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I went to Arizona over the weekend to take care of some business and visit some family. I was to be picked up from the Phoenix airport by a gal we have worked with for the last 8 years on the way to an appointment. I had a fairly early flight on Saturday morning but I did manage to pull myself together with hair and makeup and a decent looking outfit. The flight was fine and we arrived a little early so I thought I'd stop in the rest room before meeting my ride. I checked the mirror, put on fresh lipstick and made sure my hair was in order before I left the restroom. As I was walking out the door I could see a short woman walking into the restroom on the "wrong" side of traffic, looking down at the ground. I could see the imminent crash coming, so I just stopped. About six inches in front of me she finally realizes I'm there, looks up and says "Excuse me sir!" before stepping aside. WTF?!?!?!? I'm in full hair and makeup, wearing a feminine outfit, walking out of the WOMEN'S restroom and she's eye level with my rather obvious endowments and she's calling me 'sir'? Wow. That's all I've got. Just, wow.
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Last I checked...
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LOL. only you.
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Worldwide Wednesday
Are you excited? Are you wondering "what the heck is she talking about!?" Here's the deal. For at least one week or weekly if I can remember to do this, we will explore the world and things knitterly. Museums, shops, blogs, podcasts, whatever is in the world that promotes knitting. It's a wide topic but I figured I need something fairly broad to keep this up more than a few weeks.
First up - The Victoria & Albert Museum
I LOVE this place. Every time I go to London this is one of the first places on my list to go see. It's not your typical museum. Not many paintings and statues but instead it's a craft museum. They have textiles you wouldn't believe including fabric from King Tut's tomb and little,tiny perfect lace samples. They have a clothing section of historical outfits. They have stained glass - wrought iron - quilting - crochet and yes folks - a big knitting section.
If you're not able to get to London in the near future you can enjoy quite a bit of the V&A in your own home. They have a large knitting section on the web site with oh so much to explore.
The sections of this web site include: Knitting Items from the Collections; Share Your Knitting with Others; Your Stories of Learning to Knit; Regional Knitting in the British Isles & Ireland; Knitting Designers; Knit a Work of Art; 1940s Patterns to Knit; Knitting Patterns for Children; Free Knitting Patterns from Rowan; Knitting in the Archives; Knitting Links; How to Knit on Video; Knitting Podcasts; and Knitting Booklist. Clearly they believe in knitting.
Since I have no pictures from inside the V&A, I leave you with a pic of a yarn shop in Wales. This is Undy Yarns in Magor, Monmouthshire. The building is a converted church. They're still in business according to the web site.
Let me know if you like the idea of Worldwide Wednesday. Next week - Shetland Knitting - WWII Knitting and maybe a few other museums on line.
Stay warm - knit.

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WASHINGTON — As presidential candidates battle in New Hampshire and beyond, an older generation of prominent politicians is bemoaning the whole polarized scene -- grousing that could encourage New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to jump into the race and transform the political landscape.
On Monday, a bipartisan group of these elders is meeting at the University of Oklahoma to urge candidates to set a less divisive tone and stop catering to their narrow political bases.
That centrist yearning -- an oft-recurring theme in American politics -- is shared by Bloomberg, who denies White House ambitions but whose aides are exploring a possible independent bid for president.
He plans to attend the Oklahoma forum and may find a receptive audience.
"The main point is to talk about the need for a new tone and greater bipartisanship," said former Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa), who also plans to attend. "Whether it is the makings of a third-party movement, that's for time to develop."


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Pc rips how a doodle doody.
Posted 12 June 2003 - 04:45 AM
I need to get GTA copied for my own personal backup
Whats easier a rip or an image?
Posted 12 June 2003 - 06:41 AM
http://www.megagames.com, thats the only site i knows that provide alot of information regarding from burning to ripping. A software, called " WinISO " seems to be able to do the trick IMO
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use clonecd, and if you havea compatible cdrw drive, it'll make a perfect backup, otherwise you'll need to download a crack.
even then, if your drive isn't capable, clonecd will let you emulate the cd protection, and run it without a crack, i believe. i don't know, because i have a lite-on drive, and they do all protections afaik.
asus ones are good too.
Posted 12 June 2003 - 04:08 PM
Thanks for the info.
Magni thanks for the site
Posted 15 June 2003 - 03:34 PM
Or else you could use CDRWin
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One of my most popular posts here was an interview with Claude Bouchard, published on 11/3/12. It attracted a blog record of 500 hits and inspired me to raise the bar for future interviews.
I've continued to read and admire CB but saw no valid reason to do a second interview--that is, until now.
Claude Bouchard Unchained 2 is coming your way in early November. Subtitle: Escaping Into Asylum. In it, CB will open up about the one book that most divides readers. Did the devil make him write it? Or was his Muse simply in a wickedly mischievous mood?
The floor will be his. And I'm certain he'll surprise us all, myself included.


