issue.
May have answered one or two.
I think it's a useful resource!
Great article, as usual! I'm shocked that there are zero answers from owners for all the listings you checked. That almost seems like something is broken -- like maybe owners have left some answers, but Google isn't displaying those for some reason (or they weren't displaying them when you were auditing). Or maybe it's just really zero, but that's super strange.
One thing I wanted to mention -- although there isn't a dashboard in GMB for QA, if you click on Settings, you can hit the email notification checkbox for QA. That should alert owners of any new questions asked about their biz (so they don't need to worry about consistently checking their listing).
Big thumbs up on your tip, Bob. Wow! I haven't seen anyone else figure this out. Amazing. Going to share your tip on Twitter.
And yes, I was pretty surprised by that big column of zeros.
Hey Miriam,
I have adopted this as a part of my ORM strategy for some clients we service. We noticed one really interesting thing...our owner's responses were being filtered almost immediately. Additionally, when we checked the answers, different ones would appear while searching from different locations.
Have you (or anyone else) noticed this?
We feel it could be Google discouraging owner's from answering, and instead showing preference to organic answers, which as you pointed out, seems to be counter-intuitive if LGs and RUs are supplying low-quality answers.
An interesting article, but one that actually reinforces what many of the feminists have been arguing – that male sexuality is often dangerous and destructive, and needs to be subject to very tight social control.
It's interesting to contrast this article with the one about "rape culture". It could be argued that sexual morality and its legal enforcement is fundamentally concerned with minimising or containing an underlying rape culture, and that it doesn't actually do a very good job of it.
Further progress may only be possible in a transhumanist future, where human sexuality – particularly male sexuality – is modified or even deleted at a species level, via biotechnological intervention of some kind.
Like castration, or, maybe, lobotomy. With modern lab methods, you need only 1 male for 1000 females, so,there is ample selection choice in wanted male DNA (not too dominant of course, that would be counterproductive).
No, I'm talking about future techniques that modify the fundamental human genetic recipe.
If there comes a day when humanity can leave sexuality behind, we will then need to ask: does the value (if any) of human sexuality outweigh the many problems it causes?
One obvious point would be that many people find sexual behaviour pleasurable, but that's a simple matter of cause and effect: we find it pleasurable only because we're genetically programmed to find it pleasurable.
I find it easy to imagine a non-sexual human species that enjoys far more pleasure, affection and companionship in less primitive and problematic ways.
If I may believe Johan, in Sweden this exists already, thanks to a strict a-sexual education from the toddler age onwards in children kindergarten (because mum is working and emancipated, so, no time for the baby after the 3 month afterbirth allowance), and all this in the present, non transhumanist society. This is Europe.
Sorry, I hear it's more than a full yr for mum, plus an extra 3 months for dad, what a luxury.
The transhumanist angle is very interesting. As society trends towards a state where our minds define our identities more than our bodies, this is plausible. However, one of the considerations that is often ignored is that part of existence involves tasks whereby we subjugate our own identity for the good of the other or the community. Child-rearing is one of the greatest constraints on personal autonomy, and not something I could see a non-sexual transhumanist society willfully undertaking. It gets complex, of course. But sexuality and reproduction are biologically interlinked, and we simply don't know whether engineering the removal of one will consequentially remove the other.
That sounds Schopenhauer, the pessimist and gynofoob, but savant of human behaviour and drives. He saw sexuality and romantic love as a trick needed for human reproduction, without which men and women would never become so stupid to marry and be locked in matrimony for life.
"As society trends towards a state where our minds define our identities more than our bodies…"
Gnostic belief systems that reject physicality in favor of "spirituality" and that denigrate the body and sexuality have come to the fore in several times and places, including late-Roman Alexandria, 10th century Bulgaria and 11th-century Provence, and have been present in some form in the West since the inception of Christianity.
Are you aware that you're expressing, in a 21st century idiom, Saint Augustine's lament about sexual reproduction, from The City of God? Of course Augustine would be horrified by your proposal to perfect nature through technological means rather than by means of grace.
"The fact that both chimps and bonobos have such large testicles means we can tentatively infer that our Last Common Ancestor before our lineage split from theirs likely had large testicles as well. "
Since chimps and bonobos separated only some million years ago, we really cannot tell anything about the common ancestor of them and humans from their similarity. The conclusion may be true but the evidence does not support it.
Funny that you mention it Gypsy, I just recently came to know about this gnostic thing. It is not very christian of course, it all started in the Middle East with the prophets Mani and Zarathustra, but, yes, has uptil now its influence on western christians and seculars alike. Maybe that even the Metoo related prohibition of the female in bikini is a late emanation of this Eastern movement.
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The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
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Director: Ben Stiller
Running time: 114 mins Released: 26th December 2013
Website: waltermitty.com
About The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
Have you ever wanted to escape from your workplace and have a larger-than-life adventure? Or tell the person you admire from afar exactly how you feel? Ben Stiller directs and stars in this fantasy drama about having the courage to follow your dreams. He plays Walter Mitty, an employee at Life magazine. A conscientious, precise worker, Walter has never lost a file in his sixteen years of employment in the photographic negative assets department. And yet, with the magazine's final issue coming up he cannnot find the negative that photojournalist Sean O'Connell (Sean Penn) claims is very important in summing up the essence of Life. Using the other negatives as clues he embarks on a worldwide quest and learns that life is for living.


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text: The computer world is at war: the tyrannical Master Control Program has returned to power and seeks the absolute domination of the Free Systems. Now Jet Bradley, accused murderer and fugitive from reality, finds himself leading the rebellion against this oppressive regime. But as the battle rages, Jet's tenacious grip on sanity weakens.


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Drivers deal with Valley fog
Dense fog advisory issued for Bay Area
KEYES, Calif. (KCRA) —
The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory for the Bay Area on Monday morning and warned of fog through the Valley.
Foggy conditions were reported from the coast inland to West Sacramento early Monday.
Around Stockton, drivers reported patchy fog along Interstate 5 and Highway 99.
South of Modesto, the California Highway Patrol reported dense fog during the overnight hours.
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SageCircle has received credible intelligence that Current Analysis has initiated a job action resulting in analyst lay offs. We will continue to provide updates as we learn new information.
Of course, layoffs impact real people with families and obligations. Often AR people are genuinely friendly with the analysts they work with and this sort of news can be a shock. Unfortunately for AR professionals, analyst firm layoffs also raise important issues that need to be addressed ASAP no matter how much sympathy they feel for the analysts caught in the layoffs.
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Plextor, well known in the optical storage market, has released its latest model burner, the 740A, featuring 8X +R DL writing speed along with -R DL media support. Apart from this, Plextor also chose to change its chipset from Sanyo's to Philips', a chipset we saw used only in BenQ and of course, Philips drives. The new Plextor drive has other improvements as well, as we will see later on in this review.
Apart from the 8X+R DL and 4X-R DL support, the drive also offers 8X DVD+RW and 6X DVD-RW media burning speed. It can also write +R and -R media at the max speed of 16X.
- Drive Features
The Plextor 740A also supports the following unique features:
- Specifications
CD-R : 48x: 7.200KB/s (CAV), 40x: 6.000KB/s (CAV), 32x: 4.800KB/s (PCAV), 24x: 3.600KB/s (PCAV), 16x: 2.400 (ZCAV), 12x: 1.800 (ZCAV)
CD-R/RW (Write)
Track at Once, Disc at Once, Packet Write (variable and fixed), Session at Once
Tray Loading Eject : 35.000 times
The following information is from Plextools 2.23 (which is included in the retail package) for the 740A drive.
DVD InfoPro provides its own detailed information about the Plextor 740A.
- Retail Package
The Retail package includes:
the PX 740A DVD recorder, an E-IDE (ATAPI) cable, mounting screws, a comprehensive Quick Installation Guide.
Finally there's the software bundle, consisting of full and trial versions, including :
PlexTools Professional (ver.2.23), PlexTools Professional XL, Cyberlink Solutions as it is labeled, which is a collection of software for your DVD authoring and viewing needs, Nero OEM, Pinnacle Studio 1.3.18 Trial version, Sonic solutions recording software and DVD Viewer software.
-The Drive
The front bezel is the typical white with the DVD+RW and the DVD+R and -R DL logos on the bottom left hand side.
On the rear panel you can see the analogue and digital outputs (SPDIF), the
IDE connector and the power input.
Once more, as we did in all our reviews, we opened the drive to take a closer look under the "hood". We don't recommend you do this with your drive as it will void the warranty. Clicking on the image below will open a larger, more detailed view of the drives inner parts.
Here is a picture of the drive's main chipset from Philips.
- Installation
The drive was installed under WindowsXP and was recognized
as "PLEXTOR DVR PX-740A". The 740A came with 1.00 firmware revision and we flashed it to the latest firmware, v1.01 as can be seen in the Nero properties screenshot below.
Changes to the latest 1.01 firmware upgrade.
In this review, we will be comparing the Plextor 740A drive with three other drives of similar characteristics and technology. These are the LiteOn 1693S, the BenQ 1640 and the NEC 3530A, all being latest releases.


