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I lift weights. I also run and hit things. At 43 I'm just as active now as I ever was. "Active", what an old person term. In your teens, 20's and 30's you worked out, in your 40's you're fucking active. Be careful, when people start calling you "vibrant" or telling you how good you look you're going to take a dirt nap soon. Anyway, there's no reason to slow down. The way I figure, the Spartans were in the active military from 20 to age 60 (sometimes 65) so I'm not slowing down until then. Plus given medical technology today as compared to 1500 years ago, there's no reason why in your 70's you still can't be going strong.
I'm going to ask you to be honest with yourself. Given your overall return on investment, is your time better spent learning katas (forms) or lifting weights? Would you get more benefit practicing esoteric methods of harmonizing your chi or dead-lifting?
Years ago in Tae Kwon Do, the instructor was drilling us while we were practicing blocks in the air. He said "if you don't get the technique right, you might as well go lift weights and try to bench press 500 pounds." The notion was that if you could do this technique, it's like being able to bench press 500 pounds.
No it wasn't.
As martial artists we're told lifting weights is counter productive. It restricts movement and slows you down. In truth there does come a point where you're too big and your muscles and girth require too much oxygen and fuel to sustain long periods of stress. Power lifters and body builders tend to have this problem. But I don't consider a 6'5, 285 pound defensive end who runs a 4.4 forty yard dash slow. For the most part lifting weights builds muscle. Muscle and resistance training has been proved to strengthen bones, ligaments and dramatically increase metabolism. Muscle = metabolism. Oh, it also helps you hit stuff REALLY HARD.
No matter what activity you do, as long as you continue to do the activity your muscles will transfer the power correctly. Whether it's baseball or wrestling, resistance training will only do one thing, get you stronger.
Body weight exercises are good, but in order to come close to the benefits of weight training you need to spend exponential time doing your body weight exercises. Herschel Walker, Heisman trophy winner, pro football player and recent MMA fighter claims does a lot of body weight exercises. But he does 2000 push ups and 3000 sit ups, 1000 dips and 1500 pull ups per day. Regardless of this insanity, he STILL has resistance training in his program. Personally I don't have all day to dedicate to endless sets of calisthenics. I've got other shit to do.
If all of the kettle bells, yoga, pilates, kung fu and chi was all it was cracked up to be, wouldn't every professional football and soccer team be doing these things EXCLUSIVELY. It's true they do use some of these methods to supplement training, but their core programs consist of basic weigh training movements and appropriate running and cardio programs.
Did you ever notice that the majority of people who prescribe to methods like Aikido, Kung Fu and other forms of martial arts that attribute success to higher powers are largely out of shape or anemic looking? The thought of being able to effortlessly dispatch much larger and stronger opponents appeals to one person only...the lazy one.
People are inherently lazy. The reason Judo, BJJ, Kyokushin Karate, MMA, Wrestling, Boxing, Muy Thai and other combat sports continue to produce tough people is because they have a sport aspect that requires them to prove themselves against other skilled opponents.
On the other hand, there are arts like Aikido that profess being able to toss attackers aside with little or no effort. Aikido is an exercise in theory, not a tactical response to violence. Now you may not have known that I do have a fond appreciation for some of the founders of Aikido. Like Kenji Tomiki. Tomiki was one of Kano's (founder of Judo)top students. After Ueshiba (the founder of Aikido) met with Kano and showed him what he was doing, Tomiki went to go study with Ueshiba. Rumor has it that in his younger days Ueshiba was an animal in training. Only as he got older, he slowed down a bit. Even Tomiki during an interview and demonstration about Aikido was taken to task by a reporter. It was then Tomiki took the guy to the mat and tossed him around using Judo and Wrestling NOT Aikido.
Aikido was to demonstrate a theory of being able to harmonize with your opponent, the idea being that you could simply move with your target and use his force against him. This is a theory, just like communism. But even the founders knew when it came down to it, you still needed a little muscle to back it up. You should also note that Tomiki considered founders of Japan Wrestling association and other Judo greats as close friends and mentors. Tomiki was a bad ass.
Hey, if there was a quick and easy way around hard work, we would have found it. At the end of the day, you still have to be strong, have endurance and hit hard.
Oh, and owning a firearm is not enough. You still need to access your firearm and even if you unload your magazine in him, he may still keep coming. Like this lovely video. Here the cop shoots bad guy and the bad guy takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
Whether you believe in CHI or COLT there's no way you're getting out of an assault. attempted rape or homicide without experiencing some pain and discomfort. It's highly unlikely that you're going to face a determined and capable attacker without getting hit, bumped, bruised or worse. Even if you knock him out with one shot, your hand may be a little sore afterward.
In the street you need to hit hard, hit fast and recover quickly. Give me someone who lifts weights and does cardio on a regular basis, and I will turn him or her into an animal in a handful of weeks. NO BULLSHIT.
You can't get out of putting some time in. A typical week for me is:
Day 1, lift Chest and Back, Abs/Core
Day 2 Cardio and SDTS
Day 3 Legs and shoulders, Abs/Core
Day 4 Cardio and SDTS (Sometimes Judo at night)
Day 5 Arms
Day 6 ACTIVE REST or HEAVY LIFT
Day 7 Cardio long and slow
Each week I slightly vary the exercises and there is a four week rotation on the reps for weights. Week one will be a heavy set of 10 reps followed by supersets of 20,15,12 and 10. Week two will be sets of 20, 15, 12 and 10. Week three is four sets of 20 and week four is four sets of 10. Then it rotates.
Cardio looks like Day 2 and Day 4 are interval running for 32 minutes. Day 7 is a long run for about an hour. I may substitute bike or elliptical depending on how banged up I am. All in I spend about an hour to an hour and a half training. I don't have all day like Herschel Walker.
I'm no longer a serious competitor or am putting myself in harms way for people who will pay me, but I still work out hard, if not harder than when I was younger. Spartans didn't retire until they were 60 years old, so I have some time left before I think about slowing down.
Anything is better than nothing. Can do 60 to 90 minutes? Do half that. Can't get 45 minutes a day for yourself, 3 to 5 days a week...something is wrong with your life my friend. Everyone has excuses, the person who finds a way to make it work
is the successful one. There are two types of people in the world, the one with excuses and successful ones. If you have the desire, make it work if you don't have the desire, why are you even reading this?
The better in shape you are, the better your chances of survival. The more punishment you can take, the more you can dish out. In addition, people are less likely to mess with you if you look fit than if you don't. A cop who gets out of the car belly first is a lot more likely to run into a problem than if he looks like he can handle his business. In New Jersey, the local cops don't have an annual fitness test, but the State Cops do. When you see a NJ State Trooper get out of his car, he or she at least look impressive.
People always seek the path of least resistance. We're inherently lazy and are inclined to believe things that we want to hear. "Take this pill", "eat whatever you want and lose weight", "Work out for 10 minutes and get ripped". All you need to do is stay up past midnight, turn on the TV and get submerged in infomercial hell.
The martial arts have been no different. They're just as bad as infomercials with the defeat all attackers without hurting yourself or your attacker pitch line, use his power against him and make him helpless, no strength needed, lifting weights will only constrict your movement. All you have to do is get your Black Belt and you too will be able to defeat any attacker. Call now while supplies last!
The problem is you want to believe these things. You don't want to hurt anybody, and the idea of being able to do something to someone who is trying to do you harm plays into your good nature. You also don't want to work too hard either and will do anything to avoid it. It's not your fault it's human nature.
The confusion comes from the fact that some of these statements are only partially true. Technique and knowledge will always make up for lack of strength, stamina and youth but you still need to possess some level of fitness in order to survive. The more fit you are the better off you'll be.
Make no mistake, there are better and more efficient ways of doing things but there is some sweat equity in your future. There's no such thing as "get rich quick" (Unless you inherit it), there,s no loose weight fast and there's definitely no way around getting hit, bumped and bruised or worse when you have to fight.
Damian Ross is CEO of the Self Defense Company and developer of The Self Defense Training System, the most lethal and effective self defense system in the world, The Guardian Defensive Tactics Police Combatives Program, 60 minute Self Defense and the Family Safe Program. Mr. Ross also founded the Self Defense Instructor Program that helps people develop their self defense careers from the ground up. Mr. Ross is originally from Ridgewood, NJ where he was a High School Hall of Fame Athlete in football and wrestling as well as a varsity wrestling coach. He then went on to Lehigh University where he was a varsity wrestler and football player. Mr. Ross has 3 black belts, 4th Degree in Tekkenryu Jujutsu, 2nd Degree in Judo, 2nd Degree in Tae Kwon Do. In addition to his martial arts experience, Mr; Ross spent 8 years in the professional security and personal protection business. He is internationally recognized as one of the foremost authorities in reality based self defense.
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Compare and contrast at least five technologies that are readily available for in-home internet access. 700 words with 2 references due 3-25-11 Compare and contrast at least five technologies that are readily available for in-home internet access. You should consider practical as well as technical differences in your comparison. Do not include Frame Relay or ATM as these are primarily larger scale business solutions. 2. Explain the similarities and differences between Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode. 3. Technological advances are only one of many factors that play into how technology infrastructure develops. The social decision to break-up AT&T had a significant impact on the telephone infrastructure. Describe how the infrastructure changed due to this event. 4. For the network that you have chosen to characterize, identify the connection to the internet WAN. Identify the media, devices, and service providers involved in establishing this connection. Describe what protocols/services are being implemented over this connection. In addition, describe at least one alternative ISP service available for this network.
Hello, I am John Cappucci, Computer Science Engineer. I will be happy to help you.The technologies available are:1- Dial Up (slow connections from your phone cable)2- DSL (fast connections from your phone cable) 3- Cable (fast connections by Cable, now with fiber optics cable)4- Satellite (slow to fair connections via satellite) 5- Cellular (3G and 4G) (fair to fast connections via cellular network)If I helped please scroll down and click the green Accept button for me to be paid :-) (even if you have a subscription or a trial membership)Thank youJohn CappucciComputer Science Engineer*** 4 IMPORTANT THINGS *** (please read them)1- Please click the ACCEPT button, so your deposit can be released and I can get paid for my effort. (*** Even if you have a subscription plan, you need to click the Accept button if the issue is solved for me to be paid, you won't be charged twice ***, don't worry. Thank you!)2- Let me know if the answer doesn't work INSTEAD of leaving negative feedback, so we can still continue troubleshooting the issue.3- Positive Feedback is very important to us. Please leave me a positive feedback after you are happy with the answer.4- Any bonus will be greatly appreciated
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Young Africans Who Want to Be Porn Stars
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Hundreds of youths try to escape poverty by going into Africa's porn industry. Few realize how difficult and unsafe it can be. By contrast, the largely Web-oriented African market is small but emerging. The leader on that continent would be South Africa, which hosted Sexpo, a public expo focused on all aspects of sexuality, in the second half of 2010. "The size of the entire adult industry in South Africa is said to be worth 60 million rand ($8.9 million), but that cannot be independently verified. It is probably the biggest in Africa. Nigeria should be worth about half of that," says Tau Morena, co-founder of Sondeza ("Bring it closer" in isiZulu), an African adult online network with more than 39,000 members (almost half of them South African) and an average of 7,000 unique visitors daily. No wonder, says Koh Bela, that some African youths see pornographic actors as examples of success -- all the more because some manage to earn far more money with one film than the average African does in a month. What these young people do not always know, though, is that big money is rare in this sector. Besides, the threat of human trafficking -- the third most widespread criminal activity worldwide, according to the United Nations -- is worrying in some countries.
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- IOM International Conference. “Improvement of International Cooperation in Counteracting Human Trafficking” Russian
- ILO OSCE Anti-Trafficking Response in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
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- Trafficking in Persons to Europe for sexual exploitation
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Officials say a busy 2012 fall calendar may have kept Indiana University from being chosen as a site for one of four presidential debates.
Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, says Indiana submitted a good application, but had trouble finding time to shoehorn in a debate in Bloomington.
“There are a lot of commitments the university has already for their fall of 2012 calendar, and we found it hard to find a match this time around,” she says. “But it does not say anything negative about the university’s bid, which we were very grateful to receive.”
IU political science professor Margie Hershey says the commission is most likely concerned with technical failures and safety of the candidates when choosing a venue. She says the commission would not want to host debates in places that the candidates would find difficult to get to, such as Alaska or Hawaii.
But beyond that, she says the candidates probably have the opportunity to veto sites they do not like. Above all, she says, the commission most likely favors places they have tried before and had success with.
“I wouldn’t be as concerned about as logistics, and I suspect that they are not as concerned about logistics as they are with making sure nothing awful happens as a result of this choice,” she says.
Brown says another concern is location of the debates, such that the broadcast technology necessary to broadcast them may be trucked easily from site to site.
Despite that, previous debate location Centre College, in Danville, Kentucky, which is not located on or near an interstate, will host a debate next year.
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Sonría, en español
This button was a regalito from my first Spanish teacher, Señora B. She was known for being pretty strict. I can’t count how many times I swallowed gum that year upon seeing her fists on her hips, her black cat-eye glasses at the tip of her nose, as she asked, “ReNeé, estás masticando chicle en mi clase?”
*gulp* “No, Señora.”
You may be wondering who “ReNée” is – that was me. Some classmates had their names automatically translated to Spanish and assigned by the teacher, having no say in the matter at all, but since there is no real equivalent to “Tracy”, I was allowed to pick from a list hanging up on the chalkboard. I read over the names multiple times but nothing caught my eye until I came to “Renée” … The only problem? I had accidentally drifted over to the “French Names List”.
Señora B informed me that “Renée” when used in Latin America, is for males only, but as a tomboy, that only made me want it more. Señora B relented and let me have it, even turned a blind eye when I insisted on capitalizing the “N” – just because I wanted to. Señora B accepted my need to be different even as she often sighed in exasperation, “Ay, ReNée…”
Other memories from her class: Marching around the perimeter of the room chanting “o! as! a! amos! áis! an!” (The conjugation for “-ar” verbs.) After a few minutes we complained and she told us, “You feel ridiculous, but I promise you’ll never forget it, now keep marching.” … And 20 years later, I haven’t forgotten.
Here is what she wrote in my yearbook, (and at the time I barely understood a word of it):
Señora B was my first Spanish teacher, but she wasn’t my last. The next year, and almost until graduation, I had Señora S, and she liked me just as much as Señora B – she even trusted me to help grade papers and tutor other kids, (though I definitely wasn’t her top student academically speaking.)
In my Junior year of high school, Señora S, petite but with a fierce sparkle in her eyes, is the one who insisted I go on a group trip to Europe, though I was sure I couldn’t afford it. I worked hard at a local restaurant and saved some of the money, but the due date came and I didn’t have enough. As usual, my parents bailed me out. Señora then told me that while in Spain there would be an optional day trip to Toledo that would cost extra. Of course I told Señora S that I was going to have to pass on it – She wouldn’t hear of it and paid my fee for the trip to Toledo because she didn’t want me to miss it.
The trip to Europe included a few cities in Italy, then Vatican City, Monaco, one city in France and then a few cities in Spain, in that order. In Rome, drunk on freedom, I snuck out to a discoteca the first night. While drinking a second Rum & Coke, I chatted with a guy from Mexico.
“¿Tienes una novia?” I asked.
“¿Aquí o en México?” he responded, completely serious. He had no idea why I laughed and found someone else to dance with.
The next day in Florence I got lost and asked a man on the street where my hotel was. It turned out he was quite drunk or crazy, but had an impeccable sense of direction. He escorted me to the hotel but then proceeded to enter the lobby and almost get into a fist fight with the manager. In turn the manager wanted to kick our group out of the hotel. Señora S was not amused. This situation called for much more than a simple “Ay, ReNée.” – I almost got sent home, after only a couple days in Europe. Señora S warned me that I better not step a single toe out of line for the rest of the trip. “And don’t think I don’t know about your fun last night,” she whispered.
I behaved for the rest of the trip, (or at least kept my trouble-making less obvious.) Some of the fun Señora S didn’t find out about, (or pretended not to know of), included, sitting on people’s doorsteps and tricking tourists into thinking I was a local. I bought a scarf at the market and tied it over my head babushka-style. My simple costume paired with pretend broken English, fooled tourists every time. I also got kicked by a palace guard in Monaco for apparently sitting somewhere I wasn’t supposed to sit.
By the time we arrived in Spain, I was out of money and surviving on the stale bread and coffee that was our free continental breakfast, (with the occasional sip of Sangria.) My memories of Spain are mostly memories of hunger.
On the final day of our trip I had the luck to enjoy a cup of thick, rich hot chocolate that a friend bought for me just before we got onto the bus. Unfortunately, this wasn’t instant hot cocoa like we have here at home, made with water and a packet of chocolate-flavored mix. This was real hot chocolate, made with very real milk.
After so many days of not eating much, the Spanish hot chocolate didn’t agree with me. I felt my tummy begin to churn and my cheeks flush. I begged the bus driver to make an unscheduled stop and ran to the restrooms. My moment of relief was fleeting as I entered the actual bathroom and looked at the “toilet”… Here was something even more perplexing than the bidets I had previously encountered – It was a hole in the floor. I was so desperate that I tried to use it, but I had no idea how to do so without making a complete mess. Defeated, I pulled my pants back up, deciding to hold it until we got to our destination and more modern facilities.
Despite all the fun, by the end of our trip, I was definitely ready to go home. All these years later, I reflect back on the impact these teachers had on who I am today, and how profoundly they affected the trajectory of my life, and I smile… en español.
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KBR Selected to Perform Turnaround Management and Turnaround Mechanical Execution Services for BP Plant in Decatur, Ala.
KBR Selected to Perform Turnaround Management and Turnaround Mechanical Execution Services for BP Plant in Decatur, Ala. Business Wire HOUSTON -- January 22, 2013 KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it has been selected to provide the BP Decatur site with specialty turnaround management and turnaround mechanical execution services for one of the six on-site production units at the Western Hemisphere aromatics petrochemical site in Decatur, Ala. This plant utilizes paraxylene to manufacture plastic bottles, polyester material and new generation polyesters and resins. The contract award is valued at $3.5 million and underscores KBR’s ability to mobilize skilled resources and execute highly complex, time-sensitive projects. “KBR has extensive experience serving the petrochemical industry by providing specialized turnaround management, project controls, and direct hire execution services,” said Ivor Harrington, Group President, KBR Services. “KBR has provided supplemental maintenance, annual shutdowns and small capital projects to the site since 1998. We are pleased to have been selected by this valued client and look forward to building on our long-standing relationship as we work toward the successful completion of this project.” KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, government services, minerals, civil infrastructure, power, industrial, and commercial markets. For more information, visit www.kbr.com. Contact: KBR Zac Nagle, 713-753-5082 Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications Investors@kbr.com or Media Relations Hotline: Marianne Gooch, 713-753-3800 Director, Corporate Communications Mediarelations@kbr.com
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Subject: RE: Masters Weekend Races and Runs
A pretty solid week for me, although I wussed out and only did one hard workout. Still running ~65 miles/week. I did a short tempo run Tuesday (2 x 10 min. with 1 min. jog between) as I was really tired (not enough sleep). You'd think I'd learn. Had a fabulous long run today. It was fairly sunny and warm-ish and the trail was just the right balance of soft/firm. Lots of trees down so I had to go over/under or hurdle quite a few times, but somehow I managed to run quite a bit faster than I have been running this route. I felt nice and strong, too.
