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Why eating fish during pregnancy improves child's brain
Tokyo, Jan 15 (IANS) The co-relation between eating fish during pregnancy and the health of the baby's brain has been established by researchers from Tohoku University in Japan.
The study revealed that omega-6 and omega-3 balance is important for future brain function and reinforced earlier suggestions that maternal intake of fish during pregnancy boosts the health of the baby's brain.
"A balanced intake of lipids by pregnant women is necessary for the normal brain formation of the unborn child," said Noriko Osumi, a professor at Tohoku University.
"Dietary lipid contains fatty acids such as omega-6 and omega-3 that are essential nutrients for many animals and humans," she added.
In an animal study, the researchers noticed that when female mice were fed an omega-6-rich/omega-3-poor diet, their offsprings were born with a smaller brain and showed abnormal emotional behaviour in adulthood.
According to Osumi, the brain abnormality found in the offsprings of mice, was caused by a premature aging of fetal neural stem cells that produce brain cells.
The premature aging was promoted by an imbalance of oxides of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, Osumi said.


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Chadwick Nott are now recruiting for an experienced Healthcare Lawyer to join our clients top tier Legal 500 team based in London.
The role will involve supporting the team with a varied caseload of pre and post litigated NHSR claims up to the value of £500,000, to include surgical, obstetric and orthopaedic negligence.
We are looking for a qualified Solicitor with a minimum of 1 years experience in defendant clinical negligence. Experience of business development and networking would be desirable.
On offer is the chance to handle some of the best defendant healthcare work you will find anywhere in an environment where you will have the chance to develop your skills and experience.
If you would like to discuss this Healthcare opportunity in more detail please contact Iona Kobbekaduwe at Chadwick Nott.
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GLENDALE— A 23-year-old Glendale man who allegedly used a sledgehammer to smash a religious monument outside St. Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony vandalism, officials said.
Victor Petrescu appeared in a Los Angeles County Superior Court in Glendale to answer to a list of charges that included felony vandalism of religious property — with an enhancement charge for damages exceeding more than $50,000 — a misdemeanor count of possessing a sledgehammer with the intent to commit vandalism and graffiti, and having a suspended and revoked driver's license, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.
Petrescu remained in custody in lieu of $160,000 bail.
Glendale police had presented the case as a possible hate crime, but a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said prosecutors settled with the felony vandalism charges.
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"Is laser removal surgery safe?"
I want to take a tattoo off of my foot that I don't want anymore. Doctor said the only thing to do is laser removal but that it is elective surgery. Is it safe? Could something go wrong that would give me a bad scar or something?
In the past, tattoo removal required surgery, but now one common method is laser removal. Due to newer and more advanced technology, treatment of tattoos with laser has become more effective with minimal side effects and very low risk of scarring. Laser works effectively in removing tattoos by specifically targeting tattoo pigment without targeting normal skin. When the tattoo pigment is treated with a high-intensity laser light beam, it breaks up the pigment colors into smaller fragments that result in a fading of the tattoo over a course of several treatments. Treatment with the laser varies from person to person depending on the type of tattoo, the color of the ink, the size and depth of the tattoo, and the body's reaction to the treatment; so therefore, successful removal technique must be tailored to suit each individual case. (Black tattoos are the easiest to remove). The most common problem associated with laser tattoo removal is a residual change in the skin pigment. For instance, the skin in the treated area may end up lighter or darker than the normal skin. This most commonly occurs in people who have dark skin tones. Removal of the entire tattoo is not always guaranteed. Please make sure you find a reputable dermatologist who specializes in laser tattoo removal in your area to ensure proper treatment and care. Your doctor can advise you on the process and give you a good idea of how much (if not all) of it can be removed. Some tattoo shops also offer tattoo removal, but you should be careful and make sure to have your tattoo removed by a medical doctor.
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Paula Mendoza: Sculpture Trail
IT's no coincidence that Paula Mendoza's jewellery resembles small and intricate sculptures. The designer studied the art for her degree at Corcoran University which, together with her keen designer eye and South American heritage, has given her the asethetic edge over many another jewellery line.
"I am hugely influenced by my Colombian roots, particularly El Dorado and the rich colour of Colombian gold that I use to make my jewellery," the designer told us on a recent visit to Vogue House. "Through studying with the local artisans across South America and experimenting with different stones and metals I fully submerged myself into the world of jewellery."
It's exactly what makes her collections stand out. The reddish Colombian gold and raw gems that Mendoza uses, along with the signature spherical elements, are a rarity, making each piece unique - ironic, therefore, that her inherent strength was once her major weakness.
"Coming to America eight years ago without speaking a word of English was definitely a challenge and then also not having the financial backing I needed to create my jewellery," Mendoza said. "But my highest high so far was seeing Beyoncé covered in my jewellery for her XO music video - that was an amazing feeling!"
Queen Bey gives an insight into the message that the designer aims to impart with her pieces.
"It says confidence, strength and signifies a powerful woman," she explained. "A woman who feels really comfortable about herself and doesn't shy away from the spotlight. A woman who makes a conscious effort to dress well and make a statement."


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Sensing the Void Between You and the Ground: A lesson from child's play and adult play.
I wrote a piece a while back that featured the founder of Contact Dance Improvisation speaking his truths about human movement. This video shows a room of contact dancers 'playing' the way they play, and they have a very brave and young participant too! Check it out and keep reading….
Child's Play and The Void
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So many people think you have to have a product to sell in order to advertise. Well, this article will show you that you don't have to have a product to advertise to get attention to your site. There are many things you can advertise. Many of the things listed below have no charge associated with them, but they will get people to visit your website. When you get the people to your site is when the sale will potentially happen.
Advertising your business is important if you want to be successful. When it comes to advertising, some of you might say, "I don't know what to advertise." While others of you may say, "I don't have anything to advertise." Well, you do. It doesn't matter what kind of business you are in, you always have something you can advertise.
Below are some idea's of things you can advertise.
Podcasts that you do
Weekly or monthly special
Sign on special
New product or service
An award you were nominated for
An award you won
Link exchanges
A radio show you will be on
An article you have written
An online party or chat
An event you are sponsoring
Places you can be found (Myspace, Squidoo)
Give something away (e-book or sample)
Affiliates that you promote
Announce an update to your site
So, as you can see from the list above, you can advertise a lot of things. You can come up with a list of your own. Just look at the things you have or the things that you could add to your site. Even if you don't advertise things that will make you money, you should still do it. Attracting people to your site will, more than likely, bring sales to you.
Advertising and getting the word out about your website is a wonderful way to draw attention to your site. The more traffic you have, the better your page rank will be in the search engines. So, make sure that you advertise what you have and so you can benefit from those ads.
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AMERICAN (craft beer week)
Welcome, all, to American Craft Beer Week! I'm a day late on this announcement, but only because the internet was a day late on drawing my attention to this news. According to Craftbeer.com, the official home of American Craft Beer Week (ACBW) … ACBW will be recognized May 14 – 20, 2012 and offers an exciting opportunity for small and independent craft brewers and the community of better beer retailers to celebrate the ever advancing beer culture here in the U.S. Plus, tens of thousands of today's beer beginners, beer enthusiasts, and hard core beer geeks make time to toast the week. What the f**k did I tell you last week? Drinkers- especially those of beer- looove to celebrate things. Can't say they're reaching for it in this case, either. Though I once worshipped the cheap stuff, smaller breweries with more complex- and admittedly slightly pricier- beers have held my hand along the transformation… Read More »
Atlanta World Series Of Beer Pong Satellite Tournament
The back room of a bar can be reserved for a lot of things. It can be a place for regulars to escape annoying tourists. It can be a place for dancing or, if you go to the right bars, "special dancingâ€Â. And if you're in the wrong part of town or the 1940's, it can even be a place to get your craps fix. But on Sunday afternoon at Famous Pub, the back room was reserved exclusively for one thing: a group of people who were much, much better than me at beer pong. BoozinGear.com's World Series of Beer Pong (WSOBP) Atlanta Satellite Tournament brought out teams from Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Maryland, and Virginia, each duo vying for a chance to represent BoozinGear.com in WSOBP VII next January. Now, as someone who spent four years in college pursuing a creative writing degree, I was able to log many hours… Read More »
Be a Volunteer
No, we here at the Boozin' Blog are not promoting altruism; we wouldn't want to be associated with THAT crowd. We're suggesting that you do yourself a big favor and volunteer at a beer festival. The big season for festivals is just around the corner and many of them depend on volunteers to make things work. (You can find a nearby beer festival by checking out the beerfestivals.org or my beer festival schedule.) While there are lot's of things to do at a festival most volunteers wind up pouring which is, of course, the most fun. There's no pay but there are perks. Most volunteers are invited to enjoy the beer within reason – you can't be much help if you get sloshed. You will also probably get a tee shirt out of it and you get to spend a few hours with a bunch of beer lovers. Sounds like… Read More »


