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A street fair to bring together the community and to help get recognition for the Pine Hills neighborhood will be held Sunday afternoon. Local residents, visitors and families are encouraged to attend.
The Upper Madison Street Fair is a family-fun fair that includes an afternoon of activities. The fair is free and run on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Madison Avenue will be closed between North Allen and West Lawrence streets.
Beautify Upper Madison, a local committee, has invited about two dozen local artists, crafters and musicians to the event.
"The more successful everyone elses businesses are, the more successful we are and the more we can put back into the communities that we love so much," said Theresa Hovish owner of Theresa and Jim's Homemade Soaps, a vendor who will sell homemade handcrafted cold processed soaps. "Community involvement is key to helping better our neighborhoods, schools, and society as a whole. The more we can do to find ways to engage the community- such as the participating in the Upper Madison Street Fair- the better."
Some of the afternoon's activities will include a bouncy bounce, bike polo, bike rescue (local volunteers will make minor repairs to children's bikes), bike rodeo, henna hand painting, temporary tattoos and a silly pet trick contest.
An eclectic variety of vendors will be set up along the street including All Good Bakers, and Livvy Lou's Boutique. Candles and soaps, glass designs, wallets, hats, hair accessories, jewelry, handbags, jams and jellies, chocolates, original paintings, desserts and natural skin care products will be available.
All Good Bakers, a Quail Street bakery, will offer some of its specialty vegan cinnamon buns, buttermilk scones, wholegrain muffins, cookies and tarts.
"We just opened our shop in April of this year, so we think attending this particular festival, in our neighborhood will help remind everyone that we are located nearby and give them an opportunity to try us if they haven't visited our shop yet," said owner Britin Foster.
Life entertainment will include Albany Swing Dancing, Annie and the Hedonists a local jazz, folk and blues band, guided Footsteps dance group, The Landfill Mountain Boys a traditional and contemporary folk, bluegrass, blues and country group, Golden Notes, an a cappella group and the Emmaus African and Youth Choirs.
Some other events during the fair may include antique car show, 50/50 raffles, photography, book sales and massages presented by Albany Massage Associates
"Most pass through this section of town on their way in or out of the city without realizing how much there is to offer in such a small section of town," said Jonathan Duda, a committee member of Beautify Upper Madison Program. -30-


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The NRL this week announced, amongst other things, that from next season the sport will use a shot clock to ensure re-starts in play happen without delay.
Much has been made about the number of stoppages in the game these days – almost every possible try is sent upstairs for video referee review, while players take more time than needed to re-start play from scrums and line dropouts. The idea of shot clock will make sure teams don't go beyond a reasonable time. I like the idea of tidying this area up.
However, I question whether there is a need for it to be written in to rule. Why can't referees use discretion and blow penalties when they feel teams are going beyond what is reasonable? There may be some examples where a re-start could take place quicker than what the maximum time is allowed via the shot clock. What happens then? Do we all stand around and wait for that time to expire?
Teams will look for ways to exploit loopholes in this new concept. Watch for players faking injury, balls mysteriously disappearing, captains trying to argue with the referees etc. When the first time a team gets penalised for this the coach, players and supporters will complain about game being decided by trivial penalties.
I'm all for the NRL attempting to speed up the flow of the game but I'd prefer they give more power to referees to use their discretion.
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Although night harness racing (trotters and pacers) is a profitable enterprise in many U.S. localities, after-dark running races have made only a small start in one state (Oregon). Old-fashioned breed improvers are appalled at the very idea of displaying the sport of kings under lights; trainers, who like to work their charges in the cool of early morning, hate any thought of changing their customs; and jockeys dislike the idea of joining the nightworker class. But a few horse-park operators have been dreaming, somewhat wistfully, of the potentially big turnouts they might draw...
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Someone on one of our internal discussion groups this morning asked how they could update AD when a User object is updated in the Service Manager CMDB. The scenario was that the customer knew the data in AD for people's phone numbers was out of date. So – they wanted to use the service desk staff to get it up to date. Each time a user called in for service they will ask the user to verify their phone number or provide a new one. In this case they were planning to manually run a SQL query in the CMDB to get all the new phone numbers once per day and then update them in AD (again, I presume manually).
There are two problems with this approach:
- Why do this manually when it can be easily automated and done in real time using a tiny bit of PowerShell in a workflow in SCSM that is triggered as soon as the property value changes?
- The AD connector runs 1x/hour. If you enter the new phone number in the Service Manager CMDB, within the hour it will be overwritten by the old number from AD the next time the AD connector runs. You need to correct it in the source ASAP.
So – here's a quick video on how to set something like this up. This is really just a small example of what you could do with AD or any other PowerShell accessible system like Exchange, Windows Server, VMM, SCOM, SCSM, VMWare, DPM, IIS, SQL, Hyper-V, ….
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by Jim Campbell
Have we had enough of the politics of Hope and Change? Has anybody bothered to explain to the less fortunate among us that the Democrat Party and it's promises of woefully designed social programs ultimately hurts the voting block that they need to remain in office?
I will…………
On the campagn trail, how many times did we hear candidate Barack Obama say the following? "I can make a firm pledge," he said in Dover, N.H., on Sept. 12. "Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes." He repeatedly vowed "you will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime."
Wow that sounds great particularly if your desire is to further divide, blame the rich and marginalize segments of our society. Think the evil rich! You know, those who don't pay their fair share, another liberal lie. It seems those promises like most campaign promises went up in smoke.
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OCOEE — The owner of 368 acres designated as a planned unit development -- the only such site in Ocoee -- wants to fully develop the property, a spokesman told the city commission Tuesday.
About 10 months ago the commission tried to forestall a request for developing the site by rezoning the land to restrict it to agricultural use only. The commission, however, dropped the rezoning effort after developer Frank Sylvestri threatened to sue the city.


