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Three ways England can keep World Cup dreams alive by knocking Australia out
Louis SealeyWednesday 10 Jul 2019 1:01 pm
England face Ashes rivals Australia in the Cricket World Cup semi-final (Picture: Getty)
England are two victories away from making history.
After a stuttering and stressful group stage campaign, a place in the record books is still in sight for Eoin Morgan and his formidable side.
The equation is simple: beat Ashes rivals Australia in the second semi-final on Thursday, win Sunday's decider at Lord's, and become the first England team to lift the World Cup trophy.
But while England know exactly what route they must take, the logistics of winning the World Cup are, of course, far from straightforward.
Eoin Morgan's side are two wins away from making history (Picture: Getty)
To reach their first World Cup final in 27 years, England are confronted with the difficult – but far from impossible – task of knocking out the defending champions, who just happen to be the most successful team in the history of the tournament.
Australia's record in this competition is sensational – with five wins and two other final appearances cementing their status as the undisputed World Cup kings.
But it is England who have dominated one-day cricket since 2015 and there is real optimism that the hosts can end 44 years of hurt by becoming World Cup champions this week.
To do that, they first need to see off Australia. Here is how they can do it.
Thwart record-breaking Starc
The leading wicket-taker at the last two World Cups, Mitchell Starc is quickly developing into an all-time great in one-day cricket.
To say that he leads the Australian attack would be an understatement. Fellow seamer Pat Cummins is talented but England know that thwarting Starc at Edgbaston will go a long way to securing their place in the final.
That is easier said than done, however, and in a tournament dominated by fast bowlers, one man has stood above the rest.
Taking 26 scalps at 16.61 during the group stage was a superb achievement and one of the key reasons for Australia's success as they finished second, winning seven of their nine games.
Australia's Mitchell Starc has been one of the stars of the tournament (Picture: Getty)
Starc has claimed four or more wickets four times in this tournament and will look back at Australia's win over England fondly, having dismissed Morgan, Joe Root and Ben Stokes during the comfortable 64-run victory.
But if anyone can stop a left-arm seamer capable of bowling 92mph yorkers and bouncers at will, it is England and their quality batsmen.
Two batting collapses were to blame for England's successive defeats to Sri Lanka and Australia last month, but the team have since regrouped to post big totals in the must-win matches against India and New Zealand.
Opening batsmen Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy have led from the front, with the former scoring back-to-back centuries and the latter impressing upon his return from injury.
Leading wicket-takers in #CWC19 robin-round:
Mitchell Starc ▶ 26
Mustafizur Rahman ▶ 20
Jasprit Bumrah ▶ 17
Jofra Archer ▶ 17
Mohammad Amir ▶ 17
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While Starc generally only bowls a few overs at the start, the battle between the most deadly fast bowler on the planet and England's dynamic openers could set the tone for the rest of the match.
The way England's middle-order and tail play Starc when he returns for his second spell will also be key. Only India's Jasprit Bumrah can claim to be more threatening and decisive than Starc at the death.
For England, they can only hope the likes of Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler are still at the crease when Starc inevitably returns for a spell that so often changes the momentum and course of games.
Australia hero Jason Gillespie on Mitchell Starc
'Mitchell is unquestionably one of the greats. He would be one of the first names on the team-sheet of the best ever Australian one-day side, no doubt about it.
'The all-time greatest one-day attack would probably consist of Starc, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Shane Warne and Mitchell would be included ahead of a couple of the other lads as well.
'That's how good he is. Just look at his record. And it's all the more remarkable that the stats he's produced have come in the modern game.'
Remove in-form Warner early
It feels a long time ago that pundits were raising doubts over David Warner's form. The divisive opener enjoyed a brilliant run for Sunrisers Hyderabad at the 2019 Indian Premier League but appeared short of confidence at the start of this tournament.
It did not take long for Warner to find his feet, however, and he stamped his authority on the campaign with two centuries in three innings against Pakistan and Bangladesh. A brilliant 122 in the defeat to South Africa followed.
Had it not been for the heroics of Rohit Sharma, we would be talking about David Warner's performances as one of the greatest in World Cup history.
Indeed, with 638 runs and three centuries, Warner has already climbed to third in the list of highest run-scorers at a single World Cup.
The opening partnership of Warner and Aaron Finch produced five successive 50-plus partnerships during the group stage and saved Australia's frail middle-order from being exposed.
David Warner has enjoyed a fantastic run (Picture: Getty)
While Steve Smith is a modern great, and wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey has been a revelation, Australia are over-reliant on their gun openers and dismissing Warner early will be seen as a major coup by England.
They were unable to achieve that at Lord's last month, perhaps bowling a touch short in overcast conditions as Australia reached 123 before they lost their first wicket. It hindsight it was a match-winning partnership.
No matter how good Warner and Finch are and have been over the past six weeks, England will fancy their chances of making an early breakthrough, with Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes both impressing with the new ball.
If that fails, England will hope the dependable Mark Wood and Liam Plunkett can find success, while giving Adil Rashid an early over may not be the most foolish idea.
Ex-England captain Nasser Hussain on David Warner
'Warner the batsman is phenomenal, his runs, his hundreds. And he is in great form.
'You only have to look at the way he played against South Africa on Saturday to see that he is a real streetfighter, who wants to win every game everywhere he plays.
'At times that gets Warner the bloke into trouble, as has been well-documented, but he has a burning desire to win for himself and his country.
Stick to winning formula
While England's exit from the 2015 World Cup was embarrassing and painful, it at least provoked real change.
Change, that, over the past four years, has seen England develop into the most successful and dangerous team on the planet.
It was not by accident that England entered the World Cup as the top-ranked side and the pre-tournament favourites. Their form and performances under Morgan made it inevitable and they will be well-served reminding themselves of this as they stand on the verge of history.
Last month's wobble must be forgotten. Instead, England should set their minds back to last summer, when they destroyed Australia in a one-sided ODI series, hitting a world-record 481 in the process.
England are bidding to win the 50-over World Cup for the first time in history (Picture: Getty)
The Australian side has changed greatly over the past 12 months but the fact remains that England are more or less unbeatable if they play to their full potential. And to do that, England need to stick to what they are good at.
As Ben Stokes said in a column for the Daily Mirror this week: 'Now we are here, it is about us giving the best account of ourselves we can and playing the sort of cricket that got us here.
'This is not the time to take a step backwards. Now is the time to double down on the approach that has served us so well, not shy away from it because it's a semi-final.'
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Melissa Bickford has done it again with this new addition to her Polka Dot Parade collection. This cute little polka-dotted ghostie is just about the most adorable thing EVER! You'll love pairing him up with his coordinating die and even a little bow tie!
Dawn McVey is bringing you an updated twist on Halloween sentiments, featuring fabulous font combinations and clever wording that takes you beyond the standard "Happy Halloween". Perfect for tags tied to treats, handmade Halloween greetings and even spooky party favors!
Maile Belles has put together a collection of modern speech bubbles that you will love using alone or pairing up with previously released sets! There are several styles to chose from within the set and even a few sentiments that make a perfect pairing! I'm thinking several of the Tremendous Treats images would love to have a speech bubble bring them to life!
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855 FOR "TRUTH"
I had a short speaking tour of Florida, giving a Darwin Day presentation in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, an d Fort Myers, and we recorded three episodes of The Place while passing through Pensacola. So we took a road trip out of Texas, through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Along the way, I kept seeing these billboards pleading with me to call and argue with them.
The first call was amusing enough. I talked with Johnny about how Jesus was reportedly a 1st century faith-healer who believed in demons, and who's understanding of theology was limited to whatever mere human scribes had written before him. Johhny brought up the prophesy of Isaiah which was supposedly fulfilled in the book of Matthew. So I explained what that prophesy actually said, who it really referred to, and that this pertained to people and events that were seven centuries too early. After I explained all this, I asked him if he would admit that the prophesy in Isaiah 7:14 could not possibly be talking about Jesus. Johnny reacted by raving about how Jesus died on the cross and we need to confess our sins and all other irrelevant nonsense. And when he stopped for a breath, I pressed him again, saying "Whatever, regardless, do you admit that Isaiah 7:14 cannot possibly refer to Jesus?" He didn't answer. He just hung up on me.
That was a funny call though, and I checked to see if I had gotten a recording of it. But sadly, my automatic software didn't file it properly, and it was irretrievable. So I corrected the settings.