Weight loss continues at its glacial pace, but there is a real difference. I wonder when I'll decide to race again?
KP - still wearing the dorky compression sleeves as insurance. Thanks for the tip.
I need to keep up on my stretches (or find a regular massage) and I'm wondering what the best way to build strength in my legs is - squats? lunges? weights? Don't really have the budget for a fitness club and have been doing little hand weights for my arms.
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Our minds and our attitudes are the most powerful weapons we possess. I cannot count how many times I have heard a cop say that he can accomplish more with his pen (on a report) than he could ever get done with his gun.
We are warriors. We are driven to survive. We have decided in advance that we will win in every situation. However, when we allow demeaning attitudes, thoughts and words about fellow protectors to creep into our mind, we have surrendered part of that mental strength to our enemies.
In this game there are rarely any one-man teams.
Each one of us is but a thread that is woven into the larger fabric comprised of all of our brothers & sisters in arms. We are like links in a chain.
When we encourage and enable a fellow officer to become stronger, we have increased the combined strength that we all share.
Be careful in what you do. Do not weaken that strength with negative thoughts, deeds, or words.
Whether or not you go home at the end of your next shift could depend on it.
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I packed up the tent and camping gear, my kilt and bike and headed to Austin area to meet up with friends. I was supposed to have gotten there earlier in the day so that I could go bike on an off-road trail nearby with my buddy from Houston... but I slept in a little too late. My buddy and his wife had several adult beverages by the time I showed up late... so we only biked around the campgrounds and the fairegrounds. By the time I got my tent set up and air mattress blown up I was ready for some cider also.
Saturday morning we dressed in the kilts and headed into the festival. I had a great time catching up with friends and making new ones. I had a costume change from renaissance garb to more modern. We listening to several musical groups: from bagpipes to traditional celtic music. My friend's daughter and I learned how to do some folk dances and had a great time! But the weather was very warm! I was sweating... a lot! I had a nice buzz going... I was in a happy place! :)
This morning was spent taking the campsite down and driving back to Dallas. I now have everything cleaned and laundry started.
What a great weekend! All of my favorite things: camping, biking, dancing, listening to great music and being with friends.
Life is good!
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Now it’s cadmium that is the latest abomination from amoral manufacturers in China http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/wireStory?id=9527916.
Why? After the lead in toys. After the melatonin in milk (maybe at first it was just cheating on protein content, but after the pet food scare it was criminally willful adulteration with a toxic chemical). Now cadmium, one of the well known top heavy metals (along with lead, mercury, chrome VI). What is wrong with these guys?
Are they stupid? I don’t think so. Is it just chasing money? Are those looking to make and sell the cheapest stuff just moving to the next raw material that hasn’t made the list yet?
Are they simply betting they won’t get caught before making a bundle? And are they right? Are these just short term operations that disappear and reform to play dirty again as another entity?
I think they are criminals operating with a desire to harm or at least totally amoral and negligent not caring what harm they may cause others. China’s capital punishment may not be so drastic after all. On the other hand, it doesn’t appear to be a successful determent.
What about the US importers? Sounds like some of these guys are fly-by-nights too. But the retailers aren’t (Walmart, Disney) – how many times do they need to get burnt? What systems do they have in place to ensure that their suppliers are decent people who do not knowingly make their products out of toxic chemicals? On the other hand, who would have thought that suppliers would even think of substituting cadmium?!
You won’t have to wait long for the politicians at local, state and national levels to start to race each other to draft new laws requiring cadmium testing of children’s jewelry. Along with lead, BPA and mercury and hundreds of other real or imagined toxic chemicals.
It’s got to be more than just checklists of chemicals or explicit laws against using individual chemicals. Regulatory lists will always lag. Just like closing the barn door after the next crazy thing the terrorists will try on planes. (Will those phobic people who worry about one molecule of a carcinogen/endocrine disruptor worry about more killer xrays for which there is no safe threshold of exposure?)
Of course, we can essentially ban imported toys by requiring totally impractical and expensive up front screening. Or ban them outright: Buy USA! Who needs toys anyway? Kids can play with virtual toys online (oops, computers are made of chemicals too). My mom gave me her keys to chew on; wonder what they were made of? (no wonder I’m nuts)
So what do we do?
- ensure serious consequences for willful use of harmful chemicals in products that create uncontrolled exposure (not every chemical that someone somewhere thinks is trouble, but certainly those uses of known toxics that we any rational person would agree is bad – like charms made of heavy metals like lead or cadmium). Seems like basic tort and criminal law ought to work. Or heads on pikes.
- teach and expect moral behavior. I like to call it Product Stewardship:
Product Stewardship occurs when all those involved in the life cycle of a product take shared responsibility to reduce adverse environmental, health and safety impacts to achieve the most value from a product.
- I don’t think product stewardship is something you legislate or regulate. It’s a way of thinking and acting, taking responsibility to be aware of the potential consequences of your decisions and actions and continuously making improvements. It’s working with others to be more sustainable. It’s something every player in the life cycle needs to do: suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, users, recyclers, disposers, governments, businesses, communities and individuals. See other my other blogs on the topic.
- Companies that purchase products from others must work with their suppliers to ensure they understand and are practicing product stewardship. Education, training, quality control, third party verification and accountability need to be tailored according to the capabilities of the supplier. It’s not enough to just stick to the regulatory requirements. Compliance is a base, but life cycle stewardship is a moral imperative. EHS Strategies, Inc. can help you figure out how to institute a product stewardship program.
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Friend Me! 6 Get-togethers to Build Faith & Friendship
Help women develop friendships with each other and grow in their faith!
Research shows that those who have friends at church are more likely to be involved, to grow in their faith, and to stay connected. Friend Me!
is a first-step for any new women's group to take together. Each get-together is designed to take away the insecurities and awkwardness of joining a new group and help women make connections in a fun, friendly, non-threatening way.
The get-togethers in Friend Me!
gradually help women move from getting acquainted to becoming friends and growing in their faith together. Each session includes time in the Bible, the opportunity for sharing stories from their own lives, discussion, prayer, and food.Friend Me!
is great for new groups, for special-interest groups (such as your scrapbooking group or your prayer team), co-workers, Bible study groups, and new attendee groups. It's even great for existing groups or long-time friends to get re-acquainted and go deeper in their friendships.
The gatherings work for small groups and large groups and can be used in a home, a church, or any other setting.
Anyone can be a Friend Me!
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Each woman will need her own copy of Friend Me!Click here
for a sample chapter.
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Winter is finally here, and it’s time to start planning your ski holidays and make the most of the white gold covering the mountains across Europe - there are literally thousands of ski resorts just in Europe, so which one do you choose?
Like with any trip, the destination, budget and your interests play a big role in how your ski holidays turn out.
Here are five ski resorts that suits different tastes and will guide you to choosing the ski holidays that are right for you…
Budget Friendly Livigno, Italy
The ski resort that is on everyone’s lips this season is Livigno in Italy, having won several awards this year – the biggest award was the prize as Best European Resort at the World Snow Awards 2012, which is a pretty big deal.
One of the reasons for the award was its off-piste skiing, so if you’re into that then this is the ski resort for you.
However, Livigno is also famous as a duty free zone, making bars and clubs refreshingly free from overpriced beers, and gives way for some lively aprés ski.
If you buy a 6-day pass or longer, you get one free day of skiing in the Swiss Engadin region, which includes the luxury resort St. Moritz – it’s a great ski resort, but also very expensive so we definitely recommend taking advantage of this pass and ski for free!
Beautiful Zermatt, Switzerland
For us, this was the hardest to pick, as it all comes down to perception – we love ski resorts with chocolate-box chalets, breathtaking views and car-free centers.
Zermatt has all three, and besides, few mountain drops are as iconic as the Matterhorn…
Exclusive St. Moritz, Switzerland
St. Moritz is one of the world’s classic ski resorts for exclusive ski holidays, and is one of the most fun ski resorts we’ve been to.
Surrounded by the rich and famous, and with paparazzi waiting at the top of the mountain – St. Moritz is indeed an unusual place to find yourself in.
You will feel completely out of place, but nobody will actually treat you as such, so just sit back and enjoy the seat warmers in the ski lifts and the amazing views from the mountain.
The town is set by a frozen lake used for horse racing, Polo, golf and cricket, and famous for its crazy Cresta toboggan run – a traditional sport you have to try when in Switzerland!
The ski pass is a bit expensive, but if you ski in nearby resorts like Italy or another one in Switzerland you can often find deals and discounts (we did).
Aprés Ski in St. Anton, Austria
Many claim that St. Anton is the home of aprés ski, or more precisely the infamous bar The Krazy Kanguruh. The party gets going already at 3pm and continues until way after dark.
Another popular place is Mooserwirtz, which is rumored to sell more beer per square metre than any other bar in Austria.
While St. Anton does attract those who are more interested in partying than skiing, it’s a great ski resort for those looking for ski holidays that combine the best of both, as the skiing is also excellent.
Which ski resorts would you recommend for ski holidays in Europe?
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For Immediate Release, July 15, 2010
Contact: Mollie Matteson, Center for Biological Diversity, (802) 434-2388 (office); (802) 318-1487 (cell)
Forest Service Will Close Caves in Rocky Mountain Region to Protect Bats From Lethal Disease
Group Advocates for Closures Across West
RICHMOND, Vt.— More than six months after the Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition to close all federally managed bat caves in the lower 48 states, the U.S. Forest Service has indicated it intends to close caves on federal forests and grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and most of Wyoming and South Dakota. A devastating bat-killing disease known as white-nose syndrome has spread rapidly from its original epicenter in upstate New York four years ago. The Center has demanded that more proactive steps be taken to protect bats, which are dying by the millions in the eastern half of the country.
The closures would limit human access to the caves in hopes of stemming the spread of the disease, which scientists believe can be transported from cave to cave on clothing, boots, caving gear and other equipment.
“The regional office is to be commended for taking action to protect bats now, before this devastating epidemic shows up there,” said Mollie Matteson, conservation advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity. “Already, the white-nose syndrome fungus has leapfrogged into western Oklahoma from the Midwest. It is a hair’s breadth from Colorado. The other federal land agencies of the West need to act now, as well.”
The closure order, expected within the next couple of weeks, will be in effect for 12 months, and could last longer. Caves on national forests in the South and East have been closed under similar orders since the spring of 2009. Some states have also closed state-owned caves to protect bats, and a few other federal land units, such as Great Smoky Mountains National Park, have made caves off-limits to recreational access in an attempt to stem the spread of the illness.
White-nose syndrome was first documented in a cave in upstate New York in early 2006, and started killing bats in large numbers in the winter of 2007-2008. The disease radiated out from New York to Vermont, Massachusetts and other Northeast states. The fungus associated with the disease has since been found on bats in 14 states and two Canadian provinces, and bats throughout much of the affected area are now dying at extremely high rates — up to 100 percent in some infected caves. Scientists fear that several species could be completely wiped out within a few years’ time. A total of nine bat species are now affected, and surveys in the Northeast, where white-nose syndrome has been ravaging bats the longest, reveal that several species are close to being regionally extinct.
Researchers believe the white-nose fungus spreads primarily via bat-to-bat transmission, and that bats can also pick it up from infected caves. Humans do not appear to be susceptible to the disease themselves but scientists believe people can spread it.
“Bats are essential members of North America’s ecosystems, eating immense quantities of insects every night, and helping to keep bug populations in check,” said Matteson. “If we ignore the need to take precautionary measures to protect bats, we do so not only at their peril but also at our own.”
In January the Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition to close bat caves on all federal lands in the lower 48 states due to the threat of white-nose syndrome. The Center also filed a petition to designate two white-nose-affected bat species as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. In June, the group notified the government that it intended to sue for failure to respond in time to protect the two bats, which are the eastern small-footed bat and the northern long-eared bat.
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 255,000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
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Free Printable kids stuffed animal adoption certificatr
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Respond to Review of Paladar Zen
Review: This restaurant is a paradise for vegan people. There are also something vegetarian, but a lot of dishes are vegan! I love it. There is a peacefule atmosphere; you can sit and then you can choose all you want eat! There is a buffet with a different soup every day, there is bread with sauces; cooked and raw vegetables;mix salads; bean, chickpeas, peas; cooked cereals; lasagne; potatoes gateaux; cous cous.... The price is 9.95 euro for the dinner and is "all you can eat". Beverages and cakes are not included in the price. Everything is very good and well cooked!
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Teamwork, it's pretty important. Whether you're two robots facing an array of insane tests at the behest of an unseen tormenter, or a bunch of plucky robot-piloting teenagers intent on saving your town yet again from some menace that looks like a guy in a monster suit, you have to work together to get the job done. That said, the teenagers would probably end up having an episode about sharing and friendship of one of them didn't work together, while the test robots would likely just get themselves stuck in a recursive loop and end up as tiny robot bits. Really the takeaway here is that teamwork is especially important for robots.
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The 10"x 10" Portable Gazebo has a durable powder coated steel frame with a polyester canopy. Assembles easily for great for "on the go" use. Includes storage back for easy transport.
- Scalloped valance
- Vented double roof
- Corner curtains with sewn on netting
- Finger friendly push button upper frame
- Includes storage bag
- Assembled dimensions: 10' x 10' x 9.68'H
- Not rated for commercial use or other non-residential purposes
Ship Dim: 49.21 x 9.45 x 9.45
Shipping Weight: 41.9 lbs
Brand Name: Backyard Creations®
Vendor: Backyard Creations
|Canopy Length: 120
||Canopy Shape: square
|Canopy Width: 120
||Assembled Depth : 120
|Assembled Height : 116.16
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|Manufacturer Warranty : One year limited warranty
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[image: Baby bulb]
Use this blog to:
- Ask Professor Plant any questions you may have.
- Share interesting stories or photographs with other schools.
- Once you send a message, Professor Plant will read it then publish it onto the website.
To be web safe:
- We will not publish any childrens names.
- When you leave a message, list the name of your school, then your comment will be posted as 'pupils from' and the 'name of your school'.
- Always ask your teacher for permission before posting a message or a photograph.
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Relocated NY 298
In the early 1970s, and also again in the mid-70s, there was a proposal for a 4-lane at-grade expressway relocation of NY 298 running from Carrier Circle to NY 31 near Bridgeport. This expressway would have been an extension of the then-proposed North-South Arterial (a precursor to today's Thompson Rd), providing service to the industrial areas near Carrier Circle and also as a way to avoid Cicero Swamp and the occasional flooding along existing NY 298 through the swamp.
Fictional NY 298 is a recreation of this expressway proposal, running from Carrier Circle northeasterly to NY 31 east of Bridgeport.
Map will be part of a future update.
Mileage is based on a fictional rerouting of NY 298, as per the Fictional Syracuse page.
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|6.73||Boss Rd||At-grade intersection|
|6.97||E. Molloy Rd||At-grade intersection|
|8.22||Northern Blvd||At-grade intersection|
|8.45||Schuyler Rd||None (overpass)|
|9.11||Fly Rd||At-grade intersection|
|10.37||Fremont Rd||At-grade intersection|
|11.50||Karker Rd||At-grade intersection|
|12.07||Fictional NY 257/Schepps Corners Rd||At-grade intersection|
|14.3||Chittenango Creek, Onondaga/Madison Co Line||N/A|
|14.69||CR 1/Bridgeport Kirkville Rd||At-grade intersection|
|16.12||NY 31 West||At-grade intersection|
Links (some under development):
A VIRTUAL CRUISE of eastbound NY 298
A VIRTUAL CRUISE of westbound NY 298
Exit List of Fictional NY 298
Back to Fictional Freeways
Back to Magnolia Meanderings
Last Updated: May 3, 2005
(C) 2005 Adam Froehlig
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rockstar Salami Since: 2.1.02 From: East TN Since last post: 3049 days Last activity: 2927 days # 1 Posted on 7.2.02 2207.41 Just because I haven't stirred any shit lately, I thought I'd break out the spoon. Did anyone else (who will admit to visiting theSmarks.com) notice that SKeith's Smackdown! Rant was up three minutes BEFORE the show was finished airing? I know it's not live and he did say he was watching it on his computer while he typed the recap up, but three minutes is a pretty big discrepancy, especially with the essay he wrote at the end. Is he phoning it in via spoilers and opinions written before actually viewing the product? Or is it something more sinister? //edit: crappy mistakes. //edit part two: strange formattery. (edited by rockstar on 7.2.02 2009) (edited by rockstar on 7.2.02 2010) Promote this thread!
Tragic1 Chourico Since: 2.1.02 From: Rolling Meadows, Illinois Since last post: 3851 days Last activity: 3843 days # 2 Posted on 7.2.02 2314.33 I think Smackdown plays on Wednesday in Canada. That's probably how he can do it. "HOROWITZ WINS! HOROWITZ WINS! HOROWITZ WINS!" Jim Ross "INDEED" Sho Funaki "Tool" "The Shooter" Dean Malenko
eviljonhunt81 Pepperoni Since: 6.1.02 From: not Japan Since last post: 2469 days Last activity: 2465 days # 3 Posted on 7.2.02 2320.06 No, I don't think it plays on Wednesdays, but maybe he watches the early playing of it. I think they might get the East Coast feed, or something. Are you sure it's not a time difference thing?
cfgb Lap cheong Since: 2.1.02 From: Ottawa, Ontario Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 42 min. # 4 Posted on 7.2.02 2341.32 | Instant Rating: 7.87 Smackdown! airs on The Score at 7:00pm in Canada. There you go. Contact cfgb Visit my homepage
Bullitt Shot in the dark Since: 11.1.02 From: Houston Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days # 5 Posted on 8.2.02 0255.58 Keith is in Alberta (like me) and gets SmackDown between 5-7pm local time. Q: If you could have interviewed Marvin Gaye, where would you have proposed to meet and what would you have asked him? A: I would have met anywhere as long as it was before his father shot him. I would have asked him, "Hey, don't you think there's some chance that your father might shoot you? To death, I mean?" www.Gordie.ca
Loosie Boudin rouge Since: 2.1.02 From: Kitchener, Ontario Since last post: 594 days Last activity: 476 days # 6 Posted on 8.2.02 0829.01
cfgb is right we get the pleasure of watching SmackDown an hour earlier. Loosie. Your friendly nieghbourhood Canadian.