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Murdeshwar is a town in Bhatkal Taluka of Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. The town lies on the coast of the Arabian Sea and is famous for the world's second tallest Shiva statue, located on the beach and overlooking the entire town.
Netrani Island is one of the best places in India for Scuba diving. Being a coral island, the area is perfectly suited for snorkeling and scuba diving.
Best Time to Visit Murudeshwar is during winter in the months of November to February, the climate is pleasant and varies around 14 degrees to 28 degrees Celsius.
Murudeshwar diving season is from October to May.
The nearest airport is in Mangalore, about 137 km away from the main street where our dive centre is located.
Murudehwar railway station on the Konkan route the closest station at 1.5 kms.
Murdeshwar, Karnataka 581350.
Things to Do
When in Murudeshwar, one can't miss the 123 feet high statue of Lord Shiva. Besides the Murudeshwar beach, temple and gardens, one should visit the Murudeshwar fort and Bhatkal beach about 14km from the city centre. Also famous is the Jamia Masjid, one of the oldest mosques in the area, a sprawling three storeyed structure with a basement. Find here some Persian inscriptions, ancient history and peaceful spirituality.
You can also enjoy a plethora of water sports when visiting this divine city.
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At West Coast Adventures, our instructors regularly introduce diving to first-time divers and they know perfectly well the best methods to make the learning process both safe and fun. In this way, you will set out for your first experience in the underwater world feeling calm, confident and excited!
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This course is an intermediate step for earning an Open Water Diver certification. If you're short on time and if you expect to go scuba diving primarily with a dive guide, it is a two day course which involves.
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Open water diver course is a full entry level certification which allows the diver to plan and dive with a buddy, independent of a professional this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open Water Diver course – the world's most popular and widely recognized scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course.
Advanced Open Water Certification
This course will help build your confidence and expand your scuba skills through different Adventure Dives under the supervision of your PADI Instructor. You are required to complete 5 adventure dives and their corresponding knowledge reviews, deep dive and navigation are compulsory, the other three you may choose from the various Adventure dives on offer, like photography, buoyancy control, fish identification, exploring wrecks and many more.
Emergency First Response Certification
Emergency First Response training focuses on building confidence in lay people to assist another person by providing first aid if and when the need arises. Course participants learn to follow steps for emergency care and practice applying skills in a nonstressful learning environment. Participants learn how to deal with various emergencies such as shock treatment, spinal injury, burns and other such conditions. All courses are supported by self-study manuals, videos and quick reference cards to enhance learning and allow you start learning right away.
Rescue Diver Course
Scuba divers describe the PADI Rescue Diver course as the most challenging, yet most rewarding course they've ever taken. Why? Because you learn to prevent and manage problems in the water and become more confident in your skills as a diver, knowing that you can help others if needed. During the course, you learn to become a better buddy by practicing problem solving skills until they become second nature. Plus, the course is just fun – it's serious, but still allows for lots of laughter in between the focused learning.
Dive Master Course
Love scuba diving? Want to share it with others on a whole new level? Take the PADI Divemaster course and do what you love to do as a career. Scuba divers look up to divemasters because they are leaders who mentor and motivate others. As a dive master you not only get to dive a lot, but also experience the joy of seeing others have as much fun diving as you do.
Dive Master Trainee
If your sure that diving is what you want to be doing in the near future, this program takes you from the PADI Open Water Diver all the way to a PADI Dive Master, which is the first level of being a PADI professional.


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Kerry Kurt Phillips is an American Songwriter. After growing up in Henderson, Kentucky and Vincennes, Indiana, (he takes pride n claiming two hometowns as his own), he moved to Nashville in 1988. Two weeks later he was signed as a staff writer for the Larry Gatlin-owned publishing company, Texas Wedge Music. His very first cut came two and a half years later when George Jones recorded the classic, "Where the Tall Grass Grows". The song was later recorded by Vern Gosdin, Ricky Van Shelton, Tom Wopat and others.
Since then, Kerry Kurt's catalogue of over 1000 songs has garnered five #1 singles as surveyed by Billboard, and Radio & Records and have been recorded by country music's biggest stars. He has been awarded 75 gold records and 36 platinum albums accounting for certified sales of over 45 million records and he has been called "One of America's favorite songwriters." One of his biggest achievements was winning the TNN/Music City News Song Of The Year Award for Billy Ray Cyrus', "It's All The Same To Me."
ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has recognized 15 (14 Country and 1 Pop) of Kerry Kurt's works as being the most performed songs in the nation in each of their respective years. In addition, his peers in the NSAI (Nashville Songwriter's Association International) have awarded three of his compositions their certificate of achievement, as has the Songwriter's Guild of America. Kerry Kurt's songs have also been featured in the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA, on numerous network television shows and motion pictures and have been used in Hallmark Greeting cards and in national ad campaigns by Ford Trucks, General Motors, Pepsi Corporation, Applebee's the PGA and the NFL.
In the past, Kerry Kurt has had songs nominated for both the CMA (Country Music Association), and the ACM (Academy of Country Music) awards, and the Grammy's. Troubadour, the Grammy winning album of the year by George Strait, featured the Kerry Kurt composition "When You're In Love". Six of Phillips' songs have received the prestigious Million-Air honor, which recognizes over one million airplays for a given song.
Kerry Kurt's biggest hits include the George Jones Smash, "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair", Joe Diffie's, "Is It Cold In Here", "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox", "In My Own Backyard" and "Pickup Man" which spent a record 5 weeks at number 1. Tim McGraw's "Down On the Farm" and "Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It", are both products of Kerry Kurt's pen.
Some of his most memorable hits include "That's Just Jessie" sung by Kevin Denney, Tammy Cochran's "Life Happened", Craig Morgan's "Almost Home" (winner of the 2003 Music Row Magazine Song Of The Year), Dusty Drake's first two singles "One Last Time" and "Smaller Pieces", the Tracy Byrd smash "Drinkin' Bone" and Tim McGraws's, "Do You Want Fries With That".
George Strait's "She Let Herself Go" was KK's latest number 1 song and the new Craig Morgan single "This Ain't Nothin'", was just recognized by the ICMA as the Inspirational Song of the Year .
Other artists recording Kerry Kurt's compositions include Kenny Chesney, John Michael Montgomery, Mark Chestnut, Aaron Tipin, Tanya Tucker, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Doug Stone, Eddie Raven, Michael Peterson, Phil Vasser, Joe Stampley, Ken Mellons, Ricochet, Doug Supernaw, Ray Benson (Asleep At The Wheel), John & Audrey Wiggins, Billy Yates, , George Canyon, Blaine Larsen and many more.
Before dedicating all his time to song writing, Phillips served double duty as tour manager and acoustic guitar player for Sony/Epic artist Joe Diffie. He has appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, in numerous music videos, and has been featured in several nationally syndicated television interviews on TNN and other networks. He has also been a featured guest on nationally syndicated radio shows, The Song Remembers When, and Country Songwriters Hit Showcase. KKP occasionally performs as a featured guest at songwriter venues such as Douglas Corner, Puckett's Grocery, The Swallow At The Hollow and the world-famous Blue Bird Cafe and often gives lectures and sits on panel discussions on the music industry. He is a featured pro writer at the annual Tin Pan South and songwriter's symposium. KKP is a member of the CMA, the ACM and holds a seat on the finance and pro steering committees of the NSAI.
Phillips has his own production company, Kerry Kurt Productions and has produced projects on John Berry, Sonny Burgess, Jennifer Day, Burns & Poe, Joe Diffie and others. Kerry Kurt's song catalogues are represented by Affiliated Publishers, Zomba Music, EMI, BMG, Universal Music and DreamWorks.


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We are so excited to have Doug and Lori Rousar come to teach at PghWCS this month!!
~ They will be here on Saturday, June 15, 2013
~ Both Doug and Lori will be teaching private lessons during the day so make sure to schedule early!!
~ They will be teaching a workshop on Saturday from 8-9pm and then will be dancing with us from 9-11pm!!
To book a private, contact email@example.com
Check out their video from Spotlight, 2012.
Doug was born and raised in Wisconsin and spent most of his life there until recently moving to Ohio to be with the love of his life. He has an extensive background in musical theater having held the position of Director, Choreographer, Conductor and Producer for many productions. Doug's formal training in dance started when he stumbled upon West Coast Swing in 2001. Since then he has won numerous titles across the country, including US Open Champion. He taught many forms of dance full time from 2005 to 2011, including ECCS, Hustle, Salsa, Night Club 2, Country 2 and of course West Coast Swing. He continues to travel on average 40 weekends a year now teaching with his beautiful wife, Lori. They try to spread the message in dance that if it's not fun, it's not worth it. In addition to teaching, Doug and Lori host 2 major events a year (Spotlight New Years and Michigan Classic) and also organizes and runs a dance cruise.
Lori was born and raised in Ohio. She began dancing and competing at country events in 1998. After a few years, she changed her focus to West Coast Swing and Hustle. Currently Lori competes at the All-Star level in West Coast Swing and travels the country on average 40 weekends a year teaching with her husband. She truly loves the social aspect of dance and is grateful for the wonderful people it has brought into her life.


