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Though I to some extent agree with what Brent wrote, I think it is wrong to put a value judgement on it tho. There is a difference, but I do not think one thing is better than the other. Do whatever you want and feel good about doing...yeah I know post-modern bullshit but it is how I feel anyway.
I do not think 10 meter is the max. I think 10 meter and down ideal, but you take what you can.

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Irene Velma Mason of Kettle Falls passed away on March 8, 2014 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane at the age of 72. Irene was the daughter of Arthur and Alice (Layland) Rau of Kansas City, Missouri. She especially enjoyed music, gardening, crocheting, home crafts, and traveling. Irene loved reading books, especially westerns. Her favorite authors were Louis L'amour and Zane Grey. When she was a little girl and people asked her what she wanted to do when she grew up, she replied, "I want to go to Texas and shoot the bull." She fulfilled her childhood dream of moving out west and living on a ranch. This is where she raised her four children. She is survived by her son, William, of Georgetown, DE; daughters, Merrii, of Kettle Falls; Laura of St Ignatius, MT; Rebecca, of Kodiak, AK, and son-in-law, Dale of Colville. She is also survived by her brother, Jerry (Glenda) of Blue Springs, MO; and her sister Dolores (Jery) of Medford, OR; eight grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Alice; husband, Donald; and sister, Ollivene. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Epilepsy Foundation. A funeral mass for Irene was held on Wednesday, March 12 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colville. Please visit the website at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com and sign the guest book. Danekas Funeral Chapel & Crematory were entrusted with the arrangements. Irene always had music in her heart and a song on her lips.


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WACO, Texas (AP) – A lawyer for a Texas paramedic arrested on charges of possessing bomb-making material says his client will plead not guilty and had no connection to the fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month.
Waco attorney Jonathan Sibley said in a prepared statement Saturday that his client, Bryce Reed anxiously awaits his next court appearance Wednesday, which will include a detention hearing.
Authorities arrested Reed on Friday, but stressed that he has not been linked to the April 17 explosion in West.
The statement said Reed remained "heartbroken" about the explosion, in which he lost friends, and wants to continue to help his community rebuild.
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Can someone provide some resources that explain (or perhaps explain it yourself) how the Protestant understanding of a symbolic Body and Blood came about? Thanks.
From my understanding of Orthodox belief, obviously we believe the bread and wine to literally be the body and blood, but that it remains "tasting" (for lack of a better word, I guess) like bread and wine, because tasting flesh and blood would be rather horrifying.
Don't believe everything you think.
The more I know, the less I know.
Right, accidents and substance -- and this differs from the Lutheran teaching how?
It seems no one has answered the OP, so I shall attempt to do so.Some Protestants, following Luther, believe that the Body and Blood of Christ are "truly and substantially present in, with and under the forms" of the bread and wine (i.e. there is a "Real Presence"). Others, following Calvin, believe that the gifts convey Christ in a spiritual manner. Calvin placed more emphasis on the personal faith of the partaker. Thus, if one partakes of the bread and wine with true Faith (i.e. if one is a member of the Elect), then one's heart is touched by the actual spiritual (not physical) presence of Christ. If one partakes without Faith (i.e. is not among the Elect), then one is condemned. (Duh!)Many other Protestants, however, have inherited a lot of their theological tendencies from the Anabaptist tradition, most famously championed by Ulrich Zwingli. In this line of thinking, Baptism and the Eucharist are not "sacraments," but "ordinances" and/or "covenants." Christians should celebrate the Eucharist because Jesus commanded us to ("Do this in remembrance of me"), a command given to us so that we might remember/commemorate Jesus and His sacrifice for us. Thus, the Eucharist is merely a symbol of Jesus's death, which our Lord intended us to celebrate as a reminder of His sacrificial work -- not a means of actual "communion" with Him. Likewise, Baptism is a symbol of the pre-existing "covenant" between God and the converted believer, not a means of grace. In other words, all "sacraments" are merely ceremonies that symbolize that the participant has heard the Gospel and pledged to obey its contents. Within such a theology, the natural emphasis thereby falls on the Bible, its preaching, and people's "covenantal"/contractual response to that preaching.
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A Circus-Inspired Nursery
Name: Peanut
Location: Crestline, California
The inspiration for this nursery came from my personal love for carnivals, circuses, and animals. From the beginning we knew we wanted to keep the sex of our little peanut a surprise, and we wanted a theme that was gender neutral, modern and very colorful, so a circus theme fit perfectly!
We worked on a budget and DIY'ed most of the elements. The room that we started with did not have lights other than a very small one right next to the entry door, so my husband and father-in-law worked on adding can lights, book shelves and a closet. I was in charge of the smaller projects and I have to say that my favorite was the elephant lamp.
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- Chair and footstool: IKEA POANG" (found on Craiglist and recovered)
- Dresser: IKEA ASPELUND
- Toy bench: IKEA Expedit with Capita legs and Drona bins
- Watercolor animal prints: Trafalgarssquare on Etsy
- Crib: Craiglist find
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- Dumbo stuffed animal: eBay
- Gigantic Bear Stuff Animal: Costco
- Wall paint: Behr Ultra - Quietude (770E-1) and Pewter Mug (770E-3)
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- Crib bedding, changer cover, boxes in changing table, curtains and all fabric projects: Handmade by yours truly along with the remaining prints, lamps and restorations.
