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As far as being the "de-facto leader". Maybe in theory, but not officially, and that all depends upon who you talk to. Fiddle player says she thinks of me that way, and winter bass player most likely does (probably both fiddle player and me together), but that's precisely what the drummer seems to be constantly fighting: that we're all equals, and there is no leader. Currently she's fighting off the fiddle player, but she's usually on my case. I don't really care, personally. I don't really feel comfortable "taking command" if not everyone else wants it. But I would like to demand that everyone hold their own. Fiddle and bass totally pull their weight, I give them very little "commands", and always couch them in suggestions and subjective ideas with the clear understanding that they could take it or leave it, I trust their judgement enough that I don't think my own ideas are necessarily superior. But to be blunt, I don't feel that way about the drummer. She doesn't pull her weight, and she's not creative, so I'm constantly coming up with parts for her... but she doesn't like doing creative things (she picks one beat and plays it over and over again, no fills, very little alteration), and when I make suggestions she pushes back and tries to reassert that we're all equals. "get off my lawn" mentality (yeah, she leans that way politically, too, which makes sense).
Say you are all leaving and form a new band.
Quote from: Starmongoose on September 27, 2013, 05:18:27 PMSay you are all leaving and form a new band.Oh shit, this new band is just like the old one except we have a different drummer now. Oops.
Hmm, should I get rid of this toxic drummer or should I let a metric fuckton of drama destroy this musical collaboration I care about? SUCH A TOUGH CHOICE! =^.^=What the fuck.
rhetorical question answered
Oh come on like anyone notices the drummer anyway.
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Last week, I had the pleasure of teaching several sessions to LifeWays students who had come to Maine for the east coast training. The experience allowed me to take a welcome break from the endless data entry I've been doing to ready the new Bella Luna Toys website. The LifeWays Child Care Training is a comprehensive training to give students the understanding and skills they need to transform themselves and their work with young children, and is inspired by Waldorf education and the insights of Rudolf Steiner. These students teach in Waldorf schools, childhood centers, pre-schools or home programs.
Among the classes I taught were crayon drawing with beeswax block crayons, and wet-on-wet watercolor painting, as practiced in Waldorf education. I had a marvelous week preparing for the class, immersing myself in form and color! With thanks to Madrona Wienges and her camera, I am able to share images of our classes with you.
In addition to the Stockmar Beeswax Crayons, Stockmar Watercolor Paint, Waldorf art supplies and the book Painting With Children which are currently available from Bella Luna Toys, I am excited to be introducing new resources for coloring and drawing when the new site goes live. Stay tuned!
Have questions about drawing or painting? Leave them here, and I'll do my best to answer them.

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Delhi horror visits Mumbai: photojournalist gang-raped, one suspect arrested
The Mumbai Police claim to have arrested one of the five men who allegedly raped a 22-year-old photojournalist, as the country erupted in anger over the incident that stirred memories of the Delhi gang-rape. Saurabh M Joshi and Debasish Panigrahi report.HT Edit: The writing is on the wallmumbai Updated: Aug 24, 2013 12:16 IST
The Mumbai Police claim to have arrested one of the five men who allegedly raped a 22-year-old photojournalist on Thursday, as the city and country erupted in anger over the incident that stirred memories of the Delhi gang-rape.
The state government has said the case will be fast-tracked and offered services of Ujjwal Nikam as the lawyer to fight the woman's case.
Out on an assignment, the photojournalist was raped in a deserted textile mill in central Mumbai after the five men beat up and tied her male colleague.
The woman and her colleague were doing a photo-shoot at the compound between 6 and 6.30pm when they were accosted by two suspects. They questioned the duo about their presence on the railway property and were soon joined by their accomplices.
Addressing a press conference on Friday, Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh said 20 police teams, including 10 from the crime branch, are tracking the four suspects.
"We have arrested one of the suspects who has named the others involved in the incident. The suspect has also confessed to the crime," Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh said.
"The police prepared sketches based on the statement of the victim and the witness and made an arrest," Singh said.
Chand Abdul Sattar who lives at Dhobi Ghat, close to the mill, was arrested Friday afternoon. Twenty teams were looking for his four accomplices, all of who had been identified and were aged between 18 and 20, Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh said.
VIDEO: 20 teams formed to catch culprits
The five men, all school dropouts, were jobless and visited the mill often. Two even have robbery cases registered against them.
"Two of the accused offered to get the journalists' permission for the photo shoot," said Singh. Suddenly, one of the men turned towards the woman's colleague and accused him of being involved in a murder that took place in the mill some time back.
"Under the pretext of conducting an inquiry, they separated them," said Singh.
Three men escorted the male journalist away and tied him up, threatening him with glass shards that were lying round. They slapped him and told him to keep quite. The remaining two overpowered the woman. All of the five took turns to rape her and then fled, Singh said.
Two hours later, the woman and her colleague managed to reach the Jaslok Hospital and the police were informed at around 8pm.
In a chilling reminder of the horrific December gang-rape case in Delhi last year, the woman's colleague was badly beaten up and tied by the perpetrators before she was raped. The victim has been admitted to Jaslok Hospital. Preliminary reports suggested that she sustained multiple internal injuries.
"She has been under treatment since last night. She underwent a minor surgical procedure today (Friday) and now her condition has improved and stabilized. We expect a speedy recovery," said a spokesperson for the hospital.
The woman, who was wheeled in to the operation theatre for a minor investigative procedure on Friday morning, is stable. "She is stable but depressed," Jaslok Hospital's acting CEO Dr Taran Giachandani said.
After recording their statements, the police rounded up criminals and drug addicts of the area for questioning. By morning, the police had the sketches of the suspects ready.
The Centre sought a detailed report from the Mumbai Police as the issue reverberated inside and outside Parliament. Leaders across party lines condemned the crime and called for strict action against the perpetrators.
Journalists in Delhi and Mumbai held protest demonstrations and demanded a secure environment for women.
READ: Outrage, debate after journalist's gang-rape harms Mumbai's safe image
Maharashtra home minister RR Patil has said that if the family agrees, the state will provide Ujjwal Nikam as the lawyer to fight their case. He has also said that the case will be fast tracked.
"We are ready to appoint Nikam as a lawyer, but if the family wants anyone else, we are ready to extend that help.
The chargesheet will be filed within 7 days and case will be fast tracked," Patil said.
He also said if women journalists are going on dangerous assignments or in isolated places, police protection will be given. The incident has sparked outrage across the country including in the Parliament.
In Mumbai, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said the incident was a blot on the fair image of the state and all efforts would be made to book the culprits. A protest was held at the Hutatma Chowk in south Mumbai on Friday by media and social organisations.
READ: Chavan visits hospital, meets gang-rape victim's kin
HT poll results: Photojournalist gang-raped- Is Mumbai going the Delhi way?
Hindustantimes.com conducted a poll asking readers if Mumbai is going the Delhi way after the gang-rape of the photojournalist. 72% agreed saying the city is growing to become as unsafe as Delhi for women. On the other hand, 21% said Mumbai still is the safest city for women and the rest 7% remained undecided.
(With inputs from agencies)
VIDEO: Mumbai photojournalist gang-raped, 1 held
READ: Mumbai journalists hold protest to condemn gang-rape
READ: Uproar in Rajya Sabha over Mumbai gang-rape case
READ: Photojournalist gang-rape triggers online outrage
READ: Celebs horrified over Mumbai gang-rape
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The beach is a visceral place.
From the moment you make that oh-so familiar right turn onto the Bolivar Peninsula's main drag, every sense is pleasantly attacked by the Gulf of Mexico's charms. The rich, salty air, the sound of waves hitting shoreline, the flocks of pelicans sailing so effortlessly against the breeze — everything comes together to ensure that all five senses receive the same message simultaneously.
Relax. You're at the beach.
On this particular stretch of sand and surf, things are looking up. New candy-colored homes are popping up everywhere, and business owners say Memorial Day weekend was the busiest they've ever seen. Food trucks amble down beaches filled with tan, happy people whose cups runneth over.
After a day on these gentle sandy beaches, we all feel just a little more grounded, connected, refreshed. And usually, we're pretty hungry.
Barbecued crabs at Stingaree, juicy burgers at the Tiki, coconut-flavored cocktails at the Ship's Wheel, mouth-watering pulled pork at Fantasea — you just don't know the beach until you've tasted it with your own two lips.
