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Metamorphosis Pilates at Carroll County Dance Center
I have been taking Pilates classes
off and on for approximately 10 years. I have experienced many different levels of training, and have endured numerous instructors.
However, I do not feel like I have ever really experienced Pilates the way it was meant to be experienced until I met Sharon.
She is, hands down, the best instructor I have ever had. She took what I know about Pilates to a more challenging level, and
the results were amazing. Every class with Sharon was different, which was great for me because I get bored very easily. Not
only does Sharon push your limits, but she is also very friendly and encouraging at the same time. Never once did I feel uncomfortable
in her facility or under her instruction. I highly recommend Sharon and Metamorphosis Pilates studio for all of your workout
needs. ~ Shannon I have been training with Sharon at Metamorphosis pilates
for a while now and she is an amazing instructor. I am a student that asks a lot of questions and Sharon always takes the
time to answer and explain things about my body and the exercises. In addition, she takes the time to correct my technique
and seems to care about her students individually even in a class, which is a very important aspect to me. I suffer from a
knee injury from running and Sharon helps to modify the exercises for me without adding more pain to my knee. Pilates has
become an important part of my life and I cannot imagine ever giving it up. Since starting pilates, I have noticed positive
changes in my posture, muscle tone, core and overall health. I owe much of my success to Sharon. I have many stresses in my
life but pilates gives me something to look forward to where I am able to clear my mind, focus on the exercises and breathe.
~ Katie
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running out of options. I had already tried over a year of chiropractic therapy, going three times a week. I also went to
yoga twice a week for two years. I even had ten sessions of Rolfing at one hundred dollars each. Nothing that I did, including
acupuncture, was helping my pain. One day, I saw the ad in the Equiery for Metamorphosis Pilates Studio and decided I should
give it a try. It's working! I am so excited about the changes that have happened in my body! I am able to ride for longer
periods of time with little to no pain! Sharon is a wonderful instructor and I am very glad to have discovered her and Pilates!"
~Susan Hughes "I am a dressage rider who rides multiple horses each day and generally felt that I was strong
and fit. The challenge came to me when I began riding a young, very large and very powerful horse that at times made me feel
like an impassive passenger. My body ached every time I rode him. My dressage trainer encouraged me to try Pilates. To my
delight and my growth, I found Metamorphosis Pilates and Sharon Tringali. Sharon instructs within the classical Josef Pilates
program with both an encouraging yet demanding style. Within a very short time I felt improvement in my overall body tone,
control, balance and flexibility. My riding improved significantly and my body was truly more centered and my spine structure
more open. I look forward to going to each of my sessions at Metamorphosis knowing that the workouts are making such remarkably
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Okay. (I've not posted on here before so forgive me if I'm not typing things properly or whatever).
In one of my assignment questions (I'm a 1st year Maths degree student, by the way) I have to prove the formula for the surface area of a sphere using the surface of revolution formula. So basically, my answer should be 4*Pi*r². I'm having difficulty with it, though. So far within the integral I have this horrible looking thing...
(I thought posting a picture would be easier than trying to type it all out). Those should be x²s on the ends of the fraction by the way - the bracket kinda cuts that off. That has to simplify a little, otherwise, I've done something wrong in my calculations prior to arriving at that.
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RFID sales around the world hit $5 billion in 2007, a figure significantly pushed by a $2 billion investment in China's chipped national ID card, according to a report from U.K.-based RFID analysis firm IDTechEx.
The Chinese national ID card program "made China the biggest RFID market, but if we peel that away, we see the USA as the biggest market," IDTechEx CEO Raghu Das said in the report, released the week of Jan. 14.
Das said China's RFID numbers are projected to stay high, even though much of the ID investment is now past.
"This tells us that there are a vast number of new RFID projects in China that will take up the slack now that the glory days of the national ID card are over. They are hugely varied from pigs to mail bags and the prospect of having to tag 150 million pet dogs and 2.4 billion pigs yearly by law. Maybe the 37.5 billion cigarette packets produced every year will be RFID tagged," he said.
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The new figures show strength in RFID activity that is truly global, with the report finding 509 new RFID projects last year, bringing the examined RFID efforts to 3,096 projects in 101 countries involving 4,231 organizations.
"Those newly recorded projects represented 20 percent growth in the size of the database, reflecting the rapid growth of the market way beyond the Chinese ID card," Das said. "We could have added more than 500 more consumer goods companies mandated by retailers to tag pallets and cases but that would be living a lie because most of these are doing little or nothing in the face of the huge financial cost and lack of payback if they comply. Their usage averaged less than 300,000 tags each and those were purchased at prices nearer to ten cents than the $5 of passport tags and $50 or more for most active tags."
The study also found the more expensive and more sophisticated active tags faring quite well. "A remarkable 32 percent of projects added in 2007 involved active RFID, taking the cumulative figure to 22 percent," Das said. "Little wonder that more than 20 percent of both RFID fund raisings and RFID acquisitions in 2007 involved companies somewhere in the active RFID value chain."
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Lowe's Garden Center features a wide variety of outdoor and garden-related items, such as flowers, furniture, planters, soil and mulch and fertilizers. Additionally, the center sells electric and ride-on mowers, sheds, sprinkler systems and garden decor, such as arbors, fountains, trellises and banners. Lowe's offers these products in store or on Lowes.com.
Lowe's Garden Center offers a variety of plants and flowers including annuals, perennials, fruit plants, vegetable plants and roses. The center also offers trees, shrubs, tropical plants, seeds and bulbs. The floral and fauna brands sold at the center include Better-Gro, Ferry-Morse, Garden State Bulb, Seeds of Change and Monrovia. Lowes also sells plant stands, plant protection accessories and solutions, plant stakes and ties.
The mulch, soil and rock brands the store carries include Scotts, Garden Pro, Miracle-Gro, Quikrete and Rubberific. The store offers both natural and rubberized mulch options. Additionally, the center offers landscaping items such as sand, landscape fabric, wheelbarrows and yard carts.
Irrigation products sold in the Lowes Garden Center include timers, drain barrels, underground devices and drip irrigation devices. The center also offers drainage options, such as corrugated pipe and fittings. Hose accessories including nozzles and water timers are also available, both online and in-store.


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First Deputy President
First Deputy President
Cde Nkosinathi Mabhida
Cde Nkosinathi Mabhida grew up in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, joined the South African Police in 1988, completed his training in 1989 and started working at Johannesburg Police Station. Living in appalling conditions at the George Goch barracks. It was during this time when he started displaying his leadership qualities when he led a group of Police Officers who were staying in these Barracks, to challenge SAP management and boycotted the catering services.