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200 Block, Middle Street, 1890s
Title: 200 block of Middle Street looking North, 1890s.
Creator: Taylor, John R.
Subject: New Bern (N.C.)
Streets--North Carolina--New Bern--Middle Street--200 block
Description: East side of the 200 block of Middle Street looking north during the 1890s.
Date: 1890s.
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Identifier: Scenes of Old New Bern collected by John R. Taylor, 1895-1974.
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<—Sydney & The Cook Sydney Shoots a Burglar—->
When I was a child my mother, Olga, used to tell me that her family practiced witchcraft (Obeah) in Jamaica, but I didn't believe her. Being a good Catholic girl, I didn't countenance such 'mumbo jumbo'!
After Emancipation in 1834 the Government made Obeah illegal and it was hoped that it would be wiped out – but it just continued in secret, pretty much like when my mother was living in Jamaica in the 1920s and 1930s, and probably still continues today. It's deep rooted in the black and coloured Jamaican's heritage and culture and even though you might come across a family that is both Christian and well educated, the likelihood is that someone in it will be dabbling in Obeah, like my family!
Olga's Diary (Continued from "Sydney and the Cook")
Dear Diary
She's put a spell on him: Later Mammie told us why Sydney had stormed out of the house when he told us he was going to live with Aggie Burns. He called Mammie a hypocrite and said it was ok for her to live with a black man and cause huge misery and pain, not only for her parents, but also her sisters and children, of course, he meant Vivie and Aunt Martha.
Mammie replied that at least she and Pops had got married and anyway she didn't think Aggie was the right person for him.
Sydney was in such a rage, Mammie said she was too frightened to say anything more to him. She told us that Sydney had been right about her objections to Aggie Burns because she was black.
"I experienced such hatred from people I never dreamt could behave in such an ugly manner and I don't want any of my children to go through the treatment I received nor do I want Sydney's children turning on him one day because of their colour.
"We're not all prejudice like some of the others" dear Pearl told Mammie.
But Mammie's convinced that Aggie Burns has put a spell on Sydney to make him fall in love with her. That's the only explanation she says.
"Why else would he choose a short, fat, ugly black woman who practises voodoo.
"I'm going to turn the tables on Aggie Burns".
"Olga, get Cassie. We're going to see Annie Harvey."
She's the woman we go to for herbal remedies sometimes when we were ill. Well, as everyone knows, she also practises Obeah and Mammie wants Annie to work Obeah on Sydney to make him come home.
But I was worried about us going there because the punishment for practising Obeah is very harsh if you are caught by the police. It can be 20 lashes and a prison sentence of six months, with hard labour, if you are found guilty and even if you're a woman.
I tried to talk Mammie out of it, but she was determined to go.
Annie Harvey makes quite an impression and is still a very striking woman in her white turban and red cloak. I was surprised when I saw her house, it's rather nice, with a little white fence and pretty flowers in the garden. The sort of house I'd like myself one day. Anyway, Annie took us out to a shack in the backyard. Inside it was dark, and it took a few minutes for my eyes to adjust before I could see properly. You couldn't see a single bit of the ceiling because there were dried herbs hanging from it everywhere.
There were wooden shelves on one side of the room with different sized coloured bottles and some were full of liquid, but others only half full. I recognised some zinc powder and ingredients for making a "medicine bath" and poultices. There was also a tin of Epsom salts sitting on one of the shelves, which I thought strange, because we have that at home.
There was another shelf with some pimento leaves and pieces of logwood bark, bird feathers, broken egg shells and some ashes. Cassie told me later she saw a chicken's foot and a lizard's tail.
Mammie explained to Annie Harvey that she wanted Sydney to return to the family. He had deserted us in favour of a bad woman who was a danger to him.
"We wanted to protect him from this evil woman who has cast a spell on him and taken him away from us" said Mammie to Annie.
Annie Harvey left the shack for a minute and when she returned she was holding a bunch of green leaves which she put into a wooden bowl and with a small piece of wood, rounded at the end; then she pounded the leaves together until they turned into a thick green paste.
Then she sprinkled some ashes into the paste and from a small blue bottle around her neck she sprinkled just two drops of a dark brown liquid into the mixture and then mixed it up again. Each time she mixed the paste she talked in a strange language that none of us had heard before. She covered the paste with some muslin cloth and then wrapped it in brown paper and tied it up with string and told Mammie to put it in Sydney's food and he would come home.
On the way home, Mammie said we were going to stop at the Holy Trinity Cathedral to offer prayers to Jesus to pray for Sydney's return and when I asked why after having just come from the balm yard, she said she was covering all options.
When we got home Mammie said she was sure Cassie would tell Aggie Burns that she had been to Annie Harvey's balm yard and worked Obeah on him.
"It won't be long before Sydney comes homes, but, in the meantime, Olga, you're going to have to put the paste into Sydney's food.". I knew it.
When Annie Harvey gave Mammie the paste, I thought to myself, guess who's going to have to do that little job Olga".
"I can't do it, I'll get caught" I told her.
"Choose your time, when he's out, make a nice sandwich for him, his favourite, pork with apple and ginger. Spread the paste in between the slices of meat or mix it in with the apples.
"You can do it Olga".