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fed ex pier 40 station
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The FedEx Freight Distribution Center is the link between airport and cargo van. Morning freight from airline containers is sorted, placed on conveyor belts, and finally put onto vans. In the evening, this process is reversed. Working closely with FedEx industrial engineers, our role was to integrate the building infrastructure with the new sort system to maximize the speed with which vans retrieve their cargo and exit the station. With a van capacity of 180 and almost 200,000 square feet, Pier 40 is the largest FedEx station in New York City. Gertler & Wente Architects was responsible for all architectural and engineering disciplines.
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Market Harborough company King Vehicle Engineering Group is expanding its base on the Riverside industrial estate in the town.
The company's director Mark Carrington told the Mail that King had acquired the unit next to its current site, gaining an extra 20,000 square feet of space.
Parts of the company will move across to the new building next month.
The transport equipment company, which currently employs 125 people, has an annual turnover of £25million.
Earlier this year, Mr Carrington (65) sold his business to the larger, Derbyshire-based HW Martin group, which has a turnover of around £100million.
It was Martin who put forward the funds for the expansion, Mr Carrington explained.
"They've shown commitment to King inMarket Harborough" said Mr Carrington. "I suppose my outlook had to be short-term, but there's is fairly long-term.
"Now all areas of the business can expand. We can increase output by anything up to 25 per cent. I think the future is very positive."
The only cloud on the horizon was the uncertainty around Brexit, Mr Carrington said.
"We're a niche manufacturer and we don't export, but I personally think Brexit has been a bit of a disaster so far, because it's dampened people's confidence in theshort-term, even though the economy in the UK is generally strong."
Mr Carrington will stay on for two years at King to ensure a smooth transition to the new owners.
King, founded in Market Harborough in 1962 by Canadian engineer Vern King, currently has three major areas of business - special trailers, truck mounted aerial access platforms and traffic management products.
It is the largest manufacturer of heavy haulage and lowbed trailers in the UK.
It often builds one-off trailers for specialist applications, from aircraft engines to mobile TV screens.
"We had to make some redundancies in 2007" said Mr Carrington.
"But since then we've done well, built the company back up to 125 people and had a very good recession."


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I immensely enjoyed the time spent making this pendant and I love how it turned out. While making my fabric brooches and pendants I always say that it's the same as with the box of chocolates (you surely know the saying) - I never know what it would grow into in the end. Of course I work with a draft drawing - but I love experimenting and usually the draft is just a starting point.
However, this little beauty has found a new home.
Bring a lot of bliss to your new owner.


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A fairly quick post today. I thought as I've been in my new flat for a month now, I'd show you a few pictures of my new 'hood. For those of you who know Brighton, I've moved near the border with Hove, actually (importantly still in Brighton though!) sort of near the Seven Dials. From where I used to live, in the heart of Studentland near Lewes Road, it's rather different (definitely for the better). Enjoy!
|I can see the sea!
|If you've seen 'Wimbledon' you may recognise this place,
although they changed it into a bookies in the film.
Oh, and 'Hove, actually' is a bit of an in-joke of what residents of Hove reply when people mistakenly assume they are from Brighton ("No, I'm from Hove, actually). I think it's even printed on one of the buses. Let me know what you think about the photos, or just Brighton in general.


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How Do I Publish to the Heritage Online Magazine?
1. Go to the "publish" page in the control panel by clicking "publish" in the upper right corner of http://www.montanaheritageproject.org/index.php .
2. In the control panel, click the "publish" tab in the upper left corner.
3. A list of blogs you have permission to publish in will open. Click on "Heritage Online"
4. Enter a title for the article in the "title" field, using headline writing style. Tell the main story of your article in a very brief sentence with a verb: Loggers Built Bridge Across Kootenai River in 1910 or Married Couple Share Secrets of Living Together. Capitalize the important words.
5. Enter the text for your article in the "body" field. You can copy and paste from a word processing program. You can use the formatting bar to insert basic html, or you can create the text in an html editor and then paste it into the body.
6. If you do not have time to finish the post in one session, change the "entry status" box on the right of the publish page to "closed" and then "submit" the page. It will not show up on the web site, but when you come back later, you can open it and continue working on it by clicking the "edit" tab (instead of the "publish" tab). This will give you a list (in reverse chronological order) of all the posts on the site. Find the one you want, and click the "edit" button next to it. Click the "update" button to re-submit it. Be sure you change the "entry status" to "open" if you want it to be published on the web and to "closed" if you want to save it to work on later.
7. Be sure to click the category you want this post entered in.
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$536,000 In Federal Stimulus Money Funding 4th Ave SW Construction; Completion Target Is Mid-December
$536,000 in Federal Stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) are funding new construction on 4th Avenue SW between SW 156th and 153rd Streets in Burien, and should be completed by mid-December, according to Project Manager Brian Victor.
The construction is rebuilding the northbound lane of 4th Ave SW between SW 156th and 153rd Streets, adding new curbs, gutters, sidewalks, bike lanes and even street lights similar to the ones in Town Square.
There will be local access for area businesses and residences, but motorists are advised to avoid the construction area if possible.
Here's the latest update on construction:
Construction is requiring intermittent closure of 4th Ave SW at various times of the day for heavy equipment.
Access to 4th Ave SW between said intersections will be limited to one lane during business hours; limited 2-way access will be provided after 5pm.
At SW 155th Street and 4th Ave SW, access will be restricted for eastbound and westbound; there will be NO WESTBOUND access from SW 155th Street to 4th Avenue SW for the next three to four weeks.
At SW 154th Street and 4th Avenue SW, access will be limited for eastbound and westbound traffic. Westbound access at this intersection will be closed intermittently during the day; limited access will be available in the evenings.
This phase of the project will continue for the next three to four weeks, with a projected completion time of mid-December.


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Jeffrey North Medal for Services to British Numismatics
In 2008 the Jeffrey North Medal for exceptional services to British Numismatics was instituted. The new medal was designed by Nicola Moss, in a form which imaginatively represents the concept of service combined with numismatic symbols. The first four medals were awarded in November 2008 and the next two medals in May 2010 .
2008 Joe Bispham
2008 Michael Bonser
2008 Charles Farthing
2008 Tony Holmes
2010 Keith Sugden
2010 Paul & Bente Withers
The regulations for the medal can be downloaded here.
Other Medals for Services to the Society or Numismatics
From time to time the Society had previously awarded specially inscribed medals to members in recognition of exceptional service to the Society or to British Numismatics.
1990 Wilfred Slayter, Secretary 1962-90 (special portrait medal)
1991 Robert Elderton, designer of the Slayter Medal (silver Membership Medal)
1991 John Lobban, designer of the Membership Medal (silver Membership Medal)
1998 R A Merson, Honorary Auditor from 1987 (silver Membership Medal)
2003 Prof. David Brown (silver Centenary Medal)
2003 Prof. Peter Gaspar (silver Centenary Medal)
2003 Marvin Lessen (silver Centenary Medal)
2003 Harrington E Manville (silver Centenary Medal)


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Fall/Winter 2014 Haute Couture Catwalk Videos
Giorgio Armani Privé Fall/Winter 2014/2015 Haute Couture - Paris
A collection in red and black at Giorgio Armani Privé. Giorgio Armani has his habits to Paris. He scrolled his Haute Couture at Palais de Tokyo. This collection opens with a small variation of jackets and shorts Pique quilted fabric. And short jackets 3/4 pants and wool crepe follow sleeves, a simplicity and elegance.
Giorgio Armani bet on red and black for evening dresses strapless tulle polka dot purple and black with small red tracked patterns in relief or dresses with flounces tulle. It innovates through embroidery ribbons vinyl attracts attention on feather boleros worked origami patterns. Armani and the bride is in red, wearing a small jacket with fringes organza crinoline and strapless silk crepe. Red and black play contrasts in private Armani.