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The City of Sydney has a fleet of community transport buses and a crew of bus drivers who provide daily door-to-door pick up and drop home services for older Sydney residents.
As well as older residents, people with disabilities and other community members use the buses, which take them to our Over 55s Centres and other activity/community centres. Once a month drivers pick up residents for special centre events such as 'Big Bingo'. They also enjoy regular half and full-day bus trips.
Over 55s have access to a host of services, from morning teas and formal meals to computer classes and special outings, like fishing trips.
The City also transports residents to subsidised podiatry sessions and to exercise classes including hydrotherapy and aerobics.
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Voters in California and North Dakota rejected two ballot initiatives that were opposed by agriculture groups.
Californians rejected Proposition 37, that would have mandated genetically modified foods (GM) to be labeled as such, and North Dakota voters rejected Measure 5, the proposal that that would have created a felony penalty for malicious cruelty to a dog, cat or horse.
Proposition 37 was defeated 53 percent to 47 percent, and Measure 5 was defeated 67 percent to 33 percent.
Opposition to Prop 37 came from a host of companies and individuals – many from outside the state – who injected $46 million into defeating the initiative. Those supporting the measure raised $9.2 million.
Supporters of Prop 37 relied on social media and a strong grass-roots campaign in an effort to sway voters to adopt the nation’s first GMO food labeling law. The state-wide battle was a high-profile fight because it pitted businesses against businesses. Big natural-food companies, celebrity chefs and several organic farmers supported Prop 37, while a variety of traditional farmers and chemical, seed and processed-food firms opposed the measure.
Proposition 37 gained significant exposure outside California, with many new-age food writers and celebrities supporting the measure. People such as The New York Times’ Mark Bittman urged Californians to vote for Prop 37, saying, “even if there were a way to guarantee that food produced with GMO ingredients is not directly bad for you, it remains clear that such food is in general bad for all of us, based on the collateral damage from producing it.”
But such arguments lost steam when local California writers such as The Los Angeles Times Alexandra Le Tellier questioned the science behind some anti-GMO research. “Is it (research) credible?” she asked. “Or is it science for the sake of fulfilling an agenda?” After noting that much of the criticism of GMO foods centered around pesticides, Le Tellier asked, “If the problem is the pesticides, then why isn’t the Proposition 37 labeling initiative about that?”
Supporters of the measure argued that consumers have a right to know what's in their food and that information should be made available on labels. About 60 countries around the world already require such labels, proponents stressed.
Opponents countered that labeling foods would cost families hundreds of dollars a year in higher grocery bills. They also accused the initiative of sowing fear that genetically engineered foods are unsafe.
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I Sto &tan&arb-xattmt?r ogd utAH M
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1920. a (K,w. VI
I t LADIES SHOULD SEE THIS AND jj
I BIDING THE HUSBAND
I A BIG SCREAM
I ajgfj DOROTHY ;
I -f PiXif ;
4 DOROTHY GISH I II 11 III II 5 I
5 A Paramount-Artcraft Picture JJL 11 IJ J 11 11 11
t Her friends warned her that he was a devil among the ; j
X girls, but well, you know that pretty tale about "marry j j
to reform." j j
I J Then
ft FIRST A mysterious beauty with a black bag' An : .
5 erring kiss ! Flop ! ;
J SECOND An alluring manicure lady who Another ; .
t flop1 ; j
THIRD Enter Friend Wife! With her dander up and . j
all sails set! J
Now he's eating out of her hand1 ; j
J A picture so crammed with laughr it will leave you j
limp. 5 i
g Written by a woman. Directed by , woman Starring ; j
X the funniest woman on the 9creen. ' j
Bring HIM!!! 3 i
Hi !! ALSO SUNSHINE COMEDY
UTAH THEATRE time I
TEST LOT Gi
IN LENGTHY RUN
Stock Overland to Start From
! New York Tomorrow on
Coast to Coast Test
H A coast-to-coast dash, unusual in
R , history of automobile runs In this
Bj country, will bo started at midnight
on July 18th when a stock Overland
car will leave New York for San F'ran-
BBBBfl The run will be made by a relay of
drivers men who have never before
BBBBI snt (he wheel .f this The
M drivers will he furnished by Willys
BBBBJ Overland distributors. Each driver
will pilot theiur through the territory
H The purpose of the relay race Is to
H establish the eCODOmj and the stamina
H of the now light Overland car. In par-
BBBBfl tlcular. and the genera desirability of
H the light car not only for the tangle )
H traffic the city but for Cross-COun-
BBBBfl With that end in view, the
fl been removed as far as possible from
H the staged cross-country test run.
H There will he no expert drivers
H lake the through the entire run
H from New York to San Frani isco ex-
H tr-ctltiK mileage from gasoline that
H only an expert knows how to get.
BBBBB The mileage obtained from the fuel
be that which the average, or-
Binary driver can obtain.
BBBBI The 3300 milt run start at nilfl-
fl night of July lth regardless of weath-
H cr or other conditions.
H This drive is expected to estubllah
beyond iuetlon the claims light
cut manufacturers of the dawn of the
H in motor car construction.
B Every pos'ibi" condition of wreath
of roads. mud
H Mils, mountain passes, should he en-
H countered on this seven day drive. H
will he a test to detcrm'ne the stamina
H of any car regardless of size.
BBBBfl Pally reports of the-projrrcss of th'
H car and Its record of economy anJ
H RMinilna will be flushed to the factor)
ind to distributors and dealers througr
j Per Subscription and jvertilng
j Pcrartment, Call Phono No. 56.
i . A Room to let. Kelly & Herrick I
WHAT IS THE PEARL OF
Dr. Ray Palmer will preach Sun- ,
lay at 11 a. ro... at the First Baptist
. Lurch, ou the above topic
Ogden TjJMNflUMl House ror type
writers and repairs. 2422 Hudson Are. J
ogden Examiner, date of April 2,
1-920, vant4 ths office of Stand -iird-Ewmlner
Headquarter for berry eases, cups,
fruit boxes and baskets. Grout's Grain
ggpgi SSI Twenty fourth street. 2911
Phone to: for messenger.
Beautiful 9-piccc. dining room set,
uLino. other furniture. So. 3. Brown
m; AptS. '611
l will not be responsible for any
debts except those contracted by my
self. (Signed! GEO. M. SHIRLEY.
The Swiss government experl
BBBBfl n.entlng with compressed turf as a
Price Put At 25 Cents Per
I Cup: Apricots Appear; Utah
Tomatoes Next Week.
1 l tah tomatoes In S limited qiiantlt
I Will put In the:r appearance on the lo
, cal market next week - other vege
1 tables expected are green corn, and
I The tomato crop. It is reported, is
being delaved considerably due tojhe
i .. ness of the BSaaon, but Will be
much larger than last year's crop, do
I spile th- setback.
Raspberries, blackberries, dewber
! rles am d currants irre the new
Ismail fruits whibb have matured and
jare being offered for sale The firsl
'three mentioned are somewhat high
at present, selling nt 25 i-nts- per cup
I Lower prices are expected as the crop
Apricots were marketed thi morn
ing. Housewives who intend to can
this fruit are warned by grocermen to
get wli.it thev can 'arly. and not wait
for the lowering of prices. The crop
will be vrj short, t is reported The
pach crop, while not ready J el will
' also bo short
rta'n nev. potatoes are being offered
I at f and 7 cents per pound. In addl
' lion to the above named fruits and
I vegetables, there .is a large supply of
string beans, peas, turnips, carrots,
lettuce, onions and other vegetables
well as imported cantaloups and wat'-r
Ogden Young Ffian '
Dies in Colorado
Clifford Anderson, son of Mr", and
lira , J Anderson of 807 Twenty
third street, died at La Juntn. Colo.,
yastarda of peritonitis, following as
'operation for appendicitis. He hud,
Ibrcn working with his brother at La
He was bom in HuntsvUIe, Nov. 16, i
1892. Surviving him are bis parents
nnd the following brothers and sis '
tera, Lester, Walter, Mrs. v. l. All
red, Mra. C. Warren Wood, Mis Eva
I Auderson, Vernal. Ora John and
He was a member of the American
Legion. The body will be brought to
I Ogden today for burial, time of which
will be announced later by Larkin
; & Son.
Official in Ogden
J. D. McLcmoro, secretary of the.
South eastern Millers association with
offices at Nashville. Tenn . was In
Often yesterday renewing his ac
quaintance with B. L. Slack, Ogden
The South-eastern Millers associa
tion includes in its membership mills
eaat of the Mississippi river and has
a combined output of &1,000 barrels
of flour dally, said Mr. McLemore.
who remarked that Ogden is fast
gaining prominence as a grain cen
ter "The association is appreciating
more each year the milling value of
the Inter-mountaJn region "
CARD OF THANKS
We hereby thank our kind friends
who assisted OM during the slckneatt
and death of our beloved wife and
mother, and for the beautiful floral
offerings and words of mpth.
' John Kanmdtn and Family.
Killed When Hit
By Electric Car
Miss Inez .oynd, 21 year old. was
I instantly killed when struck by a
I north-hound Bamberger freight train
I yesterday at 2. 30 o'lock at a point
"between Kaysville and Farmlngton
! Every hone in tho girl's body was
j broken and she was badly mutilated,
I according to Sheriff C E. Malder of
Davis county, jjrho lnvetigated the ac
cident Lester Fayne of Ogden was con
ductor of the train and Frank Kunkle
of Salt Iike the motorman Miss
Loynd is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Loynd of Kaysville.
Sheriff Nalder reports that Bliss
Loynd had been picking cherries at
'the farm of C. P Hose of Farmlngton
She was returning home and was
I either walking nlong th' traek or was
! crossing the track The accident oc
i urred where !(! f is i sharp ur c
UTAH CROPS GO
Combined Condition Reported
106.3 Per Cent of Ten
According to flnires announced by
the Fnited States bjreau of crop es
timates yesterday the combined con
Idltlon, of all crops in Utah July I, was
per cent of the ten year average
for this state. The condition has de
clined eight-tenths of one per cent dur
ing Juno For the I nited States afe j
whole i he combined condition of all
crops on that date was 99 7 per cent of
the average. This was an increase of,
4 9 per cent during the month
The Figures were given out yester
day by Miner M Justin, agru 'Ittiral
I statistician for the bureau. The bu
reau also has some figures as regards
I prices on the farm, as follows
"The level nf rrlcps Pid producers
of the I'nited Statrs for the principal
crops decreased about 17 per cent
during June, in the past ten years the
j price level decreased about 0 3 per
cent ti irlng June On July 1 the in
'd' figure of prices was 20.6 per cent
I higher than a ear ago; 30 6 per cent
highe r than two years ago. and lo.1",
per cent higher than the average of
the past ten years on July 1
"The prices of meat animals hogs,
cattle, sheep and chickens to pro
ducers of the United Stales decreased
0.8 per cent from May 15 to June IE
In the past ten years prices decreased
I In like period 1.0 per cent On June
15 the Index flguf' of prices for these
meat animals was about 17.8 per cent
lower than two years ago, and 09 0 pet
.cent higher than the average for the
past ten years on June 15."
' The bureau estimates indicate that
I apples will prove the banner of the
t nation this year in point of produc
ition, the condition June 1 being 116 .
Jper cent of the average for the last
! ten years over Ue nation as a whole.
Fears sre next v.iih 1114 per cent
Spring wheat runs 106 8 per rent,
peachf.- luC",; alfalfa ha 104; pota
itoes, 103.2: sugar beets. 101.4; corn.
1 101; tomatoes. 100.9; winter wheat.
1 96.3 . prunes. 92 4; cotton, 88.6. and
'apricots, the lowest of the crops enu
merated, show s condition of T3 6
I Wyoming crop? ,as a whole, show
I he beet condition in the nation, with
I an average of 112.4. which v. as a gain
of 11.9 points since June 1 The hlch
est gain during June is Indicated in
1 Texas. 21.3, while North Dakota shows
ithe same gain as Wyoming, 11.9; Mon
tana's gain was 14.9, and the condl
tlon there la given as now IOC. 4 per
cent of the ten-year average.
I Other states in the western groups
show condition and change in p.-n i at
ageb as follows. Colorado, 107.6 per
cent, a gain duiing June of 2 9 per
nt; New Mexico, 100.6, a gain of 6.6;
Arizona. 100.6. a gain of 3.9. Nevada,
101, a gain of 0 6. Idaho 1U3.2, !
of 3.3. Washington, 94. 5. a gain of 2.5;
i iregon, 102.1. S pain Of 6 6, and Call
, lornla, 95 4, a loss of 0 4.
UNDERWAY IN CHI
CHICAGO, July 16. Another
political movement, the Liberal
party, was launched today by for
mer members of the Committee
of Forty-eight, who bolted from
1 hiii organisation. JudKf Arthur
O Wray. mayor of York. Neb.,
and Allen McFurdy. keynoto
speaker at the Forty-eight con
VSntlon head the new party.
It Is probable no presidential
ticket will bo named. It was said.
The meeting was confined to
those persons, some fifty to sixty
In number, who signed Its call and
all other Forty-lghters were e
cludcd from the hall.
lister Barlow, leader of th
World War Veterans, attempted
to make an address, but was In
vited to leave. He threatened to
call still another convention with
himself at the helm. I have
never seen so many nuts collect
ed tn Chicago a during the past
few days." Barlow declared as he
If oCurdy announced that the
principal purpose of the gather
ing was to oppose any attempt to
nominate Senator Robert M. La
Follelte for president and Wil
liam Jennings Bryan for vice
DALLAS. Texa. July It. Kev Dr.
J. Frank Smith of Dallas, for years a
prominent leader In the Presbyterian
church, l S. A., and at one time
moderator of that ch ir.-li, died at hU
honu- here late tonight
Dr. Smith suffered . n-r.ons ir-ak-don
about a year ago and nj in a
New York hospital fr sewral e.-k.
He returned here greflv i:nproed In
health but suffered a relapse last Jan
uary and since had teen confined to
I In the d ark and Indications w ere that
'Miss Loynd did not hear the approach
The motorman caught a glimpse 0
the Rirl and realized that stopping the
train in time was Impossible. He
sounded the whlstb' fr.mtlculh and
rang the bell, at the same time apply
ing the brakes. The girl did not turn
I he affirms, and the next moment had
been struck with terrific force, the
Impart hurling her down the bank
and causing instant death.
Sheriff Nalder immediately in vest I
gated the aeeldenl and decided that
'an inquest was not necessary. George
I Hrlggs. undertaker at Layton. took
'hirge of the body.
Miss Loynd is survived by her sis
ter. Mrs. Frnest Blood of Kaysvlllo.
a sister who lhes in California, and
a brother Edward Loynd
RATE RAISE TO
BE FELT HERE
Four Ogden Companies Will
Be Affected by Proposed
Vour lirge I gdi'n companies will be
subjected to a big incr"asi- in power
rates If the schedule for the service
of power to the larger customers of
the Utah Power & Light company pro
poseel by the power company go Into
effect. The revenue of the power com
pany would be about doubled over
that it Is now recejin- from such ser-
ice. ar-cordlng to an exhibit prepared
l by order of the public Utilities com
mission of Ftah and submitted es
terday In connection with the applica
tion for an Increase In power ratc3
1 now being considered by the comnus
I If the new schedule Is put in effect
I the eigden Portland Cement compan
I will be increased from $20,000 to 46,
1 000. according to the exhibit. The
I L'nlon Portland Cement company will
; be increased from 158,000 to 1142,000";
The Utah-Idaho Centra from $9r..
000 to $192,000 and the Ogden Pack
ing & Provision company from $12,
I Oud to $25,000.
The exhibit was prepared by R. H.
: Ashworth. rate expert repri'snt ing the
I power company, L p. Hockett, auditor
! for the commission .ind Hodge M.ir
I shall, assistant to the chief electrical
engineer, who ! agreement, repre
sented the power consumers
Their exhibit shows that tho actual
revenue derived hy the power eompuny
j from consumers of fifty horsepower
and over In 1919. was $2. i 1 3,239.71.
Had the proposed schedules been In
'effect, the exhibit shows, In accordance
I with what Is designated ;ls "Commis
sion Plan N'o. 1." the revenue to the
I company on exactly the same business
would Ire e I" n $ I, Si' ..Hi -' This
I Is an Increase of 102 per cent.
The exhibit also shows that if the
pieqpnl special contract now ui
jftre before the commission had no ef-
feet, and Instead all the power users
were on the present standard sched
j ules, the revenue to the eohtpanj
: would be $3,23706.90. an Increase of
I 31 per cent oxer the present revenue.
The revenue that would come from
ithe proposed sohedules, however,
would be 51 per cent higher than the
revenue obtained even If all the pow
er users were placed on btandurd
DIDN'T KNOW THEY
!W BE 50 TOUGH
Filming "The Sea Wolf"
Brought Him Into Contact
With "Hard Cases"
George Melford. the veteran motion
picture director, who handled the
(screening of The Sea Wolf" which
1 shows at the AlhambrS theatre begln
! nlng tomorrow, wai given a big scare
lone morning when he arrived at the
Ir.tudlo to work on the picture A race
I assortment of the toughest character.-
I ho had ever seen were awaiting him'
at the entrance. Pressed In sweaters 1
and dungarees, with unshaven md
scowling faces, tho surged toward
him as he approached. .Mr. Melford
recoiled a bit and expected to M -
knife or revolver flash out. but deem-j
Ing forced courage the best policy, he
continued his wa through the crowd1
ana Into the studio office
"Who are the gang of thilgs out-1
side" ' he asked the assistant director.!
"The looked ready to do me up for
a nickel. '
"I guess you mean the gentle groue
of seafaring men Pve gathered fori
"Wolf I-arsens crew, laughed the as-1
Blatant "You know you told me to I
get the toughest Mrda I could find. 1 1
I think I'VS found them."
" You certainly hvc." said .Mr. Mel
ford grimly. "Walt until Ueery sees
N'oah Beery plays the role of "Wolf"
: In the picture nnd has several rough-and-tumble
fist fights with his crew,
lit Is to Beery's crodlt that there are I
no "pulled punches" ln the film and
that he ts easily the physical master
Of ;my of the hnrly "extraa."
Van Men Canning Co.
Amends Its Articles
An amendment 10 the articles of In
corporation of the Van Alen Canning
company was filed ith the secretary
'Of state through its officers. E. K. Van
I Alen. president, and F. Rudiger.
If provides that the 70.000 treasury
(rhares of Hock nay not be sold with
out the consent of a majority of the
outstanding MjOM shares of stock, ob
Jtalned at a stockholders' meeting
S. Abbott Magmnis Gets Hon
orary Degree from Bolivia
1 1 :
s. .bboit Maglnnls.
Samuel Abbott Siaginnll smi of Mrs.
Letla A M.iginnis of Ogden who Is now
minister to Bolivia has had conferred
j upon him the degree of honorary
'lawyer by, the University of Chuqulsaca
.the oldest Institution of higher learn
I log In South America. The degree has
I been conferred but on.'o before, on
the present president of Uruguay, Bai
I tazar Brum.