"Mammie, if he catches me I'll get a whipping"
"If he catches you, I'll tell him it's my fault. Please Olga, we need him".
So I agreed to do it and, lady luck was on my side.
Sydney was expecting a shipment of bicycles to arrive from London the next day and fortunately for me the paper work was not in order, so he had to spend hours down on the docks sorting it out so by the time he got back to the shop he was ravenously hungry. I produced the sandwiches each filled with thick juicy pieces of pork, sliced apple, ginger and the paste and he just gobbled the sandwiches and, obviously, never tasted anything unusual.
Mammie was so happy when I told her. Oh I do hope it works, with all our wages going into the household pot, we have hardly anything to spend on ourselves and Sydney has a whole heap of money, tons of it, he's just being nasty by making us suffer.
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Law enforcement officials are still trying to explain how a supposedly peaceful interview with an important witness in the Boston bombing case turned into a deadly shooting, but as usual, every new attempt to explain the death of Ibragim Todashev only raises more troubling questions. After originally accusing the suspect (and potential murderous accomplice of Boston bomber Tamleran Tsarnaev) of attacking an FBI agent with a knife, and then walking back that claim entirely, an new anonymous source says Todashev may have injured the agent with a table and a metal pole. Or maybe not.
Here's the way the attack was described in The New York Times. Everyone seems to agree that after several hours of interrogation, Todashev was prepared to confess to an unsolved murder that he and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were connected to. Then things get a lot less clear:
At that moment, Mr. Todashev picked up the table and threw it at the agent, knocking him to the ground. While trying to stand up, the agent, who suffered a wound to his face from the table that required stitches, drew his gun and saw Mr. Todashev running at him with a metal pole, according to the official, adding that it might have been a broomstick.
So not only has the story changed again, it has now changed twice in the same sentence. The weapon has now gone from nothing to a knife, back to nothing to a table to a metal pole to a broomstick. Todashev was also apparently shot more than once, after an initial volley of "several shots" somehow failed to bring him down.


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So as the title says, did anyone from the US order the book of their website?
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Staying alive is sometimes a challenge when you're a bicyclist.
Sometimes staying alive is a matter of timing. At least that was my experience this past week while cycling in the Pratt area. If I had arrived anywhere from a few to 30 or so seconds earlier at a specific location, I might be writing this blog from a hospital bed instead—or not writing it at all.
On Monday, I watched as a young woman in a dark blue vehicle plowed through the intersection at Second and Rochester a few seconds before I arrived on my bike. I hollered at her, "Watch where you're going," and then pulled over to call the Pratt PD after I committed her license plate number to short-term memory. Who knows what happened after that. I never heard back from anyone, although I provided my name and telephone number and said I wanted to file a report on reckless driving.
Twice today, Wednesday, I missed an opportunity to meet my maker, thankfully. Pulling into work this morning at the strip mall east of the Servateria, I watched as a man in a pickup truck, oblivious to my presence, pulled out where I normally turn. I took the next entrance, waving vigorously so the driver recognized that he had nearly creamed a man on a bicycle.
The third instance was truly a matter of good timing. As I was headed north on 281 on my recumbent, I watched as a four-wheeler in the back of a pickup truck that had passed me less than a minute earlier suddenly flew out the back and took off out into the middle of a field, driverless. Obviously, someone was in too big of a hurry to tie down their four-wheeler.
I guess that I really should be grateful that I'm still alive this week, which I am. It must not be my time to go. Thus far, my timing has been good enough to keep staying alive.


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The Chevy 2013 Zebras!
By Mike Mulhern
TALLADEGA, Ala.
Given the pressure NASCAR execs are putting on Sprint Cup teams to get this 2013 project clicking, it might not be surprising that Wednesday's seven-car test here of Daytona-Talladega models is drawing good reviews from teams.
Drew Blickensderfer, crew chief for Richard Childress and Jeff Burton, was at the test here:
"The first thing we saw was that two cars, no matter where the grill opening was, found it really hard to hook up.
"Because the curvature of the front bumper. The new cars have less downforce than the current cars, and the curvature of the front bumper makes it a handful for the front driver to control his car. Whenever he moves left or right, it really affects both race cars.
"All the drivers said that.
"And NASCAR has extended the rear tail, to make it even harder to push. And they raised the front grill, which makes it harder to push and keep your temperatures down. So it's hard to push for any extended period of time.
"They pack-raced, and all the drivers loved the way the cars drove. They could by themselves around somebody.
"We had seven cars in a line, and we were the fifth car, and we pulled out of line and pulled around the fourth car all by ourselves, and got back in line. It looked a lot like Truck racing.
"The drivers say now if somebody wrecks, it will an 'ability' wreck, instead of a 'mess-up' wreck.
"You can wreck on your own.
"It's more in the driver's hands.
"We liked what we saw here Wednesday. Honestly, it was good.
"It's just so far out of a driver's hands when it gets three-wide, 15-rows deep.
"Wednesday we could actually see guys out there passing each other. They could actually do something...where here Sunday it will just be single-file."
Drew Blickensderfer (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
"You could bump-draft, but you couldn't tandem," Blickensderfer said.
"The Toyotas hooked up and tried to pass everybody; but Jeff got behind them and could keep up, all by himself.
"There just wasn't a time advantage in being hooked up, because you had to have your car so off-set, to keep it cool and not wreck the other guys.
