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BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - The Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic has established itself as one of the premier bluewater events in the world based on a simple, but very powerful brand. That brand is Big Boats chasing Big Fish in hopes of winning Big Money.
Case in point. The 2012 Classic awarded more than $1 million in cash payouts.
Along the way, boats from the Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Mexico as well as the East Coast have joined vessels from the Gulf of Mexico states to fish for blue marlin, dolphin, tuna and wahoo.
"We've had boats from the Bahamas to Mexico and the East Coast fish the Classic," Tournament Director Bobby Carter said. "We have had anglers from all across the United States come to Biloxi to fish."
This year, we have a captain from Hawaii. That captain is Momi Bean and the Catchin' Up team, a 70-foot Hatteras.
"This place [Biloxi] is great," Bean said. "Everything is here for us to enjoy. You have the casino and the hospitality is excellent. This tournament is run by good people and Bobby Carter is well-known all across the world for putting on great tournaments.
"We come here because we like the money. You take a chance to make some extra money. The money is right here so we are going to got out and let it all hang out."
In terms of fishing the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, Bean stopped short of saying which body of water he prefers.
"The one thing I like where I am from, a small island named Kona, we can catch blue marlin two and three miles out of the marina. The furthest we go is 15 miles. But the Gulf of Mexico has the [oil] rigs and that's where you will find the bait and the fish.
"I love fishing both areas and it's a challenge. The big thing is to be safe and have fun. You do that on whether it's the Pacific or the Gulf."
The 17th Annual Billfish Classic opened Friday at the Point Cadet Marina in Biloxi with scales open from 3-9 p.m. On Saturday, scales will be open from 3-9 p.m. The final day is set for Sunday with scales open from noon to 4 p.m.
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La Garita Wilderness (Saguache District)
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The wilderness is filled with beautiful scenery and many wildlife viewing opportunities. For those wishing to be far away from everything, this is the place.
Recreation - The predominate recreational activity in this wilderness is hiking and there are a number of wonderful trails to choose from, many of them following creeks. There are a number of trails that offer loop trip possibilities and there is also fishing at Machin Lake.
Climate - Mountainous terrain influences the climate visitors find. Elevations range from 7,500 feet to over 14,000 feet at the top of several mountain peaks. In general, the climate at low elevations is cool and arid while the high country is cold and humid. Average precipitation varies from under 8 inches at the 8,000 foot level to over 50 inches in some alpine areas. Snowfall varies significantly in the Forest. North Cochetopa Pass commonly receives two feet of snow in a year when Wolf Creek receives six to eight feet.
Summer is short and frost may occur anytime in high elevations. Annual temperature extremes range from 90 degrees in summer to 30 degrees below zero in winter. Rapid weather changes, with temperature changes of 40 degrees in periods as short as four to six hours, occur frequently.
Location -
This remote area is accessible from two locations. Forest Road 787 is accessed from Highway 114 and it continues south past Stone Cellar Campground to the wilderness boundary. Forest Road 744 is a four-wheel drive road that goes southwest from the campground. There is also a long dirt and then four-wheel drive road from South Fork which accesses Wheeler Geologic Area.
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- The Gunnison and Rio Grande National Forests both claim parts of this large expanse of wilderness. The main attractions to the region are the Wheeler Geologic Area and 14,014-foot San Luis Peak.


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Tuesday, 18 November 2014
The Magic Of Christmas
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Stunning, as always Emma... A real inspiration! XReplyDelete
This is beautiful, can I ask which punch you used for the holly as it's fab too! xReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! :)Delete
The punch I used is a Woodware punch which I bought from The Glitter Pot and it's such a great punch which goes through quite weighty cardstock, which is fantastic! http://www.theglitterpot.co.uk/products/Woodware_Punch_Super_Holly/4109/0
Hope the link helps and thanks once again! x
Brilliant card!!! I love the frame.ReplyDelete
Stunning card. I love what you've done with the poinsettia leaves!ReplyDelete
thanks do much, just ordered it!ReplyDelete
Stunning and so pretty Emma, what a fantastic way to make a keepsake card. Not able to leave a comment on the other blog as it is only allowing G+ commenting :-) xxxReplyDelete
what a brilliant use of printed papers. you do take hem to the next level or a couple further above that! hugs xxReplyDelete
Emma...LOVE LOVE LOVE your work. You are so talented !!!! Stunning and fabulous artwork !! Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
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Thank you for all your comments and messages, they are all appreciated and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon...
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Hello Friends !! These days There is a game which has created so much buzz and excitement here and there among the internet and that is Flappy bird. There are few games which stand out on mobile phones. not due to the good quality of graphics or the depth of gameplay nor the story.rather, it is ridiculously simple yet extremly hard and Flappy Bird Cames in top of that list, So hate it or love it. it's Must have game for you and your phone. Not because it is great enough but it is difficult to complete. oh, and it's free too.Flappy Bird is a mobile game for iOS that has been countlessly mentioned across various gaming sites and social networks (especially Vine), which have helped this small title by Dong Nguyen climb up the charts in the App Store. It is a combination of Nintendo-style, Mario graphics including the familiar green pipes and an awkward looking bird. Players are tasked with flapping their way successfully between the green pipes. So today we thought why not to bring this game as a widget. Yeah you heard it right it's a widget and you can say you can generate some traffic too by installing this widget. beacause visitors will love to play this game in big screen and while visiting your blog. So today i will tell you how to install flappy bird game in your website.
