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THERE was good and bad news today from the Anfield camp as Liverpool prepared for their opening match in the Champions League.
Michael Owen will make an instant return to the starting line-up as the Reds seek to avoid a third consecutive defeat against Boavista tomorrow.
But there are fears that defender Markus Babbel is suffering from the chronic fatigue syndrome, M.E.
Doctors are investigating if the condition, myalgic encephalomyelitis, is responsible for keeping Babbel on the sidelines.
Manager Gerard Houllier has revealed Babbel is tiring after training sessions, and his worsening condition has twice forced him to be substituted at half time in matches.
The player, who is under observation in Germany, has lost at least half a stone and was ordered to rest for a month.
Meanwhile, Owen was rested during the shock 3-1 loss to Aston Villa on Saturday. His importance to the side was dramatically exposed as the shot-shy Reds produced a poor display.
Manager Gerard Houllier insisted he had no regrets about leaving the 21-yearold on the bench. The boss is hoping the Reds' daunting fixture schedule won't take its toll on Owen.
"If Michael gets injured people will be asking me why I didn't rest him," said Houllier. "He has played eight games in 30 days and will play another seven in Liverpool have an early opportunity to get the Villa horror show out of their system against the Portuguese champions in their first Champions League group match.
Boavista are making emergency plans to cope with the Owen threat, with defender Nuno Frechaut given the thankless task of manmarking the striker.
And Frenchaut is confident of keeping Owen quiet, proclaiming: "Owen is a remarkable player and is capable of most extraordinary things. With concentration and hard work we can neutralise him. If the coach wants me to mark him I hope to do it to perfection."
Boavista president Joao Loureiro has warned his players Liverpool will unleash hell at Anfield.
" I t ' s going to be extremely difficult because Liverpool are ranked as the best club in the world," he said. "On top of that they are playing at home so they are clear favourites. Nevertheless, this year we have invested #2m in our squad. We will do our best to get a good result and dignify the name of Portuguese football."
Steven Gerrard will miss league games against Spurs and Newcastle, as well as the Worthington Cup opener.

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My second oldest brother just has his baby!! I'm thrilled for him. He already has a daughter who is turning 5 this year. And now a new baby boy!
While I am so thrilled to have a nephew, I am so sad. I am across the world and I can't be there. I was there when my niece was born. I got to hold her moments after she was born. But I can't do that with my nephew. I'm really sad about it. It's making me feel a bit homesick. Like, should I have renewed my teaching contract here? I'm basically going to miss his first year of life. I will miss my nephew's first year. I won't get to hold him until August when I get to visit home. But it's not the same. Times like this make me wonder if I should go home instead of stay.
But my brother having another baby also makes me sad because I want a family one day. However, the truth is that I probably won't be able to. It's a long and complicated story. You could read some old posts to realize why I feel like it. But at this rate, I'm 28. 30 by Korean standards. Not getting any younger. Though I would love to have a family of my own, I realize that, that kind of life may not be for me or what God has in store for me.
For that matter, my faith in God…there's always doubts. I take that back. I don't doubt God exists. I know he does. I'm here. I just always question how far I've gone to be saved by God. At what point does one lose grace? I have many questions that people can't answer and even though I've prayed for clarity, I don't necessarily get it. It's a long and complicated relationship for me.
I guess I got off topic again. I always seem to do that. But the point is that – first, I'm over the hill happy to have a nephew. I am also sad I won't see him for a long time, and again, the idea of not having a family of my own sends me into a thinking mode of what ifs.


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Neon Stenciled Ornaments with Martha Stewart Paints
Today we're going to make some fun, neon stenciled ornaments for one unique Christmas tree!
I have been told that I make things more difficult than they need to be. Perhaps I get it from my father as my mother, sister and I all accuse him of the same thing. Unfortunately I also managed to inherit his stick out from your head ears which are much more difficult to hide but moving on…
When I received a massive, and I do mean massive, box of goodies from the Martha Stewart Paints I quickly went from excited to perplexed. With so many options I really didn't know where to start, what kind of project to do… it was kind of crazy. I read all of the descriptions and directions for each and every product that came in my box and came to a very quick conclusion:
These adhesive stencils and paint looked really, really easy to use. I decided to make it my mission to use these easy stencils without making it far more difficult than necessary. I give you my latest and hopefully easiest DIY.
Now, I totally understand if you're not yet feeling the Christmas decor thing so bookmark or pin this post for when you are ready. I probably should have been listening to Christmas carols or something while working on this, but I just couldn't do it. Instead I had this rolling through my head, apparently on repeat. Not exactly seasonal but what are you gonna do?
For this project you will need the following Martha Stewart Paints supplies:
- dauber set
- multi-surface satin acrylic craft paint (I used Beetle Black)
- adhesive stencils
You will also need glass globe ornaments in your choice of color (I went neon – heck yeah!!)
There is a bit of learning curve when working with these stencils since a globe ornament is, well, globular in nature.
Carefully peel your adhesive stencil from the backing it comes on in the packaging. Place it on your ornament and use your fingers to rub the stencil down. You may have to pick up a corner a time or two to get it situated right the first few times but it will get a lot easier.
Next, take your acrylic paint and make a small pile to work from. Place your dauber into the paint and give it a little tap on some scrap paper to remove any overly excessive globs.
Lightly daub the paint in an up and down fashion on the on the stencil taking care to cover every interior edge while keeping away from the stencil's edge. FYI – this paint does not clean off well if you make mistakes, so you may want to practice on some older globes.
Remove the stencil while the paint is still wet and clean off. I really got into it so rather than cleaning every stencil off after each use I would toss them into a bowl of slightly soapy water and then clean off the lot and start over when I needed one that was in the bowl. This wound up being much more time friendly for me but you may have to work out your own system.
You can choose from a variety of holiday themed stencils, or bust out a letter set and make some Christmasy sayings. I made a "holy night", "peace on EARTH" and "12" (for 2012) and I'm really stoked with how well they came out. On some of my first attempts I didn't get the stencil down so there are some blobby things but I'm cool with it.
I used a very obvious stencil letter shape as my inspiration for my neon and black balls actually came from local gig posters and those hand painted signs made for smaller clubs and bars that shine brightly even in the dim lighting when a show is going on. Some of you may know exactly what I'm talking about and some of you may be sporting a confused frown because you've obviously never been in a dive bar. FYI – you're probably not missing much.
There are also some fun pattern stencils. Mine were actually included with my lettering that I used above. To make a continuous pattern, use the stencil as is, remove and allow the paint to dry all of the way. Maybe even let it sit a bit longer just to be safe. Match up the end of the painted pattern with the holes in the stencil and you're set up straight and ready to paint!
You may be wondering, as I was wondering just how many times you can use and reuse the adhesive stencils. It seems like something like that is gonna give out and pretty quickly. Honestly, I didn't have a single one not be as tacky as it was in the beginning. I can't really say for sure now, but I have a good feeling about these suckers being useable for a good long time.
That is it for today. I do feel kind of strange about drafting up a post that talks about both Martha Stewart and dive bars at the same time. But then again, it feels kind of right because I saw Martha on the cover of her Halloween special mag and I think she's got some spice!
So, if you're looking for some easy to personalize tree ornaments this year, I really couldn't receommend this method and the Martha Stewart Paints enough. It's a ton of fun and it's really easy. Plus, like in the instance of my Ho cubed ornament you just might get some really big smiles out of it. Happy Monday!
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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. See under By, and Bring.
- prep. the situation of a vessel, going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side.
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The bedroom in the cabin was darker than any place she'd ever slept. It was moonless, with no electric light nearby — total blackness that made her eyes felt closed when they were open. The forest around them was deathly silent, although she imagined animals breathing. It had been two hours now, waiting for sleep.
"Slow down," she said.
"You're breathing too fast."
"What do you mean?"
"You breathe too fast and it throws off the rhythm of my breath. I can't sleep."
She felt him push the pillow at the side of her face, covering her lips and nose.