"Nationwide cars are hard to hook up, and guys who have driven Nationwide cars, like Joey Logano and Ricky Stenhouse, said it's twice as hard to up these new cars as those cars."
So Blickensderfer says he was pleased with the test. "The drivers said the cars were a handful to drive, but you could actually pass people, and have it more in your own hands."
However, as much pressure as NASCAR is putting on everyone to make this 2013 project a success, or at least sound like a success, how is anyone to weigh such praise without skepticism?
"Well, you can filter this by judging what we all think here in the garage about that new (NASCAR inspection) platform," Blickensderfer says.
"Most of us here in the garage will tell we think that idea stinks.
"The measuring platform they're trying to go to for next year, as seen in the garage over there, is going to cost a bunch of money. And we'll all have to buy one of those machines.
"Most of the teams don't like that system."
After two years of expensive development, and 37 iterations, NASCAR is unveiling the massive new laser-inspection machine here, on a trial basis. It is designed to bring part of the weekly inspection process up to Formula One standards.
The new inspection 'table,' a huge, long piece of aluminum cageworks that laser-scans points on each car is the object of much attention by crew chiefs here.
"It should be a lot quicker for pre-race inspection," Blickensderfer says. "It's supposed to be about 90 seconds from the time you roll the car up there for inspection and when you roll it off.
"That would take about 15 minutes off the inspection process."
This weekend here inspection is about 1-1/2-hour longer than typical pre-practice inspections, Blickensderfer says. "Typical pre-qualifying inspection here is about three hours."
Will teams indeed have to buy one of these expensive machines?
"Not if they're smart...but some will, if they have money to burn," Tommy Baldwin, crew chief turned car owner, says. "We all have Romer Arms that can laser spot-check the car. And that's good enough."
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PotterCast episode 181 is now here for your listening pleasure. Join us this week on another edition PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, recorded live with an online audience for the latest news, discussion, and so much more. As with each episode, it starts with the latest news from our very own Sue, who tells us about new photos of Rupert Grint from the upcoming Cherrybomb, an interview with actor Jim Broadbent (Slughorn), Dan Radcliffe's comments on Harry Potter book purists, the return of Dobby for Deathly Hallows, and false rumors about Jo Rowling attending the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. This segment then leads into a slightly spoiler-filled conversation with our live audience on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince being rated PG. We also have more details on a live LeakyMug at Azkatraz this July in San Francisco, California and a reminder to reserve your place at LeakyCon 2009, our own Harry Potter conference, before registrations run out! We also give a quick update on the next installment of the PotterCast Acting Troupe. Up next, Bit by Bit is here with the next bit of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, where the Quartet discusses Chapter 19, "The Silver Doe." The three weeks of Snape then begins with the first part in our series, where the motivations for Snape's actions, his time at Hogwarts, and whether he really loved Harry are featured. Finally, in the Wrap Up, Melissa, Sue, John, and Frak talk of the Leaky Song (bottom of the main page), John and Frak's PotterCast Vlog questions, The Whomping Willows tour, and more. To listen, just
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Source: Reuters, By Mohamed Sudam and Mohammed Ghobari
SANAA - A deal to end Yemen's political crisis hit a potential snag on Saturday as doubts were raised about whether President Ali Abdullah Saleh would personally sign an agreement that would have him quit power within a month.
But the country's main opposition coalition said it still hoped wealthy Gulf states who brokered the deal would be able to ensure a signature by Saleh, a shrewd political survivor who has faced three months of pro-democracy protests seeking his ouster.
"Until now, we still have hope that the efforts of the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council will succeed in persuading the president to sign," a prominent opposition leader told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Saleh, who has ruled the impoverished Arabian Peninsula state for nearly 33 years, had been due to sign the deal on Saturday in an agreement that, if implemented, would make him the third Arab ruler ousted by a wave of popular uprisings.
But in a last-minute wrinkle, a government official said talks were under way within the ruling party on whether Saleh would personally sign or leave it to senior members of his party. Such a move could throw the entire deal into doubt.
"There is discussion on the matter at the moment," the official said. Other officials previously said repeatedly that Saleh would sign on Saturday.
The United States and neighbouring oil giant Saudi Arabia want the Yemen standoff resolved to avert chaos that could enable al Qaeda's Yemen wing to operate more freely.
Saleh has in principle accepted the agreement negotiated by his oil-exporting GCC neighbours.
Yemen's mainstream opposition, which includes both Islamists and leftists, has also agreed to the deal, even as street protesters have rejected the agreement and demand Saleh step down immediately and face prosecution.
Saleh, long considered a U.S. ally against al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, had already forced mediators to split the signing ceremonies over two days and has objected to the presence of Qatari officials.
Qatar's prime minister was first to state publicly the Gulf deal would seek Saleh's resignation, and its satellite TV channel Al Jazeera has been accused by Saleh of inciting revolt in the Arab world, now swept by pro-democracy demonstrations.
While the Yemeni leader was due to sign the pact in Sanaa, his party's vice president will travel to the Saudi capital Riyadh for Sunday's official signing ceremony by the opposition, which has warned that further bloodshed could derail the deal.
Violence broke out in south Yemen ahead of the expected signing when gunmen killed two police officers and wounded two more in the port city of Aden, state media said. Witnesses said the gunmen had attacked a police station. Gunfire also erupted outside a nearby prison.
