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Mad Hatter Day, Frugal Fun Day, Noodle Day
October 6, 2013 October 7, 2013 / Katybeth
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~
★~ Today's Quote: "I don't think…" then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter." ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
★~ Mad Hatter Day:
Celebrate Mad Hatter Day by embracing the absurdity of Lewis Caroll's Mad Hatter in the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Mad Hatter Day is celebrated each year on October 6 because the Mad Hatter wears a top hat labeled "In this style 10/6" in the book's illustrations.
The real spirit of Mad Hatter Day is turnabout: The nonsense we usually have to pretend is sane can be called madness for one day in the year; the superficially crazy things that really make sense can be called sane on Mad Hatter Day.
Feeding the Mind: Lewis Carroll's Rules for a Fine Information Diet and Healthy Intellectual Digestion (in case you want to plan a mad hatter party…)
How to Apologize for Standing Someone Up: A Lesson from Lewis Carroll's Hilarious Letter
★~ Frugal Fun Day:
The challenge today is to have fun spending as little money as possible Some ideas: carve a pumpkin it doesn't have to be for Halloween, attend a high school football or soccer game, head to Cosco or Sam's Club and have lunch on the samples! Watch a Bears game on Television!
★~ Noodle Day:
In the categorical blanket of all things pasta, one might guess the main difference between noodles and, say, macaroni is shape — but one would be mistaken to assume such. Although all pastas use a base of water and flour, noodles by definition must also contain eggs or egg yolks.
Pasta Porn: 101 of America's Most Delicious Noodle Dishes
★~ Today in History:
♥~ 1889 – The Moulin Rouge in Paris first opened its doors to the public. It was in the Montmartre district of Paris, a district that had been historically outside the city limits, where the local nuns made wine and Paris taxes did not apply. It evolved into a center of entertainment and drinking, the home of artists, and a popular locale for nightclubs like the Moulin Rouge. Moulin Rouge means "red windmill," because the building itself had a giant red windmill on top.
♥~ 1863 – The first Turkish bath was opened in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Charles Shepard was the proprietor.
♥~ 1945 – Greek tavern-owner William "Billy Goat" Sianis was ejected from Chicago's Wrigley Field for attempting to bring a goat to the World Series. Link: Billy Goat Tavern.
♥~ 1956 – Dr. Albert Sabin discovered an oral polio vaccine. It was put into use in 1961 and by 1965 was widely used.
♥~ 2007 – 40-year-old British adventurer Jason Lewis completed a13-year trip around the world, powered by only his arms and legs. Lewis crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a wooden pedal boat; roller bladed across North America; kayaked from Australia to Singapore; biked from Singapore to the Himalayas, etc. etc. etc.
★~ Famous Birthdays:
♥~ 1846 – George Westinghouse inventor: railway braking systems; developer: alternating current [AC] electricity; founder: Westinghouse Electric Company; died March 12, 1914
♥~ 1906 – Janet Gaynor, one of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: Seventh Heaven (1927), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Street Angel (1928).
♥~ 1936 – Anna Quayle Tony Award-winning actress: Stop the World, I Want to Get Off [1963]; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mistress Pamela
♥~ 1963 – Elisabeth Shue actress: The Trigger Effect, Leaving Las Vegas, Blind Justice, Heart and Souls, Back to the Future: Part 2 and Part 3, Cocktail, Adventures in Babysitting, The Karate Kid Call to Glory
♥~ 1964 – Matthew Sweet musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: Girlfriend
★~ Good to Know: NFL Owners
♥~ Arizona Cardinals: Bill Bidwell – Forbes estimates the Cardinals are worth $961 million, making them the 24th most valuable team in the NFL. Bidwill inherited the Cardinals from his father, Charles. Charles was a wealthy Chicago lawyer, and according to the book From Sandlots to the Super Bowl: The National Football League, 1920-1967, he had connections to Al Capone.
♥~ Atlantic Falcons: Arthur Blank – The Falcons are estimated to be worth $933 million, placing them 26th in the NFL franchise financial rankings. Blank reportedly bought the team for $545 million. In 1978, Arthur Blank co-founded Home Depot. Story has it that during Home Depot's early days, Blank and his business partner would stand in the parking lot handing out dollar bills to entice customers to browse the store. Blank is now worth an estimated $1.6 billion.
♥~ Baltimore Ravens: Stephen Bisciotti – Bisciotti was a minority owner of the Ravens from 2000 until he bought the whole dang team through a $325 million deal with Art Modell in 2004. The Ravens are now worth $1.2 billion. Bisciotti founded Aerotek in a basement office with his cousin. This later turned into the parent company the Allegis Group, which owns both Aerotek and TEK systems, staffing firms for engineering and technology companies.
♥~ Buffalo Bills: Ralph Wilson – The Buffalo Bills are worth $870 million, according to Forbes. Ralph Wilson founded the team in the then-AFL in 1959. The league eventually merged with the NFL in 1970, where the Bills went on to define small-market success in the early '90s—before doing the exact opposite of that for the following two decades. At 94, Ralph Wilson is the oldest owner in the NFL. After World War II, Wilson took over his father's insurance company, and went on to purchase manufacturing plants, trucking companies, highway construction firms, TV and radio stations, and other businesses in the Detroit area and across the country.
♥~ Carolina Panthers: Jerry Richardson – The Panthers are worth a little over $1 billion. Richardson actually played in the NFL for two seasons. He was a receiver for the Baltimore Colts in 1959 and 1960. Richardson owned Hardee's franchises in South Carolina before going on to become the CEO of food services company Flagstar, which ran every Denny's in the country. The company flirted with financial unrest until it was purchased by a private equity group in 1992. Richardson retired in 1995.
♥~ Chicago Bears: Virginia Halas McCaskey – Virginia McCaskey owns 80% of the Bears, who are valued at over $1.2 billion. Nearly $1 billion of that money is spent reminding people the 1985 Bears won the Super Bowl. It's hard to find any Halas family holdings or enterprises that don't have to do with the T-formation, linebackers, or angry, mustachioed head coaches. The family's fortune grew with the NFL, which is to say it grew a lot. Virginia inherited the team from her father, George Halas, who took a starch company's rec-league squad and essentially turned it into the NFL. He was a founder, player, coordinator, coach, and owner of the Bears—hence his nickname, "Mr. Everything."
♥~ Cincinnati Bengals: Mike Brown – Mike Brown took over the Bengals after his father's death in 1991. The team is worth an estimated $924 million. Mike Brown's father, Paul Brown, was the namesake and first coach of Ohio's other team, the Browns. He went on to co-found and own the Bengals before leaving the team to his son. Like the Halas family, the Browns' money comes from football. Should football one day cease to exist, the Browns would be penniless and confused, wandering through the Midwest wondering where their publicly-funded stadiums and fortune went. Luckily for them, football has continued to exist and looks relatively stable.
♥~ Cleveland Browns: Jimmy Haslam – In 2012, Jimmy Haslam bought the Cleveland Browns from Randy Lerner for a reported $1 billion. Haslam had to sell a minority interest in the Pittsburgh Steelers that he held since 2008 in order to buy the Browns. NFL rules state that owners aren't allowed to have ownership stakes in multiple teams. In fact, that's pretty much the only rule the NFL has for its owners. Jimmy Haslam is the CEO of the Pilot Flying J truck stop company, a nationwide chain founded by his father. Pilot Flying J is the largest such company in the country and sells more over-the-road diesel fuel than anyone else. Haslam and Pilot Flying J are currently under federal investigation for allegedly scheming customers and shortchanging them on fuel rebates.
♥~ Dallas Cowboys: Jerry Jones – The Cowboys are worth an estimated $2.3 billion, making them the number one team on Forbes' list of the most valuable NFL franchises. Jerry Jones bought them in 1989 for $140 million and has been one of the most visible owners in all of pro sports. In 2009, Jones opened the new $1.3 billion Cowboys Stadium, now named AT&T Stadium. Remember to call it that—AT&T paid an estimated $500 million and would appreciate it. Jones is an oilman, naturally. In the '70s and '80s, Jones made his fortune wildcatting with Jones Oil and Land Lease, drilling all the way to the Cowboys' owners box. Jones' estimated net worth now sits at $2.7 billion.
♥~ Denver Broncos: Pat Bowlen – Pat Bowlen became the majority owner of the Denver Broncos in 1984 after his family purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser. The Broncos are now worth $1.1 billion. Bowlen also owns the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse. Pat Bowlen achieved success as a lawyer in Edmonton before becoming an executive for his family's oil drilling and exploration company, Regent Resources. The lesson here seems to be that if you can strike oil and buy a sports team before the league's popularity explodes, you might be able to make a buck or two.
♥~ Detroit Lions: William Clay Ford, Sr. – William Clay Ford, Sr. bought the Detroit Lions in 1963 for $4.5 million. The team is now worth $900 million. Since buying the team, Ford's Lions have won exactly one playoff game. Bill is Henry Ford's last surviving grandchild and the Ford Motor Company's single largest stockholder. According to a 2011 calculation, Ford's shares in the motor company were estimated to be worth about $500 million.
♥~ Green Bay Packers: Green Bay Packers, Inc. – The Packers are a very special case. They are a publicly traded non-profit company owned by their 364,122 shareholders. If they ever need to raise money for a stadium or something else expensive, they just sell more shares. To prevent anything even resembling a majority owner from coming into existence, there's a limit on how many shares you can buy. It's a remarkably effective and successful model that goes directly against the NFL's runaway capitalist ideal. Naturally, it's long been banned by the league—the Packers have been grandfathered in.
♥~ Houston Texans: Robert C. McNair – McNair and his partners bought the expansion Houston Texans for $700 million. In little over a decade, the team's value ballooned to an estimated $1.4 billion, making them the 5th most valuable NFL franchise according to Forbes. Robert C. McNair owned a cogeneration power plant company and sold it to Enron in 1999.
♥~ Indianapolis Colts: Jim Irsay – The Colts are worth an estimated $1.2 billion, much of which is tied to a sweet stadium deal hashed out with Indianapolis. Jim Irsay's father, Robert Irsay, built a fortune estimated to be over $150 million through successful heating and air-conditioning companies. In 1972 he bought the Los Angeles Rams for $19 million before trading franchises with Carroll Rosenbloom for the Baltimore Colts. The franchise trade wasn't the last oddball ownership trick he pulled: Irsay infamously moved the Colts out of Baltimore in the middle of the night in 1984 via a fleet of moving trucks.
♥~ Jacksonville Jaguars: Shahid Khan – The Jaguars are worth an estimated $840 million, which must come as a surprise to the citizens of Jacksonville. They never knew they even had a football team. Khan just purchased Fulham FC, of the English Premier League, for a price estimated to be over $200 million. Khan arrived in America from Pakistan when he was 16 to study engineering at the University of Illinois. After graduating, Khan found work as an engineering manager at Flex-N-Gate, a nearby autoparts company. Flex-N-Gate made bumpers, and they made them inefficiently. Khan streamlined the process and started his own company, Bumper Works. Soon after, Khan bought Flex-N-Gate and began supplying lightweight bumpers to General Motors. After GM decided to use his methods on their own, Khan shifted his focus to Japanese automakers in the '80s, just as the Japanese auto invasion began to storm U.S. shores. Flex-N-Gate is now the sole bumper manufacturer for Toyota, and made $3.9 billion in 2012 alone.
♥~ Kansas City Chiefs: Clark Hunt – The Chiefs are worth a little over $1 billion, and have been in the Hunt family since the team's inception in the AFL. Clark Hunt is the Chairman of Hunt Sports Group, which operates the Columbus Crew. Clark Hunt is the grandchild of extravagant oil tycoon H.L. Hunt, who was the Platonic ideal for a Texas billionaire (he may have been the inspiration for J.R. Ewing on Dallas). H.L's son (and Clark's father) Lamar was a co-founder of the American Football League. He's also the person who coined the term "Super Bowl," and had investments in various soccer, tennis, hockey, and basketball ventures (including the Chicago Bulls). When Lamar died in 2006, Clark inherited the Chiefs and has served as chairman and CEO ever since.
♥~ Miami Dolphins: Stephen M. Ross – The Dolphins are worth an estimated $1.07 billion. Not bad for a team whose logo is a porpoise wearing a helmet. Ross increased his share of the franchise from 50% to 95% in 2009. Stephen Ross started his career as a tax attorney before getting into real estate. He started by investing in affordable housing and syndicating and selling these projects as tax shelters to wealthy investors. His real estate ventures eventually grew to include mammoth projects like the Time Warner Center and the sprawling Hudson Yards development site in Manhattan. His estimated net worth is now $4.4 billion. Ross donates a lot to his alma mater, the University of Michigan. A lot: he's given $313 million so far.