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Left Tuesday night, made it to Weed and crashed in a rest stop for the night. Drove all day today, meeting up with a friend in Tacoma. Now I'm in a hotel (a shower is good) because I'm meeting two people tomorrow, including a reader/commenter on this blog! Hopefully will get to sleep at the ferry terminal Thursday night so I can catch a Friday morning ferry to Friday Harbor.
I don't know why, but I used to have a really bad attitude about the I-5 corridor section of Oregon. Driving through today I found it quite beautiful and not at all hillbilly :-) Rain started at about the Mile 1 marker and continued intermittently until about the time I crossed the Columbia River. Time really seemed to fly--except, of course, for rush hour traffic in Portland.
Off to bed now, been a long day.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Hey, I'm up in the Tacoma area myself! I'll wave to you as you drive by.
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Had I known you were there, too, we could have meet at the local watering hole (aka Starbucks!). Thursday evening I had a very enjoyable meet-up with reader PeggyU and her husband, who brought snackies down to Anacortes and joined me for tea.
Pseudo- Had I known you were in Tacoma, I would have given you a holler to join us. :) We are up near the border, so Anacortes is about an hour drive (although it is now road construction season, so times may vary.)
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Why I don't already own a pair of staple leather shorts beats me!
I think I have been on the hunt for that perfect pair that I never seem to find and until I find it nothing will compare. I have this image in my head of what I want from cut, to fabric to overall look.. even down to the fine details of hemmed vs. non hemmed, pockets vs. no pockets.. Ok when I put it like that I I do sound super over obsessive but come on, there's a lot to think.. isn't there?
But like all those staple items in your wardrobe like your leather jacket and blazer if it isn't the perfect fit and feel what's the point of having it. You want it to be there for years to come and not as disposable as that flanno you thought was so 90s grunge but just looks like a homeless mans.
However at long last I need to hunt no more! These ksubi leather shorts look buttery soft, they curve slightly at the hem to make my extremely short legs look that bit more elongated and the clean, simple design make them the perfect shorts to wear time and time again.
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Training for ultras, even if you go to great lengths to incorporate training in every element of your daily life, still takes significant time. Managing your family and/or professional life can be a challenge. If you don't have a spouse, kids, or even a job, ride that wave as long as you can. You'll never have this much free time. Well, at least for a number of decades.
Anyway, in the event you do have a spouse, kids, and/or a career, balancing these responsibilities can be a challenge. Here's some practical advice:
- Set priorities. Mine always went something like this: Time with spouse, time with kids, ultra training, work-related stuff.
- Develop a training schedule that has a minimal impact on other responsibilities. This may involve training after everyone else goes to bed or before they wake up in the morning.
- If you have to miss a workout, don't fret. Missing a single workout isn't going to doom your plan.
- Give your spouse plenty of time to follow their own hobbies. We all need our own "me' time. It may also help to lavish them with gifts.
- Understand that most opposition to an ultrarunning spouse is rooted in resentment. The non-running spouse feels as if they are shouldering an unfair burden. Having open, honest communication about sharing responsibilities will usually cure this issue.
- Bring your kids with you using a jogging stroller or, if old enough, have them ride their bike behind you.
- Get your spouse hooked on running ultras, too.
When I was building my endurance base early in my ultrarunning days, Shelly and I were having lots of babies. When the babies got on a fairly reliable sleep schedule, I'd leave to run after they woke up in the middle of the night. This allowed Shelly to sleep for a few hours undisturbed and allowed me to stick to my training plan. As our kids aged, finding time to train became easier.


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BER will deliver school improvement support services to designated campuses in the Region 6 Education Service Center area for the 2018-19 school year. Successful school improvement support occurs in collaboration with campus and district leaders, teacher teams, and ESC 6 partners through coaching and the use of evidence-based strategies adapted to the local context.
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Meet Madeline and Justin. Before Madeline's bike accident left her with a traumatic brain injury, she and her twin sister were inseparable. So were her parents. But now, Madeline's parents are divorced and Becky has become rebellious, angry, and sneaky. Even worse, she doesn't seem to want Madeline around anymore. At least Madeline knows she can always rely on the miniature therapy horses she visits every week.
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Together, Justin and Madeline help each other to reconnect with the important people in their lives - and with the lives that they thought they'd lost.
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text: The Irish system of land ownership was seen by many post-famine reformers and analysts as the main factor predisposing the country to the worst consequences of famine. It comes as no surprise, therefore, that some of the most pertinent and noteworthy thinking to take place in Ireland during the second half of the nineteenth century was concerned with 'the land question'. The demand for land reform had already been made by the Young Irelanders, a group of cultural nationalists who had joined the Repeal Association in 1841 and subsequently organized themselves around their consciousness-raising newspaper, the Nation. Thomas Davis, one of the leaders of the group, had attacked the landlord and tenant system, describing it as an evil legacy of 'the rank feudality' of a darker age. Over against feudal landlordism he had set udalism, an earlier and (in his view) superior form of freehold tenure based on the rights of both the community and the individual tiller. In Davis's conception of udalism, 'the soil remained the property of the tribe, though the crop was the property of the tiller' (1889:45). On the death of the head of a family, 'his land returned into the common stock of the clan, and at the same time land was distributed in such quantity as was convenient among his children' (46). However, with the Norman invasion and subsequent English conquests, udalism gave way to feudalism and landlordism, resulting in what has now become Ireland's 'master-grievance', a grievance that Davis articulated in exclamatory italics: 'Ireland itself, belongs not to the people, is not tilled for the people' (55).