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Chuandixia Village
Situated about 90 kilometers from downtown Beijing, Chuandixia Village(爨底下村) becomes well-known for its 500 well-preserved quadrangle dwellings in the possession of over 70 families, which can date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. It's referred to as the Potala Palace in Beijing. The construction of these antique dwellings integrates tile carving, stone carving and wood carving, with elaborately carved gate piers, rational layout, unique features and various shapes. Chuandixia Village marks the first time that relatively well-preserved ancient architectural complex is discovered in China. Every year, its peaceful tranquilities, distinctive architecture, abundant cultural relics and picturesque natural landscape attract an increasing number of tourists there. It's also a paradise of photographer and shutterbugs for its unique natural beauty. About accommodation, the local villagers are very content to receive you and maybe tell you some history and culture about this ancient village.
Chuandixia Village (Photo source from the web)
Local House(Photo source from the web)
A Local Restaurant(Photo source from the web)
Facts about Chuandixia Village
Located in the Valley of Jingxi Mountain in the west of Beijing, Chuandixia Village covers an area of 5.3 square kilometers, with the elevation of 650 meters above sea level. It enjoys monsoon climate of medium latitudes, with the annual average temperature of 10.1℃ At present, there are 29 families and 93 villagers altogether. Now, Chuandixia Village is a state-level unit for relic protection, which records and witnesses the historical development.
What to See in Chuandixia Village
Chuandixia Village is of great tourism value. Of course, the most significant ones are these ancient historical quadrangle dwellings in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Besides, it also features some historical relics, including ancient grind, ancient well and some ancient temples, such as Quan Cong Temple in the symbol of the god of wealth, Temple of Goddess praying for children and Buddhist Temple blessing people.
These years, Chuandixia Village vigorously develops folk-custom tourism, such as farmhouse enjoyment which is flourishing in the village. Local villagers are quite hospitable to travelers and you can go to a farmhouse to enjoy an authentic local dish and know about folk customs while talking with the host. Besides, Chuandixia Village is also a film base and the base for traditional education in the west of Beijing.
Surrounded by mountains and verdant trees, the natural scenery of the village is just like a diamond in the rough, where you can appreciate vast expanse of terraced fields, Chinese herbaceous peonies, various flowers, running brook, flock of sheep and a colony of bees. In the northeast of Chuandixia Village, there is a mountain named Mount Miaofeng, which is dangerously steep and features layer upon layer of peaks and knolls. Its main peak is 1,291 meters above sea level. Mount Miaofeng boasts amazing natural landscape, such as wondrous pines, grotesque rocks, sea of clouds, waterfalls, red leaves, karst cave and boundless roses in full bloom in early summer.
Board and Lodging
It's relatively cheap for you to get accommodation and have meals in Chuandixia Village. It approximately costs 50 yuan for 3 or 4 persons to have farmhouse dishes, such as stewed small fish, baked corn or millet cakes on a pan and bean curd grinded by local villagers themselves. In the village, nearly every quadrangle dwelling is available for tourists, containing double room, triple room, room for 6 persons and room for 10 persons. Among those, the price of a relatively good double room is about 50 yuan in ordinary times. Booking one in advance is necessary.
Solo Adventure Tips:
Zhaitang Town (斋堂镇), Mentougou district (门头沟区), 90 kilometers from Beijing City
How to Get There?
You can take No.929 bus from Pingguoyuan and get off at Zhaitang Station, which takes about 2 hours. Or you can take No.326 bus from Pingguoyuan or take No.336 bus from Zhanlan Road Station and then get off at Hetan bus stop, and then take a bus to Chuandixia village. Besides, there are direct buses which depart from Pingguoyua at 7:30 and 12:40, and arrive at Chuandixia at 10:10 and 15:30 respectively; Also, the buses go back from Chuandixia at 10:30 and 15:40, and arrive at Pingguoyuan at 12:55 and 18:05 respectively, with the ticket price of 8 yuan per person.
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Attraction Type: beautiful mountain village with well-preserved antique courtyard dwellings
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Yep, after just over two years I've finally reached the point where I'm going to the polls. In possibly a first of its kind I'm putting my life in the hands of the great public of the world.
I'm committing myself to boycotting two items from the following list, which was partially determined by readers of the Daily (Maybe). I'm sorry I'm only committing to two but because this is really real I'd be lying to you if I said I was going to do the lot, and I don't want to lie.
There's also the option of not boycotting anything (presumably on the basis that they don't work) in which, if that's the choice you make, I will vow not to partake in consumer boycotts of any kind. At all.
You'll notice some fresh additions like Kettle Crisps and Religion and I'm hoping that readers will make the case for what they think I should boycott as the month progresses. Also feel free to highlight links that will help people make their choice, or even write your own posts on how you think people should vote - I'll link to them if I know about them.
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A little while ago my sister Barbara told me that her daughter had bought a quilt at an opshop. My niece decided to give the quilt a jolly good wash. That's when a big whoops happened. The quilt had woollen batting and it shrunk!. My sister offered to unpick the quilting and I said I would re quilt it.
This is what it looked like before:
I looked long and hard at this quilt before I started working on it. It was hard to decide what would be appropriate. When I ironed the quilt to prepare it for the frame I discovered that the piecing was not that good. All those set in seams were a bit of a challenge for the patchwork constructor. The centres of the stars didn't sit flat. There was worse to come – the borders had been stretched as they were applied so they are smaller than the centre of the quilt. So I decided on my McDazzle on a large scale all over.
I do love this pattern. The stars pop and then the baby bocks seem to explode away from the stars.
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You were once a normal human, just like the people you pass on the street. But that was a long time ago. Now you no longer walk among them as an equal. You are not like them any more. You have become something more…
Amaranth is a game of modern dark fantasy, of personal struggles and dark mysteries. The world is a scary place, and when you're special you seek out other kindred spirits.
Every character in Amaranth have a mythological heritage. They are eternally young and they will never die from age. They also have a hunger for something other then food, something only humans can give them. If they don't satisfy this craving, be it for blood, breath, hair or perhaps dreams, they lose access to the mystical powers they have inherited.
What I want to create is a flexible system that enables people to create characters based of a myriad of mythological creatures. I don't want more vampires, werewolves or ghosts. I want to see something new, something different. I want people to mix and match cool powers, interesting traits and colourful drawbacks to create something unique.
I will end with some sample characters ideas:
* Halifax Carstairs, the patient and calculating undead British gentleman with a taste for human breath.
* Jennifer Skidmore, a half-unicorn martial artist with cloven hooves and a bad temper.
* Andy Wong, road development manager by day and raging minotaur gang leader by night.
* Artemis Jestus, no other sasquatch on the block is better at software development, mixing drinks or making human burgers.


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Record Release Celebration
Ars Nova Workshop presents the first Philadelphia concert by the Steve Lehman Trio since 2009, and Lehman's first local appearance since ANW's three-night Composer Portrait: Fieldwork series in March, 2011. Tonight is a Record Release Celebration for the trio's Pi Recordings CD, Dialect Fluorescent.
"A breathtaking accomplishment, a blast of urban futurism at once hypnotic, kinetic and kaleidoscopic," The New York Times writes about saxophonist-composer Steven Lehman's 2009 Octet LP, Travail, Transformation and Flow. The extraordinary album, which ranked high on many year-end-lists, explores Lehman's interests in both jazz and spectralism—a composing practice that emerged in the 1970s with composers such as Tristan Murail, with whom Lehman is currently studying at a Columbia University doctoral program.
"Unlike many jazz-identified artists who have pursued formal composition as a distinguished sideline," writes The New York Times about the Fieldwork saxophonist's singular merging of jazz and modern composition, "Mr. Lehman proposes a risky but intriguing syncretism." Whether working with artists like Anthony Braxton and Vijay Iyer, or with the Janacek Philharmonic, JACK Quartet or the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Lehman blurs the lines between worlds and consistently offers a unique musical vision, making him one of the most forward-thinking young composers today.
Tonight, his trio with bassist Chris Tordini—who's worked with Ari Hoenig and Tyshawn Sorey—and drummer Damion Reid—who's worked with Reggie Workman and Rudresh Mahanthappa—perform Lehman's highly original, demanding, diverse and intricate compositions. They are celebrating the release of their new Pi Recordings album, Dialect Fluorescent.
Ars Nova Workshop is a Philadelphia nonprofit jazz and experimental music presenting organization. ANW informs, inspires, and challenges listeners to elevate the role of jazz, improvisation, and experimental music in contemporary culture. ANW events provide a forum for discourse, emergent trends in contemporary music, and unique forms of cultural exchange, while nurturing a diverse community for innovative music.


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Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle marks the return to television, after a decade's absence, of one of the finest stand up comedians working today. The series sees Stewart tackle a different topic each week in his inimitable fashion - all of it thoughtful and challenging.
The show is recorded at the atmospheric Mildmay Club, a working men's club in Newington Green.
In Series 1, Lee's stand-up is broken up by sketches related to the stand-up topics. In the second series, Armando Iannucci punctuates the stand-up performance with searching questions for the comedian that ensure he keeps his feet on the ground. Series 3 onwards sees Chris Morris take over the interviewer's role.


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Black Bear is proud to have developed this logo for Stone Mill Station a beautiful outdoor retail shopping center outside Athens, Georgia.
Stone Mill Station is slated to be a boutique, high end, luxury retail shopping destination. We wanted to give this logo an elegant, but approachable, feel. The colors are traditional, but the icon of the structure is contemporary and clean. The final build will reflect this branding with stone architecture and a possible water wheel feature on the property.


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BJP demands mechanism to show funds' utilisation by J&K govt
BJP today demanded a mechanism toaccount for utilisation of central funds given to Jammu and Kashmir government for development of the state.india Updated: Jul 11, 2013 14:44 IST
BJP today demanded a mechanism toaccount for utilisation of central funds given to Jammu and Kashmir government for development of the state.
BJP National Executive member and state party spokesperson Jitendra Singh demanded that the government must come out with precise details to prove its claim that central funds were being allocated equitably among the three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
"There is a popular perception that central funds are being callously swindled or misused by the powers-that-be on the pretext of militancy which has, ironically, according to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, declined, which is why he is demanding revocation of AFSPA," Singh said here.
"There ought to be a mechanism in place to account for the utilisation by the state government of this liberal financial assistance flowing into J&K from the Centre every year," Singh said.
He was reacting to the plan size for the state which was finalised after a meeting between the Chief Minister and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia recently.
Singh said although the approved plan size per se for the state was Rs 7,300 crore for 2013-14, there was an additional Rs 3,500 crore expected to flow in for various centrally- sponsored schemes.
Besides, Rs 710 crore would be available from the central plan for Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana projects and Rs 600 crore for PMRP (state sector) ventures.
Hence, the total plan assistance from the Centre to the state is expected to be about 12,110 crore during the current fiscal, he said.
Singh said the NC-led coalition government should explain to the people of the state as to where this huge amount was going every year even as the current inflation rate in the state stood at 8.64 per cent, which was higher than the All India rate of 8.33 per cent.
"What is more, during the first seven months of 2012-2013, J&K recorded an inflation of 11.63 per cent as compared to All India figure of 9.9 per cent for the same period," he said.
Singh also pointed out that the Gross State Domestic Product growth rate of the state during 11th Five Year Plan was only 6 per cent, which was lower than the national average of 8 per cent.
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I decided to go to CASS which has an interesting collection of art supplies.
En route I popped in to Oxfam, and there I got my 2nd 'find' in a week....a small porcelain tea-plate with Lakshmi in the centre.
Lakshmi has been around a lot recently. I went to a Psychic Cluedo event as Lakshmi, and won a prize for my presentation, then at an experimental creativity evening I was invited to be Lakshmi again, and here is the plate, waiting for me.Sheer delight.
This is the image in the centre of the plate and next week I plan to paint her. Her essence began to come through when we did some painting at the Creativity evening and I think even more would like to be expressed. And yes, I did get some pastels 50 pieces with 49 colours.I hope they go down well.