He was subsequently transferred against his will to the East Rand Area. His militancy forced the authorities to transfer him in 1993 once more to Pietermaritzburg wherein within a reasonable time in 1997 was elected Midlands Branch Deputy ChairpersonHis skilled ability to organise diverse constituent brought about sustained stability in the Province, which threatened to thwart the Union leadership from within. His sharp analytical capabilities resonated into cohesive leadership growth; as a result he was co-opted as the Provincial Chairperson of the interim structure (1999). In 2001 he was overwhelmingly elected KZN Provincial Chairperson.
His organic understanding of mass work rooted the organisation into a beacon of hope amongst rank and file members. Cde Nathi was once more trusted with the organisational mandate in 2004 by being re-elected as the KZN Chairperson. In 2006, the CEC of POPCRU elected him the Deputy President and this was re-affirmed by the 2015 National Congress.
Cde Nathi served as the COSATU PEC member from 1999-2006, he is the COSATU CEC member and a real Bolshevik leader in the SACP structures. He carries the responsibility of Collective Bargaining component of the organisation with great determination and energy. Through his leadership, POPCRU's contribution in SSSBC became so immense that SSSBC became a very innovative, reputable and financially sustainable entity with profound global appreciation. Equally he leads bargaining team in PSCBC
This lion of the kingdom brought him in a vast organic knowledge and revolutionary philosophy that continues to shape POPCRU to what it is today a titanic movement in the Police. In 1993 he was transferred to Pietermaritzburg where he was elected as Deputy Chairperson of the Midlands Branch in 1997. Cde Mabhida brought stability to the provincial leadership which faced many challenges.
In August 1999 he was co-opted as Provincial Chairperson of the Interim Structure. In 2001, he was elected as the KZN Provincial Chairperson and re-elected to the position in 2004. In 2006, Cde Mabhida was co-opted as Deputy President of POPCRU and has since led the organisation's crucial collective bargaining component, which is indeed the cornerstone of any trade union. He currently leads the organisation in SSSBC and PSCBC. Cde Mabhida holds a National Diploma in Policing, as well as Motor and Diesel Engineering.
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Wow, what a record! Crown The Empire has laced up their hardcore,
electronic boots and began kicking music's ass all over the place. Currently finishing up the Take Action Tour, which featured We Came As Romans and The Used, the band are set for another major tour announcement to come within weeks. Their singles are "The Fallout", "Oh, Catastrophe", "Makeshift Chemistry", and "Memories Of A Broken Heart". They have, or soon will have, videos for the mentioned tracks. My favorite song on this album has got to be none other than, "Makeshift Chemistry". The line toward the end of the song where the vocalist simply states, and somewhat screams, "....I don't give a fuck!!!!...."-love it, love it!! There is much energy, rage, and lyrical passion on this album. Now, the band does have a previous release titled, LIMITLESS, which was an EP, and it did quite well for being an independent release. It featured the upbeat and angry, "Johnny Ringo" track, which is still played live these days by the band. Over time they have gathered an immense following, creating a popularity amongst many hardcore fans, and even some bands love their music. I enjoy the artwork on their latest album personally, myself. I highly suggest you pick this album up, it's only a $9.99 to $11.99 physical CD in most stores. However, if you prefer digital, I am sure the price is around the same, if not a tad lower. Grab up the "Empire" today!!


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France 2 Germany 0: Giroud and Gignac on target for Euro 2016 hosts
A moment of magic from Anthony Martial and goals from Olivier Giroud and Andre-Pierre Gignac saw France defeat Germany 2-0.
Olivier Giroud and Andre-Pierre Gignac were on target but it was Anthony Martial who stole the show as France beat Germany 2-0 on Friday.
The Euro 2016 hosts welcomed Germany to Paris having won their last four games on the spin and extended the run to five thanks to Giroud and Gignac, although the match was heavily overshadowed by reports of shootings and bomb blasts elsewhere in the French capital.
The security threat prompted French president Francois Hollande to leave the stadium midway through the game.
Martial beat three defenders on a slaloming run down the left byline before teeing up Giroud for the opener in first-half injury time and Gignac - who came on for Giroud in the second half - headed home a second four minutes from the end as Didier Deschamps' men gained a measure of revenge for their 1-0 defeat to the world champions in the World Cup quarter-finals last year.
France were without Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena due to the much-publicised legal case surrounding a sex tape and the pair's absence was felt as the hosts struggled to break Germany down.
Both teams found chances difficult to come by in the opening half hour and it was not until the 35th minute, shortly after Germany defender Jonas Hector had limped off to be replaced by Emre Can, that Thomas Muller spurned the game's first real opportunity by firing a half-volley narrowly over at the near post.
Mario Gomez then shot into the side-netting as Germany began to take control and the recalled Fiorentina striker should have given Joachim Low's men the lead when he lashed over from 10 yards out after being played through by Muller.
Germany were punished for Gomez's profligacy thanks to a sparkling piece of play from Martial on the stroke of half-time.
Martial picked up the ball on the left and cleverly jinked his way past the challenges of Antonio Rudiger and Matthias Ginter before sliding the ball under the legs of Jerome Boateng and into the path of Giroud to slot the ball beyond Manuel Neuer.
Giroud was presented with an excellent chance to double his tally in the 57th minute from Antoine Griezmann's wonderful right-wing cross but could only direct his diving header well wide of the target.
Paul Pogba then stung the palms of Neuer, who was forced to turn over from the Juventus midfielder's vicious long-range effort.
Muller beat France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris with a drive from distance only to see his shot rebound off the left-hand post, with Gignac then settling matters as he powered Blaise Matuidi's left-wing delivery into the net.


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I want to personally thank Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Attorney General Douglas Gansler. They have paved the way for someone such as myself, a registered Maryland Democrat, to give serious reflection to the non-Democratic gubernatorial candidates and their ideas ("Brown, Gansler spar while Mizeur decries 'bickering,'" May 7).
I, like many of my fellow Marylanders, have grown so weary of political candidates who cannot remain focused on real issues. In a recent televised debate, they both shed the gloves early. Are they both afflicted with ADD? There was Mr. Gansler's "don't ask, don't tell" beach escapade. And Mr. Brown's competency has been questioned regarding his mismanagement of Maryland's initial proposed health care program.
With so many consuming life-changing issues closing in on Marylanders, they both choose the low road with personally-tinged remarks? That is simply unacceptable behavior.
Marylanders have to step up and voice their disdain for such boorish behavior. It is once again a pathetic display of politics gone awry in our state.
Kudos to Del. Heather Mizeur. At the debate, she had the grace to absolve herself from the cat fighting and hair-pulling of the other two Democratic candidates for governor.
Marylanders like myself are sick and tired of the personal slings offered by the lieutenant governor and attorney general. Thanks to the both of them, I have becoming more enlightened about other gubernatorial alternatives. There simply has to be a better way to move our fine state forward.
Patrick R. Lynch, Nottingham
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Today's story is about what happens when a genY musician-cum-entrepreneur gets his wires a bit crossed whilst earnestly trying to do good work, and how marginally bad things can come from smart, generally nice people acting without (much) malice.
