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• Learn to work with your environment to produce food and enrich your surroundings as Freeskool Asheville, a local "cooperative teaching and learning network organized by and for the community," presents a course on urban permaculture at the Pearson Garden, 408 Pearson Drive in Montford. 7 p.m. Free.
• Orienteering is a "family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain," according to Wikipedia. This weekend, try your hand at navigating the Southern Appalachian terrain as Blue Ridge Parkway Rangers host a free, family-friendly course on orienteering at the Parkway Visitor Center, MP 384. Registration required. Info: 298-5330.
•"Experience the sad life of Lolita the killer whale, who has been caught in a net of lies for over three decades," reads a release for this heartbreaking documentary. "Littered with haunting images and painful sound bites, Lolita: Slave to Entertainment offers audiences an engaging peek behind closed doors, exposing an entire industry of injustices, greed and lies. Make no mistakes, this is no Free Willy, there is no Hollywood ending here. This provocative and revealing must-see documentary uniquely addresses man's relationship with wildlife. It speaks not only to animal lovers and activists, but to anyone at all who may have been duped by marine theme park propaganda. In fact, this is the film that an entire industry would rather you not see. And whether you like it or not, Lolita: Slave To Entertainment is assured to ignite conversation — if not heated debate." Learn more as Firestorm Cafe (48 Commerce Street, 255-8115) hosts a free screening of the film. 8 p.m.
• Cobra Horse has practically no information available on its website, but the local quartet's adrenaline-fueled rock 'n' roll speaks for itself. The band's pounding rhythms, driving bass and fuzz-laden guitar riffs are far more telling than any bio could hope to be. Catch Cobra Horse at The LAB (39 North Lexington Avenue, 252-0212) with Test Match. 10 p.m. $5.
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Friday, July 22
• Having shoes is something that most of us take for granted. However, thousands of Americans struggle without this most basic comfort every day. Do your part to help when Appalachian Vintner (2B Huntsman Place, 505-7500) hosts a benefit for the SoleMates Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides recycled shoes to those in need. The event will include a wine, beer and food tasting and music by local electronic producer dep. 7-10 p.m. $5 with pair of shoes to donate.
• "Traditionally untraditional," begins Sanctum Sully's bio "…or maybe it's untraditionally traditional. Bluegrass bands struggle daily with this handle that has been used to describe their music and their style — especially bands claiming Asheville, North Carolina as home base. Sanctum Sully thankfully deviates mightily from said agenda. While fully capable of wrangling a helluva version of 'John Hardy,' they'd much prefer to punch you in the gut with potent and powerfully written original songs." Strap on your body armor and head over to Pisgah Brewing Company (150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain, 669-0190) to hear for yourself. 9 p.m. $6.
• "After many years of band experience in all kinds of music, the members of The Monterreys have united for the sheer enjoyment of playing," according to the Charlotte-based surf rock outfit. "The Monterreys blend some fun tunes that explore surf, spy, cop show, spaghetti Western, Latin and lounge." The band plays Altamont Brewing Company (1042 Haywood Road, 575-2400) with The Aqualads. 9 p.m.
Saturday, July 23
• "The Cradle of Forestry invites the public to enjoy a program about the 1915 Climax logging locomotive on display at the Cradle," according to a release for Train History Day. "Visitors will learn about the locomotive and explore the rich history of a time when many livelihoods depended on logging trains winding their way through the forest coves of Western North Carolina." The event will include presentations by train historian Jerry Ledford and hands-on demonstrations by members of the Asheville chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free with $5 admission to The Cradle of Forestry.
• According to the synopsis for Pocket Guide to Riches: A Formula to Create Money On a Consistent Basis, "Susie Greene shares insights of attracting money through an honest, genuine, sometimes humorous collection of inspiring stories and personal experiences. She reveals how to partner with this Invisible Creative Force that works with us on a consistent basis to delight us with every single thing we want in life, including money! It provides powerful, practical tools to be used towards the success of abundance and living a life of freedom." Sounds good, right? Hear the author share her personal tips at Malaprops Bookstore (55 Haywood Street, 254-6734). 1 p.m. Free.
• Shoegaze has been making a comeback in Asheville lately, as evidenced by the Asheville FM program devoted entirely to the dreamy, effects-heavy genre, Straight Gaze, and a string of recent performances by local and national shoegaze purveyors. This weekend, the latest edition to the local scene, Knives and Daggers, will celebrate the release it's debut LP, a soaring, string-driven take on the popular '80s genre, with a performance at The LAB (39 North Lexington Avenue, 252-0212). Soft Opening and Jason Smith open. 10 p.m. $5.


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Division Streetscape Project Overview
Street, Stormwater and Sewer Improvements
Work started in May 2013 on the Division Streetscape Project, a partnership between The Portland Bureau of Transportation and Environmental Services worked together on the Division Streetscape Project. Construction began in May 2013 and ended in October 2014. The project including sewer and stormwater improvements, and an update of the streetscape design on SE Division Street from SE 11th Avenue to SE Cesar Chavez Boulevard.
Streetscape Improvements
- Curb extensions for bus landing
- New crosswalks and streetlights
- Improved signalization
- Public art
The work included repaving Division from SE 10th to Cesar Chavez.
Stormwater and Sewer Improvements
- Constructed 55 green street facilities to manage stormwater runoff
- Planted 124 street trees
- Replacing over 4,900 feet of sewer pipe in poor condition
- Replaced 32 sewer manholes
Project Benefits
The Division Streetscape Project improved a deficient transportation corridor, made the sewer system more reliable, added green infrastructure to make sewers work more efficiently and improves watershed health. In addition to those benefits, the project:
- Manages stormwater runoff from streets
- Replaced aging sewer lines and sewer maintenance access structures to relieve sewer backups and increase sewer system reliability
- Increased safety, access, and visibility for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users
- Improved traffic operations through the corridor and provide on-street parking
- Helped stimulate the local economy
- Increased neighborhood attractiveness
The project gives the community an attractive main street with increased access to transit, improved pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and improved air and water quality.
Project Background
Neighborhood groups and the business community formed the Division Vision Group in 2001 and spent several years working to develop a vision of Division as a main street that could better serve the residential, and business communities.
Between 2003 and 2005, the City of Portland and community members used the findings of the Division Vision Group to develop the Division Green Street/Main Street Plan. The plan focuses on improving the livability of Division Street between SE 11th and SE 60th avenues over the next 20 years.
Working with a technical advisory group and a community advisory group, the city started designing the Division Streetscape Project in 2009. With input from the public and advisory groups, the city completed design in 2012.
This project was funded in part by $2.5 million in federal transportation funds and $3.3 in local transportation funds.
More project background is available on the Bureau of Transportation website.
Tabor to the River Program
The Division Streetscape Project was part of the Tabor to the River Program, which combines innovative stormwater management techniques with sewer repairs and improvements to stop basement flooding, manage stormwater more naturally, and to restore watershed health. The program area extends from Mt.Tabor to the Willamette River between SE Hawthorne and SE Powell boulevards.


