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Makariri Shawl
Winter is on its way, so bundle yourself up in a shawl to help keep the cold at bay! Makariri (Maori for Winter) is a gorgeous oversized shawl, with subtle texture and squish, and eye-catching lace and colorwork. Let the garter stitch transport you to a scene of slow and peaceful living—it is a wonderfully meditative stitch. And when the lace comes into play, enjoy the present as you spend a bit more time and concentration to make the stitch work its magic.
Use your creativity and imagination to pair your three favorite colorways together to paint a scene. In my sample, I used white and two grey neutrals to reflect the cold yet magical feeling of winter. Perhaps you will choose more vibrant and warm colors to celebrate summer or spring? Regardless, let your intuition decide which colors to work together and watch the magic unfold and bloom.
Be prepared to fall in love with your new shawl, as you wrap yourself up in it, pairing it with your favorite winter coat. Step outside into the crisp air, perhaps with a slight spring in your step, as you face a new day in your new shawl.
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Needle: US size 6 (4.0mm), 32" (81cm) circular needle is recommended in order to accommodate the large number of stitches.
Yarns Used: The Fiber Seed Sprout Solids (Fingering/4 ply; 90% Merino, 10% Nylon; 480 yards; 438 meters/135 grams). Colorways Natural, Silver, and Slate, 1 skein each.
Yardage: MC: 430 - 480 yards (390 - 440 m), CC1 170 - 190 yards (155 - 175 m) , CC2 270 - 300 yards (250 - 275 m).
Gauge: 24 sts and 38 rows = 4"/10cm in garter stitch, after blocking.
Other Notions: Stitch markers, darning needle.
Pattern has been tech edited and test knit.
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Black and white sing when brightened by red and orange. Gorgeous blocks of colour, interspersed with stark black and white slabs, have been hand knitted into a warm, gorgeous throw which will light up quiet corners and then be pulled off to cover reading kids, TV watching adults or chatting friends.
Inspired by the iconic log-cabin motif, beloved of quilters over the ages, this hand-knit composition of smart blocks will be a favourite winter addition to your home. Soft and warm, it will drape fluidly over comfortable couches, reclining and resting family members, book worms and potato couches. Hand knitted in hard -wearing, high quality yarn this comes into the category of easy maintenance stuff. Just a spin in the washing machine is enough to make it look new and bright and attractive. Enjoy the cosy warmth for many seasons, enjoy gifting it to lonely students, busy new mothers, ageing parents and everyone else in between.

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"Being diabetic most of my life, I have always had to take food very seriously," the Oscar winner wrote. "So for years, I have been following the keto or ketogenic diet. I hate the word 'diet' so while you'll see the word diet, just know I encourage you to think of it as a lifestyle change NOT A DIET! Keto is a very low-carb food plan which actually forces your body to burn fat like crazy. I also believe it's been largely responsible for slowing down my aging process."
"The keto lifestyle offers so many benefits such as weight loss, (moms that's how we get rid of our baby bellies), appetite control, more energy and better mental performance," she continued. "If you're like me, you can possibly reverse type 2 diabetes, you'll experience better physical endurance, better skin and also less acne if that's an issue. And it even helps control migraines!"
The diet is a low-carb option that is high in fats and moderate in protein. Instead of burning carbs for energy, when in ketosis, your liver produces ketones, a byproduct of your body breaking down fats for energy, which end up being the main energy source. Ketogenic diets are known for their medical benefits, and have been used for many years to help treat drug-resistant epilepsy in children. There have also been studies that suggest a ketogenic diet can help with neurological disorders and have benefits in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes, as Berry mentioned.
More than 10 years ago, Berry reportedly said that she'd gone from a Type 1 diagnosis to classifying herself as Type 2 after she claims she had moved away from insulin usage. She cited her diet and exercise for helping her control her illness.
"I've managed to wean myself off insulin," she said, "so now I'd like to put myself in the type 2 category."
The mom of two has spoken in the past about her love for this diet, saying she's sworn by it for years.
"I swear by the ketogenic diet," Berry said during a chat with Mamarazzi. "It's simple. It's no sugar, no carbs. And what you force your body to do is instead of burning sugar for fuel, you start burning healthy fats like avocado, coconut oil, eggs. You start eating healthy fats. Butter can be a part of your diet. You just eat protein, nuts, legumes. You start teaching your body. Your body begins to burn fat instead of sugar and when you start burning fat, all the fat starts to melt away."


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Although West Virginia has already beaten Oklahoma once this season, they take the NCAA basketball betting lines underdog as they visit the Sooners tonight. Find out why and who you should stand with to take on the college basketball odds tonight with SBR host Dax Floyd as he talks over top NCAA basketball picks with expert analyst Jeff Grant.
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Plans for the sought-after retailer are now on hold. It was supposed to go on a piece of land near the Thruway and off Route 96. It's dubbed as the Fishers Ridge development.
Big news on a local multi-million dollar development project in Victor. Our news partner, News10NBC reports the sought-after Bass Pro Shops is not coming to Victor, at least not anytime soon.
It was supposed to go on a piece of land near the Thruway and off Route 96. It's dubbed as the Fishers Ridge development.
You've probably seen the signs off the Thruway, promising a new Bass Pro Shops plus other stores, a hotel, and apartments.
But the plans to build a Bass Pro Shops are on hold.
The developer is still trying to get some help from the state, mainly to assist with traffic and engineering plans.
"We have temporarily placed this project on hold to assess our plans and timing," said Katie Mitchell with the Bass Pro Shops communications office.
Mitchell did go on to say they'll continue to work with the developer and may revisit plans sometime in the future.
But as for Bass Pro Shops coming soon, Mitchell says don't count on it.
The developer behind this project, John DiMarco, says the rest of the project is moving forward. He's in talks with a hotel chain, medical offices, and other big-name retailers.
DiMarco hopes to have shovels in the ground by the end of the year.
DiMarco agrees the halt to plans announced by Bass Pro Shops is a big blow, but he points out that this is a 100-acre development project and Bass Pro Shops was only slated to occupy 16 acres. It is not the end of plans for development on that site. DiMarco is still hoping Bass Pro Shops will join in at a later date.


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Man, eleven-year-old Kala was awesome. She had rad dresses like this one and she wore pre-movies Harry Potter t-shirts with track pants. Back then, this t-shirt was that slightly baggy oversized thing that was in style. Now, well, like the red and pink maxi, I'm surprised that it still fits and that I can pull off wearing it as a fitted tee.
I've seen many fashion bloggers showing off cute graphic tees: often they are oversized and, as whistles & clovers shows, can be knotted and tucked into fun skirts, etc. So, when I decided I was going to fully embrace my nerdiness for Harry Potter day in my Pop Culture class, I asked B his opinion on the shirt. We agreed that it was tightrope walking that fine line between teaching/analyzing pop culture and embodying pop culture a la fangirl perspective and that to pull the look off I should probably embrace a blazer (I have fond memories of some of my favourite profs from undergrad rocking the t-shirt with blazer casual-cool look!).
At first I thought black blazer (and immediately wanted to wear my deep purple/red lipstick) with my black and white patterned dress pants, but I decided to scale back the look a bit. Instead, I layered the tee over a super cute, cream lace summer dress, so that it worked as a bit of a mini-skirt.
I went with my cream Vero Moda blazer in the hopes that it would sort of look like a skirt/suit combo from a distance. Layering on the cream I chose my cream Aldo loafers with gold tassels.
I put on the same necklace as my last #ootd because it is whimsical, light and sparkly.
BAM! Harry Potter magical shirt to the rescue! BTW, my students totally applauded my shirt and deemed it "cool" : mission accomplished!
Does anyone else have a t-shirt that they have kept over the years and love? How do you style it?