Now that more and more people are seeking respite on Bolivar's sandy shores, there are more food and drink options to be had. Pop's Beach Boil, a food truck serving tasty boiled seafood, set up shop in March. And an old favorite is poised to make a big comeback.
Steve's Landing was destroyed by Ike, and owners decided not to rebuild. But Bhargav Patel, who worked there in high school, decided Steve's Landing deserved another shot. He and several partners rebuilt the restaurant in its original location at 1290 Bay Vue Drive, and Patel plans to open to the public on June 27.
The restaurant and marina will overlook the bay so diners can watch barges amble past while the sun sets. We're particularly excited about watching that sunset from what Patel calls the "swing bar," a series of handcrafted wooden swings that enable customers to leisurely sway in the breeze while sipping cocktails.
The restaurant will feature a full bar and plenty of tasty beach eats.
"We have real good crab cakes, steak and lobster," Patel said. " We also have real good gumbo and etouffee."
If you plan to hit the beach this weekend, we've put together a guide of the best food and drink Crystal Beach has to offer. From seafood to steaks to Stingaritas and strawberry daiquiries, the beach is beckoning you to treat yourself.
Go on. You know you want to.
Ship's Wheel
Where: 1270 Texas 87, Crystal Beach
Info: (409) 684-4036
Online: "Ships Wheel" on Facebook
Here's the bottom line: You don't know squat about Crystal Beach until you've become a familiar face at the Wheel.
The only true-blue bar on the peninsula, this place is a windowless, smoke-filled reprieve from sunshine and smiling children. Bartenders would be happy to pour you a rainbow shot, which magically fills a row of shot glasses with a rainbow-colored array of sweet, boozy goodness. Come by during the day to meet Bolivar locals and business owners. Come by on a weekend summer night for the rowdiest party on the beach.
If you need a pick-me-up, the Vegas Bomb will do just that and then some: This Ship's Wheel favorite is made with Crown, Malibu, peach Schnapps and Red Bull.
Pop's Beach Boil
Where: 2211 Texas 87, Crystal Beach
Info: (504) 427-3326
Online: Facebook.com/PopsBeachBoilCrystalBeachTX
This new Bolivar food truck serves up exactly what you've always wanted to eat al fresco at the beach: boiled crawfish, shrimp and crabs.
Grab some beer from the conveniently adjacent Island Liquor store and grab a picnic table for some tasty seafood. Charles Ricks and his wife, Cyndi, are Lufkin natives but the two couldn't help but open a food truck on their beloved Crystal Beach.
Crawfish is their biggest seller, Charles said, and he's hoping to keep the mudbugs coming through the Fourth of July. Diners love their local boiled shrimp, and on Thursdays and Fridays you can order your mudbugs all-you-can-eat.
"This is not your dad's picnic," Charles said.
Sitting at a picnic table in the late afternoon sun, a Texas craft beer from Island Liquor in our hand and several pounds of crawfish down our gullet, we're inclined to agree.
Pro tip: They don't serve melted butter here, so bring your own. You'll be happy you did.
Stingaree Restaurant & Marina
Where: 1295 N. Stingaree Dr., Crystal Beach
Info: (409) 684-2731
Online: StingareeRestaurant.com
There is no such thing as a trip to the beach that doesn't involve a stop at Stingaree.
The incredible sunset view pairs excellently with their signature Stingarita, a margarita that just begs to be topped off with a shot of sangria. A delicious new dish this summer is the soft shell crab taco, a completely addictive bounty of fresh ingredients and flavorful crab.
Fresh, local fried shrimp is a favorite among regulars, said owner Brad Vratis, and the red snapper comes straight from the waters around Galveston. At Down Under, the bar and restaurant beneath Stingaree, live music beckons on the weekends while patrons dine on burgers and Mermaid Kool-Aid, a bright green concoction filled with sugar and booze and smiles.
Locals swear by Stingaree, and it's not hard to see why. It's a heavenly little slice of the beach just waiting to be eagerly devoured as the sun sets over Bolivar.
Island Liquor
Where: 2275 Texas 87, Port Bolivar
Info: (409) 684-8001
Upon setting foot in Island Liquor, craft beer lovers will not believe their eyes. Oh, the selection! We never expected to find all our favorites in a beach-adjacent setting.
General Manager Jack Davis has added 60 to 70 craft beers to Island Liquor's selection this year, and he plants to add many more.
"Two months ago we really saw the trend moving that way," Davis said. "Sales have been great."
So great, in fact, that Davis is letting his customers determine the selection. Customer suggestions have brought in beer from brewers like Real Ale, and Davis said he'd love to hear what you want to drink.
Davis was always scared to stock bombers, he said, for fear they wouldn't sell. But he now plans to expand his selection of those as well.
What made us really fall in love with Island Liquor wasn't just the craft beer selection, it was the selection of cold craft beer. Over the next few weeks, that selection is only going to grow.
Fantasea BBQ & Grill
Where: 1951 Texas 87, Gilchrist
Info: (409) 286-2160
Online: "Fantasea BBQ & Grill" on Facebook
Once you hit the main Crystal Beach drag, your first food and drink option is Fantasea BBQ & Grill, which specializes in barbecue, beer and the greatest sandwich known to man.
We don't normally advocate eating a bacon cheeseburger, onion rings and two grilled cheese sandwiches before hitting the beach in your itty-bitty bikini, but when you put all that into one sandwich, it becomes impossible to lust after anything else on the menu.
The Shipwreck, a bacon cheesebuger topped with an onion ring and sandwiched between two grilled cheese sandwiches, is a beautiful tower of grease and cheese you absolutely must eat. Since it takes a minute to shake the city off your bones, we suggest starting your beach trip with a trip to Fantasea, where you and your friends can throw back a few brews while you split one of these massive sandwiches.
Guideaux's Bayside Grille
Where: 2275 Texas 87, Port Bolivar
Info: (409) 684-0011
A relatively new spot in the Bolivar food scene, Guideaux's is known among locals for its pizza. Diners describe the place as "Cajun Italian," which sounds about right. They serve up subs, hot wings and house-made thick-cut potato chips. Those who know claim that Guideaux's Philly cheese steaks are as close to authentic as you can get in Southeast Texas.
But we're just stoked to see a pizza place on the peninsula. Hey, seafood is grand, but sometimes you just want a big, greasy slice.
Try the thin-crust white pizza.
Tiki Beach Bar & Grill
Where: 1369 Texas 87, Port Bolivar
Info: (409) 504-5276
Online: "Tiki Beach Bar and Grill" on Facebook
It's no secret that the Tiki makes the best burger on the peninsula, but you may be surprised at how tasty their other menu items are, too.
Crab nachos, key lime pie, po' boys, steak — we've never had a meal here that didn't surprise us with its tastiness. This place has a straight-up beach bar atmosphere that only intensifies as the sun sets.
If you're on the beach and looking for take-out, this is a great place to order from. Just pick a few things off the menu and nosh beach-side. Chris' Avocado with Shrimp — a deep-fried avocado topped with shrimp and mahi mahi in a special sauce, with veggies on the side — is not a bad way to treat yourself.
Service at the Tiki may not be as spritely as you're used to, but hey: You're at the beach, man. Chill.
Sharky's II
Where: 1021 Texas 87, Crystal Beach
Info: (409) 684-2626
Three words: Bloody Mary Sundays.
Every Sunday from noon to 2 p.m., grab a $2, hair-of-the-dog Bloody Mary at Sharky's II, a 16,000-square foot nightclub known for its dance floor, live music and another one of those quintessential beach drinks, the Shark Bite.
Bands like Scott McGill Band and My Beautiful Disaster frequent this beach club, but you can take to the stage yourself every Thursday with Big Star Karaoke.
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Jessica Eaves Mathews is America's Advocate for Women in Business.™ She is passionate about helping women launch wealth-building businesses infused with authenticity & passion.
Her Business Brilliance™ brand is dedicated to empowering women with the tools they need to create a life of personal and financial brilliance through entrepreneurship. Jessica guides women entrepreneurs through the emotional and practical steps toward a rock solid business that empowers and liberates women to have a brilliant business and brilliant life on their own terms.
Through her new Business Brilliance University™, she provides educational products and step-by-step tools for creating a solid legal foundation for your business painlessly and quickly so that your hard work is protected as your business grows. The website is for this new online learning center/University.
Women entrepreneurs looking to create brilliant businesses that support their ideal lives.