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You made it! Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to visit this space of mine. I hope you'll stay a while and come back often. There's always something going on here and you'll always be welcome.
You can find out more about me at 'Meet Ruth'.
I'm an award-winning blogger for my blog 'The Mustard Seed'. This is where I write my personal musings as I live my life following Jesus.
If you're interested in the writing that I've done elsewhere, would like me to write for you or are curious at where else I have had a mention or two, check out my 'Portfolio'.
I enjoy reading books and enjoy writing about them – get a feel for what I like to read/review here.
Hearing the stories of others is always inspiring and I love to get to know people. Thus, I thought it would be a good idea to incorporate that here too. This is a work-in-progress but please have a gander at the interviews – if you have a story that might sit nicely here, get in touch!
There's loads of websites that have captured my interest – have a look at the 'resources' section where I continue to add a variety of different things.
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Review: Tom Jones, 'Praise and Blame'
Review: Tom Jones, 'Praise and Blame': Aidin Vaziri | Is it too late for Tom Jones to find redemption? For decades, he has served as the tight-pants-wearing lothario. Now 70, Jones is looking to follow Johnny Cash's lead into last-minute relevance. He has hired a credibility-boosting producer, Ethan Johns, let his hair go white and recorded an album of stripped-down spiritual tunes pondering death and salvation. The vice president of his British label was so outraged when he first heard "Praise and Glory" he fired off an angry e-mail to the record-company staff: "I have just listened to the album in its entirety and want to know if this is some sick joke." It turns out it's not. This Tom Jones record is not the one you expect: His voice is rich and restrained, with a hint of sorrow where there used to be smarminess. The music is entirely fat-free – no strings or processed dance beats. The closest comparison might be Sun-era Elvis. Listening to the stately opener, "What Good Am I?," you can't help but wonder if this isn't the kind of record Jones should have been making all along, while soulful tracks such as "Nobody's Fault But Mine" and "Lord Help" only bolster the case. He might never shake the perma-tanned image, but at least now he has got one good album to go with it.


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A young Vietnamese boy and his family flee Vietnam in search of a better life.
Along with co-author Skrypuch, Vietnamese-Canadian Ho recounts his family's flight from Vietnam in 1981. At the book's outset, 6-year-old Ho returns home from school to learn that he, his mother, and his two older sisters will leave Vietnam that very night. Each hour of the Ho family's flight is fraught with danger. Soldiers shoot at them on the beach when they make a run toward a skiff. Their boat springs a leak, and soon after, the motor dies, leaving 60 passengers adrift in the middle of the sea with little water and food. Throughout the harrowing passage, Ho's mother is by his side, comforting him. On the sixth day of their four-day journey, an American aircraft carrier spots their boat and offers the Vietnamese passengers refuge. Skrypuch and Ho's retelling focuses mostly on actions and events with scant attention to the 6-year-old boy's emotional state. The primary narrative provides little context for readers who are unfamiliar with the Vietnamese refugee crisis, but detailed authors' notes include history, photographs, and maps. The warm undertones in Deines' oil paintings evoke tropical Vietnam. However, his soft, slightly out-of-focus images give Ho's story a dreamlike feel that dampens the danger recounted within the text, according readers a luxury not afforded to Ho and the legions of other refugee children suffering through crisis, then and now.
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Kazue Wada Block, LCSW is a New York State Licensed, Bi-lingual/cultural competent Psychotherapist,works with Japanese and American Individual Adult/Child, Family, Couple.
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Submitted by Aurora1 on Fri, 09/08/2017 - 10:39pm
Although week 3 of the area high school football season only produced a 1-2 total record, there was plenty of firepower to go around. Aurora and Giltner each sport a 2-1 record while Hampton moves to 0-2 and High Plains remains at 1-1 after a bye. Listed are all area teams and the scores of those games with the winning team in bold:
Aurora vs Waverly, 40-27
Giltner @ Heartland, 42-38
Hampton vs Riverside, 85-0
High Plains, Bye
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The Philadelphia Zoo is America's first zoo and one of the region's foremost conservation organizations. The 42-acre Victorian garden is home to more than 1,600 animals, including highly endangered Amur tigers and rare sifaka lemurs. The Zoo promotes conservation efforts to protect endangered species around the world. The Zoo is also a major educational and recreational attraction, welcoming more than one million visitors last year. For more information or tickets, please log on to www.philadelphiazoo.org.
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Despite the lack of snow it is cold, we have been seeing temperatures of about -10F to -20F at night and about 0F during the daylight hours, perfect weather for sled dogs.
While we do not have enough snow to run to dogs with the sleds yet we are running them about 4-5 times a week using a 4-wheeler, known to some as a quad. The 4-wheeler is not nearly as fun as a sled but it does provide some bonuses such as a longer training season, better stopping power, a speedometer and odometer to better track the speed and miles we are traveling. The 4-wheeler is more limited to where it can go compared to a sled especially with a string of dogs attached to it, so our trails are limited until we get some more snow and then they become endless.
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I used Adapter to covert a .mov file into jpeg frames so they can be combined into a boot animation. The colors (specifically the blue) of the resulting jpegs are much more teal (greenish) than the blue (turquoise) of the original .mov file. How do I preserve or fix the colors to be more in line with the original file?
There aren't any color options, so this is something that we will definitely look into and investigate to see why the colors are changing from the movie file to the JPEG frames.


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The Lasik operation can be a fantastic, life-altering option for many individuals whose vision is less than perfect. There are a number of various kinds of Lasik operations now available, from the original and well documented procedure to Lasik procedures finished with three dimensional wavefronts, or done totally with lasers. Each of these variations of the Lasik treatment need to be gone over with the physician that is to carry out the operation.
Like any surgical treatment, Lasik does have the capacity for side effects.
Sometimes reading the horror stories of the outcomes of a Lasik procedure can hinder individuals from seriously thinking about such a option. It is also true that the vast numbers of individuals who have a effective, hassle-free Lasik surgery tend not to report a long and in-depth story of their experience, unlike those that have actually experienced difficulty later.
It is excellent to understand exactly what the possible side results of the Lasik treatment are, and also the probability that one of these side effects will happen for a particular patient. Just like any medicine we take, each has a possible variety of adverse effects, however we usually presume that the likelihood of a severe adverse effects is little, and we take the medication anyhow. This post will hopefully put issues of the prospective Lasik client into perspective so that they can calmly and attentively ponder having a Lasik procedure performed in the future.
More than one million Lasik procedures are done in the United States every year, according to the FDA. This arm of the nationwide government has actually accumulated the following stats for the most typical side effects of the Lasik treatment. These data will also vary by the doctor carrying out the surgery, so make certain to obtain as much info on the potential Lasik doctor as possible.
After Lasik surgery, 1.7 percent of clients experience some glare or level of sensitivity to light after the operation. This varies by client, however this sensitivity is especially noticeable when taking a look at a brilliant light, such as a streetlight when strolling during the night, or other strong light and dark contrast. Another light related side effect is a halo around a light, and this takes place in 3.5 percent of Lasik patients.
The brand-new, remedied vision can be noticed quickly by some Lasik patients, in this hyperlink just a few hours after surgical treatment. A lot of clients that have undergone the Lasik procedure find the modification is irreversible within a couple of days. In 2.6 percent of clients that have had a Lasik procedure done, there is persistent visual fluctuation within a minimum of a part of their sphere of vision.
Lastly, some clients do not get a fully remedied sphere of vision after their Lasik procedure. This occurs with a small number of clients, and the FDA stats are that only 3 percent of patients have this effect. In all or nearly all cases, the physician in charge will carry out an extra Lasik procedure to improve this.
This detailing of the significant long-term adverse effects of the Lasik procedure should put any individual scary stories into point of view. Notice that none of the portions are above 3 percent, and this must bring comfort to the majority of potential Lasik clients. It must also encourage them to look carefully at the Lasik doctor's personal record.
There are several various types of Lasik operations now available, from the initial and well documented treatment to Lasik procedures done with 3 dimensional wavefronts, or done entirely with lasers. It is great to know what the possible side results of the Lasik procedure are, and likewise the likelihood that one of these side results will occur for a specific patient. A lot of patients that have actually gone through the Lasik procedure discover the modification is long-term within a couple of days. Some patients do not get a totally remedied sphere of vision after their Lasik treatment.
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Some simple French desserts include Betty Crocker's chocolate hazelnut meringues and AllRecipes.com's chocolate mousse. Both recipes use very few ingredients and take minimal time to prepare.
To make chocolate hazelnut meringues, beat together 4 egg whites and 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar until a foamy texture forms. Slowly beat in 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the mixture forms soft peaks. Turn the mixer up to high, and gradually stir in 6 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder. Beat the mixture for two to four minutes or until the sugar dissolves and firm peaks form. Gently stir in 1/2 cup finely chopped hazelnuts.
Use a decorating bag with a big open star tip to pipe the meringues onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake the meringues at 225 degrees Fahrenheit for an hour and 35 minutes. Turn the oven off, but leave the meringues in the closed oven for two additional hours.
For the chocolate mousse, melt together 8 1-ounce squares semisweet chocolate, 1/4 cup water and 2 tablespoons butter in a microwave or double boiler. While the chocolate cools, whisk together 3 egg yolks, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan. Cook the egg mixture over low heat for one to two minutes, remove from the heat, and whisk in the chocolate. Add in 1 1/4 cup whipped cream after the mixture cools down, and refrigerate the mousse for at least four hours.