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7Thiab Xala hais tias, "Leejtwg yuav hais tau rau Aplahas tias Xala yuav pub mis rau menyuam noj? Tiamsis kuv yug tau ib tug tub rau nws rau thaum nws laus heev lawm."
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Jon Thomas Stokkeland
IT leader with strong infrastructure background
Born in Norway in 1972, Moved to USA in 1999, now living in Candia, New Hampshire - have a small home network - working on obtaining a place much further south. I have a degree in what was then (1993) called "Automation and Mechanics", but has later been named Mechatronics. 26 Years of Professional experience, starting in electrical engineering (Automation/controls/robotics), and 20 years in IT Engineering, projects and management.
In the world of IT i've done the whole Geordi La Forge, from Netware to Windows Server 2016, Punch Cards to SAN, v.22bis to QSFP+, and so much more... I have done a lot of hands on in the world of technology, as well as managing staff and projects. Projects always need care from start to end, in most cases it never really ends, with the continuing development and renewal cycle, expansion, and adaptability needed to keep the business competetive.
I started in industrial process and production integration and monitoring - then moving into infrastructure and systems - and then lately into development and implementation in healthcare. Focus now is on security/compliance/risk, infrastructure, cloud, specialty VOIP, mobility - and a bit of everything else.
On the industrial/controls side I have worked on Anything from PLC/HMI projects with a few I/O, to larger distributed systems and production lines, from Relays to EtherIP, from DCS to NRT, and so forth.
Control systems integration has become mainstream in the last few years, automating plant data to integrate with business/ERP systems. Manufacturing environment, or even just processing facilities like a water treatment plant, all contain a lot of data that can be recorded, the tough part is weeding out the useful information, and creating reports and/or alarms that make sense - I have seen a lot of useless nice looking reports over the years.
I Believe my strength is the ability to see the overall picture and staying focused on the right details, troubleshooting and problem solving, and finding the balanace between path of least resistance versus the by-the-vendor-book solution. Understanding the business and applicable technology, a certain degree of overkill is needed to assure future ability and longviety, but you don't need a V8 to run a Mini Cooper - if you think the Mini will need to be replaced before it's capital depreciation period, then lease it.
I am a bit of a geek, but not the complete a-social nerd that some may think of when they hear the word. My diplomatic/people skills, combined with my technical abilities, logical sense, and management experience, I know I could take on nearly any position within IT management. I do however have some requierements of my own; challinging, involve technology, some Linux/UNIX, general sense of humor amongst staff, and I need some hands on time. I don't want to get stuck producing and reading reports all day - variety is always a good thing, so medium to small environments usually suits me well.