The letter conferring the it"gree by
the "i niversldad Mayoi de S;m STrah
I clsco Xavler of ChUQUisaca" follows:
"The university council bars .lssem
hled together In extrarodinary ss-,.-.n
and has unanimously ds Ided to con
fer uion your er.cclleney the title of
I honorary lawyer of this University,
j bearing In mind your very hlgll merits
'and as a. proof of sympaihy of t.ie
j educational elements of this eity to
I wards your person, who. Interpreting
the Ideals of Justice and liberty of your
country, has sympathized with '.he
"On transmitting to you this resolu
tion by which you are incorporated in
the 'I' niversldad de San Francisco
Xavicr" with rank of honorary lawyer
I I beg to inform you that the diploma
1 interpreting the thought of the uni
versity will he sent to you at La l'az."
Police Raid Chinese Estabhsh
lishment on Lincoin
That the campaign recently Inau
gurated by the board of city commis
sioners to eliminate professional
igafbbllng among 'hlnese is being rigid -!
ly carted out by the police department
was made evident last night when an
alleged R-.imbling house at -t G 2 Uncoln
! aVenue was raided and three celestials
j taken into custody The men charged
1 with gambling Were Jim Han. Charley
j K 11 ti and Tom Lee.
Detectives W A. Taylor and Walter
I Moore' were the arresting officers.
J The poUee say that las: night's ram
(was the fourth attempt to arrest In
dividuals at i49t Llnfcoln aVSnue,
which i allegfil to be a systematically
organized gambling resort.
Dctectle Walter Moore, telling of
the raid this morning sld.
"officer Taylor and myself entered
the house and listened utside a door.
The clinking of coins could easily be
heard. After listening for a mlnut"
or two. we demanded that the door tie
opened. Upon receiving no compli
ance to the request, we turned tne
knob of the door. Jim Ham. one of
the occupants of the room, opened the
door nnd upon .-eeing w ho was peeking
entrance, attempted to shut the door
In our face. We pushed the door open
and entered and caught two Chinamen
whom among a number of others,
were making an effort to crowd
through a doorway, eine was carry
ing a sack of silver coin slung ovir
one shoulder. Others escaped to an
other part of the house, where they
apparently started waahlng dishes,
sweeping and performing Other menial
"Directly under the rays of power
ful electric light, was a table, upon
which cards were scattered about."
Moore's utory was corroborated by
Detertlve W. A. Taylor. The Chinese
were released upon payment of $oi
Tho case will come before the city
court Monday morning, the officers
said. City Attorney Wade Johnson will
represent the city In the case.
The case of, Charley Sloan. Mayor of
Chinatown, and Jane Doe. a nsgress,
who were arrested charged with S
statutory offense Is also eiISI led to
come before the city court on Monday.
Scouts to Make Night
Trip to Mountains
Scoutmaster Delbert Foulger of
Troop 16 together with scouts of tne
troop will hike to Mulun's hollow this
evening where they' will pitch camp
for the night. Tomorrow morning an
oyster stew bre.1kf.1st wifl t the re
ward for the hiker.
Next Thumday evening a meeting of
the troop will be held ln the Tweitn
ward at which time thanks will be ex.
tended the people of the ward fur
their assistance in the rtccnt drive.
LAST TIMES TODAY
RIO GRANDE I
From the Famous Play by Augustus Thomas
a'"SBssESiifliES8MfcM-. sfrw--.. j s
Emerson Hough's Great Story
"The Sagebrusher" J
The Picture You Will Alviyi Remember
OGDEN THEATRE M
PICK OF 'EM ALL COMINC SOON .
"Jess Call Me Jim," "Butterfly Man," "-5 Minutes From Broadway" "The jH
Deep Purple," "The Fortune Teller," "Virgin f Stambout."
Arimgton G. Jones Returns
From Fishing Trip and Suc
cumbs Within Week
Arlington Goodale Jones, Ogden
tailor, died shortly after 7:30 last
cening of leakage of Ihe heart. Hla
illness was brought on by overexer
tion during a fishing trip which con
I eluded last Wednesday. Returning
home he took to his bed and steadily
He was born In Ogden, Sept. 24,
1881. son of the late Thomas W and
Mrs Lonlsa tioodale Jones
About ten years ago he succeeded
his father in the tailoring business
on Twenty-fourth strrt
He was prominent in the Modern
j Woodmen of America, for several
I years acting as head consul.
BurviVBg are (he widow. two
daughlers, Phyllis Louise Nedra
Mary and the following brothers and
; sisters, beside his mother, ."Irs. Annie
Maw, Mrs. Cora Cross Irving W.
ijone.s, Winifred S. Jones. Thurinan
! Jones. Mrs liuby McCormick, Mrs.
j Myrtle Freeman. Mrs Beatrice Stew
art, and Allen Jon :L
The body" was takeTi in charge by
1 Larkin & Son to be prepared for
"Big Roy" Stewart Is
Star at Ogden Sunday
As with all cinema stars, picture!
fans have raxed over liny Stewart in j
j All manner of descriptive terms to be
found In- Xoah Webster's dictionary. I
I Bravo, beautiful, thrilling, niunly. hus-l
ky, heroic those ami dOSSns 0 other!
Him liar terms have been worked to!
death by Roy Stewart nthuslastn. 1
There is. however, a sense of th. fit
Jneas of things in the normal human
that keeps some te'ms of description
from beinjf applied to some object.
Mr. Stewart had been protected by
thin, so far as his own ears or eyes
registered, most of his career as a j
1 screen star. But while out in a far
away sagebrush town on the western j
I plains, playinc l)r Barnes" In the
I all star cast of the Llen.l B. Hampton
j photoplay of Kmcreon floush's novel
"The Sagebrusher," which comes to
I the gdcn theatre beginning Sunday.
1 he was hit right between th" eyes with
'one of thorn unfitting terms.
lie was strolling along the town
street for relaxation after a hard duy
I of work, and passed three part-grown
j girls, who had heard that he was the
famous Itoy Stewart and were using
their eyes to the limit. Just after
they passed him tho star heard one of
I them observe:
"Oh. Helen ain't he cute?"
Judge Johnson Moves
to Cottage in Canyon
Judge Tilman D. Johnson of the'
I'nited States district court in Salt
Lako City arrived here yesterday I
bound for his summer cottage In Og
den canyon, where ho will spend the
remainder of the summer except for
such periods as court work requires
Rev. Matthews Back;
Rev. Godfrey .Matthews and Mrs.
Matthews have returned from San 1
rlego. w hero the ogden minister filled l
the Congregational church pulpit xtnl
the absence of the prwher. Ll
The Rev. Matthewj will officiate otii
the morning serleo of worship to-l
morrow at 11 o'clock. His subject j
mil be The Voice of Many Watars."4
MOOSE LEGION 1
! GOES TDEUHEM I
Lodge Prepares for Big Outing I
at Lorin Farr Park K
Next Thursday I
About 5f Leplonnnires of Ogden BtJ
lodge No 1814 l. 'i Moose wei
t. d p in in sutomobilea al 1 o't lot i B. f
this afternoon for Eureka for i lodgi
frolic In connection with their trip B
the ogden lodge men will do a little iLiVi
advertising for Mo'.-u- day to bo held v
1 1 I .r in rr park. 1 hurl.i -Br C
! Th Mooae ill their '
cimmlttee declares the M006C will 1(1 Btt'i
demonstrate again what good enter- I Wi
tnlners they ar- and Incident. ill will II I
i ii i n more i gd i m
citizens should Join the order
Information about the Moose Le- I
:nn and the Moose In gen ral la con-
,talnefl In the following excerpt from iibbF'1
ithe Mooseheart Maaasine in an article K'sj
on "What 1 Saw at Mooseheart." I
I "Mooseheart a thlr'.y-five miles m fl
from the city of Chicago and has near-
ly eleven hundred seres ol land and M'l
j about fifty buildings of eoncrete con- aiBBalF
I struct Ion and fire 'roof. There la a bbbbHh!
central heating and power plant with aWn
red tile roofs. Large modern faro) Bisn
plant Industrial buildings, hospital a aEES
jand reaideacea IBVery child is given Pvk
a high school education. The hoys Wfl
1 1 i 1 i . i . . i . y..
e,ri are taught rnlUlnery, drssa mak- I
Ing and stenography. My Impression Oil
'!.' h"llle i lir I lei ni i- B PVj
pectatlons. It is a city in Itself. The IBBv
children looked so happy and carefreSi aH
healthy and perfeetlj at home in svsrj ICiSil
i i i" l word m Orphan e If
lum or a Friendly asylum, no walla BW-
i o aaaw
Iron bars on the windows. It is non- k' '
irlan Jew i G Prol H
... i ILaaaai
H;e faith of Him parents There
I no corporal punishment tolerated by H
I (he governors. There- Is a large nurs- H
cry for the very young Infants with BBBB
competent nurses ajid doctors always BBBp.
at hand, a large and up-to-date hos- VBBBJ
.pltal. erected ut a cost of one hundred Waaakisl
m from Philadi BBBT
I phis ludKe No. 54. There is one of the BJBJ
I largest dairy farms ln this section of ftn
the country on the grounds with BBBH
i r.f t Holsteln i nth to furnish milk I '1
and '-ream and butter fir the atudenta BSa
There large aW
boating and fishing arc indulged in LaaWP
The- have mllttar training for rhe LaaaiaV'
boys, under a V s. arm officer. They aaaBrVt
have a crack baseball and football LaaViai
team. A Iks' band of fifty pieces and aaPalt
a KirK orchealra nnd r compel .
tenchers. A savings bank which
teaehe thrift to th children , .
their pennies. I have traveled In aaaaaEF4
Kurope and have visited Germany. aaaaHS;
orwa. Sweden and Austria ll unKar aaaarJ
hut 1 have nuer Keen an pla, ,. dia'. LaaaTsMsiv
oould compan with th training and II
voeatlonal education that the boys and L
1 1 ' if Hr
they lire ready to go out Into the uorld aaaaaaaaL
1 1 1 rnakt an honest living tnd become Bf
self-sustaining and women BM
loyal American citizens.
' And noav. my brothers, n word in aVtarJ KsTsi
regard to the Mooseheart Legion. If t&i
you have not yet lolned th- .
the second degree and playground of tesLi!
the Loal tirder of Moose, someone aial
has been negligent In falling to udvige tfH
mission. Whili &
true that a part ot our" work is de- Vafl
voted to fun and frolic, these ur,. Jaaal
merely incidents. our prlmarv ob- fm
Ject is to -help the kiddles at Moose-
heart, ana for those who haVe not v
vet taken the second degree and whose 11
iissUttance wo arc row soliciting The w L
I k-ijo whl!' i part oi the lyal r- s
der of Moose, has ( m its aim and ob- B
ject a greuter betpfulnes to Moon-.
heart and a happy, contented chlio Ji
I I t"T I'-
Ogden Grain Lxchange ,
Elects New Officers
f r i . erg and directors of tb 0 RV
Bschangt v. . r. elected al fesjBJ
iinuul meeting as follow, according f'
lo an announcement mad today: aaarJa - '
I H Hollister, preeidenl 11 L Hoi- fcw
ley. vice president: B. L. Ulack. eec- " aaafsf !'i
sad director! H
9, R. Flack. J. If. Barnhnrt of ogden aaaaaT
I McCoy, l-oeatelio: David Robin-, Laafjl
jnd William Barrett, Salt Lake LBS
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- About IDCE
Richard Ford, Ph.D.
Research Professor of International Development and Social Change
Ph.D. in African History, University of Denver, 1966
M.A. in History, Yale University, 1959
B.A. Economics, Denison University, 1957
Resource trends and resource management in Africa, community participation and sustainable development, conflict mediation, community-based planning, monitoring and evaluation
Professor Richard Ford has 40 years field experience in rural African land use and management. His writings focus on community institutions, integration of traditional practices into contemporary decision-making and policy, poverty alleviation, conflict mediation, and community-based planning. He has worked in 25 African countries (especially Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, Ghana, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Senegal, Mali, The Gambia, Malawi, Zambia, Madagascar, and Rwanda) on these themes. More recently, he has conducted field research and training in India, The Philippines, Romania, Iraq, Bangladesh, and the South Pacific. In 1988, working jointly with colleagues from Clark and Kenya's National Environment Secretariat, he adapted the Rapid Rural Appraisal to be responsive to community priorities and needs. This was the beginning of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). Since that time, PRA has spread to many thousands of agencies in Africa and elsewhere.
Ford has been the recipient of several foundation and agency grants including those from the U.S. Peace Corps, Ford Foundation, ActionAid, VITA, US-AID, African Development Foundation, Development Alternatives, Save the Children, Terre des Hommes Foundation Italy, International Cooperation for Development, Ghana Organization for Voluntary Assistance, Chemonics, United States Institute of Peace, and GTZ primarily on applications of participatory rural appraisal and policy analysis for participatory poverty alleviation for village-based planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
An IDCE student/faculty team, led by Ford and IDCE director William Fisher, helped conduct workshops with the Bhutanese that provided tools and strategies to help them establish lives in the United States. The program stems from Ford’s work in Kenya 25 years ago, where he and fellow Clark research professor Barbara Thomas-Slayter, working with several Kenyan colleagues, developed the process known as PRA, which uses community-based development and action to build stable, thriving communities. Ford and his students first put those practices to use domestically in Lewiston, Maine, which has been host to an influx of refugees from war-torn Somalia beginning in 2001. For the Concord project, he conducted a seven-week module course on PRA during the spring 2010 semester that was designed to be a “hands-on community-building experience.” As a result of the project, the group developed the publication "The Long Trek from Bhutan to America: A Journey from the Foothills of the Himalayas to Concord, New Hampshire," which you can download as a PDF file. Read more about the project and view the video here.
Ford, R.B., Edna Adan Ismail, Hussein M. Adam, (eds.) War Destroys, Peace Nurtures: Somali Reconciliation and Development (Africa World Press, 2004).
Ford, R.B. and Hussein Adam (eds.) Mending Rips in the Sky: Exploring Options for Somali Communities in the 21st Century, Red Sea Press, 1997.
Ford, R.B., “Somali Pastoralists in Lewiston, Maine: Searching with Participatory Tools for a New Life,” in Somalia: Diaspora and State Reconstitution In The Horn Of Africa, Abdulkadir Osman Farah, Mammo Muchie & Joakim Gundel, (eds.) Adonis &Abbey Publishers, 2007.
Ford, R.B., “Sub-Saharan Africa: Muslim Women’s Agriculture in East Africa,” in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Vol. 4, Economics, Education, Mobility, and Space, Suad Joseph (ed.), Brill: Leiden and Boston, 2007.
Ford, R.B., Mark Bohe, Edith Veg, Zsofia Sztranyiczki, Magda Zoltan, Edit Bartha and Catherine Cordes, Reducing Conflict, Increasing Development: A Case Study of Felsőrákos in the Háromszék Region, Transylvania, (IDCE, Clark University; Unitarian Universalist Church of Romania, Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council, 2005. also available in Hungarian.
Ford, R.B., Assane Goudiaby, Laura Miller, and Louise Sarr, “PAPPA à Nganda: rapport préliminaire, - (a field guide for use in Francophone West Africa), Published jointly by ISE/Senegal and IDCE/Clark, 2005.
Ford. R.B., “Using Participatory Tools in Refugee Settlements: An Example from the Somali Community in Lewiston, Maine (USA) in Kari Nes, Tove Skoug, Marit Strømstad (eds.), Somaliere i Norge: Perspektiver på integrering, språk og religion (Vallset, Norway, 2005).
Ford, R.B., Nihal Anton Attanayake, Myra Vivaris-Waddington, Rebecca Quimada Sienes, Mato Bato - Solving a Water Problem on Negros Island through Community Action: A PAPPA Community-Based Assessment of Nagbinlod Barangay Santa Catalina Municipality Negros, The Philippines (IDCE, Clark University; Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines, 2004)
Ford, R.B. and Adan Abokor, “Participatory Tools for Peace Building: New Models for African Governance,” in War Destroys, Peace Nurtures: Somali Reconciliation and Development (Africa World Press, 2004).
Ford, R.B., Laura Hammond, Abdirizak Mahboub, and Shukri Abdillahi entitled, Somali Families in Hillview: Assessing Needs, Setting Priorities, Building Consensus. (IDCE and the City of Lewiston, 2003).
Ford, R.B. Adan Abokor and Shukri Abdullahi, Nabad iyo Caano (Peace and Milk): Linking Peace Building and Community-Based Development for a Decentralized Somaliland (Program for International Development, Clark University, 2002).
Ford, R.B. and B.Thomas-Slayter, "Alternatives to Anarchy: Africa’s Transition from Agricultural to Industrial Societies" in Progress in Planning, (Volume 56, Part 2, August 2001).
Ford, R.B., Eric Arthur Thipthorpe, and Abdullah Al Hasan Shamin, Listening to Street and Slum Children in Dhaka (Bangladesh): Using Participatory Tools for Urban Planning and Action. (2001).
Ford, R.B. and William McConnell, “Linking GIS and Participation to Manage Natural Resources in Madagascar,” in Biological Diversity: Balancing Interests through Adaptive Collaborative Management, (eds. Louise E. Buck, Charles C. Geisler, John W. Schelhas and Eva Wollenberg, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2001).
Ford, R.B., “Building Capacities for Local Governance: An Example from Somalia of Planning, Conflict Resolution, and Action When There Is No Government”(Bar El, R. (ed.) Proceedings of Conference on Integration of the Mediterranean Basin, 2000).
Ford, R.B. with Frances Lelo and Harlys Rabarison, “New Models for Community-Based Monitoring: Linking Governance and Responsible Resource Management” in African Development Perspectives Yearbook, Vol 3, (Lit Verlag Munster, Hamburg, 1999).
Ford, R.B. “Katheka Revisited: An Inquiry Into Participation, Urban Agriculture, and the Challenge of Intensified Resource Utilization,” in David Grossman (ed.) Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Africa (Ashgate: Aldershot, 1999).
Ford, R.B and Hussein Adam, “Removing Barricades: Options for Peace and Rehabilitation in Somalia” Peaceworks Series of the United States Institute of Peace, 1999.
Ford, R.B. Francis Lelo and Harlys Rabarison. “Linking Governance and Effective Resource Management: A Guidebook for Community-Based Monitoring and Evaluation,” Program for International Development, Egerton University, and APAM (Protected Areas of Andasibe/Mantadia) Madagascar, March, 1998.