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TWO WEEKS BEFORE DUE DATE The fact of Miki's pregnancy took a while to sink in. Before she showed, the reality of what was happening (and what was going to happen) didn't really hit me. When her stomach began to round out, I was so busy readying the baby's room and reading parenting books that there was no time to worry about exactly how the baby would arrive. Now that's all I can think about.
ONE WEEK BEFORE DUE DATE I've read that first babies are usually late, but I can't shake the feeling that it could happen at any time. My main concern at this point is for Miki and the baby to be healthy. I banish worst-case scenarios from my mind.
DUE DATE PLUS TWO DAYS Miki's due date came and went. The doctor wants to see her again in four days. If nothing has happened by then, inducing labor will become a possibility. I've never even thought about that before. I realize it might complicate our plans for a natural childbirth.
DUE DATE PLUS THREE DAYS It's the beginning of a summer weekend, but this one has an ominous feel. Miki calls the doctor to report some spotting. He tells her to keep an eye on it, be aware of the baby's movement, and call back if anything changes. And by the time we go to bed around 11 P.M., it's just another night.
DUE DATE PLUS FOUR DAYS When I awake at 6 A.M., Miki is already up. Actually, she never went to sleep. She started having contractions shortly after I dozed off. As night turned to morning, they became stronger and more frequent. At 8 A.M. Miki finally calls the doctor. After reading about false labor, she is determined not to suffer the embarrassment of going to the hospital too early only to be sent home. But when she describes her contractions (and trepidations), the doctor tells her it's much more embarrassing to give birth in the toilet -- which apparently some women have done -- than to come in with false labor. Get to the hospital now, he says.
9 A.M. We just lived out that scene where the couple drives to the hospital in their 4x4, the determined-looking pregnant woman heads inside, and the nervous husband grapples with extra pillows and his wife's long-ago-packed suitcase. Now we're in the labor and delivery area, and Miki has changed into a hospital gown and is resting in bed. While I fill out forms, a nurse tests Miki's blood and hooks her up to a wall of monitors.
Throughout nine months of ob/gyn visits, we met three of the four doctors in our practice, so we expected to see a familiar face at the hospital. We didn't. Dr. L. was that fourth doctor, and he just came on duty. He's going to be with us for the duration. He checks Miki's cervix, and sure enough, she's 2 to 3 centimeters dilated and in early labor. Much to Miki's relief, they won't be sending her home anytime soon.
NOON We've been here three hours, and by now the contractions are a lot stronger and much more frequent. Miki decides to take a shower to ease her pain. Our nurse, Kelly, arranges a chair in the middle of the shower and gives us a few towels. The warm water works: While Miki's contractions still hurt, the shower is a great help.
2:20 P.M. We left the shower thinking all was well, but Miki's next contraction was painful. Seeing her this way is hard to take, and I begin to feel helpless. Encouraging words and a backrub do little to ease her discomfort.
3 P.M. Back to the shower: It excels where words and backrubs fail. Miki sits back in the chair while I hold the showerhead over her stomach. Kelly comes in to check the baby's heart rate -- it's fine, but my heart is racing.
When we came to the hospital, I expected it would all be over by now. Miki would be resting quietly with our new son or daughter, and I would simply look on with pride. Now I try not to look at my watch. I'm not thinking about when all this will be over: Instead I'm taking it one contraction at a time. I keep telling Miki that each contraction brings us a step closer to our baby, and that the toughest ones are the most productive ones. Easy for me to say.
6:15 P.M. We left the shower two hours ago, and things have been calm for the last 20 minutes. In between those times, however, it got a little scary. Miki's contractions were becoming unbearable, so we decided to get an epidural. First Miki was hooked up to an IV, and we had to wait while a bag drained into her arm. The anesthesiologist arrived when the bag was nearly empty. To my surprise I was asked to leave the room while the tube was inserted into Miki's back. The anesthesiologist said that I might faint when I saw the needle go in, and the possibility of cracking my head open when I fell to the floor made me an insurance liability. So at the hardest part for Miki so far, when her pain was at its peak, I left and waited in the hall. When I was finally invited back into the room, Miki was more calm than she'd been in hours. Just seeing her resting comfortably changes my entire outlook. Now that the epidural is in place, I expect that the worst is behind us.
7 P.M. Apparently the epidural was the calm before the storm, because another crisis just ended. As I was settling in for a much-needed rest, one of the monitors connected to Miki began beeping loudly. Three people came rushing into the room, including Dr. L. for some reason, the baby's heart rate had dropped to 45 beats per minute, and everyone went to work bringing it back up. Dr. L. began massaging the baby's head through Miki's abdomen while someone else gave her a shot of Brethine, a drug that slows contractions. The whirling flow of people and medical terms made things seem very, very scary.
Almost as quickly as the baby's heart rate dropped, it returned to normal. And even though the doctor was explaining everything he was doing, and I was the only one in the room who seemed really worried, I began to wonder why we were doing this in the first place. However wonderful our baby is, it can't be worth putting Miki in danger like this. For the first time, I think one child will be plenty.
8:40 P.M. Dr. L. had been coming in and out all day, but now he's visiting more frequently. He has just attached an internal monitor to gauge the intensity of the contractions. After a few minutes, it's clear they aren't quite strong enough. Although Miki is 9 cm dilated, it's still not time to push. To help move things along, our new nurse, Gail, adds Pitocin, a labor inducer, to Miki's IV. Dr. L. says that every half hour they'll add a bit more Pitocin, and by midnight it should be time to push. He encourages Miki to sleep now.
The hospital seems deserted. Miki is the only one still in labor. In fact, several women have come in and delivered since we arrived this morning. The lack of activity in the hallways and the general sense of quiet has helped us relax. Now we're just resting and waiting.
10 P.M. The Pitocin made a difference, but it's not the one we expected. Although the contractions got stronger and came faster, the baby's heart rate dropped again, to 75 beats per minute. This time, as Dr. L. massaged the baby's head, he also inserted a tube that injected a solution of warm water into the womb. The idea was to float the umbilical cord, since it might have gotten pinched and caused the distress. Meanwhile, Gail strapped an oxygen mask on Miki's face and helped her roll onto her right side. Almost immediately the baby's heart rate increased.
Now that Miki and I are alone again, a feeling of despair washes over me. This was supposed to be a natural, life-affirming event. But Miki is lying in a hospital bed with wires and tubes everywhere. She looks like she's fighting for her life. The scene makes me feel nauseous. I definitely don't want to have another child.
12 A.M. Out of the blue, the epidural wore off. Miki started shaking uncontrollably, obviously in incredible pain. After a few minutes the anesthesiologist arrived, but it took another 15 minutes for the new dose to take effect.
This is the last thing we expected. No one ever mentioned that the epidural could wear off. Now that Miki is comfortable again, Gail checks to see if there's been any further dilation. Miki is still 9 cm. It looks like this baby's not going anywhere.
1:15 A.M. Gail and Dr. L. do another examination. Miki's cervix has swollen. The doctor tells us it's "time to throw in the towel." He'll have to do a c-section.
After 16-plus hours at the hospital, you'd think this news would be devastating, but it isn't: It's actually a relief. To me it means the end is near. As I change into hospital scrubs, Gail and a few other nurses get Miki ready for the roll down the hall. A few minutes later I'm walking beside her. Maybe it's because I'm dressed in these doctor's clothes, but I feel confident. We suddenly realize we're about to find out whether it's a boy or a girl. It's the first time either of us has thought about that since we entered the hospital.
1:45 A.M. I have to wait outside as the final preparations are made, but after about 10 minutes I'm in the operating room with Miki and a team of doctors and nurses. I sit on a stool next to Miki's head, with the anesthesiologist right next to me. There's a curtain at Miki's neck that hides the rest of her body. Miki says she doesn't feel a thing as they make the incision. While the doctors operate on her we talk about how amazing this whole process is.
1:56 A.M. A few minutes later we hear a tiny, muffled cry. Dr. L. asks me if I want to see our baby. I expect to see him holding the child in his arms, but as I emerge from our side of the curtain, I see one of the doctors still pulling the baby out. I don't have the stomach for scenes like this on TV, but here I can't look away. At first, all that's visible is the head, but then the whole body comes out. Dr. L. says, "You have a daughter." Then someone asks her name. As I say "Dayna," I'm filled with a sense of bliss.
Before any of this happened, people told me how life-changing it was to have a child. Only now do I understand. Dayna has only been here for a few minutes, but she's already the most precious thing to us in the world.
2:30 A.M. I'm in the nursery with Dayna while Miki rests in recovery, and I feel happier than I can ever remember. The events of the last day and a half are a distant memory; in fact, I'm already thinking about having another child.
Writer Vince Beatty lives in Monmouth Beach, NJ.