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A reader appreciates the fact that most Americans seem to be keeping their eye on the big picture (rather than the aberrant behavior of some prison guards) in Iraq. He wishes, however, that more would keep their eye on the big big picture – our progress in the larger, long-term war on terror, of which iraq is but one front. Here's how our reader sees that picture:
"We'd been under attack for a few decades, and post 9/11 Bush elected to do what his predecessor was too weak to do – to do the hard thing, the right thing, to stand up and fight back. That aggressive stance is bearing fruit:
* despite attacks around the world, we've not been attacked in the homeland since 9/11
* Afghan terrorist training camps wiped out and foreign fighters there nearly completely gone now
* Saddam Hussein and his boys wiped out, the Iraqi terrorist cross-roads under our control, with a shot at stable democracy
* we know have a base in the heart of the middle east from which to operate in coming decades as we fight Islamist terror
* this guy, Khan, running the nuclear bazaar out of Pakistan, has been outed and has been talking
* as a result of our presence in iraq, we're no doubt picking up a great deal of good intelligence first hand
* the UN is apparently in the process of being outed as massively corrupt, crooked to the core, and not to be trusted with our security
* we have a clearer idea who our friends are around the world, and a clearer idea that the French are not our friends
* Libya's Khadafi gave up his nuke efforts
* some of Iraq's WMDs may have been located – in Jordan – and we may yet find more
* our economy is booming. . .
* a light has been shined on the entire middle east, and I think the muslim world is in the process of self-assessment
"Perhaps best of all, now that Bush put an end to America's acting like a sitting duck and gotten aggressive in the middle east, we may 'know what we don't know', which beats the heck out of wondering what is going on out there in a dangerous world and simply hoping the CIA is able to answer that question with some accuracy.
"I think Iraq is going reasonably well, and the wider, long-term war on terror remarkably well…our aggression has cost us hundreds of lives, but I think our continuing to be weak on terror would have carried a far higher price."
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Official proposals to extend the statutory environmental assessment regime in Scotland were issued for consultation on 19 July.1 Seven classes of project will in future be subject to assessment, and a number of other changes will be made to bring the present system into line with EC law.
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Another arrangement similar to the Anorak Unit music. This time including the Holy District theme (Panzer Dragoon Saga), Destiny Begins (Episode 1 of Panzer Dragoon Zwei), and Sona Mi Areru Ec Sancitu (Panzer Dragoon Saga end credits).
The artist explored how the themes from Panzer Dragoon Zwei reoccured in Panzer Dragoon Saga, with the track culminating in an anti-climax.
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Glycemic Load and Insulin Index
Hopefully we are all aware of the term glycemic index (GI), which is a measure of how quickly blood glucose (BG) levels (i.e., blood sugar) rise after eating a particular type of food. Glucose (the defining standard) has a GI of 100. The effects that different foods have on BG levels vary considerably. The GI estimates how much each gram of available carbohydrate (total carbohydrate minus fiber) in a food raises a person's BG level following consumption of the food, relative to consumption of pure glucose.
A practical limitation of the GI is that it does not take into account the amount of carbohydrate actually consumed. A related measure, The glycemic load (GL) of food is a number that estimates how much the food will raise a person's BG level after eating it. One unit of GL approximates the effect of consuming one gram of glucose. GL accounts for how much carbohydrate is in the food and how much each gram of carbohydrate in the food raises blood glucose levels. GL is determined by multiplying the GI of the food in question by the carbohydrate content of the actual serving.
For example, watermelon has a high GI, but a typical serving of watermelon does not contain much carbohydrate, so the GL of eating it is low. Whereas GI is defined for each type of food, glycemic load can be calculated for any size serving of a food, an entire meal, or an entire day's meals.
For one serving of a food, a GL greater than 20 is considered high, a GL of 11-19 is considered medium, and a GL of 10 or less is considered low. Foods that have a low GL in a typical serving size almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL in a typical serving size range from a very low to very high GI.
Another practical limitation of the GI is that it does not measure insulin production due to raises in blood sugar. As a result, two foods could have the same GI, but produce different amounts of insulin. Likewise, two foods could have the same GL, but cause a totally different insulin response.
The Insulin Index is a measure used to quantify the typical insulin response to various foods. This measure can be more useful than either the GI or the GL because certain foods (e.g., lean meats and proteins) cause an insulin response despite there being no carbohydrates present, and some foods cause a disproportionate insulin response relative to their carbohydrate load.
Holt and her associates have noted that the glucose and insulin scores of most foods are highly correlated, but high-protein foods and bakery products that are rich in fat and refined carbohydrates "elicit insulin responses that were disproportionately higher than their glycemic responses." They also conclude that insulin indices may be useful for dietary management and avoidance of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia.
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GI and GL are interesting and can be really helpful for some PWD. Another good resource is http://www.glycemicindex.com/ where much of the research on GI and GL takes place. ~Lynn @Glucerna
Howdy Chuck
All very good information, however I note that you have linked to wikipedia as your source of information. I prefer to use sources which may not be subject to the whims of whoever chooses to edit the entry like one can in Wikipedia.
Regarding the GI and the GL I much prefer to use David Mendoza regarding that. see ~ http://www.mendosa.com/ His GI/GL lists may be found here ~ http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm in this list he discusses the relationship between the GI and the GL and what it means to the PWD.
God's best to you
Actually, the most comprehensive lists for GI/GL can be found at the University of Sydney's:
Harvard and the Mayo Clinic also posts lists. Much of the information originates from Sydney. The Wikipedia article also has links to lists, including Mendosa's at http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
My concern Chuck was more with the use of wikipedia as links as source material. One can click the link and the good stuff can be there and a month or six later all the good stuff could be gone. Edited away. I shy away from ever using a Wikipedia as a source.
I would hope that people bookmark the University of Sydney's list at:
as this is the origin of the materials that others reproduce. Of course even they change their web content over time. One can use a smartphone app which contains food lists while shopping. This makes it easier to make knowledge-based food selections.
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Falling Victim to "Sponsored Stories"
By Sam Beutler On October 12, 2012 October 11, 2012· 3 Comments
If you were one of the unfortunate many to participate in the Facebook IPO, here is your chance to (partially) recoup your loss. This week, Facebook agreed to a revised class-action settlement of $10 per "victim" of their sponsored stories. The original law suit claimed that Facebook neither sufficiently informed users of their participation in sponsored stories nor gave them the ability to opt out of it.
So who are these "victims?" Well, they come from a pool of users that at one time clicked the "Like" button for a product or a service with a Facebook page. Afterwards, Facebook created "sponsored stories" on the news feeds of that user's friends, showing that the user "liked" the page. Of course, the retailer paid a marginal fee to make these stories appear. In the end, over 125 million Facebook users fell "victim" to the scheme.
If this does not sound like a gross invasion of privacy to you, you're probably not alone. Most internet users understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Instead, there is an unspoken agreement between services like Google or Facebook and their users. The user receives free access to the online applications and search services. In exchange, the user allows these companies to access its browsing and internet habits, in order to generate revenues.
This would seem to be the case with sponsored stories as well. The irony, however, is that when a user "likes" something on Facebook, that story appears on the news feeds of friends anyway. The user is already comfortable with that information being disseminated. In fact, it is likely that the user "likes" the page so that other people know what they are interested in. So why does it violate the user's privacy when Facebook re-shares the "like" to those same friends?
The likely explanation is that this lawsuit did not evolve from a group of frustrated users, embarrassed about the over-sharing of their "likes." Instead, the class-action suit was likely initiated by attorneys and non-profit organizations who seek to gain the most from a settlement. For example, in the original settlement agreement, attorneys and charities were awarded $10 million each, paling the amount awarded to those who suffered the harm.
In the revised settlement agreement, the pot of $20 million will be split amongst attorneys, charities, and affected users. The $10 award per victim is the result is based on an estimated number of users who will go through the trouble to fill out the paperwork. In fact, if every affected user applied for their share of the settlement, it would be less than $0.02 a person. In that case, you may want to start looking elsewhere to recoup your IPO investment.
–Sam Beutler
Tagged with: lawsuits • privacy • social networking
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Will P. says:
I agree Sam that it does seem a little unfair for someone to "like" something, which they would presumably do in order to show others that they like it, and then be upset when Facebook tells people that they like it. It just seems like a nonsense case. Maybe if it were actually litigated it could set some helpful precedent in the event that personal data was actually misused, but I guess we won't even get that.
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Using a print example to illustrate the process:
Imagine a subscriber to a free magazine writes in a letter to the editor, explaining how much they love the product that was advertised in the magazine. The magazine prints the letter in their "Letters to the Editor" section, which seems both legally and morally right. Next, the magazine takes the letter and includes it in an advertisement that it sells to the maker of the beloved product. The advertisement runs in the magazine with a caption "X from Alberque loves this product!".