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I confess. I am a very bad blogger. It's not that I don't have ideas to post. It's just the time to sit down and do it. I'm sure one of my resolutions this coming year will be to post more often.
Here is my Santa rug for this holiday. Done in wool strips and yarn, it was part of my rug hooking groups "Santa Challenge." I worked on it over the summer in some very warm temperatures, and now am posting it under very cold temps.
The Santa himself is a design done by my sister years back. I added the other elements when drawing this rug.
Here is another Santa I did that is also a design by my very talented sister. This Santa is called "St. Nick in Slippers." I was very honored to have this rug appear in an issue of Rug Hooking Magazine.
And lastly, I leave you with Silent Night.
Wishing you all a very happy holiday season, and a happy and healthy new year!


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Twelve years after joining Treeline Inc. as an equipment operator, Adam Peters of Lee looks forward to working in the woods every day.
"My alarm is set for 2:40 a.m.," he says during a break from operating a 2003 Serco 270 load loader mounted on a Ford L8000 truck. The Serco, which "we just call a 'crane,'" was placed atop the Ford this past spring.
"We get here at 4 [a.m.], and we finish at 4 [p.m.]," Peters says. Like other Maine loggers, he works in all types of weather. Peters operates "mostly [the] crane, but I've been in the grapple skidder. I drive [a] truck some."
The Ford/Serco combination includes a rotating saw, also known as a "slasher," that Peters may use to cut tree-length logs to specific lengths. Late September finds him working on a 100-acre harvest site near Boyd Lake in Orneville; the logs are being shipped primarily intact, so "on this job here there isn't much slashing," says Peters, who graduated from Lee Academy.
At other times he slashes logs before loading them into an empty log trailer. "We do a lot of work for American Forest Management, sawing a lot of 8-foot [pulpwood] for the Jay mill" owned by Verso Paper, he says.
Peter and his family "live on a lake" in Lee, and he likes to "spend time with the family. We go fishing quite often." He takes his family "camping to Bar Harbor a couple times of year" and to Greenland Cove Campground on East Grand Lake in Danforth.


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PRISM™ is a fun, fast paced, rapidly changing race to collect the six colors of
the rainbow. Take cards from other players to help you, but watch out! Everyone
else wants to take cards from you, too!
Players: 2 - 6
Ages: 8 to adult
Playing time: 60-90 min
It's feeding time for the chickens, and
you've got a lot of hungry mouths to feed in your hen house. So out into the
barnyard you go, looking for tasty spiders, worms, beetles, and bits of corn.
All you need to do is grab it and bring it back to your henhouse. Unfortunately,
there are a lot of other chickens in the yard that are trying to grab the same
food! Will you be able to successfully maneuver your chickens to collect the
most food and feed your flock?
Do you have what it takes to brew that venti raspberry espresso macchiato with a scone on the side
and serve it to your customers before they lose their patience? Maybe you'll need a shot of esspresso yourself to stay ahead and win.
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A fun and easy game for young children that teaches them game
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2016 St. Paddy's Day Ox Cart Pub Crawl
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua • 17 March 2016 - Annual tradition among expats and locals. The ox carts are decorated by the students of San Juan del Sur Day School. The students ride the carts from the Central Park to Big Wave Daves where the grown ups take over. The Pub Crawl visits several pubs around the village. Be sure to join this fun tradition if you are in San Juan del Sur during St. Patrick's Day!Read More


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Automate Your Pen Testing with Fast-Track and Linux - Page 2
Using Meterpreter
Meterpreter is a very powerful advanced payload which enables a hacker to do a great deal of harm to a system very easily using a few simple commands such as:
- hashdump, which dumps the contents of the compromised machine's SAM databases (which can then be subjected to an offline attack using a tool like John the Ripper to crack passwords
- upload, which uploads a file or directory, perhaps to help compromise this or other machines on the network further. For example, a hacker could upload (and then execute) a Trojan to ensure that he has easy access to the machine in the future, even if the vulnerability which that provided access to the machine this time is patched.
- keyscan_start, keyscan_stop, keyscan_dump are used to capture keystrokes on the compromised machine, and then dump them to the attacking machine.
or simply: shell, which provides a command prompt on the compromised machine, from where the attacker could create or remove user accounts and get up to all kinds of mischief.
The screenshot below illustrates dropping from the meterpreter> prompt to a command prompt using the shell command, adding a user account "evilhacker2" with a password "evil" to the compromised machine, and then exiting to the meterpreter> prompt to dump the machine's SAM.
Once any vulnerable machines have been patched it makes sense to reboot them and run autopwn again to ensure that they are no longer vulnerable.
In the next piece in this series, we'll take a look at another automated pen testing technique offered by Fast-Track: the Mass Client-Side Attack option.