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Under "toughness" in the dictionary, you might as well find a picture of Steve McNair. When he was taken down, he always got back up. When he sustained an injury, he always played through the pain, no matter how intense it was. In fact, there was a period of time where McNair's injuries forced him to sit out of practice during the week so that he would be healthy enough to play on Sunday. The guy was indestructible when it came to football. So when the news was released this weekend that McNair had passed away, my initial reaction was shock. I couldn't help but turn to the Steve McNair I knew from watching football, the "tough as nails" McNair.
The way he approached the game of football always appealed to me. Never did I have any official affiliation with him. I wasn't an Oilers, Titans, or Ravens fan. But I always enjoyed watching him play. He seemed to have the perfect combination of grace and toughness, skill and passion. I would definitely say that he was one of my favorite NFL quarterbacks during the better part of my childhood (easy for me to say because the Bears didn't ever have a high-caliber player under center). I was a close follower of the run that McNair's Titans made the year of the Music City Miracle, falling just one heartbreaking yard short of a Super Bowl Title.
As I look back on what McNair was like as a player, it makes it hard for me to believe the reality of the terrible tragedy that happened this past weekend. Because, if you really look at the murder scenario closely, the clues point to something rather negative on McNair's part. He didn't pull the trigger or anything, but let's face it...he was a married man and he'd obviously been dating another woman for months. And he'd clearly been associating himself with someone who had a couple of loose screws. He was staying in a small condo that instead of screaming "wealthy athlete," it reeked of scandalous, sneeky activity. The whole incident simply seems fishy. As a matter of fact, whether this is right or not, it makes the everyday fan look at the situation and question McNair's character.
For me, I liken it to the recent Michael Jackson conversation. How do you choose to remember him? Do you look at Michael as a hideous, plastic alleged-pedofile or do you still only think of him as one of the greatest dancers, performers, and singers of all time. Now, I'm not going to put this McNair tragedy on anywhere near the same level as the Michael Jackson story, but it is a bit similar. Because as I sit here and remember McNair, his play on the field is what comes to mind first, even if I'm aware of all of the disappointing details of his murder. So when Michael Jackson passed away, sure I thought of his classic songs, but I also thought about all of the odd, gross, and disturbing information that followed him around. And I think that it's clearly a product of when I grew up. I never really knew the young phenom version of Michael Jackson. All I really saw was the pale, fabricated Michael Jackson. But with McNair, I grew up watching his toughness and his on-field heroics...and now the new details of his murder don't seem to bother me as much.
I don't mean to make a ridiculous comparison here, but I honestly think the parallel makes sense when I go back and look at the situation. I also want to clarify that I'm not writing this to villify McNair. Yes, he obviously had some issues with his relationships and he also appeared to have been at least mildly involved in some shady activities. But I don't want to imply that these issues make him worthy of being tabbed a bad person because I really don't believe that is the case.
McNair's murder was a terrible tragedy and he was most certainly the victim. It was definitely not the way anybody envisioned such a tough, hard-nosed player moving on. And it just goes to show you that even the people like McNair, who was so incredibly rock solid on the football field, can find themselves in situations like the one over the weekend. When the news broke, it was just so odd to hear that he was the victim because when he played, he always seemed to be the one on top.
As the incident is investigated further, I'm sure more details will be released with both negative and positive implications towards McNair's character. But my lasting memory of him will not depend on the emergence of those details. It will be solely based on what he did on the football field. In the NFL, you're expected to be tough and you're expected to be able to handle anything that comes your way. But Steve McNair embodied something above and beyond that expectation...and that is how I choose to remember him.
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Forty fish in two hours
Summer trout fishing is fast in the high mountains.
Scott is the DWR's conservation outreach manager in central Utah. He works with the public, the media and anyone who has questions about wildlife. He enjoys hunting, fishing and wildlife watching, especially with his kids.
This year, the Boy Scout leaders, myself included, decided to spend our week-long scout camp near Mill Hollow Reservoir. We took the trip last week, and to say it was a success would be an understatement.
This is an area that I've hunted and fished for 35 years. Mill Hollow Reservoir is located on a gravel road a few miles off of Highway 35. Highway 35 is several miles east of the town of Woodland and south of the more popular Highway 150 near Kamas. Both highways parallel each other; Highway 150 leads to the more popular high Uinta lakes, such as Trial and Mirror Lake, and Highway 35 leads to Duchesne.
We stayed busy with a variety of activities from archery and canoeing to leather and woodwork. After spending a lot of time with energetic scouts, I opted for a little alone time before the troop awoke one morning.
I snuck away from the group to go fishing on a small stream within yards of our camp. Not knowing what to expect, I grabbed a little fly from my tackle box, needle nose pliers and my fishing pole. I threw the little beadhead nymph into the stream and immediately felt the strong vibration of a small fish.
Wow! That was quick. I admired the beautiful brook trout and took a quick picture. I wanted to prove to the group that there were indeed fish in the stream nearby.
Within two hours, I had caught and released 40 brook trout ranging from 4-12 inches. As I experienced one of the most enjoyable two hours of fishing in my life, I was privileged to see over 20 birds species, several deer and other wildlife. I couldn't have asked for anything better on a gorgeous June morning.
After reporting my success to the troop, the boys all wanted to fish. Several of the scouts and leaders followed in my footsteps and had similar success.
I encouraged the boys to use a fly or spinner because the fish can be easily unhooked, since they usually get hooked on the mouth with these fishing techniques. If you choose to use bait, bring lots of hooks and simply cut the line at the fish's mouth with the hook still inside. The hook usually dissolves within days.
Since these stream fish are smaller, none of our scouts were interested in keeping them for dinner. We turned our attention to Mill Hollow Reservoir. This waterbody is well stocked by DWR and like its neighboring Uinta lakes, the fish go crazy on the surface in the early morning and evening hours. A fly and bubble combination can work great during these lower light fish frenzies.
Because many of the boys wanted to cook fish for dinner, they decided to try PowerBait. The most effective colors we tried were orange and red.
One of my favorite parts of Uinta lake fishing is being able to see albino rainbow trout swimming in the water. The boys had a blast casting PowerBait about eight feet from the shoreline and seeing the bright whitish-orange fish take their bait.
We caught rainbow, albino rainbow, tiger and brook trout averaging 12 inches long. We cleaned and wrapped the fish (skin still on) in foil with some butter, salt and other spices and then eagerly waited for the campfire to cook them to perfection. Perfection is what we got.
As we sat around the campfire, eating delicious, fresh trout, we talked about this great fishing experience and all of the other high-mountain fishing opportunities in the state. Summer and early fall are the best times of year to find fast fishing in many high-mountain lakes.
Check the latest fishing reports before you head up. And, as a friendly reminder, bears enjoy fish too! Make sure to remove fish entrails and leftover bones from your camp area and dispose of them properly.


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Orders of the Canadian Grain Commission
Variety designation lists
Under the Canada Grain Act the Canadian Grain Commission has the authority to designate the class of grain for which new grain varieties are eligible. The variety designation lists, maintained by the Canadian Grain Commission, for Canadian wheat, barley and flaxseed include all varieties eligible for each class.
The purpose of the Canadian Grain Commission's variety designation lists is to help producers and grain handlers identify which varieties are eligible for a grade within a class. The Canadian grain industry uses the lists to keep ineligible varieties from undermining the quality of grain shipments and possibly causing problems for end users.
Variety designation orders by class of grade, includes order number and date issued or amended
Other orders by order name, includes order number and date issued or amended
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Regulations used to manage the payday lending industry have caused some lenders to shift from offering payday loans to installment loans. The shift is just part of an evolution in payday lending, as both lenders and regulators try to come to some agreement on how to offer the service without indebting people severely. One of the key points involved is the ability of borrowers to take out a payday loan and then get into debt because they don't repay it entirely on their next paycheck cycle. However, payday lenders argue that the loans are for short-term purposes and were never meant to be rolled over continuously. Despite this disagreement, severe regulations were in place and then softened later as Republicans took control of the House.
The Tale of the Tape?
The regulations still puts limits on loans that are defined as "payday loans." In general, these short-term loans average about a 2 week term for funds of about $2000 or less, paid back with a higher rate of interest than most conventional lending. In a way, they can be called "balloon" loans because the total plus fees and interest are due at the end of a very short term. If not, more interest accrues and the borrower can find it difficult to repay. Due to payday lending restrictions, some payday lenders have chosen to include installment loans in their offerings now.
An installment loan is not due completely in one lump sum. Instead, it is paid off over time in installments. The main difference between a payday loan and an installment loan is that the balance does not change for an installment loan. The loan is amortized and calculated to determine how much you owe and cannot be rolled over, like a payday loan. Whatever you are contracted to pay at the end of your term, that's what is due. In recent legislation any loan that is 90 days or less is described as a payday loan, meaning installment loans of even four months duration can now bypass payday regulations and be called an installment loan.
Both are Serious Contenders.
Even though they are being called installment loans, they can still carry interest rates of 500 percent or more. Many legislators have wanted to put limits on the amount of interest one can charge on these types of alternative lending, but so far have been unable to do so. Typically, the longer term a loan has, the more you will owe in interest. Thus, there will always be a need for short-term payday loans as the interest and fee can end up being less if paid back on time. As legislators have learned, payday lending is needed niche for low-income borrowers who need them as a way to fund an emergency. Often, other sources of credit are not available to them either due to bad or non-existing credit. These types of loans can be a lifeline for people, and when they repay them on time, the same borrower will often take out more than one payday loan a year.
Like this boxer below, we're always training to get better at what we do.


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Hello my dears, I do hope you all had a great weekend... !?
I caught up with a wee bit more rest while enjoying the sunny weather and did some all important mattress shopping... Ha! Probably not the most exciting of weekends but I can't tell you how much I'm looking froward to a new mattress arriving... :)
I also got to pick up my crochet hooks again after almost a week of non-hooking since the fair, more about that later in the week...
Now onto today's somewhat random collection of pretty images from 'all colours in'... Okay, so they're completely random and you can be forgiven for thinking I might have just gone a wee bit bonkers! The only tentative link I can see that they all have that lovely golden chicken feather colour running through them... I know, I know, a completely rubbish link! But I do love them all and I do hope they put a wee smile into your Monday... :)
Oh and thank you to Miss Tif's fabulous feathered friend for the inspiration... ;)
I do hope you all have a great day,
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I will be online in second life tomorrow morning at 0900hrs New Zealand time. I will be in the Koru Island Sandbox and will watch out to see if others come along. Remember you can also join the Kiwi educators who meet at 2000hrs New Zealand time on Sunday evenings in the Kiwi educators meeting place on Koru Island.
here are some world times for tomorrow morning 0900 hrs NZ time
and for 2000hrs for the Kiwi educators meeting
Saturday, March 15, 2008
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Be a Rescue Boat!
(4)For You have been a defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall. (5)Like heat in drought, You subdue the uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced. ——-Isaiah 25:4-5 (NASB)
Sometimes we have to learn how to get "peace in the midst of the storm." When I was young, my dad built and operated a cruise boat on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. One night during a cruise, the weather abruptly changed from partly cloudy to torrential rain and thunderstorm. The Coast Guard issued a warning to boaters to get off the lake, so we began the process of turning around to go back to the dock. As we made the wide swing with the big boat, we saw a small recreational boat bobbing in the water. By then, the lightning and thunder was nearly deafening, and was cracking close to us all around that part of the lake. It was beautiful and dangerous all at once.
We came alongside the boat and found a whole family, Mom, Dad, and kids, completely drenched. Their boat had run out of fuel, and their radio was not working. So we "heaved to," tied their boat to ours and rescued them from a stormy night. They were so grateful, they sobbed tears of relief. It made me cry to see them so happy. The storm was stopped in their view, even though the waves and rain and thunder continued on the lake.
I don't know about you, but when storms arise in my life, I'm not always the perfect picture of peace. Sometimes God brings a big boat to rescue us, sometimes we have to swim, and sometimes He stills the waves. But He is always there for us, no matter how He chooses to help us get safely out of the storm.
Sometimes its comforting to know that others are there with us as we go through the storm! Praying for one another is about doing that: drawing close to people as a help in times of trouble. Sometimes the battles are harder than others, sometimes it's a rejoicing. We are friends, family of God, and we can come alongside each other when things look hopeless. I want to be a rescue boat, how about you?