Community Development and Planning
Participatory Development Planning
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|February 24, 1882 - December 16, 1948 (aged 66)|
General Hayao Tada
|Place of birth||Sendai, Miyagi, Japan|
|Allegiance||Empire of Japan|
|Service/branch||Imperial Japanese Army|
|Years of service||1903 -1945|
|Commands held||China Garrison Army.|
IJA 11th Division, IJA Third Army, North China Area Army
Second Sino-Japanese War
|Awards||Order of the Golden Kite (2nd class)|
Tada graduated from the 25th class of the Army War College (Japan) in 1913. He served as an instructor to the Chinese Army at the Beijing Military Academy from 1926-1927. After returning to Japan, he served as an instructor at the Army War College from 1927-1928, before being give a field command as commander of the IJA 4th Field Artillery Regiment in 1928. He was promoted to Chief of staff (military) of the IJA 16th Division in 1930.
Tada returned to the Beijing Military Academy from 1931-1932. From 1932-1934, Tada was Chief Military Advisor to the Empire of Manchukuo. From 1 August 1935 – 1 May 1936 Tada served as commander in chief of the China Garrison Army.
Shortly before the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Tada assumed command of the IJA 11th Division. However, he was recalled to Japan on 14 August 1937 to become Vice Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. He concurrently held the post of Commandant of the Army Staff College.
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Tada attempted to contact Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek to defuse tensions between Japan and China. Tada argued that both countries faced the same external threat from the Soviet Union and internal threat from communism, and should not waste precious resources fighting one another; however, Tada's efforts were overruled by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe, Army Minister Hajime Sugiyama, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai and Foreign Minister Koki Hirota, all of whom berated Tada for attempting to effect private diplomacy.
Tada returned to China on 10 December 1938 as commander of the Japanese Third Army. On 12 September 1939, he was promoted to commander in chief of the North China Area Army. Despite his earlier efforts at peace, Tada was a vigorous commander, and promoted the separation of the northern provinces of China into a puppet state independent of control of the Kuomintang government.
After the end of the war, Tada was arrested by the SCAP occupation authorities and was held for trial for alleged “Class A” war crimes. He died in prison on 16 December 1948, before the end of the trial. It was revealed a week after his death that he was scheduled to have been released without charges being pressed.
- Dorn, Frank (1974). The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41;: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor. MacMillan.. isbn = 0025322001.
- Ammenthorp, Steen. "Tada Hayao". The Generals of World War II. http://www.generals.dk/general/Tada/Hayao/Japan.html.
- Japanese bio site
- ^ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II
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Have you seen the Garden Fence quilt-along over at McIntyre Girl?
Love this pattern, and Elizabeth's kaleidoscope quilt-along is wrapping up soon...
I'm thinking this might be a fun way to put my (somewhat embarrassing) Hideaway stash to use.
Home again, home again (and very tired)
9 hours ago
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With over ten years of experience under his belt, DJ Co-op likes to think of himself as Winnipeg’s most versatile DJ. From the early days of throwing underground hip-hop nights and dance parties, to earning a spot in the 2005 Canadian DMC battle finals. His fresh and intelligent mixes have blown up Canadian Campus radio charts, and gotten love online from sites including discobelle.net. Most recently Co-op has been found backing up Epitaph/Big Dada rapper Cadence Weapon. He’s also incredibly good at pinball.
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Late fee $260. Regsiter now spots are filling fast, spaces are limited so don't delay.
Additional program: Don't forget to register your child in our Saturday Player Training Camps. For a minimal fee of $50.00 your child will learn principles of defending, attaching, motor skill development and much more.
The Keeper Camp is perfect for the child that enjoys playing in net, yet has never had formal goalkeeper training.!
We have improved our HL program for 2012, based on the feedback that we received from our membership.
This year we have implemented a player assessment/identification camp.
Every year we have similar challenges when organizing teams and coaching staff.
All members can always get extra training from the best technical trainers in the business, veterans like Carmine Isaaco, Sergio DeLuca, and Paolo Ceccarelli. VSC offers many training camps to develop our youth who are interested in cracking a REP program in the future!
We look forward to an exciting and excellent 2012 Outdoor Soccer season this year! The VSC also offers several courses available to our members, take advantage NOW!!! We offer a St. John's Ambulance First Aid Course, as a well as courses that help everyone understand what really is important to the building our youth: Respect in SOCCER. We all love to compete, and we love to win, but in the end, it is more important to enjoy the experience, have fun and share with your community the joy of playing the beautiful game of soccer. Winning and losing are all experiences that will shape our youth for the future. The relationships with the many families and friends will last a lifetime!
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Food | Wine,
Kids | Family
During Black History Month, Winn-Dixie proudly celebrates the diversity of its customers and the many flavors of the African-American heritage by hosting a Legacy of Good Eating at select stores. As part of the celebrations, shoppers will enjoy an afternoon of family, food and heritage and will be treated to a live cooking demonstration featuring Gold Medal award winner and nationally recognized Chef Jackson, who will prepare a kickin’ jerk chicken dish. In addition to the delicious food tastings, event attendees can pick up new recipes such as pan seared pork chops, seafood and sausage jambalaya, Hoppin’ John and shrimp, avocado and mango salsa to add to their cook books, as well as enjoy a live radio remote, children’s activities and more. For more information, visit www.winndixie.com/mylegacy.
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Yahoo refreshes Widgets
- — 23 March, 2007 12:04
Yahoo Thursday updated its free Widget software and touted the program's new automatic updating feature and its lighter appetite for RAM.
Widgets 4.0, which runs on Microsoft Windows -- including Vista -- and Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X, requires 40 percent less memory than before and automatically updates all widgets a user has previously downloaded when new versions are available, the company said.
The software now also includes a dock that shows widgets -- those active on the desktop as well as all those downloaded -- in a strip-like display, vaguely similar to the way Windows Vista shows Gadgets in its Sidebar. Also new are improved widget-making tools and something Yahoo dubbed Gallery Widget, which lets users locate and download any of the thousands of widgets without opening a browser.
Widgets on Mac OS X competes with Apple's own small applications by the same name and Microsoft's Gadgets. Yahoo acquired the software, previously known as Konfabulator, in a 2005 purchase of Pixoria.
The software is available for download from Yahoo's site.
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WATCH #FORUM Full Length & Free For a Limited Time videos by Lorene Voskinarian October 24th, 2012No Comments Tweet Forum is making their latest film #FORUM free to watch for a very limited time. Check it out below. Related posts:Win a Trip to the Streets at Seven SpringsBurton Shakes Up Brand Lineup Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Name (required) Mail (required) (will not be published) Website XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.
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Wow this is great, I like jrpg and I agree with Leraje she really looks like Yuna.
that's good. i like how the girls face blends into the background
I kinda agree with that anonymous person, the eyes indeed apear to be looking in different directions. But I like the picture Never the less. Just a bit for 'friendly-fellow-artist' advise. try adding a little more shadowing. It would be better tenfold.
...Looks a bit like Yuna from final fantasy 10 as well....
her eyes are looking different directions....=)
she is a friggin cartoon character, fool.
its okay, i geuss, but really, couldn't you make something of your own, rather than getting your ideas from already existent, popular characters?
i dunno, just a suggestion.
what happened to her neck?
she practice some kind of gym?
FF style but cool
nice pic of final fantasy i think it should be all right compared to 7.2
Skin tones and collar bones. fix that and you have a great life-like piece.
She's hot. She looks like Yuna from Final Fantasy X though.
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In one of the most critical junctures of the season, South Carolina not only finds itself recovering from a tough road loss against the LSU Tigers, but recovering from injuries with several key players hurt and others fighting a flu bug.
"We've had a bunch of guys sick," said Spurrier at Wednesday's practice.
That flu bug has limited practice for wide receivers Bruce Ellington and Ace Sanders, but they will likely play.
But the talk of the week hasn't been that flu bug, but instead whether or not running back Marcus Lattimore will play. Lattimore hasn't practiced all week due to a bruised hip, but will suit up for Saturday's contest. An injured Kelcy Quarles will sit out this week's game, while Jadeveon Clowney endures a nagging foot injury, but will still play.
After suffering their first loss of the season, the Gamecocks head to Gainesville, Florida, for the last of what's been called a "Gauntlet" by college football analyst Brent Mussberger – a brutal three-week stretch of SEC games for South Carolina that includes Georgia, LSU, and now the Florida Gators.
"If we're going to win our division, which we hope to do, this is a crucial game," Spurrier said at Tuesday's press conference. "If we go on a 3-game winning streak, we can win it."
Florida has been the surprise team of the SEC this year, with media members picking them to finish third in the race for the SEC East behind Georgia and South Carolina during the league's media days back in July.
With an undefeated record and statement wins against Texas A&M, Tennessee, and LSU, Florida will be the outright favorites to win the East if they walk away with a win on Saturday.
However, if the Gamecocks win, they will hold the tie-breaking win over the Gators and the Bulldogs, which will give them a greater chance to represent the East in the SEC Championship game should they win the remainder of their conference schedule.
So the question remains, will the Gamecocks be healthy enough to tackle the Gators in the Sunshine State in a must win situation?
Thursday, April 25 2013 7:03 AM EDT2013-04-25 11:03:18 GMT
(RNN) - Big guys are likely to be the stars of the show Thursday night when the NFL Draft again airs in primetime on ESPN, live from Radio City Music Hall. Barring unforeseen weirdness - which can neverMore >>
The NFL Draft with all its drama and uncertainty airs live in prime time Thursday night. Luke Joeckel, Manti Te'o, SEC stars and borderline quarterbacks are among this year's mysteries.More >>
Thursday, April 18 2013 8:52 PM EDT2013-04-19 00:52:03 GMT
(RNN) - Spring practice in the SEC climaxes Saturday when five more teams hold their annual spring scrimmages. Interesting fact: So far the biggest attendance at a spring game this season was at KentuckyMore >>
New coaches at Tennessee, Auburn and Arkansas will give us the first glimpse of their teams in Saturday's SEC spring games. Two-time defending national champion Alabama and Mississippi State also give fans a break from the long college football offseason.
Thursday, April 11 2013 7:00 AM EDT2013-04-11 11:00:16 GMT
Many Southeastern Conference football fans will finally get a look at their favorite teams this Saturday, April 13, and several of the annual spring games will be broadcast on TV and on the Web.Texas A&MMore >>
Southeastern Conference fans are beginning to stir as South Carolina, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and Kentucky all hold their annual spring football games on Saturday, April 13.More >>
Monday, January 7 2013 6:00 AM EST2013-01-07 11:00:08 GMT
Miami (RNN) - Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said the team that makes the most mistakes may well win tonight. Not a misprint.He explained that odd statement Sunday at the final news conference before theMore >>
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said the team that makes the most mistakes may win tonight. He meant the team that takes the most chances, forces the action and sets the pace. Teams that do that make mistakes. But they cause the other guys to make mistakes, too. More >>
Sunday, January 6 2013 11:52 AM EST2013-01-06 16:52:47 GMT
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly shook hands Sunday morning in front of the Coaches' Trophy, the prize their two teams want to take home Monday night.More >>
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly shook hands Sunday morning in front of the Coaches' Trophy, the prize their two teams want to take home Monday night. More >>
Friday, December 7 2012 8:37 AM EST2012-12-07 13:37:38 GMT
(RNN) - Butch Jones has been hired as the next head football coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, according to ESPN. Jones has resigned from his position as Cincinnati's head coach, effective immediately,More >>
Butch Jones has been hired as the next head football coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, according to ESPN.More >>
Thursday, November 29 2012 12:54 PM EST2012-11-29 17:54:22 GMT
Offensively, Alabama and Georgia both feature efficient if not flashy quarterbacks, steady if not high-profile receivers and a pair of running backs anyone would love to have. The breakdown: Quarterback: GeorgiaMore >>
Alabama and Georgia both feature efficient if not flashy quarterbacks, steady if not high-profile receivers and a pair of running backs anyone would love to have. Georgia's defense has more stars; Alabama's defense has performed better as a unit.
Monday, November 26 2012 6:15 PM EST2012-11-26 23:15:13 GMT
It is never too early to project where those teams will play, who they will play and, for good measure, the result.More >>
The chaos of the scramble to play in the BCS Championship Game has come down to one possibility - the winner of Bama-Georgia plays Notre Dame. But how the rest of the bowl pairings might shake out is another interesting puzzle. Here are our projections. More >>
Thursday, November 15 2012 4:55 PM EST2012-11-15 21:55:31 GMT
(RNN) - This is mostly a week of throwaway games as SEC teams prep for next week, which features turkey, dressing and a lot of rivalry games.But a bad November Saturday in SEC Country watching ball isMore >>
Can Johnny Football gain 1 billion yards? Can Alabama score 1 billion points? And can Vanderbilt beat Tennessee for only the second time in 1 billion years? Tune in this week and find out.More >>
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Bruce, Arroyo Lead Reds to 7-3 Win Over Mets
NEW YORK, NY - Jay Bruce hit an inside-the-park homer that left Jason Bay with yet another injury and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 7-3 on Friday night to give Bronson Arroyo his first victory in 5½ weeks.
Brandon Phillips added a two-run shot to extend his recent hitting tear and the NL Central leaders followed up a three-game sweep of intrastate rival Cleveland by winning the series opener at Citi Field, a nice present for manager Dusty Baker on his 63rd birthday.
Arroyo, who was 0-3 in six starts since beating Milwaukee on May 7, found his form against one of his favorite opponents. The right-hander entered 7-2 with a 2.81 ERA and three complete games in his previous 12 starts against the Mets — with five other outings that lasted eight innings.
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Selling a 2004 Subaru WRX manual transmission. I am the original owner and a non-smoker. The car is garage kept, gets regular maintenance (synthetic oil), has a clean title, no major accidents, runs like new, and is in great shape. It is still under warranty (transferable) through March 2011. I am selling it because I recently purchased an STi.
In order to keep the low-key look Iíve come to love, I switched the trunk and fog light covers from my new STi onto the WRX. They still have STi markings but the car is NOT an STi. The trunk has the famous STi rear wing, which is included free.
The engine, intake, exhaust, interior, and wheels are all stock. It still has the original tires (RE92s) and clutch as well. The tires have about 50% tread life left and the clutch feels like new. These cars are extremely hard to find clean. Again, this car is still under warranty.
The WRX carries the remainder of a 7 year/100k warranty I purchased when it was new. It covers nearly everything INCLUDING the turbo and is fully transferable. It is included in the purchase.
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In an article in The New York Times on Wednesday, I wrote about how high-tech Silicon Valley solar companies are retooling their strategies to compete with low-cost Chinese manufacturers.
Over the last two years, Chinese solar panel makers like Suntech and Yingli Green Energy have moved aggressively into the United States and now supply about 40 percent of the California market, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a research firm.
China’s growing dominance of the global solar market has been on display in Los Angeles this week at the Solar Power International conference, one of the industry’s biggest annual get-togethers. In a vast exhibition hall, the booth of one Silicon Valley start-up, Solyndra, is surrounded by a sea of Chinese solar companies offering their wares.
As prices for conventional silicon-based solar panels plummet, pressure has increased on Silicon Valley start-ups like Solyndra that make a type of photovoltaic cell called copper indium gallium selenide, or CIGS. Though less efficient at converting sunlight into electricity, the promise of the technology was that it could be made cheaply – at least until the cost of conventional solar module prices fell 40 percent over the past year.
That led Solyndra to start production two months ahead of schedule at its new $733 million factory in Fremont, Calif., and to speed up development of its next-generation solar panel.
“It definitely puts more pressure on us to bring our costs down as quickly as possible by ramping up volume,” said Ben Bierman, Solyndra’s executive vice president for operations and engineering, as driverless carts shuttled stacks of photovoltaic parts to large orange robots at Fab 1, the company’s original factory.
Nathaniel Bullard, a solar analyst with Bloomberg New Energy Finance in San Francisco, said that success for high-tech Silicon Valley solar companies may depend on finding a big market niche they can dominate.
Solyndra, for instance, makes lightweight solar panels that snap together like Legos and can be installed on large commercial rooftops unable to support heavier conventional panels. On the roof of the company’s headquarters, Mr. Bierman recently gave me an advance look at its new solar panel, which is more powerful but requires far less labor to install.
“We really took a lot of the cost out and accelerated development in response to the Chinese,” Mr. Bierman said.
China presents different challenges for SunPower, which was founded in 1985 and is the granddaddy of Silicon Valley solar companies.
SunPower makes conventional solar panels but has also pursued a high-technology strategy and says it produces the world’s most efficient photovoltaic modules. (Architects and fashion-forward homeowners also favor the company’s sleek jet-black panels.)
In recent years, SunPower has increasingly focused on building big photovoltaic power plants to supply electricity to utilities that put a premium on technological performance, reliability and a company’s ability to manage complex projects.
“In the old days, the saying was that nobody gets fired for buying I.B.M.,” Thomas Werner, SunPower’s chief executive, said in an interview. “That’s what we want to be in solar, and we are in fact.”
He said that while SunPower competes on costs, it does not aim to be the lowest-cost manufacturer.
“We want to have the best technologies so that people buy us for the reasons they buy a company’s product like Apple,” Mr. Werner said. “I don’t want to be the iPhone without the apps.”
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By SARA SJOLIN And MICHELE MAATOUK
Weak macroeconomic data knocked the air out of European stock markets on Thursday, with miners, car makers and banks leading declines.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index lost 0.8% to close at 264.97, its lowest closing level since Aug. 3.
"There are concerns that we're moving into a season of storms, and not just in relation to the weather, and markets are always more volatile in that period," said Justin Urquhart Stewart, co-founder of Seven Investment Management.
"We can see that we have the German constitutional court decision, Dutch elections, the Jackson Hole meeting and the ECB meeting ahead of us, so there's a series of potential mines that could go off." He stressed, however, that "we are seeing some fundamental changes since months ago," when people feared Greece would exit the euro zone.
The number of unemployed Germans grew by a seasonally adjusted 9,000 in August, above analysts' expectations of an 8,000 rise, while the European Commission said its euro-zone economic-sentiment indicator fell to 86.1 in August from 87.9 in July, as all the sector indexes declined.
U.S. stocks took the numbers badly, along word from a Spanish official who said the country would delay deciding whether to seek a bailout, bringing the region's debt crisis back in focus.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 98 points, or 0.8%, to 13009 in midday trading. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index gave up 10 points, or 0.7% to 1400. Energy and technology shares led decline across all of the index's 10 sectors. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 28 points, or 0.69, to 3053.
U.S. jobless claims were unchanged at 374,000 last week.
The world's biggest advertising firm, WPP was among notable decliners in the pan-European index, off 1.6%, after cutting its revenue forecast for 2012 and reporting mixed first-half results.
In contrast, shares of French food retailer Carrefour jumped 6.7% as it narrowed its first-half loss from the year-ago-period, even as operating profit dropped because of pressure on key markets.
In Italy, the Treasury succeeded in mostly lowering borrowing costs at 5- and 10-year bond auctions. The FTSE MIB index, however, fell 1.1% to 14780.55.
Banks, which tend to be among the biggest decliners in a negative trading environment, saw broad-based losses on most European bourses.