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Ninety-seven-year- old Elizabeth Preiss was a bit bowled over by it all: the cheerleaders, the decorations,, the hand-painted bowling shirts, , the applause from fans. . And she was thrilled with her score of 154. . Perhaps it wasn''t as high as it might have been in the heydey of her 45-year bowling career, , but it was impressive nonetheless, considering that she uses a walker and hasn''t picked up a bowling ball since 1989.
So what''s her secret? Well,, it''s not in the bowling ball. . For this tournament,, she didn''t even get near one.. Nor did she put her feet into a pair of bowling shoes. . In fact,, she never left Winslow Court,, the senior center she calls home, because there, bowling comes courtesy of a Nintendo Wii gaming console that has the whole place buzzing.. A senior center seems an unlikely place for a device that''s marketed to those young enough to be this group''s grandkids and great-grandkids.. But the Wii is increasingly being used to help seniors stay active and provide physical therapy.. The system includes remote controls that respond to movement, , whether it''s pretending to throw a bowling ball or swing a golf club.. For bowling,, contestants hold the remote and sweep their arm back and forth as if they''re really bowling.. Winslow Court is part of Seattle-based Leisure Care senior living communities, which recently partnered with Nintendo to put the games in the centers they manage nationwide, says Matt Edwards, Leisure Care spokesperson. . " "It''s stimulating and rewarding and brings them together,," " he said.. Other companies are tuned into Wii,, too. . Kathryn Curry, owner of Colorado Springs,, Colo..-based Home Instead Senior Care, purchased a Wii,, and her staff often takes it along to patient visits.. " "It''s a way to get people out of their shell,," " she said.
Wherever the games go, excitement ensues.
At Winslow Court,, there''s a long list of people signed up for the bowling league.. The recent tournament took almost four hours to finish because there were so many bowlers.
For the tournament,, the Strikeouts wore red,, and the Wild Turkeys were in blue.. In bowling,, Wild Turkey refers to three strikes in a row. But Gladys Beals,, a competitive 79-year-old,, gave a nod to another definition:
" "Wild Turkey is whiskey, but we don''t have any of that,," " she said.. " "It knocks you flat on your butt and we''re here to win.."
The living room, which had been converted into " "Winslow Lanes," " was packed.. Almost all the residents were there to play or watch.. They groaned over gutter balls, applauded over strikes and chowed down on typical bowling alley food: nachos dripping with cheese, popcorn, diet sodas.. A history of the sport was posted on the wall.. Trophies awaited team winners and those with the highest and lowest scores.. Everyone got certificates..
The official cheerleaders were Shirley Sides, 78; Rubye Garrett,, 74; Margaret Lehl,, 87; and Joy Middleton,, 79.. They jumped to their feet when there was a strike, flung their orange pompoms about and gustily sang their newly made up fight song,, which they had printed out for those in attendance:
" "Wii love our bowling,, Oh yes we do. . Wii love our bowling that is true. . And if we''re not bowling we''re blue.. Oh, bowling, Wii love you."
"We practiced it a week, " Sides said.
"I''m hooked on the bowling part, but I''d rather be a cheerleader," Middleton added.
In the audience, Gertrude Earl was having a problem that plagues sports fans everywhere: not enough good seats. "I can''t see the screen. They need some tiered seating," she said.." It''s good to see all this enthusiasm."
Giving the spectators something to cheer about were bowling veterans,� including Preiss, and newbies like 80-year-old Viola Ackley.
�"I''ve never even had a bowling ball in my hand," Ackley said. "It''s the most fun I''ve had. I like the fellowship.I bowled 154 in practice.
Everybody knows about it.� I''m a yeller."
Ingrid Demeo, Winslow Court''s program supervisor,� said this group has laid to rest the notion that the elderly don''t like video gaming.� The facility is adding golf to the Wii competitions and planned to hold a golf tournament.. Residents are already practicing their swings. For Preiss,� however, Wii bowling is enough.� " I never dreamed I would be bowling again,"� she said.


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So yesterday the kids had a school holiday and we did a few creative things. We made a little garland for our white feather tree. We punched circles out of patterned paper and glued the circles to a run of embroidery floss. It looked really cute (no photo yet - still working on decorating the little tree). I also worked on an album for December - an Ali Edwards idea that I have always wanted to try myself. I will definitely post photos of this one - I'm kind of liking it already!!
Here is a look at more of what we did yesterday...
Love this part of our kitchen. The chalkboard is huge and always loaded with fun seasonal things and things for the kids to learn from. I had always wanted a chalkboard and Paul found this one in a dumpster at his schoool (really, it was in the dumpster!). It was green and had no frame but Paul worked his magic on it and now it is a fun part of our daily lives. I love that it is magnetic!!
The clock is from Ikea and the painting is something that Hannah did at her first art class - she wasn't even two yet. Love the colours and the energy - she was so into it that we ended up letting her finish it on the floor of the class so she had more room to move around it. If you look closely you can see Wyatt's footprint in the top left corner. Such a treasure.
Here is a close-up of our 'days of the week' project from yesterday. I made a simpler version a couple years ago (just paper and markers) but I thought it was time up spruce it up a bit. At first I was disappointed with the crooked letters but then I decided to just go with it and now I kind of like the hand-made vibe. I also thought about embellishing it a bit but chose to keep it simple. That choice was especially easy to make after I had a 'run-in' with my french-fry maker - my thumb came out the loser in that one. Crafting is difficult with a 'gimpy' thumb that bleeds every two seconds. It seems to be on the mend now.
And lastly, here is Asha on her new dog bed. I should have posted this on Monday but with all the waterpark/hotel excitement around here I forgot to. I wasn't exacty Amy Butler at the sewing machine when I whipped this baby up but I'm still pretty happy with it. Asha looks a little confused here - probably because I dragged her bed into the dining room! But, I think she likes the new bed and it looks kind of cool in our room.
So, let's get this weekend going! Maybe I'll start by catching the last few minutes of Giada on 'Everyday Italian' - I could use a little kitchen motivation!
Happy December!!


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This handy device translates and speaks 840,000 words in 14 languages, as well as offering 46,200 travel phrases.
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Why swim without a soundtrack? This waterproof MP3 player also has a control panel built into the side panel and a built-in USB plug.
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This fish finder's display is worn on your wrist, letting you move freely as you angle and includes display backlighting and a pulse-lit advanced sensor for night fishing.