First, let me get that out of the way : I'm a bit of a fan of Pomplamoose as an art act. I randomly stumbled upon Nataly Dawn singing her take on Louise Labé's Baise m'encor sometime in 2009, which led me to her Pomplamoose duo act along Jack Conte.
I dig their music and stagecraft/videos, I also like what Conte's trying to do with Patreon, and the pair of them is generally representative of the reasons why I'll try to give the benefit of the doubt even to hipster-looking types, as long as they're working at getting shit done.
[In the interest of full disclosure, I'll state for the record I have zero stake in the economic success of Pomplamoose, Patreon or any of the individuals and companies mentioned here, beyond personal well-wishing.]
Louise Labé is in da house, or something.
Now, in case you're coming at this without prior knowledge, here's the backstory :
- Pomplamoose debuted in '08 and has seen growing popularity online since, thanks to their music and visual work, with their very active online presence in the form of vlogs and side projects not to be discounted. 6 years is a long time, you come to realize, when you find Pomplamoose has a friggin myspace page !
- Then Patreon was launched last year by Jack Conte and partner Sam Yam.
In a nutshell, Patreon is a subscription-style crowdfunding platform, which enables fans to act as patrons of the arts for their favorite bands, comic-book artists, podcasters, yni. People can either commit to a monthly fixed donation of their choice, staggered grant style, or pledge an amount of money towards any new work created / released by the artist(s) on a recurring basis (with a monthly cap). Patreon takes a reasonable (by today's standards) 5% cut on that.
- This fall, Pomplamoose went on a month-long US tour of 24 shows across 23 cities, which by standard metrics for an indie band tour qualified as a success : they sold a lot of tickets and merch, filled their venues, and the audience seemed to generally be happy with the shows.
- On Nov 24, Jack Conte went out and released some of the financial details of the whole operation in the context of a postmortem / expose about the difficulties of running a "mom and pop corner store" music act.
…and the shit hit the fan.
- Bob Lefsetz, a much-listened to (and rambunctious) voice in the music biz published a scalding commentary on the lacking economics of the Pomplamoose tour in his Nov 26 Leftsetz Letter on Encore, annexing to it some comments from the many readers who apparently pushed Conte's postmortem his way.
- This prompted a number of other people in and around the biz to chime in with their own take on how Pomplamoose could fail to end in the black after a successful tour, but perhaps most critically, some saw the whole financial disclosure stunt as a manipulative marketing ploy by Jack Conte to drive business to Patreon, accusing him of hiding his personal stake as CEO and co-founder of Patreon when he explains how hard it is for a band to make a living by touring.
- Conte was not happy about that last part, and op-ed'ed his rebuttal to accusations of dishonesty the next day on the same platform he used to release his original post-mortem.
Not just covers, either.
I find myself largely agreeing with Bob Lefsetz and others to question Jack Conte's conclusions about Pomplamoose's tour ending in the red, namely that it's proof it's too hard to make it as a middle-tier artist on the road : in a nutshell, this tour could, and presumably should have turned a healthy profit without the need for the band and crew to sleep in vans and survive on ramen, and the fact it reportedly lost 12 grand out of 136K income is simply evidence of poor business management, not impossibly challenging economics.
Having watched a number of their videos, and knowing how much care and work they put in their visuals, I would nitpick on some of the criticisms made about the unnecessary expenses on lighting equipment, but some videos are out that make clear the stagecraft on their tour wasn't anything your average live music club couldn't handle with in-house gear or would demand a special lighting setup.
True fact : some Pomplamoose songs are not in French !
I don't think Jack Conte tanked the finances of his Pomplamoose tour on purpose to make a point, or that he cooked the numbers to prove the only path to monetary salvation for struggling indie bands was to enroll in Patreon.
Nonetheless, accusations of Conte's dishonesty and supposed attempts to hide his personal take in Patreon are worth taking a minute to discuss.
Conte's argument (in his rebuttal) that he didn't do anything to hide his involvement as not-just-a-user of Patreon kinda works for me : it's there for everyone to see on his personal public profiles, he's done promotion for Patreon and given plenty of interviews about it – Andy Cush was either lazy or disingenuous in his failure to do the homework for his Gawker piece (he since sorta acknowledged the fact in an article update) and that's plain bad journalism.
I also don't see malice in Conte not adding a full disclosure about his co-founder role in Patreon in the post-mortem : the financials tour breakdown was written from the perspective of Pomplamoose-the-band, not Jack Conte the Patreon co-founder, who had no investment in the tour's profitability (or lack thereof).
Either he overlooked pointing his interest in Patreon as self-evident (the intended readership of his postmortem presumably being reasonably educated about who Conte is), or he considered it, then figured bringing it up may muddy the waters when he's been going out of his way to keep the two separate – as pointed in his rebuttal, when he indicates taking zero salary from Patreon and instead being intent on making a living on his artist income alone (at this stage).
With that said, I don't think Conte is beyond criticism, here. My guess is he tried to make the best of a bad situation and it went somewhat poorly.
Do that on stage, nobody will gripe about the extra lights…
Finding his operation down 12 grand after a month of successful touring, with the main financial salvation for his band coming from his other venture (Patreon) may simply have reinforced Conte's belief that Patreon is a great idea (which it is) and is the only credible way for an indie band to make a buck besides iTunes sales and YouTube ads, since touring is doomed to be done at a net loss (which it doesn't have to be).
Coming to a wrong conclusion because it saves oneself self-criticism (Jack sucks at finance) and reinforces established prejudices (Patreon is the way to go) is not exactly unheard of, especially when you throw in the cookie of making a case for something you strongly hope to see succeed (people should see that Patreon is the way to go).
On a personal note, his rebuttal rubbed me the wrong way by not linking to the source of the Bob Lefsetz piece he was responding to (on Encore), and phrasing it in such a way as to imply Lefsetz endorsed the accusations of cooking the numbers in the service of a marketing ploy (which he didn't). It's hard to read that as anything but a kneejerk attempt at damning-by-association the valid criticisms made by Leftsetz (among others).
So yeah, possibly, Conte spun his yarn in a way that portrayed touring as financially more grim than he would have if he didn't have an alternative on hand, and certainly he does a disservice to aspiring live artists by failing to take away the proper lesson from his experience : a band can't make a buck from shows without being a bit careful with budget.
He also should have put a full disclosure about Patreon in his piece, and it would not even have been out of place to plug it in there if he had.
If anything, his biggest mistake may have been to post this way too early after the tour, as that's the sort of stuff one should take notes on while it's hot, then let cool down before the actual writeup.
That he failed to address any of the substantial critique about money management in his rebuttal is telling of Conte's state of mind at the time : while he clearly took offense at the attacks on his moral integrity, he didn't seem to take issue with the challenges raised against his tour management acumen, which were much more damning to the substance of his original thesis.