The FTSE 100 index slipped 0.4% to 5719.45.
Commodity broker Glencore International dropped 3%, as Qatar Holding LLC, the investment arm of the country's sovereign-wealth fund, warned that it will vote against the proposed merger between Glencore and Xstrata . Shares of Xstrata lost 2.5%.
French stocks were mostly lower, with Pernod Ricard down 2.4%. The drinks company reported a 10% rise in full-year profit, but missed analysts' expectations.
The CAC 40 index fell 1% to 3379.11 in Paris.
Vivendi rose 3.3% as the media and telecommunications firm reported adjusted earnings before interest and tax that beat analysts' estimates.
"We're probably heading into a rough period for German autos, [as] margins will deteriorate faster than expected due to pricing cuts and production declines" in China, Bernstein Research wrote in a note.
Toward the end of the session, stocks took another leg lower after the International Monetary Fund said it wasn't working on a financial-assistance program for Spain. It also said it sees further room for accommodative action by the ECB. These comments weighed on the euro, which by the time of the European markets' close, was fetching $1.2506 from $1.2530 late Wednesday in New York.
Among commodities, light, sweet crude for October delivery was down $1.32 at $94.17 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Comex Gold for December delivery was down $5.40 at $1,657.60.
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|Kudos to S&P, Bronx Cheer for Buffet|
I would like to offer, unfortunately, congratulations to Standard and Poor’s for trying to improve their services. After getting so much wrong, they are making an honest effort to get something right and have taken down the U.S. credit rating one notch. And for that they are being excoriated by everyone from Tim Geithner to Warren Buffet.
Their major criticism stems from the idea that the U.S. has a printing press and therefore can never default on principal and interest payments. Therefore, some pundits are claiming that the credit ratings agency had no right to consider the decline of the dollar and the reduction of its purchasing power when making their determination to take Treasuries to AA+.
Warren Buffet said today that he would continue to buy Treasuries even though they returned zero interest and that the U.S. central bank would guarantee any such default to be impossible. In other words what he and others are saying is that the United States doesn’t need to offer any interest rate at all on any of its debt and shouldn’t bother taxing its citizens either. If investing geniuses like Warren Buffet are willing to buy Treasuries regardless of their yield and our ability to pay through legitimate taxation, then why bother going through the ruse at all.
In fact, all a ratings agency needs to do in order to provide a AAA credit rating to a country’s debt is go through the rigorous work involved in determining if a country has a central bank. As long as they can print money and destroy their currency there is no chance of a default. To follow this logic, Weimar Germany and Zimbabwe debt should have held AAA credit ratings throughout those hyperinflation crises.
What Standard and Poor’s is warning about is the possibility of an inflationary death spiral where the debt to GDP ratio becomes intractable and the Fed is forced to monetize debt in order to keep interest rates low and the U.S. solvent—Europe is in this position right now and the U.S. is not more than several years away. However, inflation is anathema to the bond market and yields eventually soar despite of, or perhaps more appropriately, because of the central bank’s efforts. The country eventually collapses through the decimation of the middle class.
What Standard and Poor’s is trying to accomplish is to warn the U.S. to get the growth in the deficit below that of our GDP growth as soon as possible. For that they should be congratulated and not vilified.
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Ereinion experiences his first storm after being sent to the Havens. A fluffy CirdanEreinion fic, partially inspired by a few lines from my story 'Weakness'. Please enjoy, and feel free to review!Rated: Fiction K - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Gil-Galad & Círdan - Words: 2,442 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 8 - Published: 07-24-07 - Status: Complete - id: 3678467
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Summary: Ereinion experiences his first storm after being sent to the Havens. A fluffy Cirdan/Ereinion fic. Please enjoy, and feel free to review!
Disclaimer: I will never own Cirdan or Ereinion no matter how much I love them. Yet no small amount of credit for this fic must also go to Dragon Confused and Levade. Even if they never read this, their own superb writings have helped inspire this story, and I would be honored if they would consider it as a sort of tribute story to some of theirs. Incidentally, f you like this, check out their profiles for some more amazing young Ereinion stories! You won't be disappointed!
Author's Note: This oneshot was kind of inspired by a very small part of my story "Weakness," in which Cirdan gently teases Gil-galad about how he used to wake him up during the storms of the Havens as a child because he was scared. So hopefully those of you who have also been reading along in that story will have a special appreciation for this one as well. Enjoy!
The First Storm
The rumbling thunderclap was rapidly followed by yet another strobe of lightning and the subsequent cacophony. Ereinion shivered beneath his covers and anxiously pulled them tighter over his head to muffle the echoing noise. He tried to still his involuntary trembling, reminding himself that such fear was most unfit for a High Prince of the Noldor who was nearing his eleventh begetting day.
But he had never experienced such monstrous weather back home. There had been occasional thunderstorms, yes – but nothing like this. And besides, back home he had always had his parents and his grandfather to comfort him during the storms and keep him safe, to tell him that it would all pass and that everything would be calm again in the morning.
They were still there now, without him – his Ada and his Naneth. But not his grandfather. Not anymore. Fingolfin had fallen in battle shortly before Ereinion had been sent here, to the Havens. And though the young prince knew no details concerning the late High King's death, he did not ask about it. It was enough to see his parents' grief and know that his beloved grandfather would not becoming back. Ever.
Stubbornly shoving away those bittersweet memories and melancholy thoughts, the Elfling experimentally poked his head out from under the blankets, but another round of lightning and thunder sent him retreating back under them in seconds. And suddenly, Ereinion yearned for his parents so badly it was almost painful – for someone to hold him and be strong for him until the raging storm had passed. Such longings were nothing new to him now, but that did not make them any easier.
And somehow he did not think Cirdan would be overly inclined to cuddle an intrusive little Elfling late at night. Indeed, the grumpy old shipwright with whom Ereinion now dwelt seemed to be extraordinarily inept when it came to comforting a scared and lonely child, very rarely taking the initiative in a hug or any other such physical contact. He always seemed so awkward and…stiff.
The ancient Elf had even required his new charge's guidance in something as simple as holding hands when the two of them walked about the Havens together! Ereinion simply did not comprehend how anyone could live for so many years and not know how to hold hands. Although, he did have to admit that, after almost a month now of practice in that particular art, the shipwright's intuition had improved considerably.
But Cirdan would most certainly be irritated if his tiny ward were to disturb his rest, seeking refuge from a blustery storm. Being such a seasoned sailor, the older Elf was probably sleeping right through all of this in perfect peace. Although, perhaps Ereinion would feel better if he simply knew Cirdan was close by.
Encouraged by that thought, the Elvish princeling clambered hurriedly out of bed, taking care to bring his favorite stuffed toy with him, and tiptoed down the hall as quickly as he could until he had reached the shipwright's bedchambers. Still cowering from the erratic flashes of lightning and the terrifying explosion that always followed, he slumped down onto the floor with his back against Cirdan's door and brought his knobby little knees up to his chin.
Ereinion still clutched the soft toy fawn against his chest, but it was reassuring to know that his guardian was just on the other side of this sturdy wooden door. At least this way he wouldn't be waking Cirdan.
Cirdan the Shipwright lay in bed with his hands behind his head, staring up at the ceiling as the storm raged on outside his window. He usually was not disturbed by such squalls, but this one was exceptionally violent. It would have to be in order to wake even him. But he was not too concerned. There were no ships out on the open water that night, and they'd had sufficient warning to secure everything down at the harbor before the storm hit, both facts for which he was exceedingly grateful.
Hopefully there would be equally minimal damage to his own well-constructed home. And surely all those within his household were also well, for they were likewise familiar with the potentially destructive tempests of the Havens.
But then the shipwright grimaced beneath his silver beard. On the contrary, not all within his walls were accustomed to such storms. No doubt the young Noldorin prince a few doors down had never experienced such intense weather back in Hithlum. He really should check on the boy, to see that he was content in his bed and not lost in a fit of panic. It would only be fair, as such turbulence could be most terrifying to a child who had never before endured it. Now, if only he could get himself out of bed…
It proved to be a most difficult task, for he actually found it quite relaxing to just lie here, listening to the wind and the rain. But at last he made it, his body responding grudgingly despite its well-earned strength. Stifling a yawn, Cirdan ambled over to the door and swung it open, only to have a very startled and very sleepy little Elfling come tumbling down in front of him.
Ereinion yelped in understandable surprise when the support behind him suddenly gave way, and he fell over backwards onto a large pair of stocking-covered feet. He looked up, in a sense relieved to see his guardian now here with him, but his tiny heart still pounded uncontrollably within his chest.
"Ereinion!" Cirdan exclaimed, almost as startled as the small form crumpled at his feet. "Whatever are you doing out here, child?"
He did not mean for the question to sound so harsh, but he was rightfully concerned to find his priceless charge sneaking out of his room in the middle of a dark and stormy night. But judging by how the child still cowered on the floor beneath him, grey eyes wide and fearful, the genuine concern in his motives had clearly not come across.
Ereinion did not say anything, just continued to look at him with those bright eyes that shone like stars even in the darkness until another abrupt clap of thunder suddenly made him jump and grab hold of the hem on Cirdan's nightclothes until his small knuckles were white with the effort.
The shipwright sighed wearily, comprehending, and crouched down next to his young ward. "Are you frightened by the storm, child?"
The boy nodded quickly, his mop of tousled black hair bobbing up and down with the movement. He looked so helplessly pathetic, Cirdan could not help but pity the poor child. Although, of course, he could not be too obvious in the fact. So he stood and held out his hand down toward the shivering bundle of Elfling.
"Come then, Ereinion."
The prince scrambled to his feet and gratefully accepted the proffered hand, feeling rough calluses beneath his own smooth little fingers. Cirdan led them back inside his own chambers which were still pitch black except when illuminated by the sporadic flashes of lightning. Ereinion looked around nervously. He had only been in Cirdan's room once before, and that was when he had first arrived and been told that this particular chamber was off limits.
But the typically gruff shipwright made no complaint about his company, only sat down in an overstuffed chair near the fireplace that had long gone cold and pulled the frightened child onto his lap. Ereinion curled up there and rested back against Cirdan, glad for the comfort even if his guardian's beard was prickly beneath his cheek.
But the shipwright's arms were warm and strong around him, and he felt sheltered and secure. Almost as though he truly were back home. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to pretend that it was his grandfather who held him now, not Cirdan, but the omnipresent beard made that impossible.
So Ereinion reopened his eyes with a sad little sigh and accepted the truth of where he was. There was little point in pretending, really. But at least he was learning little by little that he was safe here. Cirdan was not going to let anything happen to him any more than Fingolfin himself would have. And so he buried his face in Cirdan's chest, fisting his tiny hands in the shipwright's simple tunic while the storm raged on.
Cirdan gazed down at the precious burden in his lap some time later after the thunder and lightning had begun to diminish. The boy was still awake, staring off aimlessly into the darkest corner of the room.
"Are you ready to go back to bed now, child?"
But Ereinion vehemently shook his head.
"Why not?" the Lord of the Havens asked with a tired yawn. "The worst seems to have passed."
"But you told me once that sometimes more storms come, and then they last all night," the little one protested nervously, miraculously managing to tighten his grip around the cloth in his hands. "Could that not happen now?"
Cirdan let out a longsuffering sigh, ruing his decision to disclose that fact to the child several days back. "Aye, I suppose it could."
"And if it does, I do not want to be alone, Cirdan."
Ereinion turned around to try to see his guardian's face better but ended up sticking his bony elbow directly into the shipwright's stomach, earning a painful wince from Cirdan as he deliberately rearranged the mass of thin limbs into a more comfortable position.
"You will not be alone, Ereinion. You know I am always nearby should you need me."
The child nodded reluctantly, but he still showed no sign of releasing his viselike grip on the older Elf. Cirdan closed his eyes and wearily ran a hand over his face. He was in need of his own rest, as was the stubborn Elfling on his lap, but there appeared to be little hope of separating the two of them anytime soon.
Deciding to concede to the inevitable sooner rather than later, the Telerin lord gathered his diminutive charge up in his arms and walked over to the bed. He carefully set Ereinion down near the pillows and began to arrange the blankets over him.
"Sleep here then, child, for I know you are tired."
Ereinion let Cirdan tuck him in, but he was still clearly uneasy about the storm and the prospect of being left alone.
"Are you going to leave me?" he asked timidly.
"No, Ereinion," his guardian answered him. "I will stay here with you. This is my bed, after all."
The prince smiled wide and looked about ready to thank the shipwright, when his face suddenly fell.
"Wait, Cirdan!" he exclaimed with sincere urgency and pointed back to the doorway they had previously deserted. "We cannot leave him there alone all night!"
Cirdan followed the extended finger and complied in total understanding. It was an oddity he could never empathize with, but the child loved that stuffed toy as though it were a living, communicative creature. He retrieved the fawn from the floor and handed it to Ereinion who immediately snuggled it lovingly up against his nose.
"There now, go to sleep. And I promise I shall not leave you. If the storm returns, child, I will be here."
"Thank you, Cirdan." The small voice was muffled as Ereinion spoke into his toy, but that did not make his gratitude any less heartfelt.
The shipwright favored his charge with one of those rare, genuine smiles that emerged from beneath his beard, though he wasn't sure the child could even see it in the dark.
"You are welcome, Ereinion."
With that, Cirdan settled down beside the now peaceful Elfling. He sat with his back against the headboard of the bed and wrapped a reassuring arm around Ereinion, even though he knew that the young prince was already sleeping soundly.
Ereinion did not know how long it had been since he'd fallen asleep in Cirdan's bed when he next woke up, but it was still dark out even though the storm had passed completely. Sleepy and content, he stretched and yawned, his little mouth opening far wider than would have been thought possible, and glanced up at his guardian.
Cirdan may have been in an upright position once, but now he was slumped down against the bed frame, half sitting and half lying down, with his head drooping over one shoulder. Ereinion thought it looked most uncomfortable.
Suddenly, another noise startled him, and he jumped against the shipwright's body. But it was not thunder. This time, the sound had come from directly above him, and Ereinion tilted his head upward, just to be certain that his ears had not deceived him. Cirdan was snoring.
The Elfling repressed a giggle, not wanting to wake his guardian, but he was unspeakably amused nonetheless. He had heard his Ada snore on rare occasion, but somehow it did not seem to fit the shipwright. Indeed, the grouchy old Elf did not look so scary at all when he was like this. Suddenly reassured, he snuggled back up against Cirdan's warm side. Perhaps living here would not be as unbearable as he'd first thought.
After all, if the two of them could survive the trials of a storm like this, they could withstand just about anything.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 -- 7:40 a.m.
Delta Air Lines Inc. is buying almost half of British airline Virgin Atlantic for $360 million as it aims to boost its share of the lucrative New York-to-London market.
Delta says it will form a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic, where the two airlines would share money from the flights operated under the partnership.
Sir Richard Branson will still own more than half of Virgin Atlantic, which will continue to fly as a separate airline under its own name.
Landing rights at London's Heathrow Airport are limited. So buying part of Virgin Atlantic will help Delta get a bigger piece of the travel market there.
The joint venture needs approval from U.S. and European regulators. Delta is aiming to have the joint operation running by the end of 2013.
Copyright 2012: Associated Press
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Adventures In Russian Tech Support
(In Russian: I know English better, so I’m going to write in English. If you don’t understand, write back and I’ll try to ask in Russian.)
I am trying to set up netlock on the small network of an English
language resource center. We have one ADSL modem that connects to the
internet, and a LAN that is simply a hub connected to the server's
ethernet card. I have installed netlock successfully, but cannot make
it track internet traffic.
I have configured a transparent internet connection, and it works
correctly when the server part of netlock is not running. (I.e., I
can open mozilla on the client and download web pages.) However, as
soon as I start the server, the client loses connectivity. There are
no proxies operating on the server.
Here's how the server is configured:
Интернет-настройки - LAN
Задействовать интернет возможности - checked
Non-counted IPs - 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.255 (all the LAN is in here)
100% of traffic is counted
There is only one active тариф, and it is set to разрешить интернет.
Traffic groups has only one group from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255.
There are no forbidden ip addresses.
The client has communication with the server. The cost of time, for
example, is counted correctly.
I have no idea what the problem might be. Otherwise, it's a great
program. If you can fix this, my orginization will buy a copy.
ps. I am leaving for America soon, so the sooner you can help me, the better.
1. Read the program instructions again, everything is explained in detail there. Maybe you set up the program wrong.
2. On the server, there should be two network cards: one pointing to the internet, and another to the client on the local network. Otherwise there will be no accounting of traffic.
3. Be sure that in the internet setup widow, the correct internet adapter is selected, that is, the one that is connected to the client.
4. You wrote that there is no internet access, there’s a chance that the internet is set up correctly, but there is no “charge” set up with pre-paid internet.
5. If you use W2K Server SP4 then sometimes there is a problem with the network driver.
Everything you advised is already done. (I’m using WinXP.) I read the program help, and asked the administrator of a certain internet café that uses Net Lock, and neither they nor I could find a problem in the basic setup. That’s why I’m asking you.
Please, read my previous letter carefully, (in it I explained that I already did everything you asked) and tell me where else the problem might be.
From your description I don’t see any reason why the program doesn’t work, it looks like everything is set up correctly. Maybe there are other network programs installed on The server, or you didn’t install a pre-paid internet charge when you started the client, and that’s why the server is blocking the client’s internet traffic. I don’t see any other reasons.
Ok, we figured out the internet. The internet works, but the program doesn’t count internet traffic – the amount of traffic is always 0+0+0, no matter how much internet we use.
That means you turned off the traffic-counting system, or you let traffic through around the program.
How could we have turned it off if we just installed the program and changed the IP
address on the client and server (like it advises in Help). The internet works. The program sees the clients on the network.
I have no idea what you’re doing over there. And I don’t have the capability to help you from here. If you read the directions carefully, do everything written there, and it doesn’t work, then I could only help you if I was there with you. To the general question “the internet doesn’t work what should I do” I can’t answer from here, I can only tell you read the directions again...
Look, it’s not a general question – the question is, what could stop netlock from counting traffic, if everything else works? Earlier, we used the proxy-server UserGate; even though we deleted it, maybe it’s still causing problems?
Please help us. It’s profitable for you, because we’ll buy your program if we can fix this problem.
If you do everything in the instructions, then I can’t say why exactly this problem happens (I can only guess), almost everyone, even without any experience installing programs, is able to install the program the first time. I am answering your question in the greatest possible detail. There are three possibilites:
1. You did something wrong – you need to read the instructions carefully.
2. Some network program is causing the problem – delete it.
3. Bugs in Windows or in NetLock – unlikely, and I’m unable to help at all with these problems.
Unfortunately, I can’t say anything more definite than that.
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|DiPietro's next injury is bound to happen sooner or later.|
I'm setting the over/under at the 8:00 mark of the second period.