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Belljar Honey
by Angeliska on June 8, 2011
(Photograph courtesy Jérôme Mondière) ✸ Battle of the Frogs from the collection of Louis Mantin. His majestic late 19th-century French mansion was shuttered for more than a century, but opened its doors to the public in February, to reveal "an (…)
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by Angeliska on May 16, 2011
✸ I love these vibrant illustrations by A. Alexeieff for Russian Fairy Tales, from 1945 This bit from Eudora makes me want to track down a copy of my own: "These Russian tales are rambunctious, full-blooded and temperamental. They are (…)
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Heptu Bidding Farewell To The City Of Obb by John Duncan ✸ An Interview With Roxanne Carter by David Hoenigman from Word Riot I have long admired Roxanne's work from afar, and this one question interview only solidifies the notion (…)
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✸ Artist Interview: Hush Clark Hush Clark is my new secret best-friend art-crush, only he doesn't know it yet. Magic art that speaks to my heart. ✸ Vietnam's Mammoth Cave Colin and I are both avid spelunking-fantasists, and are considering (…)
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Disclosure: I like both No Doubt and football, and after I used Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker" to make a 90s-pop-related point I couldn't stop listening to it. I think this puts me in a unique position to say that the NFL's continued attempts to attract a non-traditional audience by tossing female pop stars into its on-screen bumpers and halftime programming are both a little crass and completely ridiculous.
Nevertheless: If you decide to catch NBC's opening-night football coverage on September 5, you're going to get performances from both acts, whether you want them or not. (And Mariah Carey probably won't even play Heartbreaker!) This will also apparently make you, the football-agnostic fan of mid-90s pop, stay tuned for two hours of very large men in full body armor giving each other concussions.
I'm fine with it, personally, because if the NFL were really trying to nail its target audience's taste in music it probably would have booked Creed to sing a bunch of country songs about gambling inside a Buffalo Wild Wings by now. But if this counter-programming really does work on you, somehow, here are five other artists with which the NFL has gotten you ready for some football in its inimitably tone-deaf and weirdly half-assed way.
5. P!nk I've got to let this out: Of all the pop stars who've found success over multiple albums in the last decade, P!nk is far and away my least favorite, and I think the problem is just how ridiculous her positioning as a hard-living rebel who Doesn't Care What You Think and is always ready with a middle finger to, I don't know, somebody, is in the wake of how consistently acceptable everyone in America finds her.
Oh, there's also how unpleasant it is to listen to her voice, and how cloying and awful that "Sober" song sounds in its natural habit, which is the tinny speakers inside my local Burger King. I maybe could have led off with that.
For all that, I'm relatively certain that future generations aren't going to have the same problem I do, probably because they won't know who Dr. Luke was.
4. Faith Hill A complete list of football players I can imagine kind of nodding their head to "This Kiss," probably in a GMC Envoy, right before their wife hurriedly switches to their kids' VeggieTales cassette:
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|03 Dec 2010
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Why yes it does,
Doesn't change the fact that it is not a X-Fi in any way, shape or form. It is nothing more than a riser card (you got that part correct) for the onboard audio, in place of having the audio chip on the motherboard. It is nothing more than a Soundmax based "card" that uses some of the X-Fi software (also known as "X-Fi MB). It does not and will not work with any drivers or software from Creative, they leave support for it up to whoever it was that sold/included it with thie product (in this case Asus).
Still going to need the driver and X-Fi software for it to work properly.
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Its working now, that audio software did it, thanks.
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PCHY690M.11 (Las Vegas)
Psychiatry with Department Faculty
Office of Medical Education
- Course Name: Psychiatry with Department Faculty
- Short Name: PCHY690M.11 Psychiatry Dept Fac
- Course Number: PCHY690M.11
- Location: Las Vegas
- Type: Clinical
- Length: This may be a 2 week, 4 week or 6 week elective only
- Dual Degree: MPH
- Preceptors:
- Mark Suhany, M.D.
- Jacob Manjooran, M.D.
- Eden Lee Santiago, M.D.
- Joel Silberberg, M.D.
- Lisa Durette, M.D.
Please contact the department to verify elective availability.
- To provide students with opportunities to observe and participate in psychiatric care of patients in a variety of settings.
Description of Rotation
This is a clinical elective in psychiatry with department faculty. Clinical experiences may include: rural mental health outpatient clinics, Forensic Psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, consultation psychiatry, and general outpatient practice. The elective will be tailored to individual student's interests and learning goals with flexible scheduling.
Evaluation Method
Assessment by supervising faculty.
- Honors: An exceptional performance which exceeds all course objectives
- High Pass: A performance which exceeds most course objectives
- Pass: A performance which meets the course objectives
- Fail: A performance which does not meet the course objectives
Special Notes
To schedule an elective, please contact Sheryl Evans
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As I was updating my blog I found this post from a while back that for whatever reason, I never published.
I'm releasing it now.. I hope its helpful to you if you're currently going through any kind of breakup!
The pain. Invisible, yet you carve so deep.
My heart aches in waves. I weep to relieve the tension.
This pain, felt millions of times before.
But this time, in my life, I know you.
You are not just a concept, you are real.
The pain opens my heart.. the love I feel has nowhere to go but out.
Outward, my heart opens.
I see sadness in strangers. I feel others pain.
A sensitivity I have not felt as strongly before, a compassion for others who suffer.
You of all things, PAIN, unite us.
A few days ago I split from my girlfriend of one year. Although one year seems like a really short time compared to many long term relationships – it was a very intense period and we got to know each other inside and out on a very deep level.
The period right after a break up with someone you love is one of the most emotionally challenging times of my life. It puts every strategy I know about directing focus and managing emotion to the test. Sometimes I can adapt to circumstances on the fly – and keep my emotions from taking over. But this is a real emotional battle.
I have been very aware over the last few days on what I'm doing physically, mentally and spiritual to create equilibrium and become as resourceful as possible emotionally during this trying time. I hope some of these strategies can be of help to you. It can feel really terrible when you are emotionally distraught AND you don't know how to get over it. By having strategies you have options. Options empower.
Strategy #1: Cry
When the memories become too intense I cry. I always feel better after a good cry. That is until the pressure builds up again and I need another cry. The pain seems to build in waves and then the crying is like a biological release valve. I think crying is absolutely necessary to release pressure.
Strategy #2: Manage Focus Through Questions
A second strategy I use for minimizing the pain is to manage focus. I manage focus through asking questions – like
a) What greater experiences are coming that makes this necessary?
Sometimes when we don't have the whole picture we tend to focus on only a part of it (like what just happened) .. have you ever lost something that you cared about? Did new things come into your life that you cared about? Would it have been possible for those things to come into your life if you never lost the thing you thought was so precious? You got over the previous loss right? And you're probably glad you lost it if you found something better. Loss creates opportunities and when you can focus on the opportunities (imagine them, visualize them) you'll get over the loss faster. (That is if you want to.) If its been awhile since you lost something or the loss was a death – the same rule applies – you must be future oriented in your thinking and get out of the memory dwelling as quickly as possible.
Sometimes when you want to feel close to someone, the next best thing to being with them physically is being with the memories. And so you torture yourself for a while – actually wanting the pain so you can still be close to them in some twisted way. But ultimately memories should be explored for their release – and unless you notice pressure subsidizing every time you think about the same memory (that used to make you cry) then you probably need to employ other strategies of release.
b) What can I learn from this?
There's always lessons that make you a better person, or cause you to learn more about yourself than would have otherwise been possible. Focus on the value that was generated through the relationship and its loss and you'll put the loss in proper perspective. Instead of being the worst thing imaginable it becomes a necessary pain with lots of gifts waiting to be discovered.
Strategy #3: A High Value Routine to Occupy Your Time
When you've suffered a loss you've got to immediately spring back into action. But not just any action as some actions can make you feel worse. You want to have a high value routine that will aid you physically, mentally and spiritually.
Physically you can exercise – a great form of pressure release.
Mentally you can read and take in good positive information that will interrupt your thought patterns and change your focus for awhile.
Spiritually you can meditate. Meditation is a wonderful way to actually get outside of your box. To stop the thinking for a while. Meditation when you are truly present to it can be like an oasis of relief during your Ego's time of great need.
Strategy #4: A Philosophy That Reminds You of the Temporariness of All Life
When I remember that all things are temporary and that this too shall pass I immediately get a sense of "Duh – did I think that this would last forever?". Followed by a feeling of desperation that all things I love are temporary. Followed by a relief that all things are temporary. It's a funny thing but it helps you get out of your head. Focusing on the impermanence of all life can not only help relieve your pain but lead to greater intellectual and spiritually stimulating thoughts as well.
Strategy #5: Accept the Loss
To help my brain quickly move on is to first ACCEPT the new reality and then start talking in terms of future orientation / possibilities / opportunities… still its f'ing tough. But without the acceptance you're in a hellish emotional limbo (as your brain goes to work trying to figure out how to make an impossible situation work) and that's not good at all.
I keep reminding my brain of its new task now – time to start focusing on future possibilities and making the best use of my time now. My brain wants to help during this time of pain. Its survival instincts are on high alert asking "What can I do to help?" And if you still believe that your relationship has hope – you'll give your brain the task of coming up with strategies to fix things rather than get over things. Is that what you want? You must get very clear on this one. You are in command of your brain. If your brain is busy coming up with ways to make things work it won't be able to focus on letting go and coming up with strategies to improve your immediate situation. Don't underestimate the power of accepting reality and giving your brain a very clear command of using your time wisely now to immediately improve your circumstances without the need of a partner. Only you control you and your happiness and what you do with your time and your own brain – thank goodness for that!
Strategy #6: Remember that Happiness is Always There
Happiness is always inside us. It does not require other people or things (because they are all temporary) happiness is found through the subtraction of disturbing thoughts about people and things. Disturbing thoughts come in the form of attachment (to outside things), cravings (for outside things) and fear (of outside things). I have found meditation as the best way for subtracting disturbing thoughts and dwell in happiness – even if its only for a small period of time, it's like an oasis during this time. And since I know I can get there for a time, I make it a goal to expand upon that time. This is huge. I can be happy any time I decide to let go of the thoughts that are causing disturbance in my mental space. Yes disturbing thoughts resurface when I'm not meditating, but at least I had a mini-vacation away from my brain's thinking!
Strategy #7: Upgrade Who You Are
Remember that whoever you were that attracted the person you were in a relationship with – you can be even better. This means that even greater opportunities are out there immediately if you upgrade who you are and what you do with your life. So whatever you do don't get down in the dumps! Getting down in the dumps is a strategy for downgrading your possibilities. You cannot escape the consequences of your actions – you must immediately use the other six strategies to get your head straight and heart balanced so you can immediately start adding value to other people and other potential relationships. Nobody wants to hear your sob stories. Nobody wants to be dragged down by a negative Nancy. In the early stages its okay to seek support from friends and family but the faster you can get your body, mind and Soul in a resourceful state, the faster opportunities will start presenting themselves again (or you'll go find them). And if you've upgraded – they will be even better opportunities!
Strategy #1: Cry
Strategy #2: Manage Focus Through Questions
Strategy #3: A High Value Routine to Occupy Your Time
Strategy #4: A Philosophy That Reminds You of the Temporariness of All Life
Strategy #5: Accept the Loss
Strategy #6: Remember that Happiness is Always There
Strategy #7: Upgrade Who You Are
I know emotionally this is a tough time. It's sometimes hard to focus on what you should do because you're too busy doing the things you probably shouldn't be doing (dwelling the past, etc.) I'm right there with you. But when the plane feels like its going down, all you can do is pull up on the stick. And its a good thing you have a stick (control over yourself and strategies for being empowered) because without a stick you crash and burn. So if you're suffering a relationship loss, stop making excuses, dwelling the past, going through what-if scenarios and start pulling up through the storm into the clear skies always waiting for you just above the clouds.