Shortly afterward, security forces moved in to break up an anti-government protest in the same neighbourhood, killing two protesters and wounding 50 more, said Qassim Jamil, a doctor.
Protesters fled the scene, and tanks and armoured vehicles were patrolling the streets, the witnesses said. The wounded were being taken to nearby hotels for treatment because they could not reach hospitals, Jamil said.
Analysts say the government, which has been trying to contain separatists in the south and Shi'ite rebels in the north, fears secessionists may be trying to take advantage of Yemen's leadership crisis to renew a push for separation.
Protesters say they will stay on the streets until Saleh leaves. They also called for him to be put on trial for corruption and the deaths of the estimated 144 protesters killed since rallies began three months ago.
The GCC deal offers Saleh and his entourage, including relatives who run branches of the security forces, immunity from prosecution.
"The people want the trial of the murderer!" some anti-Saleh demonstrators shouted at a protest on Friday that ended in a funeral march for 12 protesters killed on Wednesday, thousands passing their wooden coffins from hand to hand to their graves.
Analysts say a 30-day window for Saleh to resign gives plenty of time for disgruntled forces from the old guard to stir trouble in Yemen, where half the population owns a gun and al Qaeda has gained a foothold in its mountainous regions.
Should the deal go through, Saleh would appoint a prime minister from the opposition to head a transitional government, which would set a presidential vote for 60 days after he leaves.
Many protesters, wary of the opposition due to its presence in government in past years, urged it to back out of the deal.
"They wouldn't lose anything because Saleh isn't going to stick to the agreement. If he can't find a reason to overturn it he'll spark a war," Sanaa protester Abdulsalam Mahmoud said.


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Creepy Botanicals for a Halloween Mood
When it comes to Halloween décor, I tend to favor the weird over the cutesy, and botanical decorations always appeal to me more than plastic ones. This goes for any holiday, really, but especially for Halloween, which strikes me as a great opportunity to decorate with bizarre plants and containers.
Of course there are tons of strange and spooky plants you can grow year-round, indoors and out, that can be featured at Halloween, in cut arrangements or in their natural habitat. If this seems like too much of a commitment, though, you can always try out a temporary planting project to be used at a party or to entice trick-or-treaters. Here are a few of our favorite plants and botanical projects for a Halloween mood from around the web.
• 1 How clever is this cemetery terrarium? The natural condensation that forms on the inside of terrarium glass will only make this seem spookier and more moody. Love it! The terrarium comes as a planting kit for $34, from LBrandt on Etsy, who also sells a tiny little grim reaper you can add to your bonsai (squint to find him in photo number 2). Nice.
• 3 An argument can be made that there is nothing spooky about these sweet succulent bust planters from Floral Art in LA, but I think the trailing sedum kind of looks like brains spilling out. Maybe I'm just a little too deep in the Halloween mood, eh? Either way, these are fabulous. The pair of planters is $300, and if you live in the LA area, you can get them planted up with succulents.
• 4 When it was still around, Smith and Hawken used to make this spider topiary; it would be relatively easy to replicate at home. A coat hanger could serve as the legs; fashion a mossy ball for the head, and use any round or spherical plant for the body. A succulent (a round one, like an echeveria) would actually work great as the body, since it will hold up without its soil and roots for quite a while. A more unusual plant choice will help push this in the weird direction (rather than the cute).
• 5 Certain plants in the gray/white family have a kind of opalescent glow in the darkness, like this succulent, Graptopetalum paraguayense. I've always thought it would be fun to have a whole garden full of plants like these, if only just so you've got an amazing backdrop for a Halloween party (with blankets and cider!).
• 6 Spilanthes oleracea is commonly called "eyeball plant". 'Nuff said. These would be great in a cut bouquet. The plant likes partial shade, and if you live in a colder climate you'll have to grow it as an annual (or bring it indoors).
• 7 True to its name, the gorgeous "devil's thorn," Solanum pyracanthum, actually does produce poisonous fruits. Scary and beautiful, all at once.
• 8 I used to grow the bat-faced cuphea, Cuphea ilavea, in my own garden, and it was always covered with these cute flowers that did indeed look like bats up close. From afar, there's nothing especially scary about the plant, but it beats bat-shaped confetti, anyhow.
Next week in Garden Party: carnivorous plants, from garden to vase!
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 1 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska won a pair of matches Thursday in earning a spot in the quarterfinals of the BMW Malaysian Open tennis tournament.
Radwanska had her first-round match pushed one day from Tuesday because of weather and then wasn't able to finish the match Wednesday due to rain.
However, she started Thursday's play by winning three of four games to finish off a 6-2, 6-4 first-round win over Akgul Amanmuradova and then topped Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-4 in a second-round match.
Pliskova pounded out 14 aces but Radwanska had three breaks in moving to the quarterfinals.
Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic routed Jill Craybas 6-2, 6-0 in 65 minutes Thursday. Jankovic lost just 10 points over seventh service games. She won the first four games of the match and in the second set won two-thirds of the points.
No. 3-seeded Peng Shuai was a 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 winner over Kristyna Pliskova -- Karolina's twin sister. Peng didn't drop her serve after the first set.