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Singing choral music in Stockton should feel comfortable and accessible to anyone.
Singing choral music in Stockton should feel comfortable and accessible to anyone.
That concept gave voice to the Stockton Singers.
"People join who just love to sing," said Ricardo Campero, conductor of a new ensemble that performs Friday and Saturday. "They like the friendship-ness of the group. Being with someone else who loves to share the experience."
Campero's been doing that most of his life - in school, church and as a professional.
So, he was a natural for Magen Solomon. Now in her third year as the Stockton Chorale's meticulous and exacting artistic director, her mantra has been "everybody sing."
"Ricardo had the right personality," Solomon said of Campero, 56, chancel choir director at Stockton's Central United Methodist Church. "He's wonderful with amateurs. Very easygoing."
His laid-back approach and Solomon's more-intense style blend during the Stockton Chorale's holiday concerts in Stockton and Lodi.
Campero's 24-member Stockton Singers join voices with Solomon's Chorale (70) and Master Chorale (22) and the Joan Calonico-directed Youth Chorale (40). Tuba Express, a Stockton-based quartet, adds instrumental oomph.
The 90-minute program varies from traditional ("The Boar's Head Carol") and spiritual selections to seasonal standards ("Silent Night," "Joy to the World," "Angels We Have Heard on High," "Jingle Bells," "A Charlie Brown Christmas") and excerpts from George Frideric Handel's "Messiah."
"Magen and the board felt the need for folks who didn't have time to commit totally to the chorale," said Campero, who's taught music in Ceres Unified School District for 26 years. "People who might have been out of practice or hadn't sung for a while. It's kind of the same thing as a church experience."
Campero said he "just jumped right in" when asked to provide some direction.
"They're always recruiting men, you know," Campero said with a laugh. "I'd been pretty active in choir singing. I've been appreciated for being there."
Born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, he arrived in Stockton in 1965. The Edison High School and University of the Pacific graduate has directed school bands and choirs in Ceres and Patterson. A tenor, he also sings opera and oratorio professionally.
"In September, my wife would say 'see you in June,' " he said. "That's about right."
Julie Campero, a soprano, sings in the Master Chorale while Campero has sung with the Stockton and Master chorales for three years. Son David, 25, sings in the Central United choir and works with music and electronics in Manteca. Daughter Melinda, 27, sings in San Francisco musical productions.
Unlike the chorale, auditions aren't a requirement with the Stockton Singers, ranging in age from their 30s to 80s. Some are ex-chorale members with other commitments.
"Generally, it's wanting to make singing as available to as many people as possible," Solomon said. "In a non-audition group you can get your feet wet if you feel, 'Oh, I really can't read music.' You can audition later if you want to make that commitment."
"It's that sense you get that you can appreciate and accomplish something difficult," Campero said. "Some of them say, 'We would never tackle anything this difficult and do it this well.' "
They're referring to traditional arrangements of English songs - "Longfellow's Carol" (by Alan Percival) and "Mary's Lullabye" and "Star Carol" (arranged by John Rutter).
"They elaborate a little more," Campero said. "They're a little longer than the normal carols you hear in the mall."
Solomon transcends the mall, too, with the Tuba Express. For two years, Oakland's Velocity Handbell Ensemble added some chime to the chorale at holiday time.
"It'll be nice to have a different instrumental ensemble," said Solomon, 56, who's now teaching at Santa Clara University in addition to directing the San Francisco Choral Artists. "It's logistically more difficult, but it'll be fun."
Lyrics for the concert's contemporary tunes are provided for those who feel at ease just singing along.
Contact reporter Tony Sauro at (209) 546-8267 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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You can tell an awful lot about a state by the things its residents buy when nobody is looking.
Case in point: the paranoid folks in Oregon, who will know when anybody is watching them because they buy more surveillance and security equipment than any other state.
This is just one of the 51 curious retail revelations from eBay, which mined their data to find which products are most often bought in which states, adjusting for population. And while Oregon is tops on eBay for spy gear, people seem a lot more chill in Arizona, who leads the nation in flower purchases. New York, though, would seem to be squarely on Team #NoChill with all of its firearms and related supplies.
Things seem to be a bit more wholesome out in Idaho, where residents delightfully make the most toy purchases per capita in the country. We suppose this one in particular is quite popular there.
eBay took all its findings (from New Jersey's men's fragrances to Delaware's robotic vacuums) and built this map, showing off our collective weird purchasing habits. Looking at you, New Hampshire.
Here's the whole thing. Take a look or click for a larger version:
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Bay-Front Hotel Steps from Atlantic Ocean
Candy shops, art galleries, restaurants, gift stores, an amusement park, and even a 1912 carousel are all packed onto the boardwalk in Maryland's Ocean City, situated right along a 2.5-mile stretch of Atlantic Ocean beachfront. This compact area is popular during the summer, but it has a refreshingly peaceful atmosphere the rest of the year. The Coconut Malorie Resort sits just a few miles north of this signature coastline, and it's also near the Isle of Wight Bay.
At the top of the five-story hotel, you can get sensational views of the Atlantic Ocean, which lies just two blocks east. Beyond the resort's lobby—which features marble floors, a waterfall, and a chandelier—are the guest rooms, which come furnished with new bedspreads, curtains, and artwork. Each studio suite also has expansive bay-front views.
A footbridge connects the resort to Fager's Island's entertainment complex, where DJs, live bands, and octogenarian dance troupes perform on the weekends. You can also enjoy surf 'n' turf at Fager's fine-dining restaurant.
Ocean City, Maryland: Family-Friendly Boardwalk next to the Atlantic
Located on Maryland's eastern shore, Ocean City was named one of "10 great places to have some fun on a boardwalk" by USA Today. Here, you can stop by candy shops that craft creamy fudge and molasses taffy. Nearby, local fisheries bring in fresh scallops, lobster, and crab. Kids can ride the ferris wheel and play the antique clown-head water-balloon race game at Trimper's Amusement Park, which has brightened the coastline for more than 100 years.
Escape the crowds at Assateague Island National Seashore, a 37-mile stretch of salt marshes that runs from Ocean City down to Virginia. It's a scenic spot for bird watching and hiking amid seaside forests.


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Erasmus: will you vote?
The project consists of a research study divided into two surveys open to young people, including Erasmus and non-Erasmus (former) university students across Europe.
The first part of the survey is now closed; you can now participate in the second survey that was launched after the 2014 European Parliament elections. All of those who will complete both surveys will get the chance to win a trip to Brussels for the closing conference on the EVA project, which will be held at the European Parliament in autumn 2014.
The EVA is launched by the European Students Forum (AEGEE-Europe), with the support of its partners, the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) and Generation Europe Foundation (GEF).
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Heavy rain could bring flooding in areas of NH
June 10. 2013 6:36PM
Most of New Hampshire will be under a flood watch today, with rain falling as heavily as a inch an hour in some southern New Hampshire locations and other areas of the state receiving nearly 3 inches of rain, the National Weather Service said.
Only Coos County is not part of the flood watch.
The Weather Service said heavy rainwas expected to fall late Monday in southern New Hampshire, including the cities of Manchester, Nashua and Keene.
Urban areas are susceptible to the flooding, the Weather Service said, and people should take steps to protect any items that could be damaged by floodwaters. People who live in flood prone areas should have a safe place to go if needed.
Motorists should plan on alternative routes because road closures are possible, the Weather Service said.
"Due to recent heavy rainfall, the ground is already saturated, so any additional rainfall will quickly run off into streams and rivers," the Weather Service said.
"Streams and rivers will rise quickly (Monday) night through Tuesday night with the potential for flooding," the Weather Service said.
Rainfall of an inch an hour is possible in southern New Hampshire, especially if accompanied by thunderstorms, the Weather Service said. The rainfall average will be 1 to 2.5 inches through Tuesday evening.
In central and coastal New Hampshire, the flood watch starts later — at 2 a.m. Tuesday and lasts until Wednesday evening. Localized rainfall could reach up to 3 inches.