Legality aside, it seems imprudent to use these unsolicited testimonials without permission, even if they aren't the true customers. If the advertisers are the end consumer and the intermediate users are merely the product being sold, it might be better to reconsider that product in terms of an investment. This seems like a short term gain at the expense of a long term detriment. While many believe that Facebook's dominance in the market will remain unchallenged, there is always reason to worry about a death of a thousand cuts.
As a side note, many Facebook pages require "liking" the page to enter promotional giveaways, etc. and the "likes" don't necessarily carry the same endorsement that is implied by these advertisements. I'm not sure if this runs afoul of state or federal advertising misrepresentation laws, but I know several users which use secondary accounts solely to avoid having their "likes" linked back to their actual account. It would be interesting to see if Facebook's strategy is driving users to fake accounts and if these false market segments are degrading the value of Facebook ads in general.
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Worth noting that the court has not yet approved the proposed settlement, although nothing suggests to me that it won't be. I want my two cents/ten dollars!
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She may have climbed to the top of the charts with her hit "Single White Female," but Chely Wright's single status has just changed. The 1995 ACM Top New Female Vocalist has announced her intention to walk down the aisle with her love, GLBT Civil Rights activist Lauren Blitzer.
According to People magazine, the singer and her soul mate are currently planning to pledge their love on August 20, 2011 in Connecticut.
Along with preparing for her walk down the aisle, the entertainer– who chronicled her personal story of coming out in Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer— is also anxiously awaiting the April 15, 2011 Nashville Film Festival premiere of the documentary, Wish Me Away, which chronicles her road to self-revelation.
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Do You Agree With Louis C.K. About Cell Phones?
Comedian Louis C.K. has built a reputation as an astute and hilarious observer of culture and the mundane details of modern life, and his recent 6 minute commentary while visiting Conan O'Brien about the distracting and destructive nature of cell phones recently struck a nerve online...
Cell phones and children:
"I think these things are toxic, especially for kids. It's bad, they don't look at people when they're talking to them, they don't build empathy.Cell phones and how they distract us from our own emotions:
I was in my car one time and a Bruce Springsteen song comes on. … I heard it and it gave me a fall, back-to-school depression feeling. It made me really sad, and I go, OK, I'm getting sad. I've got to get the phone and write 'Hi' to 50 people. I started to get that sad feeling and I was going to reach for the phone, and I said, 'You know what, don't. Just be sad. Just let the sadness stand in the way of it. And let it hit you like a truck.'
I pulled over and I just cried like a bitch. I cried so much and it was beautiful. It was like this beautiful… it was just this… sadness is poetic. You're lucky to live sad moments. And then I had happy feelings because when you let yourself feel sad your body has antibodies. It has happiness rushing in to meet the sadness. I was grateful to feel sad and then I met it with true, profound happiness. It was such a trip, you know?
The thing is because we don't want that first bit of sad, we push it away…
The topic of when the right time to introduce children to technology is still being debated. And although I mostly agree with C.K's observation of youth today and their misdirected attention toward a screen instead of the world around them, the decision of when to give a child/teen their own cell phone is an even more hot button topic I believe is best left to parents themselves to decide, specific to their own understanding relationship with their child.
But I did take note of what Louis C.K. had to say about the knee-jerk need to continually check our phones when the itch of loneliness, boredom, or even sadness arise. Many smartphone owners, including myself, find ourselves digging into our pockets whenever a moment of quiet or boredom presents itself (one just needs to wait for the end of a movie at a theater to see how quickly we must be stimulated by our phones; the near instantaneous glow of phones illuminate immediately once the credits appear).
The criticisms Louis C.K. lobs at cell phone culture aren't new, but they've obviously touched upon a growing sentiment that people are giving up too much for the sake of "staying connected, while ironically drifting apart from not only personal in-person interactions, but even our own emotions. It's food for thought.
Over the weekend I found myself trying to reset my relationship with my phone and permitting myself to keep the iPhone put away, practicing quiet observation of the world around me rather than relying upon the phone to fill in the voids between interacting with others. Some would call it being bored, but I find watching the world around me anything but boring. The day felt satisfyingly longer, the itch of "needing to know" subsided, and although I probably cannot shut my connected life all day, every day, I thank Louis C.K. for reminding the importance of knowingly disconnecting, if even for just a weekend. If you haven't watched this Conan O'Brien clip above, I highly recommend it.
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We're a little late on this, but please run your f-button to update your lists. As was stated last week, not a lot of progress has been made this month, so we won't be putting up any plot updates, since there isn't much to update at present moment. Again, no one's fault -- November has just turned out to be a total hell month. But good news! Circumstances forced me to quit my second job, so I will have way more time to dedicate to the game, as well as a three day weekend to catch up on things. Thank you everyone for your patience during this difficult and slow period.
More importantly, we are doing our monthly activity check!
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Ready High School wrestler Dalton Scott picked the right time to have a rough weekend.
Ready High School wrestler Dalton Scott picked the right time to have a rough weekend.
On Feb. 18 in a Division III sectional tournament at Cardington, the Silver Knights finished fifth and had only four individuals advance to district.
Scott split his four matches at sectional but advanced to the next round with a fourth-place finish at 120 pounds.
With what he deemed a disappointing finish as motivation, Scott pinned Bloom-Carroll's Sam Regoli in 5 minutes, 12 seconds in his district opener Feb. 24 at Heath to begin a run that ended with a championship the next day.
Scott will be joined at the state tournament, which runs Thursday, March 1, through Saturday, March 3, at Ohio State, by fellow sophomores Bobby Smith (126) and Patrik Garren (heavyweight).
"It felt pretty good since I had an off week the week before," Scott said. "I just didn't wrestle the way I could (at sectional). I kind of fed off of (my previous performance) ... more than I normally do."
Scott is 26-9 and will open state against Jamestown Greeneview's Andrew Hoskins (42-10). Last season, Scott was fifth at district at 119 and attended the state tournament as an alternate.
Scott won 8-7 in a district semifinal over West Lafayette Ridgewood's Cole Zeigler, who had won the sectional at Cardington. Scott's 9-3 win over Cardington's Adam Reed in the final gave him a No. 1 seed for state.
Ready placed sixth (80) at district behind champion Nelsonville-York (129.5) as 48 teams scored.
"He came ready to wrestle," coach Chance Van Gundy said of Scott. "We knew Dalton had it in him because he went into the sectional as a No. 1 seed. The way we looked at it was that our sectional might have been as tough as the district. He just got hot at the right time."
Smith, who is a projected state champion in Brian Brakeman's High School Wrestling Forecast, is 37-2 and opens state against Tiffin Calvert's Joe Brodman (39-7).
Last season, Smith finished fifth at 103 and with a 43-4 overall record. His performance, combined with 2011 graduate Josh Hall's sixth-place finish at 112, gave Ready a 35th-place (18) state finish behind champion Bedford Chanel (99).
Garren and Smith each won titles for the third consecutive week after both placed first in the CCL tournament on Feb. 11 and at sectional.
Garren is 37-5 and will open state against Mansfield Ontario's Josh Collins (30-9).
At district, Garren edged Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley's Joe Newsome 2-1 to capture the title. After pinning Meigs' Zach Sheets in 1:40 in his opener, Garren beat Martins Ferry's Jonathon Bodkin 3-1 and St. Clairsville's Corey Earnest 6-5 to reach the final.
Smith beat West Jefferson's Gennar Feucht 3-1 in a district final but struggled to get past Nelsonville-York's Thomas McLaughlin 4-3 in a semifinal.
Also competing at district for Ready was sophomore Patrick Stover, who went 2-3 and placed sixth at 145. He finished with a 20-9 record.
"I wouldn't say that Patrik was dominating, but he's a district champion as well," Van Gundy said. "He wrestled well in big matches and was pretty pumped to win his last match. (Smith) had a tough district. He's the projected state champion in the Brakeman, but he's also No. 2 in another ranking that's pretty legitimate. I always make it a point to stress that there are five or six kids that could win the whole thing. Bobby's definitely in the running.
"All of that is not to exclude Patrick Stover. He took sixth, so he still had a pretty good tournament."
•The boys basketball team played third-seeded Mount Gilead in the second round of the Division III district tournament Feb. 29 at Central Crossing.
A 51-32 win over Northridge in the first round on Feb. 22 at the same site snapped an 11-game losing streak and improved the Silver Knights' record to 8-13.
The Ready-Mount Gilead winner will play second-seeded Columbus Academy or Berne Union in a district semifinal at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at Central Crossing. The district final is 8:30 p.m. March 8 at the Fairgrounds Coliseum, where the opponent would be fourth-seeded Amanda-Clearcreek, eighth-seeded Johnstown, Horizon Science or North Union.
Against Northridge, Doug Strickler scored 13 points, Brady Taylor had nine points and seven rebounds and Josh Gantz also scored nine.
Ready led 25-17 by halftime and outscored the Vikings 14-4 in the fourth quarter. Northridge finished 9-12.
"Coming off an 11-game losing streak, we finally came out and won, so it was good," Gantz said. "Since our last win, we've been kind of down on ourselves. Our whole team attacked the basket and we were at the free-throw line a lot."
Ready's last win before beating Northridge came Jan. 3 when it defeated Fairbanks 59-31. The Silver Knights opened the season by winning seven of their first nine.
"We have great kids, but we had a tough part of our schedule the last few weeks and got emotionally beat up," coach Don Worstell said. "(Strickler's) a good athlete, a good kid and he's competitive. I also thought we used our depth."