There is a balance with these women - they love what they do and want to be very successful, but they also know what really matters in life and want their business to support a full and fulfilling life, not the other way around.
We just need one brilliant landing page where we can sell our information products (which help women business owners easily and affordably get their business foundation in place themselves, without having to hire an expensive lawyer). The website should reflect the Business Brilliance brand: femininity, life, freedom, success. The brand is about being feminine, balanced, brilliant and powerful. Sparkles and shine are a big theme with this brand, so have some fun with it. I've been told that for coding purposes, we will need a layered PSD file.
We have five categories of products to sell, so if you could organize the page that way, that would be helpful. We also need an opt-in box for the top right side of the page (see the example sites below) for our ezine. We will give good feedback during the contest so you will know if you are on the right track.
For inspiration, our favorite sites are:
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Miguel Cabrera leads Detroit Tigers past Oakland Athletics, 10-6
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Miguel Cabrera came out for early batting practice hoping to find the key to getting out of a bad slump. Moving his hands down just a bit ended up doing the trick.
Cabrera got two of his four hits in Detroit's eight-run third inning and the Tigers went on to beat the Oakland Athletics 10-6 on Thursday night.
"My swing was not functioning," Cabrera said. "Last month and this month we tried to figure out what was going on. Hopefully, we figured it out."
Cabrera, who came into the game hitless in his previous 14 at-bats, had an RBI double and a run-scoring single in the big third inning. He also had an RBI single in the fifth.
Cabrera was one of four players who came out for early batting practice for the Tigers, held to three runs or fewer in four of the past five games. Manager Jim Leyland said before the game he thought the tinkering of the hands would help the slugger find his stroke.
Cabrera proved his manager right, delivering his first four-hit game since May 30, 2010, against Oakland, raising his average from .263 to .285.
"It was important," Leyland said. "Hopefully, it will loosen some guys up a little bit. Hopefully, we can get on a little bit of a roll offensively. Those guys who came out today and hit a little extra did well today."
Alex Avila added a two-run double in the third and Delmon Young, Brennan Boesch and Ramon Santiago also had run-scoring hits in the inning as the Tigers knocked out Bartolo Colon (3-3) early in their highest-scoring game since putting up 13 runs against Boston in the third game of the season. Andy Dirks added four hits and a homer on the night to help Detroit match a season high with 17 hits.
"One night doesn't mean we're out of our offensive woes, but that's a good sign for us," Leyland said. "It does get contagious. I do believe in that. A couple of guys start swinging and then all of a sudden more guys start swinging."
Max Scherzer (2-3) was the beneficiary of the big night from the struggling Tigers batters, allowing two runs and five hits with nine strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings to end a three-start winless streak. He allowed only a two-run homer to Kila Ka'aihue in the second.
The one bright spot for Oakland came in the eighth inning when former Tiger Brandon Inge hit his second grand slam of the week off Colin Balester. Inge, who came up with Detroit in 2001, was released by the Tigers last month and signed with the A's. Inge joined Jimmie Foxx (1932) as the only A's players to hit two slams in a three-game span.
"In this game of baseball you take your ups and downs and just kind of go with it and try to stay level-headed the whole time," Inge said. "Honestly, by no means am I trying to hit grand slams. It just happens sometimes. I'm just trying to have fun. That's what kind of usually makes things go your way. This group of guys makes it easy."
It wasn't enough for Oakland because of Detroit's big third inning. Austin Jackson and Dirks started it with singles and Cabrera followed with an RBI double to right field. Prince Fielder then reached on an error by Ka'aihue at first base as another run scored. Young hit an RBI single and Avila's two-run double made it 6-2.
Colon got his first out of the inning when Ryan Raburn flied out but Boesch followed with an RBI double that chased Colon. Santiago greeted Jordan Norberto with an RBI single and Cabrera capped the outburst with his RBI single.
Colon allowed eight runs -- seven earned -- and nine hits in 2 1-3 innings as his problems against the Tigers continued. Colon is 0-7 in his last 12 games against Detroit with a 7.67 ERA.
"He was in the middle of the plate a lot and usually he's not," manager Bob Melvin said. "Usually he's on the corners, you know, starting off and actually running to the corners. That's what it looked like to me. It just looked like they were a lot of good swings that you don't normally see off of him."
NOTES: Colon last beat the Tigers on April 13, 2003, when he was with the Chicago White Sox. ... Oakland RHP Brandon McCarthy, who missed Tuesday's start with a sore shoulder, said he had no concerns after a bullpen session and is on target to start Saturday. ... Melvin said he was encouraged by how OF Yoenis Cespedes (left hand) felt after hitting off a tee and taking soft toss and that Cespedes could be back in the lineup Saturday. ... Tommy Milone (4-2) will take the mound Friday for Oakland against Detroit's Rick Porcello (3-2).


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Android 2.2 is coming. What features do you want? – Android and Me
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The majority of Android phones are still running an outdated firmware, but that hasnt slowed Google from advancing their mobile operating system. Everyone knows the next version of Android (codenamed Froyo) is on the way and the rumors (1, 2) are beginning to pick up that the Nexus One will receive it soon.
Based on the data from our analytics reports it appears Google has already begun testing on their next firmware Android 2.2. Google engineers have routinely given codenames to future builds of Android (Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, etc.), but they dont receive a point release till they are finalized and nearing distribution.
We have shared this reporting data before and people are always quick to point out that it can be easily faked, but I have spoke with additional sources familiar with the matter who confirmed Android 2.2 is currently being tested.
The feature set for Android 2.2 was frozen long ago, but it remains mostly unknown. Google decided last year that they would no longer publish public roadmaps for future versions of Android. Based on the information we can gather, it appears Android 2.2 will mainly focus on performance enhancements.
Some of the rumored features for Android 2.2 include:
Some of these features are plausible and others we have no clue.
- JIT compiler
- Free additional RAM
- OpenGL ES 2.0 enhancements
- Flash 10.1 support
- Fixed problem with crazy screen / Resolution of cross multitouch
- Activation of Color Trackball
- Enable FM radio
The JIT compiler has already been confirmed by Google and we expect to find out new details during Google I/O. Android engineers will be leading a discussion that informs devs how to test and tune their apps to work with the new compiler.
Additional free RAM should come thanks to the new Linux kernel being used in Froyo. Google is moving from 2.6.29 to the newer 2.6.32 which makes it possible to address the extra RAM. This has already been done in custom ROMs like CyanogenMod so expect this feature for sure.
Im no expert on OpenGL, but it has long been rumored that Froyo (or a future build) will add new APIs to the Android NDK which will let Java devs have full access to the OpenGL ES 2.0 library.
Flash 10.1 is coming in the first half of the year. It is entirely possible it could be tied to a future Android firmware and be included with an OTA update.
We have already addressed the HTC touch sensor issues. It sounds like a future software update could be used to clean this up a little.
Multicolor trackball notifications are definitely coming. Android hackers like ChainsDD have already unlocked this feature for users of custom ROMs. Google advertised the multicolor trackball during its launch of the Nexus One, but the feature was cut from the final Android 2.1 build.
When it comes to the FM radio, I have no idea. Other HTC phones on a similar Snapdragon platform (Desire and Incredible) include the FM radio so its not out of the question that the N1 has it too.
I spoke with Googles Eric Tseng during CES and he told me there were many secrets left in the Nexus One that we would discover later.
When is it Android 2.2 coming out?
Circle May 19th on your calendar. This is the opening day of Google I/O and Im anticipating the release of Android 2.2 (and maybe the Flash 10.1 beta) will be tied to this event. Google has provided every developer attending the event a free Droid or Nexus One, so it is possible to see a simultaneous release on both devices.
Im really curious how first generation devices are going to play with this release. We are expecting most phones to receive Android 2.1 this month, so it will be interesting to see how Froyo fits in. Some of the Android engineers have been talking about Froyo on the Google boards and it is unclear if the HTC Dream and Magic will be able to support it since they only have 192 MB of RAM.
*keeps finger cross*


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Fox Theater - Oakland
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- 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland , CA
- Call
- +1 800.745.3000
- Web
- Fox Theater - Oakland Website
- Tags
- Music, Concerts, Venues, Arts & Entertainment Venues
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After closing its doors in 1966, the Fox Theater re-opened in February of 2009. The $75mm multi-use renovation project features a state-of-the-art theater with flexible capacity from 1,500 to 2,800. The multiple seating configurations include general admission, cabaret style seating, and reserved seating.