It may be a hint that the truth about this is dawning on him.


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Since I was most familiar with version 7.120, I just re-installed 7.120 and worked on a model I started in 2002 to update it to be higher poly.
My OS is now Windows 7 64Bit.
and… everything works (sort of). I create the model with has 2 small items that rely in Alpha channel. They show up perfectly well in the modeler as alpha and the produced ACE file shows that it has an alpha channel… but the exported model treats the texture as Non-alpha and I'm at my wits end.
I can find no solution since this always worked just fine in XP.
And by the way,, this has to be possibly the worst forum software ever… 🙁


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FYE Committee Seeks Book Nominations
Loyola press release - November 26, 2006
FYE Committee Seeks Book Nominations
The First Year Experience Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2007-2008 common reading program.
To suggest a book or theme please use the online form available at http://www.loyno.edu/fye/FYE_book_suggestion_form.php.
Nominations will be accepted through Monday, December 4.
The common reading program is an important component of the First Year Experience. In early summer, copies of the selected book are mailed to incoming first-year students, discussions about the book are held during the summer Preview sessions, and the book is incorporated into classroom and co-curricular educational activities throughout the year. Past book selections include Dead Man Walking, Savage Inequalities, Nickel and Dimed, and The Tipping Point. Past themes include capital punishment, education inequalities, and working poor.
The committee will consider the following criteria when selecting the common reading:
· Relation to Thinking Critically, Acting Justly
· Social justice component
· Author and/or dynamic speaker on topic available for campus visit
· Broad appeal
· Ease of incorporation in classroom and co-curricular education
To suggest a book or theme please use the online form available at http://www.loyno.edu/fye/FYE_book_suggestion_form.php.
FYE Committee members:
Kathy Barnett, Management, College of Business Ted Dziak, Director of The Jesuit Center Mark Fernandez, History, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences Valerie Goertzen, Music, College of Music and Fine Arts Armin Kargol, Physics, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences Sue Mennino, Sociology, College of Social Sciences Jan Moppert, Office of Service Learning and Chair of FYE Committee Lee Mundell, Decision Science, College of Business Trish Nugent, Monroe Library Ashley Pillow, Monroe Library Cathy Rogers, School of Mass Communication, College of Social Sciences Karen Shields, Director of New Student Orientation Cody Vanderkaay, Visual Arts, College of Music and Fine Arts Student representatives to be added.


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Blush Tea Bloom Fascinator. Two shades of blush chiffon combine for this flower. Pretty little feathers add a flirty flounce.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Blush Tea Bloom Fascinator. Two shades of blush chiffon combine for this flower. Pretty little feathers add a flirty flounce.
6 comments:
- Aleah and Nick said...
Wow, Marie! You've outdone yourself! What a gorgeous new collection! So dreamy!
- May 9, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Alicia said...
Absolutely stunning! It makes me want to get married all over again!
- May 9, 2012 at 1:34 PM
- email@example.com said...
Marie, I must say that your giftedness to the wedding industry has made this day all the more special in a young woman's life. It was quite the pleasure to work with you and your pieces are magical! I adore your work! STUNNING!
- May 9, 2012 at 1:49 PM
- Emma | Emmaline Bride said...
Way to go, Marie! The new collection is incredible. Each one more lovely than the last. My favorite? Those posies - so vibrant + colorful! Another homerun...
- May 9, 2012 at 4:29 PM
- Brenda's Wedding Blog said...
Yet another stunning collection Marie. I love it all and those shoe clips are gorgeous. I love that they can also be used in the hair. Plus, I like the clip being worn on the side of the shoe instead of the toe part. Super super pretty designs!!!!!
- May 10, 2012 at 6:45 PM
- Christina said...
Exquisite work Marie! Truly an inspiration - beauty to behold and craftsmanship to aspire to! Bravo!
- May 11, 2012 at 9:34 AM


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Shhh….Congress Has a Secret…and it's Torture!
We've provided no shortage of coverage on this blog of the increasing erosion of our rights as citizens, with the recent passage of the NDAA allowing for indefinite detention of anyone, American citizen or otherwise, who is simply suspected of being a terrorist, or of providing "material support" – a dangerously vague term – for terrorist groups. I need to emphasize again, this applies to people who are suspected – not charged, not known, and certainly not convicted (one would


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By Anthony Milne
The problems of multi-culturalism in Britain are now doing enormous harm to the professional classes. Journalists, priests, politicians and professional specialists of all kinds live in perpetual fear that one of the biggest ideological experiments of all time….. getting different races and nationalities to live together in one homeland – will sooner or later break down into vicious sectarianism.
Many parts of the liberal establishment are now becoming extremely uneasy about the reckless and unthinking way in which the Government shows its determination to carry on with its policy of only barely restricted immigration, regardless of what people want or what is in the interests of the nation.
The Government itself, by getting involved in fraudulent immigration scams, is damaging political life, and will lower the quality of aspiring future MPs, attracting only oddballs and traitors.
Town planners, actuaries and demographic experts working at the Office for National Statistics (ONC) and the National Audit Office (NAO) are in danger of having their reputations damaged because of the relentless pressure on them to disguise or gloss over uncomfortable social facts. The ten-year census which social commentators rely on has lost all credibility, since millions do not fill in the census form truthfully.
For similar reasons, writers who make a living out of promoting conspiracy theories alleging that every aspect of our daily lives is being electronically monitored by the 'secret state' are made to look foolish when it is openly acknowledged that the 'Big Brother' authorities have no idea how many tens (or hundreds) of thousands of people illegally enter or leave the country every year.
Equally lacking in credibility is the parallel argument that a secret Illuminati of global ruling élites are conspiring to set up a one-world police state to rule us all with a rod of iron, since so many migrants around the world are on the move that quite the opposite will soon take place: total racial and cultural anarchy and rampant intifada-like lawlessness.
Local Authorities in the Dark
For example, even on the local level most authorities now do not know who is living in their boroughs, since the council tax form sent to every household depends upon volunteered information. People drop themselves off the electoral roll, and there is no follow-up check by council officials. The NAO recently said that Labour's figures on immigration and asylum are misleading and highly suspect, with hundreds of thousands of immigrants not accounted for. Researchers say there are no figures, or even estimates, available for illegal immigration, since many entrants are avoiding being counted as asylum claimants by simply overstaying their work or student visas.
District and county registrars have also been badly affected by illegality. A huge bogus marriage racket is now in existence, whereby foreigners who have been 'granted' British citizenship can confer permanent domicile rights on thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of yet more foreigners simply by 'marrying' them in a registry office under the gaze of a hapless registry clerk who suspects that he is being drawn into a criminal racket but can do nothing about it.