Later on down the road, I saw another similar billboard, and was moved to call again. This time I talked with Ron. I challenged Ron to show me anything in the Bible that he could show to be true and thus qualify as truth. He said he could do that, but that I wouldn't accept it. Turns out he thought he had evidence that evolution was a fraud, and he thought that meant that the Bible is true as the only option by default. Even worse than that, his evidence against evolution was "when you look at creation, the sunset, or DNA, you realize there has to be a god". Seriously, that was his "evidence"–both against evolution and for creation. That's it. The logical fallacy of question begging was all he had. When I started to point that out, he hung up on me too.
Another few hundred miles down the road, there's another of those fucking billboards. So I called again. This time I spoke with Roger. We went through the same basic intro as the other two calls and finally got into the meat of whether he could show me the truth of anything he believed, meaning was there anything he could show that was actually true. I tried to remain polite, but Roger's only talent was talking over other people no matter how they may try to interject. That was when my wife, Lilandra took this photo.
The caption she added was what I had just said at that moment. "You're very good at talking over me but I am going to finish this."
Amusingly, Roger figured out who I was once he realized that I knew what I was talking about. He asked whether I had spoken at atheist conferences. He said he had seen some of my videos and recognized my voice. Yeah, but he didn't learn anything, did he?
Roger's favorite fallacies were false equivalence and projection, reversing the definition of faith into a belief that is based on evidence. He also argued that science requires faith whenever we don't know something for 100% certain. Although he refused to accept any correction to his errors, I eventually worked passed that. I told him how once we figured out the real explanation for anything that was once attributed to the supernatural, it always turned out to be a revelation of whole new fields of study that were previously unimagined. Then I challenged him to produce even one occasion in history when the supernatural explanation ever turned out to be right. He said he knew of two such occasions. One of them was that no one can explain the origin of life or how Jesus rose from the dead. Yes, his fallacy was the god-of-the-gaps argument, that if you can't explain it, then it must be magic. It didn't matter how eloquently I explained the big bang because I still used too many big words and sciency concepts. It also didn't matter that his only evidence of Jesus rising from the tomb was the total lack of evidence that he was ever there in the first place. He got really animated at that, and so did I when he kept yelling over anything I tried to say. But to his credit, he didn't hang up on me. I had an important call, and told him that I had to take it, much as I would have loved to continue that argument. That call lasted more than an hour, but my phone only recorded the first 16 minutes of it.
When we were half-way back to Texas, we saw yet another of those billboards, and again I could not resist the bait. This time I spoke with Phillip, and my phone managed to save the entire conversation.
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Somehow Phillip knew who I was immediately, even though I never gave him my name. Seems Roger must have flagged my number in their network. Either that, or they're on a chat network and Philip typed in that he has a caller who thinks and knows things and doesn't just believe. So pretty soon I got the impression that he was being coached remotely.
Philip also saved my number and texted me some time after our call. I told him that his questions required more than I wanted to tap out on a text message with my thumb. I told him I would compose a blog post to explain all this and to address his questions. So from here on, this post will be an open letter to Philip @ gospelbillboards.org
I reflected more on this, and decided it is really not in my place to call someone a liar. So I will retract my accusation of evolutionists being liars. I am sure many of them believe the things they say that I still believe to be inaccurate. But I do have some questions for you on this subject.
Thanks for connecting with me, Philip. Of course absolutely ALL of the "evolutionists" without exception believe what we can prove to true. How could we not? You would know more about that than me. There is not one "evolutionist" who does not believe in evolution. But there are many creationists who do not actually believe in creation. Because this isn't a comparison of faith-based belief systems. If you believe that what we say is inaccurate, tell me what those things are, and I'll fix that: so that you'll know better from now on. Because this issue is between demonstrable fact and delusional fallacy. Those who engage in science denial are called creationists. That is a faith based position against all reason. Those who accept science do so according to reason as well as evidence. It is not a "belief" in the sense that creationism is. So the term, "evolutionist" is an inappropriate pejorative, and you should stop using that term immediately. If you keep using it, that will demonstrate your compliance with the illusion you're misrepresenting, and that will indicate dishonesty.
Do you defend Ernst Haeckel and his apparently fraudulent drawings of embryos?
As I did on our call, I'm going to answer with an excerpt from my book–since I've already written all this out there.
I've been posting this challenge for decades now, and no one has ever been able to answer either part of it yet; though right away, they all think they have the perfect answer to the first part. Most can only think of one person, and their first indictment is always the same name. Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), was a pioneer biologist, physician, and philosopher. At home in Germany, he was a professor of comparative anatomy for half a century, but he was also a field naturalist. In the course of his travels to different continents, he had personally discovered, described, and named thousands of new species. He was a pioneer taxonomist, the first to produce a visual map of the genealogical tree of life. He published dozens of scientific works, many of which were wonderfully illustrated because he was also an artist. The man was an award-winning science communicator, the Cosmos host of his time. He even has mountains named in his honor, both in the United States and in New Zealand. But his numerous contributions to biology go largely unnoticed compared to a couple rather embarrassing errors.
As I mentioned before, and as Karl Ernst von Baer originally noted in 1828, the more closely related any two species are, the more similar their development. He also observed that vertebrate animals in their embryonic stages seem to have a common design, whereas adult forms show difference. Arm buds are virtually indistinguishable at first formation but might become a wing, an arm, a leg, or a flipper. At another level of this same pattern, the young of two closely related species will look more alike than the adults do. An excellent example of this is found in crustaceans. Although adult crabs look quite a bit different from lobsters or shrimp in that they don't have tails, we see that crab nymphs (or zoea) actually do have tails, and that these fold into the carapace of mature crabs, leaving only a vestigial crease indicating where the tail was. Of course, this trend continues into embryology too, and the implications of that confused naturalists and anatomists of the nineteenth century.
For example, Haeckel studied dozens of embryos under a microscope and interpreted them to promote his idea that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," suggesting that embryonic development reflects the organism's evolutionary ancestry. Haeckel's "biogenetic law" of embryological parallelism was one of many notions of biological transcendentalism first proposed by Lamarckian naturalist Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire in about 1760. Haeckel believed that the developing fetus mirrored its evolution such that it might pass through phases of becoming a fish, then an amphibian, then a reptile each in succession before becoming a mammal. To illustrate this, he produced about a hundred drawings of embryos at various stages. But he later admitted that about a half-dozen of them were either false or speculative due to a lack of visual references. In the first edition of his bestselling book Naturliche Schopfungsgeschichte (Natural History of Creation), Haeckel used the same image to represent the embryos of dogs, chickens, and turtles. When a reviewer alerted him to this, he said that no one could tell the difference at that stage, which was probably true given the instrumentation of the time. While this is not necessarily a lie, the fact that any of his drawings were admittedly without reference has disgraced Haeckel's name in the annals of science despite the fact that these were corrected in each of the later editions.
Creationists now insist that Haeckel was reportedly convicted of fraud by a German court, though that doesn't seem to be the case. His creationist contemporaries, including Rudolf Virchow and Louis Agassiz, did accuse Haeckel of deception, but the charge of fraud didn't emerge until 1997 with the research of embryologist Michael Robertson, as detailed in an article in Science by Elizabeth Pennisi titled "Haeckel's Embryos: Fraud Rediscovered". No one argues that a scientist shouldn't promote speculation as fact; leave that to religion. But the drawings Haeckel didn't have references for in his first edition aren't the reason for the recent charge of fraud. It was a computerized analysis of his artwork as compared to microphotographs of the same species at the same stages of development. The charge was that he embellished these drawings to imply more resemblance than there was based on a critique of his artistic skill. However, it has been shown that this same analysis would also indict Haeckel's enemy contemporaries on the same charge, as well as modern embryologists too.
A later paper titled "Haeckel's Embryos: Fraud Not Proven," written by Robert Richards and published in the journal Biology & Philosophy in 2009, offers a compelling rebuttal to the charges detailed in the 1997 Science article, "The historical and biological evidence, however, shows the charge against Haeckel to be logically mischievous, historically naive, and founded on highly misleading photography."
