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Pierre Herme et Moi
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Your French ' Word of the Day ' is so fitting for your post today ! Just loved every bit of it. The white flower looks like a Hydrangea / Hortonsia head to me..ReplyDelete
'notamment'/in particularReplyDelete
A lovely setting isn't it, PH HQ.
Fantastic experience for you, combination of passions! Love the book AND it's great to see more of your art. Afraid I couldn't qualify to be your tidy intern~not that talent, papers seem to fly all over the table & whole room! From Chez Moi dans le Maine, RReplyDelete
Always love a post when your art is seen..love them all..You have been studying pastry for years..ReplyDelete
And drawing and painting for years..
Ta passion...one of them..
The book looks super cute..and the garden designer..very cool..
There is no reason on earth why you could not design macarons boxes.Any chef would be lucky to have you.
The book looks delightful! With the drawings you've shown, it seems it could pass as a "learn French while you cook" as well. Pierre looks as if he enjoys what he makes, but then, why not? I concur that the white flower is a type of hydrangea.ReplyDeleteReplies
All BD comic books are the BEST Fr lessons IMHO. They are in the vernacular and full of slang.Delete
Pierre must think you're a genius to recognize the designers' works!!!! Certainly, Moi, I think you're a genius because no one ever remembers the designers!!!ReplyDelete
Received my much anticipated May letter. Loved it. Cannot wait to hear my friend's reaction when she receives hers.ReplyDelete
I bought a couple of french cartoon books in Paris for my 12 year old grandson. Did not look closely. He will get them when he is older.
Love this post - your drawings always delight. Marilyn
I had to smile ..reading F Smiser's comment..ReplyDelete
Jacques grew up with Spirou.. so he has bought many new ones for our boys to read here..
Last week Max picked one..and picked a few pages to read..
He said :" Nana ..why is that girl naked"?
Well I did what every other nana would do taken by surprise.. and laughed out loud because of the WAY he said it:)
So cute..
I wonder if they will from now on search for those pages:)?
Fabulous! Oh and the flower is fabulous and it is a hydrangea.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! Lucky you to be there! I don't know if you saw my post on my first venture into making macarons (a few days ago) -- I have to say that while ours turned out very well and beautifully, I have new found respect for those who must make hundreds of these delicacies every single day!ReplyDelete
He he I read "goo-ometry" re tasting pastries!ReplyDelete


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A mom is using crowdfunding to raise enough money to reunite her adoptive daughter with her biological sister. The mom, Lisa, is the matriarch of the Lumpkins family. She and her husband have six kids--four adopted and two biological. One of Lumpkins' daughter's, Aubrey, has a sister who lives in an orphanage in China.
Lisa discovered that Aubrey had a sister when she was looking at pictures on Facebook, according to her GoFundMe page. "While on Facebook I stumbled across the photo of a beautiful little girl. I noticed right away that she looked just like my adopted daughter and is from the same orphanage as our Aubrey. After lots of prayers and two weeks of pacing the floors, finally a DNA test confirmed my suspicion."
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With some simple math, it will be easier to make the playoffs in the Western Conference with 14 teams instead of the 16 in the East.
Also, losing the Red Wings, a team that hasn't missed the playoffs in a couple of decades, should clear up another spot.
But there is still more than enough talent left in the West -- just ask Pierre LeBrun -- to make things challenging.
The defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks will return most of last season's core, but the Cup hangover has proved time and again to be too much to overcome.
The Los Angeles Kings are still an elite team in the league, but they have played a lot of hockey the past two seasons. Add on that goaltender Jonathan Quick likely will be in Sochi for the Olympics in February and lost backup Jonathan Bernier, and the Kings could fade this season.
It will be interesting to see how the nhlhome respond to new coach John Tortorella's style. This seems like it will either be a grand slam or a complete strikeout.
Dave Tippett finally has an owner in Phoenix, so the team could get the resources to back the effort it has put out in recent seasons.
The Winnipeg Jets are finally out of the Eastern Conference, but facing the tough competition in the West could make them long for trips to Florida.
With some simple math, it will be easier to make the playoffs in the Western Conference with 14 teams instead of the 16 in the East.