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Junior Throws for 390 Yards, Three Touchdowns
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Potential started turning into reality for the Yale offense on Saturday, and the end result was the Bulldogs' highest point total in more than a year. Junior quarterback Brook Hart threw for 390 yards (the sixth-highest total in Yale history), including three touchdowns, to lead Yale to a decisive 38-7 victory over Dartmouth at the Yale Bowl, Class of 1954 Field. The biggest play of the day was a 73-yard touchdown to wide receiver Chris Smith, one of several freshmen who made their presence known on Saturday.
"It feels good to win, but it really feels good when the guys earn it," said Tom Williams, Yale's Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football. "That's something that we've talked about -- the last couple weeks we haven't earned victories because we've done things that have caused us to not win. To go out and play a fairly complete game was something I think our team needed for our confidence, but also to show what we're capable of doing when we play the way we're capable of playing."
This was Hart's first start since last season, as he had been battling with sophomore quarterback Patrick Witt for the job since the preseason. Hart had just 19 pass attempts in the first three games of this season; he had doubled that total by the second quarter Saturday and finished 28-for-40.
As much as what Hart did Saturday was impressive, his teammates also noted the way he handled the three previous games -- when he wasn't the starter.
"That's just a testament to Brook and who he is," said senior H-back John Sheffield, who caught a team-high eight passes for 105 yards. "That's the mentality that we've had as a team. You put the team first. Team above individual. He's done that. He's battled. Even when Witt was the starter, and maybe he only had a few reps in practice, he still made the most of those. Last week, he came in and whatever chance he had he made the most of it. That's what you saw today."
It took some time for the offense to get underway on a windy but sunny day. After a first quarter dominated by punts, the Bulldogs finished off the first scoring drive of the day early in the second quarter. Sheffield had three catches on the drive, including a hard-fought 11-yarder for a first down on third-and-nine at the Dartmouth 46.
"It wasn't much more than a six-yard pass, and we had much further to go," Hart said. "I just saw him bounce off one guy, bounce off two guys. At that point we just know 'If he gets a first down we've got to keep it rolling. He's doing everything he can for us, we've got to do everything we can to get some points out of that drive'."
Three plays later Sheffield had a 22-yarder that got the ball to the one, and from there senior tailback Jordan Farrell ran it in for a 7-0 lead at 11:59.
The game's first turnover was a spectacular one, as sophomore cornerback Drew Baldwin leaped up to wrestle the ball away from a Dartmouth receiver at the Yale 12 on an attempted 36-yard bomb from Conner Kempe. Kempe was in for starter Alex Jenny, who was hurt on the previous drive.
Four plays after Baldwin's pick the Yale offense delivered a big play of its own, as play action freed up Smith in one-on-one coverage deep down the middle. Hart hit him in stride, and Smith shook off the lone defender and dashed into the end zone for a 73-yard touchdown at 4:23 of the second. That tied for the 12th-longest completion in Yale history.
The play took some time to develop, but as was the case most of the day Hart had all the time he needed thanks to the Yale offensive line. After a sack on Yale's first play of the game Hart was virtually untouched the rest of the way.
"It felt great," Hart said. "The line wasn't letting anybody in the backfield. That's awesome. It gives me time to get the ball to our playmakers, who are going to make the plays after the catch."
Yale special teams kept the momentum going, as the ensuing kickoff was an onside kick by senior placekicker/punter Tom Mante that junior wide receiver Peter Balsam recovered. Eight plays later Hart led junior receiver Jordan Forney over the middle just as he reached the goal line, and while being tackled Forney stuck the ball over to complete the 24-yard touchdown just 44 seconds before halftime.
The Big Green took advantage of a Yale penalty that negated an 82-yard interception return for a touchdown by junior cornerback Adam Money midway through the third. Two plays later, Kempe hit a wide-open John Gallagher for a 17-yard touchdown that made the score 21-7.
That was the only blemish for a Yale defense that was otherwise back to looking like the group that led the nation in scoring defense for the past two seasons. The Bulldogs had allowed an uncharacteristic 31 points in last week's loss to Lafayette.
"What impressed me most was the way we responded to last week," said senior linebacker Paul Rice, Yale's captain, who had five tackles. "That really motivated us the entire week. We came out and we responded."
While Hart was having his big day, the Bulldogs also got a big day from the player at the position that Rice called "the quarterback of the defense." That was sophomore Geoff Dunham, who led the team with six tackles out of the free safety spot. Dunham was in just his fourth game as starter.
"In our defense, it's not an easy position to learn," Rice said. "Geoff has done everything we've expected him to. It's really impressive to see how far he's come just from spring to [preseason] camp to right now. We all expect a lot out of Geoff and Geoff expects a lot out of himself."
For his part, Dunham spread the praise around to his teammates.
"It helps when you play with the group of guys that we have on defense," Dunham said. "They're awesome. They've taught me through different situations. Even though I'm usually one of the first ones back [on each play] I feel like I have a safety net behind me because they play so well."
Yale had another touchdown wiped away by a penalty on the next drive, as Farrell's 17-yard dash was negated by a holding call. The Elis scored anyway four plays later on a four-yard toss from Hart (who completed all five passes he threw on the drive, for 76 yards) to Forney at 5:20 of the third.
The next big contribution came from Mante, who dashed 17 yards for a first down on a fake punt and then finished the drive with a 34-yard field goal for a 31-7 lead with 14:11 left in the game.
The Bulldogs extended the lead with a drive that showcased elusive sophomore tailback Alex Thomas. Thomas had 27 yards rushing and six receiving in the span of five plays. He finished the drive, which also included a 20-yard completion from Hart to freshman receiver Allen Harris, with a five-yard touchdown run. It was Thomas' first career touchdown.
The youngsters on offense certainly made big contributions, as Harris finished with five catches for 76 yards and classmate tailback Mordecai Cargill had a team-high 14 carries for 52 yards. Smith added 138 all-purpose yards, including 82 receiving, 51 on returns and five rushing.
"They were amazing," Sheffield said of Yale's freshmen. "They're freshmen but they're not playing like it ... In the past we haven't had a lot of freshmen playing, but these guys have come in, they know the offense, they know where they're supposed to be, they know where they're supposed to go and they're executing."
Yale had not scored this many points in a game since a 47-7 win over Georgetown in the 2008 season opener. As the orchestrator of the offensive outburst Hart summed up his teammates' belief that Saturday was just the validation of what the Bulldogs have been seeing all along in practice.
"I felt like we had a great game plan," Hart said. "I knew our defense would rebound, and we've got great playmakers on offense ... It was kind of like a sleeping giant just waiting to come out. Hopefully we keep it rolling."
With Harvard's win over Cornell, Yale (2-2, 1-1 Ivy League) is right back in control of its own destiny in the Ivy League title race. Dartmouth (0-4, 0-2 Ivy League) has now lost 16 straight games.
Yale visits Lehigh next Saturday for a 12:30 kickoff.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (email@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity
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I like the fact that AJ does not push parts. There are other appliance repair forums/blogs that I visit, but don't post at all in because it seems all they want to do is sell parts.I also don't post in a couple of them because they charge a stupid fee to post, WTF! Just some of my thoughts about ApplianceJunk.com
Yea, but when someone says the fees are stupid, I can't let that go unanswered, that's basically calling me stupid!!!
A topic that says "What I like about ApplianceJunk.com" shouldn't degrade other sites, right?
After awhile the forum was loaded with ads for all kinds of garbage.
AJ, don't get a swelled head, but you run a first class operation.


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The same day we checked out Highfield House we opted to check out the Historical Walk that was in town too. We'd stumbled upon it the evening before while out for a little jaunt down by the wharf. The idea is that you start at location one & follow the signs around town.
The catch is you kinda need a smartphone or tablet in order to get the most out of this tour. While the plaques at each location have a little quip on them, if you scan the QR code you'll hear a more in-depth speech about the location you're standing at. You'll also get a map to help you find your way around, because there's large spans between some, & smaller gaps between others.
If you enjoy geocaching & history it's likely to be as much of a win for your family as it was for ours! The information provided stated the walk would be a leisurely 60 minute, but somehow it managed to take us 3 hours! We're still chuckling about that because we find that the time offered up on signs around here is rather generous, indeed, & to find we'd taken that much extra time really blew us away.
Perhaps our extra time came, in part, due to the stop-off the guys made at the local chocolate shop where they each bought themselves some sugar laden treat & indulged in it while we debated if the object hanging in the shop across the street was an owl or a bear. It was an owl, if you're curious.
We also spend a large portion of time in the burial grounds, which are open to the public. It was one of the few places that was open to the public. Many of the historical homes are now privately owned or required you to search our a persons in order to obtain keys to gain entry. We didn't take the time to do that, but rather admired what we could from the outside, looking for the various locations that one was suppose to be able to see from where we stood.
One location told us that Matthew Flinders referred to the nut as a Christmas Pudding, & as we stood there gazing up the only words uttered were, "How much brandy was in his pudding?" In fairness it was likely much more dense with brush & trees than it is now, but considering he didn't have an ariel view of it we're still mystified by this comment.
The walk is suppose to loop you back around to your starting point, which it does, but we felt it was a little flawed as we had to walk back past a few key points & our caravan in order to locate our car & starting point. We stopped along the path back at some picnic tables & indulged in the bananas & water we'd packed "just incase", & would you know the same tourists we'd help chased down their map at Highfield house spotted us & came over to say hello again.
By the time we finally got back to our caravan, uploaded photos before we lost more, recharged devices so we could snap more photos & people refueled themselves everyone was a little listless & we decided to hit the beach. The guys had all gone down the day before, but I'd had to sit in the cabin & ice my knees after our hike on The Nut. After walking around the water front someone decided his feet were about to fall off & laid down for the night, we agreed & headed back to our caravan for the night.