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Billed as a remembrance rally, the event in central Athens on 2 February attracted a crowd of 30,000 to honour three "fallen heroes" of the party. Men dressed in military fatigues, baseball caps and swastikas lit torches and fired flares, chanting anti-immigration slogans.
"We are winning the hearts and minds of the people, because we say it as it is," Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kassidiaris told supporters.
"These politicians who have ruled us for decades are crooks. They have betrayed our national interests. They have led us to humiliating defeats," he said, referring to a 1996 dispute with fellow Nato member Turkey, when three Greek air force pilots were killed in a dispute over an Aegean island before the US intervened, forcing both sides to back down.
Kassidiaris added: "This is a day of remembrance. It's a day to remember that Golden Dawn is here to stay. And so long as it does, there will be hope for the country."
But for hardcore Golden Dawn supporters, the retreat was seen as a capitulation, and the party gained traction with the country's young and unemployed in the context of economic disaster at home, and the increasing control wielded by foreign creditors over Greece's failing finances.
"They calls us fascists, thugs and criminals," says Vassilis, a 23-year-old recruit who joined the party because of his disenchantment with the country's political elite.
"We're nationalists. We're patriots. And if these guys who ruled the country for decades had a fibre of the nationalism we're running on, they would have never brought the country to its current predicament."
Hundreds of riot police and security officials were deployed on the march, which took place near the prime minister's office and the Turkish embassy in Athens. Surrounding roads were cordoned off by police, bringing traffic to a halt.
"For a nation that suffered dearly under the Nazis, neo-Nazi gatherings like these should be banned," said Sofia Laniti, a 47-year-old saleswoman.
The Golden Dawn party has begun aggressively targeting teenagers and schoolchildren in a bid to consolidate its recent extraordinary rise in support.
The vigilante far-right movement has begun spreading its anti-immigration message in schools and youth clubs, and through online social media networks, according to recent reports in the international press.
The party has been able to capitalise on the harsh austerity that has been imposed as a condition of Greece maintaining its Eurozone membership. As Greece's economic fortunes have plummeted, so Golden Dawn's fortunes have soared.
Standards of living have diminished for the middle classes, while the nation has seen its sovereignty ceded to foreign creditors.
Campaigning on a platform of expelling immigrants, Golden Dawn took 7 percent of the vote in general elections last June, having polled just 0.2 percent in the previous election in 2009. This gave Golden Dawn 18 seats in parliament.
That marked a breakthrough for the party, which was founded in 1993 but had long been regarded as too extreme. Since then, it has seen its popularity double again, currently polling in third place behind the conservative New Democracy and the main opposition party, the radical leftist Syriza.
The collapse of the ruling conservative-leftist coalition could leave the route open for Golden Dawn to capture second place in a snap election, say pollsters.
The party has attracted votes from across the political spectrum, wiping out the more moderate nationalist LAOS party and winning support from the communist KKE party.
It has also stolen a march on New Democracy, which appeared indecisive on the international bailout keeping Greece afloat, and later lost popularity when it imposed harsh spending cuts instead of relief measures.
Golden Dawn's core supporters are disaffected urban men, but the party is gaining ground among women and the elderly, particularly the unemployed.
Mobilising grassroots support is the party's preferred method of gaining recruits, with Golden Dawn taking a close involvement in neighbourhood initiatives, particularly those in areas with rising crime or high numbers of immigrants.
Gyms, athletic and martial arts clubs are seen as ripe recruiting grounds, while the party now boasts a patriotic supporters' club, known as Galazia Stratia, or the Blue Army.
Its trademark campaigns of violence and intimidation now appear to be spreading to the playground, with nationalist graffiti, slogans and swastika emblems beginning to appear around schools.
"It's the feature of vitality, a need to show they're strong, young and fresh and are creating something new – be it a new party, a new country," said Vassiliki Georgiadou, a professor at Panteion University and an expert in far-right nationalism, who has studied Golden Dawn for years.
"They discard the label of Nazism and instead play up the nationalist card. They use ancient Greek history as a camouflage to hide their true identity: that they're fans of Hitler, anti-Semitism."
Over 50 teachers, parents and teenage students from schools in Athens have backed up his claims, telling The Independent that the party's increasingly fashionable image meant it was gaining a fan-base among young people.
One youthful supporter, Stavros, 16, admitted to the paper that he had thrown rocks and fruit at the homes of Pakistani immigrants.
"I did this to get them to respect our country because I love Greece so much," he said. "Golden Dawn kids are not killers but people who are worried that we won't be able to find jobs because of all those illegal immigrants."
Another young supporter, Evdoxia, 16, told the paper: "Golden Dawn is not a descendant of Nazism. Whoever thinks it is, doesn't know what the party's really about.
"Golden Dawn is trying to offer solutions amid difficult times. Contrary to other parties, they actually do what they say they will."
Ernesto, a youth of Albanian origin, described how his classmate Kostas fell in with the shaven-headed, black-vested youths who support Golden Dawn.
"Kostas felt he was different by hanging out with them. They were the mean, cool guys that everyone was afraid of. They hated immigrants and even taught their dogs to growl at Africans. It was crazy."
The party denies it advocates Nazi-inspired racial violence, but several of its MPs recently participated in a co-ordinated attack on immigrant market vendors, whose stalls were smashed up in Athens.
The daughter of the party's leader was arrested over a racist attack last June, while another Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris achieved notoriety when he was filmed slapping Liana Kanelli, a communist MP, across the face.
Ioannis Vouldis, the Golden Dawn MP who heads the party's youth branch, refused to comment directly to the media. "At present, there is a decision not to talk to the press," he said.
it was 2000 people from all over Greece, they cannot mobilize so many supporters on the street. Please do not spread misleading information and do not give the nazis that much credit, most of their voters are the average petit-bourgeois, couch potatos full of resentiment anyway.
Its like you read my mind! You appear to know so much about this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you can do with a few pics to drive the message home a little bit, but instead of that, this is wonderful blog. A great read. I'll certainly be back.
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In common language the Genitive of the substantival possessive
pronoun is not used. There is another form of a possessive
that could be used (der ihrige, die ihrige, das ihrige),
but it sounds really antiquated. If you want to form
a Genitive of ihre
it is mostly done like in English.
The same could be said with a real
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Priest challenges politicians on abortion stance
An Arranmore curate has told his congregation that any legislation on abortion should not be passed under the terms of the X case, saying he believed that would make Irish abortion laws the most liberal in Europe.
Speaking on the island on Sunday, Father John Joe Duffy told parishioners that he welcomed the decision of Donegal County Council, who voted at their regular meeting last month to oppose any form of legislation of abortion.
"I welcome the decision taken by Donegal County Council in relation to their stance on the abortion issue, in that they are not in favour of the Minister for Health, James Reilly legislating for abortion under the terms of the X case," Father John Joe said.
However, the head of the Irish Family Planning Association said that even if legislation were brought in for the X case, Irish legislation would remain among the most restrictive in Europe.
Father John Joe called on all political representatives to state their position on the subject. "I now call on all political representatives at local and national level to clearly state where they stand in relation to the proposed legislation by Doctor James Reilly," Father John Joe said. "It is time to get off the fence. I am calling, in particular, on Sinn Féin locally and nationally to clearly state where they stand, in the same manner that I am calling on all political parties to clearly state where they stand. It is now time for political parties to show moral courage and protect the rights of the unborn child."
He added that this was going to be a very difficult debate, and urged everyone to be sensitive to the language they use.
"Abortion is wrong under any circumstances and no matter how you may try to dress it up linguistically, it is what it is," he said. "But we must be exceptionally sensitive in our use of language in relation to the future debate which will be on abortion."
He added that he believed any legislation adopted in terms of the X case would make Irish abortion laws the most liberal in Europe. "The only way that the abortion debate can be revisited is by a referendum where the choice will be put to all the Irish people and that all Irish people will have their say on this matter," Father John Joe said. "Legislation is not the way forward on this issue and it would be wrong for any government to forward this matter by legislation alone."
The Chief Executive of the Irish Family Planning Association, Niall Behan, disagreed. He said: "If the legislation was brought in for the X case, we would still remain the one of the most restrictive in Europe. If you were to take the 48 members of the Council of Europe, from Russia to the Ukraine to Iceland, we would still be the 45th most restrictive of the 48 countries."
He added that should legislation be brought in relation to the X-case it would be a woman's life that would be under discussion and not her health.
Women in Ireland with a pregnancy deemed life-threatening cannot access abortion services without travelling abroad, despite a 2010 European Court of Human Rights ruling which found the State to be in breach of its obligations, according to the Irish Family Planning Association. Answering a Parliamentary written question, Minister Reilly confirmed that the situation of women with life-threatening pregnancies remains the same as before the ruling. No interim measures to deal with such incidents have been developed since the judgement.