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Win Franklin's philosophy on community service is pretty simple: Find something you love doing and help people.
After his graduation from the University of Colorado Boulder about 40 years ago, Franklin relocated to North Boulder, where he had secured the perfect property to live on and put his environmental biology studies to use.
That's where Franklin first began serving the community as a volunteer ditch rider for the Silver Lake Ditch and Res Company -- a position that he continues to hold to this day.
"It's time-consuming, but it's something that I want, so I put my all into it," said Franklin.
Today, Franklin continues to maintain the Violet Lateral for the company, monitoring the flow of water, making sure the ditch drains properly, and watching that his neighbors have access to water.
After college, Franklin also accepted a job with Boulder County Public Health, where he worked for 12 years. Knowledge gained in the position came in handy during Franklin's next volunteer venture.
Eleven years ago, the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless was seeking local folks with trucks to help move into its current location on Broadway.
After helping the organization move that day, Franklin felt the need to do more. For more than a decade, he has been serving breakfast every Wednesday morning at the shelter.
But he doesn't just volunteer his time; Franklin also uses his expertise from the health department to make sure the facility's kitchen is maintained properly and kept up to code.
But it was always working with plants and cultivating the land that held Franklin's passion. After he left the health department, he also opened his own greenhouse business in North Boulder.
"I fulfilled a lifetime ambition by opening those greenhouses," Franklin said.
He continued to own and operate those greenhouses for 20 years, until he and his wife decided to retire.
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Franklin stays busy year-round helping to maintain the gardens and greenhouses and caring for the tomato plants at the organization -- volunteer work that keeps him smiling.
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Name: Circles In The Sand - Labyrinths On The Beach
Date: April 28, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
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A unique way to walk on the beach. Labyrinth master artist, Denny Dyke, creates "walkable art" which is a sandy path through an entire pattern with no wrong turns or dead ends. The path is further enhanced with detailed designs and is open for all to enjoy. Subject to cancellation due to inclement weather, rain and/or high winds.


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Today's recipe is a healthy and simple dish that goes well with rice and chapati.It is a cabbage and lentil combo.Here I have used chana dal/kadala parippu.
Cabbage- 1/2 small sized cabbage
Kadala Parippu/chana dal- 3/4 cup
Green chilly-3-4
Ginger- thinly sliced- 1 inch thick
Onion- thinly sliced-1/2
Tomato-1 medium
Turmeric powder- 1/3 tsp
Salt to taste
Chilly Powder- 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder- a pinch
Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - a few
Crushed garlic- 2 pods
Hing/Asafoetida- a pinch
Soak chana dal/kadala parippu for about one hour and then pressure cook till three whistles. When the pressure is released mash it and make it soft. Into this add sliced and chopped cabbage,turmeric powder,green chilly,tomato,onion and salt and cook till the cabbage and onions are is soft.(or you can pressure cook it for one more whistle)
Heat two tsp of oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When it splutters add dry red chilly, curry leaves, hing and turmeric and crushed garlic and saute till there is a nice aroma and raw flavor of garlic disappears. Remove the pan from the flame and add chilly powder and stir quickly and add in the cooked cabbage and dal. Bring back to heat and after a few seconds switch off. Serve with rice or chapatis.
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To understand why your site isn't ranking in Google, first you need to know what Google really is. It's important to always remember that Google's customer is the online searcher and it is Google's job to help them find what they're looking for in the fastest, most convenient way possible. In this video, learn the SEO basics you need to get your website in Google's search results.+ Hellen Overland
Many times business owners wonder why their site isn't ranking in Google, and you have to think what is Google? Google for any particular search has millions of pages that it can rank and really only the top ten of those millions of pages are the ones that get to rank in Google. So what Google is really trying to get at is the ten most valuable, most useful, most helpful or interesting search results that will serve the searchers needs out of those millions of results. So when you are looking at search results you have to look at your pages and think are my pages better than that million, two million, ten million results that Google could serve up?
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Is this the best I can do? Is this all I can offer? Is there more that I can offer the visitors to my site to make sure that my site is more valuable, more interesting, more amazing or useful than all the other search results out there?'
Be constantly striving to improve your pages to make sure that you are competing effectively in this competitive environment that Google has set up. So always make sure that you have the best, most unique content - quality content that people are talking about and linking and sharing your site with others, and that will prove to Google that you are the best result out of those millions of pages that they can serve, and thats how you get into the first results of Google.