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Legatum Institute
Press Releases
Monday, 15 January 2018
The Legatum Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Gisela Stuart and Sir Oliver Letwin as Fellows, leading two key programmes examining challenges to UK and global prosperity.
Gisela Stuart joins the Institute as Chair of our Effective Government programme, which examines what the UK can learn from the most successful models of government in operation around the world, in order to improve the outcomes of key public services, from health and social care to education.
Sir Oliver Letwin joins the Institute to lead The World Ahead, an exciting new initiative which examines how the rise of India and China during the course of the twenty-first century can transform the lives of billions, ending widespread poverty and fostering a new era of stability and prosperity.
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Commenting on the appointments, the Legatum Institute's CEO, Baroness Philippa Stroud, said:
"We are delighted that Gisela and Oliver will be joining us as Fellows. They will both bring considerable wisdom and experience from across the political spectrum, which will no doubt prove invaluable to their work understanding the impact of two of the most salient policy challenges of our generation. Their appointment at the same time represents a significant step forward in our work addressing the major issues of our age."
Commenting on her appointment, Gisela Stuart said:
"Whilst the challenges facing modern governments are numerous, the need to provide effective public services is common to each and every one of them. Understanding how and why some nations succeed whilst others fail in delivering key services like education and welfare can help inform our own approaches to policymaking, helping us make government more effective for the population it serves."
Commenting on his appointment, Sir Oliver Letwin said:
"This is an exciting time to be joining the Legatum Institute, who are doing more than anyone else to identify the issues that will shape global prosperity in the decades ahead. The rise of India and China will reshape the world as we know it, and it is essential that we consider how it will impact the economic and social wellbeing of people around the world."
Rt Hon Gisela Stuart served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston for 20 years between 1997 and 2017. She served as a health minister during Tony Blair's first term as Prime Minister before serving on a variety of Parliamentary Committees including Foreign Affairs, Defence and Intelligence and Security.
Rt Hon Sir Oliver Letwin has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for West Dorset since 1997. Between 2010 and 2016 he played a key role in the coalition and Conservative governments led by David Cameron, serving as Minister for Government Policy and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The Legatum Institute Foundation is an independent charity which focuses on understanding, measuring and explaining the journey from poverty to prosperity for individuals, communities and nations. The Institute's events, reports, and publications aim to advance education in the fields of economic, political, and social policy. The Institute is not party political and does not promote any particular party policies; it remains open to all ideas and policies that will help move people from poverty to prosperity.
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This is an activity about modeling the effect of wind on a sandy surface. Learners will use trays of sand and straws to recreate surface features of images of Mars. Participants test their ideas about how some of the features on Mars might have been produced. This is activity 4 of 9 in Mars and Earth: Science Learning Activities for After School. Note: The Mars image set that is needed to do this activity is on p. 37 of the guide (see Related & Supplemental Resources to the right).
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Travel: Weekend Getaways published in the May/June 2016 issue of Louisiana Life Magazine
Music: A Guide to Northside Festival 2015 published June 11, 2015
Art: Frieze 2015: A Look Back published online May 19, 2015
Design: 8 Standouts from the Architectural Digest Home Design Show published online March 23, 2015
Theater: Zhang Huan's Stunning, Ambitious "Semele" at BAM published online March 6, 2015
Fashion: Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire published online October 29, 2014
Metro New York
Article: Winter Arts Guide published in print November 13, 2014
Review: Killer Heels: The Art of the High Heeled Shoe at the Brooklyn Museum published online and in print November 4, 2014
Review: New Paintings by Richard Prince at Gagosian Gallery published in print and online October 17, 2014
Article: Fall Arts Preview published online and in print September 19, 2014
Review: Cool Art in Chelsea: 3 must-see exhibitions this fall published online and in print September 17, 2014:
Review: The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Posters and Prints at MoMA published online September 2, 2014
Article: Go Outside and get a Breath of Fresh Art, 4 Outdoor Art Venues to see before summer ends published online and in print August 26, 2014
Article: Art Everywhere US is replacing Ads with Art published online August 4, 2014
Review: Charles James: Beyond Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art published online and in print July 22, 2014
Review: Jeff Koons: A Retrospect at Whitney Museum of Art review published in print July 10, 2014
Review: Dan Voh: We The People sponsored by the Public Art Fund published online and in print June 18, 2013
Review: Kara Walker: Sugar Baby at Domino Sugar Factory published in print and online June 11, 2014
Article: Kurt Vonnegut: Drawings book launch published in print May 30, 2014
Review: Ai Weiwei: According to What? at the Brooklyn Museum published in print May 8, 2014
Article: Kenny Scharf's mural in SoHo sponsored by WAT-AHH! published in print and online April 7, 2014
Article: Art in Bloom: Top 5 Art Picks published in print March 14, 2014
Review: Stan Douglas: Luanda-Kinshasa at David Zwirner published online Jan. 16, 2014
Article: Film in Chelsea: Reviews of David Zwirner, The Kitchen, and ZieherSmith Gallery published online Jan. 16, 2014
Review: Christopher Wool retrospect at the Guggenheim published in print Dec. 20, 2013
Review: Mike Kelley at MoMA PS1 published online Nov. 27, 2013
Review: Rituals of Rented Island at the Whitney Museum published online Nov. 20, 2013
Review: Chris Burden: Extreme Measures published in print Nov. 12, 2013
Review: Rotella Gallery opens in SoHo published online Oct. 23, 2013
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Review: Target Margin Theater's Stein Lab, a series of performances at The Bushwick Starr published online February 2, 2015
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Techno-Romance: Technophobia to Technophilia in Spike Jonze: Her published Jan. 27, 2014


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Make a Wish
- Elise said...
Wow, beautiful card! Cute image and colors you used!!!
Greetings, Elise (SSC team)
- May 6, 2012 at 6:38 AM
- Creations by Shirl said...
She's a cutie Anne.
Thanks for playing along in DPS flower challenge and good luck!
- May 6, 2012 at 11:57 AM
She's a real cutie, beautifully done Ann Marie
Hugs julie P
- May 6, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- angelwhispers said...
My word what a beautiful Blog just found you through Anything Goes Challenge Blog and what a gorgeous find!! Just love your work and I love the fact you like The Scrapbook Stamp Society I found these a few weeks ago and am sorry to say I am now hooked! Love Chanelle xxx
- May 6, 2012 at 7:14 PM
- Janette said...
WOW Your card is beautiful, so pretty and love the colouring. Thankyou for sharing it with us at CraftyCt=atz this week.xx
- May 7, 2012 at 6:01 AM
- Bea und Doreen said...
the image is amazing and your coloring too. Fab card Ann Marie
Doreen xx
- May 7, 2012 at 8:55 AM
- CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...
Hi Ann Marie
A gorgeous and beautiful card love the image and colour's thankyou for joining us this week at CraftyCatz
Hugs Dianne xx
- May 7, 2012 at 11:44 AM
- Lesley said...
Beautiful card, lovely image and colours! Thank you for taking part in the Alphabet's 'Garden' challenge xx
- May 8, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- * Shaz * said...
Lovely card! thank you for joining us at Alphabet challenges for our *G for Garden* challenge
Hugs Shaz
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Without the vigilance of two Times Square vendors and the quick work of the New York police and fire departments, coupled with a stroke of luck that the bomb did not go off, the attempted car bombing in Times Square last Saturday night could have turned into what Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano likes to refer to as "a man-caused disaster."
This reminds me of another near "man-caused" disaster Christmas Day that was thwarted by alert passengers aboard a plane headed for Detroit.
Homeland Security continued its record of botches by letting the would-be car bomber get through initial airport security and board a plane out of the country. The 30-year-old naturalized US. citizen from Pakistan, Faisal Shahzad, was reportedly taken off a plane bound for Dubai late Monday at John F. Kennedy International Airport and arrested in connection with the attempted car bombing .
In announcing the arrest, Attorney General Eric Holder said:
It was clear that the intent behind this terrorist act was to kill Americans
Apparently, Faisal Shahzad had just been added to the government's no-fly list yesterday. Considering Shahzad's visits to Pakistan over the last year and that the government's no-fly list was supposed to have been reviewed and updated in light of the gaps that let the Christmas Day bomber escape detection, shouldn't this guy have been on the no-fly list before just yesterday?
So much for the theory of "Sherlock" Napolitano (as Fox News host Sean Hannity calls our Homeland Security chief) whose initial comment on the failed car-bombing was that there was no evidence of:
anything other than a one-off.
Napolitano is probably still scouring photos of Tea Party protestors to find the real perpetrators.
From her nonsensical response to the Christmas Day bombing that the system is working to her most recent lone-wolf theory of the car bombing attempt, Napolitano is proving that the real man-made disaster here is her continued service as Homeland Security Secretary. It is time for her to resign or be shown the door.