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Sophie is Thierry's sister and roommate; she spends most of her time trying to find a boyfriend. Thierry is a real estate agent who shows Nicole several apartments. Nicole is looking for a three-bedroom to share with her fiance, Dan, but Dan has little interest in helping her, in fact, his only concern lately is getting drunk and his only acquaintance is the bartender, Lionel. Lionel listens to other people's problems, while his own are enormous. He cares for his sick and hateful father, and when he goes to work at night, Charlotte, a caregiver he has hired, takes over. Charlotte has a few tricks up her sleeve to keep Lionel's cantankerous father in check. The six collide and influence each other's lives in significant ways as they navigate the cold winter months in Paris.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A company that makes medical vending machines sued a conservative lobbying group on Friday, claiming it was defamed when the group used an image of a machine during a news conference in opposition of Arkansas' medical marijuana ballot initiative.
Medical Dispensing Systems Inc. of Hollywood, Calif., is seeking damages from the Arkansas Family Action Council, whose leader, Jerry Cox, claimed the machines could be used to dispense marijuana in convenience stores if the measure passes.
The company also wants a temporary restraining order blocking Cox and the group from using the image and claiming the machine is linked with illicit drug use, though they are used in some marijuana dispensaries in California.
Cox held a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday in which he had a cardboard cutout of a Medbox vending machine with a large, green marijuana leaf pasted on it.
Cox wouldn't address the merits of the lawsuit Friday, saying he hadn't yet seen it yet.
"Family Council Action Committee has taken a stand for what's right for many years. The people of Arkansas are well aware of that, and most appreciate it. However, not everyone agrees with us. When you operate in the arena we do, lawsuits can and will be filed against you," Cox said in a prepared statement.
Attorney John T. Holleman, who represents the company, said the outcome of Tuesday's vote won't affect the lawsuit.
"This has been broadcast on the World Wide Web and on television. It's outrageous in defaming us and diluting our trademark and copyright. It's a patented machine," Holleman said.
In the suit, Holleman explains that the machines are found in "hospitals, pharmacies, urgent care centers and doctor's offices to maintain inventory control and accountability for employees dispensing medicine to consumers."
The machines use key cards and fingerprints as identifiers for authorized users.
The lawsuit claims Cox made a number of statements that defamed the company, such as describing the machines as "high-tech snack machines that sell marijuana and marijuana-infused food instead of potato chips."
The suit also notes that an article on the organization's website that says the machines could be placed in convenience stores is "displayed ... in conjunction with a video portraying armed drug dealers."
Medical Dispensing Systems Inc. is seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
The ballot item is backed by the group Arkansans for Compassionate Care, who argues that marijuana is the only drug that can relieve pain and nausea associated with chemotherapy and other medical conditions. The group gathered signatures to get the item on the ballot.
The pro-medical marijuana group this week released a list of dozens of Arkansas physicians who support the proposal.
Cox has worked to organize law enforcement, medical professionals and other to publicly oppose the measure, and his group also unsuccessfully sued to remove the measure from the ballot.


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In recent weeks, the Trump administration's cruel policy of separating children from their parents who are detained at the U.S.-Mexico border dominated news headlines. Disturbing images and
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children that have been separated from their parents linger in shelters like the former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas, which houses around 1,500 children and has come to symbolize the larger story.
After days of intensifying public pressure and outcry, the Trump administration finally decided yesterday to end its policy of family separation, though families will remain in detention indefinitely. Nor does Trump's order address what will happen to the children who have already been separated from their parents.
Against this backdrop, there has been increasing concern over who exactly has been profiting from these policies that incarcerate immigrant families. Who are the companies, investors, banks, and top executives that stand to make money – or are already profiting – off of the zero tolerance and family separation and indefinite detention policies? And more importantly, can they be pressured to end their complicity with and enabling of Trump's inhumane immigration policies?
Campaigns like Sleeping Giants have been working hard to uncover and circulate this information, and articles like David Dayen's recent piece in the Nation have further unraveled the web of interests profiting from this carceral machine. This article builds upon these efforts to identify some of the major profiteers from the incarceration of immigrant families based on what we know right now.
These profiteers fall into several categories: for-profit private prison companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group that operate family and adult detention centers, and non-profits like Southwest Key Programs that operate child detention centers; contractors that provide support services to this process, such as MVM and General Dynamics, which provide IT, transportation, case management, and other logistical services; and on top of it all, Wall Street banks like Wells Fargo, as well as major money managers like BlackRock and Vanguard, which are financing and investing in all of these companies.