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Caring For Your Virtual Baby: BabyGrow for Mobile Phones
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Cell Phones, Video Games,
With all the advantages of not actually having a physical baby in tow, BabyGrow is designed to be a Tamagochi (remember those?) for your cell phone. You get it all as far as responsibility goes - feeding, entertaining, medicating, and even cleaning. What happens when you don't comply with these needs? Anges, the Social Worker comes to claim the baby. It's like a low budget version of Nintendogs! Trust me when I say this: cleaning a virtual diaper is much better than the real thing.
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Paramount will begin their first releases August 9 with "Team America," "Coach Carter" and "Without a Paddle." "Sahara" and "Viva La Bam: Volume 1" will follow those titles August 30. In addition, Paramount Home Entertainment (via Comedy Central Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon Home Entertainment) will distribute:
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iTunes 4.9 To Support Podcasts
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Earlier at the D: All Things Digital Conference, Steve Jobs made it known that the next version of iTunes will include built-in support for podcasts. To make that a bit clearer - iTunes 4.9 will have an option that will allow you to plug in the RSS feed URL of your favorite podcasts, which it will then use to fetch them out and download them directly to your library. No need for any third party software to do this for you any longer. What's more, iTunes will provide a directory of podcasts in which producers can submit their work. Finally, Steve is even considering developing a model where content producers could sell their podcasts through iTunes. This is similar to what Google wants to do with video, but on the audio front. We can expect to see this new version of iTunes within the next 60 days.
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Michael Jackson Sells Neverland Ranch?
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In an interesting turn of events, it looks like Michael Jackson may have sold his Neverland Ranch to a silent buyer for about $35 million. I remember as a child wshing I could visit the Ranch - after all, it had its own zoo, amusement park, trolley, etc. Looking back, I think it's safe to say that it is good that I was never able to make the trip. This is one example of technology gone bad.
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Music for a Synthetic Age
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I love music. I may be a computer geek, but I'm also an artist and an occasional DJ, so there's always something on my iPod when I'm writing, coding, or surfing the Internet. A number of bands I love are very "tech-oriented" synthpop or EBM (short for "electronic body music," a sort of hybrid between industrial and dance) — in other words, music to program to. The tech-fetishist, often geek-friendly lyrics of bands like Psykosonik or Covenant and the synthesized, catchy beats produced by Melotron and Neuroticfish provide an excellent beat for those who need upbeat inspiration for their cyber-pursuits, be it coding or gaming, hacking or network security.
However, should you require something a bit more mellow, My Bloody Valentine is my new favorite. Their music is fluid, ambient, and laid back — but it's got enough bite to it to be interesting. It's very sexy, in a sort of synthesized way. If you've got a hot date with the cute girl from your web design class (or a hot guy you met at last weekend's LAN party), and want something to play while you discuss XHTML 1.0 Strict Validation over dinner, this is your band. Another great pick is Massive Attack, which is much more ambient-techno than MBV but still makes for great background music for dinner, art, conversation, or romance. Throw on either of these bands for instant ambiance that still appeal to the part of you that wants something "tech-y" to listen to, without sacrificing the atmosphere.
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If you are a current Windows XP user and want to try out Mac OS X but don't feel like spending the cash on a new system then give this theme package a download. After downloading the install package and patching your UXTheme.dll file, then you will be able to experience Mac OS X on your Windows computer – at least the visual part. No need for a Mac emulator here. This is also great for people that love the Mac OS X interface and absolutely have to use a Windows based system.
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Microsoft Xbox 360 vs Sony PS3
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Xbox 360,
The million dollar question remains truly unanswered, which next generation console is the best? Well the Microsoft Xbox team aims to try to answer this question by comparing all the numbers that are being fed to us by both PR departments in a four part series. Still wondering which console they say is the best. Can you blame them for stating that their console is the best? They clearly do make very good points and do give the PS3 proper credit; however to say that one console is better than another at this point is a mighty bold claim. What we need to see are in game stats and to experience both consoles ourselves to really make that final conclusion. One thing for sure is that we will all find out soon enough if the next Xbox lives up to expectations.
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E3 2005: Gotta Love The Churros
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Video Games,
Yup - Jesse and I hit JAMDAT's E3 party where they had a dedicated churro cart waiting for our arrival. Delicious.
Games Which Seriously Deserve Sequels
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Features, Retro,
You ever wonder why some game that you can't stand gets about a dozen sequels, yet the game that you really want more of never gets made? It is a shame. Here is a look at a few games that should get sequels, but aren't.
Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle
Lucas Games created some of the greatest 2D visual adventures ever made. The original Maniac Mansion game created a whole scripting engine and game concept. PC graphical adventures were a highly influential game series in the early 80s and it presented a huge amount of options to the game player. Manic Mansion was a well made spoof of the graphical adventure and the 8-bit Nintendo port was the only game that you could microwave a hamster until Nintendo found out about it. If you made a port of Maniac Mansion to the Game Boy Advance it would rule.
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E3 2005: Gears of War Screenshots
Posted by Jesse Easley Categories: First Person Shooters, Xbox 360,
While Andru and I were at E3 we saw a trailer for an awesome game called Gears of War for Xbox 360. Unfortunately, out of all the press kits and access that we had there were no trailers for us to give you all. We were able to score some screenshots for you though. I personally think that this game will be the "Halo" of Xbox 360. The gameplay looks excellent and the graphics are amazing. We don't have any storyline details yet, but we'll pass them along when we get them.
Editor's Note: I actually did get a bit of the background on the game during the Microsoft press briefing. Gears of War can best be described as a hybrid third-person shooter and survival horror game. There are locusts which do not like to be in the light. If you can stay near light, you have a better chance of surviving. The trailer shown at Microsoft's conference was truly amazing. These screenshots are in game.
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Our top-secret Barrett-Jackson correspondent reports on the sale of GM's Futurliner — a mega-bus designed by Harley Earl and built for GM's Motorama presentations in 1950.
The 1950 GM Futurliner just set three records with a $4.5 million sale. It set records for biggest sale at Barrett-Jackson, biggest sale for a GM vehicle at auction, and biggest sale for an American-made car at auction. Plus, biggest sale for a damn bus.
Example of GM's post-war market dominance and technological prowess, or glorified Oscar Meyer Wienermobile? You make the call. [Update: The final price was revised downward, says Jalopnik's correspondent, "Total sale price is now $4.32 million. [sarcasm] Pffffff. Not quite as impressive as before, huh? [/sarcasm].]
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I've been in personal development for over 3 years and this year I've started to offer my coaching services to other people. I firmly believe that to teach others to be successful, I must first become successful myself, and I have set about doing this and achieved it already.
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Oral History 101By: Josh Wheatley
For those of you with ancestors who lived in countries where little record keeping occurred or the records have been destroyed, continuing your family history may seem like an impossible task. Not so.
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Often, oral tradition is strongest in the places where records have been lost or were never kept in the first place. People become much more important resources than documents; the trick is to find the living archive who has a good memory of what has been passed down.
Call relatives, ask them what they know and if they know anyone else who might know more. Keep contacting cousins, even if they are distant, until you track down the living source you need.
As a researcher for The Generations Project, I've been trying to find the Pakistani ancestors of someone who knew very little at the beginning of their search. Armed only with the phone numbers of an uncle and an aunt, I've developed a contact pool that now numbers in the dozens. Various contacts have told me several family stories that are fascinating in their own right, but, even better, these stories have helped me know where to look to find the few documents that do exist. I've discovered information about this family that I never would have come across had I not been guided by oral family stories.
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- Square Feet: 3,421 sqft
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With 2,693 square feet of living space on the first floor, the Fredericksburg offers 3 bedrooms and 2 ½ bathrooms for the growing family.. The Fredericksburg also features a centerpiece kitchen, large family room and luxurious master suite. An upstairs bonus space adds up to 1,051 square feet.
Tilson builds in Texas Counties and Cities of varying sizes. Each of the Counties and Cities has a very diverse set of requirements. Therefore, prices can and will have to be adjusted due to Municipal, County requirements, and site conditions. Homes built in the Counties fronting the Gulf of Mexico are subject to additional cost to comply with Windstorm requirements. Prices are subject to compliance with FNMA loan criteria. Square footages quoted are approximate and include overall dimensions, but do not include garages, porches or overhangs. All prices quoted are subject to change without notice.
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As a family owned and operated Texas custom home builder, Tilson has worked to earn homebuyers' trust for over 80 years. Our experience in the Built On Your Lot industry is just one of the many advantages of building a Tilson home.
At Tilson, every floorplan can be customized. You can increase room size, add a wall, add or relocate a garage – even change the very footprint of a plan to suit your personality, needs, and lifestyle. We have over 100 plans for you to choose from, or you can bring in a plan of your own and we will work with you to create your dream home.
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Cronut fans can resume their quest for the famed pastry, as the Dominique Ansel Bakery in SoHo was cleared to reopen Monday afternoon after being shut down for a "severe mouse infestation."
The bakery says it's opening its doors at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
The shop was closed Friday after the Health Department began investigating a YouTube video showing a mouse scurrying across the floor of the Spring Street store.
The health department said inspectors found several hundred mouse droppings at the store that day.
The bakery passed its reopening inspection on Monday, a spokesman for the Health Department said.
In a message posted on its Facebook page, the bakery said: "We are deeply sorry for any disappointment that we may have caused you. Taking this opportunity, we have completely fortified our facilities with a full reconstruction and re-cementing, taking every issue seriously in an effort to provide an even more pristine environment for our guests."
It also suggested the YouTube video was a "cruel and sensationalized attack... not framed in the proper context."
The shop has become famous for its croissant-doughnut hybrid and, more recently, the cookie-milk shot creation.