The theater itself now serves as the flagship live music venue for Another Planet Entertainment, well known for bringing outstanding live entertainment to the Greek Theatre, The Independent, Paramount Theatre, Oracle Arena and other popular Bay Area venues. Another Planet Entertainment also produces both the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival and Treasure Island Music Festival.
The theater's wrap around building is the permanent home for the Oakland School for the Arts, a tuition-free charter school dedicated to artistic and academic excellence. The Fox Theater is located in the absolute demographic center of the Bay Area (population 7.5 million). The Theater is the centerpiece of the revitalized Uptown District section of Oakland that features fine dining, a thriving nightlife, and 2,000 new residential development units.
The Fox Theater is located within a half block of BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and only a 12-minute train ride from San Francisco and a 9-minute train ride from Berkeley. The Fox Theater, The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley, and Oracle Arena in Oakland lie within 6 miles of each other.
Thanks to the City of Oakland, former Mayor Jerry Brown, California Capital Group and the Friends of the Fox for converting a theater in disrepair in 1996 into a world class theater today in 2009. The Fox Theater would not have had a second life without their dreams and expertise.
And most of all a special thanks to Phil Tagami, who best exemplifies the spirit of community, leadership, and excellence without whom this project, The Oakland School of the Arts and the Fox Theater, would never have seen the "the light of day". "Phil is what is needed in Oakland. A citizen and a developer with a soul. Phil is the type of unsung member that looks out for the greater good in society and has a vision to see it through" according to Gregg Perloff, Another Planet Entertainment CEO.
Brought to you by your friends at Another Planet Entertainment.
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As Patty Melton, the new owner of the tropical island-based Beach Burger restaurant, you must grill burgers, cook fries, and blend milkshakes all to order. Earn money to spread your franchise all the way to the capital city of Honochuchu. Buy new recipes from the mysterious Tiki Guy and watch your business erupt!
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 17, 2008
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New Orleans' French Quarter: A novel place, still
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New Orleans' French Quarter: A novel place, still
August 29, 2010
By Jay Jones
The Los Angeles Times
Reporting from New Orleans —
Despite its name, Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" isn't a play so much about a geographic destination — Desire Street — as a place in the heart. In the Crescent City, both perspiration and sensuality still ooze from the pores, despite the scars from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
The curious mix is as palpable for today's visitors as it was for the various famous writers who once lived and worked in the Vieux Carré. The character — and characters — who inspired literary greats such as Williams and William Faulkner remain, as do the houses in which the men toiled amid the city's sounds, smells and — of course — oppressive heat.
The charming, now-famous neighborhood would be unrecognizable to its earlier residents. Before a pricey transformation into a tourist district after World War II, the French Quarter was an urban slum not much different from other poor areas of New Orleans.
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"This was a dump. The whole French Quarter was a dump," notes Joanne Sealy, the literary expert who runs the appropriately named Faulkner House Books, a tiny shop on the ground floor of the narrow house in which the author lived during the 1920s.
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Faulkner House Books: 624 Pirates Alley, between Royal and Chartres streets in the French Quarter; (504) 524-2940, http://www.wordsandmusic.org
Williams' apartment: 632 St. Peter St. A plaque marks the home in which Tennessee Williams wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1946.
The French Quarter: best savored on foot. Besides walking tours, horse-drawn carriage rides also provide informative journeys through the narrow streets.
The St. Charles streetcar: a good way for visitors to rest their weary feet while enjoying a trip from Canal Street to Uptown, past stately homes and Loyola and Tulane universities.
New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau: (800) 672-6124, neworleanscvb.com
"It was a small boarding house, four stories, a rabbit's warren," Sealy adds.
In a letter to his mother, Faulkner wrote, "I have a whole floor. Two rooms, a court [yard], and a kitchen." The shared bathroom was — and still is — up a steep flight of stairs.
"This really was the place to be in the '20s if you couldn't go to Paris," Sealy says of the French Quarter. "Prohibition didn't mean boo."
From the front of his flat in Orleans Alley — city fathers renamed it Pirates Alley in the '40s to add what Sealy calls "pizazz" — Faulkner could look out onto what remains the city's most famous landmark: the towering St. Louis Cathedral. Jackson Square was only steps away. The park remains the bohemian gathering spot it was in Faulkner's day, although the surrounding streets now are home to trendy boutiques and restaurants instead of bleak warehouses.
Sure, visitors can buy the latest bestseller at the bookshop. But it's better known as a repository for exhaustive collections of the works of Faulkner and Williams, who during the 1940s lived just one block away on St. Peter Street. Some of their first editions are under lock and key in an adjoining hallway.
"The only [Faulkner] first edition I don't currently have is 'Absalom, Absalom!'" Sealy tells a potential customer over the phone. "That runs about $3,500."
The well-read bookseller says Faulkner's works often convey an indomitable human spirit — not unlike that of the people who have rebuilt in the wake of the hurricane and the events that followed.
"He points out the mistakes we've made," she observes. "His characters face unimaginable trials and tribulations but keep getting up again."
If Faulkner's novels are analogous to man's basic goodness, Williams' plays reflect a grittier reality. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning "Streetcar," a modern tragedy unfolds through the often-bleak existences of Stanley, his wife, Stella, and her older sister, the libidinous and, alas, mentally ill Blanche.
"What you are talking about is brutal desire — just — Desire! — the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter," Blanche DuBois intones in "Streetcar."
Three lines still clatter through New Orleans, but the streetcars no longer run to Desire Street, with its gaily painted small homes. Desire Street is in the 9th Ward, but it escaped the worst of Katrina's fury. Nonetheless, at the height of a muggy and oh-so-real modern tragedy, muddy floodwaters rose over the sidewalks at some intersections, obscuring the aging ceramic tiles that spell D-E-S-I-R-E. And like a character in a Faulkner novel, this city keeps getting back up again.
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Clemmons, N.C. - The Barton College men and the Pfeiffer women lead after 36 holes of the 2009 Conference Carolinas championship, hosted by Belmont Abbey College at the Tanglewood Park Championship course in Clemmons, North Carolina.
Barton entered the day trailing Belmont Abbey by four strokes but now leads the Crusaders by four strokes after carding a 294 today. The Abbey, which opened with a 289, posted a 302 today as it trails Barton by four strokes and leads third place Coker by two. Limestone (600), Anderson (603) are fourth and fifth, while Pfeiffer and Mount Olive are tied for sixth at 604. Queens holds down eighth, while St. Andrews Presbyterian (616), Erskine (622) and Lees-McRae (760) round out seven through 11.
Anderson University's Adam Sherriff leads the individual tournament by two strokes over Belmont Abbey's Peter Tarver Jones. After posting a four over 74 yesterday, Sheriff posted a 68 today, tying the tournament low. Tarver Jones is alone in second, while Barton's Jonathan Burke and Daniel Castleberry, along with Pfeiffer's Andrew Shiflett, are tied for third. Shiflet posted a 68 in yesterday's opening round.
In the women's tournament, Pfeiffer maintained its lead from yesterday, but Queens jumped into the second position behind Camilla Malberg's even par 72. The Lady Falcons posted a team score of 317, two shots fewer than Sunday's total, while the Royals jumped from a 335 to a 307 today. Belmont Abbey is in third place with a 646, ten shots shy of Pfeiffer and four of Queens, while Anderson (679), Mount Olive (697), Erskine (750) and Limestone (837) round out four through eight.
Belmont Abbey junior Carley Warrington leads the individual title after posting a one over par 73 today, nine shots better than yesterday's total. Mallberg and Pfeiffer's Lina Elmstater are just one shot back. All three of those ladies will be paired together in Tuesday's final round.
The final round gets underway Tuesday morning as the men tee off the tenth tee beginning at 8:00 a.m., while the women will begin on number one starting at 8:40 a.m.
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Kylo need to rid off of some weight. No manners is a Sith. I found funny the scene where she was telling him to put his shirt on. He said nope and kept talking.
I watched this movie feeling concern of the mixing reviews. The movie was not so bad and people are making a storm from nothing. This is a movie not a real story. Lol
I did not like the movie on 3D format. Probably we were sitting too near of the screen. Also was super loud. But.... the movie was fantastic and the story kept us was on suspense. Ending was weird.
We saw this movie today and we had a blast. Really cool movie.
Was this Star Wars or weekend at Bernies?