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At Amherst franchise Meat House, 'we're doing extremely well'By DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 26. 2014 9:02PM
AMHERST — Allan Bald, owner of the Meat House franchise on Route 101A, wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He's still open for business and doing quite well, thank you.
Since he opened in September 2012, business has been brisk. "We're doing extremely well," he said. "I exceeded the numbers forecasted for my first year."
As the only franchisee in New Hampshire, Bald is concerned that consumers may be confused about the status of his store, since the rest of the Meat House's free-standing locations in Maine and New Hampshire are corporately owned, and closed, at least for the time being.
"Service is a big part of our success, and quality is a big part of our success," he said "We've combined that with a lot of community involvement."
Despite the confusion associated with problems at the corporate level, Bald said his location has seen a spike in sales since other locations in New Hampshire shut down.
"I was surprised that my sales actually got stronger," he said. "As the worst news came out, I had my best week."
Other franchise owners contacted by the Union Leader report that they are continuing in business, and unable to comment on anything happening at the corporate level.
Like Bald, they are watching the situation closely, with much at stake.
The Amherst franchise owner said the business model for the stores is working well, as consumers cut back on dining out, but invest in a gourmet meal to make at home instead. "The corporate stores did very well in the beginning. They did extremely well," he said.
As for the apparent demise? "I can't comment on that because I don't have their information, and I don't live in their world," he said. "They have yet to meet with us. We haven't heard anything. They went dark. They didn't tell us they were closing their doors."
Each franchise has to acquire and maintain its own inventory, does local marketing and handles all of its own real estate, so the chaos at corporate is not having a dramatic effect, said Bald, beyond cross-store gift card redemption and the potential impact on the brand, especially from the allegation of purchasing meat from nearby grocery stores.
"I find that appalling because that's not what the company represents," he said.
A difficult position
Kevin B. Murphy, an attorney and franchise expert at the Franchise Foundation in San Francisco, said franchisees like Bald can find themselves in a difficult position when turmoil arises at the corporate level.
Franchise agreements, he said, are generous in options to the franchisor, but not so kind to the franchisee. If a franchisee goes bankrupt, the contract with the franchisor is usually nullified, but not so the other way around.
"The franchisees will continue to be bound by the terms and conditions of the franchise contracts they signed," he said, "even if there is a bankruptcy or reorganization."
The franchise contracts may be the best asset Meat House corporate owners have to offer during investor or bankruptcy negotiations, he said.
He predicted those contracts will be purchased by someone, either through a market transaction or as part of a bankruptcy process because "they are basically long-term annuities."
"Someone is likely to swoop in, and those contracts would be sold by a trustee to the highest bidder," he said.
Potential investors or new owners may be waiting for a bankruptcy to proceed and erase much of the company's debt, rather than acquire the company through a market transaction and inherit all that liability.
Murphy said the notion that the franchisees can be prospering while the franchisor is struggling is not common in the franchise industry.
"Typically, the corporate-owned locations tend to operate more profitably than franchisees because for one thing they don't have the expense of royalties and marketing fees," he said. "In theory, the franchisor knows best how to run the operation and should be able to run it better than the franchisees."
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City won the game 1-0, but manager Roberto Mancini was not kind with his post-match appraisal; revealing he "did not like" the right-back's display and insisted he "needs to work a lot".
And the 24-year-old himself hinted that fatigue may have caught up with him towards the end of the game, but says he still enjoyed being involved once after a long injury layoff.
|Micah Richards is 12/1 with William Hill to score at anytime v Tottenham
The reigning champions were somewhat fortunate to secure all three points, owing thanks to a late Carlos Tevez winner, and Richards admitted their opponents probably deserved something from the tie.
"We didn't play the best football," he continued. "I think you've got to give credit to Wigan. They were probably the best team on the night - they passed the ball better.
"There were a few tired legs from Wembley, it's a big pitch and we looked a bit sluggish at times but we got the three points and that's all that matters."
Former City midfielder Nigel De Jong - who has been out with an Achilles injury since December - was at the Etihad Stadium to watch his ex-team-mates on Wednesday night.
The Dutchman joined Italian giants AC Milan in the summer and, while he lamented the loss of many experienced players, he is looking forward to his future with the club.
"[It's] very good," he said. "We've got a good squad at the minute, a really young squad. We're doing okay, it's going well and we need to build for the future.
"We just have to be patient, we lost a lot of players at the beginning of the season. We still have quality players now and I've been reunited with Mario [Balotelli], that's always fun."
And when asked if he is looking after the former City striker, the 28-year-old answered: "That's hard to do you know."
"I'm a dad myself so I have two kids to look after. No, he's okay. I've got to give credit to him, he's doing very well as a person and a player. I'm very happy he's with us at the moment."


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|For Immediate Release
September 24, 2009
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|Height And Width Restrictions On NH 202A In Rochester
To Allow For Widening Spaulding Turnpike Bridge Over 202A
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation announces that NH Route 202A (Walnut Street) where the Spaulding Turnpike (NH 16) crosses over 202A in Rochester is scheduled to have a 12-foot height restriction and a 12-foot width restriction in place on Thursday, October 1, 2009 for up to eight weeks.
These restrictions are necessary in order to complete the widening of the bridge carrying the Spaulding Turnpike over Route 202A. Vehicles over the restricted limits will be detoured around the area via US 202 (Washington Street).
This work is part of the widening and reconstruction of the Spaulding Turnpike at Exit 13 as well as the replacement of the bridges over NH Routes 202 and 202A.
Alvin J. Coleman & Son, Inc of Conway, New Hampshire is the general contractor for the $22.8 million project, which has a final completion date of October 2011.


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Hooksett chief tells of high morale
HOOKSETT - Since Hooksett's new police chief took over in January, the number of motor vehicle stops has nearly tripled from the previous year, with a big surge in drunken-driving arrests.
Chief Peter Bartlett told town councilors Wednesday night that the changes he has made to the department have paid off.
"I would ask them 'What's different now, what do you see?' and I was told: they like to come to work," he said of members of his department.
"Everybody that I talk to seems happy ... I think they see good things happening in the future."
In the first two months of 2012, the department conducted 794 motor vehicle stops. To date from Jan. 1, the department has conducted 2,129. DWI stops and arrests are also up.
The chief's report was part of a presentation the Hooksett Police Commission made to the Town Council Wednesday night, providing an update on the rebuilding of the department and making a case for its continued existence. A petition warrant item on the town ballot proposes abolishing the three-member commission.
"We as the police commission provide oversight, protect the taxpayer and the town and insulate the police department from the politics of local government," said Commissioner Kenneth Scherer. "I know Hooksett's not immune from that, like any other town."
Critics of the commission have argued that it has "micro-managed" the department and lacked transparency and efficiency, especially during the long search for a new police chief. The town council issued a vote of no-confidence in the commission last September, citing similar concerns.
Commissioner Clark Karolian laid out the challenges the current commission has faced, detailed in a 2011 audit. These included an inconsistent and arbitrary disciplinary system, a set of standard operating procedures with "no rhyme or reason," equipment stockpiling, low moral and a high turnover rate.
Chairman Joanne McHugh noted that legal costs have been cut significantly, with general legal questions now being directed to the Local Government Center.
Scherer spoke to the commission's accomplishments over the last year, including a more streamlined command structure, technology upgrades in record-keeping, an "all time high" moral and a host of internal promotions and outside hires.
"Hooksett today is a place to come and work," he said. "People want to be here, and they want to stay here."
The commission's use of non-public sessions, which has been described by critics as excessive, was also addressed.
"We have a lot of non-publics for a reason," said Karolian. "It's not for lack of transparency, it's for personnel issues we have to deal with all the time."
Chief Bartlett told councilors that when he started with the department, he "saw that there was a lack of communication, some distrust, some disconnect. I wanted to make (addressing that) a priority, because we are doing a very important job here for the community, and we have to be on the same page with communication, trusting each other, and being able to work together."
Patrol and detective hours were overlapped, creating more sharing of information, he said. The department has expanded its community outreach programming, hosting a business fraud seminar and a women's self-defense course. News releases are now issued regularly by the department, the chief said.
Bartlett said the higher number of motor vehicle stops is proof the changes are helping.
"It says to me that the men and women at this agency are working, and they're happy about it," he said.
Councilors praise the presentation. Councilor Michael Downer asked whether the commission would consider making such an update a regular occurrence. Scherer indicated that the commissioners would, noting that they've "never been adverse to that."