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Pavana Resort near Udawalawe National Park is a small friendly guesthouse in Embilipitiya (the centre is a 5min walk away) which offers very good value for money.
The eight rooms available are fitted with wooden furnishings, and are cooled with either air conditioning or a fan. There is a small pool in the garden to the rear and Wi-Fi is enabled in much of the hotel.
A resort for Udawalawe National Park
Pavana is the perfect resort for visiting Udawalawe National Park, the third most visited national park in Sri Lanka and a magnet for wildlife lovers from across the globe.
Udawalawe National Park has well over two hundred elephants who are attracted to the Udawalawe reservoir within the park. Other popular mammals to spot include the Sri Lankan leopard and the sloth bear, although the latter is notoriously difficult to locate due to its rarity. Wild board, water buffalo and deer are commonly spotted.
The park is also a great place for bird watching with endemics such as the grey hornbill, red faced malkoha and spurfowl among the parks residents.
The resort at a glance
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Lime Juice with Salt!
Who does this apply to?
Anybody and everybody who has experienced intense heat and humidity!
Most applicable after THAT sweaty football game that's left you completely dehydrated or THAT afternoon errand that's brought you back sweaty and drained..
What do we need?
2 Lime's, 1 table spoon of salt, 2 BIG glasses, 1 bottle of room temperature water,1 bottle of cold water and 5 ice cubes.
How do we do this?
Given my cooking skills are sub zero, you know this has to be very very simple. Here are 5 steps to success –
1) Cut the 2 lime's into halves(4) and squeeze the juice.
2) Fill half the glass with room temperature water, the other half with cold water.
(This is so it doesn't become too cold once the ice cubes are added and result in you catching a cold)
3) Add the table spoon of salt to give it that tangy taste that's going to bring all the salt you lost back!
4) Add 4 ice cubes..
5) Drink it up!
This natural drink puts 100 plus to shame..
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1 grievance at work on Sat May 21, 2016 1:48 pm
I am having a dispute with my employer and mid way they terminated my employment. I am currently appealing the decision. i have a limited period to file a grievance for wrongful termination. if I were to get another job in the mean time would that affect the outcome of the grievance case?


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Over a year after working in two social science research projects – one focuses on China-Africa economic relations and the other, more recently, about democratic development in countries around the world – I undeniably realize the importance of not solely relying on what the media, in general, will inform us. Already reading dozens and dozens of research papers (I can't count how many Hong Kong dollars I've spent this year), I manage to retrieve information, oftentimes very fascinating and real, but which the media frequently fails to capture.
An ideal world where academics and journalists can work together is this: the former posits a hypothesis, experiments it, and suppose it works (repeatedly), submits the outcomes through papers and articles to journals, and the journalists, in their most embodied responsibility to disseminate the outcomes – already repackaged into news highlights – to the whole society, summarize in brief what the academics have accomplished beforehand.
How much more peace such symbiosis can bring to the world!
The reality is not as fascinating as meets the eye, we must confess. Ezra Klein, one of a handful of 'brand-new' journalists, struck the point precisely in this Bloomberg View op-ed about the existing 'disconnection' between the two supposedly mutually-reinforcing occupations. The point is: albeit we are living in a world where information is growing at an exponential pace, why does such phenomenon still occur? Why, oftentimes, is the information conveyed by journalists almost completely different from what the scientists, or academics, inform?
There is simply too much data in the world. And as we have to be frankly honest, we don't yet know how to store the entire mammoth of such capacity in recent times; that could explain why big data industry is still largely on its infancy stage. This is also inevitable in the academic world, when researchers actively post the papers into tons and tons of journals. One simply has to go to SCIMAGO Journal Ranking (among countless websites offering almost limitless archives of journals), and voila!: more than 22,000 journals (from the most prestigious to those good ones you barely heard of to those completely obscure) are readily available in one single click. Narrow down further, say, to 'Political Science and International Relations', you are pampered with over 390 selections. Each of the journals (depending on whether they are completely open-access or subscription-based) could be traced back, say, in between 20, 30, 50 years, or even close to a century. I bet you can't ever finish, in your lifetime, just to simply read and critically summarize each of the articles having been published in one single journal. It is something unthinkable, even as far as a decade ago. If an academic journal sounded like a lavish item to as close as our parents, Internet has rendered such phenomenon largely obsolescent, in a blink or seconds.
Taken from a presentation slide in Slideshare.
Which brings us to a new issue that Ezra Klein raised further in the op-ed: how to synchronize academics and journalists altogether? At one point, academics lament that they feel ignored by the journalists, while simultaneously, the journalists also complain that it is still difficult to gain access to their work. What the heck is wrong then?
Subscription fees (some journals charge you with exorbitant fees, say, 25 US$ for one 16-page research paper) are a secondary concern; the real concern, nonetheless, is what shapes the academic integrity of these papers themselves: the rigorous (sometimes notorious) peer-review process. When a researcher wants to publish a paper in a journal, it is inevitable, totally, that their pre-published work has to be reviewed by a panel of anonymous experts. While that is certainly a good thing to reduce the probability of scientists creating something out of a pipe dream, there is one major consequence, however: peer-reviewing process takes an extremely long time, and given the fact that information, as well as numerous scientific breakthroughs – no matter how minor or major they are, can happen in months. When a paper is published, it could have been '4 or 8 months, or maybe even a year or more backward' compared to the real milestones achieved in the present moment. And we know journalists will never put them on the newspaper main cover for your tomorrow's breakfast.
Actually that is not the worst thing, though. What academics will most certainly denounce, we have to be honest, is that some journalists have the tendency to 'sensationalize'. Which brings us to the differing perceptions between the two occupations: the former will force you to use your logic, and the latter, done in part by some people driven by numerous agendas, tickles with your emotions and responses. Thus comes the major conflict: with over millions and millions of papers published every year, why does the whole world only pay to attention to, say, 5-10 shocking events that journalists like to cover, or most likely, only a few, very best, selected papers? Let's say, why do people still believe that Chinese companies only bring Chinese workers and resources to Africa? Does the emergence of middle-class really spark the birth of democracy, or simply because the middle-class wants to replace a regime with a technocratic one, while granting so much freedom? Or even how many people in the world really know that Nigeria actually beat Ebola?
Perhaps journalists and academics need to have a joint consensus. Or more likely, maybe, to become both.
Which is why I am gradually distancing myself from mainstream media, now maintaining an equilibrium between reading academic journals, think-tank papers, and alternative media sources (Vice News, Vox, Quartz, Big Think, AJ+, or some other Youtube channels of popular thinkers). To make long short, just balance out anything that you read.