Illegal positive discrimination in housing, in the medical profession and in police recruitment policies is becoming commonplace. Chief constables are fast-tracking ethnic-minority officers to promotion in a bid to make police forces "more representative of the communities they serve" – which is proof that the police are now focusing on politically correct ideals rather than enforcing the law without fear or favour. But they are making a great mistake in deploying black officers in multi-racial areas, since race, instead of being downplayed, is actually thereby played up. In addition, the policy hints that black youths have disproportionate criminal tendencies, and can relate only to black officers who have some "understanding" of these tendencies!
Effects of white flight
Housing patterns are becoming seriously distorted nationwide because in some cities white flight has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The arrival of ethnic minorities in a white area is associated with falling house prices, sparking a mad rush for people to get out before they lose too much money. But this is seldom commented on by housing economists.
Sociology is no longer a serious investigative subject, since its published output is dominated by politically correct sloganising. The last thing sociologists will do is talk about the number of foreigners living in this country, where they come from and why they have the right to live here permanently.
Journalists also suspect that they are being blatantly manipulated, soviet-style, as when it was revealed in late May that the Home Office was planning a major spin to neutralise 'bad news' about immigration and asylum.
This was an unpleasant example of a highly political strategy to use millions of pounds of taxpayers' money to place 'positive' stories about immigrants with friendly media organisations. Thus the link between media and political elites, as a conspiracy against the British people, was openly revealed by the press itself. Reference was made to a major advertising campaign designed to imply that "immigration is good for Britain." A typical Politburo document was issued with the aim to "communicate the impression of a system under more control," rather than actually to get it under control. "The challenge," we read, "is in finding new ways to package and communicate these issues in a way that makes it easier for people to see the big picture… We need a consistent message in this area."
Similarly, foreign correspondents in the media, who report daily on the growth of rebel movements around the world, along with the never-ending ethnic and tribal warfare everywhere, must somehow imply that Britain is a special case because such tribalism is never likely to occur here, so it'll be perfectly safe to go on letting in the foreign tribes! The Metropolitan Police chiefs in London, constantly issuing hair-raising alarms about possible terrorist attacks in the capital, never for one moment suggest that undocumented and unknown foreigners should not be allowed into the country under any circumstances.
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The legal profession now has a negative media image: the image of crooked lawyers trying to prevent terrorists and Islamic racists from being brought to book. Judges are increasingly subjected to politically correct 'guidelines', one of which is that they must avoid using phrases such as 'asylum-seekers' or 'second-generation immigrants' because this is likely to cause offence to such people! Both the terms 'coloured' and 'mixed-race' are considered either offensive or "slightly pejorative."
Sir Bernard Crick was once an esteemed political philosopher and author of a biography of George Orwell. His credibility is now on the line because he used Orwellian phrases such as 'citizenship', and was heard to hurl abuse at Sir Andrew Green and his Migrationwatch organisation. Sir Bernard apparently believes that 'Britishness' is defined nowadays only by political or legal criteria (the jus soli principle). In other words, Britain has become a virtual South Africa, where 'Whites', 'Blacks' and 'Coloureds' live together in a single territorial zone that has been stripped of its historic identity. This is, despite the fact, that every single town and district in the land has been named after British local history, and all have been built by the British themselves.
Yet the current national dialogue about citizenship is becoming more problematic for the ethnic minorities, not less. Many of them are recent arrivals and speak foreign languages, so cannot join in the debate about continued migration without some feeling of ambivalence about it. This is the one aspect of life in Britain in which they remain 'excluded'.
And the more immigrants come here to live the more these existential problems will grow and fester. Britain now suffers from glaring, visible incongruities that it didn't have some 30 years ago: different races, many wearing traditional attire, can be seen strolling about British suburban streets, looking as if they are going to a fancy-dress party. This madness arises from the schizoid notion of 'multiple identities'.
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But there is nothing 'multiple' about race. Race indicates national origins, and this is why the rules are frequently changing in order to get round the problem or to avoid embarrassment or hurt to people's feelings. Black people don't do themselves any favours by voting for black MPs just because they cannot identify with the WHITE (i.e. indigenous British) ones. This raises the awkward question of why they bothered migrating here at all, and whether they truly believe that 'Britishness' is a race-free concept.
On the other hand, many BLACKS, wanting to enjoy the fruits of white western civilisation (but not being able to create it themselves), want to live amongst White people and become honorary Whites. The black TV broadcaster clearly gets more status by broadcasting in a White society than he would in a black society!
There is still no final arbiter on this wretched matter, since no community – the indigenous or the diaspora – has decided how Britain is to be defined. At the moment it is the White British themselves who are changing the rules on an ad hoc basis – sometimes Britain is a multi-cultural, sometimes a multi-racial and sometimes a multiple-identity country.
But we must be forewarned. A mixed-up society like Britain cannot function satisfactorily without becoming more authoritarian, because there will be an obvious need to repress or contain cultural tensions, and to brainwash and indoctrinate people. Unless there is drastic change, life in Britain (including Canada, Australia, N.Z. & U.S.A.) will be exceedingly unpleasant in the future.
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At this writing, the end of full-power analog TV in Northeast Ohio is nearly complete.
Only the analog signals of WKYC/3 (NBC), WVIZ/25 (PBS), WNEO/49 (PBS) and WQHS/61 (Univision) remain, and the last three will be gone before midnight tonight. WKYC's "nightlight" DTV information loop will continue through June 26th...the station having taken all entertainment and news programming off of analog 3 at 10 AM.
Over in the Mahoning Valley, only the analog signal of WFMJ/21 (NBC) is still on the air late this Friday night. It plans to pull the analog plug at just before midnight tonight, and will have to do so even if the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings take over four hours to finish Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
UPDATE 10:37 PM 6/12/09: Game 7 is over, with the Pittsburgh Penguins victorious...leaving plenty of time for WFMJ/21 to shut down its analog signal at a minute before midnight, as planned. Ditto for Toledo NBC affiliate WNWO/24, which held off its own switch due to rabid Detroit Red Wings fans. Those fans may be begging for an early switch now.
By the way, OMW hears from our friends at Western Reserve PBS that though Youngstown low-power analog fill-in translator W58AM (Channel 58) is indeed still off the air, the Kent-based PBS operation is planning to return the Youngstown fill-in service via digital channel 44 (58's replacement, W44CR) in the fall of this year.
We'll have a post-mortem and commentary over the weekend, and more information about other Ohio markets (particularly Toledo and Columbus) as it becomes available to us...
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ODTV: Almost Done
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I checked here, Cleveland Heights, inside a condo, with a Terk amplified antenna and battery digital TV. I spotted Toledo 24 STILL broadcasting in analogue. Maybe it was the hockey game. You know, with all the big locals out of the way, Canada was coming in nicely...half decent signals from ch 16, 40, 42, and 54 and also I could get WXYZ digital from Detroit! However, WOIO and WJW were NO SHOWS. Grrr. I can't put up an antenna outside here in the condo. Did I say GRRRR. I do have cable so I'm just whining, until the power goes out. For a while I did get a signal on ch 10, from Canada, but not from right in town.