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Season 4 of Jersey Shore is set to start filming in good ol' Italy any day now. I don't know about you, but I'm pumped to see the guidos and guidettes in their "homeland." However, it seems as if Matteo Renzi, mayor of Florence, isn't exactly ecstatic about the guid-tastic crew coming to his neck of the woods.
In fact, he's made a list of rules that The Situation and gang will have to follow while they're in his hood. The first rule: The cast will not be filmed in bars and clubs that serve alcohol.
Um, can you say Lame-sy Shore!?
The other rules, as reported by the New York Post, include:
- The show will not be filmed to promote Florence as a drinking town.
- The show should be filmed in such a way that promotes Italy (not Americans visiting Italy) and features its culture and delicious eats.
- The cast will not be filmed drinking in public.
- The show cannot film in the city's historic buildings.
Ermmmm ... what the hell are they all gonna do during their stay across the pond? It's sad but true, so many of us tune in on Thursday nights to watch the crew's hilarious drunk antics. Hanging around their European bungalow getting wasted with one another can be entertaining for only so long. What's gonna make us keep tuning in if we can't watch Snooki drunkenly wander the cobblestone streets or Vinny avoiding grenades at the local watering hole?
If any member of the cast fails to abide by the mayor's guidelines, then he warns that they'll be arrested. Really, I can only hypothesize what this snore of a season will entail if all goes "to plan":
Snooki will take the time to focus on her writing skills. A Shore Thing! did so well on The New York Times best-sellers list that the pint-sized guidette has to be looking to put pen to paper again. And what better inspiration than Italian culture, right?
Ronnie will be filmed walking Italian beaches with Vinny in an effort to continuously promote his Xenadrine campaign. At least for this batch of promos, they'll have something much more prettier and enjoyable to focus on than Ron's horrible acting skills.
Since Pauly D. won't be allowed to film in bars that serve alcohol (aka all of them) -- the MTV crew will follow him as he takes on a new business venture: The children's party circuit. JWoww will be his sidekick and the duo will throw Jersey Shore-themed birthday parties in quaint Italian neighborhoods complete with mocktails and bumpin' tunes.
Just because they can't film in clubs doesn't mean they won't go to clubs. Since the camera won't catch Sammy doing the nasty with the Italian Stallions, we'll see Ron and her fighting and have no clue what's going on. It'll become like a game! The guess-how-many-men-sam-hooked-up-with-last-night-off-camera game!
And that leaves us with The Situation and Deena. We saw the two get a little flirty at the beginning of Season 3, and I have a theory they'll be Italy's HOT couple. (By hot, I mean interesting and over-sexed, not attractive, of course.) Producers will encourage the couple to venture out into Italy's countryside, and film them in between smush sessions.
Doesn't sound as interesting as Seaside Heights, right? Can you imagine a Jersey Shore without the alcohol and bar scenes?
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Raymond Roscoe Aten, 94, of Macomb passed away at 1:07 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, 2013, at the Grand Prairie Assisted Living Center in Macomb.
He was born on April 29, 1918, in Scotland Township, the son of Clarence and Bertha Montooth Aten. He married Marjorie Maxine Robinson on Oct. 6, 1940, in Kahoka, Mo. They were married for nearly 60 years, before she passed away on July 26, 2004.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; grandson Monty Strader; brothers George, Keith, Sloan, Rex, Robert and Richard Aten; and sisters Mrs. Madlyn Christine and Mrs. Maxine Allison.
He is survived by son Larry (Louise) Aten of Jacksonville, Fla.; daughter Janet (Richard) Strader of Marietta; grandchildren Michelle (Gregory) Johnson, Melissa Watkins, Steve (Cassi) Aten, Sheryl (Steve) Sell, Jed (Shanna) Aten, Bill (Lory) Aten, Tom (Jessica) Aten, Helen (Bryan) Terry and Dan Aten; 32 great-grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Betty Aten of Macomb, Norma Toland and Betty Herche of Rushville; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Roscoe spent most of his youth on a farm northeast of Macomb. In February 1941, he and his wife moved to the Charles Flack farm five miles north of Macomb, where, except for two years in the mid 1960's, they spent their lives. His greatest 90th birthday wish was to ride a mule, which he did. He farmed all his life beginning with horses as a young man. Horses remained a love for all of his life.
He was a member of the Good Hope United Methodist Church, Tri-County Saddle Club and the Rolling Rivers Camping Club. He enjoyed horse and mule shows, camping and fishing.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 14, at Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Home in Macomb with Robert Chatterton officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Macomb.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers that memorials be made to McDonough District Hospital Hospice.
You may leave condolences and sign the guest book online at clugston-tibbittsfh.com.


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Volvo unveiled Volvo C30 at the Paris Motor Show in 2006. The car was also released in Europe the same year. However, it was launched in the United States in mid-2007.
The Volvo C30, designed with the intention of incorporating some of the style of its more established peers, was manufactured as a three-door hatchback able to accommodate four adults. Ever since its release, the hatchback received a mixed response from its customers and critics. While some have lauded the versatility it offers, others have criticized the exterior design. Many have criticized the car saying that it mostly looked like a full-size sedan sporting a flattened back. Despite criticisms, the car sold well in the U.S. as well as across the world.
In 2008, Volvo changed the engine availability of the C30 in the U.S. while retaining other basic features of the car. The company released the C30 only with a 2.5-liter turbocharged gas-powered engine, which featured an automatic or a manual transmission.
In the next few years, when the C30 hybrid version will be released, buyers hopefully will accept the unique hatchback design of the car. Alternatively, they may just disregard the car's exterior and go for it because of the superb mileage that the vehicle offers. Either way, Volvo plans to continue the production of the C30 steadily, for several years to come.
The best part of the 2012 Volvo C30 is the exceptional mileage that the car offers to the customer. The Environmental Protection Agency has pegged the mileage of the car at 21/29 mpg city/highway; 24 mpg is the combined mileage for the C30 that has a manual transmission system and 21/30 mpg city/highway is the rating for the automatic transmission.
There is no doubt that the 2012 Volvo C30 is a classic vehicle. It's a head-turner, in part due to the P1800ES-inspired rear end to the C30. The car has a glass hatch and oversized vertical taillights that give the C30 its personality. In addition, the acceleration and clean look appeal to the younger crowd.
The 2012 Volvo C30 is available in two models, the basic T5 and the upper T5 R-Design. Both models are powered by the lively 2.5-liter, 236 lb-ft, and 227-hp turbocharged five-cylinder engine. The engine is further aided by a standard six-speed manual transmission system or an optional five-speed automatic system. Although Volvo has left the T5 R-Design's engine untouched, the C30 is blessed with the superior sports suspension that increases steering reflexes.
Being a compact car, the rear seats of the C30 are predictably quite cramped. It is a challenge to fit in a lot of cargo inside the trunk of the car, which is a mere 12.9 cubic feet. However, this space can be maximized by folding the rear seats, increasing the cargo capacity to 20.2 cubic feet.
For 2012, Volvo added minor changes to the C30. Bluetooth aided audio streaming has been made the standard. There are also two trim levels, the Premier Plus and the Platinum. Premier Plus is available with amenities like LED daytime running lights, sunroof, and power seats. The Platinum Plus, on the other hand, has a premium audio system, satellite radio, and navigation. The Preferred Package and the Multimedia Package have, however, been deleted from the optional accessories list. The T5 is touched with a new exterior Caspian Blue metallic paint color.
The Volvo C30 is immediately distinguishable because of the oval shaped and oversized rear glass that would normally look hugely out of place in any other car, but fits nicely on to the C30. The glass lends an ultra-cool look to the car. Upfront, the C30 still sports the aggressive nose that was attached to it in 2011. It also has a blacked-out honeycomb grille, sporting the oversized Volvo logo. Sill plates and tinted windows are both part of standard equipment for T5 R-Design and T5. However, T5 R-Design further adds exterior matte silver mirror housings, a sport chassis, and a body kit.
The 2.4-liter engine powered the Volvo C30 in 2007. The engine gave the car decent output and a five-speed manual transmission. The turbocharged engine, which became synonymous with Volvo cars, was lively and the gearbox of the 2007 version was slick and light. Even the brakes were quite reassuring. The 2007 version of the C30 was the first one that encouraged increased interest in a Volvo car.
2013 Volvo C30
Compact, Hatchback
As a Volvo, the 2013 C30 is quite unorthodox.
2012 Volvo C30
The few changes for 2012 include a new color--Caspian Blue Metallic--a standard rear center armrest, new Premier Plus and Platinum model levels, and LED daytime running lights.
2011 Volvo C30
Newly standard on the C30 T5 R-Design is a new sport suspension with firmer springs and shock absorber damping, and a quicker steering ratio. Both the T5 and T5 R-Design have received all-new front styling for 2011 which includes a new fascia, fenders, reshaped headlights, honeycomb grille, and a more prominent Volvo badge. Orange Flame metallic has been added to the exterior color palate, as has an Off Black/Blonde interior trim.
2010 Volvo C30
2009 Volvo C30
The C30 marks Volvo's return to the hatchback coupe market in America, a segment that the Swedish maker avoided for decades.
2008 Volvo C30
The 2008 Volvo C30 is an attempt by the Swedish car maker to change its ""boring"" image into something a bit more youthful and cool.