♥~ Minnesota Vikings: Zygi Wilf: Wilf and his partners bought the Vikings in 2005 for a reported $600 million. The team is now worth over $1 billion. Wilf's family, German immigrants and Holocaust survivors, launched their wealth by building and selling single family homes in the '50s. The company grew with Wilf and his brothers at the helm, and their business now develops town homes in 39 states. They also have a commercial arm that specializes in shopping malls and owns around 21 million square feet of retail space in the U.S.
♥~ New England Patriots: Robert Kraft – Robert Kraft bought the Patriots for $172 million in 1995, and their estimated net worth is now $1.8 billion. Robert Kraft got his start working at his father-in-law's packaging material company. He eventually bought the business and merged it with International Forest Products, a separate packaging and recycling company he started. All his ventures are currently under the umbrella of The Kraft Group, a holding company that also controls various real estate and entertainment ventures. His estimated net worth is $2.3 billion.
♥~New Orleans Saints: Tom Benson – The New Orleans Saints are worth around $1 billion. Benson bought the team in 1985 when he found out they were in talks to be moved to Jacksonville, a city with far inferior zydeco music and gumbo. Benson also recently bought the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans.Benson owned (and still owns) multiple car dealerships in the New Orleans and San Antonio areas. He began to invest in and purchase local banks and formed Benson Financial, which was a successful enough enterprise to fund his purchase of the Saints. In 1996 he sold Benson Financial to Norwest Banks for $440 million.
♥~ New York Giants: John Mara and Steve Tisch – The Giants, one of the NFL's first teams, are estimated to be worth around one and a half billion dollars. The Maras' fortune started with the Giants' original owner, Tim Mara. Tim was a bookkeeper in the horse racing circuit and bought the Giants for $500 in 1925. Story has it that Mara's buddy, a boxing promoter, was offered the team but passed it along to him. Mara didn't know much about football, but he ponied up the five hundred bucks anyway. Steve Tisch is a film producer and inherited his part-ownership of the Giants from his father, Bob Tisch, a former postmaster general and co-owner of the Loews Corporation.
♥~ New York Jets: Robert Wood Johnson IV – Robert "Woody" Johnson IV bought the Jets in 2000 for a reported $635 million. They are now worth an estimated $1.3 billion. Woody Johnson is an heir to the Johnson & Johnson company, which was co-founded by his great-grandfather.
♥~ Oakland Raiders: Mark and Carol Davis – The Raiders are worth $825 million, making them the paupers of the NFL. Mark Davis and his mother, Carol, inherited a controlling interest in the Raiders from Mark's father, Al. The elder Davis began as a coach and general manager of the Raiders before becoming the team's owner by shouldering out Wayne Valley, the man who'd originally hired Davis, when Valley was out of the country. The moral of the story: Don't go on vacation when Al Davis is around.
♥~ Philadelphia Eagles: Jeffrey Lurie – Jeffrey Lurie bought the Eagles in 1994 for $195 million. The team is now worth around $1.3 billion. The Lurie family fortune started with a chain of movie theaters founded and built by Jeffrey Lurie's grandfather. The family wealth blossomed after acquiring other ventures like bottling companies and clothing retailers.
♥~ Pittsburgh Steelers: Dan Rooney – The Steelers are worth $1.1 billion, making them the richest towel manufacturer in the world. They also run a football team on the side. Lore has it that Art Rooney, Dan's father, got the $2500 needed to purchase Pittsburgh an NFL franchise in 1933 after he won a parlay at the horse track. There is some dispute over the validity of this story, but no matter how he earned the money, Art managed to turn the Steelers into one of the NFL's wealthiest franchises. Gambling never left the family's blood, either: Dan Rooney's brothers own various horse and greyhound tracks across the country.
♥~ San Diego Chargers: Alex Spanos – The Chargers are worth an estimated $949 million. Spanos' business career began in 1951 when he started a catering company with an $800 loan. He threw his catering profits into real estate and rolled those investments into the A.G. Spanos Companies, a construction business specializing in apartment and commercial buildings.
♥~ San Francisco 49ers: Jed York – Forbes estimates the 49ers to be worth about $1.2 billion. Jed York is the nephew of Edward DeBartolo Jr., who was the 49ers' remarkably successful owner for 23 years. The DeBartolo fortune came from construction and real estate: they built some of the first suburban shopping malls in the country.
♥~ Seattle Seahawks: Paul Allen – The Seahawks are worth an estimated $1.08 billion. In 1975, Paul Allen founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. He is now worth $15 billion, making him the NFL's richest team owner (by far).
♥~St. Louis Rams: Stan Kroenke – The St. Louis Rams are worth an estimated $875 million. Stan Kroenke is a real estate magnate who owns developments around the country, many of which are anchored by Wal-Mart locations. His wife, Anna Walton Kroenke, is the daughter of Bud Walton, co-founder with his brother Sam of Wal-Mart.
♥~ Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Malcolm Glazer – Glazer bought the Bucs for $192 million in 1995, which was a record at the time. When he was 15, Glazer inherited his father's watch business. In the '70s, Glazer began buying trailer parks and soon developed that real estate venture into First Allied Corporation, a holding company that owns and rents shopping centers across the country. The company took a huge hit during the recession, and his current wealth is mainly due to his sports franchise ownerships.
♥~ Tennessee Titans: Bud Adams – The Titans are estimated to be worth $1.05 billion. Adams was a wildcatter in the '50s and '60s and made his money in oil. Hence the Titans original identity: The Houston Oilers. He also owns car franchises, because all that oil's gotta go in something, right?
♥~ Washington Redskins: Dan Snyder – The Redskins are worth $1.7 billion. Snyder started a marketing and advertising company with his sister. They specialized in doctors' offices and hospitals. According to a report in the Washingtonian, "When new mothers were sent home from the maternity ward, they were given goodie bags of creams and diapers—through Dan Snyder's company." This direct marketing proved successful and the business took off and started to branch out to include telemarketing.
Oh what a storm we had last night. Thunder, Lightening, Wind…Oh my! Which would have been kind of fun had I been enjoying it from my living room window. Instead, I was driving to the the Tunnel of Love engagement party with family whilst Cole was meeting at us the party driving his VW Bug – with inadequate window wipers. We all made it. Blog posts coming soon, it was an adventure.
It's a rainy Sunday morno, Cole is off to a Bears game and I'm curling up with my computer and precious furs. What are your plans for the day?
EL Morno
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14 thoughts on "Mad Hatter Day, Frugal Fun Day, Noodle Day"
Morno,
Rainy here, too.
i enjoy a spicy noodle dish at a Thai place my daughter likes. I will be spending a frugal day doing a few chores and watching television until it's time to meet the family for dinner. Interesting about the NFL owners and the wealth behind them. Lots of oil and real estate money.
Katybeth
Thai noodles are always good IF they aren't greasy. Sounds like you had a relaxing day. Where did you all go for dinner and more important what did they serve for dessert?
Fascinating information about the NFL owners.
When we were in Chicago a few years ago one of the stops my husband insisted on was Billy Goats. We enjoyed our burger, CHIPS, and the history.
Noodles are my daughters comfort food–add a little butter and cheese and they perk her right up.
Beautiful fall day in my neighborhood. Hanging out at home watching football, and making stew. I love this time of year.
Glad you had the menu down when you stopped by Billy Goats. They are not known for their patience.
Funny, Cole never really liked any sort of pasta when he was little. He would eat it but never requested it. I thought all kids loved noodles.
Glad your having a nice day too!
noodles are noodles, spaghettis are spaghettis!
cool morning followed by rain. not complaining in the least. cooler mornings all week.
glad everyone made it to the function last evening in one piece!
somehow caught up with chores so it's a freer than usual sunday. i'll split time watching the games with nik & the regulars at the bbq joint.
Caught up. Such magical words. My day ended up busier than I planned but the weather ended up better than expected so I didn't mind. Much. Hope you weren't watching the Bears. Cole was at the game and mostly talked about the great seats, snacks, and the scarf he was gifted for Rascal.
Your B-q joint sounds like a great hangout place.
Glad you all survived the storm — we got a few tiny rumbles of thunder, along with a few drops of rain. No big deal. Not like a few miles south, where they had buckets of rain!
Interesting facts about the NFL owners. Odd, but I don't remember the Colts moving out of Baltimore in the middle of the night.
It's much cooler here today. This morning was beautifully sunny, so Dallas and I enjoyed a nice walk; this afternoon, the clouds are back.
I've already done laundry and grocery-shopping, so this afternoon is open for "me time"!!
It ended up being a beautiful day here too. But Holy Hail it came down the night before. Maybe the Colts are one those Urban legends. Football stories like most sports stories tend to become exaggerated in the telling.
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We had part of that lovely storm, too, complete with hail that sounded as if it was coming through the Windows. And my day? Thank you for asking! Spent on the couch, watching all the shows I missed last week, reading and catching up on blogs all the while snuggling my two furs who have literally covered my black pants and cardigan in fur…..ah well. It's all for the sake of snuggle Sunday, right?
Great way to spend a Sunday. My day ended up being busier than I planned but I still had some couch time. Don't even get me started on hair..I get up and consider what my dogs and campers are wearing before I dress so I can coordinate my wardrobe to their fur.
No Storm here, only beautiful fall weather..love it. I don't really think there is any difference in taste between noodles and spaghetti..if I want a good pasta dish in El Paso I have to make it..this city is know for its great Mexican food, not pasta.
Interesting facts about the NFL teams..I had no idea what their worth was..amazing.
Really enjoy all the facts you send us everyday. 😀
Thanks! I was amazed at the worth. I had no idea.
Your right I bet nobody could tell the difference between noodles and spaghetti in a blind taste test. We have the opposite problem lots of good Italian food, mexican food is mostly mediocre.
It's chilly up here in the mornings but the afternoons are beautiful. Yesterday morning the skies were NM blue and filled with hot air balloons. Very pretty.
Morno Mother!
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J is now ten. I meant to report on her birthday, because I was very pleased with the cleverness of the Gift Presentation. Her big gift was a Yogibo lounging-bag-type-thing. I don't really get the appeal of these things, honestly, but the girls always want to go into the store whenever we're at Crossgates. A while back at the Carrot Festival, where I was tabling, the Yogibo people had a booth, and there was some fabulous discount, probably because no one wanted to schlep the stock back to the store. We oh-so-sneakily smuggled a ginormous bag of not-beans into our garage, where it hibernated under a tarp until J's birthday.
Holy cow. There isn't even a present in here? What the heck kind of stinky birthday is this? Maybe you should ask your family if they have some chewed-up gum or a used tissue or an old piece of string or something. . . .
And then Cute W fished a piece of gum out of his mouth, and I blew my nose extravagantly and offered up the tissue, and M offered her the end of the piece of string. And she took the string, which obviously led somewhere, and followed it down to her gift.
So that was fun. We still haven't had her kids' birthday party. . . she was undecided about what she wanted to do, and finally settled on a trip to Flight Trampoline Park, but of course it's a busy place, and we've got tons going on, too, so by the time we settled on it, we had to schedule it for later this month. And we're going with a gymnastics cake, which I believe will be a normal cake with silhouette cut-outs of gymnasts slapped onto the sides.
Yesterday, J and I went to see "Newsies" at Proctors, and I wrote this review for KidsOutAndAbout.com. Then, last night, Cute W and I had a date night at Aperitivo Bistro, where we enjoyed calamari, among other things.
I didn't take pictures of everything. In fact, I didn't even take this picture. I started to do it, except I didn't have my camera (I lost it a while back), and then my phone was dead. So my sweet husband took the picture. And then got me a new camera for my birthday. And also let me drink way more than my half of the bottle of wine. It's a good life, my friends. And I would write more, except that after take-out Thai food and homemade chocolate cake, every system in my body that isn't essential to maintaining life and/or digestion is shutting down.
@Claire, I actually don't love Crossgates, but it's the current go-to for 12-year-old M, with Delia's and Aeropostale & American Eagle.
I love your blog so much. It is always relatable.