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In my effort to play catch up this weekend I banged out some wonky star blocks for Briana Arlene in the Red & Aqua 2 Bee. She asked for blocks of any size, the only rules were to use the neutral fabrics as the background. These blocks were so fun! I could have made her a million of them and I would have made many more, but I ran out of fabrics. Bummer.
The first one I made for her I wanted to make on the small side. I really love the way small piecing looks when it comes together. I played around with the neutrals I used in the background of the block and I pieced the middle of the star with the same fabrics I used in the arms of the star.
The second block I made for her was larger than the first. I decided to utilize a bunch of the blue fabrics that she gave me to use. She had some awesome fabric choices including several from Jay McCarroll. I heart Jay's fabrics! I also played around with the center of this block and did some creative piecing.
Finally I ended up making her another small block. I didn't intend to make it the same size as the first block but I was running out of large pieces of her fabrics at this point. Again, I played around with the neutrals in the background of the block and I added in some of the gorgeous blue linen that she included in the pack.
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A Friend recently posted a picture of some empanadas that she made. I can't say I remember ever having eaten empanadas so I have to say this is the reason that part is in quotes for the following recipe. I'm not even sure these count. But that's what they were inspired by and essentially an empanada is a Spanish popover or any other filled pastry. All the recipes I read were chicken or beef but I wanted pork. I recently got a great pulled pork recipe and started day dreaming. What if I added golden raisins and let them plum up in the juice? What if I added chopped up dates? Imagining all that wrapped in puff pastry got my wheels turning and I couldn't help but day dream about it for two days till I could bring it to fruition. Luckily I had a couple gatherings last Sunday so I had lots of people to test drive it on!
Below is the recipe for my current favorite appetizer. I will definitely be making this for Abbie's family hors de vours party before Thanksgiving they were a huge hit at both picnic's I attended!
2 Lbs Pork Butt (excess fat removed)
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1 Tbsp Liquid Smoke
1 Tbsp Sea Salt
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Ground Ginger
Let cook on Low over night or through out the work day- minimum 10 hours. After 10 hours use forks to pull the pork apart add 1 Cup Golden Raisins and 1/2 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce (I went with Sweet Baby Ray's Sweet & Spicy) and simmer on low for 1 more hour. Follow by adding 1 Cup chopped Dates.
Bake in a 375 degree oven for 17 - 20 minutes (I found that after prepping them all that freezing them for a few minutes helped them turn out just a little bit nicer). Remove from the oven when they have a nice golden outside. Let cool on a rack or if you must on the tray for few minutes (insides will be very hot). From there- Enjoy! These delicious and impressive little treat will please any crowd (I've fed them to some serious foodies and they FLEW off the plate) I'm excited to make more to share!


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The company Velvetwire has designed new energy efficient chargers called the Powerslayer. This device helps reduce the amount of unnecessary power used by USB chargers providing a smarter energy future. It is a cost-effective and efficient way to charge a mobile device, eliminate energy waste and improve your battery performance at all times. Velvetwire describes the Powerslayer as "Savvy. Responsible. Convenient. Elegant. And very, very intelligent."
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The new conceptual designs by Phillips Design are the future of food. With the Phillips Design food concepts, we'll be able to change foods into different shapes and consistencies, scan them for nutritional value, and create a biosphere for farming in the comforts of our living rooms.
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Another of the Phillips Design food concepts is the scanning wand which analyzes an individual's dietary needs and then allows the user to scan foods that would correspond to those needs. As for the home farming system, it would help alleviate the stress of not knowing where your food comes from.
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Hampton registered their 5th draw in a row, which as its The FA Cup, is not the result they really wanted.
The Beavers made a positive start to the game, but in the 10th minute, they nearly went a goal down. Scholars skipper Steve Brown got his head to a floated free kick, the looping header forced Sam Howes to have to leap to his right and push the ball onto the bar before it was cleared.
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The Beaver's first chance on target came just before the half time break as Malachi Napa's shot from just outside the box was saved by Scholars keeper Laurencin, which the young winger followed up in added time, with a shot going just over the bar.
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The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg
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Publication date: February 21st 2012
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Publication date: February 21st 2012
My rating: 2.5/3 stars
Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever.
BRIE'S LIFE ENDS AT SIXTEEN: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally.
But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost—and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul . . . who just might hold the key to her forever after.
With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces?
The main reason I picked this book up that I was in the mood for something light. Something to distract me from my depression. I've got a lot of work to do at home and not much time for books so, whenever I got the chance I would listen to this audiobook and I finally finished it. It didn't have the desirable effect. It wasn't as uplifting as I hoped it would. Well, it kinda was but it wasn't an easy, breezy book.
Most of all, it should be shorter. I just checked how many pages does it have and it's 375, in hardcover. That is a lot. It did have some filler chapters, with small hints, a certain male character provided us with.
I did think it was good, more than good but it seems that nothing can get me out of this funk. A story about dying, watching loved ones go on with their lives certainly didn't help out. Also, the story was predictable, so I would recommend it to younger readers.


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Yo-Yo Ma is hitting the road — the Silk Road to China.
Yo-Yo Ma is hitting the road — the Silk Road to China.
It's the first time since 2001 that the cellist has taken his Silk Road Project to that key region of the ancient trade route, which stretched from Europe to the Far East.
This time, they'll be playing at the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics in Shanghai on Tuesday, five days before Ma's 52nd birthday.
During the subsequent 10 days, Ma and his more than dozen colleagues will give concerts and workshops in Suzhou, Hong Kong and at Beijing's Forbidden City, performing some of the songs on their newly released, best-selling CD, "New Impossibilities."
The master communicator — who was born to Chinese parents in France, moved to America as a boy and studied anthropology at Harvard rather than remain in a music conservatory — started the Silk Road Project in 1998 as a way of discovering similarities in diverse cultures and increasing understanding.
The ensemble has performed in 23 countries, and recently completed a yearlong residency in Chicago.
In a recent telephone interview with The Associated Press, Ma spoke about music's role in communications and how the Silk Road Project has affected his playing of the classical repertoire.
AP: Are you trying to show that diverse cultures have much in common?
Ma: I think so. This is not ideological. We're trying to just find out things. If we find something that has no connection to anything and it evolves on its own, that's great. We're not trying to prove anything. But it seems to us so far that the more we dig, the more you find there are connections.
AP: How did you get into this?
Ma: Well (laughing), I was in a pizza parlor. I was tired of practicing and said, "You know, I can't play in tune. What else can I do?" No! I got this from traveling, from learning, also from the core values from what I was taught. That, essentially, is to find the voices — first of all finding your own voice, finding another person's voice and advocating for it. The other person (can be) someone either whose music I'm playing, or from a different era. ...