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I prefer nudity because it feels nice. I love the feel of fresh air or water over my bits. But I'd be lying if I said it doesn't take a certain amount of mental preparedness to get nude in front of a bunch of people that I'm not in an intimate relationship with.wh..sh wrote:I am not questioning any intents or Feet's happiness. People should do what makes them happy.
I just refuse to agree with the general notion that naked people are more secure and vice versa. There are all kinds in both nudist and non-nudist groups.
Clothes (or lack of it) don't make a man.
I just had to state my unpopular views when Feet presented comfort with nudity as a counter-statement to insecurity.
But security is not the right word, exactly, for what it is that you need to get naked in front of others. If that were true then strippers and porn-stars would all be paragons of self esteem and body-positivity, but I think it's fairly obvious that there's as much of a range in body security among adult entertainers as there is in the general population.
The thing that I think about when considering public nudity is that we live in a society where women's bodies are considered public property, and this notion is reinforced through media, interactions with other people, the viewpoints of our friends and acquaintances, the things our mother's teach us about what's appropriate to wear in public and what's not, among other things.
But I feel that my body is irrevocably my property and no one else's, and daily, I feel that conflict between what I believe and know to be true and what's nastily floating around there about women's bodies out in the default world. So, to even decide to be nude in a safe space like Burning Man is still fraught with this conflict. It's kind of like what some notable gay figures have written about PDA's in public, about how the simple act of caressing your loved one becomes some huge mental effort because you're always aware that there are people out there who're violently opposed to your very existence and who even feel entitled to that feeling and don't see anything wrong with the way they think. And you also know that, to those unfortunately numerous people, a simple PDA is like saying, 'hey, come over here and harass me.'
It's the same thing, even though I simply enjoy nudity and am actually topless as I write this post in the privacy of my own home, know that there is a sizable chuck of the population out there who is violently opposed to the thought that my body is no one else's by my own, and that my decision to be nude would be taken as less to do with the fact that I just enjoy being nude, and become an open invitation to harassment and potential violence against my person.
It's not a light decision.
I mean fuck, I almost had to break some dude's finger off because he attempted to reach under my short skirt when I was out at a club last Friday. It's probably good for both of us that he ran away after I reached back there and grabbed his hand when I felt him fumbling.


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Jakson's Oils
1880s - 1930s
John Jakson's had a distillery,
not for alcohol
but for oil.
Jakson's grew lavender
and peppermint
in big farms near Mitcham.
Their essential oils
were extracted in the distillery
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August was the time for
harvesting the peppermint
and after distillation
and rectification
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and used in medical products
such as creme de menthe.
The Business flourished
until the outbreak
of the Second World War
when the export of oil
to all European countries was stopped."
Lavender farming around Croydon
Croydon had been full of farms
before that land was wanted
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Most farmers sold their land
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Only a few farms were left
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Jakson's was started by a Frenchman,
Monsier Lelasseur,
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Rick Steves' Europe "French Riviera: Uniquely Chic" Long a favorite of Europe's elite, the coastline still sparkles with yachts. Rick follows in the footsteps of the 19th century aristocrats along Monaco's harbor and Nice's promenade des Anglais. Then he visits picturesque artist hangouts of Chagall, Matisse and Picasso.G
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NOVA "Engineering Ground Zero" This five-year chronicle of construction of One World Trade Center, presents a story of engineering, innovation and perseverance of the human spirit. With some 25-floors yet to go before reaching its full 108-floor height, this film captures the behind-the-scenes struggle of architects and engineers to make the buildings at the site safe and secure while maintaining a tight schedule.G
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Washington Monument Metal Model Kit
The Washington Monument, located in Washington, D.C., was built to commemorate George Washington, the first president of the USA. When completed in 1885 it was the world's tallest structure until the completion of the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1889. Now you can assemble your own mini metal replica of the historic White House. Recommended for ages 14 and up.
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NickUnsworth needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
I'm an internet marketer at heart and focus on helping small businesses increase revenues with internet & social media marketing strategies.
New company: ChiroTrain.com
Tagline: "Helping chiropractors work smarter and be more profitable"
ChiroTrain.com is web-based company devoted to helping chiropractors work smarter and to be more profitable. We help our clients achieve their goals by training them how to use the latest cutting edge internet marketing, practice management, and mindset techniques.
We don't have any color requirements etc...your great ideas will drive the bus on our corporate branding. Our destiny is in your hands! :)
Thank you in advance,
The people who need to update their "old school" marketing the most...Chiropractors.
Our destiny is in your hands...let the creativity flow!
Logo will be used on the website, business cards, stationary etc.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Lightning Strikes Man… Twice [VIDEO]
Check this out - a security camera catches footage of a man getting hit by lightning while jogging down the street. After a few seconds he comes to his sense and stands up, only to be struck again! What do you think? Real or fake?


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LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone is in talks with Deutsche Telekom on a wholesale deal that would allow the British company to offer its German customers TV over superfast broadband, a person familiar with the situation said.
Vodafone, traditionally a mobile-only company which has to rent fixed lines in some markets to offer broadband, has come under pressure from investors and analysts to show how it can compete with cable TV groups and telecom firms who can lure customers with a combined offer for mobile, fixed calls, broadband and TV.
The combined offer, particularly from cable operators, has proved increasingly attractive as consumers watch more programming on TV, laptops and smartphones.
Some investors had feared the trend would force Vodafone to go on a Europe-wide spending spree to buy fixed-line assets, and sources told Reuters in February that it was weighing a 10-billion-euro bid for cable operator Kabel Deutschland.
But the fixed-line wholesale talks in Germany and a plan announced in March to build a fiber broadband network with France Telecom in Spain shows that Vodafone has options other than acquisitions. Shares in Kabel Deutschland were down 2.5 percent at 1350 GMT.
Vodafone declined to comment and Deutsche Telekom did not reply to requests for comment on Thursday.
Some analysts have said that the approach to Kabel Deutschland could have been designed to negotiate better wholesale terms from Deutsche Telekom.
The person familiar with the situation, talking on condition of anonymity, said Vodafone Germany and Deutsche had opened talks in December about agreeing a new wholesale deal for so-called VDSL bitstream technology. Vodafone has 34 million customers in Germany.
VDSL helps to increase speeds from a traditional copper network and the talks are about access to this and developments currently being worked on by Deutsche, called VDSL on a layer 2 basis and vectoring, which will provide even faster speeds of up to 100 Mbits per second and ensure the smooth delivery of TV over the internet.
The 100 Mbits per second compares to current levels of around 16 Mbits.
The source said discussions had been slow but were due to resume soon and that Vodafone did not rule out having to resort to the local regulator to seek help if they could not agree a price that works for both sides.
Vodafone already owns some fixed-line assets in Europe, including in Germany where it offers mobile and fixed lines to private and business customers, but it has quad-play services with TV, fixed and mobile calls on superfast networks only in Portugal.
(Additional reporting by Harro Ten Wolde in Frankfurt; Editing by Clelia Oziel)