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Once upon a time—about a decade ago—it was a fresh marketing idea to bring brands and celebrities together for press-generating, free-stuff bonanzas known as "gifting suites." But flash forward to the 2011 award season, and the novelty of that concept has flown—swag alone doesn't draw the desired star wattage and media attention anymore. Now hosts are using suites as fully immersive environments to educate their guests, and are transforming ordinary hotel function spaces into on-brand, pop-up environments appropriate for award season and celebrity glitter, making a visit feel experiential and comfortable rather than just conspicuously grabby.
"When gift lounges first came to be, most were empty spaces with each sponsor receiving the same size table to display their product on their tabletop," said Matthew Simon, co-founder of the 11-year-old suite producer On 3 Productions. "Today, sponsors want celebrities to experience their brands by creating interactive branded environments."
Cara Kleinhaut of Caravents, which has produced and designed In Style's beauty lounge for the Golden Globes at the Four Seasons for four years, agrees. "Brands are looking to really touch the influencers and make ambassadors out of them, by giving them experiences with their products, as opposed to handing them an overstuffed bag they may not even look in," she said.
To create ambassadors, brands are increasingly using suite environments as opportunities to meaningfully educate guests and let them experience products in relevant ways. "While we always had hair and makeup with L'Oréal in a beauty area, there were also gifting moments in multiple rooms," Kleinhaut said of that suite's past incarnations. "Now we concentrate more on an expanded beauty build-out, with multiple stations, longer appointments, and consultations—not just touch up and go. And while there is a large bar of products from L'Oréal to choose from, we have consultants on hand to make suggestions and explain how it is used."
That focus on building and deepening brand awareness among suite visitors was apparent at Access Hollywood's fifth annual "Stuff You Must …" lounge for the Globes at the Sofitel. At the lounge, produced by On 3, Netflix taught guests how to use their streaming services (before giving them a lifetime movie subscription), taking the time to explain its messaging and connect with guests. At a salon set up for CVS, beauty treatments kept guests comfortable and encouraged them to linger.
Guests who linger result in R.O.I. that lingers too, and continues to build long after the event. "From Jorg Gray having guests try on and select their watches to Vintage Revolution ensuring guests leave with the right-fitting jeans, we are constantly spotting stars out and about wearing our sponsors' products or using their services, as they're more customized to their likes," said On 3's Simon.
To expose visitors to products in on-brand ways that also encourage them to stay those precious moments longer, suite organizers are increasing their focus on creating fully built-out spaces—not just plopping their events atop undressed hotel function spaces. After all, what's good for, say, Netflix—its colors, its brand identity—isn't right for L'Oréal.
In Access Hollywood's lounge, Jes Gordon Proper Fun designed the salon-style space for CVS, with pink and orange callas, decorative rocks scattered among the products, and logos displayed in mirrored frames. The clean look included white furniture and silver flooring, and it infused the room with bright, vibrant colors for a feminine yet cozy feel.
For the In Style lounge, Caravents' luxury look mixed a palette of platinum, white, and blush with silk dupioni, suede, and chrome textures with crystal details, and R. Jack Balthazar provided the flowers and decor. And upstairs in the same hotel, the Visionary Group built out a hotel suite to feel like a luxe salon experience for L'Oréal as part of HBO's larger Luxury Lounge, replacing everything in the existing space, including carpet, wallpaper, and chandeliers. Guests stopped by the sleek space for hair and nail services.
Gavin Keilly of GBK, which organizes suites around multiple award ceremonies, also emphasizes the importance of attention-getting branding. "It is incredibly important to not only think outside the box, but to think of creative ways for a brand to get additional exposure. For Tic Tac at the Emmys this year, we created a press wall out of over 70,000 Tic Tacs," he said. And for GBK's Globes suite, logos on a press wall took the form of framed art upon white shelving for a clean, less busy look. "We always try to create an environment, and not just a stale gifting room with products."
Another brand getting on board with the salon-style suite for this year's award season is Elle, which organizes the sponsor lounges related to Film Independent's Spirit Awards on the same weekend as the Oscars. In addition to its lounge integrations for sponsors Acura and BGBG next month, the magazine will take over a salon for sponsor Aveeno. Media folks will be invited to the Exhale spa at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, temporarily renamed as the "Aveeno Salon and Spa." On another day that weekend, the spa will target consumers for a similar experience after a garden beautification volunteerism project. Elle will also incorporate Aveeno in a blogger lounge on site at the awards.
"Elle as a brand hasn't ever really done standard, run-of-the mill gifting suites because it never felt like it was something our clients wanted," said Elle's New York-based director of special events and partnerships, Caitlin Weiskopf. "They look to us to keep their brand objective in mind and get talent excited, which is why the Spirit Awards [have been] attractive to us. It's a cool way to elevate our clients and get their product into the right hands without making it feel like we're forcing it down throats in a way that feels tacky or unnecessary. [To that end, Aveeno] wanted to do something to make the products come to life. We're building it out and making it really brand-specific. It's ethereal, comfortable."
It seems, in the bright light of award season, "ethereal" is a concept that resonates as a way to draw guests—and keep them—at the new brand of gift suites. "The environment itself is beautiful, ethereal, totally immersive, giving guests an afternoon of luxury [and service]," said Kleinhaut of In Style's Globes suite. "In the end, guests want to be transported. Brands know we associate a sense of luxury lifestyle and an idealized self-image in these environments, so we carefully craft the environment down to each flower petal, to make sure guests feel exactly as we hope the brand wants them to feel, while sipping, eating, wearing, or being serviced with their products. It makes ambassadors out of each guest as they Tweet and Facebook how fabulous it all is."