Rest in peace Star Wars, they disneyfied you
Terribly made movie! We all walked out it was so stupid. Will never go see another Star Wars movie. Do not waste your time with this ridiculous movie.
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Djokovic marches on at Flushing Meadows
Novak Djokovic showed he is very much the man to beat at the US Open with a stunning display to defeat Juan Martin Del Potro in straight sets in the quarter-finals.
The 6-2 7-6 (7/3) 6-4 scoreline does not remotely tell the story of a match where 2009 champion Del Potro threw everything at last year's winner only to see it come back with interest.
Djokovic said: "Even though it was straight sets it was much closer than that. He's a great player. I was lucky in the second set.
"We played some incredible points. It's always entertaining to play at night - so much fun. This is very special and I'm really happy to be in the semi-finals."
Djokovic will now play fourth seed David Ferrer, who beat Janko Tipsarevic in another classic earlier on Thursday, in a rematch of a last-four clash from 2007.
Djokovic lost to Roger Federer in the final that year but, with the world number one knocked out by Tomas Berdych on Thursday, the second seed assumed the favourite's mantle.
So easy had the Serbian's progress been until this point, it was difficult to tell how well he was playing.
Djokovic had seemed out of sorts at Wimbledon and the Olympics, where Del Potro beat him to the bronze medal, but he showed on Arthur Ashe Stadium he is back to the form that brought him three grand slam titles last season.
The first set was a bit of a procession as Del Potro struggled to find his rhythm on his huge groundstrokes but the second was tennis of the highest order.
There was time for one last hurrah in the third set as Del Potro chased down a Djokovic volley and drilled a backhand winner, with his momentum leaving him standing on the advertising hoardings as he soaked up the crowd's adoration. But three points later the match was over, Djokovic clinching victory after three hours and six minutes.


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Ed Stinson was a witness to history. But every time he sees it replayed, he wants to throw his television out the window.
Stinson, a former star at South Dade High School, was on Alabama's field-goal team on the final play of the Iron Bowl.
Translation: One of the most remarkable — and in the case of the Crimson Tide, gut-wrenching — finishes in recent sports history.
What you (probably) know: Auburn's Chris Davis returned a missed field goal for a touchdown, putting the Tigers in the SEC title game and ending Alabama's three-peat hopes.
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What you probably don't: Stinson had a chance to bring Davis down well short of the end zone, but took a bad angle and was ultimately blocked out of the play.
"I was the wing, on the right side," Stinson, a fifth-year senior defensive end, explained this week. "I took a bad angle. I thought it was gone [out the back of the end zone]. I stopped and I looked and it was all like slow motion to me. I just saw him walking down the sideline. I was like, 'Dang.' "
In the weeks since, Stinson has seen replays of the wild run-back more times than he can count. And each time, it hurts.
And so how's this for a cruel twist of fate: For a least a few hours Monday, Stinson and his foil — Davis — were teammates. They gave interviews that night just feet away from each other.
Both Stinson and Davis were picked for the Senior Bowl, and Alabama and Auburn players were both put on the South Team. Stinson ultimately backed out of the game after a nagging groin injury flared up Monday, but not before he practiced on the same defense as Davis, a prospective NFL defensive back.
"I ain't sweating it," Stinson said with a chuckle, when asked of the bizarre nature of teaming up with a person responsible for so much disappointment.
"There were a lot of mistakes on us," he continued. "We made a lot of mistakes on defense, we made a lot of mistakes on offense. I would say that they got lucky, but we didn't do what we're supposed to do. It was all on us."
Besides, both have the same goal now: Get drafted as high as possible the second weekend in May.
Stinson not only grew up following the Dolphins, he used to work in a concession stand at Sun Life Stadium on game days. But the chances of a return to his hometown seem remote.
Not through any deficiency in his game, though. The Dolphins simply don't have a need for him. The No. 3 pick in the draft last year, Dion Jordan, wasn't even a starter.
Still, stranger things have happened, and Stinson's versatility could be intriguing for the Dolphins, who like using multiple fronts.
Stinson, an all-SEC second-teamer and recent college graduate, has played both defensive end and Jack linebacker in 3-4 formations. He said he's comfortable standing up, and even dropping in coverage.
But what he really wants to prove — and wishes he could have this week — is that he can move forward.
"Right now, they think I can't pass-rush," said Stinson, presumably talking about scouts. "They've got the wrong idea."
With just 5.5 collegiate sacks, Stinson needs to show those evaluators why they're wrong in the next four months. This week would have been his best chance, but it wasn't meant to be.
He hopes to be well enough to participate in next month's Scouting Combine, but that won't have the real-game reps that he would have put on tape this week.
"For real, I need to go, get into rehab, get my body right so I can perform and show what I've got," Stinson said.
Maybe then, people will want to talk to him about something other than Chris Davis and that infamous play.


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BANNER ELK, N.C. – Following a postponement on Saturday, the King University women's basketball team travelled to Lees-McRae College on Monday evening. The Tornado jumped ahead early, but the Bobcats came storming back and ultimately took the game 69-64.
King (11-6, 5-4 CC) started the game on a roll as Tia Keitt and Stephanie Brantley connected on back-to-back buckets to start the game. Sydney Harris followed with a hoop before Whitney Mitchell drained a three-point basket to give King a 9-3 lead five minutes in. The Tornado lead grew to 14-4 following a Jalan Harper layup with more than 13 minutes left, and Keitt gave King a 16-5 advantage when she made a layup with 12:25 remaining.
However, the Bobcats (9-9, 6-3 CC) started to make a comeback at that point. Lees-McRae cut the deficit to seven points twice, but Harris extended the lead back to 20-11 with just under seven minutes remaining. Trailing 23-15, Niroska Perez connected from long range to spark the Bobcat offense. The 10-0 run that gave Lees-McRae a 25-23 lead was capped with a Lauren Lewis triple. Kelly Jackson answered with a triple of her own to give the lead back to King. However, Icey Patterson made a jumper with four seconds left in the half to give Lees-McRae a 27-26 halftime lead.
The Bobcat offense didn't slow down in the second half, scoring the half's first 11 points to force a Tornado timeout. Bonnie Durrett finally ended the spurt with an old fashioned three-point play to cut the Tornado deficit to 38-29 more than three minutes into the half. However, the Bobcats quickly scored six straight points to stretch their lead to 15 points
The King deficit grew to as many as 19 points at 54-35 with 9:22 remaining before Harris tried to spark the offense with back-to-back three-point baskets. Jalan Harper followed with a layup before Mitchell got a steal and a layup to make the score 56-45 with less than eight minutes to go. However, the Bobcats stretched the lead back to 17 points before the Tornado made another run.
Alley Sprouse started the 11-0 run with a jumper, and Harper followed with a triple. Chelsea Bowling made a layup before Harper cut the deficit to 62-56 with 1:33 remaining with a free throw. Durrett, got the Tornado within four with 22 seconds remaining, but King couldn't get any closer as Lees-McRae held on for the 69-64 win.
Harris led King with 16 points while Durrett and Harper followed with 10 points apiece. Harper also snared a team-high nine rebounds.
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My friend David Goldberger sent me this image of an sea turtle that was washed ashore Monday on the Netnaya beach, just south of the Carmel Hotel.
Is the water polluted? he wanted to know. Does this pose dangers we are unaware of?
According to Yaniv Levy, manager of the Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Center at Michmoret, a few miles north of Netanya on the Mediterranean coast, some 2,000 to 3,000 turtles used to nest along Israel's shores at the turn of the 20th century. Now the numbers are down to about 180 loggerheads and fewer than 20 green turtles, and he estimates that only 10 green females in Israel are capable of egg laying.
According to Levy, the turtles face many dangers: pollution, plastic bags and other litter; outboard motors and fishing nets; jeeps hurtling along beaches. About 50 injured turtles are brought to the Rescue Center every year, most of them victims of human activity.
"We treat injured turtles and return them to the sea, gather and incubate eggs before returning the hatchlings to the beaches, raise public awareness of the issue and help preserve the coastline and establish coastal nature reserves," Levy says.
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Hood River Little League All-Star baseball and softball teams wrapped up District 5 tournament play this week. The tournament included 625 baseball and softball players on teams from 13 Little League associations, ranging from Hood River east to Hermiston and south to Gilchrist.
Finishing at sixth place, the 9-10 baseball team was eliminated Wednesday, placing the highest out of the five teams representing the Hood River-area.