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Despite a large and diverse crowd of people who expressed their disapproval of the move to sell Congress Square Plaza to a private corporation last August, for some unknown reason the four members of the City Council's Housing and Community Development Committee continue to negotiate with this corporation.
This is a very disturbing example of corporate welfare at its worst; to sell part or all of a city park to a corporation is a dangerous precedent.
But even more troubling, the hotel (formerly the Eastland) is about as villainous a corporation as one can find: It evicted 50 low-income tenants last year with little notice and has been charged with wage and hour violations by some employees.
Unfortunately, whatever the motivations of Councilors Nicholas Mavodones, Kevin Donoghue, Ed Suslovic and John Coyne, they are abetted by the scurrilous characterizations made by the Portland Press Herald in every article about Congress Square Plaza. Each article includes claims that people are publicly drinking or urinating in the park.
Actually, although I've crossed the park frequently for many years, I've never observed that. Rather, in warm weather, many tourists are sitting on the benches, and in cooler weather, the few people who are there are local residents. When does the Press Herald go to the park (if ever)?
No question, Congress Square Plaza can be greatly improved. One idea is to go back to the films and shows that were frequent in the square some years ago.
But the campaign of privatization based on class prejudice by both the newspaper and the councilors is rather shocking in Portland.
David Wagner
Standards for assessment of charter schools unclear
Colin Woodard's in-depth exploration of the Gulen movement and its connection to many charter schools was excellent ("Proposed Bangor charter school linked to Turkish imam," Feb. 17).
One statement in his article was interesting: "Their schools are often top performers." In what way? Academic success? Nationally normed assessment results? College acceptance? Graduates? Employment rate?
As a teacher and a social worker, I want to know the data behind words like "top performers."
As a taxpayer, I want to know what charter schools can give us that public schools can't.
Every year I get to vote on my town's school budget. School committee meetings are open to the public. Data is sent home to property owners and it is published in newspapers.
That's transparency. Thus, I have a measure of control over how my tax dollars are spent in public schools. When tax dollars are given to charter schools, I lose that control.
If some charter schools really are "top performers," then I'd like to know what they are doing that public schools could emulate.
In short, what does authentic evidence say works best to educate students?
Public schools already own buildings specifically constructed to house classrooms, they have transportation systems in place, they have standards for teacher qualifications.
There is no need to reinvent the wheel. If parents are unhappy with their local schools, they should not have to look to charter schools to find satisfaction.
They should demand documented evidence from the public schools that effective instruction is taking place, and if it isn't there, then change should happen from within the tax-funded, transparently administered and surprisingly adaptable public schools.
Sally Connolly, LCSW
Cape Elizabeth
Modern technology makes billboards irrelevant today
The Feb. 28 paper had an article regarding billboards ("Maine's decades-old billboard, signs law under attack").
The article stated a law was passed in 1977 to remove billboards so that the beauty of the country could be enjoyed. That law was very expensive to enact, but we paid that expense so that everyone could enjoy the beauty.
We did not then have MapQuest or a GPS. These and many other devices are now available to enable people to find their destinations.
There are also many state information facilities available so that tourists and anyone else may find recreational areas. Large signs are no longer needed for this purpose.
I am very much opposed to any changes in this law.
Frank Newell
Jab at New Jerseyites spoils otherwise enjoyable column
All columnists have the right to express themselves on probably all issues, and they do so in ways witty, biased and, occasionally, fair.
I enjoyed the humorous skewering Bill Nemitz did of Gov. LePage regarding federal Medicaid funding, using New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as his foil ("Gov. Christie, please phone your buddy in Maine," March 1).
But Mr. Nemitz steps over the line when he digresses from his political discussion and states of Gov. Christie, "But I've always considered you a pretty smart guy — even if you are from New Jersey." (my emphasis)
"From New Jersey," Mr. Nemitz? Like Thomas Edison, composer John Harbison, writer John McPhee, Tony Soprano? I think an apology or retraction is in order.
Eric Mihan
Nations' governors failing to stand up for our rights
The National Governors Association represents a group of people who are either too lazy, too stupid or too corrupt to do their sworn duty to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
These governors are the current iteration of a long line of miscreants extending back about 100 years. These people and their predecessors have failed to fight to prevent the federal usurpation of the rights of the states and the people.
We have reached the point where we are now a nation of sheep ruled by a malignant anti-constitutional bipartisan federal aristocracy.
Any of the governors has the position and power to call for constitutional amendments to rein in the criminal federal aristocracy and restore the rights of the states and the people. Ask why your governor is not fighting for your rights.
Norman Linnell
South Portland
Another View: Under new Russian law, critics of government are now considered criminals
Our View: Don't stop talking about how to recognize, respond to and prevent domestic abuse in Maine
Letter to the editor: Popular-vote bill would disenfranchise Maine voters, eliminate electoral advantage
Letter to the editor: Struggles of Maine seniors, their caretakers should receive thorough state review
Letter to the editor: Prompted by story, niece expresses gratitude to responders in aunt's 2004 Sunday River death


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Elis Remain Undefeated Against Unranked Opponents
PHILADELPHIA – The Yale men's tennis team got its Ivy League season off to the best possible start Saturday afternoon as they defeated Penn 5-2 at the Hamlin Tennis Center. The match was a close affair, but the Bulldogs were able to back up their doubles point with wins in the top four singles spots.
Despite playing outdoors in tricky windy conditions, Yale (12-6, 1-0 Ivy League) managed to bring its record in away matches to 7-5 and also maintains its undefeated record against unranked opponents this season. This is the second year in a row that Yale has defeated Penn to get its Ivy League season off to a winning start.
By winning two of the doubles matches, Yale extended its streak of winning the doubles point to six matches. Initially, however, it looked as though this streak was in danger of being snapped when the Quakers' No. 3 team of Jeremy Court and Zach Katz won 8-4 over Yale's No. 3 team of senior captain Erik Blumenkranz and fellow classmate Joel Samaha. At No. 1 doubles, the nationally ranked No. 67 team of juniors Daniel Hoffman and Marc Powers quickly got Yale on the board, however, with an 8-4 win. In doing so, the duo extended its winning streak to five matches and its season record to 13-2. Yale's No. 2 doubles team of sophomore Patrick Chase and junior John Huang then secured the doubles point with a tight 8-6 win.
Just as in doubles, Penn got on the board first in singles play when Court defeated Yale sophomore Kyle Dawson 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 5 spot. Yale's No. 2 player Huang then extended his winning streak to six straight matches with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. Playing at No. 3, Hoffman, whose nine-match winning streak ended last weekend against No. 58 St. John's, got back to his winning ways with a 6-1, 6-4 victory. When Yale freshman Zachary Krumholz fell 7-5, 6-3 at No. 6 singles, Blumenkranz and Powers, ranked No. 118 nationally, had both just split sets against their Quaker opponents at the No. 4 and No. 1 spots, respectively. Blumenkranz was able to maintain his lead after an early break in the final set to clinch the overall victory for the Bulldogs with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win. Powers then finished off his opponent Ivan Turudic with a late break in the final set to win 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
Penn (8-7) drops to 0-2 in Ivy League play. The Quakers will look for their first Ivy League win when they host Brown on Sunday.
Despite the win, the Bulldogs admitted that the match could have gone either way.
"It was a windy day, tricky conditions," said Samaha. "[A score of] 5-2 was not reflective of how close the match was."
"It was an important win [and] gives us momentum going into the match against Princeton," added Alex Dorato, Cary Leeds Head Coach of Men's Tennis.
Princeton (11-8, 2-0 Ivy League) hosts Yale on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Tigers beat Yale 4-1 when the two Ancient Eight rivals faced off at the ECAC Indoor Championship in mid-February, but the Bulldogs have gone 8-4 since that match.
Report by Robert Batista '15, Yale Sports Publicity
Order of Finish: 3,1,2
1. Hoffman/Powers (Yale) def. Kocovic/Turudic (Penn), 8-4
2. Huang/Patrick Chase (Yale) def. Wong/Jason Lin (Penn), 8-6
3. Katz/Court (Penn) def. Blumenkranz/Joel Samaha (Yale), 8-4
Order of Finish: 2, 5, 3, 6, 4, 1
1. Marc Powers (Yale) def. Ivan Turudic (Penn), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
2. John Huang (Yale) def. Nikola Kocovic (Penn), 6-2, 6-1
3. Daniel Hoffman (Yale) def. Phil Law (Penn), 6-1, 6-4
4. Erik Blumenkranz (Yale) def. Rob Wong (Penn), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
5. Jeremy Court (Penn) def. Kyle Dawson (Yale), 6-2, 6-2
6. Zach Katz (Penn) def. Zachary Krumholz (Yale), 7-5, 6-3