Sixth-seeded Ayumi Morita defeated Misaki Doi 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 but Eleni Daniilidou upset fourth-seeded Jarmila Gajdosova 6-4, 6-0 and Olivia Rogowska got by No. 7-seded Jelena Dokic 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2).
Radwanska meets Hsieh Su-Wei and Daniilidou plays Rogowska in the top half of the draw's quarterfinals. Jankovic goes against Morita and Peng faced fifth-seeded Petra Martic in the other matches Friday.


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Frank Muldoon was born in Winnipeg in 1930, and passed away peacefully, in Ottawa, on January 9, 2013. He was the beloved husband for 57 years of Lucille (Shirtliff) and loving father of Dr. Laura (Dan McDougall) and Sean (Lynn Macphail). Frank was and will always be ''Grandpa'' to Séamus, Fiona, Moragh, Meghan and Adam. He was predeceased by his parents William and Laura (Meredith) Muldoon, and brothers Daniel and Robert. He is survived by his nephews Bill and Dan. Frank had a long and rewarding career in the law. He was in practice in Winnipeg for 14 years before being named chairman (in 1970) of the Manitoba Law Reform Commission. His successfully implemented reforms in Manitoba led to his appointment, in 1977, as the vice-president and later the president of the Law Reform Commission of Canada. He joined the bench of the trial division of the Federal Court of Canada and the Court Martial Appeal Court in 1983. As a Federal Court Justice Frank was known for the justice, passion and eloquence of his thoughtful and well-researched judgments. He was always delighted to share his ideas and to assist his juniors in the legal profession. Frank loved people and lived his life to the fullest. In his younger days he was the life of any party and a raconteur par excellence. He mastered several languages and many more accents, which he used to great effect in his story-telling. He was a staunch supporter of local purveyors of food and drink! Friends are invited to visit at the Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 315 McLeod Street (at O'Connor), Ottawa, on Sunday, January 13 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Resurrection of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church, 1940 Saunderson Drive, Ottawa, Monday at 11 a.m. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Ottawa Hospital Foundation would be appreciated.
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Way back when I was using AOL, there was a chat room that broke into a conversation about who should replace Sammy Hagar in Van Halen. I immediately thought they should just give those duties to Michael Anthony. His backups were always top notch. This suggestion was met with a lot of agreement, and now we can hear just how cool that might have been.
This was recorded while Gary Cherone was touring with them, and for the performance of "Somebody Get Me A Doctor," Cherone gave the mic to Anthony and assumed backup position. Wish I woulda been there.


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by John Privé January 28, 2008
Recently unearthed by one, JMP, phale is now commonly used and recognized as a word that signifies mental incapabilities and a rare disease: the Jumping Frenchman of Maine Disorder, a disease commonly carried in French Canadian lumberjacks. An emergency health notice from AMTA (American Medical Treatment Association) has urged anyone coming into contact with another who frequently uses this word to call their hotline : 1-800-455-AMTA.
Due to lack of Jumping Frenchman of Maine Disorder and a fear of spreading, an example of PHALE in a sentence will be posted at a later time when a quarantine can be put into effect.
by Doctor Stratford January 30, 2008
Something that is beyond absolute bullshit and pisses you off. It is actually a homophone or same sounding word to FAIL. It comes from the combination of fail + hale. Hale is actually hell. As corporations become more paranoid about their employees, they utilize keyloggers and chat monitors. Certain words like fail, hell, f*ck, phuck, etc are marked as key words and trigger more logging on an employee's computer. Phale is a word to express bitterness or call something out when you encounter the common WTF scenario.
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Twitter Rolls the Dice
Dec 10, 2011 5:00 AM PT
When a social media site undertakes a major redesign, it's kind of like that scene in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Drink from the right cup, and you're completely re-energized. But there are a lot of poor choices you can make, and drinking from any of the wrong cups will turn your site into a dried-out husk.
Twitter just took the plunge with a major interface refresh that offers a lot of new options and features to regular users as well as businesses and brands that use the service to communicate with customers.
An array of new buttons organizes content, and new profile displays let users tell their followers more about themselves. That can be especially important for brand pages.
For personal users, a new Home section provides an assortment of news, commentary and tweets, while Discovery draws in information based on factors like location and the things the user's followees are looking at. The new Me button is designed to promote one-to-one interaction. It's all about trying to foster actual conversations rather than having everyone shouting in a digital cacophony.
For businesses, the new features may come as a welcome change. Twitter now gives them more opportunities and ways to talk about themselves, more techniques for wending their way into conversations, more ways to customize their profiles and slap branding all over the place.
But there's also the risk that the changes make Twitter a little too busy. Simplicity has always seemed to be one of the network's major themes. While Facebook adds a million new features every year, Twitter has mostly kept it clean: 140 characters, these people follow you, you follow these people, retweet if you like something. Hashtag linguistics and impenetrable acronyms aside, it's always been a fairly straightforward user experience. And it still is, but now all sorts of new buttons and switches are festooned all over the interface. While some might see the new features as useful tools, others will look at them as unnecessary complications.
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Red on Red
RedBox, the company that put a big DVD rental kiosk right in that spot where the wino used to sit outside your favorite convenience store, is teaming up with Verizon to order offer video content sent straight to your home via the Web, according to a TechCrunch report.