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Madness descended upon the internet earlier this week when the Westworld showrunners stormed into a the /r/westworld subreddit for what proved to be one of the larger online pranks in recent history.
The gist of the prank was simple: the Westworld team announced that they would be spoiling the entirety of the show for the Westworld superfans. Their logic was that the fans of Westworld seem to love guessing spoilers, so they might as well have them all revealed in advance.
In reality, they had crafted a beautiful new Rickroll. You can view it here:
This was a clever stunt, a well-executed, but most importantly: the Westworld team had created a genius act of public shaming that should bring into focus the absurdity of many aspects of internet fan culture.
The real message here is this: The very concept of fan theories needs major examination. Continue reading "Why Your Westworld Fan Theory is Not a Fan Theory"


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Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen
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Rabbi Heidi Cohen has served as a Rabbi at Temple Beth Sholom since 1998. She possesses a desire to share and adapt traditional Jewish concepts to a modern Reform context and a gift of being able to teach people of all ages to embrace the joy of Judaism. Her energy and enthusiasm have made her an important presence on the pulpit, while her knowledge and empathy have been evident in sermons, classes, retreats, and life events.
Rabbi Cohen studies with Jew-by-Choice Students, counsels congregants and non-members, provides hospital and home pastoral counseling, and conducts pre-marital counseling sessions prior to weddings.
Rabbi Cohen is a graduate of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Denver. Rabbi Cohen is the Immediate Past-President of the Orange County Board of Rabbis and serves on numerous community associations, including: the Executive Committee of Clergy for Choice through Planned Parenthood of Orange County, the Interfaith Council of Central Orange County, the Fish Interfaith Center Advisory Council, and the Advisory Committee for Spiritual Development at Children's Hosptial of Orange County. Rabbi Cohen also serves on the Pacific Southwest Regional Boards for PARR, (Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis), ARZA (Association of Reform Zionists of America) and ADL (Anti-Defamation League).
She is married to Matt, a web designer, and has one daughter and one son.
Cantor David Reinwald
Cantor David Reinwald, a Chicago native, has been the cantor of Temple Beth Sholom since 2010. With a passion for music of all styles, Cantor Reinwald considers himself a music aficionado. He holds a Bachelors in Music, Media, and Jewish Studies from Indiana University – Bloomington and was ordained as a cantor by the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in New York City in 2006.
Cantor Reinwald is inspired by Jewish and cantorial music that is both classic and contemporary, and also has a specialization in music written and performed during the Holocaust. Out of his masters thesis research, Cantor Reinwald created an hour long transformative experience and performance entitled Cabaret of the Holocaust: Notes of Satire from the Stages, Cafes, and Streets of the Ghettos. His research is archived in the collections of the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. and at Yad Vashem in Israel.
Prior to joining the TBS staff, Cantor Reinwald has served Temple Anshe Sholom of Olympia Fields, IL, Congregation Beth Israel of Austin, TX and Temple Beth-El of Jersey City, NJ. He also spent a summer working as a hospital chaplain at Beth Israel Hospital in NYC's East Village. He is a member of the American Conference of Cantors Executive Board, where he has served on various committees, and is also a past chair of the student recruitment committee of the HUC-JIR Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music Alumni Association. The cantor's debut album, Here I Stand, was released in September, 2011. He is the creator and host of the unique podcast Tropeful, studying Torah through the perspective of the trope (cantillation) system. Cantor Reinwald loves connecting with people through the universal language of music and is proud to call TBS his congregational family and spiritual home.
Ruth Irving
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Ruth Irving, MBA has joined Temple Beth Sholom as our new Executive Director. As a native Southern Californian, Ruth was active in her synagogue growing up. She has been working in Synagogues for over 10 years and is proud to join the staff at Temple Beth Sholom. With a degree in religious studies and an MBA in Nonprofit Management from American Jewish University, she has a passion for working in the Jewish community. Prior to TBS, Ruth most recently worked at Beth Chayim Chadashim in Los Angeles. She also worked at Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles and Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills before that. Having moved from Los Angeles, Ruth and her husband, Ben, are settling in and getting to know Orange County.
Ruth is eager to meet our congregants and to help us all connect to our temple community and to our Judaism. Please be sure to stop in and say hello when next you come to TBS.
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Jodi Kaufman's reputation as an outstanding educator who earns the respect and adoration of children and adults is well known in the Reform movement. Jodi has developed a forward thinking curriculum and dynamic programming. A 1996 graduate of the Rhea Hirsch School of Education at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, Jodi did her Master's project on Using Technology in Religious Education while earning her Master's Degree in Jewish Education.
Jodi has served on the Board of the National Association of Temple Educators and has served as the chair of the Educator's Council of the Friedman Commission for Jewish Education of the Palm Beaches for the past 3 years. Jodi has served congregations in Nashville, TN, Danbury, CT, Nyack, NY and Temple Beth Torah in Wellington, FL.
Pam Ranta
Director of Early Childhood Education
A native Californian, Pam grew up in the San Fernando Valley and moved to Orange County in 2005. In addition to her home life, her Jewish identity was influenced by active participation and education in her synagogue, Los Angeles Hebrew High School, Camp Ramah, the University of Judaism and Israel.
Pam earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Child Development from California State University of Northridge (CSUN), with an emphasis on Early Childhood Education. She has over 20 years of directorial experience in early childhood centers in synagogue and Jewish Community Center (JCC) environments, most recently at the Merage JCC in Orange County for six years. She is a past president of the Association for Early Jewish Educators and has served on the Education Committee of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Los Angeles. Before moving to OC, she had the privilege of serving as a Mentor Consultant with the Early Childhood Consulting Service – a collaboration of CSUN and the Child Care Resource Center. As a Validator for the National Academy for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE) she had the opportunity to visit many programs and assist them in their accreditation process, as well as directing two NAEYC and BJE accredited schools.
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Rabbi Shelton J. Donnell served Temple Beth Sholom as Senior Rabbi from 1991-2005. In July 2005, he fulfilled a lifelong dream and made Aliyah with his wife Wendy Bocarsky and now resides in Jerusalem, Israel.
Rabbi Donnell now oversees the Year in Israel Program and teaches Liturgy at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He is also pursuing his scholarly interests through various writing projects in the areas of Bible and rabbinic history.
Cantorial Soloist Emeritus Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson, his wife, Elizabeth, and two children have been members of the Temple Beth Sholom family since 1994. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Master of Arts from California State University Long Beach. He has held the position of Cantorial Soloist at Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs and has served as guest soloist in many locations in Southern California. In addition to his responsibilities at Temple Beth Sholom, Mark is a vocal coach, playwright and actor. He has written and produced one-man shows on the lives of famous scientists and philosophers, such as Galileo Galilei and Baruch Spinoza, which he has performed on university campuses across the country. Complementing his love of singing, he plays the guitar and lute and has a special interest in Early Music. He is also an avid amateur astronomer.


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Review of Forgotten by Cat Patrick
Part psychological drama, part romance, and part mystery, this thought-provoking novel will inspire readers to consider the what-if's in their own lives and recognize the power they have to control their destinies.
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I found the concept of this book far too confusing to wrap my head around and I'm fairly sure there's a lot of plot holes in this. I could have done with a better explanation about London's condition, as it gives me a bit of a headache to think about it. Ignoring that though, I loved it! Part mystery, part romance, part coming of age, this book seems to have everything. I think what intrigued me the most about it was the many different covers, despite being released this month. It's not my favourite but my cover is to the right. Actually, I slightly hate this cover. I get the idea behind it but it's just not for me, far too dark. This is a great book if you loved the concept of 50 First Dates as a few elements in it are similar.
London is a great character but she did annoy me quite a bit. Mainly with the notes. If my memory was like hers, I would have written everything down in extreme detail, about five pages long every night, so I didn't mess up or get confused the next day. London just jots down a few bullet points and usually ends up forgetting things. London's boyfriend, Luke, is amazing, he's so patient and takes her out on the most amazing dates. When he first meets her he immediately gives her his jacket, as she's freezing but for some reason London chooses not to remember it's his. I think London was too harsh with him at times and I wish she'd have appreciated him more, as he really loved her.
At times London could be a total bitch, especially when it came to her friend, Jamie, who gets herself into a messy relationship. I could understand why London didn't want her friend dating that person but I think she went about it completely the wrong way.
It was fun following all of the twists and turns of this story. Just when I thought I'd guessed what was going to happen, it turned out to be something else and then there was another mystery to solve. It kind of reminded me of Lisa McMann's Wake in places. This is a very good debut novel and I'm really looking forward to reading more from Cat Patrick!