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Wow! We had an unexpected number of new faces this week. Three first graders and one Kindergarten member learned names of pieces, how to set up the board and how to move individual pieces. We are reaching a point where we have to separate new players and teach them strategy from ground up. At this point, we are just trying to accomodate the brand new players with the basics so they have the right foundation for more concepts like values of pieces, castling and opening strategies.
Parents continue to help in strong numbers as we managed to have 4 additional parents in addition to Mr. Adams (6th grade teacher) and I. We were down to one chess set left (out of 20) so there's definitely a big push of new players coming through.
Over the next few weeks, we will try to assess player levels for matches and to separate into different groups for level-appropriate lessons.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
New Faces
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They're light, they're durable and they're back! Get your hands on one of WaterAid's reusable water bottles and help put an end to plastic waste at this year's festival.
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We're proud to present this special broadcast of The Royal Shakespeare Company's critically acclaimed new revival of Romeo & Juliet. Set in a world very like our own, this Romeo and Juliet is about a generation of young people born into violence and ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents. The most famous story of love at first sight explodes with intense passion and an irresistible desire for change, but leads all too quickly to heart-breaking consequences. Featuring a cast of young student actors from across England, director Erica Whyman brilliantly injects the classic play with new blood and intensity.
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Best 4 Ways To Lose Arm Fat Fast At Home.
Both girls and guys have the same problems with their arms. Girls want to be toned and slim arms, whereas guys want huge muscles. No one likes saggy arms as they make your arms look bigger than they actually are. It is never too late to begin your arm workout.
Just follow these tips that we propose to you, and I am sure you will see the difference:
1. Lifting weights:
I mentioned you must lift weights if you wish to get rid of arm fat. I would advise you to buy a pair of dumbbells so you can perform these easy workouts at home. Even watching television at home you can perform this! the great thing about this is you can easily stay in a good routine of weight lifting doing this in the comfort of your home.
2. Aerobic workouts:
Doing the aerobic exercises will help you to shed some weight off from your entire body, as well as your arm, In case you are fat, you might not wish to go out for workout like jogging. Another alternative is you to go walking in the comfort of your home on the treadmill exercise while enjoy watching television or listening to some music at the same time.
3. Push up:
The normal kind of push-up will help you to strengthen your muscles. It may be a little difficult at first to gain balance. it is better to practice push-ups by balancing on your hands and knees (not hands and toes). first start of with knee push-ups and then you can go in for the normal ones. this exercise will strengthen your muscles and tone them to the maximum.
4. Calorie shifting diet plan
To boost up your metabolism, you need to use the calorie shifting diet. For this, you have to be aware of what kind of diet will help you to lose the extra fat. . You need to be determined to stay on this type of diet if you want the real results.
I do not recommend that you take any weight loss pills or supplements unless prescribed by your doctor. Instead, I would encourage you to find a healthy and balanced diet program by an experienced nutrition specialist that is combined with workout routines to help you losing weight. Finding a good diet and workout program is essential to help you to lose weight from all over the body as well as the arms.
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IVF Acupuncture Was Easy
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She started off by looking at my tongue. Said I was low on energy, stressed and had a digestive problem.
It was quick, easy and painless. I didn't have to undress. I wore a tracksuit and she put needles into my tummy, ankles, ears, and forehead. The ears and forehead are for reducing stress and the ankles are connected to my tummy (yes they are!). Because I'm only about three weeks off the transfer date she said there was no need for Chinese herbs; just the acupuncture.
My next session is booked for the morning of my scan on May 1st. This is good timing so I can tell her what the doc says about how I'm lookin' inside.
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So? Did you like it? I have done the acupuncture before and I loved it. Actually, when I went the one cycle I produced a lot of eggs. She did the tongue thing to me too. She did the needles to increase circulation to my uterus and ovaries…although I forget where those needles went. I hope you enjoyed it!
I am going to have to start taking better care of my cankles…
I can't believe you got an appointment so quickly. If this cycle ends up a bust, I'll join you.
How are you coping with the evil synarel? Best wishes for your scan tomorrow.


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Bright Ideas
Wedding lighting is a huge factor in setting the mood and tone of each moment during your night. This also plays a significant role in the eco-footprint of your wedding. If your reception has little to no natural light, then you will likely have to depend on electricity. Although some people have suggested candles for low-energy romantic lighting, most people probably don't want to mix alcohol with hundreds of fire hazards.
Luckily, there are lots of alternatives.
The Venue
I would suggest looking for venues with large windows and/or low-energy lighting already in place (or daytime weddings). Using a Green Planner makes this a lot easier, as a lot of planners don't pay attention to details like types of lighting!
Get Creative
If you need additional lighting, want romantic lighting, or even outdoor lighting, there are always LED string lights! While they are easiest to find around Christmas (wait for the post-Christmas sales!), there are often solar patio lights sold in the summer, and lots can be found online.
Don't be afraid of LED
And keep in mind, LED lighting has come a long way. While it used to be available in blindingly bright, they now have a lot more colour range, with softer or brighter types depending on what you're looking for.
If you don't want to deal with the hazards of real candles (or oil lamps), there are look-alike products that use rechargeable batteries.
You can buy these items and resell them to someone else, find used ones online, or even find rental companies that provide LED light rentals!


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MANILA — The Philippine government served notice today that the United States must close its largest naval base in Asia by the end of 1992, ending nearly a century of American military presence in this former colony.
The eviction notice came in the form of a statement from President Corazon Aquino's top aide after the last in a series of negotiations to extend the U.S. presence at Subic Bay Naval Base broke down during a morning meeting between Aquino and U.S. Ambassador Frank Wisner. There had earlier been proposals to extend the lease for three years.
"Today, the governments of the Philippines and the United States have mutually agreed to terminate discussions on a proposed three-year executive agreement for a phased and orderly withdrawal of U.S. forces stationed at the Subic Naval Base," said Aquino's executive secretary, Franklin Drilon.
A key issue in the talks was a Philippine constitutional ban on nuclear weapons at the base. U.S. policy is to refuse to confirm or deny the presence of such weapons on ships or aircraft.


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|[CDT] - Yesterday's snowstorm pounded Centre County yesterday, dropping nearly 8 inches of snow, closing schools, canceling meetings, flights and shutting down highways there. The weather prompted all Centre County school districts to close, as well as several private schools and day cares. Today, two-hour delays were announced for most schools there. Storm totals varied around the county. During the afternoon, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said that a heavy band of snow that made its way northward dropped 1 to 2 inches an hour. Nearly all flights in and out of University Park Airport were canceled Thursday. West Penn Power reported no outages.