The bigger picture of the evening is the Leafs attempt at winning five streak. With the team firing on all other cylinders (minus the bottom defense pairing) the team returns home to after a successful road trip. The Islanders much like all of the other opponents the Leafs have faced are run down by injuries. No Streit, No Okposo, and John Tavares still getting over his concussion, the Leafs on paper will make easy work of the Islanders. Unfortunately, that never seems to be the case, and likely the Leafs are facing a team that will approach this game with a nothing to lose attitude that will serve them well in season that will see another Lottery Pick wind up in Long Island.
I'm somewhat disappointed that Nino Neiderreiter and Nazem Kadri won't get a chance to again change pleasantries, but Neiderreiter, Tavares, and Moulson are enough of a threat that Toronto's defense can't take them fore granted. Defensively it looks like the Islanders are overly stocked with bottom pairing defensemen, but the upside for them is that they are largely shot blockers and shutdown guys. If DiPietro (or Roloson) are standing on their heads the game it will be a long night even for snipers with Clarke MacArthurs skill.
The first Nationally televised game of the AHL season game was somewhat of a bust for the Marlies, in that they lost to the Baby Sens. I'm not particularly disappointed as the game Saturday against Hamilton warrants somewhat of mulligan on Sunday afternoon, but there were a few things worth noting.
First things first, the Marlies scored one goal against an ECHL callup goaltender. Considering Hanson, Caputi, and Kadri were all considered for NHL top six roles I would have expected a turkey shot.
Mueller's "fight" was hilarious, but I'm sure the Patron Saint of Truculence, Brian Burke, was disappointed that his European import was the only one willing to drop A glove to defend his teammates.
Rynnas was solid in net, nothing to really add beyond that. I was a little disappointed that Reimer wasn't playing, but I can't always get what I want.
Jeff Finger wearing an 'A' was a bit of a surprise for me, and I'm not sure he makes sense in this role. I'm hoping this is a sign that he's not disgruntled, but this is also probably a sign that he's going to be settling in for his two year stay.
Most of the Marlies seemed slow, and were not too agressive on attacking the puck, again this is likely a 5-3 battle against Hamilton the day before slowing them down.
It's nice to see Jeff Marek and Elliot Friedman running the show on CBC, let's hope this is a look into near future of HNIC.
Also nice, is the larger crowd at the Ricoh. No one expects the place to be a sellout, but it's nice to see that more people are supporting AHL hockey. You'd assume it would be popular with number of people that were convinced that Kadri would be a 70 point player in the NHL this season, why not check him out.
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"Music is absolutely everything that I am and everything that I stand for. It’s not my fault if someone gets into a relationship with me and then cheats and I write a song...
Shape - November 2012
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Last month, Phillip Zelikow disclosed that while serving as a top-aide to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2005, he had written and circulated a memo expressing grave concerns about the Bush administration’s torture regime. Another memo Zelikow co-authored at around the same time even offered a legal alternative to the program. Now, it turns out that strong opposition to President Bush’s interrogation policies came from within his tight-knit inner circle. Karen Hughes, counselor to the president, told the Houston Chronicle this week that she was “very vocal in the internal debate”:
She acknowledged the current uproar over interrogation tactics and allegations of prisoner torture during the Bush years.
“I was very vocal in the internal debate,” she said. “I worried about how that would make us look in the eyes of the world. But I had left the White House when a lot of that was taking place.”
Then she paused, worried for the first time in 90 minutes that she’d made a gaffe. Whatever Sen. John McCain says about interrogation techniques, she added quickly, she has similar views.
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I’ve changed the way the GEDCOMs are read in. They used to be loaded into a RichEdit that was shown in the GEDCOMs and Input Log window. Then they would be read from the RichEdit to load the data. Now I load the data directly from the GEDCOM files. This saves about 25% of the file loading time, so another small improvement.
But more importantly, Behold is now loading the file piece by piece, so it can show the progress and allow the Stop button to work during the GEDCOM loading.
I also changed the GEDCOM button to now load the GEDCOMs with a Text Viewer. By default it uses Wordpad which should be available in every version of Windows. Then I added a “Text Viewer” menu item, where you can change the viewer if you want to a text viewer or editor of your choice.
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I think they'll work. If you want you can get car sound, they're fairly cheap. My brother got a free flow from them and the material inside busted loose after a year, so we just knocked it out, no more rattle.
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I thought y'all might like to see what I did today.
I spent most of it like this. Sometimes without the phone. Mostly I was alone today, which was weird. Bob and Will had some teenage stuff to do with friends, Evelyn also had some teenage stuff to do with friends even though she is not yet a teen, she thinks she is.
Ann went to my SIL's house for a Gingerbread making marathon with her cousins (God bless you SIL R!).
She made our family in Gingerbread. See? Ginger-Mom, Ginger-Dad, and Ginger-siblings.
This is what I did today. Pretty huh? I am sending this to work with Sir D and his employees, and the other plates go to the neighbors.
I made chocolate chip/peanut butter chip oatmeal cookies then I dipped stuff in chocolate; cherries, strawberries, gingerbread men, peppermint sticks, really anything that wasn't nailed down got dipped in chocolate and stuck on a plate.
That's what it looked like once I had packaged almost all of it up. I wish I'd have thought to take a photo of everything all finished. It was covering the whole table. Things dripping in chocolate everywhere. YUM. I hope everything I dipped in chocolate was actually edible...
I have little more baking to do for Christmas Day and wrapping. Here is a photo of our tree. Those are gifts to\from the kids to\from each other. Also my gifts are there since Sir D bribed the children to wrap them for him.
On a totally different note. I have to take Bob to the Dr tomorrow and I am not looking forward to it. See, he had a birthmark removed from his back last week on Tuesday. I won't go into detail, but let me just say OUCH! It was a bit more invasive than I was anticipating. They basically cut a golf ball size hole in his back, through all three layers of skin, down to the muscle. Then they did two layers of stitches. YIKES!
He was told not to lift anything heavy or do any roughhousing for two weeks. Sure, no problem. Sounds reasonable. Um, see, the thing is...Bob is a pretty tough kid. He is also not a complainer. So when it came time to help his uncle move on Saturday, I sort of forgot that Bob should not be lifting heavy things. And he mentioned nothing about the giant healing hole in his back. He just went along and lifted refrigerator and couches and a washer and a dryer and whatnot without a word.
Then that night he asked me to put the ointment on it and cover it for him. Suddenly I remembered. I looked at his wound and some of the stitches have come out. The wound is not open and it really looks like it is healing nicely, but I am pretty sure the stitches were supposed to still be in there. Oops.
So now I get to go back to the dr and tell him that Bob was lifting refrigerators a mere 4 days after the surgery. Oh, joy.
Perhaps if I bring him a plate of cookies and stuff dipped in chocolate, he won't report me to CPS.
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Repercussions are already starting to resonate from the failure of the deficit supercommittee to reach a consensus on cost cutting measures, and healthcare will be one of those areas facing a significant impact. Despite efforts to protect the Medicare population, they will still be faced with a 2% reduction, and this could well be above the already 27% provider reimbursement cuts scheduled for January 1st. The AMA was already concerned about the impact on patient access to care based upon the scheduled 2012 cut and the additional reductions may force physicians to limit the number of Medicare patients they can care for in their practice.
In addition, an even greater impact is expected in programs that depend upon "discretionary" annual appropriations could be significant. Provisions were made that if the supercommittee was unable to reach a timely decision, then automatic cuts would go into effect and funding for non-defense discretionary programs in 2013 could face reductions of 7.8%, dropping each year to 5.5% in 2012. Health advocates feel that the greatest cuts will be seen in medical research and development, public health, HIV/AIDS and disease prevention.
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Under The Moonlight
Summary: This story takes place after Lord Voldemort
is conquered. Remus Lupin is left with the tattered remains of his life.
Although the world is a better place for wizards, his world is lonelier. He
struggles to find himself worthy of accepting love and living his life in the
wake of the numerous losses he has suffered.
A/N: Many thanks to Zsenya for her wonderful job of
beta-reading this piece.
Under The Moonlight: Chapter 1
It was a gray and cloudy afternoon as he sat by himself at a
corner table in the Leaky Cauldron. He had spent most of the day in Diagon
Alley tying up some loose ends and had stopped for a bite to eat before heading
home. Rain had started to fall, and in its wake, wizards of all shapes and
sizes were scurrying inside. He went back to the Daily Prophet, but
there was nothing of interest to him in it. It had been two months since the
fall of Voldemort. The Order had suffered heavy casualties. Had the final
battle not taken place on a full moon, he might have been one of them. He had
received an Order of Merlin First Class for his work; Dumbledore had seen to
that. But the Order had since disbanded, Harry had been released from St. Mungo’s,
his trio of friends now reduced to two, and life as the wizarding world knew it
was returning to normal. For him, though, he couldn’t have felt more alone.
Many of his friends had been killed and no one had been left untouched. Sirius
was gone, Tonks was gone, Kingsley was gone; the list went on and on. Mad-Eye
Moody was still around, but he was so paranoid that no one sought his company.
The Weasleys, as well as many other wizarding family, had lost family members.
The world was a better place for wizarding folk, but it was a much
lonelier place for him now.
“Excuse me? May I join you?”
A striking woman with dark brown hair stood looking down at
him. He glanced around and noticed there were a few open tables scattered throughout
“Um… I really don’t think I’d be good company at the
moment,” he said with just a hint of regret.
“Well, I certainly know how that feels.” She pulled out the chair
across from him and sat down.
He blinked, taken aback by her brazenness.
“Anything interesting in there?” she asked pointing to the Daily
“No, nothing new.” He pushed the newspaper towards her. “I’m
finished with it.” He watched as she ruffled through the pages, noticing that
she stopped to study a photo of the new Headmistress of Hogwarts. It was
another reminder that he didn’t need; a reminder of just how small and lonely
his world had become.
He stared out the window and sipped his Butterbeer. Two more
She was thirteen again,
attending Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She hadn’t noticed him before––how could
she not? His gray eyes glowed behind a seemingly apprehensive, but honest
smile. He was slightly taller than her with a thin build. And, of course, he
was a year older than her. She was dying to talk to him, but he was always with
his friends. Why didn’t he notice her? She perched herself near their little
group by the lake in the afternoons, pretending to study while listening in on
snatches of their conversation, hoping to learn more about him. Perhaps if she
could find something they had in common, she’d be able to find something to
talk to him about…
A warm hand came to rest upon his shoulder.
“Are you okay?” The warmth of her voice beckoned him, concern
etched in her eyes.
“I’m fine.” He shifted uncomfortably in his chair, the grip
around his bottle tightening.
“It’s just, you look so… tired.”
He was tired, tired of life, tired of fighting, tired of
being alive. He shrugged and took another swig of his drink, trying to figure
out how he could make a graceful exit then suddenly realizing he didn’t much
care about being graceful.
She extended her hand, a warm smile on her face. “I’m Raiyna
Blotts, by the way.”
Remus looked at her with a wary expression on his face, his
hands never leaving the bottle in his grasp. This woman couldn’t seem to take a
She dropped her hand, but persisted undeterred. “You’re Remus
Lupin, aren’t you?”
He was a bit surprised that she knew his name, and then
remembered that his picture had appeared in the Daily Prophet earlier
that week for receiving the Order of Merlin. “Ahhh... Well I’m no hero, if
that’s what your thinking.”
“Hero?” she looked confused. “We went to school together, I
think. I was a year behind you, I was in Ravenclaw. I–” She looked as if she
were going to say something else, but changed her mind.
“Oh. I thought–– well, never mind.”
“So what brings you here today?”
Her desperate attempts at making conversation made him groan
inwardly. “Just running some errands,” he said noncommittally, looking again
towards the door.
“I see. So, what have you been doing since school?”
Remus wondered why in Merlin’s name she had chosen to sit
with him of all people. He certainly was not good company and her conversation
was both unwarranted and strained. “Oh, odds and ends. I taught at Hogwarts for
a year. And, of course, up until two months ago, I was working for the Order.”
“I was very sorry to hear that the Order took some pretty
heavy losses.” Her voice rang with sincerity.
“Yeah, me too,” he said before gritting his teeth at the
unwelcome sympathy she’d extended towards him. He had said decidedly more than
he’d ever intended to this stranger. She seemed to have an odd way of getting
him to talk when no one else could. Granted, there weren’t a whole lot of
people left who were interested in trying.
“Well, I work at one of the shops in Diagon Alley and I’m
looking for some help. Do you know anyone who needs a job?”
Remus eyed her carefully. Why was she asking him?
As if she picked up on his thoughts she continued, “It’s
hard to find good help these days. I’ve been posting signs for the last month,
but haven’t gotten any takers. It never hurts to spread the word around, you
Remus nodded absently.
“You wouldn’t happen to be looking for a job now that the
Order is, well, no longer needed I guess, would you?”
Remus laughed humorlessly as she looked a mixture of
desperate and hopeful. “No. I’ve got a funny schedule. I’m sure it wouldn’t
work out.” He finished his Butterbeer one deep swallow. “It’s been nice talking
to you, but I have to be on my way.”
“Perhaps we’ll meet again sometime.”
“Sure,” he said, leaving abruptly. He couldn’t help but
think of the strange people he ran into whenever he stopped at the Leaky
Cauldron. He also couldn’t help but notice the odd tone of her voice with that
last statement; it was if she was hoping she would run into him again.
He shook his head. He was tired and restless, just two more days.
An owl came to his house a couple of weeks later. He
couldn’t fathom who would be calling for him.
Dear Mr. Lupin,
I have, so far, been unsuccessful in finding
a suitable candidate for the job opening I have. I was wondering if you would
be so kind as to meet me for dinner next Friday evening. I have spoken to a
friend of mine at Hogwarts and she thinks you’d be perfect for the job. The
work schedule is quite flexible. If you find that are not interested, perhaps
after hearing me out, you could refer me to another suitable candidate.
I do look forward to meeting you again. I’ll
await your owl.
He read the letter twice. After his last chance meeting with
her, he couldn’t imagine why she’d want to see him again. He was intrigued,
however, by whom she’d spoken with at Hogwarts and why they thought he would be
perfect for the job. Although he’d received the letter on Monday, he didn’t
respond until late Thursday. He’d gone back and forth in his mind as to whether
or not he felt up to having dinner with a friend, much less a complete stranger.
The return owl came early Friday morning.
I have reservations at the Winging Park Inn in
London for 7pm tonight.
See you then,
Remus had no idea what or where the Winging Park Inn was.
Much to his dismay, it turned out to be an upscale restaurant in a hidden wizarding
section on the outskirts of London. Although he had selected his best set of
robes, they were still tattered on the edges and looked very worn. Raiyna, on
the other hand, was wearing crushed velvet burgundy robes and looked absolutely
radiant. They were seated immediately, and one look at the menu told him he was
in the wrong place. He couldn’t afford to dine here alone, much less with a
As if she’d read his mind, she said, “Oh, it’s one of the
great things about owning a business, you know. I have the luxury of taking people
out to dinner on the shop. So, order whatever you like! I hear the
dragon stew with beef medallion is wonderful, although I must admit, I haven’t
had the courage to try it yet.” Her ready smile had an uncanny way of making
him feel at ease. He still didn’t like the atmosphere; much too rich for his
tastes. He’d have much preferred something just slightly above the Leaky
“I think I’ll try the duck basted in meddleberry wine
with a hint of sage myself.”
He checked the menu; the dragon stew was the most expensive
item, with the basted duck falling in step right behind it. He had the feeling
she was ordering on the high end so that he didn’t pick the cheapest thing on
the menu. He settled for a mid-priced item.
Remus was relieved to find that Raiyna had a gift for
speaking since he tended to be a bit quiet to begin with and in the past weeks,
mourning the loss of his friends, he’d become even more reserved. He didn’t
feel all that hungry, but when dinner arrived, the aroma of high quality cooking
“Would you like to try some of mine?” she offered. “It’s
Without waiting for him to answer, she used her wand to
transfer a bit of duck to his plate. Covering his surprise, he followed suit.
“Wonderful,” she muttered, her mouth still full of food.
He had to admit, the food was very good, better than
anything he’d had in ages.
“This is one of my favorite restaurants,” she added after
swallowing her last bite of food. “A bit pricey though, I don’t think I’d eat
out here as much if I couldn’t write it off against the business. But it does
have great food, don’t you think?”
He couldn’t help notice her deep brown eyes. He’d always
been attracted to a person’s eyes––windows to their soul. She seemed open,
honest, sincere. As much as he tried to find an ulterior motive, he could not.
She seemed genuinely interested in getting to know more about him, although
he’d hardly told her anything worthwhile. Yet there was an uneasy feeling settling
in his stomach that he couldn’t quite put his finger on.
“How about we take a walk?” Her voice broke through his
He looked at her inquisitively. What was it about women? Why
couldn’t they just get to the point?
“Well, it just seems a bit stuffy in here, and it’s always
good to take a brisk walk after a meal.”
Reluctantly, he agreed. As he’d never been to this area of London
before, she pointed out many interesting things along the way. Finally, they
settled on a bench overlooking a stream.
“You know,” Remus observed, “you haven’t yet mentioned a
thing about this job you have in mind for me.”
She looked over at him. “Yes, of course, but pleasure before
business, don’t you think?”
He noticed the way her soft brown hair swirled easily over
her shoulders, how the shadows bouncing off her high cheekbones made her face
look even younger. She was very pretty in the dim light of the lamps along the waterfront.
“Perhaps, but I don’t even know what business you work at in Diagon Alley.”
“Oh, you don’t? I’m sorry, I assumed it was obvious,” she blushed,
laughing at herself. “Flourish and Blotts, the bookstore.”
She quickly switched from casual conversation to all
business in a fashion that even Remus found impressive. The parts of the job
she explained in detail sounded rather mundane; the other parts seemed more
intriguing, but she was quite vague about them. When Remus questioned her
further, she would only say things like, “Ahh, trade secrets, I can’t tell you
more unless you come to work for me,” which was always followed by a wink and a
“Here,” she said enthusiastically, “let me show you the
schedule.” She pulled out a long scroll that had boxes for each day of the
year. She tapped it with her wand and some of the boxes turned yellow. About
two consecutive weeks out of every month were highlighted, but the dates
shifted slightly depending on the month. What struck him as most odd was that
the weeks highlighted were always centered around a new moon. There were no
highlighted sections at all one week on either side of a full moon.
“This is quite an odd schedule,” he said, looking at her
She merely gazed back at him and said, “Yes, well, my
brother did keep strange hours come to think of it. Anyway, Emily, as you can
see there,” she said, pointing to the name in the squares, “worked opposite my
brother, and since you’d be replacing him, those are the time slots I am
looking to fill.”
Not looking at her, he uttered, “Why does your brother need
His voice had come out harsher than he intended. He watched
as she bit her lip and looked off into the distance glassy-eyed.