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Anna attended the 3rd Annual Coach Evening to Benefit Children's Defense last wednesday, here are pictures:
Anna attended an event last week! The Catch Me If You Can Opening Night, and here are pictures. Thanks Becca from amandaseyfried.net
Anna is also scheduled to attend the Game of Thrones premiere tonight. Stay tuned!
Anna Torv has been nominated for this year Saturn Awards in the Best Actress category.
Fringe has scored more nominations including Best Actor for Joshua Jackson, Best Supporting Actor for John Noble, Best Guest Supporting Actor for Lance Reddick and Blair Brown and Best Network Television for Fringe.
The Saturn Award is presented by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
This year's 39th Saturn Awards is set to be held on June. I'll post a date when I have one.
Congratulation to Fringe and it's cast/crew.
Some extra stills from Fringe finale are up in the gallery.
Hello everyone. Here I bring screen captures from the very last Fringe episodes. I haven't really decided how I feel about the ending. The episodes were awesome, but the very ending was bittersweet. I wanted to see a bit more. Oh well, we did get to see Bolivia and Lincoln again which was just awesome and Olivia being the badass we just love. The Fringe cast and crew did an amazing job over the past 5 years and I'm grateful for such an amazing show.
Anna Torv on the "Fringe" Series Finale
Talented Aussie beauty Anna Torv drops by the Studio, fresh from taping the very last episode of Fox's sci-fi hit series, "Fringe"! She tells us all about those precious final moments. She also shares her thoughts on time travel, the existence of aliens, and… memory-recovering worms?? Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).
*Important* Fringe Finale starts at 8pm EST, one hour earlier, as it will be a 2h episode!
Twitter hashtag will be #KeepLookingUp and you should start using it at 7pm est and so we can get it trending. I'll be live tweeting comments, spoilers and such during the episode if I can get a working feed (I live in Brazil). If i can't find one, I'll probably be hiding away from the internet.
Start checking on GetGlue, it seems that it has several different stickers today, you can get the Olivia one already by checking in now:
HuffingtonPost has an great article: 'Fringe' Series Finale: In The End, Sci-Fi Show Was All About Identity
TV Line also has great articles, may contain spoilers, which is why I'll be posting just links (I'm not reading everything cause I really want to be surprised tonight): Fringe Stars Tease 'Mind-Blowingly Good' Series Finale — Plus: Photos of Walter's Lab 'Secrets'!, What to Watch Friday: The Fringe Farewell, Nikita on Mole Patrol, Merlin's Daddy Issues and More, Fringe Exclusive First Look: September's Notebook Reveals His Observations About…
Stills time! From the final episodes and one extra from 5×11 The Boy Must Live
The 2min trailer for the Fringe finale is out!


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The headline numbers from the BLS' May employment report are disappointing. Employment only rose by 69,000, which is short of the rate needed to keep pace with population growth and technological progress, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2%.
Times' David Leonhardt, Free Exchange's Ryan Avent, Mark Thoma and Calculated Risk.
Although the payroll employment number rightly gets higher billing because it comes from a survey of businesses which has a larger sample, its worth noting that the numbers from the survey of households were a bit more encouraging. According to the household survey, 422,000 more people were employed in May than April, and the reason the unemployment rate rose is that there was an even bigger increase in the labor force, partly reversing the decline in labor force participation.
On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the unemployment rate in May was 7.9%, up from 7.7% in April, and employment rose by 789,000. That is, May is normally a month with big jumps in both employment and the labor force, which are removed by the seasonal adjustment.
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Today I'd like to feature another charity haunt. Horror High School in Kingston, OH is operated 100% by volunteers, raising money for Green Township Youth Baseball / Softball League and South Central Xtreme All Star Cheerleading.
The folks at Horror High School have been kind enough to invite my Monster to come and join them in their fun. Never one to miss an opportunity to get a little spooky, I told them I'd love to! I will post an update once I figure out when I'll be there.
Kingston High School was built in the early 1900s. While it was being constructed, a worker fell to his death near the boiler room. His name was James Mowery and it was rumored that he may have been pushed.
Over the years, each generation who attended the school had their own stories of odd happenings. Strange things were seen and a lot of unexplainable things occurred.
The school closed in 1999. Since then, Schoolhouse Antiques has taken up residence in the building. The operators of Horror High School have worked with the current owners to re-open the school and allow the public to tour the facility…including the boiler room where James Mowery met his suspicious end.
Proceeds from Horror High School will go to Green Twp Baseball/Softball League and South Central Xtreme Cheerleading. It is presented by Schoolhouse Antiques.
Location: Kingston High School, corner of Main & Ing St., Kingston, OH
Times: October 26th-29th & 31st 7pm-'til
Stop by their Facebook page and tell them the Monster sent ya!
Admission: Tickets are $13 at the door. Discounted advanced tickets may be purchased by any SCX cheerleader or at Shear Styles in Kingston, OH (across from the post office).


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A federal court in New York has ruled that Apple conspired to fix e-book prices, ruling in favor of a lawsuit filed by thirty-three states, including Nebraska.
United States District Judge Denise Cote found Apple violated antitrust laws, playing a central role in a conspiracy to raise e-book prices.
"Nebraskans deserve to be treated fairly when purchasing products," Attorney General Jon Bruning said in a written statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in the case. "Today's ruling is a tremendous victory for Nebraska consumers."
The civil antitrust trial began June 3rd after a two-year investigation. It ended on the 20th of June. Monetary damages will be addressed in a separate proceeding.
The Attorney General's office says the court found Apple "played a central role in facilitating and executing" the conspiracy to raise E-book prices. In addition, "Apple's orchestration" of the conspiracy was necessary to its success.
The five publishers reached a $166 million settlement with the states earlier. Those publishers were: Hachette Book Group Inc., HarperCollins Publishers LLC, Simon & Schuster Inc., Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC d/b/a Macmillan and Penguin Group (USA), Inc.


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Community is reaching out to our local community with God's love.
At Metro we feel that we need to follow Jesus together (discipleship) with a heightened focus on living our lives out among the people. As we gather together in public settings people are drawn to God through the love they see that we have for one another. Jesus tells us in John 13:35 that: "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."


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Ok, now that the shameless plug is out of the way, let's get down to the comparisons! I've chosen Enchanted Polish September 2013, Enchanted Polish J'Adore, and Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer We Saved the World, I Say We Party! (aka Buffy) from the Once More with Feeling Collection. Let's take a look at how they compare below.
As you can see from the bottle shot, the colors are quite different. Buffy is a more greyed out pink that leans lilac. September is a rose, and J'Adore is a super pale and dainty pink.
The rainbow effect is minimal in J'Adore to almost non-existent. It's relatively strong in Buffy, but this lighting doesn't showcase it very well. September, however, is the most brightly rainbowed. Yes, rainbowed is now a real word...
As for application, Buffy was very easy to work with and only required two coats. There isn't any dragging or balding like with so many other holographics. You also don't need to use an aqua base. September comes in second in terms of application. It was also a two coater, but it was a bit thick in comparison. Lastly, J'Adore is just so sheer that it required four coats, which means that it took forever to dry. The consistency also wasn't all that great as it was also a bit thick.
So, there you have it! You can purchase Enchanted Polishes at her store as well as several e-tailers. Follow Chelsea at her Facebook and IG for news and updates on releases. My polishes are available at my store here. Follow me on Facebook and IG for news and updates on new polishes, releases, sales, and giveaways!
So, now that I've featured one of my own polishes for Comparison Thursday, is this something that you'd like to see more often? What polishes would you like to see compared from my line? Let me know in the comments, and I'll see if I have them! I don't try to intentionally dupe other polishes, so any such duplication is purely coincidental. Often times, I'll have worked on something for several months before release, and then once it's released another polish comes out just like it. Either way, though, I'm always glad to show you comparisons, and that includes comparisons using my own polishes!