If music is a great way to express our inner life, do we have access to another person's inner life? And if we had access, does that actually develop more of a sense of empathy for people around the world?
AP: Are you playing Islamic music in China, which is sensitive about its large Muslim population in the west?
Ma: Oh yeah, sure.
AP: Are you making a point of doing it?
Ma: No. Again it's not so much Islamic music. ... If we play mugham music, which is classical music of a lot of places including Azerbaijan, the art of mugham music is not unlike the art of Indian music, which is meditative. It starts quietly, it develops until you get to a moment of transcendence. It could take four hours, it could take 40 minutes. It's also what Beethoven tried to do. You get to the first movement of Beethoven's violin concerto. You get to that moment where you break free. You earned it! ... You get to the divine! You get to the clouds! And that's what Sufi poetry and music tries to get to. Not so different.
AP: Would you play Jewish klezmer music in Iran if you had the opportunity to go?
Ma: Of course.
AP: What do you think the reception would be?
Ma: I don't know, because I haven't been to Iran. It's such a hypothetical question because I would always look at something on a case-by-case basis. ... We always look at it from a respectful point of view and also from our core philosophical point of view. So I can't comment because otherwise it would be ideological.
AP: Is the Silk Road Project going to continue indefinitely?
Ma: I don't know. So much of it is funding. ... We're actually going to celebrate our 10th anniversary in '08. ... It's possible that I should not be artistic director and someone else takes over. I'm not gunning for a job in the best sense of the word. I'm not holding on to say this is the way it has to be. I love the ensemble. It's like family to me. We've really had so many incredible adventures and experiences together. And I've learned so much from my friends, and I hope, I think my friends would say they've learned a lot from me, too.
AP: Do I read you as saying you are disengaging from the Silk Road Project?
Ma: No, no. I'm actually happily engaged. What you are reading is that I don't have a plan. Because I think the best plans are made when everybody listens to each other and gets the reality check from each place that we know. So I think if I ever felt very strongly about something I think we must go and do this.
AP: People have written that you are tired of the standard classical repertoire. Are you?
Ma: Absolutely not. I am so excited every time I go on stage because to me it's a sacred moment, this communion with people and you are trying to share something with people that you deeply believe in. I've learned that from playing with Kayhan (Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor), the guy who wrote "Silent City," because Kayhan (has held) onto these traditions. When he plays a note on his bow the kamanche — it's an ancestor of the cello — you hear the difference between sound and silence and noise and breathing. I look at it and I'm trying to do his motions and just get into his space, and that space is so wide. And then I'm thinking, "OK, I can bring that to the second theme of the Dvorak Cello Concerto."
AP: So you really learned a lot from the musicians of the Silk Road Project?
Ma: Absolutely. Not just in terms of an informational way, ... but also in terms of approach and the deep respect and spirituality for something. ...
None of this stuff is not emotional. It's about meaning, it's about life. It's where you put yourself in life. ... I'm trying to express it in a number of ways but it always comes back to the same thing — how much we care.
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Tuesday, 26 January 2016
A Curious Visitor
This one was about 50cm long. Whenever we see them, they are curious and often follow us around for a short distance. They certainly do not bolt in retreat at first.
Looking closely at this little fellow, I noticed it is a swelling on its head.
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- Dinah Ackerson said...
Looks pretty normal to my non-veterinarian eye. The swellings on the sides of the head are, I think, just the quadrate bones, and the very slight thickening of the neck due to its held-up position. (Oh, I'm Dinah's other, Bob Love -- didn't elect to change my name when we married. firstname.lastname@example.com)
- 2 April 2016 at 16:19
- Euprepiosaurus said...
I agree that the swellings on the head (at least from what I can see in the photo) are from the quadrate bones. However, the bumps along the body are almost certainly pentastomes. From what another PhD student in my lab has told me, they eventually exit the snake, are then taken up by a cockroach, which are then eaten by a gecko, which is then eaten by a snake, etc... Anyway, pentastome lumps are common on snakes here in north Qld, especially on common tree snakes. There's a paper by Crystal Kelehear et al. 2014 'Pentastomids of wild snakes in the Australian tropics' that offers a bit more info.
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Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold is coming out firing against a scathing article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The article does not paint the judge in a pretty picture.
The Plain Dealer is now accusing Judge Strickland Saffold of logging onto numerous websites from her chambers at the Justice Center using the login name "lawmiss" and posting racist comments, including calling Asians flat-face morons.
Strickland Saffold's attorney says his client did not make the comments and has no idea who did.
"I have no idea and that's one of the problems with the Plain Dealer's irresponsible reporting. They probably should have figured that out before reporting it," said attorney Brian Spitz.
The newspaper tries to link the judge through her own website logs to other online comments.
The paper has come up with links to websites but no real hard evidence the judge is behind any of the comments.
In a previous story the Plain Dealer tried linking the judge to online comments on their own website.
Her 23 year old daughter said she was the only one commenting.
Strickland Saffold was removed from the Anthony Sowell murder case and filed a 50 million dollar lawsuit against the PD.
"On the record one of their attorney's Mr. Columbus indicates that the Plain Dealer couldn't possibly know who wrote those unless they were standing behind them and watching them type," said Spitz.
Spitz is speaking out to only 19 Action News.
"The judge trusts you. The judge trust you will give an accurate rendition of the facts... And after everything that has happened it's finally time somebody stands up and give the facts," said Spitz.
Here is Brian Spitz' ENTIRE statement to the Plain Dealer:
"Judge Saffold vehemently denies posting any disparaging comments about any groups of people online or elsewhere. Based on prior bias, speculative, unsubstantiated and false attacks and improper attempted incursions into her purely personal life, Judge Saffold declines to further provide any information to the Plain Dealer outside the litigation process, particularly as the Plain Dealer still refuses to report information on its own conduct - such as the identity of the unnamed online editor that breached the promises of confidentiality. As for the pending litigation, I would like to thank the Plain Dealer's ongoing public attacks for giving us clear evidence of malice and establishment of damages. Further comments will be available at www.calltherightattorney.com."
All the best,
Brian D. Spitz
The Spitz Law Firm, LLC
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(Photo by Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive. There's Jordan Zimmermann's elbow.)
"It's not good news."
(Mike Rizzo, via Nationals Journal, 8/10/2009)
And no, he's not talking about the news the Nats will keep Guz around. That's not good news, either.
More Rizzo, via Nationals Journal:
"The small bit of sunshine is that there is an 85 to 90 percent success rate with pitchers recovering to their pre-injury status after Tommy John surgery. It's a much higher success r blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...... "
Yup, Jordan Zimmermann needs Tommy John Surgery. Ugh. He's done for at least 18 months. Rizzo says there's a small bit of sunshine, but we're having a hard time seeing it at the moment.