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By Geoff Ratliff
"In Time", the new action/thriller starring Justin Timberlake comes off as part Robin Hood, part Bonnie and Clyde, and part The Matrix, not a bad mix in theory. The movie follows the story of Will Salas (Timberlake), a young man struggling to make it day-to-day, and to matter in a future where time is the only currency. After a chance encounter with a man in a bar who's apparently seen way too much and lived way too long, Will is entrusted with the responsibility of trying to shake up an otherwise broken system. Once his new friend has entrusted Will with all the time he will ever need, Salas takes the opportunity to escape his unfulfilling life and taste a bit of how the haves have been living before embarking on a quest to liberate the masses. But falling into instant wealth doesn't come without headaches of it's own, and after acquiring a running buddy in the form of Sylvia Weiss (played by a stunning Amanda Seyfried), the daughter of one of the worlds wealthiest men, Will begins a race against time – and an overly ambitious Timekeeper (the cops of their time), played by Cillian Murphy – to upset the apple cart before the man brings him down.
I've long admired the blueprint that Timberlake has taken to building his credibility as an actor – although I wish it hadn't come at the price of such a long layover between albums – not rushing into a leading man role and paying his dues in smaller parts and ensemble pieces. That process seems to have paid off for him as he does an admirable job in his first action/thriller role, but I have to admit that the film left me wanting a bit more, as their isn't quite enough action, nor enough thriller.
Visually the movie is stunning, and well-directed by Andrew Niccol, but the writing, which was also done by Niccol, lacked depth, which is a shame because it doesn't fully capitalize on some impressive acting. I was almost distracted enough by the aesthetics of the film (did I mention that Amanda Seyfried was stunning?) that this got by me a few times, but overall I couldn't quite escape the feeling that the characters were screaming for more depth. Cillian Murphy's role as the lead Timekeeper is a prime example of this. I kept waiting for his character to deliver some powerful dialogue and take on somewhat of a sympathetic presence similar to the Mr. Smith character played so well by Hugo Weaving in The Matrix Trilogy. Instead, he remains mostly mute, or reduced to one-liners, which becomes more frustrating once it is revealed in the movies final minutes that he actually has a back story worth pursuing.
Maybe Niccol was trying not to come off too much like the Matrix which is why we are still left wondering whether or not Timberlake can handle the physical demands of a true action role. There are no cool car chases scenes, thought the potential was there, nor any visually stimulating shoot outs or explosions. All of this would be fine had the story gone a tad bit deeper, but I curiously left hoping for a sequel that dares to spend more time exploring the depths of "In Time".
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Have you all seen the Microsoft commercials with Bill Gates & Jerry Seinfeld?
I don't 'get 'em'. But, maybe I am not supposed to get them. You see, if it were just an ordinary Microsoft commercial, it would be pretty boring and we wouldn't be blogging about it all over (it is being blogged and chatted about by lots of folks!). So, by making a DUMB commercial, are they really generating buzz to chat about Microsoft, which makes it Brilliant Marketing? It won't make me go out and buy a new computer with Vista!!