The 9-10 boys took their second loss of the tournament with a tough 16-5 game against Bend South. The loss came after the boys opened the tournament with a close 4-3 loss against Jefferson County, followed by back-to-back wins to advance to the top six.
The Hood River 11-12 boys were eliminated Tuesday with a 6-5 loss against South Central (La Pine-Sunriver). The game was the second one-run loss for the team after a 1-0 nail-biter to Hermiston.
The 9-10 softball team was eliminated Monday after an 11-2 loss to Hermiston, the 11-12 softball team was eliminated last week after tough losses against Bend and Crook County and the 10-11 boys were eliminated Monday after an 8-0 loss against Hermiston.
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This weekend, the Rose Theatre will offer it's annual Dinner Theatre at the Visitor Center.
"Killer Reviews," will be held April 26 and 27, with the doors opening at 6 p.m. and serving beginning at will 6:30.
The one-act play is about six famous film and theatre critics gathering to receive a prestigious award. But, when one of the critics suddenly dies, they all seem to be marked for murder. A comedic who-dun-it then ensues.
Several locals will appear in the show including Martha Anderson, Mia Rayborn, Caleb McGirk, Rachel Tillman and Peyton Churchwell. The cast also includes Dixie and Don Mitchell, Mary Hall and Tim Medlin.
Tickets are $40, which includes a meal and may be purchased at the Visitor Center. But, don't wait too long, because according to Theatre Director Hal Robinson, Friday's showing is almost sold out.


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Insights on multi-core processors
Industrial systems have traditionally been built from a collection of separate platforms, each running its own operating system on independent hardware. This was driven by a need for critical applications to respond quickly and predictably to real-time events. However, such task isolation in hardware comes at a significant expense in terms of space, excess heat generation, and greater management complexity for a production facility. (Link to three other Control Engineering articles in this four-part series, at bottom of this posting.)
Multi-core processors (MCPs) can consolidate various functional requirements of an automation system, including control, safety, visualization, and network security onto a single board. For an example of this consolidation, let's look at a hard real-time process, such as a robot arm for assembly operations. Using an MPC, motion control of the robot arm can run on one core of the MCP, while a second core running Microsoft Windows can update a human-machine interface (HMI) display and also connect to industrial Ethernet.
This consolidation scenario is becoming almost commonplace today, driven by benefits of embedded systems that formerly required multiple hardware platforms now shrinking to a single hardware platform.
Other drivers for MCPs' adoption into industrial systems are:
- Bounded determinism to ensure predictable behavior, which is a requirement of hard real-time automation systems. Faster CPU cycles can increase the amount of work done within a given cycle time; however, bounded determinism is still necessary to ensure that a stable and accurate system can be deployed regardless of the compute performance of that system. Bounded determinism thus ensures that real-time tasks run with guaranteed, repeatable real-time responses.
- Dedicated CPU cores that work with specific operating systems positively impact interrupt latency, compared to traditional platforms that must share a CPU with nondeterministic tasks. By being able to guarantee low interrupt latencies, real-time performance of control loops can be improved.
- Decreased clock jitter. MCPs can deliver improved clock jitter performance. In a system where jitter (that is, spread of variations in response to an event) becomes a considerable percentage of cycle time, it adversely affects stability and quality of the control algorithm. This can be especially relevant for naturally unstable systems such as motion controllers.
- Expanded resources for scaling. By adapting a digital signal processor to run on dedicated cores of a multi-core CPU, machine builders gain advantages in having expanded resources to more easily scale for more complex algorithms.
- Optimize contention for resources. With a multi-core CPU, contention for resources such as pipelines and cache is optimized, real-time interrupt latencies are reduced, and control-loop cycle times execute with very high precision, which as we know are all fundamental factors for best-in-class industrial applications.
– Ian Gilvarry, is strategic marketing manager for Industrial Automation, Intel Corp. [NASDAQ: INTC] – Edited by Frank J. Bartos, P.E., a Control Engineering contributing content specialist. Reach him at email@example.com.
Related articles:
– Multi-core processors: Software key to success – Multi-thread parallel computing software and appropriate user tools advance the promise of high performance and power efficiency from multi-core processors.
– Growing applications for multi-core processors – Multi-core processors have wide industrial application potential—from vision inspection systems to motion control—as developers increasingly implement the technology, initially in high-end systems.
– Computing Power: Multi-Core Processors Help Industrial Automation – Two or more independent execution cores on one microprocessor chip can match—or exceed—single-core chip performance by running at lower frequencies and using less power. Different software programming is required to obtain full benefits.


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Greetings! I've recently moved to a new house (I constructed it) that has a septic system. The thought has occurred to me that my septic system more than likely produces methane gas. As a result, I've been wondering if someone has developed some sort of a septic system methane digester — something that collects the gas and then compresses it so it can be stored and used. Thanks for any suggestions.
Guy Palmer, Lagunitas, California
Hello Guy, Folks frequently ask if the methane gas produced by a septic system can be harnessed. The short answer is no. The reason is that the design of a septic system does not foster the conditions that anaerobic organisms require in order to produce a significant amount of gas.
A septic tank is similar to a stagnant pond in your backyard. It will produce a tiny amount of methane gas, but not enough to be of practical use. Anaerobic organisms require three conditions to produce gas effectively:
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Forum Post: Charity Causes Poverty!
Posted 5 years ago on Aug. 23, 2013, 10:11 a.m. EST by shoozTroll
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In the latest lies from the libe(R)tarian "community", there's a rash of articles claiming, charity causes poverty.
They are correct.
Charities like ALEC and CATO cause more poverty than almost any other cause.
Of course, they missed that part.
Scrooge McDuck has spoken.


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Roofing Companies in Wooler
List of Wooler based roofing contractors and suppliers offering installation, repairs and maintenance services.
Business Listings
Xtralite are concerned over the accuracy of U values claimed for building components - particularly rooflights - and the impact that this may have on the long-term energy efficiency of our buildings. Xtralite believes that U-values submitted for Building Regulation approval must reflect those that will actually be found on site and has sought expert advice on how to achieve this goal.
Hodgson & Allon situated in Burnopfield was formed in 1979 and incorporated in 1996 under the current Managing Director William Hodgson. Built up felt roofs, single ply, slating, tiling, profile sheeting & asphalt roofs. Building (major and small works), extensive refurbishment's and maintenance
M & C roofing is now recognised as one of the leading and most progressive roofing contractors in the north east. We are service providers to the majority of local authorities & housing associations. We expedite works to the value of 250,000 on prestige, domestic, industrial & commercial sites. Much of our work comes from recommendation and maintain a workforce of over 30.
Established in 1974, our reputation for providing a quality service is testament to our years of experience and knowledge. Thomas Hedley & Sons are a quality assured roofing and refurbishment company for domestic, commercial and industrial industries. High performance felting, new roofs, waterproof coating systems and planned maintenance programmes, from an initial site survey through to practical
In 1982, Peter Burton opened his first yard at Stepney Lane, Hull. Today, Burton Roofing Merchants is the UK's leading independent roofing merchant supplying concrete and clay tiles, slates, lead, ventilation, insulation and reclaimed roofing materials. The Company has been serving the industry for over 25 years. With five depots, a minimum of 3m worth of stocks and over 100 members of staff, it always
We specialise in providing high quality roofing and scaffolding works through the UK. We have our own directly employed teams of qualified and experienced tradesmen. Direct involvement by company Director & Managers ensure a consistent high standard of workmanship.We have a large blue chip private & commercial client base
Percy Anderson Builders provide an expert house building, construction and groundwork service for homeowners and the commercial sector in Tyneside, Durham and the North East of the UK. We specialise in all aspects of new building, house extension work, roofing, site clearance, groundwork, excavation, foundations, construction and finishing.
We are a professional flat roofing, family run business, aiming to stay ahead in our field by maintaining the highest standards of workmanship and using only rubber materials that we know to be the best. we serve the Newcastle and Gateshead area and in fact most of the North East. We also do guttering, facias and soffits. Our mission: to cater to our clients every roofing need quickly, and with long
- Great roofer, we used Rubberoofs for a 3 week project to re-roof a large conversion where
As stated in the initials of our name we provide a Very Reliable Service. We pride ourselves on our core values, which many tradesman these days tend to forget. Quality craftsmanship and materials, respect for our client and there property, reliability, good value, over 20 years experience. Our services include the following: Built-up Felt Roofing, Slating, Tiling, UPVC Fascia & Guttering (Approved
Europe's largest producer of lead sheet and ancillary roofing products. Europe's leading supplier of lead technical products sold to a diverse industrial customer base worldwide. Owns operating subsidiaries in 5 European countries (UK, Germany, France, Holland and Ireland) employing over 400 people.