The images under scrutiny were taken from Haeckel's hastily assembled first edition of Anthropogenie. However, each of the subsequent editions had the advantage of better instrumentation, and the accuracy of the drawings improved. But there was nothing wrong with those images to begin with. The damning microphotographs published by Michael Robertson in 1997 showed these embryos with yolk and other maternal material that made them look very different. That, and the chicken was photographed at a different angle with a different lens effect than the others, while the salamander was a different size. Haeckel clearly indicated that his drawings were only of the embryos, omitting things like yolk, and that he made them all the same size and oriented the same way for ease of comparison, so there's no foul to fault.
Robertson, the very researcher who indicted Haeckel in 1997, seems to have softened his view since then, perhaps after his own errors in the indictment itself were brought to light. In a November 2002 paper published in the Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society titled "Haeckel's ABC of Evolution and Development," Robertson (with G. Keuck) writes,
Haeckel's much criticized embryo drawings are important as phylogenetic hypotheses, teaching aids, and evidence for evolution. While some criticisms of the drawings are legitimate, others are more tendentious.
What is especially odd about the criticism against Haeckel's "embellishments" (if such were ever intended) is that they're unnecessary. Creationists adamantly complain that textbooks referred to his admittedly inaccurate drawings for so long, but for some reason, they continue to accuse those authors of fraud even when the textbooks replace the drawings with microphotographs! Do they think the photographs are fraudulent too? Or do they object only because those images still indicate the same evolutionary parallels that Haeckel saw?
Darwin wrote that embryology contained compelling evidence of evolution, and correctly so. In his letter to J. D. Hooker, for example, he stated, "Hardly any point gave me so much satisfaction when I was at work on the Origin as the explanation of the wide difference in many classes between the embryo and the adult animal, and the close resemblance of embryos within the same class." Creationists dismiss this on the assumption that Darwin's theory was inspired by Haeckel's allegedly fraudulent drawings, and that consequently, evolution is a fraud. But of course the truth is the other way around. Darwin referred to real embryos; Haeckel's drawings didn't even exist until years after Darwin's final publication. Haeckel eventually befriended Darwin and even convinced him of his biogenetic law at one point, but Darwin had already published his definitive work, and Haeckel had no influence over that.
In his landmark publication, Darwin had accurately depicted the resemblance of closely related embryos and never suggested that they progress through the adult stages of their evolutionary lineage. Modern biology does recognize numerous connections between ontogeny and phylogeny, and explains them using evolutionary theory without recourse to Haeckel's specific view. Haeckel's original assumption that embryonic development would indicate adult species in an organism's ancestral history was proven false by 1910. Recapitulation has since been replaced by a more accurate study of the parallels between embryological and evolutionary development, colloquially known as "evo devo." Among other discoveries, this field revealed the evolutionary origin of the feather as implied by transitional stages in the fossil record being recapitulated in the stages of embryological development of chickens. But the fact Darwin recognized, that embryology does provide testable confirmations and predictions of phylogeny, were already evident before Haeckel ever picked up his pencil.
It is no hoax that mammalian embryos temporarily have pharyngeal pouches, which are morphologically indistinguishable from the gill slits in modern fish embryos, and that the divergence of development from there matches what is indicated in the fossil record. This is fact, not fraud, and none of these facts should be true unless evolution were true also. Why else do whale embryos have four limbs? Why do glass snake embryos have feet complete with toes? Why do chicken embryos have three-fingered hands? Why do human and bird embryos have tails?
So Haeckel didn't lie, so far as we know. At least we know he didn't lie when he could have, and that's a good indication. Even if he had lied, it wasn't while promoting evolution over creationism. Haeckel wasn't trying to convince evolutionists of evolution; he was promoting recapitulation, an alternate notion of fetal development. His posit failed against Karl Ernst von Baer, the leading authority who conceived the laws of embryology.
There you go, Philip. The creationists' all-time favorite claim of fraud isn't what they said it was; it was actually at least partially their own misrepresentation.
On creation.com there is an article "Evolutionist: it's OK to deceive students to believe evolution." Would you argue that Bora Zivkovic did not advocate teaching things known to be not true to promote evolution as that article depicts?
This was a good one, as I had never heard of this person, and the article you referenced doesn't cite the original material. I suspect this is because the creationist's favorite tactic is quote-mining, another logical fallacy. It always comes apart when you see the whole piece in context. Take for example what Darwin said about the evolution of the eye. Creationists quote part of the paragraph saying that "To suppose that the eye …could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree", but they never include what he said immediately after that, the implied "but…." where he explains what reason tells him, and then goes on to explain how the evolution of the eye is evident in comparative morphology. Is it because creationists don't know what he said after that? No, they know; they just don't want YOU to know. So they lie by omission and don't show the context.
This is what I suspect happened with Bora Zivkovic. I couldn't find out much about him–other than he is a blogger, not an evolutionary scientist like I asked for. I did see that he has been chastised by scientists for a number of ethical reasons. That doesn't help you since they're not relevant to my challenge. So I reached out to the League of Reason forum to see if any of the scientists there knew what the original claim was or whether any of this met the criteria I gave you. The consensus answer is no. This guy is not a scientist and he didn't lie either. All he did was suggest a common teaching method of simplified lessons, like why we teach Bohr's model of the atom or Lewis' diagram of electrons. We know it's inaccurate, but it still works in entry level applications that students need to learn. So we teach it anyway.
Note that Zivkovic clarified that this is only temporary. So it is not the attempted deception your source claims. Your article says that Zivkovic says it's OK to deceive students to believe evolution. But he didn't say that at all, neither to deceive nor believe. This is a teaching tool to help students understand evolution. Deceivers seek believers, but science doesn't want believers; we want thinkers who understand. So you give them the Sesame Street version first, and toss out the muppets when they get passed that stage.
Once students understand the basics, then things get more complicated and you find out that a lot of what you learned before isn't true at all. This goes for chemistry and history and even theology. For example, you were told that the Bible was written by God as the absolute and inerrant truth. But then if you ever get to seminary, then you learn the real origins and inspirations and realize that none of what you believe now is really the case.
As far as creations who you say are liars, give me examples of what you see as lies from Henry Morris Jr., Jake Hebert III, and Jason Lisle.
I could have started with your own company, or the article you referenced regarding Zivkovik, since there were a handful of immediately obvious lies in that one. Most of those were explained in the 13th chapter of my book on Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism. Since this blog post is already quite long, and I have other engagements pending tonight, but I promised I would reply to you today, then I'll post as it is now. But I won't be able to get to your most recently posted question about Henry Morris Jr., Jake Hebert III, and Jason Lisle until my next post tomorrow. It's easy to cite lots of things each of them said that are obviously and demonstrably wrong, but it takes a bit longer to show how we know that they knew that what they said was wrong when they said it, and I want to make sure there is no doubt about that when I get back to you. Until then remember that there is no truth in creationism, but there are a helluva lotta lies.
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Robin Thicke Says Miley Cyrus Duet at VMAs 'Wasn't Sexually Charged at All'
Robin Thicke has finally spoken out about his controversial performance with Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards, saying that they fully intended to give people something to talk about.
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"We knew what we were getting ourselves into. We're entertainers, and the VMAs is the perfect place for a little shock and awe," he tells Star in a video interview. "Yeah, we kind of knew when we were in rehearsal. … We were like, 'OK, if you touch me with your foam finger all over my crotch, obviously a few people are going to have something to say about this.' But that was the whole point. I mean, the whole point was to excite and provoke and entertain."
Cyrus previously said she was out to make history with her grinding- and twerk-filled performance. And even though she stripped down to a flesh-colored two-piece, danced around suggestively with a foam finger and repeatedly bent over and shook her rear end, including once standing directly in front of Thicke, her performance wasn't sexual, he says.
"I thought it was silly and funny. She was being humorous and naughty. But it wasn't sexually charged at all," he said. "That's who she is and that's how she likes to dance. And she was just being herself and I was just being myself."
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In addition to being a sponsor of the event overall, Polk State College is the official sponsor of daily educational forums that will take place at Central Florida Aerospace Academy. More than 250 forums will take place during the week, covering topics from international flying to buying an aircraft.
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Armored Fist 2 är det andra spelet i "Armored Fist"-serien som utvecklades och gavs ut av Novalogic. Spelet släpptes i december 1997 och datumen varierar beroende på var i världen det släpptes.