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I admit I didn't really like you when we first met.
We had only been in the house a month when you came over with your 12-year-old son, Kyle. You introduced yourself, welcoming us to the neighborhood. You gave us a quick, but very detailed, oral tour of the houses and families around us making it clear that you make it your business to know what's going on, skirting that fine line between vigilant citizen and tiresome gossip.
It was obvious you were sizing us up as the newcomers. A young couple, but no kids, no pets, not even a tray of house plants waiting to find their sunny spots. You were disappointed, I could tell.
"Kyle used to love playing on the front porch with Jeff and Lisa's boys," you told us, dropping off a slice of guilt along with the coffee cake you brought. I closed the door behind you and rolled my eyes at my husband.
Your house is a caterpillar in its cocoon undergoing constant metamorphosis: a new back porch, a rebuilt chimney, a second edition, a freshly paved driveway. Toys and bikes and sports equipment litter the back lawn. Your husband's construction truck parked in front of our house for some mysterious reason that, four years later, we have yet to solve, but seems in keeping with the rest of your sprawl. I hear your voice rising and falling in a rhythmic squawk, calling after your son to gather up his shoes, to walk the dog, to get in the car now, to bring in the trash barrel.
After that first visit, you didn't make any further attempts to get to know us beyond the curt wave over the fence or the polite "thanks" for the tin of Christmas cookies I brought over as a sign of appreciation for making the effort to welcome us to the neighborhood. We seemed to arrive at a basic level of co-existence. It felt like going on a blind date that never quite got started, but running into that person at the local café from time to time.
One day I was out gardening when another neighbor came by walking her dog. We chatted, and she mentioned you and your daughter. I blinked. Daughter? Yes, she said, Jenna, she's ten, has Downs Syndrome. The neighbor's voice dropped on the words "Down's Syndrome," adopting a tone meant to be a placeholder for other words like "sad" and "unfortunate."
Oh. I thought back to the first time you came to the house and recalled the brief mention of a daughter before you smoothly changed the subject to ask us about our children or lack thereof. Oh. I know something about growing up in a house where one kid has significant health issues. I know what that feels like as a sibling; I know the kind of weight it carries on parents.
I'm sorry it took me so long to see you, but I do. When I hear you yelling at your son or arguing with your husband, I don't clench my jaw anymore. I see an outlet for release; I hear that pain and frustration is the language you grab when peace of mind and love are the languages just out of reach. The chaos of your yard, of the ongoing building projects, are distractions, ways of quelling fear, worry, and everyday stress of the demands made on you, demands that few realize and fewer would understand.
I see you could easily be my mother, doing her best to hold a family together, managing the needs of a disabled son and the wants of an attention-starved daughter.
I see that underneath your exterior you carry an immense amount of joy and pride in your family; like any mom you want to love, nurture, and protect them even when the way you go about that feels hard and prickly. There is more to your story that I'll never know, but I'm grateful to what I can finally see.


text: SOUTH BEND Help offered for financial aid forms The University of Notre Dame Talent Search program is helping students and their parents complete financial aid forms for college each Saturday through March 4. The help is provided at the Charles Martin Youth Center, 802 Lincoln Way W., from 9 a.m. to noon each Saturday. Help also will be available at La Casa de Amistad Youth Center, 746 S. Meade St., from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 8 through March 1. Niles area residents may receive assistance at the Niles District Library, 620 E. Main St., from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9, 16 and 23. All assistance is free. Students and parents should bring the following: completed 2005 tax return, 2005 W-2 forms or the last check stub of the year if it has 2005 total earnings listed; amount of non-taxable income, such as Social Security, child support, unemployment or disability benefits for 2005; amount of interest from bank accounts that will be claimed on 2005 tax return; and Social Security numbers and birth dates of the parent(s) with whom the student lives. SOUTH BEND AARP chapter to hear about TRIAD Local AARP Chapter 270 will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Leighton Center for Senior Health, 534 N. Michigan St., South Bend. Speaker Paula Olan will talk about TRIAD, a community program in which police and seniors work together. For more information, call (574) 287-3036. SOUTH BEND Quarterly meeting for Dodge retirees The Dodge Retirees and Former Employees club, along with guests, will have a quarterly meeting at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Old Country Buffet, 5540 Grape Road, Mishawaka. For more information, call (574) 255-5848. SOUTH BEND Three advance in Quiz Bowl tourney The Marian, Adams and Clay high school Quiz Bowl teams all advanced to the second round of the St. Joseph Valley Quiz Bowl Tournament. In the first round, Marian defeated Elkhart Central, Adams defeated Riley and Clay defeated Mishawaka. Penn, St. Joseph's, New Prairie, Culver Academies and Washington all had byes. SOUTH BEND Southeast L.L. sign-up on Saturday Registration for Southeast Little League will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and again on Feb. 11, 18 and 25 at the Centre Township Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library, Miami and Kern roads. Also, registration will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26. For more information, visit www.selittleleague.org or call (574) 231-0899.


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Thank you to friends, old and new, who came to Sofa Salon #11 at Max and Kari's. With fantastic, emotive and even daring performances from Roland Satterwhite, Gosia Winter and Linden Horvath, a swell time was had.
The next installation of Sofa Salon @ Joe's Bar is tomorrow night!
Donnerstag Februar 24. - Joe's Bar Showcase: Janin Johannsen & Sarsaparilla
Sarsaparilla was one of the first musicians I saw live in Berlin. He has a lovely way with words and a sweet, organic sound for fans of Devendra Banhart. Janin Johannsen has an emotional, crystaline voice, delicate folk style and a fascination with Elvis. Her performance features Andreas from Sofa Salon favourites The Alma Church Choir. A gorgeous night ahead!
Doors at 21:00. Eintritt 4€. Joe's Bar, Schönhauser Allee 157, Prenzlauer Berg.
Next wohnzimmer konzert:
Samstag März 26. - Wohnzimmer Konzert: Chloe Charles (CAN) & Aly Tadros (USA) plus poet to be announced
Sofa Salon is excited to host these two amazing alternative acoustic songwriters during their European tour. Toronto native Chloe Charles has been likened to Cat Power and Joni Mitchell and is possessed of a dramatic dark-honey voice. Austin-based Aly Tadros has the sass of Fiona Apple and the swing of a Ricky Lee Jones. Both ladies offer a distinctive and accomplished point-of-view.
To reserve places, the new Sofa Salon email is : berlinsofasalon [at] googlemail.com