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The summer is finally here so we thought we would add another little something to make you smile. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to stay in an authentic country house hotel?
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Remarkable Women of Stanley Park: The Famous and the Forgotten
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Large Plush Fabric Elf Hat Christmas Tree Topper Decoration
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A fun and quirky finishing touch to the Christmas tree, this large elf hat is the ideal tree topper to bring some festive cheer! This is not like a traditional angel or star and is a great addition to a contemporary theme.
- Large elf hat Christmas tree topper decoration
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SC To Take Up Two AJK Judges Case Tomorrow
23 May 2009
The Dawn
The Supreme Court will commence proceedings from Monday on two identical petitions one moved by the senior most judge of the Supreme Court of Azad Kashmir and the second by acting chief justice of the AJK High Court. A three-member bench comprising Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza Khan, Justice Mohammad Akhtar Shabbir and Justice Syed Zawwar Hussain Jaffery will take up the petition of the senior most judge of the AJK Supreme Court Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani challenging the appointment of the chief justice of the AJK apex court and acting Chief Justice AJK High Court Sardar Mohammad Nawaz Khan for his appointment on permanent basis. In his petition Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani of the AJK Supreme Court had sought a declaration against the appointment of what he called a junior chief justice of the AJK Supreme Court. The petition also requested the apex court to direct the Prime Minister of Pakistan to issue a fresh advice for his appointment as the chief justice of AJK Supreme Court with a direction to the AJK President to act upon the advice instantly. He has also sought a declaration that the government of Pakistan be directed to introduce one time suitable amendment in the AJK Interim Constitution Act deducting the period, during which he was deprived of his right to hold the office of AJK chief justice, from his age of superannuation. Both the governments of AJK and Pakistan should also be directed to adequately compensate the petitioner for the violation of his legitimate constitutional right and for mental torture he and his family had to undergo since October 2006, the petition said. The judges of the AJK Supreme Court and high court are appointed by the President of AJK on the binding advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan designated as Chairman of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council. Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani was appointed as judge of the AJK high court on May 5, 1991, its chief justice on May 4, 2001 and as one of the three judges of the AJK Supreme Court in August 2004. The petitioner pleaded, the October 20, 2006 appointment of the incumbent AJK chief justice who was six years junior to him in the high court and two years in the AJK Supreme Court was done by ignoring seniority position of the petitioner as settled by the constitution, past conventions and the principles as laid down by the superior Courts of Pakistan. As a result of alleged illegal appointment of the incumbent chief justice, the petitioner went on long leave in protest. A number of representations were made by the petitioner to the Prime Minister of Pakistan but to no avail. After the induction of the new democratic government in Pakistan, a summary was submitted to the Prime Minister by the Secretary Kashmir affairs and Northern Division in charge AJK Council on June 25, 2008 for revoking the advice issued for appointment of junior judge and for a fresh advice for appointment of the petitioner, being the senior most judge but to no avail, the petitioner claimed. After having no other remedy to protect his rights the petitioner has now invoked the jurisdiction of this court being the ultimate arbiter of justice, he contended.
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The TChi now has a Facebook Forum set-up by Simon Mouatt which is a public group. This has been done so that members can have an opportunity to advertise any particularly pressing requirements which may need one or more TChi members to help you with. For instance member SS32 was carrying out some earthworks (that's posh for digging) and putting down a new driveway surface so we posted out a request for assistance with the e-mail updating the contact list for members and he was able to get someone to help straight away.
You do have to be a Facebook user to use the Forum of course so we know this won't suit everyone but it is another channel of communication which might prove popular for many.