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Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say
I am in desperation today, in whatever possible way, to write something. Ten years have got behind me in my current job. I received a congratulation or two – the usual ones that come from the upper respiratory tract along with CO2 and traces of water vapor. There is nothing from my heart to pat me for living these 10Y. How can I blame others? I've consistently failed in different roles and capacities, yet carefully avoided depression. This cliché song by Pink Floyd is one of the very few of theirs I listen. I had to reopen and read the lines today, Time and again.
That was yesterday. 24 hours since then and still I am not able to add, edit or delete a single word. That's how a classic is designed to behave. Let me copy/paste and celebrate. I'm relieved of the eerie feeling that I thought I'd something more to say.


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"South Park" tonight absolutely skewered Catholic League President Bill Donohue in a ridiculous episode that used the Da Vinci Code formula to claim their was a centuries-old conspiracy to cover up the fact that St. Peter was in fact a rabbit -- Peter Rabbit.
Donohue, a firebrand in the culture-wars arena, is so hell-bent on capturing and killing Snowball, a descent of Peter and the rightful heir to the papacy, that he actually imprisons Pope Benedict and Jesus. The blasphemy only grows worse as the episode moves on, peaking when Christ bisects Donohue, who has appointed himself pope, with a throwing star.
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Also, see this site for a fantastic summary of the legal wranglings that have resulted from the dispute between Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers (Terri's parents). (Hat tip: NakedVillany.) After reading the report of the guardian ad litem appointed by Jeb Bush, I have to say I see Michael Schiavo in a whole new (sympathetic) light, and I can better understand his motivations. But, dammit, there ought to be a better way than starving someone to death. And, visit this site for a synopsis of the Terri Schiavo case.
As most of you know, Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who suffered severe brain damage back in the early 1990s due to interrupted blood flow to her brain, is currently in her fourth day of a state court-ordered deprival of food and water. The effect of the court order, which not only removed her feeding tube but also denies any attempt to provide Terri food and water by mouth is to sentence this woman to a painful death by dehydration and starvation in a week or two.
So, what's the big deal, some people say. The woman is brain-dead. The doctors have said so, and the court has determined so. Pull the plug and let her die so the whole ordeal will be over. That's fine... except that Terri isn't brain-dead, and there is no plug to pull. The only way available to the court to end her life is by denying her access to food and water... something that would kill anyone. If Terri were someone's grandmother living at home after a severe stroke, her guardian would be prosecuted for attempted murder if they were caught denying an invalid sustenance. Why would we treat a woman who has harmed no one, whose only 'crime' is that she has suffered a serious injury, with less regard for her individual rights and her personal comfort that we do monsters like Ted Bundy?
The reason Michael Schiavo gives for fighting to have his wife's life ended by denying her any sustenance is because she is so severely brain-damaged that she will never improve. Therefore any rehabilitation is a waste of money and it would be best for Terri if her life were ended, a position she allegedly agreed to in an off-the-cuff statement she made to her husband years before her injury. Are these valid reasons?
By any objective evaluation, Terri does not meet the criteria for being in a Persistant Vegetative State, according to Florida state law:
(12) "Persistent vegetative state" means a permanent and irreversible condition of unconsciousness in which there is:
(a) The absence of voluntary action or cognitive behavior of any kind.
(b) An inability to communicate or interact purposefully with the environment.
She is responsive to external stimuli, can track and follow objects, and does show signs of recognizing her family members. The true tragedy of Terri Schiavo's situation is that she is as much a victim of the legal system as she was of the disabling accident that caused her brain injury.
It is true that in the original court trial, the presiding judge, Judge George Greer, asserted that it was established as a "finding of fact" that Terri Schiavo was in a Persistent Vegetative State as defined by Florida law. But it is also true that in every single appeal where this "finding of fact" was challenged, the appeals courts have held that since the trial court established this "fact" it cannot be challenged on appeal. In other words, if Judge Greer made an error of fact during the original trial, that error cannot be overruled by an appeals court. Judge Greer has similarly been unwilling to revisit his decision despite being repeatedly urged by the Schindlers and after being presented with seventeen sworn affidavits by medical doctors who dispute his finding.
Michael Schiavo has argued that his wife once expressed to him that she would never want to live if she were in a vegetative state, and he has two members of his immediate family who back him up on this. Interestingly enough, however, he failed to provide this information during the medical malpractice suit he filed on his wife's behalf, instead promising to work with Terri for the rest of his life. He only remembered Terri's "wish to die" in 1998... five years after he filed the malpractice lawsuit and after he won over $1 million that he promised the civil jury would be used to provide for Terri's care and rehabilitation. That was the same jury that Michael Schiavo repeated his wedding vows for, and that he promised he would take care of his wife for the rest of his life. Evidently, winning the lawsuit changed Mr. Schiavo's opinion on his promises.