A broad effort to hold the companies and individuals accountable that are enabling and profiting from Trump's immigration policy is not only moral – it's strategic. As Dayen writes, without these contractors providing essential support, ICE's "whole rickety structure will fall on itself." Profiteers such as GEO Group and CoreCivic need to be named, shamed, and pressured directly as they begin to reap the spoils of prolonged family incarceration. But beyond that, the political, social, and financial relationships on which they depend need to be targeted and disrupted.
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Brian Shaw is an American Professional Strongman competitor and a four time World's Strongest Man winner. Shaw is the only person to ever win all of the following competitions: World's Strongest Man, Arnold Classic Strongman and America's Strongest Man. Standing at 6'8" and weighing over 400 pounds/180 KG, he is also one of the largest athletes in the world.
Brian was born and raised in the small town of Fort Lupton, Colorado. He was born to parents that gave him a jump on being much larger than average size. His parents Jay and Bonnie Shaw both came from families with size and, without a doubt, that size was passed on to Brian. Brian has an older brother (Kevin) and a younger sister (Julie). Growing up with his older brother, especially, Brian always had to show his will to win and compete with his brother in everything imaginable. He showed from an early age his competitiveness and desire to win at everything and that would prove to carry over into all aspects of his life as he got older.
Brian had a goal from when he was young to earn a scholarship to play basketball in college. He had an uncle that was a basketball coach and that helped Brian along the way as he got older to excel at the game of basketball. Through all of his hard work and dedication, he was able to earn a scholarship to play in college at both Otero Junior College and Black Hills State University where he graduated with a degree in Wellness Management. Brian went on to pursue a career as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and passed his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certification from the NSCA. He has since had the opportunity to work with different athletes at all levels and his passion for helping athletes to improve themselves has never changed.
After Brian finished playing basketball in college he shifted his focus to training harder and trying to get stronger. Without a competitive outlet something was missing and at this point Brian decided to enter a local Colorado Strongman competition without any formal strongman training. He won! From there he was hooked on Strongman and entered every competition he could, started training more specifically and began to build up his personal strongman equipment so he could train more specifically for the events. Brian set the goal of earning his pro card which he accomplished 7 months after his first contest. He then set the goal of becoming a good professional strongman and qualifying for his first World's Strongest Man contest which he achieved in 2008. He then set his sights on winning the World's Strongest Man which he achieved in 2011 and has been able to accomplish an additional 3 times in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
Brian currently lives in Brighton, Colorado with his wife Keri and son Braxton. Keri is a high school math teacher who also runs www.fitmommyacademy.com which is a website dedicated to helping mothers and women get into shape in the comfort of their home. Brian and Keri welcomed their first son Braxton to the world in 2016 and he has added so much to both of their lives. They enjoy spending time with each other and having as much fun with life as they possibly can.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar gets by with a little help from her friend … err, husband.
Robin Williams's The Crazy Ones costar, 36, says in the midst of one of the busiest times of her life — "We've moved houses, had two children's birthdays, we are launching [a website]. Oh, and I'm launching a small TV show you might have heard of," she recently told PEOPLE — she leans on hubby Freddie Prinze, Jr. for support.
"I have amazing help," she explains when it comes to balancing work and being a mom to Charlotte Grace, 4, and Rocky James, 1.
She adds, "I have my mom who lives nearby. I have my husband who is so incredibly hands-on. Thank God he can cook or I would probably never eat."
Prinze also makes sure the little ones get their daily bites in as well. "We try to make [everything] a family thing, so we'll go to the farmer's market and Charlotte can pick out a piece of fish," Gellar says.
"And she and Freddie will go to the grill and she pretends to light her little grill. Actually, one of my best friends just got a pretend hibachi grill for Rocky for his first birthday so he can play on it, even though right now he can use it to stand up."
But when it comes to teaching the couple's kids about health, the former Cruel Intentions star has taken the reins.
Teaming up with her mom Rosellen, the two have partnered with Sounds of Pertussis to spread awareness about the importance of whooping cough vaccinations.