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The review today is the Dongle USB Wireless Network 2.0 54Mbps 802.11b / g 500mW 27dBm High Power Afoundry with Magnet (Afoundry High Powered 600mW 27dBm 802.11b/g 54Mbps USB 2.0 Wireless Network Dongle w/ Magnetic Mount) acquired on DealExtreme. In photos and on site description of the mark consists DX Afoundry, but in my not have any brand, or box, nem no device. But what really matters is that this dongle uses the Realtek chipset, has high power, cable to not have to get stuck to the PC's USB output and a long antenna to improve the signal received / sent.
In front of the box we have the inscriptions: "High Power Design Expertise", "Palm USB WLAN Adapter" and "Enjoy Your High Power Wireless Life!". Actually the device is the size of your palm and seems to be quite potent. The icons still in front of the box indicate that it also works as Access Point, conseme 500mW (do not know where the DX took 600mW), has mini-USB input (the mini-USB cable -> USB is even) and antenna connector RP-SMA. The antenna included measuring little more than 18cm and rotates in all directions, and through the RP-SMA connector the user can choose to connect a pigtail and use an external antenna and thus build networks of up to a few miles away.
On the sides of the box have color options: black, herd and silver. The DX has black and the silver, and I opted for black. We also have that it works on Windows 98SE, Windows ME, WIndows 2000, Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, Mac e Linux. The contents of the box should be: Wireless LAN USB Adapter, 5dBi Antenna, Driver CD e Mini-USB Cable. At this point we have a blunder: not come any driver CD (already complained to DX about it, but by the time I write this review I had no response), tive and that hunt the drivers in the network with the help of the staff of the DX forum, thank NeutralSilencer cabledss and the help they gave me. It is curious that the DealExtremeis concerned with Skooter Blog, so that the moderators of the forums there have banned the placement of the URL there for him to be against the rules, and yet do not care to check the contents of the box before sending the product, what could have quietly done since there was no seal, Only tape (durex) both sides.
On the back of the box some more specifications:
- Standard: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g (Compatible with WiFi)
- Chipset: Realtek RTL8187B + RTL8225
- Frequency Range: 2.412GHz ~2.484GHz (ISM band where no license is required)
- Data Rate: IEEE 802.11b: 1,2, 5.5, 11Mbps, IEE 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps
- Power Transmission: 11g 15 ± 2dBm @ 54Mbps, 11g 25 ± 2dBm
- Receiver Sensitivity: Operating at 11Mbps: < -82dBm @ 8% FOR, 54Mbps: < -65 dBm @ 10% FOR
- Operating Range: To 500 meters, depending on the environment
- Power Consumption: Transmitter: < 600mA, Receptor: < 400mA
- Antenna: 5External dBi dipole
- Security: WEP (64/128/256bit), WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2 TKIP/AES, WPA2-PSK
- Interface Input / Output: USB 2.0/1.1
- Size: 6,5 x 4 x 1,5 cm
- Operating Temperature: -10 ~ 55 Celsius
- Storage Temperature: -20 ~ 70 Celsius
- Operating Humidity: 10 ~ 90% (não-condensed)
Highlight for the chipset known, for strength and security tranmissão, many dongles sold in stores nationals do not support WPA2, some older only support WEP (it has serious security flaws), therefore it is important to invest in a dongle that supports WPA2. There seems to be some lie in the consumption of 600mA tranmissão, since the USB specification allows a maximum 500mA per port, but even so the unit seems to have good power.
The initial installation, only test, was on a machine with Windows Vista x64, as the DX gave blunder and sent the CD drivers had to rely on the site Realtek, o Neutralsilencer indicou um driver what should be the device that. The site of Realtek is very slow and it took a lot to get the driver download, and… It did not work! Looking at the details of the driver and device in Windows could see it was the same PID and VID same (0BDA:8187), however the revision was different, to do driver was 0200 and to do was display device 0100. Tremendous blunder that the Realtek driver not available for review 0100 on your site. More specifically, what Windows was indicated: "USB VID_0BDA&PID_8187&REV_0100", while I hunted for that specific device drivers to the posted cabledss CD that comes with the equipment to download there in the DX forum. I downloaded the CD and there were the drivers for all systems, beyond programinhas, but a manufacturer's mistake: driver for Windows Vista x64 that is not digitally signed left, which prevents its operation in Windows Vista (except with very gambiarra). I decided to hunt some more and ended up finding a that driver is digitally signed (although oldest), and aí sim, finally the device worked perfectly on Windows Vista x64. I then decided to connect the equipment into an old machine running Windows XP, where it should be definitely, because the machine is over router. There the driver that comes on the CD worked perfectly. Here are some screenshots of the software from Realtek (are bad because they were captured through the machine where it is installed using the Remote Desktop Windows). On the first screen that shows we have the strength and signal quality, it works even when we are using the Windows Zero Configuration, in other words, leaving to take care of Windows Wi-Fi connections. I recommend leaving this option enabled as well as the network connection is done as a service, without a user logged. This is particularly interesting to me, since the machine in question is old and is currently without monitor, turned on the TV as a makeshift media center: to watch downloaded movies on your network and play Atari emulators, Master System, Nintendo, Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Arcade, etc. Since it is not very comfortable to be using a CRT TV as monitor, besides keyboard and wired mouse sitting on the floor (the dedo of mouse, "RMA version", has proved very useful in this situation), is remotely interesting to do all the maintenance and operations other than watch movies / play.
Among the advanced settings have the power saving, turbo mode, channel plane, wake-on-lan, among other.
We also have a status screen:
And finally a screen of statistics:
With the Sisoft Sandra did a benchmark, gave the following result: Benchmark Results Data Bandwidth : 2.18MB/s Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better. Data Latency : 2384µs Results Interpretation : Lower index values are better. Performance vs. Speed Data Bandwidth : 0.041kB/s/kbps Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better. Data Latency : 0.044µs/kbps Results Interpretation : Lower index values are better. Network Adapter Name : Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter – The Packet Scheduler Miniport Physical Type : 802.11g (ERP) Encryption : AES-CCMP Signal Quality : 100% Download Rate : 54Mbps Upload Rate : 54Mbps Detailed Benchmark Results Run ID : Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter – The packet scheduler miniport (802.11g (ERP), AES-CCMP, 54Mbps) Platform Compliance : x86 Average Latency : 2384µs Min/Max Latency : 1689ĩS – 10868µs Packet Loss : 4% Speed : 2.18MB/s Current Data Transfer Rate : 18.25Mbps Bandwidth Efficiency : 33.80% Performance Tips Notice 5008 : To change benchmarks, click Options. Notice 5004 : Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-life' performance. Notice 5006 : Only compare the results with ones obtained using the same version! Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip. The value of 18.25 Mbps of throughput seems quite reasonable. The nominal 54Mbps, but we know that in practice never even come close to these values because of overhead and everything else. At the time of test (e dos screenshots) the dongle is in another room, traversing a wall and a wardrobe, under interference from Bluetooth devices and my transmitter / receiver audio / video on the 2.4GHz frequency (the same Wi-Fi). About itself dongle, the construction looks good, it gets hot but nothing that is worrying. Below are four Pézinhos rubber and two magnets (magnetos) strong enough to serve to stick it on the side of the cabinet (or any other metal surface), and here we have a great blunder manufacturer, which several other buyers have also complained: the magnets are about half a millimeter away from the metal surface due to the rubber feet, and the adhesive that holds the dongle Sao weak, so he ends up dropping the dongle to stick to the metal surface, I tried to put a double-sided tape stronger, but neither she endured. Some buyers reported having repaired it with super glue (Cyanoacrylate glues, Super Bonder type), but I will avoid this solution for now.
Now regarding the package, despite being small dongle antenna is fairly large and the box also (16cm x 15cm x 4cm), and as passed by the Internal Revenue Service of Curitiba, that taxed tudo, he ended up being taxed too, em R $ 27,95, by the name of fiscal Orlando, once again ignored the declared value on the package and refereed the value of the asset in 20 USD, the packaging has not been opened and once again he put the description and "part" (Broader impossible). This is the path that the packet traveled:
|09/04/2009 10:41
|AC (Removed)
|Waiting withdrawal
|Address: (Removed)
|08/04/2009 16:25
|In transit to (Removed)
|07/04/2009 15:27
|CTE transit Em CAMPINAS – VALINHOS / SP
|27/03/2009 15:27
|Received / Brazil
It is worth noting that the delay occurred this time from arrival in Brazil until leaving Pinhais, Beyond these tax taxing everything from packets inside of SP started to go there, are losing the only advantage they had, that was rapid serem, They are now getting so slow as was the Internal Revenue Service of São Paulo. The purchase was made in 20/03, sent by the DX in 23/03, arrived in Brazil em 27/03 and only on 09/04 is the agency that became available for withdrawal. By the time of this review the post office had not updated the system to say that the packet was received, nor sent return receipt, that should arrive just after Easter, always after I went to get the package. The description of the package was "Networking" and the stated value was ignored Orlandão 40 HKD (Hong Kong dollars), which is equivalent to just under 11 real.
Even with the tax value of the dongle is equivalent to versions with fewer resources in Brazil. I found none with all resources (WPA2, cable connection, large antenna, high-power, etc.) to compare. Before closing I want to leave here to download the signed driver for Windows Vista, and CD manufacturer that did not send DX and gently cabledss have uploaded, redid the upload both to Skooter Blog here because I do not know how long they will be online in their original locations, especially from Realtek who gave only blunder of the air leaving the driver to the newest revision of the chipset.
- Realtek RTL8187B Driver for Windows Vista (digitally signed)
- CD should accompany Dongle USB Wireless Network 2.0 54Mbps 802.11b / g 500mW 27dBm High Power Afoundry with Magnet
If you also want to shop in DealExtreme, directly from Hong Kong, click here and good shopping. Update 15/04/2009: DX added to the CD other purchase (five piglets) and he came 13/05, See the details here. Update 16/11/2009: I ended up solving the problem of magnets is dropping the plastic part with another product of the DX, a Cola Two-Component Acrylate 302.


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No, that's all set-up, but evidently because her account was suspended meant it had to be re-activated. I finally got through to the right department at PayPal to get it done.
What's so confusing is that everyone says "you have to accept the billing agreement" but there is no such link anywhere on the PayPal site. The reality is PayPal has to accept you as a Website Payments Pro user and then the account is cleared.
Thanks for the help anyway - Joe