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[Editor's Note: A direct quote attributed to Cristina Ross regarding her position on a possible future primary has been updated for accuracy.]
Republican candidates for first selectman Cristina Ross and Kevin Moynihan said during a debate this week that that it is "likely" that there will be a primary in the coming fall election should they fail to win party backing at the July 18 caucus.
"I think it's very likely that it might come to a primary," Ross, currently a member of the Town Council and also a member of the RTC, said during the organization's second candidates' debate, held Wednesday at Town Hall. "I will assess the number of [RTC] votes [following the caucus] and see where things stand [before making a decision]."
Moynihan, also a member of the Town Council and the RTC, said it would "really depend on what the vote [count] is." He pointed out that while primaries for first selectman seats in neighboring towns including Darien and Greenwich "are quite common," still "we've never had a primary in New Canaan."
But this time around, "with three people in the race" for first selectman, "it increases the likelihood of a primary," Moynihan said during the debate, co-moderated by Michael Dinan of NewCanaanite.com and Greg Reilly of the New Canaan Advertiser.
"I think it's very likely [that there will be a primary]," he added.
Ross and Moynihan are challenging three-term incumbent First Selectman Rob Mallozzi.
Mallozzi said he "hasn't spent much time contemplating a primary" and basically left it at that.
As in the first debate, the topic of recent tensions between certain members of the Town Council and Mallozzi was again broached—only this time, it was in the context of the town administration's recent announcement that it had finally, after years of negotiations, reached an initial agreement with utilities provider Eversource to bring a natural gas line into New Canaan.
Moynihan said he was disappointed that details of the deal were not shared with the Town Council before it was signed.
"No one on the Town Council has [yet] seen the agreement," Moynihan said. "This is a large and important transaction for the town of New Canaan… and the Town Council is the land use body for the town. All the roads in town are the Town Council's responsibility. Nothing has been vetted through the Town Council; that deal was signed yesterday. It's a lack of transparency and lack of collaboration. I don't get it."
A recent letter to the editor in NewCanaanite claims that Moynihan played a pivotal role in facilitating the gas line deal—a claim which others say is not true.
"It's not about taking credit—it's about the process," Moynihan said during the debate. He explained that back in December, when he saw an appropriation for about $1 million in the preliminary Board of Education budget for installing propane tanks at certain school facilities, he asked why the appropriations for new tanks were in the budget, considering that natural gas was coming to town and that the schools were to be served by natural gas. At the time, he said, the superintendent of schools told him that the first selectman had said that there was "no way" a deal with Eversource for natural gas would ever happen.
Moynihan said he then contacted Eversource, at which time a representative told him that "they had a new authorization to expand in Connecticut, with $90 million." So, Moynihan "passed that info on to the Board of Selectmen, by way of the Board of Finance." But the Board of Selectmen apparently "had no interest in talking with Eversource," Moynihan said. This, he said, was due to "hurt feelings" from the previous negotiations with Eversource, which broke down last year. He implied that this misstep on the part of the administration caused the school district to end up spending money on propane tanks that would not have been needed had the gas line deal gone through earlier.
Mallozzi, in rebuttal, said Moynihan's "timeline is flawed" and that the negotiations between the town and Eversource picked up again in February. He said the reason the school district proceeded with funding the propane tanks was to show Eversource the the town was willing to stand tough in the negotiations.
"The way you get people back to the [negotiating] table … is if they're fearful of losing a very good piece of business," Mallozzi said. "We showed our seriousness about bringing propane into the schools."
On the topic of transparency between the Board of Selectmen and the Town Council, with respect to the gas line deal, Mallozzi said he "shared the emails" from Eversource, through Bill Brennan, former first selectman of Wilton, with local media, leading up the most recent meetings.
"I furnished you folks with all the emails," Mallozzi said. "You've seen the responses. Certainly I was very responsive. And I'm very happy I was."
On a different topic, when asked what changes she thinks need to be brought to the capital budget planning process—and further why she had cast a lone "no" vote on the town's capital plan as the last budget season approached—Ross said the problem for her is that the Town Council doesn't get a detailed view of the capital budget when it is presented for approval.
"The budget presently comes down from the Board of Selectman to the Board of Finance and then to the Town Council," she said. "[When the Town Council first receives it] it is a very summarized version—and it has not been audited, in terms of departmental [expenditures], to see where the monies are actually being spent. There is no breakdown—so there is no way to look to efficiencies or savings. For example, the way the departments order business cards—some are in color and some are black and white—why?"
Each of the candidates was asked how they would react, if they are elected as first selectman, should home assessments decrease dramatically in the upcoming town valuation.
"It's a distinct possibility—and it is something that we think about and plan for in advance," Mallozzi said. "Certainly, we would look at all options—including a phase-in of the [mill rate] increase. Really, it would require us to reduce on the spending side. On the priority side, we would have to take a deep dive and see what we can do to mitigate the pain for taxpayers."
Mallozzi, however, added that the town has weathered periods of decreasing valuations before.
Moynihan said should there be a dramatic decrease in assessments, "You're going to have to focus on costs—you're going to have to get serious about sharpening the pencil and cutting."
Ross said her response would also be to cut spending. "With a $140 million budget. we're going to have to reevaluate our expenditures," she said.
When asked about her vision for downtown—more specifically whether she favored "smart growth" approach, allowing for more multifamily housing, or a "preservation" approach, to maintain the town's historic quality—Ross said, "I think the small town setting with the attributes of an expanding little city."
"We need to support the retail community while expanding certain types of housing and I think it needs to be a combination of the two," she said.
Mallozzi, on the other hand, said he prefers the "preservation" approach.
"I think what makes New Canaan unique is our central village," he said. "It's the look and feel which is so very important. We don't have waterfront, we don't have a large commercial district and we don't have Route One and I-95 bisecting us… We need to preserve what we have, as best we can. And I think we've done a beautiful job of doing it. I would not sacrifice that small town feel for smart growth."
Moynihan said although "you need to have preservation … tastes change, over time."
"Years ago, people gravitated to the four-acre zone—today there is an attraction to downtown," he said. "We have very few apartments in relation to single-family homes… I think you have to have both."
The debate also included separate debates between Republican candidates for Board of Selectman as well as Town Council. Stay tuned for coverage of those debates…


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This new size extends the range currently available, which includes size 00 from 6A to 160A, size 1 from 25A to 250A, size 2 from 80A to 400A and now size 3, 315A to 800A.
All fuse links have a "fuse blown" pop-up indication, which provides easy-to-see evidence of a ruptured fuse. NHP 03 9429 2999.


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Issue # 207 of Canadian Literature, A Quarterly of Criticism and Review, published by The University of British Columbia is now available in print and online. It's a special issue on Mordecai Richler.
Two of my French poems are included in this issue and can be accessed ->here (under the Poetry section).
The first poem is titled "Galanterie" (Gallantry) - an odd ode to feelings that bind us and eventually set us free.
The second one is titled "Marécages à Bruges" (Bayous in Bruges).
Bayous in Bruges is a medalion of several hours spent in the Belgian city on a day of sunshine and drizzle mixed with the distant menace of storms and clouds rolling in from the sea.


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Critical Dialogue: IMDb Nation
We expect professional critics, whenever they discuss a given film, to prove why it makes sense to talk about this movie as opposed to any other. Often the work is done for the critics ahead of time, by the programmers, producers, and archivists who bring new films to theaters and resurrect older ones from obscurity. In any case, there's a burden to explain why a long-neglected film has something to say about the way we live today, why, for lack of a better word, it is relevant.
But on the lively user reviews section of IMDb, the vast online movie database celebrated by Vivian Sobchack in the March-April issue of FILM COMMENT, every film is relevant to someone. There is something beautiful about the fact that you could post a lukewarm review of the 2007 Kevin Costner serial-killer drama Mr. Brooks six years down the road without ever being asked why—and something still more beautiful about the fact that you wouldn't be alone.
"Way back in 2008-ish my boss told me about Mr. Brooks," writes thesar-2 from the United States. "To this day, I still want to thank him." Other commentators were less satisfied: "if you enjoy The Sharper Image catalog, reality TV and torturing small animals," responds NightOwl0, "than this is the movie for you." Some see the film in light of wider-ranging cultural trends: Matt from the U.S. calls it "a nice alternative to the torture flick du jour . . . an assault to the mind, not the eyes." Others peddle narrower pet theories: QBSNIDERLOES from Florida considers it an elaborate metaphor for the Iraq war.
"Whatever the individual reviews lack in particulars," writes Sobchack, "they gain in the aggregate." She's suggesting not that we make use of the reviewers as a single representative voice, but that we appreciate the diversity of their backgrounds and the often contentious interplay between comments: "It is not only their quantity that is meaningful but also their geographical spread (sometimes charting the trajectory of the film's release), their chronology (a lot of posts suggest by their time stamps that their writers might have camped out to get into the first screenings), their revelations of viewer attitudes and tastes, and above all, their rare consensus and vigorous debates."
IMDb's critics might say that the user comments are for the most part long on opinions and short on arguments—and they'd be right. (One reviewer closes an especially brutal review of Mr. Brooks by assuring us that "what I'm telling you is true.") Critical debates, they might continue, require more than passion and conviction; they demand reasons, theses, claims and counter-claims. But there is another sort of dialogue to which those critics are often blind—based on categorical oppositions, naked personal preference, the clash of reactionary dismissal with reactionary support, and the topping of loud voices with louder ones—that perhaps more accurately mirrors the way film is actually discussed, debated, and dealt with on a large scale.
In a day and age of review aggregate sites, IMDb continues to endorse the value of the intractable opinion and the irresolvable standoff. And to remind us that every film—from Mr. Brooks to Over the Hedge ("Cute farce about creatures on the perimeter of the suburban dream") to the 1929 early-talkie revue Happy DaysCyclops ("It's really unimaginable that we can produce things so bad when you consider that there are humans who have not even eaten anything")—is capable of provoking a standoff of its own.