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The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 metre tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator. It is located at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin-Mitte.The DomAquarée complex also contains a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and the aquarium Sea Life Centre.
Overview :
The AquaDom was opened in 2004.It cost about 12.8 million euros.The overall construction of the aquarium was designed and built by International Concept Management, Inc.. The acrylic cylinder was constructed by the U.S. company Reynolds Polymer Technology. It is now the main attraction of the Berlin Sea Life Centre.
AquaDom in late night color
The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the inside cylinder for the elevator was delivered in one piece.The Aquadom is the largest acrylic cylindrical aquarium in the world, with a diameter of about 11 metres, and it is built on a 9 metre tall foundation.Filled with 1,000,000 litres of water, it contains over 1,500 fish of 50 species. The feeding of the fish and the cleaning of the fish tank is performed daily by 3-4 divers.The fish need 8 kg of fish food.


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Recent news
Continuing its success in Japan: The Opera browser on the new Toshiba W31T from KDDI
Oslo, Norway - June 30, 2005
Opera Software today announced that theOpera browser is included on the new Toshiba W31T. The BREW-based, 20 mmthin Toshiba W31T boasts a 2.4 megapixel camera in addition to fullInternet and e-mail capabilities, and is available on KDDI's 3G network inJapan from June 30.
Opera signed an agreement with KDDI in August 2004 to deliver the Operabrowser on KDDI's 3G network in Japan. The first phone shipped was thesuccessful Casio W21CA in December 2004, which made Opera the first fullWeb browser active on the Japanese 3G network.
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text: The director of a survey of college freshmen said Education Secretary William J. Bennett misused his data in telling Congress an estimated 13,000 students from families with incomes of more than $100,000 get federal loans. "I'd say there are probably less than half that number" of wealthy students receiving such aid, said Alexander Astin, head of UCLA's Higher Education Institute and director of the 1984 survey, "The American Freshman." Also reacting to Bennett's statement was John Phillips, president of the 850-member National Assn. of Independent Colleges and Universities, who issued a statement citing Astin's criticisms and blasting Bennett.


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Ideas for Bridesmaid Gifts
With everything on the bride's agenda, she must think about bridesmaid gifts for the special ladies she as chosen to be in her wedding party.
A wedding day is full of memories, especially for the bride and groom. They, of course, are the key players, whether it is a formal or informal wedding. With a formal wedding, the months of planning may build up a high level of anticipation in not just the bride and groom, but also others who will also play key roles on the big day. To bridesmaids in particular, the lead up to the wedding day may be an exciting time. The bride and groom will undoubtedly want to commemorate the day for them with bridesmaid gifts.
For sure, bridesmaids will appreciate at least a token gift to help them remember the day. As with any gift, what you choose as a bridesmaid gift will depend on budget and age. If anything, "older" bridesmaids are easier to choose for, as personalized silver or crystal, for example, and other more adult products, are more likely to be appreciated.
Younger bridesmaids, though, may turn out to be easier than you thought, whatever your budget. It is a matter of thinking about their tastes and interests and finding something appropriate. While it is traditional to give all bridesmaids the same gift, that does not necessarily have to be the case. After all, they have probably been forced into a uniform dress for the occasion, and if you have several, or many, bridesmaids then no doubt one or more were not too happy with the color or design, even if they are too polite to tell the bride.
Choosing the bridesmaid gifts may be a good time to redress the balance, and do something individual, a unique bridesmaid gift for each bridesmaid; unless, that is, you know the bridesmaids well enough to know that all will be happy with the same thing. At least by having the same gift, there is no danger of one bridesmaid being jealous of the other.
How, then, can you make each bridesmaid gift unique, without having to go out seeking an appropriate gift, the like of which you and your bridesmaids have never seen before? There are a couple of ways to add an individual and personal touch:
Personalized Gifts
Many items, including popular bridesmaid gift items such as jewelry, candles and candle holders, goblets, can either be engraved, embossed or have a medallion attached that can be engraved. Personalization gives you the opportunity to add an individual touch for each bridesmaid, thus acknowledging that each has played their own important part.
Bridesmaids of any age will appreciate something personalized with their name, plus of course your personal message. If you have a wide variety of ages among your bridesmaids, then why not give each a different gift, appropriate for their age, but also personalized with their personal message.
Here are a couple of great examples of gifts that can be beautifully personalized for each bridesmaid. You can find these and many more personalized gifts on my website at:. http://www.debrasgifts.labellabaskets.com
If you have chosen jewelry, then you have a gift theme that can be applied to all ages and be personalized, too. Even young girls usually like jewelry, so you could be making your bridesmaids very happy, commemorating the occasion and making each gift choice unique.
Gift Baskets
Like jewelry, gift baskets can be made suitable for all ages of bridesmaid. If you choose an attractive and unusual basket, then even if the contents are consumable, such as chocolates, the girl will have the basket left as a memento of the wedding and her role as a bridesmaid.
With gift baskets, you can choose appropriate contents for each of your bridesmaids, whether they are 2 years old or 18; and you can even include an engraved gift inside to personalize it for her even more. So, baskets do really give a lot of scope for individuality and addressing the age problem. There are a good selection of customized gift baskets online for you to choose from.
For example, here are a couple of beautiful gift baskets from Labella Baskets that would make perfect bridesmaid gifts. http://www.debrasgifts.labellabaskets.com
Planning the wedding will be a big task that will preoccupy you if you are a bride or groom. But don't forget to give a bit of thought to those bridesmaids for their part in your big day. They are sure to appreciate it.
Bridesmaid Gifts from Labella Baskets
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Here is another great website with a nice selection of bridesmaid gifts and other gifts, too.
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That's half a trillion pounds. For fuck's sake. Even Peston's pissed off:
BBC business editor Robert Peston says that if the deal is completed it will take the total support by British taxpayers to the banks to £1.3tn.
That figure, made up of loans, guarantees, insurance and investments, is equivalent to the entire annual output of the UK economy.
Christ, people were saying we were fucked months ago. This really, really is the final nail in the coffin.