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Custom Design & Tattoo by
Will Schulze
completed on back calf in one session. Will is looking to add onto his Traditional Portfolio. Anyone interested in Traditional work, contact us at 302-730-3022 to set up your consult today!
To see more work by Will CLICK HERE
Custom Design & Tattoo by
Ian Tadashi
Inside upper arm, finished in one session.
Call 302-730-3022 for a consult to get started on your next piece!
To see more work by Ian CLICK HERE
Custom Design & Tattoo by
Lisa DeLauder
On side of calf completed in one session. Call 302-730-3022 to schedule a consult for your next tattoo.
To see more work by Lisa
Custom Design & Tattoo by
Chris DeLauder
Completed in one full day session on outer forearm. To set up a consult for your next tattoo call 302-730-3022
To see more work by Chris
Tooth Gems by Codi!
All New Tooth Gems are now being done here at TATTOO MAFIA, INC. by Codi Lyn Canasa! These tooth gems come in a variety of styles and sizes. Applied with a dental bond that is safe and approved by the Dental Association. Some lasting anywhere from 6 months to 2 years depending on the individuals oral care as well as their eating and drinking habits. Prices vary based on the gem you choose with a minimum installment fee of $75.00. The procedure itself only takes about 8 mins and is PAIN FREE !!
Call or stop in today to set up an appointment for your tooth gem today!! 302-730-3022 Wednesday - Saturday 12noon to 8pm Sunday - call in advance hours may vary.
Tattoo Apprentice Emily Graven is working hard towards earning her seat here with the other artists at TATTOO MAFIA.
She's now past the artwork & sterilization training phase of her apprenticeship and is now tattooing everyday. Getting comfortable with her daily set up and break down routine. She's started on working the fake arm seen here. We will show her progress over these next few months.
Piercing Apprentice Brittni Andrews is working full time at the front desk. She's assisting Codi in handling phone calls, scheduling and customer service.
She is also starting to learn the sterilization process and how to properly run our autoclaves. Setting up and cleaning up before & after every piercing procedure is also part of her daily routine.


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Back and Sewing
I am buzzing with wide-awake-ness even though I had a restless four hours sleep and it is now only five am! Worse - I have just finished Harry Potter and am rattled by the end which I think contributed to the lack of sleep. Jet lag is horrible but at least my email is all cleared and a lot of the computer based tasks I have meant to do for ages are now done.
Cairo is hot, and very very humid. It is not a nice combination. The first step outside and you think "well, this isn't too bad, I can live with this." Two minutes later you are slick and wet all over, sweat starts to run down the back of your legs, and you realise you are really uncomfortable.
We still have flowers on the poinciana. I looked at Google Earth while away – and like all the world, I found my house. I can see from the brilliant red of the poincianas that it was taken in early summer.
We also have flowers on the jacaranda – again. It is heavily in flower, but unlike the spring flowering it is now loaded with deep purple against sharp grass-green leaves. There are two other trees in flower. One has a crown of brilliant yellow and Gamal hates it as it drifts a constant confetti of gold onto everything below – white marble steps, driveways, just-washed cars – and every balcony. The other is amazing and I haven't the faintest idea what it is. It is heavily covered with what looks like Victorian posies of small flowers, tightly bound in discs in palest pink on the outside shading to deep pink in the centre.
From my studio I look down onto it all, and from the reading room I look straight into the heart of the jacaranda. You could drown in that colour.
There was an absolute delight in sitting quietly in the studio yesterday sewing (deadline is looming for Across Australia). With over forty degree heat outside there was little temptation to leave the air-conditioning. I watched a queue of rosy bronze pigeons at the drips from the iced-up air conditioner – drinking, one after another, then getting back on the end of the line again. What a pleasure that must be if you are a hot pigeon. Bob came up with cups of tea, and sat and read while I stitched and we talked a bit. I had Eva Cassidy (current favourite) singing Fields of Gold on CD. Sting is a wonderful song writer. I realised I was absolutely happy. I have really missed sewing.
I realised yesterday though, that I don't like living in a huge house. Tabbi calls this 'the palace' and in a way she is right. It is not the distance between things, or even the height of the climb to the roof to my studio in a very hot stairwell. It is the sheer loneliness of cooking dinner in a very state-of-the-art kitchen in white and ice cold grey, with granite benches and absolute silence. It is such a long way from the study where Bob tends to sit over a mountain of newspapers that I can't even hear the television when it is turned right up. Because we cook with gas I am not even comfortable putting things on to simmer and walking away.
It is so different form the intimacy of a kitchen that is open to the family room, with its ongoing conversations, and switching in to odd bits of television that we have in Canberra. Cooking here is not something you do without noticing, it is a task that holds you separate from others.
I have fixed it though, with a decree that a pre-dinner drink is to be served in the kitchen from now on.
We thought we had a cook and now we haven't. It was a brief fling with the idea of efficiency. Lucas unfortunately was found to have stolen alcohol and drunk himself out of a job –in fact – out of the country as his previous employer deported him.
I go to Tehran to teach next Friday. I only have a single day off in the time I am there – but just wait for wonderful pictures. I will be the blob in black as you have to cover up there – head and all!
We follow that with a trip to Sri Lanka where we meet Sam, my son, on the first stage of his Grand Tour, then after only a few days we are off to Syria.
So – watch this space as I am back!


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Friday, November 12, 2010
The characters who live in my head want to meet you
Hi all. My characters from LIFE and BETH have been living in my head for a very long time. They felt they deserved a proper send off. What I am posting here are photo-illustrations which I will then render as traditional drawings.
This first image is Beth Collins, the girl who not only plays a killer lead guitar, but can kill with her mind.
The second image is love interest, Alain Duquette, the French classical guitarist with secrets of his own. (pssst...note I gave Alain's shaggy main a trim--thanks, Christine!_
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Very cool! Beth looks a lot like I thought she would based on the little I read way back when you were working on your first pages. Don't think I ever "met" Alain, but he looks like someone I'd like to read about!ReplyDelete
Love the pictures! I really like their hair :)ReplyDelete
I want to hear them play some music!!
Hey, Linda. thanks! And Keri--the music part will have to remain imaginary unless someone with actual musical ability volunteers to write the song Beth is obsessed with (that doesn't exist!). Got zippo music talent myself. It was fun pretending!ReplyDelete
They do at one point play the classical duet Claire de Lune (in honor of my good friend Christine Johnson's book of the same name).
Love them, Lisa! Beth is exactly how I pictured her and Alain is dreamy.ReplyDelete
Awesome, Trish. It means a lot coming from you, since you *know* them better than most. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2010 at 2:33 PM
I love your characters! Great job on the graphics. Looking forward to your drawings:) I love what's going on inside your head, my friend.ReplyDelete