Michael Schiavo is Terri's husband in name only. Michael has moved on; he has been cohabitating with another woman, whom he characterizes as his 'fiance', since before the lawsuit was settled and they have two children together. As of this date, Mr. Schiavo has not spent a penny of that settlement on rehabilitation for Terri Schiavo as he promised under oath he would to the jury. To the contrary, he has denied her even ordinary medical and hygenic care, with one result being that after not having her teeth brushed for several years Terri had to have four teeth extracted due to extreme decay in 2004. He has denied her any routine medical treatment for infections, and has stated under oath that he hoped that infections Terri suffered would worsen into sepsis and result in her death. Michael Schiavo has had Terri categorized as an indigent and the cost of her care is borne by the state of Florida for the past several years. Do these examples sound like the efforts of a caring husband who would do anything to help his wife?
Where has the settlement money gone? Over $500,000 has been spent on legal fees to pay the attornies Michael has hired to accomplish his goal of cutting off all sustenance to his wife. More money has gone to 'administrative expenses'. Judge Greer has ordered the records of disbursements of Terri's money (the money received by her estate as a result of the malpractice suit filed by her husband) sealed so Terri's family and the public have no exact accounting.
Terri Schindler Schiavo comes from a family of practicing Catholics, and there is extensive evidence that she was a strong believer in the tenets of Catholicism, among them being the tenet of the sanctity of all human life. Her life is filled with anecdotes that fly in the face of her husband's assertion of her desire to die if somehow she was incapacitated. Isn't it suspect then, that only her estranged husband Michael Schiavo and his immediate family are witnesses to her so-called proclamation while Terri's family and close friends unanimously state that such a proclamation is opposed by everything she believed?
As evidenced by the assertions of dozens of otherwise-disinterested doctors, and as demonstrated by several videos on the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation website (videos that Michael Schiavo went to court to attempt to prevent their being seen by the general public), Terri is cognitive. One of Terri's lawyers, an officer of the court, has reported that on Friday, the day of the removal of the feeding tube, Terri tried to speak to object to having the tube removed. This lawyer has filed an affidavit, and her statement was made under penalty of perjury. If you believe that Michael Schiavo is right, that Terri is in a persistent vegetative state, then I ask you to look at the videos (here and here) on the foundation website, and judge for yourself whether Terri appears to be cognitive and responsive to external stimuli.
The real puzzler here is, why is Michael Schiavo still fighting his wife's family and attempting to effectively put Terri to death? My personal opinion is that the original reasons for his position have faded in importance, and the dispute between Michael Schiavo and the Shindler family has taken on a life of its own. Michael will not back down now for reasons that go beyond logic and into the realm of emotion. I'm not going to condemn Michael Schiavo for moving on, for finding someone else, and for building a new family and a new life with that person. However, I do condemn him for not doing the right thing: divorcing his current wife, Terri, sometime between the time he met his 'fiance', had two children with her, and the present. I would think that his 'fiance' ought to be just a little bit worried about whether Michael will take his marriage vows to her more seriously than he has with his current wife. I personally find Michael Schiavo to be repugnant.
I, for one, hope that the federal judge issues a temporary stay so Terri can have her feeding tube re-installed. I hope that both Michael and Terri Schiavo appear in front of a Congressional committee and that some truth is discovered. I hope that the federal judge authorizes new evaluations of Terri by independent medical experts so that the question of whether she is in a Persistent Vegetative State can be conclusively answered for the record. I hope that some light is shone on where Terri's money was spent, and if it was not spent towards Terri's rehabilitation then someone is held legally responsible for misfeasance or malfeasance. I hope that Michael Schiavo decides to truly move on with his life, divorces Terri, marries the mother of his children cum fiance, and gives Terri over to the people who truly love her -- the Schindlers -- together with whatever money is left from the judgement. I hope that the state of Florida would pass a law that would apply to any and every incapacitated person, so that they cannot be denied proper medical and hygenic care without an express written statement.
I am not a particularly religious person, but I have said a prayer for Terri and her family. I hope you will, too.
Note: More information on this issue can be found at Michelle Malkin, LaShawn Barber's website, Powerline, and Captain's Quarters (who covers the MSM's attempt to influence public opinion on Terri instead of reporting public opinion).


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Lets play a game: What is bigger than my pachina? The Hindenburg, a 747, and apparently my baby, whom the doctor reported today is: "well on her way (weigh) to 9 pounds."
Now for those who have met me in real life, you recognize that I am delicately boned (consult my picture if you cannot remember.) On a nightly basis I point out all of the bones you can still see among my voluminous flesh. These bones include my elbows, my forehead, and an ankle bone assuming I have not had too much salt. How, might I ask you, is this baby supposed to come out of fine-boned little me?
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The Newman Catholic Collegiate Student Leadership Conference
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
Our school is a multi-cultural environment which allows student to become independent and we promote community cohesion. On our academy council, we have our head boy Sach and our head girl Mollie, two prefects and 8 academy council representatives. As an academy council we hope to make a difference to our school and allow students voices to be heard.
St Wilfred's Catholic Academy
Our academy is dedicated to working together and making things happen. We have a charity team who are always raising money. Representing the school we have Ben who is sporty and cares for others. Ellie is a bright and helpful girl and there is Izzy who is intelligent and confident in what she does. Our school council hopes to make our lunch hall better, and raise money for CAFOD.
St Joseph's
We won the Diana awards, and bronze, silver and gold Sainsbury's sports awards. We hold many cake sales and fundraisers. Representing our school we have Jerry, who likes football and representing the school; Emily whose favourite subjects are history, geography and maths. Luke who likes to represent the school in sports and Georgia whose favourite subjects are art, science and English. Already this year we have achieved the gold sports medal and we are trying to keep it up. We want to make our school a better place so people like school more and have more fun.