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If you live in an apartment in Roanoke, VA you know about the return of the Franklin County Agricultural Fair. The fair will officially return this weekend, Sept. 10-13, at the Franklin County Recreation Park. The family-friendly event will include midway rides, a livestock show, student SkillsUSA competitions, live entertainment, food and merchandise vendors, Petting Zoo and Pony Rides, the Dialed Action Sports Team BMX Stunt Show, the Hubba Bubba Clown Show and much more.
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- With the help of All-American Petting Zoo & Pony Rides, learn about your favorite animals – farm-related and exotic – including such species as dairy cows, baby sheep, baby goats, donkeys, llamas, exotic cows, zebras and much more. http://www.allamericanpettingzoo.webs.com
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- Get ready for the laugh-out-loud comedy, amazing magic, juggling fun and more of the Hubba Bubba Clown Show. The stage show is full of audience participation and the strolling act is uniquely clever.
- SkillsUSA involves an applied method of instruction for preparing young adults for work in public career and technical programs. Competitions will include challenges in masonry, electricity, building trades, automotive and more. Organized and hosted by local students, FCHS Agricultural Exhibits will feature 10 exhibits with the goal of educating youth on the importance of various aspects of the agriculture industry.
- Blue Ridge Mountain Garden Tractor Pullers, of Franklin County, have offered family-friendly entertainment since the group was founded in 2005.
- The 4-H Livestock Show will feature farm animals presented by local youth.
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Give up, New Jersey.
This looks a little earlier than 1994. You could tell me it was 1989/90 and I wouldn't doubt it..but it was a bit of a time capsule down there for a while, wasn't it?
The director is making the dvd available on her website ruthlessfilms.com soon, apparently in a few days. I could only find one review of the whole movie (which is not even on IMDB) but it was a positive one. It sounds like these aren't the only good parts, but rather the whole thing is like this. Great double feature with Heavy Metal Parking Lot!
The film was made in '92.
So now I know what Tom Waits was singing about in "Jersey Girls."
doesn't look 90s at all!
The only giveaway is the one dude's ChiSox hat. Other than that, it could've been 1984. Or 2004 for that matter.
so, New Jersey is where all the rocket surgeons come from, eh?
Yes, and they quickly migrate to NYC. The remainder you see portrayed here.
More Joisy bashing. Folks, this country is full of types like those. From sea to shining sea.
I was in Wildwood in 1994. Grey Manor Motel. Midweek special. Almost got a tattoo. A real one. But my girlfriend wisely said, "Don't be an idiot, never go to anyone DJ Diane hasn't recommended." So I had my ear pierced instead & stuck a little silver Horseshoe Crab in it.
Sure, like you wouldn't give your right arm to be a payphone answering murderess, or Dave.
Payphone answering murderess? More like payphone answering lying braggart.
it was a bit of a time capsule down there for a while.
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13-18 (overall), 6-10 (MIAA)
November 6, 2007, NOTRE DAME, IN – Sophomore outside hitter Lorna Slupczynski was named to the MIAA Second-Team All-Conference squad at the annual coaches meeting on Monday afternoon.
The native of St. John, Ind., paced Saint Mary's (13-18, 6-10) all season on both offense and defense. Slupczynski's 3.41 kills per game average led all Belle attackers and was the eighth best mark in the league. She played in 30 of Saint Mary's 31 matches this season and had at least 10 kills in 20 of those matches.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Top seeded Calvin used a balance offensive attack to aid in their 3-0 (30-18, 30-23, 30-23) MIAA Tournament semifinal victory over Saint Mary's on Friday evening.
Calvin, the nation's 16th ranked team, advances to the finals of the tournament as they raised their record to 28-4 while Saint Mary's season ends with a 13-18 mark.
ANGOLA, IN – Fifth seeded Saint Mary's stunned fourth seeded Tri-State 3-0 (30-19, 30-20, 31-29) Tuesday evening in the first round of the MIAA volleyball tournament.
The win lifts the Belles record to 13-17 while Tri-State's season ends with a 13-15 mark. The Thunder swept the two regular season match-ups between the two schools.
ANGOLA, IN – In the final regular match for both teams, the Tri-State volleyball team knocked off Saint Mary's 3-1 (30-26, 30-23, 27-30, 30-22) on Saturday afternoon at Hershey Hall in MIAA action.
The win lifts Tri-State's record to 13-14 overall and 10-6 in league play while the Belles fall to 13-17 and 6-10 respectively. The two teams will meet again on Tuesday evening in the first round of the league tournament. Tri-State will be the fourth seed while Saint Mary's is seeded fifth.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Calvin's Kristen Kalb (25) and Molly Krikke (23) each posted more than 20 kills in leading the Knights to a 3-1 (30-19, 26-30, 30-25, 30-21) win over Saint Mary's on Tuesday evening in MIAA volleyball action.
The win lifts the 16th ranked Knights to 22-4 overall and 13-1 in league play while Saint Mary's falls to 12-16 and 6-9 respectively.
ALMA, MI – Lorna Slupczynski tallied match highs with 16 kills and 30 digs in helping the Saint Mary's volleyball team to a 3-1 (21-30, 30-19, 30-17, 30-27) win over Alma on Monday evening in MIAA action.
The Belles move to 12-15 overall and 6-8 in MIAA play while Alma falls to 6-21 and 2-13 respectively.
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Saint Mary's volleyball team dropped a 3-0 (30-28, 30-27, 30-27) decision to Kalamazoo but rebounded to beat Defiance in a non-conference match 3-0 (30-26, 30-22, 30-25) on Saturday afternoon at the Kalamazoo Triangular.
With the split, the Belles record now stands at 11-15 overall and 5-8 in league play.
NOTRE DAME, IN – In the final home match of the regular season, the Saint Mary's volleyball team posted a 3-0 (30-25, 30-28, 30-27) win over Albion on Tuesday evening.
The win lifts the Belles record to 10-14 overall and 5-7 in MIAA play while Albion falls to 8-14 and 5-7 respectively.
DECATUR, IL – In the second day of the Millikin College Invitational the Saint Mary's volleyball team dropped a pair of matches. In the first match against 19th ranked Central Iowa they lost 3-1 (30-14, 25-30, 30-18, 30-17) and then dropped a 3-0 (30-17, 30-19, 30-24) decision to Millikin in the afternoon.
The Belles now have a 9-14 record.
DECATUR, IL – During the first day of the Millikin College Invitational the Saint Mary's College volleyball swept both their matches. In their first match, the Belles knocked off Franklin (Ind.) 3-0 (30-17, 30-22, 30-26) before beating Fontbonne (Iowa) 3-0 (30-23, 37-35, 30-24) in the nightcap.
The win raises the Belles record to 9-12 overall. On Saturday the Belles will face 19th ranked Central Iowa and Millikin in the five-team, two-day event.
NOTRE DAME, IN – Olivet rallied from a two game deficit to beat Saint Mary's 3-2 (20-30, 29-31, 30-25, 31-29, 18-16) Tuesday evening in MIAA volleyball action.
The win raises the Comets record to 3-19 overall and 2-11 in league play while the Belles fall to 7-12 and 4-7 respectively.
NOTRE DAME, IN – Norak Slenk posted a match high 17 kills in leading Hope to a 3-0 (30-22, 30-22, 30-25) win over Saint Mary's on Thursday evening in MIAA volleyball action.
Hope raises their record to 12-5 overall and 7-2 in league play while the Belles drop to 7-11 and 4-6 respectively.
NOTRE DAME, IN – The Saint Mary's volleyball team ended a seven match losing streak to Adrian with a thrilling 3-2 (30-24, 28-30, 32-34, 30-22, 15-8) victory over the Bulldogs on Tuesday evening.
The win lifts the Belles record to 7-10 overall and 4-5 in MIAA play while Adrian falls to 11-7 and 8-2 respectively.
In Saturday's volleyball triangular, Saint Mary's lost to Tri-State 3-0 (30-20, 30-26, 30-27) in the first match of the day and later dropped a hearting breaking five-game match to Bethel 3-2 (30-24, 25-30, 28-30, 30-27, 15-8).
Saint Mary's record now stands at 6-10 overall and 3-5 in MIAA play.
Kristen Kalb tallied a match high 17 kills to go along with her 12 digs in helping Calvin sweep past Saint Mary's 3-0 (30-17, 30-23, 30-25) Tuesday evening in MIAA volleyball action.
For the Belles, Lorna Slupczynski notched a team high 11 kills while Kaela Hellmann tallied eights kill, four service aces and a team best 15 digs.
With Kalamazoo up 2-1, the Saint Mary's volleyball team rallied to post a 3-2 (28-30, 30-22, 20-30, 30-26, 15-11) MIAA victory over the Hornets Friday evening.
The win lifts the Belles record to 6-7 overall and 3-3 in league play while Kalamazoo falls to 3-7 and 2-4 respectively.
Albion got 21 kills from Morgan Walter as Albion knocked off Saint Mary's 3-1 (30-28, 24-30, 30-26, 37-35) on Wednesday evening in MIAA volleyball action.
The Saint Mary's volleyball team posted their fourth win in their last five matches with a 3-0 (30-14, 30-28, 30-27) victory over Alma on Thursday evening at the Angela Athletic Center in an MIAA match.
The win lifts the Belles record to 5-6 overall and 2-2 in league play while Alma falls to 6-6 and 1-3 respectively.
In a match were every Belles player saw playing time, Lorna Slupczynski led the way with a 15-kill, 10-dig effort as Saint Mary's posted a 3-0 (30-17, 30-19, 30-27) win over Olivet in their home opener Tuesday evening.
The win lifts the Belles record to 4-6 overall and 1-2 in MIAA play while Olivet falls to 1-9 and 0-2 respectively.