Man manövrerar en M1A2 Abrams (som för övrigt är den stridsvagn som bl.a. USA använder sig av i Irak) genom olika terrängtyper och banor. Novalogic satsar mer på action och nöje när de gör sina spel, så också i Armored Fist 2, vilket gör spelet mer likt ett arkadspel än ett simulatorspel. Armored Fist 2's mellansekvenser är videor inspelade på en riktig pansarbataljon i USA.

Armored Fist 2 använder sig inte av samma 3D-motor som Armored Fist 1, utan använder sig istället av Comanche 3's 3D-motor som också utvecklas och givits ut av Novalogic.

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Q: If condition is not working for some reason while True:
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It either doesn't enter the condition or something.  I know Python for a while and can't figure out what is wrong.

A: As Joran stated in the comment, you're missing the parentheses after lower. Once you add those your loop will work. Python cannot successfully interpret your variable inp without them.
while True:
    inp = input("Say hi bruh!: ").lower()
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A: Just put a bracket after lower as it is a function. It is necessary to put a bracket in case of functions.
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Le bras de Jacob est un affluent de la rivière du Moulin, coulant successivement dans la Saguenay, puis dans le territoire non organisé de Lac-Ministuk, dans la municipalité régionale de comté du Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, dans la région administrative du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, dans la province de Québec, au Canada. Le cours du bras de Jacob traverse la partie nord-ouest de la zec Mars-Moulin.