"You're on the subway, you're in line at Starbucks," Gellar explains. "It's so easily spread, and the only way to prevent it is for adults to get the booster shot. One of the great things about my job and what I do is I get to reach mass people. It's great to know about a cool new handbag or shoes or a haircut someone gets, but we also have a responsibility. If we have information that can help save lives, then [spreading it is] what I want to do. Pertussis is really potentially fatal in infants."
Even at their small age, the blonde beauty always makes her kids aware of the importance of staying healthy.
"You make everything something to their level," she shares. "When we wash our hands, we sing the happy birthday song and we pick whose birthday it's going to be. We go to the farmer's market and pick out the fresh fruits and vegetables. Charlotte now has her own garden and she grows her own vegetables and gets to eat her fruits and vegetables from there. Children are never too young to learn about health."
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"We can't tell people how to vote."
I hear that phrase often. Some within the Church who say it think they are giving clear advice about what Churches – and other tax-exempt organizations – are restricted from doing.
But it's hardly clear advice. In fact, it's totally useless advice.
If we mean to say that Churches, under current law, cannot say "Vote for John Smith," then we should say, "Churches under current law cannot say 'Vote for John Smith.'"
But there are many other things Churches can say and have said. The United States Catholic Bishops, for example, wrote the following paragraph in their 1998 document Living the Gospel of Life:
"We encourage all citizens, particularly Catholics, to embrace their citizenship not merely as a duty and privilege, but as an opportunity meaningfully to participate in building the culture of life. Every voice matters in the public forum. Every vote counts. Every act of responsible citizenship is an exercise of significant individual power. We must exercise that power in ways that defend human life, especially those of God's children who are unborn, disabled or otherwise vulnerable. We get the public officials we deserve. Their virtue -- or lack thereof -- is a judgment not only on them, but on us. Because of this, we urge our fellow citizens to see beyond party politics, to analyze campaign rhetoric critically, and to choose their political leaders according to principle, not party affiliation or mere self-interest" (n.34).
So did they "tell people how to vote" or not?
How about the following line from the Vatican's Doctrinal Note on The Participation of Catholics in Political Life: "A well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program or an individual law which contradicts the fundamental contents of faith and morals" (n.4).
Did the Vatican "tell people how to vote" or not?
Obviously, to assert that "we can't tell people how to vote" is so vague as to be meaningless If we mean endorsing candidates, that's one thing. The Church as an institution cannot do that, but pastors and individual believers, as well as organizations not under the same restrictions, certainly can. It is, in fact, a spiritual work of mercy to inform one's neighbors about the candidates and urge them to vote for the best choice.
But short of making endorsements, the Church can and must give people moral guidance about how to vote, just as the Vatican and the United States bishops do in the quotes mentioned above. If we fail to give such guidance, we fail in our mission as the light of the world, and become as irrelevant as a lamp under a bushel basket.
Such a failure is especially grievous when our votes affect the lives and deaths of tens of millions of the most defenseless children, threatened by abortion. If the Church cannot speak at a time like this, what are the stones of our great buildings for, after all? Indeed, if we are silent, the very stones will cry out.


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E. Wächter, Talvela; Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Böhm.
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Orfeo has released in mono (but very clear) sound this aural record of a famous Wagnerian event that at the time defined "world class" — the Vienna State Opera premiere, on May 16, 1965, of a Lohengrin directed and designed by Wieland Wagner and led by Karl Böhm. The all-star cast includes elite Austrian, American, Finnish and German singers — Claire Watson, Christa Ludwig, Jess Thomas, Walter Berry, Eberhard Wächter and Martti Talvela, in his house debut at age thirty.
Karl Böhm never brought Lohengrin into the studio. Here, he offers a forthright reading rather than a poetic, lingering one, sometimes feeling rushed (as do some of his contemporaneous Bayreuth Ring performances). He trims choral material from Acts II and III. Two months after Wieland's death, in October 1966, a production based on his European stagings came to the Met, with Ludwig and Berry among the principals under Böhm. That proved to be the only Lohengrin any of these three artists did in America. Thomas sang just two Swan Knights at the Met (in 1964), but he tackled the role at San Francisco Opera a few months after this Viennese premiere. Ludwig and Thomas can both be heard on Rudolf Kempe's magical, magisterial EMI studio set. The American tenor, always resourceful and intelligent with phrasing and text, sounds in more attractive and expansive voice here than in the studio. It's some of his best recorded work. Ludwig makes a phenomenally venomous Ortrud, inflecting both tone and text with theatrical savvy from her very first lines. Few recorded Ortruds share her tonal beauty or flexibility. As always, this wide-ranged artist — who was flirting with becoming a full-time dramatic soprano around the time this Lohengrin was taped — emerges most exciting precisely when her voice is just at the edge of overdrive. The Viennese crowd rewards her fervent "Entweihte Götter!" with frenzied applause.