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quote:Originally posted by ThrasherI dunno, hate me for it all you want, but i like Crosby. Not saying hes a great captain, im not a member of the Penguins Organization. Obviously the team views him as their leader, or he would not be their captain. While i do agree sometimes it seems like Crosby is a whiner(and maybe he is). Remember that this kid grew up hearing how great he was going to be, the next Gretz, and the savior of hockey. And nothing against the great one, but the only person that actually hit him (with the body) never played another game in the NHL. I think its hardly fair to compare the two. Crosby takes more crap than anyone else in the history of hockey. (My opinion, not a fact.) Hes still young, and maybe he will learn a better way then complaining, diving, or whatever the reasons everyone seems to hate him for. i remember in the world juniors, if someone said they hated Crosby, they would be hung beside the house of commons. As soon as he gets into the NHL, starts taking abuse from guys 10 years older and 50 pounds heavier, everyone hates him for it? Crosby is still a kid, and whether of not he is captain is the choice of the penguins. They chose him, the team stands behind him. I wonder if when Tavares complains about something, half of his fans are going to switch sides and call him a p**** too. Yes the "fight" may have been dirty, but like Beans said, any other captain does it, no scrutiny. And if anyone else noticed, Mclean chucked his gloves off too....If he didn't want to fight, i dont understand why he would have done that.
quote:Originally posted by Reeder17Crosby should not be the captain. Simply put.Too young.Whines constantly.Does not know how to lead.Only leads by example, important but not all that is needed in a captain.Gonchar maybe?Takes cheap shots.Dives.Can't grow facial hair that does not look like pubes.(Not a real one but funny).Skill lead Pitts to the cup finals, not leadership.Cocky.Gives bad off-ice example.Crosby is not the Jesus Lord & Savior of the NHL, get over yourself McGuire.
quote:Originally posted by Guest4631thorntonisTHEMAN i seem to remember one joe thornton using his stick as a weapon on opposing players who were coming at him, he was even suspended for it. in the interview after the suspension he said he would continue to do whatever is needed to stop players from taking runs at him, this was dirty and cheap as well but it was needed and it got his point across. and he gets his room now................. did you get as fired up and critical of thornton then ? as you are with crosby right now?
quote:Originally posted by ThorntonisTHEMANquote:Originally posted by Guest2185end of the day ... who freakin cares who is pittsburgs Captain ... I think you really need to rethink your life prioritiess if this is the most pressing issue in your life right now Haha wow! well, this is a hockey and we debate hockey on here. Do I really care who is Pittsburg's captain? No! But I love debating hockey and getting into heated discussions about it as I'm sure most people on this forum do. Does that mean its our life priorities? No. But it's a heck of a lot of fun!
quote:Originally posted by Guest2185end of the day ... who freakin cares who is pittsburgs Captain ... I think you really need to rethink your life prioritiess if this is the most pressing issue in your life right now
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Diane Setterfield is a British author. Her bestselling novel, The Thirteenth Tale (2006) was published in 38 countries worldwide and has sold more than three million copies. It was number one in the New York Times hardback fiction list for three weeks and is enjoyed as much for being 'a love letter to reading' as for its mystery and style. Her second novel is Bellman & Black (2013).
Born in Englefield, Berkshire in 1964, Setterfield spent most of her childhood in the nearby village of Theale. After schooldays at Theale Green, Setterfield studied French Literature at the University of Bristol. Her PhD was on autobiographical structures in André Gide's early fiction. She taught English at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie and the Ecole nationale supérieure de Chimie, both in Mulhouse, France, and later lectured in French at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. She left academia in the late 1990s to pursue writing.
The Thirteenth Tale was acquired by Heyday Films and adapted for television by the award-winning playwright and scriptwriter, Christopher Hampton. Starring Vanessa Redgrave and Olivia Colman, it was filmed in 2013 in North Yorkshire for BBC2.
Setterfield's 2013 novel, Bellman & Black which layers themes of time, memory and loss is published in the autumn of 2013 in UK, USA, Canada, Norway and Spain. Other countries are to follow in 2014.
Setterfield lives in Oxford, in the UK. When not writing she reads widely, and when not actually reading she is usually talking or thinking about reading.
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Americans' bad diets are leading many people to have their gallbladders removed because of gallstones. The stones, which can vary in size, are not usually problematic if they are asymptomatic. People with symptoms such as extreme abdominal pain may be at risk for gallbladder gangrene and other complications, said Dr. Andrew Rosenstein, chief of gastroenterology at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. Removing the gallbladder is often a remedy for these patients, Rosenstein said.
What are gallstones?
Gallstones are hard pebble-like deposits that form inside the gallbladder. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes, from the size of a grain of sand to as large as a golf ball. Gallstones are caused when chemicals in the gallbladder, which include cholesterol, calcium bilirubinate and calcium carbonate are out of balance. For example, there may be too much cholesterol in the gallbladder which could cause gallstones to form when the levels of calcium bilirubinate and calcium carbonate are unchanged.
There are two types of gallstones. One type is cholesterol stones which form if there is too much cholesterol in the bile. This is the most common type of gallstone. Pigment gallstones are less common. They form when there is too much bilirubin in the gallbladder. Bilirubin is a yellowish pigment produced when the body breaks down red blood cells that is found in bile, a fluid made by the liver. This type of gallstone is more common in patients who have liver disease or blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia.
How do you diagnose gallstones?
The diagnosis of uncomplicated gallstone disease should be suspected in patients who have classic gallbladder-related pain called biliary colic. This pain occurs in the right upper quadrant, often radiates to the back, and usually occurs 30 minutes to an hour after eating. The pain may be dull, severe or associated with bloating. Evaluation for gallstones usually begins with a transabdominal ultrasound, a very sensitive test for gallstones. However, if there are ongoing symptoms and a negative ultrasound, some patients will need an endoscopic ultrasound, which involves sedation and may be more sensitive for finding smaller stones.
How do you treat gallstones?
Treating gallstones depends on the patient's symptoms as well as results of the imaging tests. Patients who have gallstones and no symptoms are simply followed because there is less than 1 percent risk of the patient becoming symptomatic. Patients with significant symptoms are treated with pain control and surgical removal of the gallbladder. This is usually done laparoscopically, a minimally invasive procedure which often does not require an overnight stay in the hospital. A less common treatment for gallstones disease is ursodeoxycholic acid (Urso). Cholesterol stones may rarely be dissolved with Urso. Treatment with Urso can take up to 12 months and is not nearly as effective as surgery. This is usually reserved for patients at high surgical risk.
What is the danger of getting gallstones that are not treated?
Patients who have typical gallbladder-related symptoms and gallstones should have their gallbladders removed. Symptomatic gallbladder disease puts patients at risk for future attacks of biliary colic and also possible complications of gallstone disease such as gallbladder gangrene or less commonly perforation of the gallbladder. Acute pancreatitis can occur when the bile duct is blocked by a gallstone. Pancreatitis can be a severe and perhaps deadly complication of gallstone disease.
What happens if gallstones end up in the bile ducts within the liver?
Sometimes a gallstone will leave the gallbladder and end up in the bile duct. When this happens, a gallstone can cause an obstruction of the bile duct resulting in a severe liver infection called cholangitis or pancreatitis. Stones found within the bile duct of the liver can be removed through a specialized technique done under general anesthesia called ERCP, or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. This technique uses small tools several millimeters wide and can prevent a patient from undergoing major surgery to remove the stones.


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Joey Barton is confident his Marseille side can contain David Beckham should the veteran midfielder make his Paris Saint-Germain debut on Sunday.
Beckham completed a short-term move to the current Ligue 1 leaders in January but has yet to feature from the club after being short of match fitness.
However, with PSG losing 3-2 at the weekend, Beckham is speculated to make his bow against title rivals Marseille, but Barton - on loan from QPR - believes his current team can keep the ex-England man quiet.
"As big a star as Beckham is off the pitch, he's one of the one's that realistically doesn't put the fear of God into you any more, like he used to, when he played in the Premier League," he told reporters.
"No disrespect to him, but if he does manage to play for Paris, he'll not be the main concern for us as a defensive unit. Paris have got some wonderfully gifted players and it would be naive of us to focus that on David Beckham.
"If you asked an Englishman, I'm probably the exact opposite of everything that David Beckham is. But that doesn't worry me.
"Actually, I see it as a massive compliment. Beckham's his own man and I'm my own man. What the media make of it is what the media make of it. It doesn't define you as a person.
"It'd be great if they wrote a load of positive stuff about you, the way the do about 'Brand Beckham', but that's not my way. I don't envy his position or the amount of media intrusion he has in his life on a daily basis.
"For me, I'm quite happy with the hand I've got at the minute and fair play to David if he and his family enjoy that."
Looking ahead to the game, Barton said he was looking forward to featuring in his first Classique, but does not expect to beat intimidated by the atmosphere in the ground.
"I've experienced Manchester City-Manchester United, Sunderland-Newcastle and QPR-Chelsea. The electric atmosphere doesn't worry me, it's even the norm for me. I am experienced, I know the score. There's nothing me for me in a derby.
"It's a derby game for all, not geographically speaking, but in football terms it's the biggest game in France. It's probably the biggest game in Europe next weekend so, yeah, I think this football club's looking forward to it and I'm certainly looking forward to my first Classique.
"The season has already given a lot of surprises and twists. And we're not the types to give up. Nor are [second-placed] Lyon. We remain motivated and concentrated even if we haven't been very strong in recent matches. This week could change our season."
The two sides meet again in the Coupe de France quarter-finals on February 27, and Barton is aware that a positive result both games will go some way to defining Marseille's achievements this season.
He added: "If we win on Sunday and go through on Wednesday, everything changes.
"The pressure will be on Paris. Even without superstars like at PSG, we are solid and when we play like a team, we play well."