La partie supérieure de cette petite vallée est desservie par le chemin du Lac-du-Bois-Joli lequel passe sur la rive nord du lac Jacob. Quelques autres routes forestières secondaires desservent la vallée du bras de Jacob, surtout pour les besoins la foresterie et des activités récréotouristiques.

La foresterie constitue la principale activité économique de cette vallée ; les activités récréotouristiques, en second.

La surface du bras de Jacob est habituellement gelée du début de décembre à la fin mars, toutefois la circulation sécuritaire sur la glace se fait généralement de la mi-décembre à la mi-mars.

Géographie
Les principaux bassins versants voisins du bras de Jacob sont :
 côté nord : lac Desgagné, lac des Côté, ruisseau du lac William, rivière du Moulin, rivière Chicoutimi, rivière Saguenay ;
 côté est : rivière du Moulin, bras des Mouches, la Petite Décharge, rivière à Mars ;
 côté sud : bras de Jacob Ouest, rivière du Moulin, bras Henriette, le Grand Lac, ruisseau Sec ;
 côté ouest : bras de Jacob Ouest, rivière Simoncouche, lac Simoncouche, lac Des Îlets, lac du Dépôt, rivière Cyriac, rivière Chicoutimi.

Le Bras de Jacob prend sa source à l'embouchure du lac Jacob (longueur :  ; altitude : ) en zone forestière. Ce lac est alimenté par la décharge (venant du nord-est) du lac Fournier, et la décharge (venant de l'ouest) d'un lac non identifié. Cette source est située à :
  à l'est de la route 175 ;
  au sud-est de la confluence de la rivière Simoncouche et du lac Kénogami ;
  au sud-ouest du village de Laterrière ;
  au sud-ouest de la confluence du bras de Jacob et de rivière du Moulin ;
  au sud-est du barrage de Portage-des-Roches, érigé à la tête de la rivière Chicoutimi ;
  au sud de la confluence de la rivière du Moulin et de la rivière Saguenay dans le secteur Chicoutimi de la ville de Saguenay.

À partir de sa source, le bras de Jacob coule sur  avec une dénivellation de  entièrement en zone forestière, selon les segments suivants :
  vers l'est en recueillant la décharge (venant du sud) du lac Cami, puis en formant deux courbes vers le sud, jusqu'à un coude de rivière, correspondant à la décharge (venant de l'est) du lac Desgagné ;
  vers le sud-est, en recueillant une décharge (venant du sud-est) d'un petit lac, puis en courbant vers l'est, jusqu'au bras Henriette (venant du sud-ouest) ;
  vers le nord-est courbant vers l'est, jusqu'à son embouchure.

Le bras de Jacob se déverse sur la rive ouest de rivière du Moulin. Cette confluence est située à :
  à l'est du lac Desgagné ;
  à l'ouest du cours de la rivière à Mars ;
  au nord-est du lac Simoncouche ;
  au sud-est du barrage de Portage-des-Roches à la tête de la rivière Chicoutimi ;
  au sud-ouest de la confluence de la rivière du Moulin et de la rivière Saguenay ;
  au sud-est du centre-ville de Saguenay.

À partir de l'embouchure du bras de Jacob, le courant suit successivement le cours de la rivière du Moulin sur  vers le nord, puis le cours de la rivière Saguenay sur  vers l'est jusqu'à Tadoussac où il conflue avec l'estuaire du Saint-Laurent.

Toponymie
Le toponyme « bras de Jacob » a été officialisé le  à la Banque des noms de lieux de la Commission de toponymie du Québec.

Notes et références

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Articles connexes
 Saguenay
 Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, une MRC
 Lac-Ministuk, un TNO
 Zec Mars-Moulin, une ZEC
 Bras de Jacob Ouest
 Bras Henriette
 Rivière du Moulin
 Rivière Saguenay
 Liste des cours d'eau du bassin du Saguenay

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Cours d'eau au Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
2Bras de Jacob
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
Ville de Saguenay


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SCI Celebrates World's Greatest Hunters' Convention
and Wildlife Conservation
The 42nd Safari Club International Hunters' Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada once again proved why it's the biggest and best hunting convention in the world.
Over 22,500 SCI Members from 100 countries, exhibitors and members of the press converged on Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada to celebrate hunting and raise money for Safari Club International. For over 4,000 attendees, it was their first SCI Convention.
Those in attendance had the opportunity to see over 1,100 exhibitors from around the world to book hunts and shop from a wide variety of hunting products.
During the four-day convention, members who attended were able to see the finest wildlife taxidermy work in the world displayed in a variety of settings throughout the show floor and in booths. Wildlife artwork by the world's most renowned wildlife artists was on display in a number of booths set up as simulated art galleries. Not only were there thousands of pieces of original art on display, but the artists who created the work were there to visit and meet with attendees and those interested in purchasing a unique piece of art.
Firearms from gun companies all over the world were on display and included many custom gun makers who will build rifles and shotguns to the detailed specifications of the customer. Some firearms exhibitors featured workers actually building a gun right in the booth. Attendees were treated to a unique opportunity to see wood and metal come together to produce a fine custom firearm.
Attendees interested in learning more about a number of subjects attended a variety of seminars each day that included everything from trophy preparation to getting ready for your first African safari. Seminars were presented by experts in their fields who were more than willing to share their knowledge and answer questions from seminar participants.
Thousands of hunts were booked all over the world and SCI members took advantage of the wide variety of outfitters who offer unique and exciting hunts. Having so many top notch outfitters in one area made shopping for the perfect hunt very easy.
"The 2014 SCI Convention was another shining example of why SCI is so important to the hunting community worldwide," said SCI President Craig Kauffman. "Hunters came to celebrate our passion of hunting while at the same time to raise money to fund conservation efforts, promote sustainable hunting and ensure our rights as outdoorsman are protected.
The daily, evening and silent auctions which ran every day of the convention were filled with hunts, firearms, artwork, jewelry and other products up for sale to the highest bidder. Auctions raised money to support SCI and the SCI Foundation in its efforts to protect and promote conservation and hunting.
Notable auction items included a 5-day Vancouver Island Black Bear Hunt for One Hunter – Guided by Jim Shockey, and donated by Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventure that sold for $28,000. Rigby donated a Rigby London Best model in .416 Rigby valued at $48,300, sold for $51,000 and a 5-day Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch Coveted First Week of the Season Hunt sold for $15,000.
The total gross revenue for the 2014 SCI convention was $15.5 million. These funds will go directly to support hunter advocacy and wildlife conservation. Funds raised will also support the Safari Club International's Political Action Committee (SCI-PAC) which helps protect hunter's rights and ensure hunting access for future generations.
Notable attendees included world renowned hunting experts Craig Boddington and Jim Shockey. Congressman Bob Latta (OH) was SCI's Federal Legislator of the Year and he attended along with Representatives Ken Calvert (CA), Steve Daines (MT), Jeff Duncan (SC), Renee Ellmers (NC), Billy Long (MO), Steve Palazzo (MS), and Steve Stockman (TX). Canadian Member of Parliament Garry Breitkruez was SCI's International Legislator of the Year for 2014. The Director General Zhang Xiwu of China's Wildlife Department attended for the first time with staff from his department. Mr. Carvalho Muaria, Minister of Tourism of Mozambique, attended meetings along with Edson Chidziya, Acting Director General for Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife. The Honorable Martin Andjaba, Ambassador to the U.S. from Namibia, was joined by his colleague Elly Hamunyela, Deputy Director of Natural Resources Management for the Ministry of Environment & Tourism for the week. Additional government representatives from Congo, Tanzania and South Africa joined in daily meetings to discuss sustainable wildlife management in Africa.
The 42nd SCI Annual Hunters convention was a celebration of hunting and conservation. Money raised will help ensure sound conservation efforts and protection of hunters' rights. No other group in the world delivers the hunting and conservation message as well and as strongly as SCI.
Safari Club International's 43rd Annual Hunters' Convention will return to Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4-7, 2015, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
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Q: Error using writeOGR {rgdal} to write gpx file I am trying to use writeOGR to create a gpx file of points. writeOGR() will create a shp file with no error, but if I try to write a KML or GPX file I get this error. I'm using R 3.1.1 and  rgdal 0.8-16 on Windows (I've tried it on 7 and 8, same issue).
writeOGR(points, driver="KML", layer="random_2014",dsn="C:/Users/amvander/Downloads")
Error in writeOGR(points, driver = "KML", layer = "random_2014", dsn = "C:/Users/amvander/Downloads") :
Creation of output file failed