American soprano Claire Watson made a great European career, based principally in Munich; both there and in Vienna, her Elsa occasioned some of the greatest reviews of her career. Born in New York, Watson appeared with San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago but sang in her native city only in concert; her sole American Elsas were in New Orleans in 1976. Watson was accounted a moving, attractive stage performer; here she sings with fine artistry and beautifully girlish but sometimes rather white tone, not quite attaining the vocal level of her highest competition — Elisabeth Grümmer, Eleanor Steber and Gundula Janowitz. Watson and Ludwig do rise excitingly to the "battle of the queens" in Act II. Throughout, Watson seems at odds with Böhm's tempos: he often rushes her (though never Thomas or Ludwig). She sang just one more Viennese performance with Böhm — ever.
Berry's wide range and keen intelligence in phrasing make his Telramund unusually effective, placing him among this tough role's more sonorous, inflected and credible exponents. Talvela's huge, projectile bass makes Heinrich sound potent. At first, his high attacks occasionally push sharp — but what an instrument! Wächter remained a Viennese matinée idol long after 1965, but the vocal reasons for his fame were already clouding by the time of this Lohengrin. Wächter's Herald — first-class for Matačić at Bayreuth (1959) — starts rather hoarse and tremulous. In sum, this is a fine "second" Lohengrin — after Kempe and the Cluytens (1958) and Matačić Bayreuth sets — though probably a must for those particularly interested in one of the great musicians involved.
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What Judy Chicago's Work Reveals about Toxic Masculinity
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Synonymous with early feminist art, Judy Chicago has been challenging the male-dominated art world since the 1970s. Her characteristically colorful body of work includes paintings, tapestries, sculpture, and mixed-media installations celebrating women's achievements. Chicago legally assumed the name of her hometown after becoming a widow at the age of 23, symbolizing her lifelong struggle with identity, which she chronicles in Through the Flower: My Struggle as a Woman Artist (1975). In homage to 1,038 women central to the history of Western civilization, Chicago's most celebrated work, The Dinner Party (1974-79), exemplifies her ongoing endeavor as an artist, educator, and author to elevate women from the margins of society and history. The work—on permanent display at The Brooklyn Museum—features 39 place settings meant to represent famous women from history, from Joan of Arc to Emily Dickinson, with a further 999 names inscribed on the floor.
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar say the government is keeping up air and ground attacks against them despite international calls for restraint.
La Nan, a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Army, says government troops attacked guerrilla hilltop outposts Monday morning and used fighter planes and helicopters in aerial attacks in the afternoon.
No comment was immediately available from the government.
The Kachin, like Myanmar's other ethnic minorities, have long sought greater autonomy from the central government. They are the only major ethnic rebel group that has not reached a truce with President Thein Sein's elected government, which came to power in 2011 after almost five decades of military rule.
Intermittent fighting escalated last month when the rebels rejected a government demand that they allow supply convoys to reach an army base. The Kachin headquarters at Laiza near the border with China and a government base are close to each other, and access to both is by the same road.
The Kachin stage attacks on government convoys trying to get through to the base, saying the supplies include ammunition that could be used to try to take their headquarters.
The army claims its actions are in self-defense, a response to the Kachin blocking the road.
"Launching attacks against important KIA hill posts and occupying these outposts amounts to launching attacks against Laiza," La Nan said Monday.
The government has said several times it has no intention of trying to seize Laiza.
The U.S. and China are among those parties urging an end to the fighting.
"Our view is that all sides need to cease and desist and get into dialogue with each other," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said last week.


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Sugar prices (NYBOT:SBV13) have bounced off multi-year lows, possibly because of the upcoming expiry of the October contract, a prevalent pattern for expiries over that past year and a half. Developments on the supply/demand front have been mixed.