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Best Vacation Destinations? Costa Rica one of them, says Travel + Leisure
Krystal Hartman
In what appears to be a growing international trend, Costa Rica was once again hailed as one of the world's top vacation destinations.
This time, Travel and Leisure, the New York-based travel magazine, published 12 Reasons Why Costa Rica Is One of the Best Vacation Destinations in the World. The magazine/ travel agency/ global vacation advisor is considered one of the leading international travel guides on the market, third only to Condé Nast Traveler and National Geographic Traveler.
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The media giant boasts a whopping 4.8 million readers annually and is renowned for its World's Best Awards featuring hotels, restaurants, cruise ships, islands, cities, and other categories of interest for the leisure traveler.
Listed among Costa Rica's most alluring features are its national parks, volcanoes, wildlife, beaches, adventures, and more.
"The beautiful country, filled with rainforests, beaches, river valleys, and biodiverse wildlife as well as restaurants, bars, and luxe hotels, has always been a great place to take a vacation, but it has gained popularity as an amazing destination in the last few years." claims the author, Andrea Romano.
Above all, the country's proximity to the U.S. and the growing number of international airlines flying here have resulted in cheaper airline tickets and an abundant selection of carriers and flight times for visitors to choose from.
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But what really resonates as Costa Rica's most attractive attributes are its Pura Vida mentality and the fact that the country is a veritable playground for young and old alike. This relatively minuscule nation is jammed packed with ecological biodiversity and outdoor opportunities. River rafting, canyoning, surfing, biking, hiking, birding, ziplining, horseback riding, kayaking…. The list goes on.
Add to that list 12 environmental and geographical life zones harboring close to five percent of the world's biodiversity – from stunning coastal landscapes to mysterious verdant cloud forests and grumbling volcanoes, there's literally something for everyone.
In the last decade or so, eco-luxury started making waves in the country's hotel industry; and today, travelers have a wide choice of lodging options, including five-star headliners like the Four Seasons on the northwest Pacific Coast, to remote jungle eco-paradises like Lapa Rios on the Osa Peninsula, or Aguas Claras on the Caribbean Coast.
"With such lovely beaches, rainforests, and hot springs at their fingertips, Costa Rica isn't just a rugged vacation for adventure seekers. It's also the perfect place for a relaxing spa getaway."
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The country's growing reputation as a foodie-draw also made Travel and Leisure's list – perhaps for the first time in the nation's history. Craft beers, Latin fusion, and an eclectic mix of world flavors cooked up by the diverse international population living in the capital, San José, and the Central Valley are starting to attract outside attention. In addition to its robust gourmet coffee industry, chocolate cultivation, and even the local sugar-cane liquor, Cacique.
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No wonder Costa Rica's considered the Happiest Country in the world for life expectancy and wellness of its inhabitants, according to the Happy Planet Index. Thanks Travel and Leisure!
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June 22, 2009 Youth culture is highly visual and iconic, no doubt about it. According to Graham Brown's article, Youth in Iran, about 60% of the population in Iran is under 25, so it's no surprise that the death in the streets of 26-year old "Neda" has become iconic very, very fast.
With multiple "ReTweets" of the uprising, mini-clips of handheld video streamed in citizen journalism style and auto-translation of Persian messages tearing down language barriers, clearly "we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto"...Even if the web has turned into the 'Emerald City' of green.
The "Green Wall" of thumbnail photos on Twitter, Facebook profiles, and Paste Magazine's "Iranicon Me" are highly visual, stimulating ways to show support en masse on a global scale…But as we enter these media conversations at lightening speed we need to carefully sharpen critical thinking skills and "teach our children well" to do the same.
That green tint should be accompanied by a red stoplight for kids to be able to answer basics like, "What's happening in Iran right now?" or "Who IS Neda?" rather than bandwagoning current affairs into nebulous explanations that mirror the Beatles lyrics to Revolution.
The "click to help" crowd needs to balance motivation and emotion with historic background, knowledge, and context or else we're at risk of seeing mass movements that take hold more like 'memes' than meaningful protests.
Sincere catalysts for change need to embrace substance over sound bites with students deep-diving in the data pool rather than splashing in the shallow end.
So rather than get into the politics of the Iranian strife, we'll focus on the media impact of the messaging and the altered state of 'marketing' a global cause…For all the kids that responded to my inquiry about Iran with angst, in "school's out for summer" mode, Bonnie offers some highly VISUAL mental floss for when you're ready to dive in the pool and start splashin' in the deep end.
Finally, this post is dedicated as a tribute to our NextNow collaboratory friends Laleh and Yassi, with high hopes that the megaphone of humanity will blend with the mapping power of Google Earth, SMS mobilization for safety, and smart phones for camcording to show us the way toward universal peace.
This summer solstice weekend, the conversation grids of Twitter and other social media networks brightly light up to align an international community of human revolutionaries – in solidarity with Neda's compatriots worldwide.
At this very moment, millions are uniting with their brothers and sisters in the streets of Iran. From thousands of miles away, the Internet brings information immediately between continents and countries as if from the same local community, unencumbered by spatial constraints and political borders.
The hashtags, #IranElection and #Neda become top trending topics on Tweetgrid, linking the Twitter community together to share the latest news minute by minute.
Some offer links to the newest updated videos or blog posts, others share Google maps of Embassy locations for the wounded, others, through rapid access to indelible images and video streams, share the immediacy of their heartbreak over the victims – sons and daughters of our international online community.
A borderless community grid of hearts and minds strive for global transparency and share their hopes for freedom with a human country at the crossroads – all in real time. Even our most fleet footed news portals such as CNN and the BBC, denied access to direct information and media feeds, are turning to yesterday's disruptive social technologies to lend a hand in spreading the word.
And soon, we will have, as we had with President Obama's inaugural "tweetmap", new visualizations of this rapid fire 'global conversation.' Mapped from data trails of these posts, rendered in seamless, synthetic relief, we will soon have a new dynamic map that puts a vision to this important milestone in the history of the connective mind.
Jeff Clark, also known as Neoformix to visualization buffs, has already provided a word cloud map to this fleeting territory in his PhraseNet visualization. This one (above) is based on 141,000 characteristic tweets from the Iran election.
This is the beginning of the streaming, conversational network of the realtime global community. Let's think about it as a small world network.
Most have already heard about the six degrees of separation – how everyone on the planet is connected to everyone else by no more than six degrees.
Here is a condensed evolution of small world theory in six steps.
6. whose dynamics were put to practical use through cognitive scientist Alessandro Vespignani's research, applying network theory of computer viruses to human behavior in order to map how patterns of global transport networks can help us quickly respond to pandemic outbreaks.
Impact of Air Travel on the Global Spread of Infectious Diseases, by Vespignani, et.al.
A brief history of a profound new way of thinking.
Small world theory shows that we are all nodes in a complex network of relationships binding each human being to every other by a maximum of only six degrees.
This proven theory is now a game changer for humanity, rather than a game.
The Green revolution of Iran, where the heart of Neda is linked to the hearts of every one of us, is now a human revolution. And its outcome beckons each of us to willingly play our part for a better humanity – and to see how we already make a difference.
With new ways of thinking and "seeing", we can begin to tell our condensed histories, and to envision new outcomes.
Each and every one of us must understand all too much in all too short a time. The survival of our species depends on it. And visualization technologies that help us do this are our most important tools for shared knowledge and global self-reflexivity.
A surprising initiative to break out of the institutions that hold back this many-to-many communication landscape is emerging from within the institutions themselves. A call and manifesto vastly different than those that came before.
As a result of the year long, "Mellon Seminar 2008-09: What is(n't) Digital Humanities?" at UCLA's Digital Humanities and Media Studies Lab, a manifesto about the rapidly changing, open source nature of knowledge was developed: The Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0.
We must learn to see the relationships between people, knowledge, ideas and activism – and to express and curate them through new technology-mediated art forms.
As Twitter streams become maps to new global conversations, fresh perspectives of our collective history are also greatly needed. And many are already available. New maps of science offer us satellite views of humanity's knowledge based on decades of citations indices. New clickstream maps of knowledge show us how the humanities and social sciences already cross-fertilize each other in ways we never thought were possible.
From mapping science and the synthesis of the mind to visual complexity, clickstreams, and Salvador Dali, I'll send you over to Bonnie DeVarco's excellent treatise for Part 2.
Meanwhile, I urge everyone to think about the media megaphone of humanity. The mapping power of Google Earth. The SMS uses of prevention, evacuation or formation of 'smart mobs.' The eyes of the world watching events unfold. The power of imagery and "photos that changed the world" is everpresent to any scholar of the human condition.
The images are forever seared into our mental relays, even if kids today weren't even born yet.
The difference now is we're creating those images ourselves…with the words, distribution channels, and individual media megaphones to match.
Great article, Amy! It's amazing to see what social media is doing in countries like Iran. Makes it much tougher to keep the media spin "under control." It will be interesting to see if the current regime is able to keep dissenting opinions at bay with violence or if this is just the beginning of a real youth uprise.
hey amy i'm from tehran and want to thank you for your consideration.
Pleasure to virtually handshake, Pouyan; how you hangin' in there amidst the chaos?
.-= Amy Jussel´s last blog ..The Laramie Project: Using Media to Teach Tolerance 10 Years Later =-.