It is in geographic coordinates, I already figured out that that was important
summary(points)
Object of class SpatialPointsDataFrame
Coordinates:
        min       max
x -95.05012 -95.04392
y  40.08884  40.09588
Is projected: FALSE
proj4string :
[+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0]
Number of points: 20
Data attributes:
       x                y              ID
Min.   :-95.05   Min.   :40.09   Length:20
1st Qu.:-95.05   1st Qu.:40.09   Class :character
Median :-95.05   Median :40.09   Mode  :character
Mean   :-95.05   Mean   :40.09
3rd Qu.:-95.05   3rd Qu.:40.09
Max.   :-95.04   Max.   :40.10

str(points)
Formal class 'SpatialPointsDataFrame' [package "sp"] with 5 slots
..@ data       :'data.frame': 20 obs. of  3 variables:
.. ..$ x : num [1:20] -95 -95 -95 -95 -95 ...
.. ..$ y : num [1:20] 40.1 40.1 40.1 40.1 40.1 ...
.. ..$ ID: chr [1:20] "nvsanc_1" "nvsanc_2" "nvsanc_3" "nvsanc_4" ...
..@ coords.nrs : num(0)
..@ coords     : num [1:20, 1:2] -95 -95 -95 -95 -95 ...
.. ..- attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
.. .. ..$ : NULL
.. .. ..$ : chr [1:2] "x" "y"
..@ bbox       : num [1:2, 1:2] -95.1 40.1 -95 40.1
.. ..- attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2
.. .. ..$ : chr [1:2] "x" "y"
.. .. ..$ : chr [1:2] "min" "max"
..@ proj4string:Formal class 'CRS' [package "sp"] with 1 slots
.. .. ..@ projargs: chr "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0"

can anyone provide any guidance on how to get around this error?
Here are the files I used and the code.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/r7kz3p68j58c189/AACH0U_PLH7Y6cZW1wdFLQTOa/random_2014

A: you already figured out these formats will only accept geographic coordinates (lat-long, not projected) and at least for GPX files there are very limited fields allowed, like "name" for the name, "ele" for elevation and "time" for date-time information. The @data fields in your file do not match those and thus cause an error.
It is possible to write those extra fields using
dataset_options="GPX_USE_EXTENSIONS=yes"

in that case they will be added as subclasses in an "extensions" field, but many simple gps receivers will not read or use those fields though. To create a very simple waypoint file with names use the following procedure.
#I will use your dataset points

#if not already re-project your points as lat-long
ll_points <- spTransform(points, CRS("+proj=longlat + ellps=WGS84"))

# use the ID field for the names
ll_points@data$name <- ll_points@data$ID

#Now only write the "name" field to the file
writeOGR(ll_points["name"], driver="GPX", layer="waypoints",
   dsn="C:/whateverdir/gpxfile.gpx")

for me this executed and created a working gpx file that my gps accepted with displayed names.

A: I had some problems implementing the code for input from a simple data.frame and wanted to provide the full code for someone working with that kind of data (instead of from a shapefile). This is simply a very slightly modified answer from @Wiebe's answer, without having to go search out what @Auriel Fournier's original data looked like.Thank you @Wiebe - your answer helped me solve my problem too.
The  data look like this:
dat
            name  Latitude Longitude
1 AP1402_C110617 -78.43262  45.45142
2 AP1402_C111121 -78.42433  45.47371
3 AP1402_C111617 -78.41053  45.45600
4 AP1402_C112200 -78.42115  45.53047
5 AP1402_C112219 -78.41262  45.50071
6 AP1402_C112515 -78.42140  45.43471

Code to get it into GPX for mapsource using writeOGR:
setwd("C:\\Users\\YourfileLocation")

dat <- structure(list(name = c("AP1402_C110617", "AP1402_C111121", "AP1402_C111617",
"AP1402_C112200", "AP1402_C112219", "AP1402_C112515"), Latitude = c(-78.4326169598409,
-78.4243276812641, -78.4105301310195, -78.4211498660601, -78.4126208020092,
-78.4214041610924), Longitude = c(45.4514150332163, 45.4737126348589,
45.4560042609868, 45.5304703938887, 45.5007103937952, 45.4347135938299
)), .Names = c("name", "Latitude", "Longitude"), row.names = c(NA,
6L), class = "data.frame")

library(rgdal)
library(sp)

dat <- SpatialPointsDataFrame(data=dat,  coords=dat[,2:3], proj4string=CRS("+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84"))

writeOGR(dat,
         dsn="TEST3234.gpx", layer="waypoints", driver="GPX",
         dataset_options="GPX_USE_EXTENSIONS=yes")