On the bullish side, although Brazilian cane area was higher than last year, several bouts of unfavorable weather over the past several months have prompted analysts to trim estimates for sugar output by about 2 million tonnes, down to about the same as last year's. A frost in late July damaged this year's crops and could have implications for next year's crop as well.
Aside from the outright loss of output from crops that are unusable for sugar production, sucrose content in partially frost-affected cane is generally lower, which provides a further incentive for processors to bump up the ethanol/sugar ratio, in favor of ethanol. Indeed, one estimate puts the ratio at 57/43 in favor of ethanol, the highest figure we've seen in some time.
An excellent Indian crop is developing, however, and that could temper the bullish effect of lower Brazilian production on the market. Like in many countries, falling sugar prices resulted in smaller cane and beet area for the 2013-14 crop. But the annual June-through-September monsoon was very strong this year. Despite the smaller cultivated area, Indian farmers will harvest a bumper crop. The current forecast is 25 million tonnes, compared with 2012-13 output of 24.6 million tonnes, but up sharply from early-season estimates that were as low as 22 million tonnes.


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The Australian dollar saw significant decline after the news of lowered demand in the country's consumer retail sector. Falling lower than analyst expectations of 0.1%, Australian Bureau of Statistics reported a decline of -0.4% for the month of March.
External sources such as China also reflect negatively on the country's exports because of a strong exchange rate and unattractive numbers for the giant's manufacturer index. To battle the 30-year-highs of the currency, Reserve Bank of Australia decided to cut rates down to 2.75% from 3%.
Reflecting the lower demand, miners in Australia are taking actions to scale back their investments and bring down operating cost. Mining sector alone represents 10% of Australia's overall GDP. Along with the lowering need for oil, the AUD is facing weakness from a few different sectors in its economy and has weak outlooks for the near future.
With these recent events how can a trader position themselves to take advantage of a falling Australian dollar?
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- Short the ETF. The CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust (FXA) tracks the price of the AUD very well, but is the most capital intensive way to trade the AUD. The risk required to take a long term trade is also high.
- AUD futures and options on futures. Provides leverage while still allowing a trader to set up a well-defined risk vs. reward setup.
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Although the Civil War was waged across the country — from Arizona to Maine — some of the heaviest and most decisive fighting took place in the beautiful rolling countryside of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Piedmont, as it's called, stretching from the eastern flank of the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic seaboard, is dotted with historic sites, and U.S15 runs right through the thick of it..
Now, a 180-mile stretch of the old highway from Charlottesville, Va., to Gettysburg, Pa., has a new name: the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Scenic Byway, a designation granted in 2009 to recognize the historic richness of a region encompassing 13 national park units and the homes of nine U.S. presidents, along with a panoply of Civil War sites such as Manassas, Brandy Station and Ball's Bluff in Virginia, Antietam and Monocacy in Maryland and Harpers Ferry in what is now West Virginia but then was part of Virginia.
Maps and tourist brochures for the byway area, thought to contain more historic sites than any other in the U.S., help travelers find accommodations, restaurants, picnic sites, hiking paths, waterfalls and rivers to canoe such as the Potomac, which is crossed at beautiful Point of Rocks Bridge. From there the horse country of Virginia yields to the mountains of western Maryland, home of the Camp David presidential retreat and the town of Frederick with its National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
Farther north, travelers cross the Mason-Dixon Line (which is also the Maryland-Pennsylvania line) on the way to the route's terminus at Gettysburg National Military Park, where a museum debuted in 2008.
Along with giving sightseers an easy-to-follow route through history, the byway protects a corridor of handsome American landscape from the escalating suburban sprawl of the greater Washington, D.C., area. With development held at bay, the countryside appears as it did to soldiers in blue and gray who gave their lives fighting for it.
Info: Journey Through Hallowed Ground, http://www.hallowedground.org


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Medical Care and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
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CDC: Preteen and Teen Vaccines
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Immunization Action Coalition
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Get the Victoria 2 [PC] v1.2 Patch off WP (35mb)
Major features of patch 1.2 include:
- Playable Babylon added as a free DLC integrated in the patch
- Players can now play as any country, even if that country does not exist at the start of the game
- Rebalanced economy and revolt mechanics
- More historical flavor, with new countries, new decisions and new events added to the game
- Additions to the interface, with new outliner options for tracking influence, and a zoomed-out representation of armies & navies
- Improved AI, providing a more challenging experience
Victoria2 is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control over a country, guiding it through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest and colonisation. Guide the USA to its Manifest Destiny, Make United Kingdom into a world-spanning empire, and make Germany the dominating nation in Europe.