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Baby girl "E"
I did the little beauty's older brothers newborn session as well and I remember when I first booked her session thinking "I hope she has the same cheeks her brother had" - one of my favourite features on newborns is those sweet chubby cheeks :) Well since she was over 9 pounds at birth she certainly has the cheeks - YAY for cheeks - but unfortunately all she wanted to do was eat which made her newborn session challenging. Her brothers session was done in 2 hours - hers was 4 hours but siblings do tend to be opposite more often then not. Enjoy :)


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Tv Entertainment Homogeneity Analysis
In the background of economic globalization, China's TV industry in the rapid development momentum, with the development of market economy, the television in order to their own development, went the whole nine yards on the TV screen launched a fierce competition. And in this war, similar program form led to show the situation of homogeneity, the same kind of entertainment what especially. The so-called TV entertainment programs, that is, through certain intermediary form and public participation, in mutual communication form a kind of entertainment atmosphere program form [1], public participation, aesthetic, entertainment and appreciation and interest for outstanding features of TV programs. In reaction to the phenomenon, many scholars on the criticism, and called on the television entertainment programs to innovations and strengthen innovation consciousness, make distinctive personalized program, prominent brand. At the same time, also some people said, homogenization phenomenon is the emergence of the media market to control the manifestation of powerlessness. [2] but in scholars criticism, call at the same time, the homogenization phenomenon is still popular in entertainment programs, the same TV shows.
TV entertainment homogenization performance
China's TV entertainment programs are now people essential to life a TV dinner, in the face of more and more both CCTV or local TV entertainment programs, many are concentrated in the choice of the day off on prime time, so the audience in the broadcast concentration entertainment choose oneself to like to see, it caused each TV competition, in order to attract more viewers to watch their programs, improve their ratings, and TV entertainment program homogenization phenomenon is intensified.
The story of the program change trend is more and more strong No matter what kind of entertainment are telling a story to show ZhuDaXi, through the story to expansion program. In our country, the most common form of entertainment tells the story mainly includes the following categories:
1. Puzzle gaming class. "Happy dictionary", "with one enemy" and a series of as an example to tell about "competition story" primarily entertainment. In this kind of program, regardless of which a TV which a channel which a program, it is through the player competition intelligence to selection or promotion, the ultimate success, also is the reward, the difference between just show different problems, difficulty, the difference in the final in essence is to achieve success.
2. Draft class. "Happy female voice" and "very 6 + 1" and a series of as an example to tell about "growth story" primarily entertainment. In this kind of program, is based on a talent have a dream of the civilian population selection, in front of the TV through to display their talents to get the audience recognition and the final success, this kind of program for shows the audience's successful experience, make public can accompany players grow together, let the public see the growth of the players.
3. The game class. "Happy camp", "super big winners" and a series of as an example to tell about "the game story" entertainment. This kind of program is star guest on the game or and mass for interactive games is given priority to, give a person of life bring comfort and ease, strained life get a relaxation, to relieve people nervous.
Programs to more and more popular and popularization
Now whether a TV entertainment programs are mass is given priority to, try my best to do it easy to understand, do not let the audience feel puzzlement, doing so, however, the result is show no connotation, worldliness, as time passes can make the person produces tired, let the audience think watching entertainment as in the audience to see the clown show general, guests like be host or design good game when the monkey playing general in the stage. Such as "happy camp" NG60 second link, the link by...
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Phantom of the Opera leaflet – outside
Phantom of the Opera leaflet – inside
What a show! What an experience! Why has it taken me so long to see this show I just don't know. I was enthralled from the beginning to the end. I was totally captivated by the music and songs – so much so that whilst writing this I'm listening to the soundtrack:-)
The tickets to this show were a present from my daughter and son-in-law for both myself and my hubby. He enjoyed it just as much as I did. Our tickets were for the Matinee show and it was playing at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London.
Her Majesty's Theatre
The sets and lighting were so atmospheric - the chandelier was magnificent! The costumes were absolutely stunning – so vivid in colours and sparkling with crystals – it was all so magical.
Her Majesty's Theatre
One thing that did surprise me was how small the theatre was – not that it made my whole experience any less thrilling or anything like that – it just came as a surprise that's all. Nonetheless, it's a lovely old theatre.
Her Majesty's Theatre by night
Apparently, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera has been playing here since 1986 when the original cast included Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in the leading roles. That would've been something to see!
Here's more about Her Majesty's Theatre
outside Her Majesty's Theatre
I became so enthralled and captivated by watching the stage and in the story (how could I not?) – it was an emotional rollercoaster and I must admit my eyes welled up and I wept a silent tear – well I'm a big softie at heart and that's the sign of such brilliant acting and such an amazing production. I would thoroughly recommend this show to anyone and everyone – I loved it!
Love Never Dies – leaflet front & back
The long awaited sequel to The Phantom of the Opera – Love Never Dies – will be showing at the Adelphi Theatre, The Strand, London from March 2010. More info here


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Monday, October 4, 2010
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I got there just at the tail end of weigh-ins. I weighed in at about 130 with my jeans and stuff in my pockets. The promoter, with the unfortunate name of The Good Fight, uses a modified Madison bracketing system, so I had no idea what my weight class might go up to.
As I was warming up and the brackets were being made I heard my name called on the speaker. I went to the head referee table, and the nice guy there informed me that the next lightest person competing that day weighed about 150. The next lightest after him was about 160. He asked if I still wanted to compete and I said, yes of course. After all they already had my money, so why not?
So my first fight I pulled guard, got x-guard, swept. Couldn't stabilize my pass, and he went to x-guard. But he reaped the knee, and the ref DQ'd him. Sucks, but that's the game.
Second fight was with this dude who frankly I thought I would tool. And I should have. I dominated him positionally the entire match, surfed his guard, smashed his hooks, did everything except score a clean pass unfortunately. I swept him two or three times, but each time I almost got a pass he would turtle and scramble into a single or double and get points for a takedown. It ended tied and he won by an advantage. I am a little annoyed at myself for not sealing the deal. I really should have passed his guard at least once. He gave me several opportunities and I hesistated; instead trying to pass straight to mount. But oh well, lesson learned.
Everyone else did really great, and we took home like five medals. Fun day overall, and it was awesome when I saw that Zak and Brian came to coach and a bunch of people came to watch.
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Hey man I did that tournament as well. My first ever as a blue and I lost. It was fun wasn't it? It was really hot out even though it was covered. I am doing another one sponsored by them at the end of November. I thought it was a well run event, small but perfect for a guy like me thats new to competing.
- October 7, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Frank said...
It was a pretty good tournament. The refs were good, which is the most important thing in my opinion. Glad you enjoyed yourself. What weight do you fight at?
- October 8, 2010 at 7:20 PM
Hey Frank, I fight at 160. I especially like the good fight because of the way we dont have to suck weight. Although at the risk of sounding like a wuss I am 40 and since there are no adult age brackets the pace of the 20 year olds is daunting, but what the heck its fun.
- October 9, 2010 at 10:47 AM