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This year Jonah is absolutely dying to carve a pumpkin. I don't think he really knows about all the goop and yuck that is inside, know what I mean?
While I was in college I got into carving pumpkins with a pattern. That way you end up with an awesome, elaborate pumpkin. The only thing is... carving a pumpkin like that is very time consuming! It's all well and good when you are single, but adding kids into the mix makes doing this kind of craft much more difficult... especially when you have more than one!
It seems like I had the time to do crafts like this when I only had Jonah. Here is a picture of Jonah's first Halloween (three years ago!). Can you believe that I carved both of those fake pumpkins next to him (I still have the "trick or treat one")... pretty cool, huh?
I even had the time to make his Halloween costume... without a pattern! I thought he was the cutest gingerbread boy ever. What do you think?
This year I did not make either of my boys' costumes. Instead I made the mistake of making mine and Honey Daddy's. I am still working on it... and sure hope I finish in time!
Tonight we will most likely be spending time in the kitchen carving pumpkins... but not elaborate ones. Just pumpkins with a face, most likely. Though the creative mommy in me still wants to make an elaborate pumpkin, the tired mommy in me wants to get it done as quickly as possible.
Maybe we can compromise?
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
The Voynich Manuscript: Fish
"...The fish illustrated on fol. 70r are most definitely the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula). This fish is very distinctive with its pointed snout, length/width ratio, prominent interlocking scales (ganoid
scales), and the "primitive" shape and distribution of the rear fins. The alligator gar is found only in North America... Curiously, there is an addition of what seems to be "Mars" (French, March?) in a darker, different ink and handwriting at this illustration..."
Most definitely? There are no other 'snouty' fish anywhere in the world? There is no way that the Limbourg brothers modeled their 1411-1416 Pisces after alligator gar and the 15th century French fish snouts are no smaller than the ones in the VMs. Maybe the Limbourg the brothers were inspired by some pike or barbel on the menu - the fish seems to be posing from a platter :)
So let's see how 1. Aligator gar, 2. VMs fish and 3. Limbourg brothers Pisces compare with each other using Tucker/Talbert criteria.
Snout: check, check, check
Length/width ratio: check, check, check
Prominent interlocking scales: check, check, check
"Primitive" shape and distribution of the rear fins: check check, check
Let's add some criteria of our own.
Tail: check, check, nope
Fin on the back of the head: nope, check, check
Still no winner.
Pair of two fish: check (I've seen a photo), check, check
Ropes coming out the mouth: check (I've seen a photo), check, check
Then we have to consider circumstantial evidence.
Relation to France: nope, check (names of the months are written in French hand, but maybe not by the author), check (French manuscript)
Relation to Aztec: check (they have Aztec name for the gar), check (some similarities found with post-Columbian Spanish herbal manuscripts, but not related to this particular image), nope
I will weigh in the VMs blonde people, architecture (it points to Italy and western/central Europe); the similarities with other 14th/15th century European herbals; the fact that the Limbourg brothers drew their fish during the time period when the the VMs vellum was produced. So, it seems to me that it is a bit more likely that the VMs artist had seen Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry than the Alligator gar. The artist also may have seen both or neither - the VMs fish may coincidentally remind us of the alligator gar or the de Berry manuscript.
In the blog-sphere we can speculate all we want, but we expect the scientists to at least pretend they made some effort to disprove their hypothesis before publishing it as 'most definite' (in this case explaining why similar European fish species should not be considered as probable).
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Hi Ellie! How about 4 Vms characters for the Pisces sign: The large captial 'P', numeral 9 (for sound g or k), the back-facing S (which represents R), and the tall pair of poles which both have loop on top (ell). The pair of fish could be identified as 'pickerel'. If you prefer the name of the Zodiac figure -- even simpler is:ReplyDelete
Large 'P' i 'sickle (Cyrrilic capital 'C' which is sibilant) "Pi S ee S' " Pisces
I've referred to that Cyrillic 'hand-sickle shaped' alphabet many times in past posts, here and elsewhere, Pi ? e ? -- remove the dot from the question marks and you end up with the entire word P -i -sees.
As far as Tucker et al (American Botanical Society?): I tried to read one of their publications but came to a standstill at "most unique". Really, if they somehow were able to elude the 'grammar' part of their educations (beginning in 5th grade here in the US) and actually managed to get a college degree, I'm seeing the results of the use of crib sheets (cheat sheets) during various exams. So, my usual sign-off with 'tongue in cheek': ;-)ReplyDelete


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If someone who makes gay porn is reading this and wants free publicity for the rest of their life on The Sword (which could be a blessing or a curse), make me a gay porn with Duncan Black and Bryan Cole.
Above: Bryan Cole(!), a twink, DUNCAN BLACK(!), Chi Chi LaRue, and a daddy at an Atlanta Pride event last weekend.
Caption suggestion: What do you think is going through the mind of the ferociously fierce twink between Bryan and Duncan?
October 5, 2016 at 3:30 pm
im kind of late but was there some kind of drama between the two
October 22, 2012 at 7:03 pm
is that joan rivers?
October 22, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Remind me to (not) send you the pic on my phone of me with Bryan and Duncan. ;)
October 22, 2012 at 5:57 pm
(I say not because you might post it and I look like holy hell. ESPECIALLY compared to those two! LOL)
October 19, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Bryan, Randall and Duncan yum that would be one hot 3 way
October 18, 2012 at 10:39 pm
OMG ChiChi is fuckin scary looking.
October 18, 2012 at 2:31 pm
@DJChiChiLaRue where is your glitter girl work it out go to MAC you need large chunky glitter over those eyes bitch
October 18, 2012 at 10:22 am
Fabulous pics of @DJChiChiLaRue
October 18, 2012 at 8:05 am
What a scary group..*runs for the hills*
October 18, 2012 at 6:09 am
Here's the "ferociously fierce twink" fucking James Ryder. Calls himself "Ethan Slade".
So maybe he's thinking about fucking Duncan Black? But, then again, who isn't? (And seeing as how all three worked with ManRoyale recently, chances are good that it happened/could happen.)
October 18, 2012 at 4:28 am
I want to be sandwiched by Bryan and Duncan!
October 18, 2012 at 2:39 am
the twink in between is hotter than Bryan Cole.draft into industry already.
October 17, 2012 at 11:30 pm
Dear god a twink without star tattoos? It's a fucking unicorn.
October 18, 2012 at 1:00 am
He's young and new to the biz. Im sure he'll be covered in a sleeve within a year and a half.
October 18, 2012 at 6:18 am
*points at Randall O'Reilly standing behind the "fierce twink"*
Aside: I wanna lick his abs…
October 17, 2012 at 10:19 pm
I'd rather have that twink and daddy. Oh let's add Bryan Cole as well :)