- Deep engrossing political simulation, with dozens of different types of governments.
- Detailed economy with over fifty different type of goods and factories.
- Historical game-play on a large map covering the entire world.
- Over 200 different countries can be played, from 1835 to the start of world war 2.
- Advanced Technological system with thousands of inventions to be discovered.
- Possibility to export a save game at the end of the game into HoI3.
- A streamlined interface, which makes the game easily accessible.
- Automation of various tasks, including trade and population promotion.
- Advanced spheres of influences system, where the great powers battle over the control of the world.
- New types of pops, including bureaucrats and artisans.
- Cottage production simulating pre-industrial economies.
- Gunboat Diplomacy, no need for negotiate as a fleet outside a port may be a more persuasive argument.
- Overhaul of education, where clergy educates people of the same religion, and each pops have their own literacy levels.
- More reform categories with more options to select from in each.
- New election system with coalition governments and an upper house/senate.
- Historical and Dynamic missions guiding your country through the history.
- Thousands of historical events and decisions.
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Community rallies around family of boy, 10, injured in car accident
GOFFSTOWN — A fund has been set up for Alex Reed, the 10-year-old who was struck by a car while walking across Mast Road on Wednesday.
Tricia Adams of Nashua and others set up the fund and through social networking have collected amounts ranging from $10 to $100. The goal is to raise $5,000 for the family. As of Thursday night, the group had raised more than $2,900. To donate, visit www.gofundme.com/4ua2v0.
"I never thought we'd get this close to our goal so fast," said Adams.
Adams and Alex's mother, Mandi, are part of a mom's group called BAM, and, Adams said, the members are always there for each other.
"This is a family of six with one income. Alex's parents shouldn't have to worry about diapers for their youngest, rent, food, gas to get to and from Boston or even for that much-needed cup of coffee in the middle of the night at the hospital," said Adams.
She said Mandi and her husband, Chris, have been at Boston Children's Hospital, where the boy is still in serious condition. Adams said Alex was crossing the street to buy a bag of chips.
"Alex has a very long road of recovery. His parents will continue to have long nights and a lot of those will be sleepless nights. Please help us raise some funds to lessen some of the worry. Any little bit will help, no donation is too small," Adams said.
Fundraising will also take place at the following:
• A donation jar will be set up at the Goffstown Pumpkin Regatta at the Common on Main Street to help the family.
• Bake sale on Saturday, Oct. 19, at Gill Stadium in Manchester, from 8 a.m. to noon.
• Bake sale on Sunday, in the parking lot of the former Stop & Shop supermarket on South Willow Street in Manchester, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., where donations of size 6 diapers, wipes, nonperishable foods and juices will be collected.
• On Friday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Nuthin' But Good Times, at 746 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack. Proceeds from food and admission will go the family.
• On Sunday, Nov. 10, from 5 to 9 p.m., Leda Lanes, at 340 Amherst St., Nashua. Bowlers pay $10, which includes pizza and soda, and proceeds go to the Reed family.• In addition, people can visit www.facebook.com and search Support for Alex, where consultants from Lia Sophia and Avon will donate a portion of their proceeds.
"If people are looking for Christmas gifts and want to buy those products, we have been guaranteed that proceeds will go to Alex's family," said Adams.In the meantime, police are looking for anyone who may have witnessed the accident that happened at about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday.
The name of the driver has not been identified, however, the driver is listed as a 54-year-old woman."As traumatic as it is for the family of the boy, it is also traumatic for the person involved and we're trying to give her some lead way," said Lt. Keith Chauvette. "Aside from trauma, the driver was not injured."The boy was crossing the street near 695 Mast Road near the A-1 Gas Station when he was struck, Chauvette said.
"At the time of the accident, the boy was alone but was being watched," he said.
The accident tied up traffic, but the area is usually congested at that time of day with local businesses and commuters "and the sun is setting earlier," he said.
Neither speed nor alcohol appear to be factors in the accident.
Anyone who may have witnessed the accident is asked to call Goffstown police at 497-4858.