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How to Free Fall with Grace
If you follow my blog, you may have noticed that it's been nearly dormant since December. The last post I wrote chronicled my mom's holiday heart attack and emergency triple bypass. Since then, the speed at which the universe has thrown things in my direction has hardly slowed, and now, voila, May has arrived, and with it Lupus Awareness Month. I can't very well let this month go by without a blog post; after all, lupus is the underlying motivation for this blog, so here's a snapshot of what's been keeping me from blogging for the last four months…
I put it out there to the world and the universe that I was sick of being a stay-at-home mom and was ready to work full-time outside of the home. Then BOOM I got a job. Since the beginning of December, I've been working my ass off and loving it.
Part of my job involves travel, and thus I found myself in Phoenix at a conference for a few days. It was the first time since my son was born that I was (basically) by myself–no baby, no husband, no family or friends. Palm trees and 80 degree weather almost made it feel like a vacation. It also gave me time to breathe, do some yoga, drink too much wine and think–really think–about what I want out of life.
I've lived a fear-based life since my earliest memories, playing it safe to decrease any opportunities to be hurt or disappointed and optimizing my chances of being happy and carefree. SPOILER ALERT: This tactic didn't work. Not ever. In fact, my cautious approach to life often led me to endure situations that would make most people lose their shit and take to the streets in protest. And it also led me to narrow my life experiences. Study ballet at NYU? Much too far from home! Major in fine arts? Way too risky. Join Peace Corp? That's just crazy talk. Backpack through India? So dangerous.
Maybe my inner responses all sound reasonable to you; they certainly did to me. But then one day I reflected on the choices I've made–safe, sane, cautious choices–and I realized: I was reflecting on the lives of two people, not just one. One person is clearly me as everyone including myself knows me. I think things through and always opt for the safest path. I am reliable, albeit a little boring. I will die filled with regret for the things I did not do.
The other person is also me, but a me that has been continually deferred. I'm adventurous and want to save the world and all the people on it. I weigh all the facts and may very well choose the more dangerous path, consequences be damned. I've been enriched by my experiences and am at peace with myself.
It's kind of like realizing you had a twin you killed by smothering, and wondering what they would've been like.
My closest friends, whom I admire for their kindness, adventurous spirits and tireless efforts to be the best in their respective fields, have been inspiring me for years, and I've often joked that I live vicariously through them. But suddenly my ghost life, spent hovering around the periphery of the living world, has become untenable to me.
While this realization has been exhilarating at times, it has also been interspersed with the disorienting, nauseating feeling of free falling. I've never jumped from a plane (an activity fraught with danger and thus off-limits), but when this feeling hits me, I imagine it feels exactly the same as plummeting towards the earth, without the assurance of a working parachute.
My first instinct was to yank myself back onto the plane. Yet, for once my inner voice was quieted by a more urgent voice telling me to let myself fall. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and stepped off the edge. I fell down, down, down until I thought I'd choke on my own vomit and tears.
As I continued to fall, I didn't suddenly find myself enjoying the thrill. But from time to time the rushing air would catch in my tangled, useless parachute and slow me just enough to regain my courage. I opened my eyes and looked around me. Although the ground still seemed to be rushing up at me at an alarming rate, I knew the impact wouldn't kill me.
It occurred to me then that there are different ways to fall from great heights. There is the wild, tumbling, fearful fall that I've mastered over my lifetime. And there is a calm, collected, even graceful fall that I'd suddenly found myself embracing. Free falling with grace doesn't mean you're no longer fearful; it just means you and the universe have come to an understanding. You're falling, whether you like it or not, but how you do it is up to you.
I take a deep breath, and with love in my heart and my eyes open, I plunge.
Comments4 Responses to "How to Free Fall with Grace"
Hi, Amber!
Bonjour, mon amie!
I logged onto Facebook for the first time in many months and your most recent blog headline caught my attention through the blurring stream of nonsense. The heartache and stress you are enduring is terrible, we need a time machine to get you through to the brighter side.
I've been reading your previous posts as well and can absolutely relate. I've never been a risk-taker and live a very fearful, cautious life but I think I've definitely convinced myself I prefer it that way. I know that this would be probably the worst time for you to choose to pack a bag and head to India, but I'm ready when you are. 😉