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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Definition of pollicitation in English:
(also policitation)
The action of promising; a promise; a document conveying a promise. Also Civil Law: a promise not yet formally accepted, and therefore in certain cases revocable.
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Regiam Majestatem. From classical Latin pollicitātiōn-, pollicitātiō a promise from pollicitāt-, past participial stem of pollicitārī to promise + -iō; compare -ation. Compare Middle French, French pollicitation.
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I love the weather around here lately, a lovely 64 degrees for my 8 mile run. The clicking started just a little towards the end. I think I was getting tired and wasn't focusing on my form. The strap is definitely helping with the tracking. I iced it when I got home, and then stretched at the gym. I'm ready for the 9 and I'm 5 weeks away from 13.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Beach to Battleship Part 3
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Labels: B2B-3
Thursday, September 25, 2008
I can't get this song out of my head!~Zero 7 Destiny~
Do you Digg?
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Simply Delicious
Posted by Shannon at 7:22 AM 2 comments
Labels: Peanut Butter/Banana Smoothie
Monday, September 22, 2008
Walk the Plank baby!
- Start with resting on the forearms and up on your toes.
- Keep your back neutral (straight), not letting it sag down. Try this next to a mirror, so you can see your form.
- Your head is in a neutral position and you should be looking at the floor.
- Hold in your abdominal muscles but, DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH! Breathing and holding your abs at the same time.
- Hold this position for 30 seconds and over time working your way up to :45, 1:00, & 2:00.
- Do about 2-3 sets of these
- Start in the forearm/toes position.
- Slowly raise one leg 5 inches off the floor.
- Be sure not to leg your back fall out of neutral position.
- You could switch legs halfway through the set.
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Beach 2 Battleship Part 2
Last Wednesday was my first training run. It was a nice 73 degree day and I was supposed to run a "comfortable" 7. Well I ran 7 and walked an additional mile. The time I was running I noticed the "clicking" in my left knee but no soreness. When I walked the final 8th mile I noticed more clicking and soreness behind the kneecap. It wasn't so bad that I had to stop, but noticed I was nursing the left leg and my gait was changing at bit. My running aficionado BP said this, "I'd suggest getting the knee band ASAP. Why wait? In a past season, when I
felt pain on the outside of my knee cap, I purchased a knee band and it
worked magically. I was amazed. Also, I'm sure that you know Runner's Knee
is a symptom of tight IT bands. Find a foam roller near your stability ball
in the gym and roll that tight ITB over it. Also, make sure that you're
icing the outside of the knee after every run. Freeze a Dixie cup filled
with water, tear off the paper on top and then rub it on the knee.
I'd suggest that you do tempo runs versus intervals. Your goal is to run
13.1 miles relatively fast. Intervals will help you build speed but tempo
runs will help you run fairly fast for a long time, which is what the race
is about."
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Beck- Girl
Beck- Girl
Video sent by shades2006
I love this song! When I'm having a hard time on a run, I hit the repeat on this track and this keeps me on pace!
Add it to your I-Pod....
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Try this!
I love this smoothie lately, give it a try!
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Labels: Pineapple Smoothie
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Beach 2 Battleship Part 1
Now that Patriots is done, I'm on to the next race. A triathlete buddy at the Y approached me and asked me to participate in a 1/2 Iron relay. What do you think the first thing out of my mouth was? "Well if I do it, I'm not doing the swim leg!" I told her I would do the bike leg but she had told someone else they could do that, so I'm doing the 13.1 run. (smiles)
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Fatherhood Involvement- Cheerleader
Fatherhood Involvement- Cheerleader
Video sent by AdCouncil
I absolutely love this!
Do you digg it?
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
~Out & Back Ride~
Hey Peeps...this was a HUGE hit on Monday night. I have been on a kick with theme ride music lately. I did 70's, 80's, and now Movie and TV music. I had a full class and tons of people were having fun guessing where the tracks came from. Enjoy...
Out & Back Ride 45 min. Movie & TV
WU-"Hawaii 5-0" {5:20}
Flat Road -to the 1st Hill "Absurd" Tomb Raider {3:35}
Flat Road -to the 1st Hill "Absurd" Tomb Raider {3:35}
-moderate gear
-a couple of pickups
Seated/Standing Climb "Pirates" {8:45}
Seated/Standing Climb "Pirates" {8:45}
-SC-add every minute
-@4:00 check cadence
-STC-until end of song-add pickups throughout
Jumps on a hill-"The Unit theme song" {3:00}
-Hold Gear
-Cue Form
Rolling Hills-"Dragula" Matrix {4:30}
-:30 unload to valley-moderate gear
-:30 Load heavy resistance STC
-:30 unload
-1:00 load heavy SC
-:30 unload
-1:00 STC-Run to top……:30…
Rolling Hills-"Waterloo" The Bourne Ultimatum {10:00}
-Downhill-1:30-moderate gear-working recovery
-1:00 load to heavy resistance SC
-:30 unload to valley-moderate
-:30 load to heavy-STC
-:30 unload……
Seated Climb
-load resistance every :30 {2:00}
-cadence check
Jumps on a Hill{3:30}
-Hold Gear
-Cue Form
Seated/Standing Climb "James Bond" {5:00}
-add resistance –challenging-STC 2:00
-SC for the remander-add some pickups throughout the last part of the climb
Flat Road-"Wonder Woman"
Cool Down-"How Deep Is Your Love"
~Hawaii 5-0 Remix
~Pirates of the Caribbean (8min. version)
~"The Unit" Theme Song- About Face vs DJ Z-Trip - Walking Dead (ft. Chester Bennington)
~Dragula Remix-Rob Zombie
~Waterloo-John Powell the Bourne Ultimatum
~James Bond Theme (Voight Kampff) Remix
~Wonder Woman remix-TV Theme Songs
~How Deep Is Your Love-The Bird and the Bee (I love their sound!)
Now for the next theme ride.....maybe I'll do farm animals, lipstick, or STP oil.
What do you think?
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Labels: Out and Back
Monday, September 8, 2008
Patriots International...uh...er Triathlon?
Coming in from the ride, my nose was running, I couldn't breath and my hamstrings felt tight. I also dismounted too early here, but I was so worried I was going to crash and eat gravel in front of hundreds of people.
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Labels: Patriots International Triathlon
Friday, September 5, 2008
Hanna, that female dog?!?
There will be no packet pick up on Saturday, there will be packet pick up from 6AM to 8AM on race morning.
There will be no refunds or credits given for Sundays event.
Posted by Shannon at 5:39 PM 6 comments
Labels: Hurricane Hannah?
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Beatbox Fame Game
Beatbox Fame Game
Video sent by loranger
A successful beatbox how-to by Maïté ;)
From http://www.thefamegame.com/viral/kitchen_diaries/
Posted by Shannon at 4:52 PM 3 comments
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Hold off Hanna.....
Posted by Shannon at 10:02 AM 2 comments
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Things were not always running smoothly as Kim Kardashian planned her elaborate wedding to NBA player Kris Humphries. One of the biggest bones of contention was between her sister Khloe Kardashian and Kris.
In the "Fairytale Wedding" special, Khloe and Kris were shown getting into several spats. Khloe says, "I don't know what it is about Kris, but every time he's around, he wants to start s*** with me." But it doesn't exactly sound like Kris is the one starting the fights.
At one point, Khloe tells Kris that his marriage to Kim is coming at a very opportune time and that his celebrity status has been elevated by the Kardashian clan.
She also toasts him at the engagement party, "We wish you the best, 'till death do you part — death, 26-year-old! death!"
Humphries response? "Wow, I'm gonna kill this girl!"
And while the episode aired, Khloe tweets, "I am not one to be spoken to sideways baby….. Mama don't play." and "What an awkward speech right?"
Those Kardashians. Always some drama.


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Your Chance to Own Tiger's Apple Core
Hey look, I was fascinated by Tiger Woods coming out of a porto potty. It just gets me every time. That dude really does those things just like us? Given the reaction people had over Tiger coming out of a restroom, it's no surprise that the bidding on a half-eaten apple by Tiger Woods is getting some serious play on Ebay. These bids are getting seriously out of hand, ringing in at $36k at last check. And check out the description of the item:
I was at the US Open this Friday, following Tiger Woods down the 12 th Fairway, after his tee shot, he was eating an apple, 30 yards from his ball he discarded his apple core in the rough, I asked a photothe to kick it over my way, and he did, I never touched the core, Scooped it up in a empty beer cup, as not to disrupt the DNA, Ive got lots of witness'…all moneys go to my daughters college fund
I really would like to meet the people that spend this type of cash on items like that. Come on, who buys Jack Lambert's used cigarette, or Luis Gonzalez's chewed gum? I guess it's the same people that spend 7 grand for their kid to meet David Beckham as a birthday present. Ridiculous.


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the keepsake project // open studios THIS WEEKEND
hi... i know... crickets around here. that's partially because i've been so busy with the keepsake project ! it's been growing by leaps and bounds - which is great ! i've got 30+ items photographed and in the process of documentation. i'm excited [and a bit overwhelmed].
i wanted to let anyone who still checks this space know that irving street projects will be hosting an open studios this weekend and i will be there. you can come say hi. you can purchase copies of my books/zines and perhaps a few artworks. you can purchase artwork of kelly inouye , leah rosenberg, and mary anne kluth
i've been pretty good about updating the keepsake project blog - so there you can see and read the stories of different items that have been brought in.
if you are around - please stop by
4341 Irving Street
San Francisco
Saturday i'll be there from 12-4
Sunday i'll be there from 12-5.
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Hindsight 35 – Watching out Behind You
Real cycling, (not the ride around the lake I do on an occasional Saturday) takes a tremendous amount of time and commitment. I believe it entails pushing the limits, and forging ahead. Training often, watching what you eat, and always working towards the next level. Unfortunately, it also entails having to look out behind you, in order to keep yourself safe.
Well, now you can keep your concentration on the road ahead, while your new Hindsight 35 keeps you apprised of whats going on behind you, and you'll never look back. Designed to increase your peripheral, and your rear-view vision, Hindsight 35 can he help prevent accidents that happen because you can't see behind you, or, because you're turning around to look.
A specialized digital camera is attached to an area such as the seat post, and sends along video data via the micro-HDMI cable to the handlebar-mounted screen, featuring ANT+ wireless technology that can display data from compatible devices, and the vibrant LCD display can be read in direct sunlight. (just don't wear polarized glasses)
So if having real-time views of whats going on behind your back while you hit the open road will help you in your cycling endeavors, and the ability to record video in a continuous 5-minute loop, gives you extra security in the case of an accident, and a cyclometer that includes speed, max speed, average speed, trip distance, odometer, and a stopwatch gets your wheels turning, then the 379 dollar Hindsight 35 might be for you. Available soon, at cerevellum.com


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The cute lil kitties had to go.
People were mistaking me for sweet.
Seems the dragon is really upset this time.ReplyDelete
Not upset. Just showing my serious side. Snort.ReplyDelete
You and dragons! Related to Hagrid? "Seriously misunderstood creatures" ;)
Been thinking about you....
Stop by again sometime! Hope you and your'n are well! Barbara
Not related to Hagrid... I AM the seriously misunderstood creature! Chuckle.ReplyDelete


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An absolute dream vacation
An absolute dream vacation! The staff was so friendely and helpfull with local knowledge. Our compliments to the decorator of thesde 4-star cottages. The nautical theme is beautifully portrayed throughout the cottage. We will be recommending your location to other families and friends.
Kirk & Tracy,
Toronto, ON


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Caladiums: A Rainforest Wonder
Caladiums (Caladium hortulanum) were first discovered along a river basin in western Brazil. Today, Lake Placid, Florida has become the Caladium Capitol of the World. Fifty (50) to seventy (70) million tubers (also referred to as bulbs) are shipped from Lake Placid growers to all areas of the planet, filling ninety five (95) percent of the world demand. Traditionally, caladiums are sold as potted plants; cut caladium leaves can retain their color and form in a floral display for up… Read More »


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Synonyms: Meoto Koukan, Rirare Miman, Senzoku Jokyoushi, Fumi-Name, Tomodachi no Mama wa Ana, Mamatomo: Aki no Shinbokukai, Peeping Tom, Sukima Otoko, Mottainai Obake, Shirayuri-san, Iunari, Sono Hi!!, Boku no Iinchou, Sukuga: Zenkoku Douji Namahaishin, Jitsuroku!
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