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This is for a colour challenge at Scrap it with Attitude. I usually work with either white or kraft cardstock and they are both out of stock here and in America....Challenge it is then.
This is Miss Maiya Grace, my beautiful great-niece.
This is absolutely Gorgeous Trish....love the background papers, the sweet photo and the flower cluster. Thanks for joining in with the SIWA colour challenge. xxReplyDelete
Thanks Janice :)
Love this page too, just fabulous TrishReplyDelete
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The Texas Grandparent Access Law was enacted almost 20 years ago to protect the relationship between children and their grandparents. The purpose of the law is to give grandparents options for maintaining contact after divorce, death or other circumstances that may befall the parent.
Understanding third party custody
Recently the Grandparent Access Law has come under scrutiny. Local NBC station, KCBD.com,in Lubbock, TX, is reporting "recent allegations claim the law has been turned upside down and used as a weapon to take children away from perfectly good parents." While this debate is based in Texas, it does raise questions of grandparents' rights in Oregon. Grandparents often play a vital role in the lives of their grandchildren. Unfortunately, divorce, death, substance abuse, or incarceration can affect the access grandparents have to their grand-kids in Oregon.
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Andrew Acosta
Contributing Writer
Numerous cheating incidents
have been occurring in the social
science lab over the past few years.
According to some students and
lab technicians who work there,
situations involving copying, bribing, and forging happen often.
Victor Interiano, 26, a PCC student, has worked as an English
tutor in the lab. He says that as a
tutor he received plenty of offers
to write some of the papers that
he had been working on with students while tutoring them.
"One student offered me $50 to
write his English paper," said
Interiano. "Another student came
in who had to write six or seven
essays for her class, and offered me
$100 per essay." He said that even if
students do not directly ask him to
write the paper, they ask if he
knows anyone else who would be
willing to write the paper for them.
Interiano said his response
consists of informing them of the
consequences of such actions,
and then refusing to participate.
Some students, he said, are more
subtle in their approach in asking
for his services.
"I had one student come in
here a week or so ago for help on
his English paper. He would keep
asking me what would I put in
the paper, what I would choose
to say in this sentence, or things
to that effect. It was obvious he
was lost and didn't have a clue
what to do. He tried to get me to
write ft without directly asking.
He came in about a week later
and asked me to proofread it.
And he gave me a perfect paper."
Interiano said he knew the student had either plagiarized someone's work or had someone else to
write it fcfetause-of the drastic
turnaround in the student's
knowledge from the week before.
There was no way of proving it.
Interiano said he did not bother to
go to the teacher. He does not
understand why it is not obvious
to the teachers when a student
turns in suspicious work.
Not all dirty work goes by
unnoticed. - According to
Interiano, there were many students in a humanities class taught
by Professor Robert Foreman
who were caught plagiarizing their papers. The
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been notified, because they realize this will greatly impact the
students, especially if or when
they transfer.
The students have thus far
received failing grades and will
miss out on six units because the
class was a "block class," which in
this case would count for two
three-unit classes.
Interiano said, "There are people who help students cheat, who
work here and work elsewhere as
well." Interiano said he minds his
own business and keeps his tutoring
services fair and honest, rather than
dealing with something so risky.
A lot of the students who come
to offer money in turn for someone writing their reports §re foreign students, Interiano said.
Students who have been in
the lab have also seen and participated in dishonest workings.
Andy, (undeclared), a first year
student at PCC, claims, to have
witnessed a dishonest action
while in the lab center,
"One time when I was in there
using a computer I saw a student
hand another student his disk.
They kept watching us to see if
anyone was looking," said Andy. "I
also heard a lady in there talking
about how she knew of some
cheating going on and wanted to
get them in trouble, but she couldn't prove what she knew."
First year student Anthony,
(undeclared), says he knows of
friends who participate in cheating.
"My friend the other day was
just telling me how he has to get
slips signed off for extra credit.
And he said all he does is stay an
hour and fills out the paper in pencil, and when they sign it, he erases the hours and puts down more
than he did."
Whether considered a large or
small degree of cheating, Interiano
says he knows the students will get
caught if they are not careful, and
above all, not honest.
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M. W. Moon has purchased a five-passenger automobile....As Walter Ely was putting the harness on his horse Sunday, the animal started out into the street and slipped and fell across the curb, rendering it unconscious. At first it was thought the animal was dead, but later it recovered its breath and was enabled to get up.
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Eric Reid's position switch turned out to be a short-lived one.
The 49ers moved Reid to linebacker ahead of last Sunday's game against the Eagles and Reid spent the afternoon there, but he won't be back at the spot when the Cardinals roll into Santa Clara this Sunday. Reid is back at safety after Jimmie Ward went down with a broken arm and said that he's happy to be back in a familiar setting.
"I had fun this past week," Reid said, via the San Jose Mercury News. "It was cool to be involved in a lot of the blitz packages and stuff. I prefer safety. That's what I've played my whole life, but if the team needs me to play linebacker, then I'll do it. When I'm on the field, I just do my job. Even though I wasn't head over heels with the change initially, I knew I had a job to do and I knew I couldn't let my teammates down. Whatever the situation is, I'm going to do it for my teammates."
The Ward injury made moving Reid back to safety an easy choice for the 49ers, but they may have injury issues to deal with at linebacker as well. Reuben Foster missed last week's game and has been healthy enough to play in just two games so far this season, so they'll be hoping his two limited practices to start the week set him up for a spot in the lineup this weekend.


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Name: The Bunker
Address: Cow Lane,
Queenstown 9300,
New Zealand
+64 (0)3 441 8030
Food: ModOz,
Average price: Entree: $17-$26, Mains: $36-$42, Dessert: $14-16
Complimentary: Nothing
Entree: Whitebait - $26
Crispy West Coast whitebait with a cucumber, ginger and lychee salsa and lemon yoghurt dressing.
Tuna - $23
Sesame crusted yellow fin tuna tataki with shitake and spring onions and a tahini dressing.
Mains: Pork belly - $37
Twelve hour braised crisp pork belly, with roasted Stewart Island scampi on a carrot and ginger puree with sesame coleslaw and coriander jus.
R found the skin too chewy and fatty to eat and didn't enjoy it.
Vegetarian - $36
Roasted almond and chick pea filo on a warm salad of artichoke, olives, capers and goats cheese with a vincotta dressing.
This was pleasant - the filo was flaky and the filling tasty, the vincotta dressing's acidity helped to balance the other salty, heavy flavours.
Dessert: Brownie - $15
Chocolate brownie with strawberries, raspberry puree, white chocolate and vanilla ice cream
Classic flavours that pared beautifully although the brownie was a touch burned but hubby didn't mind it all and happily ate it up.
Cost: $137NZD - for 2 entrees, 2 mains, 1 dessert.
Service: OK.
Atmosphere: Dark and mismatched. The green library lights hung over old paintings doesn't seem to fit with the bar at one end. The restaurant attracts an older clientele despite its 4am closing time. I coulnd't tell you much about the decor as it was just too dark.
Parking: Limited.
Website: http://www.thebunker.co.nz/index.html
Hours: Daily 5pm - 4am.
Would I return: No.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The Bunker - Queenstown
Labels: ModOz, New Zealand, Queenstown, The Bunker
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"Don't Start What You Can't Finish"
From the time I began to play baseball and soccer as a child until the time I played football and tennis in high school; I heard a reoccurring command from my parents, "don't start what you can't finish." This of course was to keep me from starting a sport and trying to quit in the middle of a season. The older I get the more I appreciate having this life principle instilled in me. What started out as a principle to apply to sports and generally not being a quitter, I now see as an everyday application to our Christian lives.
In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 we are reminded, "…you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." As Christians, reflect on this instruction from God. I encourage you to say to yourself, "don't start what you can't finish!" As children of God who have been washed clean of our sins (Ephesians 2:1-10) we must remember that we are called to "walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called" (Eph. 4:1). In other words we better not start introducing sins into our lives we know we cannot continue doing without falling out of favor with God.
I fear fellow Christians that we often try to see how close we can get to the fire without getting burned. 1 Cor. 10:12-13 reminds us "let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall." God tells us to not even introduce sin into our lives, He tells us to flee from sin and draw near to Him (James 4:8). So why do we so often think we can dabble in sin or just be around it and not sin? We should consider how weak our fleshly desires are and remember what our eternal goal is. If your eternal goal is to stand in the glory of Almighty God why start what you can't finish?
The next time you are in a struggle between your faith and the temptations of this world I encourage you to consider 2 Cor. 5:15, "and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised." Not a single one of us will ever be perfect in our fight against temptation and sin. However, as we strive to walk in the light of God, let us remember our savior Jesus and everything that He sacrificed so that we could be forgiven of our sins. Brothers and sisters in Christ if we want to have a home in heaven we better not start a sin we know we cannot finish!


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Hey everyone - I'm just sitting in the green room between shows so I thought I'd share a few pics with you!
I've been really intrigued today as the lovely Debbie Shore has been doing a sewing class teaching people how to make their own little black dress!
So I sneaked into her set between shows to take a few pics...
And this is the actual dress that Debbie was wearing in the show this morning!
And here's me - as usual in the thick of things!
And have you seen the lovely necklace I'm wearing? It's today's Daily Deal from Beader's Companion and here's a closer look at it...
I think it's fab! And you can get everything you need to create this for only £10 today! But tomorrow the price will go back up and we'll have a new deal!
So you'll have to tune back in to Create & Craft tomorrow to see what I'm wearing to see what tomorrow's daily deal is!
My last show of the visit is tomorrow morning at 9am then I'm back off up home to rest my voice for the weekend! Hubby will think all his Christmases have come at once having me quiet for the whole weekend!
Hope you've been enjoying the shows!