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UPDATE: Sudan: Activists arrested outside Lubna Hussein trial have been released
Source:WLUML Networkers
All 52 women's rights activists physically violated and arrested outside the Khartoum courtroom where the trial of Lubna Hussein for 'indecent' clothing was taking place, have been released and are safe.
According to reports, the majority of those arrested are well and used their time in police cells to sing songs of resistance and to make short films to post on YouTube. However, according to our contacts in Khartoum, three of the protesters who were arrested yesterday and physically violated by police wielding batons, sustained serious injuries: one had her arm broken, the second had her finger broken and the third was attacked by 4 policemen on her head and back and spent all yesterday in hospital; she has now been released although she needed 7 stiches to her hand.
The women's rights activists arrested were charged under Article 77 of the Sudanese Criminal Code 1991: Public Nuisance, Alcohol, and Gambling Public Nuisance, and spent 4 hours in jail before being released.
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Lady Gaga Looks Gorgeous While Flashing Booty in Bejeweled Catsuit [PHOTOS]
Lady Gaga, for the first time in a long time, looked normal!
While partying at L.A.'s famed Chateau Marmont for a post-AMAs bash, Ma Monster looked shockingly normal in a bejeweled, nude-hued catsuit, paired with shiny platinum locks pulled off her face and with volume at the crown.
No crazy glasses. No white face paint. No 12-inch heels. Just Gaga in a catsuit, flashing her booty while in a pair of walkable pumps -- which, we might add, had a very skinny heel, making them semi-dangerous even though they were not as high as the ones she normally wears.
She looked gorgeous when not all cray cray with her ensemble, right?


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The New York Mets are holding their first workouts of spring training today and could be coming off the field shortly. After all, with just pitchers and catchers, there's not much you can do.
The pitchers are divided into two groups, with one throwing today and another tomorrow. There could be a few pitching fielding drills, but not much else, certainly not throwing to hitters.
The position players in camp will be throwing outside, but full-scale fielding drills won't take place until later in the week. The Mets have enclosed batting cages and are hitting off tees and pitching machines. There could be batting practice from coaches, but not off any of the other pitchers.
While most position players on the major league level are already in camp, they don't have to be in Port St. Lucie until Feb. 20, with physicals the following day.
The first full-squad workouts won't take place until next weekend and the exhibition schedule starts Feb. 28. Until then, the days begin early with meetings, fielding drills – including pitchers – base running drills, and plenty of batting practice.
The days break up in the early afternoon, with the players spending time on the golf course or with their families.
A spring training camp is highly organized, with every player knowing where he's supposed to be at any of the Mets' over half-dozen fields.
Today I'll have the following:
* Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon from a MLB.com report on several of the club's key financial issues.
* Matt Harvey finally acknowledging he won't pitch this year.
* Curtis Granderson on what he brings to the Mets.
* A wrap of today's events.


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Golf Jpkes
Golf Jokes come in so many shapes and sizes, you never know what kind of Golf Jpkes will be par for the course. Sometimes they may be making fun of a caddy and sometimes Golf Jpkes may be making fun of how badly we all play at times.
The only thing that's for sure about Golf Jpkes is that anyone that has played golf before, has been Golf Jpkes themsleves at one time or another.
Being Golf Jpkes is no laughing matter, until you get back to the club house that is. In the end though, we all get back on the course again and risk becoming Golf Jpkes the next time out.


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Serves 8
Coriander, cumin, ginger, and paprika round out the North African spice palate here. Red wine and beef stock make a savory braising liquid.
|tablespoons canola oil
|carrots, roughly chopped
|leeks, trimmed and halved lengthwise
|medium onions, quartered
|flat-cut beef brisket
(5 pounds)
|Salt and pepper, to taste
|tablespoon whole
coriander, cracked with
the bottom of a pan
|teaspoon ground ginger
|teaspoons ground cumin
|teaspoons sweet paprika
|bottle red wine
|quart low-sodium
beef stock
|cups pitted prunes
|bay leaves
|cinnamon sticks
1. Set the oven at 325 degrees.
Have on hand a roasting pan large enough to fit the meat and vegetables and deep enough for the braising liquid to cover much of the meat.
2. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat 2 tablespoons of the canola oil. Add the carrots, leeks, and onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Transfer to the roasting pan.
3. Add 2 additional tablespoons of the oil to the pan. Sprinkle the meat on both sides with salt and pepper. Set it in the pan and cook for 5 minute without disturbing. Turn and cook the other side for 5 minutes. Transfer to the roasting pan.
4. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons of oil to the pan. Add the coriander and toast for 3 minutes. Add the ginger, cumin, and paprika. Stir well and cook 1 minute more.
5. Pour in 1 cup of the wine. Cook, stirring, to release the sediment in the pan. Pour over the meat. To the meat, add the remaining wine and beef stock. Set the roasting pan over a burner and bring the liquid to a boil. Tuck the prunes, bay leaves, and cinnamon sticks in at the sides. The liquid should come about ¾ of the way up the meat. Cover tightly with heavy-duty foil and transfer to the oven.
6. Cook the brisket 3½ to 4 hours, turning the meat once, or until the meat slips off when picked up with a fork.
7. Remove the foil and let the meat sit for 5 minutes. Transfer to a
cutting board and slice thinly against the grain. Transfer to a large platter and cover with the cooking juices, prunes, carrots, and other vegetables. Serve the remaining cooking juices separately.
Luke Pyenson


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Unemployed and no photoshop
Megan Fox spent the long weekend with Brian Austin Green in Hawaii not appearing to be too broken up about being replaced by that hot British model in Transformers 3. Fox will soon start heavy promotion for Jonah Hex. And not a bad way to kick it off given that the movie is expected to appeal primarily to the male demographic. While the fanboys geek out over Josh Brolin, others can work their hard-ons over this: a body that really requires no retouching. Goddamn. How it happens though is another conversation entirely.
What do you think of her weird pretend-looking face with little makeup coming out of the water? It still looks weird and pretend-looking to me.
Jonah Hex opens on June 18th the same weekend as Toy Story 3. That might not even be a fight.
Photos from Bauergriffionline.com