The partnership, which neither company would confirm to us, is apparently dubbed "Project Zoetrope," referring to a very old-timey way of showing moving pictures. It'll connect with various desktop browsers, as well as devices like Android and iOS mobiles, Xbox, Roku and Google TV.
For Verizon, this could be a way to reach beyond the traditional cable TV services it already offers. Streaming providers are often at odds with ISPs due to the burden video puts on a network, but Verizon has the advantage of being an ISP itself.
As for RedBox, for the time being, it's getting a fair amount of traction with its business of renting out physical media. It's part of the reason BlockBuster's just about buried, and it's even giving Netflix's DVD service a run for its money. RedBox rental kiosks are incredibly convenient. You don't have to wait for the mail to arrive, and they're a hell of a lot cheaper to maintain than big stores that have to pay for trifles like rent and employees.
But streaming and downloading movies directly to viewers via the Internet is the trend RedBox is going after here. Netflix is the leader with that, though it's showing signs of weakness lately. You've also got Brightcove, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon, Vudu and probably a half-dozen others.
That sounds like a crowded market, so in order for this not to be a total waste of time, Zoetrope is going to have to offer something unique, and that may come in the form of its payment system. Apparently it's a credit-based subscription -- pay a monthly fee and you get x number of credits to spend on streaming and downloading various titles. Presumably older stuff will cost less, newer stuff more. But unless that involves something like rollover credits, it could make customers feel like they overpaid if they don't spend all their credits before the end of the month, and out of luck if they do spend them all but there's something else they want to see.
Then again, one reason movie studios haven't let companies like Netflix put their biggest new movies on Instant is because they don't think flat-rate all-you-can-eat plans are good enough for their AAA content, and they may think a credit-based plan like this is a more deserving system.
Losing the Name Game
If ever there was a company in need of a break right now, it's Research In Motion. Market share is dwindling, stock value's cratering, its devices keep getting outshined by iPhones and Androids, and its attack on the tablet market's been a mess.
Much hinges on the arrival of the next version of RIM's mobile operating system, which will combine the DNA of its regular BlackBerry OS with that of QNX, which it bought last year. It sounds like it's going to be a major departure for RIM, a big step in a new direction with a huge software change that could make or break the company. So it slapped a new kind of name on its new software. Forget the numerals; this one's called "BBX."
Not bad, really. It's nice and short, it makes sense given the names of the two parent OSes, and it includes X, certainly the alphabet's most sinister letter.
Don't get used to it, though, because RIM's given it up. Several weeks ago, shortly after RIM announced BBX to the world, another company, Basis International, filed a trademark infringement suit over use of the name, which Basis was already using to refer to a line of products called "Business Basic eXtended."
The judge in that suit recently issued a temporary restraining order against RIM, and the company promptly folded. The next-gen BlackBerry OS will simply be called "BlackBerry 10." The current version is BlackBerry 7; now we're skipping to 10. Don't ask questions, just play along.
So what's the name change going to cost RIM? Perhaps a little bit of dignity. Once again, it's made to look like it can't execute, that it can't even check to see if a name is already taken, and if so, how likely the owner is to sue. It wanted to make a big break with a new brand, but instead it was publicly slapped back into its box.
But perhaps now that it's at this point, giving up was the wise thing to do. The product isn't even out yet. And if RIM did decide to fight, critics would never let the company hear the end of how it bogged itself down in a protracted legal war over the name of an OS it hadn't even launched. RIM just needs to get its next OS out there, regardless of what it's called, and make sure it's incredibly good.
Pocket Picked
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus will come to the Verizon network in the U.S. very soon, and buyers who pick one up will be getting one of the most advanced smartphones on the market. It'll be the third in Google's line of Nexus phones -- phones featuring pure, unadulterated and untweaked versions of the very latest Android build. In this case, that's Ice Cream Sandwich.
But what those buyers won't be getting is Google Wallet, Google's newly born mobile payment system. Here's this beautiful, flagship phone with an OS that was immaculately conceived when Google whispered in Samsung's ear, yet it'll be missing the cutting-edge feature that represents Google's big leap into the mobile payments space. And it's all thanks to Verizon.
So is Verizon blocking a Google app? Is Google taking this sitting down? Is this the beginning of a brand-new wireless grudge? Well, if the two aren't getting along, they're keeping quiet about it. Asked why Google Wallet isn't part of the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, a Google spokesperson told us Verizon asked them not to include it. See, very cordial! And a Verizon rep told us that the carrier isn't blocking any apps; it's just that Google Wallet requires a certain hardware element to work, and the two are still hashing it out. So, someday its Nexus will have Wallet. Maybe.
However, there's also the fact that Verizon is one of three major U.S. carriers to support ISIS, a mobile payment platform that competes with Google Wallet. The others are AT&T and T-Mobile, so this might not be the last time we hear about a new Android phone leaving the house without a Wallet.
But why would Google roll over on this without a fight? Well, we don't know there wasn't a fight; only that whatever conflict might have happened stayed behind closed doors.
And maybe the reason it's giving in is because consumers just don't care that much about mobile payments yet. There are still very few places you can use Google Wallet, ISIS or anything else to pay for retail purchases with your phone. Most people don't own phones that are capable of doing it, and most probably aren't even aware any of this stuff exists. Sure, it might be big in a few years, and right now the stakes are high for companies that want to get in on the early stages of the trend, but for now, perhaps Google thinks Job No. 1 is getting Android phones with NFC hardware into as many pockets as possible. In order to do that, it's going to have to keep carriers happy, so maybe now is a good time to take a knee.