Stretching the family budget while making the most of summer break is every parent's dream. Celebrate the season with these free and cheap local ideas!
Tip: You may also enjoy 25 Ways to Enjoy a Kansas City Summer (our favorite ideas regardless of price!).
Take a tour of The Roasterie and learn about coffee.
Tour the Truman home in Independence.
Sign up for free bowling with www.KidsBowlFree.com or free roller skating at www.KidsSkateFree.com.
Head to the KC Power & Light District for the free Sprint Family Fun Days event the second Saturday of each month.
Splash and play at a Kansas City area sprayground.
Stroll through Kauffman Memorial Gardens.
Participate in the local library's summer reading program.
Attend The Winter's Tale at Shakespeare in the Park (June 17-July 6).
Attend a free family fun night at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop (Thursdays, 6:00-8:00).
Explore the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Play at "Super Kids Save the World," Crown Center's free summer kids exhibit.
Picnic near a Kansas City area waterfall.
Share a Skyscraper at Winstead's.
Play "I Spy" at Lakeside Nature Center.
Create a masterpiece at Kaleidoscope.
Explore one of Kansas City's best parks.
Imagine and play at KidScape at the Johnson County Museum.
Feed animals at Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead.
Tour KC Strings and learn how violins are made.
Marvel at modern art at the Nerman Museum, where admission is free.
Really hot outside? Treat the kids to a snow cone at Little Freshie or a Tropical Sno Station or Kona Ice Truck.
Stop and smell the roses at Loose Park.
Watch a free movie in the park.
Spend a first Friday in the Crossroads.
Take a tour of the Kansas City, MO, City Hall and go to the roof for amazing views of downtown.
Play at Little Monkey Bizness during their power hour from 1:00 to 3:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays, when guests enjoy $5 admission.
Ride the KC Northern Railroad, just 50 cents on Saturdays and Sundays.
Hike at Ernie Miller Nature Center.
Visit the free National Archives of Kansas City and explore their "What's Cooking Uncle Sam?" exhibit about ways food has occupied the hearts and minds of Americans and their government.
Build a free project at Lowe's or Home Depot. Both offer free workshops on select Saturdays.
Pretend to be a pirate at a local pirate ship park.
Join a summer movie club at Dickinson, Cinemark or AMC theaters. Read our guide to Summer Movies in KC for info.
Photograph friends in front of a fountain.
Discover a masterpiece at the free Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
Get free money at the Money Museum.
Attend a Kansas City area Festival.
Taste test every flavor of Glace Ice Cream until you find your favorite.
Learn about the Santa Fe Trail at Cave Springs Nature Center.
Explore the Central Branch of the Kansas City Library, because any library with a parking garage painted with classic books has to be cool.
Walk the Country Club Plaza and admire the art and fountains.
Tour the Harley-Davidson Factory, a favorite activity for ages 12 and up.
Feed the fish at Longview Lake (buy fish food at the marina shop).
Attend the free Future Stages Festival at the Kauffman Center on June 22, Noon to 5:00. Families enjoy performance and interactive arts activities.
Take a free class at Burr Oak Woods Nature Center.
Make a craft for free at Lakeshore Learning, offered every Saturday, 11:00-3:00.
Imagine you're in the Wild West at Antioch Park.
And remember to search Free Events on our Kansas City calendar, where there are free (and cheap) things to enjoy every day.
Kristina Light's family enjoys summer nights at Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead and summer days at local spraygrounds.