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Debate This!
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Are you better off?
Bush deluded himself in believing that his pre-emptive attack against Iraq will prevent the expansion of terrorism. All Americans need to do is to read the newspaper and watch the TV. And his tax cut, after almost 4 years, the economy is still stagnant. Just look at the number of unemployed people in Ohio. Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago? We all know the answer.
-- Quinton ONeal
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:30 AM
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
OK, apparently even "MG" is watching baseball now, so I'll shut things down for tonight, post late arrivals in the morning.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:40 PM
But he closed with it
Yes, but he did work it into his closing statement.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:30 PM
That's a record
Sixty-five minutes into the debate and Kerry still hasn't mentioned Vietnam.That's a record for him.Kerry's answer to the back-door draft question gave Bush a good opening to mention Kerry's global test.
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:29 PM
Let it slide
Kerry said the middle-class tax burden has gone up under Bush. Totally untrue, but Bush let it slide. Nevertheless, he's doing well in this debate.
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:05 PM
Walk softly around that one
Bush might want to tiptoe around the border/immigration questions. That's one of the main things that seems to have even a lot of his true believers miffed. But what exactly would Kerry do differently?
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:53 PM
That's Haley's line
Bush just used a line Haley uses a lot--Ted Kennedy is the more conservative candidate for Massachusetts. This question--which Bush has turned to gay marriage--favors Bush in the swing states that are going to decide the election. Not sure how Kerry bringing up Cheney's daughter is going to play at home. He's trying to get in Bush's pocket on the gay marriage issue.
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:42 PM
Not presenting well
Kerry has bags under his eyes – not presenting well. Interesting questions from Schieffer so far. Kerry is staying on the attack. Bush has missed a couple of opportunities and let a few easily answered charges go unchallenged. He needs to keep hammering Kerry's record in the Senate too.
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:40 PM
Fiscal discipline?
Kerry says he wants to "restore the fiscal discipline" America had in the 1990s. Is that what Wall Street was practicing in the '90s? Fiscal discipline? I remember a buddy of mine in the '90s trying to talk me into becoming a day trader, and trying to show me how to "bottom feed." I don't remember a lot of fiscal discipline in the 90s.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:14 PM
Pretty slick
You gotta admit, that was pretty slick of GWB to turn a question about flu vaccine into a pro-tort reform opportunity.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:13 PM
Welcome to The Sun Herald's Web log of the third, and final, presidential debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry. I've left up postings from the previous two debates below. As before, I'll periodically post any early arrivals, then get rolling about 7:45 p.m. Sign in often.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 6:17 PM
Saturday, October 09, 2004
Aint we got fun
As I listened to GWB talk about small businesses last night, I thought, where is he coming from? We have two small businesses! He has the economy so messed up that we can no longer afford to offer our employees health plans. That is very sad for our employees. But that is okay for GWB because he doesn't have to worry about that like the rest of us, the rich get rich and the poor get poorer. In the meantime, in between time, ain't GWB got fun!!
-- MM, Columbus, Ohio
posted by Geoff Pender at 11:51 AM
Going, going, gone
As usual Bush did his mudslinging instead of answering questions but is
that a surprise? I think not! Same old same old! Bush and Cheney have their hands in the oil business up to you know where why wouldn't they want this mess to continue. Me I got a $1.00 raise, that is progress? Not even a Texan could believe that one. Try letting the government give you a below proverty income and see what you think of this mess when you are going to wind up on the street ,
thanks to Bush Cheney I wouldn't vote for Bush if it was the last day of my life to prolong my life another minuteJobs are going going GONE Today they announced another layoff locally in my home town at a small business of 100 people, that is the Bush Cheney way. Even my son is going to lose his job, they call it downsizing ....how many times can a company downsize and stay in business.?
--JR Kurtz
posted by Geoff Pender at 11:48 AM
Both did better
Bush did better than his showing in the first debate but, so did
Kerry. Kerry without a doubt.
-- Joseph Scheiblauer
posted by Geoff Pender at 11:46 AM
Out of touch
This President is out of touch. He is the ultimate of arrogance. Which is pretty amazing for someone so inarticulate. Please, America, can't we get rid of this embarrassment? Can't we bring home our kids?
-- Wendy Firth
posted by Geoff Pender at 11:45 AM
Was Kerry tired?
Was John Kerry tired? I was disappointed in his response to the question regarding Iran;I wanted to hear his NEW plans for Iraq- other than "speeding it up"- and more than anything- where are his great domestic plans? He kept saying he had a plan but nothing new was discussed!
--Revonda Zubiena
posted by Geoff Pender at 11:43 AM
Friday, October 08, 2004
Hands down
Kerry won hands down. No contest!
--Trix Oakley
posted by Geoff Pender at 10:06 PM
Upset and disturbed
I was particularly upset and disturbed by the prevarication and half truths
expressed by the President. He frequently quoted numbers that distracted the audience's attention from the truth. His responses about the Clean Air Act and the Clear Water Act tried to give the impression that they were designed to clean the air and to clear the water. Instead, they are corporate giveaways that actually worsen the condition of our environment.
-- Robert Tarnas, M.D.
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:59 PM
No admission
Bush is still lying and not admitting any wrong decisions. Kerry seems to have some good plans. Kerry won the debate hands down.
--John Daluisio
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:43 PM
Last call
I just heard Tom Brokaw describe this as a "spirited, and even physical debate." Did I miss something? Was there some contact? Anyway, we had a lackluster response on this blog. I'll keep the lines open a while longer, and post any late responses in the morning. Now's your chance.
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:38 PM
I own a timber company?
This may be the quote of the debate: "I own a timber company? That's news to me. Anybody need some wood?" -- GWB I haven't been checking other blogs, but this one is fading fast. Did Kerry just invoke Nancy Reagan?
-- Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:11 PM
Hammer weighs in
My Sun Herald colleague, and the true blogmaster, or "The Blogginator" Don Hammack weighs in on the ABC controversy:
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. -- Arthur Carlson, WKRP in Cincinnati
--Don HAMMACK
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:52 PM
What have we done?
Bush is crashing and buring here. I wonder what his dad, who crashed and burnedin WWII, would say about that. All Bush seems to have is cliches. My God, whathave we done to deserve the Bush clan?
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:49 PM
I think Kerry should use more New Englandisms, like "wicked good," and perhaps wear a plaid wool hunting coat and L.L. Bean boots. Bush just said, "I understand there are rumors on the internets about a draft." I don't know about that, but the internets sure aren't lighting up here about this debate. Maybe I'll check the interweb, or the world wide net (Al Gore invented it). Blog in soon, or I'll go watch baseball, too.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:27 PM
Is it against the rules for Bush to phone a friend? Is anyone else watching this debate???
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:15 PM
Where y'at?
Okeedokie, we're off to a slow start. Is everyone watching baseball? What's all this stuff about an ABC memo scandal? Charlie G the moderator sounds stern as he rattles off the debate rules. Maybe he's grumpy about having to stay up so late to moderate.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:03 PM
How 'bout facts?
The most polished message? How about the message with facts to back up his points. John Kerry actually has substance, George Bush looks, sounds like, and has proven by his decisions that he doesn't know what is going on.
--Michael Bradley
posted by Geoff Pender at 5:25 PM
Welcome to The Sun Herald's Web log for the second presidential debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry. The debate, the second of three, begins at 8 p.m.and airs on CNN and local ABC, NBC, FOX and PBS affiliates. We have left your views from our first-debate Web log below, for your reading pleasure. We have one early posting, which I'll load momentarily. As before, I'll update periodically until about 7:45, then go live. Also as before, I'll keep posting for about a half hour after the debate, unless the volume warrants going longer. Keep those comments coming, early and often. Thanks.
--Geoff Pender, blogmaster and minister of information
posted by Geoff Pender at 5:17 PM
Thursday, September 30, 2004
So long, for now