.XXX Marks the Spot
If you've ever wanted to set up shop in the Web's official red light district, now's the time. The ICM Registry just started selling .xxx domain names. Better hurry up -- it's on a first-come, first served basis.
Actually, even if you have a fairly well-known brand that has absolutely nothing to do with porn, erotica, adult entertainment, or whatever else you want to call it, you may still want to register that brand with a .xxx domain anyway, lest someone offering a very different product tries to mooch off your established name.
The creation of the .xxx domain has been a very controversial issue, and the fight over whether or not to go through with it has been going on for years. On one hand, putting the Web's dirty bits in one corner could theoretically make them easier to avoid for people who don't want to see them -- and easier to find for those who do.
It could also make things easier for automatic tools, like security filters that can be programmed to be extra vigilant against malware when a browser visits a .xxx site, or filtering programs used by schools and parents that can simply deny access to anything under a .xxx domain.
But critics see another side to it. They say the creation of the .xxx domain could easily turn from voluntary to mandatory registration. And if all porn sites are made to carry a .xxx domain, who gets to decide what falls under that definition?
For now, though, it seems very little is going to change about adult content on the Web. The voluntary registration of .xxx mostly means large brands will register to protect their names, and established porn purveyors will register simply because that's what it's there for. But meanwhile, most will likely keep their established .com and .net domains as well, and it's business as usual.


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Team Canada earned six medals during the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games.
Markham Pan Am Centre
Badminton can be traced back to mid-18th century India, where it was created by British military officers stationed there. Also referred to as "poona" after the town of Poona where it was popularized, the game was brought back to England where it was further developed and rules were created.
Badminton is a racquet sport played as either singles or doubles with players on opposite sides of a rectangular court split in half by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock (or birdie) over the net with their racquet and into the opponents' half of the court. With shuttlecocks reaching speeds of up to 350 kilometres per hour, badminton athletes must have lightning-fast reflexes.
See more Pan Am badminton photos on Markham's Flickr page.
Michelle Li and Rachel Honderich on the court.
Team Mexico's Men's Doubles players in action.
Bronze Medal winners in Women's Doubles: Alex Bruce, Phyllis Chan, Rachel Honderich and Michelle Li.
Silver medal Mixed Double's Winners Toby Ng and Alex Bruce.


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Basic White: 5 Classy and Affordable Serving Platters
No matter what disasters might have happened in the kitchen, presenting dishes on basic white platters like these are the coup de resistance for a perfect meal. From roast turkey to roast vegetables, all foods look good on white. Even better, these platters do the job without breaking the bank.
• Cuatro Serving Platters, $1.95 - $14.95 from CB2 - These simple rectangular trays would transition smoothly from cocktail hour to dinner table.
• 365+ Serving Plate, $12.99 from Ikea - Use this long and shallow dish for serving carved meat.
• Porcelain Oval Platter, $8 from Sur La Table - We could use several of these in our dish arsenal!
• Corelle Melamine Serving Tray, $13.99 from Target - The handles on this one make it perfect for passing around the table.
• Large Rimmed Platter, $19.95 - $34.95 from Crate & Barrel - We love the gentle curved look of this circular platter.
Which kind of platter do you like best?
Related: Good Question: How Best to Clean My White Dinnerware?
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"Man from AURORA IL was trying to promote his new dance in the street and was hit by an Ice Cream truck. He suffered a broken wrist and a few broken ribs" - Meredith Murf Williams
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Neon tribal running shorts and sports bra
Added Aug 22, 2013
London, United K...
I sew the majority of my own running gear, but it had been bugging me that I still needed to buy sports bras because I couldn't find any patterns that were supportive enough, let alone stylish. Enter Jalie 2563, which I made some slight modifications to and it now passes my "bounce test"! I also used the shorts included in this pattern to make a matching set, and I wore this to compete in the British Transplant Games at the weekend where I won the womens 1500m GOLD MEDAL while wearing this!
For way more photos, details of how I made this supportive, and tips on eliminating chafing, head over to FehrTrade.com!
Material Notes
Leftover tribal digital printed lycra from Funki Fabrics, and neon red wicking lycra gifted from a friend (industry sample)
- Season
- Summer
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Lingerie/Undergarments
- Style
- Casual, Other
- Material
- Knits/Jersey
- Pattern
Jalie 2563
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Sep 2, 2013, 04.16 AMby jacquipardue
great running outfit!! Congrats :)
Aug 23, 2013, 11.01 PMby lasusie
Looks awesome and congrats on your medal!! Love the combination of the fabrics.
Aug 23, 2013, 06.11 AMby kihli
You are lookung fab in your running outfit! Congratulations for the gold medal, very impressing!
Aug 22, 2013, 09.53 PMby puffinlove
Congratulations on your double gold! And on becoming sports bra self-sufficient!
Aug 22, 2013, 08.33 PMby Mary Athey
fab outfit squirrelly poo and congratulations on the gold medal. you must've looked terrific crossing the finishing line in this x
Aug 22, 2013, 06.03 PMby Ellen Hatteland
WOW! – Congratulations!! It's really nice outfit for running :)
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