St Peter's Catholic Academy
Our school is big and everyone has great respect for each other. We have good education and we are welcoming, therefore involve everyone. We recently went to London to visit the houses of Parliament, and we met Prince Charles at Middleport factory. Representing the school we have Wiktor, Weronika, and Abby who are very sporty. We also have Sushi, Bryan, Imasfah and Huzaifa who are very kind and creative in all areas. This year we hope to achieve high levels in our SATS, help charities, improve school playgrounds and improve displays.
St John's the Evangelist
At our school we have meetings often and have fundraising events like cake sales, Christmas fayres and non-uniform days. We have a gardening club which has won 2 gold awards. We offer bikeability and have a woodland area at our school. Representing our school we have Lucy who is a dancer and is happy, we have Amelia who loves football and is bubbly, Harry who is a martial-artist and a Port Vale fan, and Ben who loves football, is a mathematician and can be loud. This year we are holding a race night at Kidsgrove town hall to help our fundraising and we hope to bring out an anti-bullying DVD.
Our Lady and St Benedict's
We are a catholic school and go to church. We use the creative thoughts and feelings of the pupils to help their learning and we show compassion and love to others. Representing our school we have our school councillors: a head girl who is confident, friendly and loves to dance; our head boy who is fun, bubbly and confident; and our other representatives who love to read and have creative personalities. This year we hope to have more frequent meetings, and have more drama, dance and art clubs to let the students show their creative side.
St. Mary's
Our school go on great trips, it is loving, caring and kind. Our representatives our head girl Summer and she is true and honest. The head boy is Morgan and he is a good leader. The deputy head girl is Amy and she is really kind. The deputy head boy is Alfie and he is sporty. The council representatives are Jess, who is smart, and Joe who is the best footballer. There is Kelsey who is amazing and really kind. There is Sam who likes football, and Amelia who is great at break-dancing; they are the year 5 representatives. Our school council is committed to our school and dedicate each Friday afternoon to discuss our changes. We hope to achieve an Xbox one and a swing set for the younger years. We support CRY, a charity dedicated to finding heart diseases. We went to London to visit the houses of Parliament too.
Our Lady of Grace
We have a small school, we take part in a lot of activities though. Our representatives are Josh, who likes football and rugby and Eli who likes to dance, swim and play football. We want to meet with St Mary's for school council meetings and raise money for CRY. We also went to London to see the houses of Parliament.
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It's Been a Crazy Year!
May 19, 2011
It's been almost a year since my last post. That's due to several things. I got engaged, I got married, I am about 2 weeks away from selling my house, and I've had a serious case of writers block. But I figured that my 3 avid readers need to be brought up to speed, so I plan to do a whirlwind posting-palloza over the next couple weeks.
I'll start with the engagement since that was the next big event after my lasik (which I still can't believe took me so long to do).
We went to Cabo for the 4th of July last year. He got the last AA Advantage seat in first class so, since it was a short flight, I decided not to spend the money to buy a first class ticket. Coincidentially, and completey not planned, his brother and sister-in-law were on our flight to Cabo, up front, in first. So the three of them sat up front while I was in the back with the chickens.
I was ok with the seating arrangement, but since they all knew this was THE weekend, they felt bad and his family tried to get me moved up, unsuccessfully.
On Saturday morning we had breakfast and went for a walk on the beach. We walked and took pictures for about an hour, then sat down on the beach. It was a little overcast and I started getting chilly, but he insisted on taking more pictures of the waves crashing onto the beach.
After a little while, he said, "I'm through messing around, let's get married." I said "Ok", but we'd had similar conversations before, so I didn't think he was serious.
He told me to find a shell and we would take it to town and have them make a ring out of it. Still not believing him, I told him I didn't want a shell ring, I wanted a diamond ring. Then he pulled a little red box out of the camera bag. It was a total surprise. I was stunned into silence, then said "Yes!"
He told me that he had asked my parents earlier in the week while I was out of town. He even tried to rearrange my dental appointment because they knew about it and thought that they wouldn't be able to keep the secret.
I immediately made it Facebook official and we got the greatest comments. They ranged from Congrats! to Who's the lucky guy? (after almost 15 years no one thought it would ever happen).
We decided to get married in Italy. I've been told that the two best days of wedding planning are when you start and when you are done. The engagement was just the beginning...


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There are 3 card-jitsu villains in club penguin and they are:
Name: Scrap
Favorite food: energy gels for athletes
Favorite Movement: invisible guitar with his racket
Peculiarity: can do 50 pushups in a row. And he likes to show it to everyone.
Quote: "Were you! gonna be so fast you will not even notice!"
Name: Tank
Favorite Food: Farmer's Breakfast (eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns, toast, pancakes, extra sausage, extra bacon)
Favorite Dance Move: He's doing it right now…
Quirk: Growls when he hears the name Sensei
Quote: "GRRUGH!"
Name: Sly
Favorite Drink: Cola in a can
Favorite Food: Chicken wings with blue cheese dip
Quirk: Obsessively polishes his bowling ball while scheming
Quote: "Oh yah, we'll get 'em. Ooooh Yah…"
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Clubpenguin – Rinai
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I recommend this hotel. The service was great. When calling the housekeeping for extra towels I received them in a timely matter. The employees were friendly and very helpful when asking for directions.