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The History of Dominoes
Traditionally made of ivory, bone, or dark hardwood, dominoes have a long history. These rectangular pieces of rigid material are often used in a variety of games, but are best known as a variant of playing cards. They are divided into two squares, called "ends," and each tile consists of 0 to 6 pips.
A domino is used to play a number of games, including solitaire, trick-taking, and 5s-and-3s. In the first of these games, the objective is to score as many points as possible by matching five or three tiles. A domino can be played on its own or with other objects such as cards or dice. A domino can be arranged in a row or lined up to make interesting shapes.
In other domino games, the player tries to knock the others down, or "tip them," to form a chain reaction that will eventually topple the entire set. This can be a lot of fun! Whether you're playing online or with friends, dominoes can be a great way to have fun.
There are also traditional Chinese domino games, such as Pai Gow, and Che Deng, which require no matching of tiles. Other popular domino variants include 5s-and-3s, which is a scoring game; Concentration, which requires the total number of pips to be twelve; and Hector's Rules, which is a popular version in Singapore.
Most domino sets contain between 28 and 55 tiles. In addition to the number of tiles, each domino is marked with the number of pips. Some of these larger sets use Arabic numerals instead of pips.
The first recorded reference to the word "domino" appeared in 1771 in the Dictionnaire de Trevoux. Its origins are unclear, but it likely refers to a crude woodcut on paper that was popular among French peasants.
By the mid-18th century, dominoes were being imported into England and Italy. Some of them were made of ivory or dark hardwood, while others were made of silver lip ocean pearl oyster shell. In the mid-1800s, they were being used for positional games. They were also brought to England by French prisoners of war.
The popularity of dominoes spread to other countries, including Austria and Spain. The United States also became interested in dominoes in the 1890s. During the Cold War, domino theory influenced US foreign policy. It argued that a country that became communist would influence the actions of its neighbors. The administration of President Eisenhower used the idea to explain the intervention of the Franco government in Spain, and to argue for the need to contain communism in Southeast Asia.
Dominoes have been used in several scientific studies, including a study of nerve cells. When a domino falls, it's like firing a neuron. The impulse travels along a single path. There is no loss of energy as it travels. Unlike a nerve impulse, a domino's pulse is constantly moving, and there is no difference in the speed of the pulse based on the size of the triggering signal.
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Three Months…Three Releases
I've been waiting for this for a very long time. Years, in fact.
Finally, on May 1, 2013, I get to release the vampire menage time travel romance series, Kiss Across Time, under my own name. Then I can pick up the story reins once more and finish the series. I've only been waiting since October 2010 to do that.
This is my favourite series of all my series, and the central characters are my favourite characters of all time out of all the characters and heroes I have ever created — particularly Veris and Brody, the two heroes. I can't tell you why these two out of all the delicious heroes I've invented are the ones I most love to spend time with, but it might have something to do with the fact that I have spent the most story time with them. They have been the central characters in two full length novels, and (now) one short novel, along with all the necessary planning, dreaming and thinking that goes into the building of a novel series of this type. I have bled, wept and celebrated with them.
Dar Albert of Wicked Smart Designs has dreamed up some equally enticing and beautiful covers to go with the first three books.
The first book of the series, which used to be a short story, has been extended and expanded and is now a short novel. Kiss Across Time will be released on May 1, and I will be doing a short blog tour to celebrate.
A single kiss can change more than one life…or two.
Taylor Yates is fired for insisting the 5th Century Arthurian poet, Inigo Domhnall, existed. When she hears Domhnall's lyrics in a death metal song, she engineers a meeting with lead singer, Brody Gallagher. An unintended kiss sends them spinning back to the poet's time, when Saxons were pillaging King Arthur's Britain.
Brody's all for kissing her again. More, he wants her to kiss his friend and lover, Veris, to see what will happen. When Veris' kiss sends them back to the time of the Vikings neither man is willing to let Taylor simply walk out of their lives.
But Brody and Veris are more than lovers and sexual playmates, as Taylor learns when they investigate the kisses that send them across time. The secrets they share have the power to completely alter her life.
The second book in the series is a full length novel. Kiss Across Swords is one of my favourite novels of all time, and will be released on June 1. I will be doing another short tour to celebrate that release, too.
To save them all they must win back one reluctant heart…again.
Taylor Yates never dreamed growing up she would end up happily living with two drop-dead sexy vampires and time-hopping through their thousand years of personal history. Her life is complete…or is it?
When she finds herself at the seige of Jerusalem during the first crusade, Veris doesn't know her at all and doesn't want to. Worst of all, he and Brody are total strangers, and Taylor drives a wedge in deep between them by trying to seduce Veris at their first meeting—not something a lady of the day does if she wants to keep her head.
Taylor and Brody must woo Veris using the customs of medieval England, win his heart and his full commitment before Jerusalem falls in four days time—or when they return to their own time, their lives as they know them will be gone…
Then, on July 1, I will be releasing the third book in the series. Kiss Across Chains is brand new, never been released, and its release date will be celebrated with a bigger tour and a launch party — more details closer to the date.
When dying becomes an act of love.
It is four years since Taylor and Brody almost lost Veris during the First Crusade. Now they know how to control time jumps, they have settled into a very nearly perfect, nearly human life, raising their daughter Marit.
When Brody defies Queen Tira to protect Marit, the three of them jump back three days in time to collect evidence the queen set up Brody for a drug bust in retribution. The jump sends them back to Brody's personal nightmare: Fifth century Constantinople.
While Brody survives as a flogged slave, Taylor masquerades as the wife of an aristocrat and searches for Brody to release him. They must wait for Veris to find them before jumping home and Taylor watches each brutal chariot race, wondering if this will be Brody's last. Brody once died in the Hippodrome and he is human this time, too….
There is a series page already set up, with links to each individual book page. Don't forget, too, that if you'd like to be reminded of when these books are released, you can subscribe to the New Releases list and get a notice in your email.
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First chapter of Mongrels United — new science fiction romance!
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Excerpt from THE SALINGHALL ERROR
LEST WE FORGET — Time Travel Romance that Remembers
Signaling My Intent
A Christmas anthology. Yes, it's that time of year already!
anny cook April 1, 2013 at 3:49 pm
Wow!!! They sound FABULOUS!!!
Tracy April 1, 2013 at 6:19 pm
Thanks, Anny! I think they do, too, but as I've already explained, I'm 100% totally biased about this particular series. 🙂
I'm so thrilled I'm finally getting to release it (again/finally) — I'm having so much fun writing the third book — I've been fantasizing about it for two years at least.