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It is estimated that in the United States, up to 24 million people of all ages and genders suffer from one of the three most common types of eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder). The term "eating disorder" refers to a variety of psychiatric illnesses common in our society today. Each disorder involves unrealistic, distorted thinking about appearance, body weight, and food. Obsessive behaviors in eating and exercise result which can significantly affect health by causing nutritional deficiencies and impaired body function. In fact, eating disorders are known to have the highest death rate of any mental illness. Having any type of eating disorder is serious and requires treatment.
Low self-esteem appears to be the most common trait seen in people suffering from all eating disorders. In addition, the following key characteristics for the individual types are observed:
In this article, you will find information on:
Anorexia and bulimia nervosa are most common in females and usually starts between the ages of 12 and 25. However, people of all ages may develop these disorders. For every 1 male with anorexia or bulimia nervosa there are 9 females. However, binge eating disorder is as common among males as females. Eating disorders occur among all ethnic groups and income levels.
Anorexia Nervosa: weight loss and refusal to maintain normal body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, a negative body image, menstrual changes or the absence of menstruation, fatigue and depression. There are 2 types of anorexia nervosa: restricting subtype where individuals significantly reduce their intake, fast, or skip meals; and binge eating/purging subtype, where individuals regularly binge eat or purge (e.g., self-induced vomiting).
Bulimia Nervosa: recurrent episodes of binge eating (eating much more food than what most people would eat during a similar period of time and feeling a lack of control), recurrent purging in order to prevent weight gain (e.g., self-induced vomiting, using laxatives or other medications, fasting or excessive exercise), unhealthy attitude toward body shape and weight, dehydration, fatigue, depression.
Binge eating disorder: recurrent episodes of binge eating (eating much more food than what most people would eat during a similar period of time and feeling a lack of control) that are not followed by purging, eating beyond the point of feeling very full, eating more rapidly than normal, feelings of shame or guilt.
A number of factors predispose some people toward eating disorders. Eating disorders run in families and may have a genetic component. Gender is a risk factor. Teenage girls and young women are more likely than teenage boys and young men to develop eating disorders (possibly as the result of how our society defines beauty and the importance places on body image). However, with increasing pressure in society for males to also meet a specific body image, the number of male's suffering from eating disorders appears to be rising.
Other common risk factors include individuals of any age, gender, race or ethnicity who have:
Treatments vary but generally include a multidisciplinary approach that includes psychotherapy, family counseling, nutrition counseling by a registered dietitian nutritionist (RD/RDN), medications and medical care. Depending on the severity of the eating disorder, individuals may need intensive outpatient treatments or require hospitalization.
Individuals who participate in highly competitive athletic activities (usually with body image and weight requirements) are at greater risk of developing an eating disorder. At particular risk of anorexia nervosa are females in sports such as gymnastics, figure skating, track, swimming, and dance
Males who participate in wrestling, bodybuilding, running, swimming, cycling, and even football are also at higher risk for an eating disorder.
The earlier an eating disorder is identified and treated, the better the long-term outcome. Unfortunately, individuals with eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa, deny that they have a problem so seeking medical advice may come only at the insistence of a family member or friend.
If you or someone you care about loses a great deal of weight, feels worse-not better-about their body after losing weight or alternates between binge eating and strict dieting, see your doctor to find out whether you or your loved one has an eating disorder. Purging by vomiting is never part of a normal diet and can have serious health consequences.
Parents shouldn't feel shy about sharing their concerns with their child even though many children will initially deny that there is a problem. Involve your pediatrician in monitoring your child's weight, assessing their health status and referring you to nutritional and mental health resources. Parents should also institute family meal times, close supervision after meals and set strict limits around unhealthy dieting behavior.
Unfortunately, concerns about body image are the norm among girls and women in our society. Only about a quarter of females feel satisfied with their weight and appearance. Body image disturbance occurs on a continuum with only those on the extreme end developing eating disorders. However, even those who do not have eating disorders may have their sense of self diminished by negative thoughts about their weight and shape.
Many children will complain occasionally about some aspect of their appearance or weight. However, preoccupation with such thoughts, extreme dieting or avoidance of regular activities due to body image concerns may require further intervention.
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Greazzo, Levasseur in heated exchange over solicitor's reportBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 17. 2013 10:25PM
MANCHESTER — There were heated words between Aldermen Phil Greazzo and Joe Kelly Levasseur that prompted Mayor Ted Gatsas to call for an immediate recess at Tuesday's Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Tuesday.
Greazzo was reacting to a report from the city solicitor's office that determined that there was not sufficient grounds for an investigation into Levasseur's inquiries about the Manchester Dog Park Association, which Greazzo founded.
"Obviously, I disagree with the report," Greazzo said. "The fact that you would take Alderman Levasseur at his word is something that is hard for me to accept. He has been documented telling lie after lie."
Levasseur responded, "Excuse me, excuse me."
But Mayor Ted Gatsas called on him to wait his turn to speak.
When his turn came, Levasseur said, "What in the world do you think my motivation would be to come before this board to say there was a lapse (in insurance)? I believed it was my duty," he said. "What you just said publicly, as a member of the bar association and an attorney, calling someone a liar in public is not only a disgrace, but the lowest level of engagement I've ever seen on this board."
There were also tense words between Greazzo and Peter Chiesa, the city attorney who handled the review.
He insisted that the MDPA itself had impeded his office's ability to determine whether Levasseur lied and divulged confidential information when he said at a previous aldermen's meeting that the MDPA's insurance had lapsed. The insurance is a key component of the agreement under which the MPDA is allowed to use city land for the dog park.
"Were not making a determination whether there was a lapse or not. The material provided by the MDPA are not sufficient for me to conclude whether there was a lapse or not," Chiesa said. "Aspen (the MDPA's insurance agent) wouldn't talk to us, and the dog park won't let Aspen talk to us."
Following Levasseur's statement, he accused Greazzo of looking at him in an amused way.
Gatsas gavelled the meeting into recess.
When the aldermen reconvened, Alderman-At-Large Dan O'Neil said he felt there was a need for "closure" on the matter.
Greazzo insisted he wasn't one to make "wild accusations," and he quickly asked Police Chief David Mara to come to the speaker's table. Levasseur has long had an adversarial relationship with the police department.
"I would like the board to know what the standing order is when you're alone in the room with Alderman Levasseur," he asked Mara, who never had a chance to answer the question.
Levasseur said, "This has turned into a circus."
O'Neil then interjected to make a motion that the solicitor's report be received and filed.
The aldermen voted to do so and moved on to other items on the agenda.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Teddy Bridgewater threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Eli Rogers with 1:35 left, and No. 16 Louisville remained perfect by edging South Florida 27-25 Saturday for the Cardinals' best start since 2006.
Louisville (7-0, 2-0 Big East) rallied after yielding 15 straight points to South Florida and a season-high 197 yards rushing.
B.J. Daniels threw three TD passes in the second half, the last one putting South Florida ahead 25-21 with 3:09 left. The Bulls had one last chance for the win, but Adrian Bushell intercepted Daniels' last-gasp throw as time ran out, well short of the end zone.
South Florida (2-5, 0-3) has dropped five straight games. It has just one win in its last 12 conference games dating to last season.
Louisville finished with four sacks and a big goal-line stand late in the third quarter.


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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Merci Lost in Cheeseland
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I love your interview with Lindsey of Cheeseland! :-)
Can't wait to see a proper Paris portrait of yourself.
Your polka-dot red ballerinas are great, I have said so before. I am getting a little worried, though, that my youngest will see them and want them! She's a ballerina kind of girl.
Framboise and chocolate are a divine combination, a match made in heaven! I recently had a framboise sour cream gelato, that was also very good.
Are you enjoying the summer evenings in Paris? Here, everybody and their brother are out and about when dusk falls, into late evening.Replies
Love the late nights full of light hereDelete
10PM and you still don't need to turn on the lights!
The weather has changed and is brilliant.
very happy as long as it doesn't go New York heat on me.
Thanks cg
Your dotty ballerines are divine - I hope they're surviving the rain? How lucky to be getting your portrait done! - like Merisi I can't wait to see it.ReplyDelete
Hi there! I've been following your blog for quite some time now and I used it as inspiration for me when I decided to take the plunge and move to Paris. Thank you for all the inspiration :) I love your sweet stories, observations and tips! I really enjoyed your interview with Lindsey. Thank you for a great blog :) Best, CarinReplyDelete
Love the dotted red shoes and thoroughly enjoyed the Lost in Cheeseland interview. Carol, I'm a wee bit excited to be invited to the consulat's Bastille Day reception today. I'm not planning to take photos but will be capturing some good memories.ReplyDeleteReplies
I would be excited to attent just about anything related to the consulat too!Delete
Those are little sequins not dots.
Love your ballerinas:)I must do things backwards as now I am going to see the interview:)ReplyDelete
Carol, I loved the interview, and left a comment (encountering a little trouble with the French comment technicals....)ReplyDelete
I do love the strawberry necklace!
Thanks Frances..Delete
My one strawberry (not chocolate-dipped) feels very summery indeed
merci carolg
re: The Red ShoesReplyDelete
I'm happy to know this. My wife recently bought a pair of shiny red flats, and our trip to Paris is a mere three weeks away.Replies
Thanks for stopping by CK Dexter!Delete
How else would I have found yr terrific cinema blog
merci carolg
I loved the interview & your watercolors that went with it. Red is such an exciting color, as is your life! The giant cone with the café behind it is adorable...I recently watched the film The Red Shoes, the one from which you see a clip in Le Divorce...ReplyDelete
Thanks for participating, Carol!! Great to have you in the series.ReplyDelete