Washington Times' Ben Goessling talked to Zimm on the phone, and yeah, it sucks (via Chatter):
"I was pretty shocked and shook up, but I talked to some of the guys on the team about it, guys that went through it. It sucks, it's a long period, but if you work hard, you come back stronger than ever. I talked to (Sean) Burnett, and he said it's the best thing he ever had done to him. It's a good thing. It sucks now, but in the long run, it's gonna be a good thing."
See you in 2011, Zimm.
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After a summer mostly filled with commentary about the latest mayoral embarrassment, council is cranking up, the committees are springing to life, and full council meetings are set to go the first week in October.
The end of the last session was very acrimonious, and many councillors weren't on speaking terms. We'll see whether the break has mellowed dispositions and if memories of colleagues' votes and behaviours have faded over the summer.
For those of you missing local political stories with content, this fall promises a number of big-ticket items:
While the actual discussion won't launch until November 29, the mayor's already laid out an arbitrary tax increase goal of 1.75 per cent.
That puny increase is undoubtedly designed to create a budget funding crisis and require more cuts, while a more reasonable 3 per cent would basically eliminate the need for major cuts. Many councillors, it seems, are opposed to another round of deep cuts that could put more services at risk. Final details will emerge toward the end of the year, so there's still lots of time to get this right.
Some might think the very modest service increases on 34 bus, streetcar and subway routes that went into effect this week mean the transit wars are abating. The lull won't last long. City staff are due to issue a report about the implementation of a citywide plan and how to pay for it. This entire process will include public consultation and will likely constitute round two (or is it round three or four?) on subway versus LRT as the preferred expansion, with some possible BRT (bus rapid transit) thrown in for good measure.
The upcoming budget could also generate debate around a 10¢ to 25¢ fare increase, especially with ridership growing and a mayor determined to keep taxes as low as possible. In this scenario, the TTC would have to look to riders to fund the provision of just enough buses to carry the growing ridership.
This entire dynamic could change, of course, depending on whether the mayor succeeds in getting his choice of new citizen transit commissioners. That decision is due this fall, and it's likely he'll want reps more willing to implement his anti-transit agenda than the current crop of councillor commissioners.
The mayor controls the striking committee, but council must ultimately approve the choices - another point of potential friction.
One of the first items council will have to consider is the report of the Affordable Housing Committee's Special Working Group, a task force chaired by Councillor Ana Bailão. It's due in mid-September and will determine the fate of 619 single-family houses owned by Toronto Community Housing. TCH proposed selling these earlier this year to pay for renovations, but so far the task force is indicating it will recommend selling only a very few of them. It's true these houses are more expensive to maintain than high-rise units, but they offer the best sort of social housing - small-scale and integrated into communities.
A staff report due in October will make proposals on the issue of a local casino. While the province has promised millions for T.O. if one is sited here, many fear it would be a net negative. The report's specific recommendations will be interesting, and council is anything but united on the matter.
A major challenge in a system without political parties is the willingness to re-debate old issues that one or a few councillors feel weren't dealt with correctly the first time. Remember June's plastic bag ban? Staff have been asked to prepare a report on the implications of implementing the decision, and it's likely they will raise doubts about its viability, painting a dire picture. This may well provide the impetus for a reconsideration of the ban, although procedurally that could be difficult.
If procedural manoeuvring to kill the bag ban is unsuccessful, it will go into effect in January - further evidence of the mayor's inability to control the agenda of council.
Public transit isn't the only transportation-related issue facing council. More than a year after the vote on the Jarvis bike lanes, reconsidering that issue (unlike the bag ban, which is way less than a year old) requires only a simple majority, not two-thirds. Will there be a last-ditch effort to save the lanes? This one will be a challenge; the odds are at best 50/50 on success.
Finally, the wild card, as is often the case these days, is the mayor, and specifically the outcome of the court case against him. While many may find the testimony itself interesting, depressing or unbelievable, the outcome could prompt further moves by council to curtail Ford's agenda. In the unlikely event that he's removed from office, council would have to discuss next steps, which would almost certainly mean a by-election.
Those who thought council would just go back to minding the shop should get ready for some sizzling debate.


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One of the greatest French C18 architects. He trained under his father, whom he succeeded as Contrôleur of Versailles (1735) and as Premier Architecte and Director of the Academy (1742). He was responsible for some of the most refined Classical buildings of the Louis Quinze period, continuing and further refining the architectural language established by François Mansart as in the Grand Pavillon, Fontainebleau (1749). As Architect to the King, Gabriel carried out extensive alterations and extensions to the Royal Palaces, notably the Opera House at Versailles (1761–8). His largest schemes were for the École Militaire, Paris (1750–68), and the Place Louis XV (now Place de la Concorde), Paris (1755–74): in the latter he created two elegant Classical monumental façades (the Hôtel de Coislin (now Crillon) and the Gardemeuble (now the Ministère de la Marine) with screens set between end-pavilions owing much to Perrault's east front of the Louvre of a century earlier. His smaller buildings, including the Pavillon Français, Versailles (1749–50), Le Butard, Vaucresson, near Versailles (1749–50), Pavillon de la Muette, near St-Germain (1753–4) and the Petit Château, Choisy (1754–6), all attest to his ability in finding an expression of noble simplicité. His masterpiece is the Petit Trianon, Versailles (1761–8), which may partly derive from Palladianism, but its continuous horizontals, absence of curved elements, and ultra-refinement give the building a gracious nobility and serene authority far removed from the Rococo, a harbinger, perhaps, of Neo-Classicism.
J -F Blondel (1752–6, 1771–7);Builder (1962);Builder (1980);Gallet & Bottineau (1982);Hautecœur (1943–57);Tadgell (1978)
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LISTE 15 - The Young Art Fair in Basel
15 - 20 June, 2010
PREVIEW 14 June, from 1pm-10pm
Room 3/7, booth G2 (top floor, near the bar)
Burgweg 15, 4058 Basel
Tanya Leighton Gallery has invited Sean Edwards (b. 1980, Wales) to create/curate a new installation for LISTE 2010. Taking the artist's own studio as a concept, Edwards will present new and recent work, alongside that of other young artists, to create a booth whose exhibition mechanism oscillates between studio, storage, and fair. The works to be exhibited will touch upon the methodology and reverie of the studio whilst the installation will give a sense of the potentiality of the objects and the incompleteness of any art practice.
Exhibiting artists include: David Bellingham (UK), Richard Bevan (UK), Sean Edwards (GB),Aurélien Gamboni (CH), Gregor Hylla (DE), Dan Rees (UK), Anthony Shapland (UK)
To receive a list of works, images and further information please contact:firstname.lastname@example.com or in Basel (text messages only): 49 (0)151 50 45 35 68
Image: Sean Edwards, 'Batman Black and White', paper and enamel, 2010 (work in progress). Edition 3 ( 2 AP). Courtesy of the artist, Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin and Limoncello, London.
For practical information on the fair see: www.liste.ch