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After visiting Germany for a little more than the average 2 day weekend I learned a few things like:
- In Nuremberg basically NO ONE SPEAKS ENGLISH. If you're hungry and looking food have a translator ready because there is a 70 percent chance you won't find a English menu.
- When you go buy food, HAVE CASH READY BECAUSE NO ONE LIKES CARDS. Unless you visit Dunkin Donuts or Burger King. Let me also tell you burger king fills your cup up only 75% of the way and there are no refills. Please don't ask for more than one napkin or ketch because you will get a mean stare.
- Thirsty? I hope you lie carbonated/ sparkling drink because from water to lemonade all my drinks were soda like
- In a rush? Give yourself more than enough time to make moves in Germany because some of the service is slow, well at least nothing like the service in New York City. I waited 15 mins for my breakfast sandwich at Dunking twice, I almost missed my bus.
- Sunday? It is a beautiful thing but kind of inconvenient that Sunday is actually observed here as a day off. Many stores and food places will be closed so do everything you need to do the 6 days before. Also don't expect things to be opened late because it won't be. Many of the stores me opened and closed early.
- GET OUT THE WAY! Have you ever learned to ride a bike? Well you should because bike riding is a big thing in Germany. Almost every path has a place for bikes separated from pedestrians. Sometimes the bike path is bigger than the regular path.
- YOU CANT LEAVE! Surprisingly entering Germany was so much easier than leaving. My passport was checked 10 times before I boarded the plane. Everyone made sure I had the visa stamp which I didn't realize I need and didn't have on my flight coming.
- If your a student no matter where you go make sure to ask for a student discount because all the places I went to visit in Germany had a wonderful discount I was able to use.
Overall my weekend trip was amazing and a one of a kind experience, I hope no one sees this post a disrespectful to Germans I'm simply giving tips that I wish I knew before! :)


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I have had 3 students to date with the first intial h. yep. hard to keep straight. I'm going to name this one Helen for the sake of keeping it straight.
So when H joined my class last week, you probably read my confusion, anger, and semi (very semi excitement)
This week she humbled me.
Background information: My class has "adopted" the severe/multiple special education class. My kids don't know that title, we refer to them as our buddies. There are 7 students in there. 6 boys and 1 girl. The boy buddies are so much fun. They dance like Michael Jackson, offer big hugs, and are so funny. The girl buddy has a few more challenges. She is nearly unresponsive that we can tell, to what we are doing. So weekly we read, do crafts, and help them celebrate holidays/season. It has been a truely rewarding experience for my 12 year olds, and I hope for their class as well. I wish I had a whole post on why I choose to have my students volunteer in this way, but I don't. So I will wrap it up by saying, it make them better children, friends, students and people by forcing them out of what is comfrortable and really showing them how fortunate they are.
Back to H. So every week we read on Tuesday and Thursday. My students take turns working one on one with the buddies. They don't have the same buddy every time. Since their are different skill/cognitive levels I like to switch it up. It is almost always easier to find student who wants to work with the boys, since like I said they are very high funtioning and responsive. H who has been in my class just one week, volunteers to work with the girl, "Summer". I didn't get a chance to talk to her when she was finished reading, to be honest, I didn't think about it in the busyness of the day. Yesterday when we were making our pieces for our class quilt, H was finished with hers. She asked if she could make another one...I said yes. She then began embroidering a heart with the letter "s" in it. When she was finished she asked if she could go give it to Summer. So off she went to give her gift to Summer, a girl who might not show she was recieving anything, who would not thank H, who wouldn't be excited or wrap H in a hug. It was true selflessness. To give without asking anything in return. What an honor I have, teaching such an awesome 12 year old.


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Long Dock
This long dock is just a few hundred yards from our house and studio here in St. Augustine. However, during a hurricane most of it was washed away. The little spit of land jutting out into the water (called Salt Run) was the original site of the very first lighthouse here in St. Augustine. Only a bit of the foundation is left.
9x12" / acrylic on board


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I think I'd like being punched every single day if the prize is getting a bottle of Nestle's Fit and Right juice drink.
Here's the story. Later this morning, I went to school with a very refreshing feeling. Refreshing because I was able to take a bath, finally! (Actually, I went to school earlier before the punching incident. I woke up 9 AM because my classmate texted me that we'll going to have a class. But only to get disappointed when I've learned that my teacher was not around. So, I went home again to take a bath.)
To trim down the story, I climbed up the stairs of our building, where our office is situated, and met Percy Jackson, the Big Fat Giant here in the publication, our webpage master. And here it goes!
Percy: Ryan!
Me: Percy Jackson!
Then, he tried to kick me, (it's a joke, actually) he wast just demonstrating what he have learned in his Muay Thai Lessons.
Being a karate kid, I dodged his kick while smiling when suddenly he countered me with another blow, a punch this time.
Because I was smiling, I didn't see it. And he hit me! He hit me! A giant fist just hit me straight to my right eye!
Bang! And All I could see were butterflies!
Then, he apologized and said that he'd treat me snacks but I said No and It's okay because I'd write something for our paper. Then, he left. I watched myself at the mirror and saw Koko Crunch in my left eye!
Then, I saw him again and asked him to treat me lunch for what he did. To my surprise, he did treat me. He gave me a bottle of Nestle Fit and Right. A bottle of juice for a heavy punch. Okay, I think I'd like being punched everyday if the prize is getting a bottle of Nestle's Fit and Right.


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New SMS For Lovers
Here is new SMS collection for you. Send your favorite message to your lover and keep your relation fresh and long lasting. Enjoy.
You are in my life and in my heart.
That's why I love you and I 'll make you my wife.
I will never stop dreaming because you are my dream.
I will never stop hoping because you are my hope.
I will never stop loving because you are my love.
Life needs happiness but my happiness is with you,
so without you there is no life, no happiness.


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To help in making an amazing Fast Metabolism Diet here is a delicious and unique Phase 2 recipe!
- Medium sized lean cut lamb
- Lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon ginger powder
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- A handful of coriander leaves
- Salt and pepper
- Finely chop the garlic cloves and throw them in a medium-sized bowl.
- Add all the other ingredients to the bowl except the lamb and coriander leaves.
- Mix this marinade well.
- Put the lamb into the bowl and make sure to coat the lamb evenly and generously with the marinade.
- Grill the lamb thoroughly on both sides.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and sprinkle a few sesame seeds on top.
- Serve and ENJOY this Phase 2 Recipe!
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It doesn't take much to encourage a person to check out a place known as "Spa City", but White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, has more to offer golfers than just warm bubbles, tranquility and tee times; it is also an area rich in golf history. Claiming the oldest hole of golf in America as well as the historic Greenbrier Resort, home to the first Ryder Cup, White Sulphur Springs is a great place for golfers to get in a few rounds. With many Sugar Maple lined fairways hidden among the foothills along the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, golf buddies are sure to find a picturesque golf course, and a discount tee time to go along, in White Sulphur Springs.
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I accidently made a quilt the other day. I have a so many projects on the to-do list so i have no idea how it happended. I was supposed to be making a competely different quilt and then I started to experiment with the scraps and before I knew it I had sewn a quilt top. It was only a baby size quilt and I had decided I needed to order some white sashing for the main quilt I was supposed to be making so that project was put on hold. So not wanting to add to the pile of almost completes I finished it! It is made using Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane fabric (and an Amu Butler Spots snuck in) and Kona Solids.
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