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RECYCLING has boomed in Kintyre since three-weekly bin collections began.
However, as people race to recycle, the workers processing the material, many of whom are disabled, are finding increased amounts of food waste and smashed glass mixed in with regular items.
Amanda Card, the boss of Kintyre Recycling Limited (KRL), speaking to the Courier on Wednesday, said that before the three-weekly collections started on October 3, recycling was sitting around 35 per cent but has now virtually doubled.


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Jadakiss 'Paper Tags': French Montana, Wale & Styles P Pop Up on 'Consignment' Track
As Jadakiss preps the release of his forthcoming Top 5, Dead or Alive album, check out "Paper Tags," featuring French Montana, Wale and fellow LOX member Styles P, the first leak from his DJ Drama-assisted Consignment mixtape, which drops later this week.
While "Paper Tags" features some big names, and a decent verse from Kiss, the track, with its plodding Jahlil Beats production and lethargic French Montana hook, never really gets off the ground.
"I'm giving you that crack on the arm. That's why it's Consignment," Kiss says of the mixtape. "It ain't like I'm just giving you some garbage; I'm giving you that crack. I'm giving it to you. Take that, bubble for awhile, come back and cop that album after you get right off this Consignment."
Consignment is due on April 27, featuring Young Jeezy, Waka Flocka, 2 Chainz, Gucci Mane, Fabolous and more.


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Review: Delivery Man
PLOT: An affable loser prone to donating generously at the sperm bank discovers that he's fathered hundreds of children - who know want to get to know him.
REVIEW: Going into DELIVERY MAN, I was prepared for another sardonic Vince Vaughn comedy with another smirky "Everyone is an idiot but me" performance from the actor; seems as though you get exactly what you expect. But I was surprised (might be going too far to say I was pleasantly surprised) to find that the film, a remake of a popular French-Canadian movie titled STARBUCK, is more of a heartstring-tugger, the kind a younger Robin Williams might have found himself in. There's no doubt it's manipulative, sometimes shamefully so, but it's not so bad as far as these things go, and Vaughn turns out to be a rather sympathetic lead.
The pitch is pure sitcom: Struggling loser Dave Wozniak is the low man on the totem pole at his family butcher business (he's the delivery guy), is barely keeping his girlfriend (Cobie Smulders) interested in him and is perpetually in debt. He's evidently always had money problems: twenty years ago he made a minor fortune giving contributions to a sperm bank under the pseudonym "Starbuck"; over 500 contributions, in fact. Now, while he's being hunted by smalltime crooks for money owed and disappointing his family at every turn, Dave gets the news that almost all of those "donations" proved fruitful, and now he has about 500 kids.
Naturally, a movie about a man with 500 children would be stretching the credibility allowed by even the wackiest of comedies, so DELIVERY MAN pairs it down to a little over 100. That is to say, of all those donations, about 100+ of Dave's "children" are actually curious about the man who helped create them. They've hired a law firm to find this mysterious man, whose identity is protected thanks to a contract made with the sperm bank, so now it's up to Dave whether or not he wants to protect his many secrets, or confront them.
Dave's lawyer friend Brett (Chris Pratt) convinces him to fight the request (anonymously, of course), but Dave's curiosity gets the best of him: he starts peeking into the lives of his many kids. One is a basketball star, one is an actor working a coffee shop job, one is a suicidal mess, etc. Before he knows it, Dave is acting as something of a guardian angel to his offspring, all the while keeping his identity hidden from them⦠But things get complicated when he discovers that the whole lot of them have banded together in a support group, which he inadvertently finds himself a part of.
Yes, DELIVERY MAN is filled with ironic conveniences of this kind, and writer-director Ken Scott (who directed the original film) has various degrees of success executing their believability. Of course, we're not here to buy this ludicrous story, but sometimes a movie strains your patience with just how far-fetched it's willing to go, and Scott goes above and beyond the rational limits. (C'mon, he starts hanging out with these dozens of teenagers and A) no one thinks it's even slightly weird, and B) not one of them even guesses that he's actually "Starbuck"?) The director is rather capable at maintaining an agreeable atmosphere; the film is never a slog or dull.
In addition to its implausibility, DELIVERY MAN lays on the sap thick and often. Much of it feels too forced and overly sentimental - especially when we get to the part where Dave learns one of his children is mentally handicapped and living in a foster home. I can take the schmaltzy stuff (and it must be admitted that Scott is not untalented at prodding you in the soft spot when he nails a genuine moment), but DELIVERY MAN is close to crossing a line here, using the unfortunate young man as nothing more than a plot device to help Dave mature and get us reaching for the hankies. Come on, movie, leave that poor kid out of it.
But there's an amiable tone to DELIVERY MAN that makes the proceedings bearable; most of that is thanks to Vaughn, who as mentioned shows off a kinder, gentler side here to positive effect. We get some of the snarky Vaughn that is simply natural to the actor's persona, but for the most part he's a gentle soul here, showing us some range as a man who struggles with his moral conundrum. As his friend, Chris Pratt is the more peevish of the two, cracking off one-liners and asides with humorous ease. They make a good team.
Do I recommend this movie? I recommend it for a certain segment of the audience; a family looking for a none-too-offensive, holiday-friendly comedy could do much worse, but someone seeking out a raunchy number, or something edgy or unpredictable, will likely be turned off by the film's treacly messages about responsibility and family. Yeah I know, who wants to see that stuff, but if you're seeking out something that forgoes the cynical and nasty tendencies Hollywood comedies are prone to these days, DELIVERY MAN might be a welcome respite.


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More emails = more predictions.
Thanks to Fast Company for summarising a huge number; 68 in fact of them. As it shows …well, I stick by my previous post; most are useless.
Still, researchers, analysts and bloggers now have a meta list from which to pick what to copy.
IT Pro favourite analysts Gartner also release a huge volume of reports. Outdoing Fast Company by providing 2012 predictions that span 73 market, topic and industry areas, with more than 300 predictions in total.
There is no excuse for any IT budget requires in 2012 not to include a reference to a Gartner Predicts report highlighting the need for this in 2012.
Of course, knowing with some certainty what is likely to happen is completely useless unless you commit to actually doing something about it. And here, we see no surprises in that most companies will adopt the same approach as the perpetual obese dieter and talk about them, commit to changing … then promptly forget about this, and do nothing. They will then wonder at the end of the year, why users still despise them, business groups want to circumvent them and competitors are leaping ahead of them.
So why, despite this information, some of which will be no doubt useful, most companies will not use this for anything of practical value?
One reason is because they lack any mechanism with which to make use of this information. How many companies test ideas, product plans, roadmaps and strategies against trends and emerging ideas? Or are you simply repeating what you did last year?
A second reason, lots of people read them, but no one does anything other than send a few around to show that they are 'watching the market' [typically around review time].
And so nothing much changes.
So for all those evangelists, critics, heretics and passionate supporters of change … NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.
A three step action plan:
- Find the evidence. Go forth, find the predictions that support what you have been saying for the past god knows how long, and show that you are not alone in believing them. It won't guarantee anyone listens and may show that two idiots can share an idea, but you have no excuse. Top tip – look for numbers, look for evidence of the change.
- Link the prediction to impact for YOUR company. If there is no impact, no one cares. So what is the impact, good and bad. Can the company make more money? How much more? Are new competitors going to overtake the business, win customers from you? What is the risk of not changing?
- Write the happy ending. Show what needs to happen, when, by whom and what it costs? If you don't know guess. Add some weasily words if you must to caveat these numbers, but GIVE NUMBERS. Is this thousands or millions of dollars/pounds or a few Euros? Tip, if less than a few million, go back to sorting post and changing the drinking fountain. Only big numbers and big impact matters. And the most important part of any presentation that is essentially an 'ask' – TASK SOMEONE with making a decision. Whether yes or no, push to find an owner who can decide on whether to proceed. As far as possible try to avoid having a decision become a passive decision, that is 'no decision' is made. An example of this is wanting more information. It is a cop-out. Push for a more formal approval to investigate, and make sure you ask for some resources, however minor to gain some commitment.