This post was written by QSY director, Leena Miller Cressman. She was rolling out her feet on Yoga Tune Up self-massage balls as she wrote this post! And she's found rolling especially helpful to keep her hips and lower back comfortable during her pregnancy.
Do you remember what it felt like to do you first hip stretch in a yoga class? For many of us, the hips are an area of hidden chronic tension and tightness. The first time we move the hips in new ranges of motion, like a deep squat or a pigeon pose, we are astonished at how much sensation and even discomfort can be there. While releasing tension in the hips can feel amazing, and can help give relief to low back pain and even knee pain, some folks also find that stretching and releasing the muscles around the hips can also release interesting emotions.
Thanks to Shakira, we all know that the hips don't lie. When we do stretches, corrective exercises and self-massage for the hips, we reveal poor postural habits and realize the effects of the hours each day many of us spend sitting. We also sometimes reveal old emotions- such as frustration, sadness, or even bubbly joy- that didn't have a chance to release at some point in our lives. The wonderful thing about releasing these old emotions through the body and our limbic nervous system (what is sometimes called the "reptilian brain"), is that often we can simply notice and let the old feelings go, and often we don't need to do much else. It's a wonderful opportunity to practice being present, and letting the emotions move through us, without needing to judge them, even tell a story about them.
In Tara's upcoming Yoga Tune Up series for the hips, you'll gain useful tools for self-care and pain relief and deepen your understanding of proper alignment of the hips and pelvis. You just might be surprised, or even delighted at the truths that are waiting to be revealed in you hips.
If you want to get a taste of how fabulous self massage for the hips can feel, check out this video with founder of Yoga Tune Up, Jill Miller. If don't have a pair of Yoga Tune Up Balls, we highly recommend them, and you can pick them up in the QSY retail store. You can also substitute tennis balls or street hockey balls, but the grip and density won't be quite as awesome.


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The Chief Complaint
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A chief complaint based handbook for diagnosing and treating patients in the ER
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Used by the Residents of LA County + USC emergency medicine program, one of the top emergency medicine programs in the world
Color coded by organ system for easy navigation
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Journal club feature allows you to dive deeper into the evidence basis of your decisions
Peer reviewed by leaders in emergency medicine
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Keck School of Medicine at LAC+USC Medical Center
I started this book during my first year of residency because I simply did not know what to do in the ER. Everything happened so fast and I was never sure what the next step was. In medical school, we were taught how to deal with diseases. But, unfortunately patients don't arrive in the ER with a diagnosis tattooed on their forehead. This book attempts to flip our medical education around and approach the patient by how they present to us…with a chief complaint.
Written by a seasoned ER physician that works both in academics and in the community.
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The 15 patterns in this collaboration from independent designers and the Berroco design team show off the versatility of Berroco Remix and Berroco Remix Light. These machine-washable, wool-free yarns are recycled from garment industry pre-consumer waste, and work in any kind of knitting or crochet pattern beautifully. You'll love making and wearing these pieces!
Book available at your local yarn shop or online retailer.


What is the best length barrel for your Heckler and Koch pistol outfitted with an IMM match weight? I got out my ruler to find out.
Jarvis already makes a HK45 Match barrel. It is listed on their site as "HK 45 FS 6.02 inch Match Length(this is not the USP Model)". When installed on a HK45 with the match weight it sticks out the front just a tiny bit.
The barrel has an O-ring installed already and fits nicely in the pistol.
Jarvis can help you out for 9mm. The longest barrel available from Jarvis is "about 5 and a quarter inches" which is pretty close to what is needed for the IMM weight on a P30. A barrel with a total length of 5.2 inches will be flush with the tip of the weight, so a length between 5.2 and 5.3 would be fine. You will likely want to call them up to place your order because exact lengths are not an option on the website. Jarvis does not make HK barrels in .40S&W.
I did inquire about adding an O-ring to a P30 or P30L barrel and was told that they do not have an O-ring in that size.
EFK Fire Dragon can do a barrel up to about 5.09 inches. This fits the BrownBearGear weight perfectly, but the IMM weight is .1″ longer. EFK Fire Dragon produces barrels in 9mm and 40S&W. So if you shoot a .40, this is your only option that I know of.
The options for the P30L are limited. No one that I am aware of makes a P30L barrel long enough to extend the full length of the weight. The barrel would need to be 5.8″ – 5.9″. So the options here are extended ported barrels or threaded barrels, and they will extend halfway into the weight. This will function fine, but lacks the "Finished Look" that I'm sure you are looking for. Jarvis will have this in 9mm, and EFK will have 9mm and .40S&W, or HKparts would have an OEM threaded barrel.
The plain truth is that there hasn't been a demand for the longer barrels for the P30L. The match weights have only been on the market for a short time. Once enough people have asked for a longer barrel, manufacturers will start making them.
If you know of other barrel options, drop me a line.
IMM weights are in stock and shipping now.
Hot off the UPS truck, IMM Match Weights are in stock and ready to ship. Check them out in the store. Now you can add a match weight to your HK45, P30, or P30L. Available with or without an accessory rail for mounting lights or lasers.
I am thrilled to announce that we will now be selling IMM holdings match weights for the current lineup of HK handguns. IMM is the company that produced the USP aftermarket weight for years. Now I can offer a match weight for the P30, P30L, HK45, as well as the USP series. The VP9 and VP40 weights are due out soon.
The IMM weights will be available soon at $195 with free shipping.
Now that the IMM holdings weights are available for sale here, I will discontinue the BBG aluminum match weights. This will allow me to focus on heavy steel weights and some other HK related products that I have in various stages of completion.
The P30 match weight is for sale on the webstore. The weight is sized to fit a P30L extended barrel in the P30 slide perfectly. There are a couple options on barrels. Here are the most popular.
P30L Extended Ported barrel: This is an ideal solution. Already ported, comes in black or stainless, minimal waiting. The ports are not as directional as the weight, so you will burn the sides of the weight, but that isn't anything major.
P30L Extended Threaded barrel (with no threads cut in it, special order call EFK and ask for it.): Perfect solution, but lead time is an issue. I had my barrel ported by MagnaPort to get something that was ported only along the top. Does not burn the weight, but less porting than the EFK Ported barrel so the muzzle flip reduction is slightly lower.
P30L Standard Barrel: This will get you by, but dont purchase a P30L barrel for this. Your money would be better spent on a longer barrel.
P30 Threaded Barrel: This will work, but the looks of it may not be what you are wanting. The barrel will not reach the end of the weight.
P30L Threaded Barrel: This also will work, but the looks of it may not be what you are wanting. The barrel will not reach the end of the weight.
Please don't use the Standard length barrel. Flames get directed back into the the weight and may burn the frame of your pistol as well as your knuckles. Plus the blast puts a huge strain on the metal, it may break under sustained fire.
We just got the pictures back from the photographer for the HK P30 Match Weight. It really looks fantastic. Check them out in the store.