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Or are you guyes findning yourself watching this site many times a day and get stuck in all the inspiration so the time flyes by and you don't get anything done?
Is it just me? ^^
No, you are not alone, don´t worry. Sometimes I just keep browsing on the forums, or layouts on the gallery!
I bet it´s not happening only with Jessica and I! Who else has something on this issue to report?
I look for stuff to download to use and then forget to actual make pages
Yes, yes and yes!
It does kinda have that Pinterest effect... you guys are so wonderful and I love the spirit behind the creation of the site! I came here for the 30 Days of Christmas and found myself wanting to stick around...
I totally agree. It is inspiration by the boatload! One find leads to the next and before you know it your eyes are blurry and it is time to get back to reality!
Guilty... It's become worse and worse: my scrap-a-layout-a-week goal is jeopardy because of this site! (And I am so NOT mad at pixelscrapper for not achieving my goal... )
I keep trying to prioritize which kit i want to download next, but she keeps adding new stuff (which shouldn't be a bad thing I know), but I am one of the worst decision makers ever, and Marisa is making my decisions even harder by adding even more awesome kits.
Hi Melissa, I really know how you feel!
By the way, forgive me if I´m doing a mess, but I don´t remember your presentation. If you haven´t done it yet, pease take a look on our Forum guidelines.
There are times I get lost, I love all there is to get here and to read the different posts.
yep i get stuck here too, my emails are piling up but like everything i figure i'll get to it after i finishing checking out what's happening here. love looking at all the layouts that get uploaded, so much amazing talent i keep getting jealous & then i think hmmm maybe i should go do a layout....later......
Oh, it's definitely not just you. Lots of us popping in here from time to time when we should be working. LOL
im in here a million times a day LOL, no, really, i counted . i have no life though and am always looking for new posts lol
Oh, I am like that too....checking in here a million times a day (@Shelly - I counted too ) Seriously though, there is so much inspiration here and Marisa and Brooke keep uploading gorgeous new things all the time!!
I must say I agree...;) hee hee...sometimes I feel kinda guilty...
It's definitely a daily habit!
I always find stuff and then after searching for hours and getting a lot of resources I'm tired and say I'll start tomorrow. XD
I'm totally new in digiscrapping, but once I tried to deal with the kits, papers, photos....I just can't stop. I sat in front of the computer for hours (thanks God it's holiday!!), and I wouldn't stop until I realized that it's already late at nite and I needed to sleep . Next day, i started very early in the morning to browse and do the compositing things -all day long-!
These are my works that I finished in last three hours
story of us by rahina.nugrahani, on Flickr
hari ibu by rahina.nugrahani, on Flickr
Looking back that I'm still not good enough in digiscrapping encourage me more to do some more works...
I just can't stop....But I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one!
You're doing a fine job, Nina - keep it up!
@Nina: your first layouts in 3 hours are better than some of my layouts were 3 months in. Keep up the awesome work!
I have to admit it has happened to me. But I'm not complaining. I have so much to learn! And what a fun way to learn it.
@Nina: I love your pages, keep up the great work!!
Thanks @Lizanne @Shawna and @Jessica
@Nina those are great pages! Keep on going, I found them awesome, could never imagined they came from a beginner if you haven´t told so...
Yay! I am not alone!
My husband always says "your not going to sit there all day AGAIN are you?" He always tries to find something else for me to do to keep me away from the computer!
Looking back through all the comments in regards to the original question, it has made me realise I am not alone in my obsession!!
@Amy: It's an addiciton!!! There's a 12 step program somewhere, I'm sure... Not that any of us would ever get past the FIRST step! LoL
Thank you @Lorien
@ Nancy : Perharps one day my husband will do the same thing
@ Shawna : LoL


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Olympic Qualifying Event Begins This Weekend
PERTH, Australia—For athletes with dreams of representing their nation at the Olympic Games, the last three and a half years, if not more, have been spent toiling on the campaign trail. For America's top Olympic-minded sailors, all of that hard work has been focused on achieving peak performance at an event that begins this weekend- the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Championships. Beyond serving as the primary event at which sailors can qualify their country for a berth at the Olympics, the ISAF Worlds, being held this year in Perth, Australia, serve as the second and final step of the American process for determining which individual sailors will represent the United States at the 2012 games.
At the Olympics there are 10 different classes of boats in which to win a medal as a sailor. The system is analogous to how other sports, like track and field, have numerous disciplines within them. This means that if the US qualifies for all 10 events, then it will send 16 representatives to London in 2012 for the sport of sailing. The number is 16 because some classes of boats involve more than one person. By Dec. 18, the final day of the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, 13 of those 16 American spots will be filled. The final three will be determined in May at a US qualifier for the women's match racing event.
Three of the 27 Americans that have dedicated themselves to earning one of the 13 spots in Perth are alumni of Yale College and past member s of the Yale Varsity Sailing Team. Stu McNay '05, who actually went to the games in 2008, is trying to represent the US again as a skipper in the men's 470 class. Isabelle Kinsolving-Farrar '02, a former Women's 470 world champion, is hoping to qualify as the American women's 470 crew. Finally, Sarah Lihan '10, previously a world-class laser radial sailor, is also competing for the spot as a women's 470 crew. Since the 470 is a two-person dinghy, these Yalies all have teammates that they have spent the last several years training with in preparation for this event.
In addition to the three alumni hoping to make their Olympic dreams come true in Perth, Yale's very own McNay Family Director of Sailing, Zachary Leonard '89, is also in the land down under with the US Olympic Sailing Team. He is there serving as the official women's Olympic 470 coach, a position that he accepted last March upon invitation by the Olympic Sailing Committee. Although his official career with the Olympic team has been relatively short, as both a college and international sailing coach, Leonard has been influential in raising the level of US Olympic sailing for years.
When asked about obstacles that American collegiate sailors face when trying to make it to the Olympics, Leonard responded by saying, "the key is time."
"It takes 4-6 years," he said, "to become a contender in any Olympic event, even for a very talented sailor."
That said, time is certainly no foreign concept to American college students. Most students, if not all, would argue that it is practically impossible to finish all of one's assigned reading while also studying for the next exam, upholding one's commitments to various student organizations and social networking at the same time. Not to mention athletic obligations that members of varsity sports teams are faced with balancing.
Therefore, college students, especially student-athletes, should be well versed when it comes to time management. However, usually managing time is not the problem. The real challenge, coach Leonard says, is that "most of the sailors from other countries begin training full time after high school." It is not hard to see how this could tilt the playing field out of favor of American sailors. While they commit four years of their life to getting a degree, the competition is spending those years training to be at the Olympic level. Thus, when American college sailors graduate it is hard not to be behind the curve.
Nonetheless, Americans win medals in the sport of sailing every four years, and most of these medalists have college degrees. So how do these individuals overcome the time obstacle? According to Leonard, it takes "the perseverance to put in the time to learn the boat and to become the 'athlete' that they need to be to succeed."
Each of the current Olympic prospects from Yale has demonstrated perseverance with regard to the time struggle. Having coached all three alumni while they sailed at Yale, Leonard mentioned that each had their own individual approach to balancing school and Olympic sailing. Kinsolving-Farrar, for starters, "never did anything like Olympic sailing until after graduation." However, just one year after graduating she won the US women's 470 Olympic Trials and went to the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished fifth. Furthermore, in 2008 she became the women's 470 world champion and now she is leading the points in the US Olympic qualification process for 2012.
On the other hand, Lihan, who graduated eight years after Kinsolving-Farrar, "stayed involved through college so that she could learn quickly afterwards." Lihan is also much newer to the 470 class than Kinsolving-Farrar, however she and her teammate are only three points behind the leaders after the first phase of the qualification process. The first phase was the Sail for Gold regatta that was hosted by the Olympic sailing venue in Weymouth, England, back in June.
Finally, according to Leonard, McNay was "halfway in-between." McNay graduated from Yale with a degree in architecture, a major which has a reputation for being one of the most work-intensive. However, finding some time to "dabble" in international 470 sailing during his undergraduate years "helped him to make it to the Olympics his first full time shot at it." The 2012 games are his second full time shot at it and currently his aim is on-target again.