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Home WMNF News New College alumni and UFF push back after DeSantis appoints 6 Trustees
New College alumni and UFF push back after DeSantis appoints 6 Trustees
January 10, 2023 by Seán Kinane and filed under Education, News and Public Affairs.
On WMNF's Tuesday Café we spoke with the President of United Faculty of Florida and with a New College of Florida alumnus about the school and about six conservative activists that Governor Ron DeSantis just appointed to the Board of Trustees of the liberal arts college.
Our guests were Andrew Gothard, President of United Faculty of Florida — the union representing college and university faculty and New College alumnus Chelsea Hall. She's a PhD candidate at Harvard in Religion, Gender and Culture studies.
Listen to the full show here:
Watch the interview with New College of Florida alumnus Chelsea Hall:
Watch the interview with UFF president Andrew Gothard:
New College of Florida is a small liberal arts college, but it's also part of the state college and university system.
That mix makes it popular with many students and faculty. But it also makes it a target.
On Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis's office announced he was appointing six people to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees. There are 13 total members.
Gothard told WMNF:
"When you appoint people to these kinds of roles, who are clearly only politically and ideologically motivated, but really don't have the experience when it comes down to building strong programs and maintaining a healthy institution.
"You hear ideas like this that sound good in propaganda or sound good on a campaign poster but don't actually make any sense when it comes to serving the interests and the needs of students who need to be competitive in a national and international job market.
"So, we're going to be interested to see what happens.
"And I can tell you one thing if they take even one step to harm the students or the communities or the faculty and staff of New College of Florida you better believe the United Faculty of Florida are going to be right there to oppose them.
"Because our interests are to protect higher education not to push somebody's political propaganda."
Some critics say the New College of Florida model isn't working. They cite low enrollment, low scores on state university rankings and the efficient use of public money.
But according to the New College website, the Fiske Guide to Colleges ranks New College a "Best Buy" public college. U.S. News & World Report ranks it as the #5 public liberal arts college in the nation. And in the Best Value Schools' ranking of its "50 Best Value Small Schools" it comes in #2. So a pretty good case could be made for not messing with the success.
When you appoint people to these kinds of roles, who are clearly only politically and ideologically motivated, but really don't have the experience when it comes down to building strong programs and maintaining a healthy institution. You hear ideas like this that sound good in propaganda or sound good on a campaign poster but don't actually make any sense when it comes to serving the interests and the needs of students who need to be competitive in a national and international job market. So, we're going to be interested to see what happens and I can tell you one thing if they take even one step to harm the students or the communities or the faculty and staff of New College of Florida you better believe the United Faculty of Florida are going to be right there to oppose them. Because our interests are to protect higher education not to push somebody's political propaganda.
WMNF's Tuesday Café
WMNF's Tuesday Café airs weekly beginning at 10:06 a.m. ET.
You can listen on 88.5 FM in Tampa Bay, on wmnf.org or on the WMNF Community Radio app.
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If you think Greta does not know how to do any household chores, think again.
In an Instagram post on Monday, Filipina actress Gretchen Barretto posted a video of her washing a few glasses at a friend's house, as per a GMA News story.
"Our dearest @albertavella hosted an afternoon of fun, music & drinks at his lovely/artsy home I had to do the dishes," she captioned.
Netizens, meanwhile, shared their opinions regarding the viral video that reached 280,000 views since it was uploaded.
Gretchen is a Kapamilya actress and part of the prominent Barretto clan in the showbiz industry. She's a sister to Marjorie and Claudine, and Julia's her niece.
Our dearest @albertavellana hosted an afternoon of fun, music & drinks at his lovely/ artsy home?I had to do the dishes?
You think that's cool, too?