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Sydney, Australia – 8 March 2017 – Brother Industries, Ltd., a parent company of Brother International Australia and one of the leading global manufacturers of laser and inkjet printing devices, has won the iF Design Award 2017 across seven categories.
The iF Design Awards 2017 received over 5,000 entries from 59 countries around the world. This is the tenth consecutive year Brother has been named as an iF Design Award winner and has now received a total of 62 awards, including the seven won this year.
Running since 1953, the iF Design Awards is now one of the most prestigious international design competitions and is hosted and judged by the iF-International Forum Design, in Hannover, Germany. It is recognised around the world and judged not only on external appearance of the product, but also on criteria such as functionality and environmental performance.
"We are extremely honoured to receive the iF Design Award again this year", said Stefanie Dixon, Marketing Specialist at Brother International Australia. "These accolades recognise the concerted effort Brother continuously makes to pursue improvements in design quality and product innovation to provide superior value to customers.''
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It's no secret that the alcohol industry is associated with being rather focused on luxury, so the LE TRIBUTE cocktail bottle designs are a clear example of this at play.
Created by design agency SeriesNemo in Barcelona, Spain the LE TRIBUTE -- Liquid Experience Tribute -- consists of three bottles in total with gin, mezcal and tonic water represented.
The avant-garde design aesthetic is focused on by the agency in order to convey a certain sense of being both old and new in feeling. The color, shape and visual appeal of the LE TRIBUTE cocktail bottles bring to mind the lavish aesthetic of art deco and the lifestyle associated with it.
The LE TRIBUTE alcohol packaging connects with consumers by paying homage to heritage, whilst highlighting a contemporary edge.
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Turquoise-Tinted Gin Bottles
Canadian Craft Vodka
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The LE TRIBUTE Cocktail Bottle Designs are Contemporary and Classic
- By: Michael HemsworthMay 29, 2016
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What is Sentai? 3 Sentai is one of the most popular genres in Japanese popular fiction, and this frenetic flavor of sci-fi action-adventure first came to America as the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers franchise during the early 1990s. There's been at least one new Sentai series on Japanese television each and every year since the late 70s, and thanks to the success of the Power Rangers, similar shows have been a staple of American kid's television for two decades now.
Sentai adventures emphasize teamwork: an elite squad of 5-6 colorful, spandex-clad superheroes use phenomenal gadgets, martial arts talent and equally colorful giant robots to battle alien monsters the size of small office buildings. As a genre, Sentai is predicable and formulaic to a fault: each episode follows a similar pattern. The Sentai team investigates some crisis, fights some low level adversaries until the episode's real villain reveals itself. After battling the episode's mastermind to a standstill, the villain grows to enormous size thanks to vile magic or alien technology, and to finally destroy the villain, the heroes must do the same, activating their own mecha or tapping into size changing circuitry built into their costume.
Alone, you're powerful. You're a skilled martial artist wearing an armored body stocking capable of shrugging off small arms fire and backed by an array of crime fighting gadgets years more advanced than anything else on Earth. As part of an elite Sentai, though, you're unbeatable! When backed by your allies, your kicks sail higher, your punches are stronger, and your weapons find their mark more often. You're as skilled at watching your friends' backs as you are your own, and together your Sentai is definitely more than the sum of its parts.


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At Providence, Faith Guided Learning™ seeks to educate the whole student – mind, body and spirit.
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Our Mission at Providence is to equip students to be firmly grounded in Biblical truth.
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'The Quiet Pioneering of Jonathan Harvey,' Mitteilungen der Paul Sacher Stiftung Nr. 31 (2018)
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1 Pascal Dusapin: Item – solo cello music played by Arne Deforce (æon)
We tend to think of exactness as concentrated, and to that degree confined. An exact point will be as small as possible, an exact line as narrow. But what Arne Deforce discovers here is an exact fullness, a sound that is stretched tight to the far edges of all it can be, with nothing spilling over as accidental. Harmonics will be accompanied by the whisper-rasp of hair on string, but this, too, is part of the sound. Everything is meant. And therefore everything is meaningful.
Coming so soon after his remarkable double album on the same label devoted to a very different composer, Richard Barrett, the achievement is astonishing, and yet it depends on the same control of dynamic envelope and colour, the same fine tuning, the same long breath, carrying right through a movement.
The cello – or, one should say, Deforce's cello – turns out to be as apt an instrument for Dusapin as it was for Barrett, but in another way, an instrument vibrating in sympathy with its siblings across the Eurasian landmass, and yet separated from those siblings. Immer, perhaps the pinnacle piece, has a first movement strongly evoking North Indian music, in its variation of short modal phrases, its decoration of notes, its colours, its occasional pauses when an avenue has been for the moment exhausted. And yet there is the sense, too, of the written. The music is the perfect image of what it is not.
Slow, the second movement places the emphasis not on variation, and therefore on momentariness, but rather on what persists, revolving through grave double stops in the bottom register, through harmonics, and through low melody that holds fast to its flickering disintegrations in bounces of the bow or noise effects. The finale, again slow, restores the Asian character, but once more under the sign of a question mark. This is music that is absolutely present, but cannot find its place in the world.