If there is a moral to the time-adversity story it is that Kinsolving-Farrar, Lihan and McNay are taking the skills and perseverance that they developed as student-athletes at Yale and applying them in the pursuit of their Olympic dreams. Also, it is a testament to the high caliber of Yale's varsity sailing program that its head coach is working with sailors at the Olympic level and that past team members are on track to represent the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games.
You can learn more and follow the results of the ISAF Sailing World Championship on the regatta website. Also, US Sailing's current Olympic qualification standings can be seen here.
Report filed by Chris Segerblom '14, Yale Sports Publicity


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It's not very often that I find myself making brunch anymore. It's a little sad, but I'm usually heading here or there and grabbing coffee on the way, or meeting friends for brunch at Tube or Hungry Tiger Too, knowing my routine. This weekend, however, was practically a countdown to when I could break out the butternut hollandaise again. I had made it earlier in the week to pair with pecan breaded tofu, and yesterday became the official day to re-acquaint myself with a vegan Benedict. It was everything I was aiming for, which incorporated Diner Tempeh Patties from American Vegan Kitchen into the rest of the elements of a Tofu Benedict ala Vegan Brunch.
As for the Butternut Hollandaise, 1/2 cup of roasted butternut squash and 1/2 head of roasted garlic were added into the saucepan before it was pureed and warmed once more. The complete Benedict plate has a toasted multi-grain English muffin, diner-style homefries, sliced tomato sprinkled with Alder smoked salt, a baked tempeh patty, hollandaise, and a side of straight up roasted broccoli.
Late in the season tomatoes and peppers from the Saturday farmers market:
I'll miss them so. Onto a winter of roasted red peppers, which brings us back to the Saturday farmers market in Portland on a very nice day come fall & winter…


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Consider this an ode to Vernon, B.C., the underrated little sister in the Okanagan family.
Being a born and bred Thompson Okanagan kid, Vernon was always a quick stop in the summer on the way to bigger and better things in Kelowna or Penticton.
In fact, the only reason my family even paused there was to visit with friends of my mom — who went to high school in the small lake community.
Well, times have changed and Vernon should not just be the pit stop at a fruit stand or a dip in a lake for anyone, anymore.
In fact, it many have more "world class" destinations than anywhere else in the Okanagan — whether your pleasure is excellent golf in an extended season, extreme biking, extreme skiing or knocking back with what could be called extreme spa-ing.
And while it may not be the wine centre of the Okanagan, it is growing with the advent of a world-class winemaker into the mix, boutique wineries that are scooping up national and international awards, along with a local distiller who stunned the liquor world by taking top honours at this year's world championships.
Michelle Jefferson, manager of tourism services for Vernon, says it is clear her city does not have to take a backseat to any other.
Here's why:
1. Sparkling Hill Resort — While a week-long vacation at a luxury health and wellness retreat is a common occurrence in Europe, it is not so common in Canada. Enter Sparkling Hill, truly a top-class resort (149 rooms, three penthouses) perched on the hill above the Predator Ridge golf course community and overlooking Lake Okanagan. Part of the "Sparkling" of the name comes from the amazing $10 million worth of 3.5 million Swarovski crystals in the $122-million complex. When you aren't awing over the crystal chandeliers and the spectacular views, you can visit the KurSpa (in German, Kur means health or healing), a 40,000-square-foot facility (the largest spa in Canada). In addition to the seven unique aromatherapy steam and sauna rooms (you have to try the rose room or the only Cryotherapy Cold Sauna in North America which hits -110 C and is used in Europe to treat chronic pain and joint and muscle inflammation), you can have more than 100 therapies and treatments. There is also the indoor and outdoor (looking over the lake) salt pools; the serenity room, where you can simply nap in absolute quiet or ponder life while looking at the lake outside the windows; and consultations with a psychiatrist, naturopath, or massage therapist. Guest rooms are European ultra modern serenity, with spectacular windows overlooking spectacular views, and crystal fireplaces that cast their glows onto ensuite bathtubs. And let's not forget the delicious, locally-sourced food, led by an Austrian executive chef, in the PeakFine restaurant and the Barrique & Java café. Again, both have spectacular views, crystal art sculptures and pure relaxation. You can't use the spa and other facilities without being a resort guest, but there are special packages available. Go to www.sparklinghill.com
2. Predator Ridge golf courses (The Ridge and Predator) — There are a lot of great golf courses in the Okanagan, but these two combine challenging courses with incredible views, and holes that take you through forest, over hills, alongside creeks and beside a variety of residential areas that are part of Predator Ridge. Just after its opening, SCOREGolf voted The Ridge course Canada's Best New Golf Course for 2010 and in 2012, the members of the B.C. Golf Association voted it Best BC Golf Course. A lot of Calgarians have second homes here and the golf courses are part of many good reasons. www.predatorridge.com
3. Wineries — I know, I know. There are spectacular wineries in Oliver, Osoyoos, Naramata Bench, Kelowna . . . And in terms of sheer numbers, the Vernon area is no match. But you have to think things are going to shake up with the recent opening of winery 50th Parallell, which scooped up award-winning winemaker, Grant Stanley, from Quail's Gate in Westbank. Not only is he focused primarily on Pinot Noir (he is also a partner in the winery) in the existing operation, but plans include construction of not only a big production facility and tasting rooms, but also an attached bistro with views of Okanagan Lake. And there are others in Lake Country, along what is known as the "Scenic Sip" route, worth noting: like the Mediterranean-style winery Ex Nihilo; the well-known Gray Monk, with its Grapevines restaurant overlooking sweeping vineyards down to the lake; Intrigue (just this May it won a gold and bronze at the All Canadian Wine Championship) and Arrowleaf (a double gold winner at the same championships).
4. Okanagan Spirits: Wine is not the only thing you can taste in the Vernon area. At this locally-owned distiller that uses 100 per cent B.C. fruit — without additives, chemicals or artificial flavours — you can tour the process and taste the results from a company that has been awarded the status of World Class Distillery and Distillery of the Year for 2013 at the World Championships in Austria this year. Not bad for a small-town business competing against more than 100 distillers from more than 30 countries. Okanagan Spirits produces more than 25 varieties in traditional copper-pot stills. These include fruit brandies, liqueurs, marc (Grappa), aquavit, gin, vodka, whisky and — this you must try — Taboo Genuine Absinthe. And don't be surprised if the person serving you is the distiller himself, in this facility tucked away just off the main street of downtown. Okanagan Spirits has now opened a second store in Kelowna. www.Okanaganspirits.com
5. Silver Star ski hill and bike park — The ski hill is top-notch and has invested a lot of money in the hill and colourful village. There are 3,000 acres of terrain and 115 runs on seven metres of natural snow each winter, over three mountains, along with 100 kilometres for cross country skiing, snowshoeing and tubing. But this is a multi-season resort with the only bike park in the Okanagan. And yes, while there is also disc golf and lots of hiking, it is the growing reputation of the trails that is attracting most of the 25,000 cross country and downhill bikers that are showing up during the summer/fall season. There are green runs for beginners up to double diamond, chairlifts have bike carriers and there are 18 distinct trails with the longest going from the top of the mountain down seven kilometres into the village. Europeans and Americans have discovered the park, it hosts a B.C. Tour event and as summer manager Ian Galbraith puts it: "We just turned a winter paradise into a summer paradise." Just 25 minutes from downtown Vernon, Silver Star also has lots of onsite accommodation including the luxury condos of Snowbird Lodge (some with vast decks and all with hot tubs) and restaurants and bars in the village. It also hosts August's Mile High Wine Festival — a big success this year that will be repeated next August. Tip: You will want to visit Bugaboos Café and try the Dutch owner's fantastic cinnamon buns and croissants. www.skisilverstar.com
6. Where else can you visit a tea plantation? The answer is nowhere in Canada since the Wildcraft Tea Plantation outside Vernon is the only one in this country. It produces wild herb, fruit and berry flavoured tea blends from the B.C. wilderness. You can tour while having a cuppa. www,wildcraftforest.com
If that isn't enough — on top of Okanagan weather and sandy beaches — Tourism Vernon's Jefferson says just wait till next year.
That's when a young local couple, after years of experimenting, is taking the produce from its orchards and opening a craft apple cidery, complete with tasting room. You can follow the journey at www.thebxpress.com