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Scouting report on Lycoming College and Wilkes
#13 Senior QB Matt McGinley from Ashland, Pa. / Tri Valley High School
Scouting Lycoming
Offense: Multiple/Pro-Style
The hallmark of solid Lycoming football teams has always been a grinding running game, and the makings are there for another great year on the ground in 2013.
Craig Needhammer had a solid start to his junior campaign against Brockport, rushing 12 times for 86 yards, including a long of 25 yards. The speedy running back is 127 yards away from reaching 1,500 in his career.
Junior quarterback Tyler Jenny will look to recover after a tough outing against Brockport that saw him complete just 18-of-37 passing. He was intercepted a career-high twice in the game. Senior Matt Atkinson was Jenny's favorite target as the Media, Pa., native caught nine passes for 79 yards.
Defense: 4-3
With three starters out for the season opener who return this week, the Lycoming defense is set to again transform into one of the best in the MAC.
Senior Kabongo Bukasa, the 2012 MAC Defensive Player of the Year, returns after missing the first game with an injury, along with sophomore Cole Welham and junior Cody Flail.
In their place, the Warriors saw production out of several others against Brockport, including established starters such as junior Tanner Troutman (interception), senior Dwight Hentz (sack) and senior Tyler Denike (career-high 11 tackles). Newcomers also made their impact felt, too, including sophomore Matt Malecki, who made six stops and added a defensive extra point, and sophomore Brian Campbell, who was charged with five tackles in his debut.
Scouting Wilkes
Offense: Spread
One of the most unique offenses in the MAC, Wilkes will again feature the wide open spread offense. The team loves to run the ball, as it scored five rushing touchdowns in its season-opening 41-26 win over SUNY Morrisville.
Two Colonels are in the top 10 in the league in rushing, with Paul Martin seventh after recording 78 yards and three touchdowns against Morrisville and quarterback Tyler Berntsen, who ran for 65 yards and two scores on 12 carries.
Berntsen is a dual threat, as he also completed 6-of-13 passing for 103 yards and a touchdown in the game. Tight end Drew Devitt made two catches for 62 yards, including the 47-yard touchdown reception.
Wilkes finished the first week of the season in the middle of the pack in the MAC in scoring defense, allowing 26 points against Morrisville to sit fifth in the league.
However, the Colonels have several playmakers, including senior linebacker Tate Moore-Jacobs, who posted 105 tackles as a junior and earned his second straight First Team All-MAC accolades. He again played brilliantly against Morrisville, making 14 stops, including 2.5 for loss.
Junior safety Dylan Mohring also played well against Morrisville, making 11 tackles, while senior D.J. Shuttleworth notched an interception and a fumble recovery. Junior Omar Richardson posted an interception and sophomore Marcus Leaf also added a fumble recovery, as the Colonels posted four takeaways during the season opener.
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1984 Ferrari 400i Serial Number 50807
Model: Other
VIN: ZFFEB07B000050807
Location: Costa Mesa, California, United States
We are pleased to offer 1984 Ferrari 400i s/n 50807. This 400i was special ordered by Greg Garrison, one of the most successful TV producers from the 1950s and 1960s Golden-Era of television, who's reclusive Ferrari collection included the créme-de-la-créme one-off coachbuilt Ferraris of the same eras. The Garrison collection included not one, not two but six unique 250 Ferraris, five 410 Superamericas, a pair of 400 Superamericas and many, many more. As a long-term personal friend of both Enzo Ferrari and Sergio Pininfarina, 400i s/n 50807 was ordered with a request to Pininfarina "to think of special things to add to this car." Thanks to Garrison's close ties to both Maranello and Pininfarina, 400i s/n 50807 was finished from new in ROSSO MET FER 305/C, a Watermelon red-metallic paint with a soft and subtle beige leather (buttercream) interior and features many unique modifications and characteristics that set it apart from other 400is.
It has a number of upgrades based on the forthcoming 412, such as color coded bumpers, electric power seats and unique chrome trim plus a Nardi steering wheel from new. The hood scoop is two-and-a-half times larger than on other 400is which allowed Garrison to drive without worries to his home in Palm Springs or on long fast drives to his ranch in Montana. The interior is fitted with front and rear A/C and has a double-insulated leather headliner and extra sound deadening and heat-resistant panels, specifically designed for desert driving conditions. A 5-speed manual transmission allowed effortless cruising across the highways of Montana. The result was a very user-friendly Ferrari thanks to a large and comfortable cockpit, a great greenhouse offering excellent visibility, dual A/C that really works, a well-built Pininfarina body with lots of luggage space and room to take small kids and lots of luggage along. 400i s/n 50807 offers an unusual opportunity to own a one-off Ferrari built for a Factory-favored client that will get you on the lawn at almost any Ferrari event at a price nicely below $100k! We know this unique Ferrari well, having sold it to the current owner in July, 2011.
Introduced at the 1976 Paris Auto Show, the Ferrari 400 Series was the then latest 2+2s to continue Ferrari's tradition of offering true four-passenger luxury high-speed touring cars fitted with every possible amenity. The 400i was powered by a 4823cc V-12 engine with dual overhead cams putting out 315 horsepower, and 400i s/n 50807 is fitted with the much more desirable five-speed manual gearbox offering substantially better performance than the more common automatic transmission. The three-box body penned by Pininfarina's master stylist Leonardo Fioravanti is as elegant as they come, with crisply folded corners and a wedge silhouette that was in vogue at the time and has aged surprisingly well, thanks to the fine proportions of the basic design. The characteristic swage line dividing the body into upper and lower halves was carried over from the Fioravanti's body-side styling lines carried over from the earlier Fioravanti designed 365 GTB/4 Daytona.
Cosmetically, 400i s/n 50807 is in very nice condition. The original paint is very high quality and shows no noticeable imperfections, the panel fit is excellent and the glass and trim are also very nice. All five wire wheels, all five factory mag wheels, the stainless and plastic trim plus all lenses and gaskets are in excellent condition. The additional marker lights required for US specification have been tastefully added just above the seam between the body work and bumpers and don't detract from the lines of the vehicle. The interior is also excellent. All leather, including that on the seats, dashboard, door panels etc. is very good and the Nardi steering wheel is excellent. A more modern Alpine stereo with a CD player is fitted. The trunk and spare tire well are in great shape. The engine compartment is clean and original. 400i s/n 50807 runs and drives well, has a light clutch, excellent brakes, great syncros, no lack of torque, sounds great and is a pleasure to drive.
1984 Ferrari 400i s/n 50807 was also fitted from new with the front driving and/or Fog lights from the 412 mounted beside the grille, and rear fog lights incorporated into the color coordinated rear bumper. Mounted on four very-attractive and near new Borrani 15″ x 7 ¾″ wire wheels with excellent Michelin 215/70 VR 15 XWX tires and a matching Borrani wire wheel spare. Also comes with the full set of five Factory original 180 TR 415 mag wheels with very good Michelin 240/55 VR 415 tires. Also comes with the full set of books including a 400i owner's operating handbook and a 412 owner's operating handbook; the warranty and service schedule book; the world-wide dealer list book; the original Alpine and Blaupunkt radio booklets; a factory maintenance and lubrication chart; a factory wiring diagram booklet; a factory workshop manual and a Factory Sales brochure plus the cloth carrying pouch for the books. Also comes with the original tool kit (missing two small screwdrivers and the pliers) and the original unused first aid kit, all in their case which fits inside the spare wheel. Also comes with two sets of keys. The large center mufflers are off the car and so 400i s/n 50807 sounds great at idle and sounds even better as it runs up through the gears. Comes with the original center mufflers, in good condition, or course. Delivered new in Europe on Italian tourist export plates 99421 EE and first serviced at Ferrari in Orleans, France before being imported into the US in June, 1984 by Greg Garrison. We sold 400i s/n 50807 to the current owner and so we know this Ferrari well. This two-owner 400i has only 63,846 miles from new and is a rare opportunity to own a unique "one-off" Ferrari with dual A/C and five speed performance at a truly affordable price. Priced at only $89,500 O.B.O.
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Structural rearrangements of the chloroplast genome provide an important phylogenetic link in ferns
D. B. Stein, D. S. Conant, M. E. Ahearn, E. T. Jordan, S. A. Kirch, M. Hasebe, K. Iwatsuki, Keng Tan Mui Keng Tan, J. A. Thomson
The chloroplast genome of most land plants is highly conserved. In contrast, physical and gene mapping studies have revealed a highly rearranged chloroplast genome in species representing four families of ferns. In all four, there has been a rare duplication of the psbA gene and the order of the psbA, 16S, and 23S rRNA genes has been inverted. Our analysis shows that the described rearrangement results from a minimum of two inversions within the inverted repeat. This chloroplast DNA structure provides unambiguous evidence that phylogenetically links families of ferns once thought to belong to different major evolutionary lineages.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.89.5.1856
10.1073/pnas.89.5.1856
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Chloroplast Genome Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
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Stein, D. B., Conant, D. S., Ahearn, M. E., Jordan, E. T., Kirch, S. A., Hasebe, M., Iwatsuki, K., Mui Keng Tan, K. T., & Thomson, J. A. (1992). Structural rearrangements of the chloroplast genome provide an important phylogenetic link in ferns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 89(5), 1856-1860. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.89.5.1856
Structural rearrangements of the chloroplast genome provide an important phylogenetic link in ferns. / Stein, D. B.; Conant, D. S.; Ahearn, M. E.; Jordan, E. T.; Kirch, S. A.; Hasebe, M.; Iwatsuki, K.; Mui Keng Tan, Keng Tan; Thomson, J. A.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 89, No. 5, 1992, p. 1856-1860.
Stein, DB, Conant, DS, Ahearn, ME, Jordan, ET, Kirch, SA, Hasebe, M, Iwatsuki, K, Mui Keng Tan, KT & Thomson, JA 1992, 'Structural rearrangements of the chloroplast genome provide an important phylogenetic link in ferns', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 89, no. 5, pp. 1856-1860. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.89.5.1856
Stein DB, Conant DS, Ahearn ME, Jordan ET, Kirch SA, Hasebe M et al. Structural rearrangements of the chloroplast genome provide an important phylogenetic link in ferns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1992;89(5):1856-1860. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.89.5.1856
Stein, D. B. ; Conant, D. S. ; Ahearn, M. E. ; Jordan, E. T. ; Kirch, S. A. ; Hasebe, M. ; Iwatsuki, K. ; Mui Keng Tan, Keng Tan ; Thomson, J. A. / Structural rearrangements of the chloroplast genome provide an important phylogenetic link in ferns. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1992 ; Vol. 89, No. 5. pp. 1856-1860.
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The family of a cancer-stricken school girl have sparked up a lifelong friendship with the 'guardian angel' who saved her life.
Skylah Ballentine-Brain, now eight, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at just two years old when her immune system became too weak to fight off colds, leaving her with recurrent pneumonia.
After undergoing intensive chemotherapy in South Africa – where the family lived at the time – the youngster was given the all-clear in February 2012, only for the aggressive cancer to return that October.
Doctors warned there was little more they could do and told Skylah's parents to 'let her die peacefully'. Refusing to give up, the family flew back to the UK where the youngster was told she was too ill for chemo.
With a stem-cell donor being her only hope, the family waited anxiously for three months before mother-of-two Samantha Perry, now 44, was brought forward as a donor, with Skylah having the transplant in May 2013.
Now healthy, Skylah's parents Zelease, now 40, and Matthew Ballentine-Brain, 44, claim Mrs Perry 'mended their family', with the youngster even calling the 'guardian angel' her 'second mummy'.
The family were put in touch after the charity Anthony Nolan passed on a Christmas card made by Skylah to Ms Perry, now 44, in 2015.
Ms Perry became a donor after losing a loved one to leukaemia as a child but never thought she would meet the youngster whose life she saved.
Strict rules surrounding donation mean direct contact between recipients and donors is only allowed after two years when it will be clear whether or not the transplant was a success.
The Christmas card sparked a series of emails, letters and pictures exchanged between Skylah's family and Ms Perry, who lives in Wickersley, South Yorkshire, with her husband John, 49, and children Aiden, 14, and Sophie, 19.
And after two years on back-and-forth, the family finally met at the Principal Hotel in Manchester on September 15 last year.
Although normally shy around strangers after spending so much time in isolation on hospital wards, Skylah immediately took to Samantha, who gave her a silver necklace with an 'S' for their initials.
Ms Perry was also initially apprehensive but described their meeting as 'wonderful'.
'I was very curious during the years after my donation to know if it had worked so meeting Skylah for the first time was wonderful,' she said.
'For all of us it felt like the final piece in the puzzle, the final part of this long and grueling journey that we both, by chance, became part of. I felt really honoured that they called me Skylah's "guardian angel" and "second mummy".
The meeting was also everything Skylah had expected. She said: 'I knew an angel had helped me to get better when I was ill and I knew she must be very kind.
Although a happy time, the festive season is a period for Mrs Ballentine-Brain, who spent several Christmases in hospital with her sick daughter, to reflect on those awful years.
'We would be apart at Christmas, with Matthew looking after the boys and Skylah and I in hospital,' she said.
Skylah's problems began at just six months old in May 2011 when she developed a series of nasty colds.
Her parents – who moved the family from London to Cape Town in 2005 to be nearer Mrs Ballentine-Brain's parents – were not overly concerned until Skylah developed persistent pneumonia.
Tests carried out in August that year revealed the youngster's weak immune system was being caused by acute lymphoblastic leukaemia – a blood cancer that affects the white blood cells.
Speaking of the diagnosis, Mr Ballentine-Brain said: 'It was absolutely heartwrenching, an incredible pain that courses through your whole body.
Not even one-year-old, Skylah, who has dual nationality, started chemotherapy at the Red Cross Hospital in Cape Town. Her mother lived with her on the ward, sleeping beside her in a cot each night.
After being given the all-clear, Skylah's parents' worst fears were realised when doctors told them the highly-aggressive cancer had returned.
'That was appalling,' Mrs Ballentine-Brain said. 'It was worse than hearing she had leukaemia because it just felt like she'd been through so much already and this evil cancer was still doing all it could to take her away from us again.
But the couple vowed to do everything in their power to help their daughter and decided she would get the best possible treatment in the UK.
They therefore sold up and flew to Birmingham, where Mr Ballentine-Brain's company has an office.
Once admitted to Birmingham Children's Hospital, Skylah's family were told she was so ill that chemotherapy was pointless.
With a stem-cell transplant being their only hope, the family were given another blow when they learned Skylah has a rare tissue type, with only a handful of donors in the world being suitable.
But in January 2013, Anthony Nolan told them a suitable donor had become available.
Skylah was forced to stay in hospital for another year due to a series of infections but finally had the procedure in May 2013 at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
And by September the following year, she was well enough to start primary school.
For Mrs Ballentine-Brain, the ordeal has been an emotional rollercoaster.
She said: 'I just hope that our story can give hope to people who might be going through hell now and also be a call to action for anyone who thinks about donating stem cells as Matt and I now are.
Terence Lovell, director of engagement at Anthony Nolan, said: 'We are happy Skylah is doing so well. None of this would have been possible without Sam, who gave Skylah and her family the greatest gift imaginable, the gift of life.
'We are aiming to raise more funds, more awareness and, recruit more young people to the Anthony Nolan register.
Find out how to become a stem-cell donor here.