Listening through Dusapin's solo cello music chronologically, as Deforce's programming encourages one to do (with occasional ventures into pieces with clarinet – Dusapin has two of these – or for clarinet alone, the companion musician being Benjamin Dietjens), one is likely to be surprised by the arrival of Dusapinian modality in Invece, a piece from 1992, after the intemperance of the previous decade's output. (There is a similar shock in the procession of Dusapin's first five string quartets provided by the Arditti on the same label.) Go back, though, and the earlier music may be found not so different, in its search for foci that will always turn out to be labile, for an identity that, in being inhabited, vanishes.
Oct 11: public interview (BCMG, Birmingham)
MUNICH, June 8: Coming a decade after his last major work, the latest piece by Helmut Lachenmann, first performed in Munich on June 7 and 8, had a huge amount of anticipation to satisfy. It did. Its title, My Melodies, testifies to the playfulness that has moved more into the centre of Lachenmann's art, though this is nothing like the outlash of irony he produced last year in his Marche fatale, in proof of which that absurd-exquisite, overblown-sensitive, totally ridiculous and manifoldly intriguing proposition was included on the programme, with the new piece following after intermission. What we have in My Melodies is a completely serious and yet so light voyage into the hidden corners of the orchestra, playing continuously for well over half an hour.
The work's subtitle is 'Music for 8 Horns and Orchestra', and the golden choir of those stated instruments duly sits in a horseshoe around the conductor (Peter Eötvös here, getting magnificently precise playing), with a large orchestra behind and around them. There are sequences, especially in the early part of the work, where the golden choir is a golden fountain, bubbling up with radiant sound. For much of the time, however, the hornists are blowing into their separated mouthpieces to produce air sounds, or touching in other marginal effects, and abandoning their centrality. Attention shifts to what is happening elsewhere, of which there is a huge amount, mostly taking place in a quietness to draw in the ear.
One might imagine a lightly lit gauze of ever-shifting sounds, sometimes twinkling, sometimes softly rubbing or rasping, sometimes peaking in single events. Two pianos, to left and right, spark each other off. There is a Japanese moment, with evocations of the koto from pizzicato strings and percussion. There is a Tibetan moment, when several cellists play singing bowls. We are often in the faint but persistent light of the composer's opera. And everything sounds fresh, as well as beautifully and intricately imagined. If the title remains a bit of a joke, we certainly get to hear Lachenmann's harmonies, and even more so his sonorities. Placing Serynade (a dynamic and exact performance from Pierre-Laurent Aimard) in the first half was a brilliant choice, its veiled sounds, brought forward by pedalling and amplification, a perfect preparation for listening to what floats over larger surfaces in the new work – floats serene, and occasionally catches at us caustically.
PARIS, April 10: Boulez's compositional output, ring-fenced during his lifetime, is bound now to grow. The prospectus for next season at the Philharmonie de Paris promises an early piano piece, Prélude, toccata et scherzo, to be performed in public for the first time by Ralph van Raat. A much bigger question was answered at the same place when the Diotima Quartet gave the joint world première (with the Arditti almost simultaneously in Berlin) of the fourth movement of the Livre pour quatuor, the work that occupied Boulez for almost a year and a half when he was in his mid-twenties and recovering from – also pursuing – the demolition work of his Second Piano Sonata.
Except in the third and fifth of its six movements, the quartet does not hold still for long. Listening to the Diotima performance felt a bit like trying to keep hold of a large octopus having tentacles studded with diamonds, these being the exquisite sounds and telling gestures produced by individual players in every bar. Or one might have thought here was a quartet shredded, a rushing succession of wonderful moments being played out of sequence. Delight and bewilderment, then. And probably mutually dependent. This is music that is always refusing continuity, a refusal that is essential to its bristling beauty and that ends up achieving the wholeness so adamantly being questioned.
As expected, the fourth movement is not so different from the second (but without the drama) or the sixth (but longer). Quite unexpected, though, and very powerful was the effect it had on the whole, not just simply in extending the work to around an hour but also in separating the two largely slow movements, the aforementioned third and fifth. The fifth, now arriving after the almost unrelievedly fast and spiky fourth, came across as one of the great string quartet adagios: sonorous, finely detailed, expressive. This was the music, more than the fourth movement, one felt one was hearing for the first time.


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By Corey Erdman
According to Hennessy Sports, veteran heavyweight Martin Rogan has rejected the contract offered to him to face British and Commonwealth champion Tyson Fury on September 11 in Belfast.
As previously reported, once negotiations hit a snag, Fury's team began negotiating with Canadian champion Neven Pajkic for the same date. The bout will not be able to come together for September. Rick Smiciklas of Wild Card Promotions, Pajkic's promoter, indicated that the undefeated prospect suffered a tear in his chest earlier this year, and would need more than one month to prepare.
With past negotiating troubles between the two parties, there is inherent pessimism, but both sides agree that a fight in mid-October or early November is a possibility, with several open dates available in Toronto, Ontario, and Rama, Ontario, Canada.
"The M M A boom has slowed down a bit, and this fight could really revive boxing in Ontario," said Smiciklas. "These guys really hate each other."
Pajkic has fought all 16 of his professional bouts in Canada. Fury has made an appearance in the Great White North as well, scoring a shutout eight-round decision over journeyman Zack Page last December.