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From 1930 to 1960 Bearwood Snooker Hall was a cinema, then a variety theatre and finally a rep theatre. Since then the building has been used as an ice rink and, in its present incarnation, a snooker hall.
Parts of the old theatre space remain and Nikki Pugh was recently invited by the people of Crowd6 to have an explore. There's information on her blog and plenty of photos too.


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Visitors to Papplewick's historic Pumping Station were whisked back in time to the war years during a spectacular 1940s event at the weekend.
Featuring military and civilian displays from the Second World War period, members of the public were treated to reenactments of Land Army camps and even battles around the Pumping Station pond.
The event has been running for seven years and has become such a success that nearly 2,000 people came visited - the highest attendance yet.
Vintage vehicles could be seen driving around the site and the authentic costumes of the re-enactors - some of whom had travelled hundreds of miles to take part - made it feel like visitors had really stepped back in time.
The Victorian water pumping station was also in steam, again showcasing the engineering genius of the famous James Watt and Co that built it.
Museum director Ashley Smart said: "We had 1,935 visitors attend over the two days, which is the highest number for this event, and we were very fortunate with the weather which really helped make the weekend go well.
"Many of the re-enactors came from long distances to attend which shows how popular our 1940s event has become.
"The battle around the Cooling Pond was as popular as ever and at the end the re-enactors received a rousing applause from the visitors.
"The Church parade on the Sunday morning was also popular and well-attended by veterans of the Second World War.
"I am very grateful for everyone that attended and made this our best 1940s steam event in the seven years we have been running them. We hope for more of the same next year!"


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Area Students Honored in LHU Awards Convocation
Over 200 students received academic honors and scholarship awards at Lock Haven University's annual Gerald R. Robinson Academic Honors and Foundation Awards Convocation. The ceremony took place on Sunday, April 15 in Price Performance Center. The convocation is a highlight of the academic year. The following area students were recognized in the awards ceremony:
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Joey Fatone, longtime friend of Britney Spears, is again calling out to the troubled star.
Fatone told "Extra," "I think she just needs some time, some time to really heal."
He's now inviting her to take refuge far away from Hollywood at his home in Orlando.
"Britney call me, come over to my house, come to Orlando, get way from it all," he pleaded. "It's a good thing to get out of L.A."
Fatone admitted he hasn't seen Britney in a while but added, "If you're there, let me know. I'm here for you sweetheart."


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U2: No Album or Tour in 2014
Despite teasing their fans for several months, including a high-profile song that premiered during the Super Bowl, U2 will not release a new album or tour in 2014.
Billboard broke the news today (March 7), confirming with several sources that sessions with producer Danger Mouse, arguably the hottest producer in the indie world today, have hit a bit of a snag. They have brought in Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) and Paul Epworth (Adele) to help out.
"It seems to be taking longer for them to finish an album as they get older," an unnamed source said, and quickly spun the negative into a positive by adding that "the great thing about U2 is that the whole of a record is always better than the sum of its parts. That magic that the band always seems to capture...they have yet to capture it."
The article also states that U2 were planning to announce a Fall 2014 tour later this month, but that has now been postponed until the following summer to correspond with the new record.
In February, U2 offered a new song, 'Invisible,' as a free download for a day as part of a fundraising effort for Bono's charity, (RED), which helps fight the global spread of AIDS. They chose 'Invisible' because it was "the first one we finished." A second from these sessions, 'Ordinary Love,' was featured in the film 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' and nominated for an Academy Award.


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Purist audiophiles jump at over-ear cans for private listening, but sometimes you've gotta go out into the world or just want something that doesn't add additional bulk to your luggage. For $39 today only from Daily Steals, the Logitech Ultimate Ears 600vi headphones offer an excellent bang for your buck in terms of sound quality. They've even got a built-in mic for use with a smartphone.
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These buds have great reviews all over the Internet, mostly written when these retailed for $100 or so - thus getting them for under $40 is about as close to stealing as it gets. The deal is only set to last through today, with the possibility of sellout.


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What's Your Price For a Quality Sofa??
Because you're a saucy (and smart) crowd and always have a lot to say about prices in the comments, I thought I'd get direct today. I'm really curious to see what you all consider a fair price for a quality sofa, one that you'd think about, save for and otherwise consider a nice addition to your home. NOT a temporary fix or a crazy splurge because you just got a huge raise.


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On Wednesday night the Chicago Cubs broke their infamous 108 year sports losing streak when they beat the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the World Series. This is the Cubs' first Major League Baseball championship since 1908, effectively ending one of the most notorious title droughts in all of sports and one that has defined the Cubs and their fans for more than a century.
The Cubs ended their curse in fitting underdog style in Game 7 Wednesday night, coming back from a 3-1 deficit against Cleveland, which makes the Cubs just the sixth World Series team to accomplish the feat, and the first since the Kansas City Royals in 1985.
And what a Game 7 it was, with plenty of dramatic moments from the get-go. The Cubs survived a furious comeback and an extra-inning rain delay to knock off the Indians in 10 innings, 8-7.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Cubs appeared to have the World Series in the bag. They led 6-3, Cubs' pitcher Aroldis Chapman was on the mound, and he needed just four outs to seal the championship.
But then the Indians made a comeback, scoring three runs — including a two-run home run by Rajai Davis — to tie the game, 6-6. A scoreless ninth inning sent the game to extras innings, but a rain delay was called before the 10th inning began. The hiatus lasted just 17 minutes, but was a perfect addition to an already surreal baseball night.
When the tarp came off, the Cubs came back with a new vigor following their eighth-inning collapse. Ben Zobrist hit a double in the top of the 10th to wrestle the lead back for Chicago. Then Miguel Montero hit a single for an 8-6 Cubs advantage. which proved to be the difference, as the Indians got one back in the bottom of the 10th.
In the end, Carl Edwards Jr. and Mike Montgomery got the final three outs. That final out ignited a celebration sure to reverberate across Cleveland, where the Cubs finished off their improbable series comeback from 3-1 down.
Finally, both the marathon Game 7 and the curse that haunted the Chicago Cubs for more than a century, were officially over.
The Cubs won 103 games this season and entered the playoffs as heavy favorites to win the World Series. After beating the San Francisco Giants in the National League Division Series and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, the Cubs reached their first World Series since 1945.
Congratulations to the Cubs and to their fans. This World Series has been a long time coming, to say the least.
Sources: Business Insider, USA Today