OK, the debate debate seems to have died. I'll post any late arrivals in the a.m. Thanks for your participation
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 10:10 PM
Report card
Bush C+
Kerry A-
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:43 PM
Let the games begin
And now for the spin. Two of my favorite quotes were: "I have no intention of wilting. I have never wilted in my life," from Kerry and "That's totally absurd," from Bush.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:40 PM
Kerry's hair better
Did I just hear Kerry say, essentially, "Bush is a liar" - then turn around and talk about how he respects him? Weird. Kerry's definitely got the better haircut, though. That matters a lot in a televised debate.
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:34 PM
Sayonara Osama!
I'm all for developing a bunker busting nuclear weapon.If Osama Bin Laden is in a bunker and the only way to kill him is with a nuclear bunker buster,I say sayonara Osama! President Bush Is The First President In History To Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Prior to President Bush's August 9, 2001decision, there was no federal government funding for human stem cell research. There is no ban on private research of stem cells. Federal Funding of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research was $24.8 Million For FY 2003 And $190.7 Million In Human Non-Embryonic Stem Cells (adult stem cells, including cord blood, placental, bone marrow, etc.). This represents an increase of $14.1 million for embryonic stem cell research, or 132 percent, over Fiscal Year 2002 spending.
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:27 PM
Time is now
Current President Bush has no new ideas or answers. It's time NOW to change course in national policy, as evidenced in tonight's debate. Our next president, clearly, will be John Kerry. He is a far more convincing speaker. Yes, help IS on the way.
--Carol Fortenberry
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:25 PM
Who'll pay for that?
Kerry wants to create two new Army divisions, and double the special forces. Will this cost money?
-- Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:14 PM
What's his plan?
The debate is now one hour over and Senator Kerry has still not answered clearly any question -- what is his plan, what is the timeline to getting USA out of Iraq -- he continues to attack President Bush for what he says is a bad job as President, but he has yet to offer anything to the people. After one hour, I have learned nothing about the leadership of Senator Kerry -- he is quick to criticize, but I do not want to hear his criticisms.I want to hear what he is going to do, how he is going to make the USA a better place, and after an hour I still have no idea and I am most certain that another 30 minutes will not change anything.
--Kathy A. Blazer, Gautier, Mississippi
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:11 PM
A little help
The TV I'm watching while I run this blogger is too small, and b&w. I can't tell -- is Kerry sweating? Is Bush pursing his lips? The experts have told me all week these were important points. Somebody help me
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:05 PM
Not proving his point
Kerry is winning hands down, Bush keeps telling us "its hard to fight a war"....Kerry answers questions with thought and intelligence...Bush tells us he's doing the right thing...with no information to prove his point, whatever it is. John Kerry will be a wonderful, intelligent president!
-- R. Elaine Schmidtling
posted by Geoff Pender at 9:01 PM
Best, not most polished
Who would you want negotiating with heads of state? I want the man who is going to lead by his conviction and not what a focus group says this week.I want a man who means what he says and follows through.I want the man who has been consistently tough with his defense policies.I don't care who delivers the MOST POLISHED message, but the BEST message.I DON'T want the man who has spent 20 years in the senate voting against every defense bill that came across his desk.I don't want the man who fought President Reagan in the Cold War.I don't want the man who voted to gut the CIA pre-9/11
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:58 PM
These boots are made for walking
John Kerry is walking all over Bush!!!The obvious fact that Kerry is SOOO much more intelligent is finally being played out for America!!!
-- Linda
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:56 PM
Handling wears off
As this goes on, Bush is starting to stammer more; Kerry is starting to give long, rambling answers. Maybe if we held a four-hour debate, towards the end, the handling would wear off and we'd get to the bottom of this!
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:52 PM
Um... I dunno
Who would you want negotiating with heads of state. Well spoken, literate John Kerry or George "More of the um...saddam loyalist...um were around"
--Carla, Bay St Louis
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:43 PM
Bush turning corner?
Kerry Voted Six Times Against President Bush's Department Of Homeland Security, Stalling Its Creation By 112 Days. Kerry repeatedly sided with labor unions against President Bush in the creation of a Department of Homeland Security. Bush scores big with "Why are other foriegn leaders going to follow someone who is saying this is the wrong war for the wrong time." Maybe Bush is turning the corner.
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:35 PM
Bush beating himself?
25 minutes into the debate and Kerry seems to be getting the better of Bush. Actually, Bush seems to be beating himself. Too much verbal stumbling. Kerry is cleverly keeping Bush on the devensive. So far only two mentions of Viet Nam service.
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:32 PM
Nice nails
Once again, Kerry missed the point. While George Bush was out visiting hurricane victims in florida, Kerry was getting a manicure.
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:26 PM
Rocky starts
Both candidates are off to a rocky start. Bush seems to be stumbling more than Kerry. No Bushisms yet.
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:20 PM
I'll kill 'em better, faster
"I will hunt down and kill the terrorists wherever they are." After weeks of prep and handling, Kerry sounds like ... George W. Bush! That is, except for the "collossal error in judgement" part.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:10 PM
Next comes the spin cycle
One hour until the spin machine cranks up. My pre-debate guess: Kerry does better than expected, Bush doesn't screw up, and there will be no memorable zingers.
posted by Geoff Pender at 8:04 PM
Ha, ha, ha who is this, really? What about my hair?
Dear Geoff, You are SO sweet to be hosting this webcast.I have always thought you were the cutest reporter at the paper. Your picture on this website proves it! UR2hot!If you are ever in Oxford, stop by the Tri Delt house and say hello to your fan club. When my girlfriend and I are back on the coast we would like to meet you in person!
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posted by Geoff Pender at 7:59 PM
Bring back the one-pieces
I just can't believe the skimpy little swimsuits they're making them wear this year -- oh, wait, wrong show. This is the one where they debate, Donald Trump judges their business accumen, then fires one, right? You guys better start hitting that "send" button soon. This blogger doth digress. I can't help but notice NBC is airing "Will and Grace" before the debate.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 7:46 PM
Do or die for Kerry
As for the debates being crucial to the presidential race... I don't think so. The debates are crucial to the Kerry campaign. Bush is the incumbent and in the lead. Kerry has the most to gain, Bush has the most to lose. Look for Kerry to break the rules (time, confrontational questions, addressing the opponent). This is do or die for the Democrats.
posted by Geoff Pender at 7:11 PM
Public vs pundits
Funny, these first coupla' public sentiments are quite opposite of what the pundits have been saying all week, that this debate is key to the presidency, crucial to the commonweal. I would love to know exactly how many voters are swayed by debates. Though, I don't know that I would trust any poll that claimed to quantify it.
--Geoff Pender
posted by Geoff Pender at 6:56 PM
Nothing new
Political debate questions should come from a public gathering, not hand-picked topics that can be rehearsed. The debate tonight will not discuss anything new.
-- Jack Capdau, Diamondhead
posted by Geoff Pender at 6:30 PM
Count me out
I plan to skip the debate and read a good book. If you would like to know some of the real facts please see http://factcheck.org/,an unbiased not for profit site sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania.
-- Charles Gallagher
posted by Geoff Pender at 6:18 PM
Welcome to The Sun Herald's Web log for the first presidential debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry. The debate, the first of three, begins at 8 p.m. and airs on CNN and local ABC, NBC, FOX and PBS affiliates. Your comments and observations are welcome, and I'll try to keep mine minimal and pithy. We have a few early-bird postings already -- mainly from folks who don't believe presidential debates are worth watching. I'll get those up momentarily, then update periodically until about 7:45 and go "live." I plan to keep posting for about a half hour or so after the debates, unless the boards are really lighting up beyond that, or unless the chat has died down. Thanks. Enjoy!
-- posted by Geoff Pender
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We took the train from Seattle and public transportation all over Portland.
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