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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Nosthertus/diet-static-stream.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Nosthertus/diet-static-stream)

Serve static files through streaming objects for Diet.js
## Installation
```bash
$ npm install diet-static-stream
```
## Usage
```Javascript
var diet = require("diet");
var dietStream = require("diet-static-stream");

var app = diet();

app.listen(80);

var static = dietStream({
	path: "static"
});

app.footer(static);
```

##Documentation
Diet-static-stream can take several options for it's usage

**path [String] - Required**

Path where `diet-static-stream` will serve the files

* * *

**index [String|Boolean] - Optional (Default: index)**

Filename to look when there is no extension especified in the request

if value is Boolean, it will search for index file as default if true, otherwise if false, it will not do automatic search for an index file

```HTTP
#When value is boolean and it's true
GET: www.example.com/images -> Server/static/images/index.html

#When value is boolean and it's false
GET: www.example.com/images -> Server/static/images.html

#Otherwise if value is string, search for provided filename as index
#Value: main
GET: www.example.com/images -> Server/static/images/main.html
```
* * *

**defaultExtension [String] - Optional (Default: html)**

Extension to look when there is no extension on the request
```HTTP
GET: www.example.com/images.html -> Server/static/images.html
GET: www.example.com/images -> Server/static/images.html OR Server/static/images/index.html according to index property
```

* * *

**cache [String|Function] - Optional (Default: max-age=3600)**

Control-Cache value to set in header response, if function is provided then all requests are executed within this function passing $ signal, if funtion returns false then all necessary headers for cache will be excluded

```JavaScript
stream({
	cache: function($){
    	//Set cache only for index.html
    	if($.url.pathname == "index.html"){
        	return "max-age=36000";
        }

        //Exclude cache headers for all requests that are not for index.html
        return false;
    }
});
```

* * *

**scriptName [Boolean] - Optional (Default: false)**

Whether require extension file on the request, if true `defaultExt` and `index` options will be ignored

```HTTP
#Value: true
GET: www.example.com/images -> Server/static/images #404 not found
GET: www.example.com/images/user_placeholder.jpg -> Server/static/images/user_placeholder.jpg #200 Found

#Value: false
#Find according to index and defaultExt values
GET: www.example.com/images -> Server/static/images/index.html
```

* * *

**hook [Object] - Optional**

If there is a need for hooks on request, this is handy for setting custom headers or any other change necessary, this property is a map of events that's executed in certain process

* **request [Function] ($: Signal) - Optional**
Request hook is executed just when module starts, before the file is searched, the signal `$` is the request response passed from the middleware

* **success [Function] ($: Signal, headers: Object, file: Object) - Optional**
Success hook is executed when the file is successfully opened, this function injects `$` signal along with `headers` as default headers set for the file found and `file` as object that contains the property used for the stream

* **fail [Function] ($: Signal) - Optional**
Fail hook is executed when the requested file was not found, right before responding `404`, the signal `$` is passed from the middleware

* **cached [Function] ($: Signal) - Optional**
Cached hook is executed when the requested file was found but it was not modified since the last request, making the response to be `304`, the signal `$` is passed from the middleware

## Benchmark Comparison
As explained before, both `diet-static` and `diet-static-stream` achieves the same end for sending static data to the client, due to the time it takes to make the data available to the client, i have made 2 phases which are:

* Resolve Time
Resolve time is based on how long does the server take to make data available and start sending to client, this process was done by using `console.time()` right before the module starts loading the file, `console.timeEnd()` is executed when the module starts sending.

* Response Time
Response time is based on how long the client waits for the server to start recieving the requested data, this depends on latency and mostly `Resolve Time` on server, this process was achieved by using the comand `cURL`

The tests were done using fake files create from `fallocate` on `Linux`, the tests were done with this specs:

* OS: Linux/Debian Ubuntu 16.04 x64
* CPU: Intel Core I5 3.30GHz
* RAM: 4gb x 2 1600mhz
* HDD: 256gb 7200rpm

![Benchmark-Comparison](http://i.imgur.com/BHbZHGq.png)

## F.A.Q
**What is the difference between diet-static and this one?**

The answer is simple, `diet-static` uses `fs.readFile`, and according to API docs of `node.js` it reads the entire contents of a file, meaning that all the data from a file is temporary stored in the memory, this is nice if you only read few files with small sizes.

But what happens when you use it on a server that has hundreds of requests for media files, this could lead the server to overload and crash.

This package uses stream objects for sending chunks of data when they are being on read, this does not load data into the memory and we can avoid memory overload for hundreds of requests

##Test
You can test the module by executing these commands:
```SH
$ npm test
```

if you have mocha globally installed:
```SH
$ mocha
```

##License
MIT

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Cognitive stylistics is primarily concerned with the cognitive processes – mental simulations – experienced by readers. Most cognitive stylisticians agree that experiences of reading texts are dynamic and flexible. Changes in the context of reading, our attentional focus on a given day, our extra background knowledge about the text, and so on, are all factors that contribute to our experience of a fictional world. A second reading of a text is a different experience to a first reading.
As researchers begin to systematically distinguish between the 'solitary' and 'social' readings that constitute reading as a phenomenon (Peplow et al., 2016), the relationship between multiple readings and the nature of their processing become increasingly pertinent. In order to explore this relationship, firstly we examine the different ways in which re-reading has previously been discussed in stylistics, grounding our claims in an empirical analysis of articles published in key stylistics journals over the past two decades. Next, we draw on reader response data from an online questionnaire in order to assess the role of re-reading and the motivations that underpin it. Finally, we describe an exercise for the teaching of cognitive stylistics, specifically applying schema theory in literary linguistic analysis (Cook, 1994), which illustrates the need to distinguish between readings as part of an analysis. Through these three sections we argue that our experiences of texts should be considered diachronically, and propose that the different readings that make up an analysis of a text should be given greater attention in stylistic research and teaching.
Harrison, Chloe ; Nuttall, Louise. / Re-reading in stylistics. In: Language and Literature. 2018 ; Vol. 27, No. 3. pp. 176-195.
Re-reading in stylistics. / Harrison, Chloe; Nuttall, Louise.
In: Language and Literature, Vol. 27, No. 3, 04.09.2018, p. 176-195.
N2 - Cognitive stylistics is primarily concerned with the cognitive processes – mental simulations – experienced by readers. Most cognitive stylisticians agree that experiences of reading texts are dynamic and flexible. Changes in the context of reading, our attentional focus on a given day, our extra background knowledge about the text, and so on, are all factors that contribute to our experience of a fictional world. A second reading of a text is a different experience to a first reading. As researchers begin to systematically distinguish between the 'solitary' and 'social' readings that constitute reading as a phenomenon (Peplow et al., 2016), the relationship between multiple readings and the nature of their processing become increasingly pertinent. In order to explore this relationship, firstly we examine the different ways in which re-reading has previously been discussed in stylistics, grounding our claims in an empirical analysis of articles published in key stylistics journals over the past two decades. Next, we draw on reader response data from an online questionnaire in order to assess the role of re-reading and the motivations that underpin it. Finally, we describe an exercise for the teaching of cognitive stylistics, specifically applying schema theory in literary linguistic analysis (Cook, 1994), which illustrates the need to distinguish between readings as part of an analysis. Through these three sections we argue that our experiences of texts should be considered diachronically, and propose that the different readings that make up an analysis of a text should be given greater attention in stylistic research and teaching.
AB - Cognitive stylistics is primarily concerned with the cognitive processes – mental simulations – experienced by readers. Most cognitive stylisticians agree that experiences of reading texts are dynamic and flexible. Changes in the context of reading, our attentional focus on a given day, our extra background knowledge about the text, and so on, are all factors that contribute to our experience of a fictional world. A second reading of a text is a different experience to a first reading. As researchers begin to systematically distinguish between the 'solitary' and 'social' readings that constitute reading as a phenomenon (Peplow et al., 2016), the relationship between multiple readings and the nature of their processing become increasingly pertinent. In order to explore this relationship, firstly we examine the different ways in which re-reading has previously been discussed in stylistics, grounding our claims in an empirical analysis of articles published in key stylistics journals over the past two decades. Next, we draw on reader response data from an online questionnaire in order to assess the role of re-reading and the motivations that underpin it. Finally, we describe an exercise for the teaching of cognitive stylistics, specifically applying schema theory in literary linguistic analysis (Cook, 1994), which illustrates the need to distinguish between readings as part of an analysis. Through these three sections we argue that our experiences of texts should be considered diachronically, and propose that the different readings that make up an analysis of a text should be given greater attention in stylistic research and teaching.


When we take a closer look at this data, adding a bit more complexity – here, price per carat rather than simply carat weight – helps us to see that even as the lower clarities become larger, their price per carat stays consistently low. It's also interesting to see that there appears to be no relationship at all between price/carat and a stone's depth.
– The violin plot is added on top to help alleviate some of the dot density issues with such a large data set.


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