Corey Erdman is a member of the Yahoo boxing ratings committee, and a host at theScore on SIRIUS 158. Follow him on Twitter @corey_erdman


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David Troll and Mary Alice Bowlby, co-chairs of the RSVP golf scramble, report that response has been good so far and their committee is working hard to make this event a success. This is the first time that a golf scramble has been planned to raise funds to benefit the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Somerset County. RSVP recruits and places people ages 55 and older into volunteer service with non-profit organizations.
Currently the organization is assisting in the recruitment of volunteer drivers for the Somerset Area Ministries Van program, which provides free transportation to area hospitals, doctors' offices and loved ones' homes. Debbie Baker, RSVP project director, also reports that her organization is able to provide accident insurance, life insurance, plus meal and mileage reimbursement to enrolled drivers ages 55 and older.
Transportation is available to all Somerset County residents, regardless of income, and is provided free of charge. To schedule an appointment for a ride, or to inquire about becoming a volunteer driver, call the Grace United Methodist Church in Somerset at 443-6354.


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(Reuters) - Canada's benchmark stock index rose for a third straight session on Tuesday, driven by gains in the share prices of energy producers and financial companies, as positive economic data from China boosted sentiment.
Surveys showed that China's factory and services sectors in May reached their strongest levels in months as demand rebounded.
While a drop in copper prices weighed on some mining stocks, the energy sector benefited from an advance in the price of U.S. crude oil.
Investors also looked ahead to the release of the closely-watched monthly U.S. jobs report on Friday to see how growth in the world's biggest economy was shaping up.
"There's really no bad news out there. Even the concerns about China are easing a little bit, with the stimulus push by the policymakers there," said Marcus Xu, portfolio manager at MY Capital Management Corp in Vancouver.
"We're in a bit of a trading range here," he added. "Every time the market makes a new high, it had to revert back a little. But I think the market will slowly trend higher," he said.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE closed up 53.93 points, or 0.37 percent, at 14,734.69. The index is up more than 8 percent so far this year.
"We believe that the Canadian stock market will end the year higher than where it is right now," said Irwin Michael, portfolio manager at ABC Funds, who expects much of the growth to come from natural resources sectors.
Six of the 10 main sectors on the index were higher on Tuesday.
Financials, the index's most heavily weighted sector, added 0.5 percent, with Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO) climbing 0.7 percent to C$54.35.
Shares of energy producers advanced 0.7 percent. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNQ.TO) rose 1.4 percent to C$45.15, and Suncor Energy Inc (SU.TO) added 0.4 percent to C$42.22.
With the price of copper futures down 0.9 percent, diversified miner Teck Resources Ltd TCKb.TO gave back 1.3 percent to end at C$24.19.
In corporate news, B2Gold Corp (BTO.TO) said it would buy Australia's Papillon Resources Ltd PIR.AX in an all-stock deal worth $570 million to gain access to its Fekola gold deposit in Mali. B2Gold shares dropped 2.3 percent to C$2.56.
Iamgold Corp (IMG.TO) shot up 12.1 percent. The gold miner said it was unclear why its stock had surged in afternoon trading and stressed that the company had no news pending at this time.
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I have to say, I have never been a huge fan of this organization. This may just seal it for me.
I received this from them today...
Dear Members and friends -
Mazamas Executive Council will be making a signifigant and difficult decison on Tuesday March 12th, 2013 surrounding the proposed mountain bike park development at Timberline Lodge, which is scheduled to start construction in the summer of 2013.
Friends of Mt. Hood with support from the CRAG law center have asked the Mazamas to be involved both in name and with administrative and financial support in a forthcoming lawsuit and injunction against the USFS and Timberline/RLK Mgmt. to stop the building of these mountain bike trails.
Executive Council will be deciding if we should participate in this lawsuit and injunction next Tuesday at 7PM and wants and needs YOUR input on the decision. There are a multitude of issues to consider, as well as signifigant potential costs and benefits on both sides of the decision.
Mazamas has previously opposed the project at the recommendation of Mazamas Conservation Committee because the Executive Council agreed that it was very important that the USFS carefully evaluate the potential enviromental impacts of the project. The USFS performed an Environmental Analysis and issued a 'Finding of no signifigant impact' decision http://goo.gl/wHqcq on 11/19/13. Mazamas then signed onto an administrative appeal of this decision to the Regional USFS office. On 2/28/13 the Regional USFS office affirmed the decision by Mt. Hood National forest to allow the project to proceed, along with a variety of mitigation and monitoring efforts.
Here is the USFS page with several linked documents on the project:
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument - Home
Here is the Timberline Lodge website describing the development:
Mountain Biking | Timberline Lodge Timberline Lodge
Here is the Friends of Mt. Hood page describing their position on this development:
Timberline Mountain Bike Park Proposal
Meeting Details
The meeting will be held on March 12th, 2013 at the Mazama Mountaineering Center at 527 SE 43rd Ave. in Portland and discussion around this item will begin at 7PM. All members and the general public are welcome to attend. Anyone who wishes to present or speak to Executive Council on the matter will be alloted 2-3 minutes. Please contact Lee Davis our Executive Director at email@example.com in advance and/or arrive as early as possible if you wish to speak and no later than 6:20PM so that we can get you on the list. We intend to fairly divide the presentation time between differing viewpoints. We are encouraging input and expect high attendance. Presentations will end at 8PM, Executive Council will discuss and debate as they see fit until 8:20PM and the decision will be made at 8:25PM.
Thank you,
Doug Couch