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Artist Drop-In, Interview, Lifestyle, Local Music, Local News, Music
Drop-In Session: Kathryn Claire
Over many years of cultivating a personal style with fiddle, guitar, voice and as songwriter, side player and with her own band, emerges Bones Will Last, Kathryn's fourth full-length album.
CONSIDERING THE BONES OF LIFE
Kathryn has such a lovely lust for life, which shows up in her laugh, her embrace of the world in all its joys and follies. As you will hear in our conversation, there's lots of joy, laughter and serious discussion on the metaphors of living, and making and sharing music.
Kathryn has played as side-person and traveled the globe and the Northwest with her own band that includes Zak Borden on mandolin, Allen Hunter on upright bass, and Don Henson on piano. Kathryn handles the fiddle, vocals, guitar, vocals and songwriting.
L-R Don Henson, Allen Hunter, Kathryn, Zak Borden. Photo: Miri Stebivka
Bones Will Last speaks to the themes of loss, mortality, transformation and love, both on a grand and essential scale. Kathryn tells us "bones" is used metaphorically, in the sense of creative works, of our hearts, and all the essential things after everything has gone. That naturally led Saturday Joe and me into some pretty wonderful conversations and concepts and ideas together with Kathryn on this Saturday morning.
The album CD version has been released already, but now it is time for the vinyl release of Bones Will Last. Details on the release party on 3/23/2017, are below.
Vinyl release party 3/23/2017 at Turn! Turn! Turn. Details HERE.
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Inessa is PRP's Music Director and the driving force behind our local music initiative.You'll frequently find her surrounded by stacks of CDs in the studio or behind the mic, interviewing local artists. Listen to PRP
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Konheim spent decades working in New York's fashion industry, but he never abandoned his independent thinking.
"See what Bud says" was a common refrain for many in the fashion industry, who valued the late Bud Konheim's cutting and comical view of business. Never one to mince words, the chief executive officer of Nicole Miller Inc. got straight to the chase. Always making the time to call or to keep a lunch appointment, Konheim was determined to stay connected with what was happening but more importantly with what he envisioned may be ahead.


You can make the dish spicier by adding in more red pepper flakes. Add toasted sesame seeds for garnish, if you wish. Makes 4 generous servings.
Boil the ramen as directed on the package. While ramen is boiling, allow carrots to soak in 1/2 cup water. Drain ramen and set aside till ready to add to dish.
In a large skillet over medium high heat, pour in the shredded beef and 1 cup of water. Allow the beef to simmer and refresh in the skillet for 2-3 minutes.
Add the refreshed carrots and the broccoli to the skillet with the beef. Add in 2/3 cup water (adding more if necessary). Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring often to help the veggies refresh.
Add remaining ingredients (except the green onions) to the skillet and simmer till the liquid thickens (about 3-5 minutes).
Reduce heat to medium-low. Add cooked ramen and green onions to skillet mixture and stir until heated through and coated in sauce. Remove from heat and serve.


My boyfriend and I have been together for more than two years, and he has yet to say "I love you." He is sweet and caring and he does a lot of nice things for me. He buys me gifts; we have vacationed together. He is supportive and I feel like I can count on him for anything. But he has never declared his love, and I feel like he needs to say it for this relationship to move forward. I haven't used the L word, either, but I am afraid if I say it, he won't say it back. We're not kids. We are both 62 and retired. I'm divorced, and he is a widower. I don't think this relationship can continue to grow unless he says it and I say it, too. What advice can you offer me?
If you love him, tell him. The worst that can happen is you tell him and he replies that he doesn't feel the same. It would be awful and hurtful. But you'd get through it, one day at a time. You might be sad, disappointed and heartbroken, but it's better to know. And you should prepare yourself for the possibility of this scenario.
On the other hand, if you tell him and he replies with a resounding "ditto," great! You can ride off into the sunset relieved and blissful.
But you won't know unless you tell him. He won't know, either. And maybe he's waiting for you to say it. Maybe he's not big on words. He might find it easier to give gifts. Ask yourself: If you could be convinced that he loves you without saying so, would you be satisfied? How much do the words themselves matter? If hearing "I love you" is the only thing standing in the way of your continued relationship, then by all means bring it up.
Call him up and ask him over — tonight! At a propitious moment, hug his shoulders, make eye contact and plant a big ol' "I love you" on him. Don't bother dimming the lights or lighting scented candles; just say it with sincerity and confidence and a smile. And if you're left with silence, don't leave it at that, or this issue will keep haunting you. Tell him it's important to you to know how he feels. The moment is now. Go for it.


Use this to discuss whatever is on your mind, the game, life, etc.
It was brought to my attention that donations are broken. Not sure what's going on as I haven't worked on the website in quite a while. I will take a look at it when I can.
Ok it's fixed.. someone tried to hack us a couple of weeks ago. I deleted all the crazies entries and that fixed the donations page so it will load again. Thanks.
I have added some anti-hack methods to our server.. should help us out in the future.
Thanks, I completed my donation. It's a little different now, I see it has a Twitch thing added to it. Oh and I only made one $30 donation not two, not sure why it showed up twice. Unless it did give $60.....which is fine. I'm going to try and donate $30 each month since I play the BF3 server the most. The server is doing really well, each time I play on it, its usually full or fills up fast.
(TKC)Boo_Yaa wrote: Thanks, I completed my donation. It's a little different now, I see it has a Twitch thing added to it. Oh and I only made one $30 donation not two, not sure why it showed up twice. Unless it did give $60.....which is fine. I'm going to try and donate $30 each month since I play the BF3 server the most. The server is doing really well, each time I play on it, its usually full or fills up fast.
Thanks.. it only gave 30.
Do you know who "Samhan1" is? It appears he might of wanted to buy a reserved slot but none of his donations went thru. Didn't know if he needed help.
I have seen him on our server a few times, if I see him on, Ill check with him. Maybe try to recruit him as well!
(TKC)Boo_Yaa wrote: I have seen him on our server a few times, if I see him on, Ill check with him. Maybe try to recruit him as well!


A key source of protein, and a must of forrest gardens various species of nut trees are being nurtured at Hope Farm including: Almond, Chestnut, Macadamia, Pecan and Walnut.
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