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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Don't "Panic", But The Sky Is Falling
12 comments:
- penlan said...
Crazy isn't it? Am beginning to see a lot more criticism of the Cons by the media now. Hope they keep it up.
- 2:42 PM, November 22, 2008
- Anonymous said...
You now you people make me laugh.We have a Prime Minister who is trying to encourage the financial marks not to panic in this financial crises,and you guys are still playing with words. What should have he been saying hum? Everyone panic go and jump from nearest bridge? Would that make you guys happy? But I digress.
- 3:08 PM, November 22, 2008
- burlivespipe said...
Yeah, TRIWIAt (or Twit), nothing keeps people's hopes buoyed like the flip-flop of a man who doesn't know that the economy is in trouble, keeps spending like a drunken sailor and empties the rainy-day account to buy votes, during the election tut-tuts rivals about the economic global tsunami under way, and then makes like chicken little when his 'it's a good time to buy' toss-off proves to be bogus advice that would get most financial advisors fired.
You digress, but then again, I've gotta give you credit for body contortion. You need to be a flexible to keep up with your leader's weather-vane like spinning.
- 3:23 PM, November 22, 2008
- Steve V said...
"You now you people make me laugh."
Oh good, because I've considered you a joke for a long time.
- 3:29 PM, November 22, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Signals aren't confusing at all.
Harper is a leader. Leaders don't panic, even in a depression, or a tsunami, or any other disaster.
It's all about leadership.
- 4:04 PM, November 22, 2008
- JAWL said...
WTF Anonymous, you're quoting campaign commercials? Christ that is weak.
- 4:11 PM, November 22, 2008
- Steve V said...
"Harper is a leader."
Yes, that's why he copied Dion verbatum once the election was over.
- 4:19 PM, November 22, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Help! It's 1929 and Harper is in charge. We're going down for sure.
- 4:59 PM, November 22, 2008
- Jerry Prager said...
Bit testy over here eh ? Have to agree Yadayadayada Harper is not a Leader. He's a follower, he'll follow whoever knows more than him which appears to be everyone, but for now he'll keep following Bush until he can legally start following Obama. Our PM's an American political junkie, that's why I like to think of him as Vice President Harper, it keeps him in focus, makes following his weathervane swivellings easier too account for: you just have to know that his prevailing wind is always from the direction of Washington.
- 5:46 PM, November 22, 2008
- Green Assassin brigade said...
Referencing the Great Depression is perhaps the first truth Harper has spouted for about a decade.
The only unknown is if they can inject enought liquidity into the markets to make what is starting to look like a deflationary recession into a inflationary depression! Either way we are screwed.
it's going to get ugly, folks.
- 6:18 PM, November 22, 2008
- Anonymous said...
The only thing Depressing around here is Harper and his boring old brand of short-term poli-tricks.
Canadian politics are turning me into a nihilist.
- 6:41 PM, November 22, 2008
- Anonymous said...
History does repeat itself. Harper is Richard Bennett to Obama's Franklin Roosevelt. History's verdict on Cons during a depression: make the problem worse, too little too late. The next election can't come soon enough.
- 11:36 AM, November 23, 2008


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I saw a pleasant young lady this afternoon. She was requesting a refill on her pain medications. She reported that she was in a bad car accident about 5 months ago in Another City of a Far Away State. She spent four months in a rehab "nursing home," and upon release had come to Our Fair State to visit family. She, unfortunately, reported that all her pain medications and other possessions had been stolen. She asked for enough pain medicine to get her through the next two to three weeks until she got back to the Far Away State.
Her regimen was 20 mg Dilaudid four times daily. (note to non-medicos: that is an insanely high dose; a typical dose is 2-4 mg) That works out to about 1.7 GRAMS of Dilaudid.
I doubt I have ever written for that much Dilaudid in my career, let alone at one time.
I examined the patient and she did indeed have scars on both legs consistent with multiple surgical procedures and external fixators, and they looked like they were a few months old. So she wasn't lying. But that amount of pain meds, to be polite, stretches credulity. So I said that I would like to call her doctor back home and verify the meds and dose.
"I don't know the name of the doctor," she said.
Was it a surgeon or a rehab doc or primary care doc or a pain specialist?
"I don't know."
What hospital were you treated at?
"I don't know."
Which rehab facility were you at?
"I don't know."
Can I call your family -- husband, parents and find out from them where you were cared for so I can get supporting documents regarding this prescription?
"I don't know where they are."
Do they have cell phones?
"I don't know."
Um, you're not helping me out here.
Tough situation. My instinct is to believe her, and the evidence is on her side. And people hospitalized for months do get disoriented. But the sheer incredible amount of drugs was such that I just could not bring myself to write the prescription. Ultimately we negotiated that I would give her three day's worth and she would do the research to find out where she was treated and by whom, and then we could work better with her to control the pain. Just amazing.
16 February 2007
An Ambitious Request
I saw a pleasant young lady this afternoon. She was requesting a refill on her pain medications. She reported that she was in a bad car accident about 5 months ago in Another City of a Far Away State. She spent four months in a rehab "nursing home," and upon release had come to Our Fair State to visit family. She, unfortunately, reported that all her pain medications and other possessions had been stolen. She asked for enough pain medicine to get her through the next two to three weeks until she got back to the Far Away State.
Posted by shadowfax at 3:42 PM
12 comments:
- dribear2/16/2007 4:54 PM
sounds fishy.... just been burned too many times. unfortunatly sometimes innocent people get caught in the crossfire.ReplyDelete
that is a freaking lot of dilaudid. and yeah, it sounds fishy to me too, and i'm not a doctor yet so i should have at least a small amount of faith left in humanity. if you hear, let us know if she shows up with the proper documentation!ReplyDelete
I'm on the "its crap" side, too, because she is in your "Fair State" visiting family from her "Far Away State." She doesn't know how to get in touch with her family though? Yeah.ReplyDelete
so I just looked up dilaudid on micromedex... it makes no mention of any dosing remotely near that much. for opioid-tolerant individuals, they list an extended-release formulation which is dosed at 12-36mg once daily...ReplyDelete
isn't her regimen enough to cause fatal respiratory depression, anyway?
If you gave her 3 days worth at her requested dose that still would be about as much dilaudid as I've written in 10 years. And I'm one of the few docs in these parts that actually brings my triplicate pad to work.ReplyDelete
wow, that is a lot of dilaudid. we used to use dilaudid for breakthrough pain for some of our oncology pts, but never that much. we did like the dilaudid as there wasn't a max dose to exceed, but if you really needed that much drug we'd switch to increasing their long acting opiate.ReplyDelete
I can sympathize with the desire to believe a patient's story and help them out. But on the other hand, as an ex-ER nurse, I've heard the old "out of town" story a zillion times. And once on a cruise ship, the ship's nurse told me that the ship doctor gets the "my drugs were stolen" story a lot, where the passenger blames it on the cabin-cleaning service. But I will give the all-time Academy Award Oscar nomination to a patient who tried to convince me, in triage, that she was allergic to NSAIDS and every single other narcotic painkiller in existence---except for dilaudid, heh!ReplyDelete
I know very little about anything and reading that dose of Dilaudid made my jaw drop. o.o Good lord. I thought _I_ had a high opiate tolerance.ReplyDelete
I carry contact info for all my doctors, names and dosages of all my meds, and an abbreviated version of my medical history when I travel anywhere. My first instinct would be to think, thanks to stories like this, that doing that is helpful to ER doctors - I really hope I'm not actually just a big pain in the ass. ^^;
Did she call back, or is she busy making the rounds at every other ER and clinic in Fair City? People I've encountered with this kind of chronic pain are usually on more than just one med: oxy, Fentanyl patches, etc.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2/21/2007 10:42 PM
I agree with the others- i think you just got taken for a ride.ReplyDelete
Canadian ERP
I agree.I can understand not knowing medical history after a long illness, but not knowing if family are reachable by cell phone??ReplyDelete