“Are you all right?” he asked, feeling oddly concerned over
her sudden change of mood.
“Oh, yes, sorry,” she replied, looking slightly embarrassed
while blinking rapidly. “My brother died about six weeks ago. I still haven’t
gotten over it,” she glanced at him for a moment. “I’m sure you understand,” her
eyes searched his imploringly. For recognition of the pain and sorrow that
losing someone brings, he assumed. He nodding, understanding her feelings perfectly
He wanted to know more about her brother, but now was not
the time to ask. He looked again at the schedule. In all reality, he was
desperate for work. The Order had paid him a stipend to live off of, but it
wasn’t much. And, considering his situation, he had a great deal of difficulty
“I know it’s not as exciting as teaching, but I really hope
you’ll consider it.”
When he made no move to accept or deny the position, she
added, “Perhaps– perhaps you could just try it, for a couple of months, or
until I can find someone else– if you don’t like the job, that is.”
He looked into those begging brown eyes and found her hard
to refuse. Reluctantly, he agreed. She looked as if she were about to hug him,
but refrained herself at the last minute.
As he left London that evening, he couldn’t help feeling a
sense of foreboding. This had all come on too quickly, and out of nowhere. It
made him rather uncomfortable. He didn’t like when he felt like things were out
of his control. On the other hand, he laughed at himself; when was that last
time he was wined and dined? When was the last time he spent a mostly pleasant
evening with a beautiful woman? She was so unlike other women he’d met; she was
outgoing, brazen, not afraid to state her opinions. She was unique. Something
about her made him feel like he could trust her, but a part of him found her a
bit dangerous, a bit too…. He shook his head; he couldn’t put his finger on it.
As he drifted off to sleep, he dreamed of a woman with dark
brown curly hair. She was sitting across from a dinner companion, laughing. But
it wasn’t a jovial laugh, it was high pitched, more like cackling. As she
shifted, he saw Severus Snape sitting opposite her. Severus was sneering at Lupin
and saying something in his cold, contemptuous voice. The woman pointed
maliciously at Lupin, still laughing wickedly, “So that’s him, is it?”
He snapped awake. It suddenly occurred to him that he had
never asked her whom she had spoken with at Hogwarts. Supposedly, someone
thought he’d be perfect for the job. It must have been a professor, and no professor
there would reveal his secret. No one, except Snape. A wave of dread passed
over him. What if Snape was playing a cruel joke on him? What if this job was
in some way meant to make him suffer? He shook his head. This line of thinking
was ludicrous. He drifted back to sleep with an uneasy feeling settling heavily
on his chest.
An owl arrived the next morning with a large package and a
Thank you for accompanying me to dinner. I had
a thoroughly pleasant evening. I am very excited that you have decided to join
Your start date will be two weeks from this
Monday. Please return the enclosed forms at your earliest convenience.
Remus opened the brown paper package and found two new black
robes with the Flourish and Blotts logo embroidered on them. He couldn’t
remember the last time he had new robes.
He sat down at the table to fill out the forms. The last
time he’d filled out an official application was when he taught at Hogwarts. He
suddenly realized that things had changed––drastically––thanks to the Dangerous
Creatures Act that that evil Umbridge woman had put through. He tore up the
application form and shook his head, furious at the injustice of it all.
Carefully, he wrapped back up the robes, wrote a short note that he would need
to respectfully decline her generous offer, and sent them back.
Two days later, the owl was back on his windowsill carrying
a very similar package and another note.
My owl must have gotten lost, he returned
yesterday with the robes I had sent for you. I apologize for the delay. I have
taken the liberty of filling out part of your forms for you. I look very forward
to seeing you two weeks from today.
He set the package aside and looked at the forms. His name had
been filled in at the top. About half way down the page, he saw her handwriting
again. He looked at it with a mix of shock and horror. The section labeled
“Dangerous Creatures,” which had a statement below detailing the new statutes
of the Ministry of Magic, was crossed out and instead she had written in “Medical Conditions.” In the box attached, she had
Registry #158”. In the “Restrictions” section, she had noted the
one week off prior to and one week off following the full moon for rest and
Below that was a section with a disclaimer stating, “If the above listed
restrictions are strictly followed, this individual is” followed by a
SAFE/UNSAFE checkbox and associated statements such as “to be around other
people, to be around children, to be around other animals, etc.” Next to all of
those statements, she had checked the SAFE box.
He placed the application on the table, his hands still
shaking. How long had she known? Why hadn’t she told him? He felt anger rising
inside of him as if he’d been tricked. But the more rational side of him said, she’s
just trying to help. That didn’t feel much better though, he didn’t need her
pity. He left the room, ignoring the wrapped parcel. Five more days, he thought
He didn’t respond to the application, but he hadn’t sent
back the parcel either. He wasn’t sure what he was waiting for. It was Thursday
night, the moon was waxing. He was getting restless and edgy. Waiting was the
hardest part. He just wanted it to be over with. One more day.
Friday night at dusk, he prowled the house. His skin felt
like it was crawling. He hated the intense feeling of unease, apprehension, and
anxiety that preceded his transformations. He had taken the Wolfsbane Potion and
was pacing his living room. He’d put an Imperturbable Charm on the house so no
one could hear the wolf. He locked and charmed the doors so that he couldn’t
get out, should the urge come over him. As his skin started to prickle more
intensely, he took off his robes. Soon, it would all be over and he would be
human again for another month. Soon, but not soon enough.
Saturday dawned and he was exhausted. The pain in his limbs
kept him from sleeping. He knew he should eat, but he couldn’t bring himself to
get off the couch. He was feeling sick and shaky. He dozed on and off
throughout the day. As evening dawned, he heard a knock at the door. He
hesitated, he wasn’t expecting anyone. He couldn’t imagine who it could be. Grudgingly,
he dragged his body off the couch, pulled on his robes, and stumbled to the
door. He unlocked it, and, taking a deep breath, leaned heavily against the
wall as he opened the door.
She stood in the bright light of the waning moon.
A wave of anger came over him before he knew what hit him. “What
are you doing here!” he demanded “This is not a good time!”
“I know exactly what time it is,” she said steadily, a mixture
of fear and determination resonating in her voice.
His legs weakened and he was overcome by exhaustion.
“Come now, you need to lie down.” She put her arm around him
and helped him to the couch.
He lay there and tried to steady his breath and stem the
tide of nausea sweeping over him. Even with the Wolfsbane Potion,
transformations were not getting any easier with age. He watched wearily as she
took off her cloak and opened the brown sack she was carrying. He was too weak and
too sick to argue with her.
She pulled out a small cauldron full of brown liquid and
with a swish of her wand, it was bubbling softly. She propped him up slightly
on pillows and, with a spoon full of the bubbling stew, she said encouragingly,
“Here, try some, it will make you feel better.”
He looked over at her, his eyes half open. She was kneeling
next to him.
“Go on, you’ll feel better, I promise.”
For all he knew, she was poisoning him. Suddenly that didn’t
sound so bad. He obliged. It didn’t taste half bad, actually, and after several
more spoonfuls, he felt his body regaining some of its strength. She helped him
to sit up and then sat on the couch next to him, pouring him a glass of yellow
“Here, this will help too.”
He swallowed as much of the juice as he dared and leaned
back, laying his head against the wall. Gradually, he felt the exhaustion beginning
“I’m sorry to come so unexpectedly,” she said. “But, well, I
didn’t hear back from you. I thought you might be upset. I was hoping after you
saw the schedule that first night you’d just accept my offer.” Averting her
eyes, she said with such honesty he thought he sensed regret, “I’d forgotten
about the forms.” He followed her gaze to the threadbare rug on the floor which
was still littered with gray fur.
“How long have you known?” he asked, his voice hoarse, as he
sipped some more of the bright yellow liquid.
“Since I first saw you in the Leaky Cauldron, but I didn’t
realize it at the time.”
He practically choked on his drink at her surprising
“Something about you reminded me of my brother. It wasn’t
until I got home that night that it dawned on me,” she said, offering him a
“Your brother?” he inquired.
“Ben, yes, of course. He was a werewolf too. That’s how I
knew. You reminded me so much of him; that tired look in your eyes, the
edginess, the lack of trust for your fellow man.” She sighed, looking away
briefly before continuing. “I looked you up on the registry the next morning.
You know, not many people would want to work that strange of a schedule. They
want more regular hours. Ben was a big help, I was desperate to replace him––with
the right person of course. And then I saw you. I knew your admirable work with
the Order had finished. I’d read about all you’d done in the Daily Prophet.
And Professor McGonagall, well you must know she thinks very highly of you. It
seemed like the perfect fit. And there’s more to the job then I’ve told you, as
I’m sure you’ve guessed.”
Remus looked at her with curiosity but didn’t comment.
“I just thought, well, maybe it was presumptuous of me, but
I thought you’d feel more comfortable if you thought I didn’t know, if
you were the one to tell me. I know about the stupid prejudices people have,
they just don’t understand. My brother was a wonderful man, and he suffered
because of other peoples’ ignorance.”
Remus saw the fear of his reprisal in her eyes as she waited
for him to respond. Indeed, he was feeling bitter about being led astray,
as if he was too naïve to see she had ulterior motives. Feeling emboldened by
this, he watched her intently as he said, “Tell me about your brother.” He
sensed her reluctance but he was not willing to relent.
She bit her lower lip, dread spreading across her face. She
closed her eyes momentarily and swallowed. “Well, I guess I’ll start from the
beginning. Ben was six years older than I. After his last year at Hogwarts, we
went on a family trip to Brazil. My parents were back at the camp, and Ben and
I had ventured off into the rain forest in the late afternoon. My aunt has a
knack for making potions and home remedies and we were off searching for unique
plants for her. We were pretty deep in the forest when the sun started to set.
We headed back for camp, but in the waning sunlight, we got lost. The moon was
very bright, though, and as we were nearing the clearing, we heard a strange noise––like
a dog growling. I had no idea what it was. Ben saw it first, its golden eyes
glowing eerily at us. The next thing I knew, it was lunging at me,” she sighed,
“but Ben knew what it was, and he sacrificed himself instead. He dove at it
just in time, and knocked it to the ground. He screamed for me to run for help.
I didn’t want to leave him, but I didn’t know what else to do.” She paused, shaking
her head, remembering. “He got tore up pretty badly. Of course, they patched
him up at the wizarding hospital down there, but, as I’m sure you know, the
worst was yet to come.” She gazed at a shabby tapestry hanging across the room
and noticed the claw marks and the pulled out threads. Tears filled her eyes.
“The next several years were very difficult. We had to learn
as a family how to help Ben, how to protect him and protect ourselves. Wolfsbane
Potion was just coming out then, and my aunt got a hold of it as soon as it was
available. She was the most appalled at how Ben was treated by outsiders. The
rest of us were all so busy trying to figure out how to live our lives that we
hadn’t had much time to notice. Although my brother had always wanted to be a
healer, after my aunt in a fashion, his condition made that
unattainable, so he started working at the family bookstore. The staff noticed
his strange work schedule, but my father and uncle just said he had another job
elsewhere. When my father and uncle finally passed away, I took over the
management of the business while my brother, and another woman, Emily, who
you’ll meet, ran the front end. It worked quite well for several years.”
Remus nodded, listening intently.
“Then, about two years ago, my brother started getting restless.
Physically, he was feeling better than he’d ever felt––with my aunt’s remedies
and all. But emotionally, and spiritually, he was feeling rather stuck, I
guess. I think deep down he really wanted a family of his own––a wife and kids––but
he would never let himself get close to anyone. It broke my heart. Anyway, the
last couple of months he seemed to be really down. When I’d ask him about it,
he’d say he was tired, or that the transformations were really taxing on his
body. I’d told him to talk to Aunt Ameranda about it, and he promised me he
would, but I don’t think he ever did.” She barely paused to catch her breath.
The worst was yet to come and she wanted to get through it as quickly as
possible. She sighed heavily and continued.
“I usually made Ben a good dinner the afternoon before a
full moon so that he was well nourished for his transformation. But it was end
of the month inventory and he told me not to worry about it. I sent food to him
by owl instead,” she shook her head, trembling. “He never ate it. The next
morning I went early to check on him, but––”
Remus watched as the tears in her eyes threatened to spill
onto her cheeks. She seemed a million miles away, as if reliving what she was
telling him. Remus moved closer to her on the couch and rubbed her shoulder softly.
“But he’d already gone,” she stifled a sob, and continued,
clearing her throat, her voice creaking. “Everyone thought it was so tragic: his
body finally gave out, it just couldn’t take it anymore. But I really don’t
think that was it. Not that it’s easy on a body, mind you I know, but I think
his spirit is what gave out. I think he mixed something in with the Wolfsbane Potion
so that he wouldn’t have to wake up again.”
Can’t say as I haven’t thought about doing that myself a
time or two, Remus thought to himself.
Tears started to trickle down her face. Almost as an
afterthought, she added, “I found a note he’d left for me in his writing desk.
It was dated two years prior, but I’m not really sure if it was that old, or if
he’d just put that date on it so I wouldn’t know he’d had a hand in his own
Remus pulled her into his arms. All the anger he’d felt
toward her had long since drained away. She sobbed softly into his chest. He
held her firmly as her body shook against his. He felt bad for asking her, as
if he was intruding in some private place he didn’t belong.
When she finally straightened up, she said, “So, that was
Ben. Great man, he was. I miss him,” she sniffed, wiping her tears away. She refilled
his glass with yellow liquid. “Drink some more, it’s good for you.”
After a long pause, Remus asked, “What is it anyway?”
“My aunt makes it, it’s called Lemon-AID, get it? Nevermind,
it’s a Muggle joke. It’s an energizing drink. The brown stew, that’s called
Rejuvenate. It took her many years to perfect the recipe, but now she sells it
as the Morning After Rejuvenation Stew. It helps the recovery process after
She said this all so matter-of-factly that Remus had to
laugh. “You do know your werewolves, don’t you?”
“I have one more thing for you,” she said, a little more
timidly. “These drops are chocolate flavored. They help balance out your energy
and moods throughout the month. My brother swore by them.”
Remus could Raiyna struggle to hold back her emotions.
“My aunt always gives the first month free so her customers
can try them and see what they think.” Her eyes darted around nervously. He
could see the worry on her face. He laughed to himself. She’d practically burst
into his home uninvited, took care of him, told him her life story, and now she
was worried she’d gone too far?
Just then, their eyes met. He felt something warm rising
inside of him. He hadn’t realized how close she was. He could smell her soft,
feminine scent and felt his heart beat a little faster. The mutual gazed
lingered awkwardly for a moment longer before she glanced away.
“Have you tried on the robes yet?” she said, shifting
backwards to put some distance between them.
“Ah, no, I–– I haven’t unwrapped them yet.”
“Well, I think they will fit okay. They were my brothers. I
had them freshly laundered of course before I sent them to you. I thought you
could use them while you decided if you liked the job.”
He noticed that whenever she mentioned her brother, something
dark flickered behind her eyes as she receded into what he could only imagine
was a well of loneliness. He knew the feeling.
“Listen, you need to get some sleep. Is there anything I can
do for you before I go?”
Remus studied her closely, intrigued by what he saw. “You’ve
been very kind, thank you. I can’t think of anything else.”
“Alright, get some rest then?”
“And I will see you at work then the Monday after next?”
He noticed that she was holding her breath. “I’ll be there.”
“Great! Well, I’ll see you soon then.”
Remus started to get up, but she put a hand on his shoulder,
“Don’t be silly. I can see myself out. Take care of yourself, Remus. Good
Her heart was pounding as she
ran down the stairs. She was late for class, again. If she hurried, she could
make it before the professor finished role call. But she missed the last stair
and lunged forward, landing on her hands and knees as her books and parchment
scattered across the floor. “Ouch!” she cried, rubbing her painfully throbbing
wrist. She shook her head at her own stupidity; the only good thing was that
everyone else was in class so no one saw her fall.
“Here, let me help you.” The
warm voice came out of nowhere.
She whipped her head around
and saw him hurrying towards her. Her breath caught in her chest––oh no, not
him, not now. I look so stupid! But he took her gently by the arm and helped
her to her feet. She couldn’t help but notice those eyes; those gray eyes made
him look so mysterious, so alluring. She’d never been this close to him before,
never felt the warmth of his smile spread over her. She was smiling back like
an idiot; she couldn’t help herself. It was as if she was caught in a trance.
“I’m Remus, Remus Lupin. It’s
nice to meet you.” He offered her his hand, but when she didn’t take it, he
said, “Oh, of course,” withdrawing his hand as he looked down at the way she
was holding her wrist. “And you are?”
“Oh, sorry! I’m Raiyna Blotts.”
Blotts, what an awful name. Hi, I’m a big, fat ink blot.
But he just smiled and nodded.
“It’s nice to meet you Raiyna.”
Ooh, his voice made her feel
weak in the knees.
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Inspired klutzy_girl's fall tv schedule, i made mine as well, includes new shows that I will watch the pilots before deciding, midseason shows and old favorites. Since have given up on House and Chuck last season and cable shows not included, my shows totalled to 23! Good thing I have unlimited bandwith!
The Playboy Club (new)
Gossip Girl (Dair scenes only)
Hart of Dixie (new)
Alcatraz (new, midseason)
New Girl (new, midseason)
The Vampire Diaries
The Secret Circle (new)
A Gifted Man (new)
Once Upon a Time (new)
The Good Wife
The Firm (new)
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Knowing my history over holiday planning, the most events i get too excited about don't push through, I hope this is not the case this time.
I noted to self, come rain or freezing temperature, I'm gonna visit the Stonehenge damnit!
I feel like Gloating because Jack & Kate are ENDGAME!
I guess I get 2 couples so far this season, JATE and HUDDY.
I used to watch my shows like Dawson's Creek spoiler free, like it didn't even occur to me that spoilers exist,
I had to watch to find out that Joey picks Pacey...I had to even follow the show to know there was gonna be a Joey-Pacey hook up.
Were those better days? I mean now I can't even imagine myself being spoiler-free.
I moved to another country, living away from my family and friends, fortunately I'm adjusting quite well and have made new friends.
Ships have come and gone...well I never really jumped any ships but some may have been put to the back burner than others. New infatuations, Alex Skarsgard and slow burn love, Chris Evans (watched him in other movies before but I've never been so attracted to him until I'd seen The Loss of the Teardrop diamond) and fangirlish squeals over Spock/Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine (yeah, was never into the fandom until the reboot movie)
Having a fine summer so far, it has been warm and sunny this week but who knows, it might rain the next. Northern Ireland is unpredictable like that.
I had to leave all my dvd, books and beloved shoes behind, but I'm trying to start a new collection here. Thank god for free shipping which I never had full advantage before. I now get to experience to work for my own wages and splurging on what else? dvd, books and shoes! Plus I had to buy new sunglasses (Dior) because I never expected to experience sunlight, the cost hurt me quite a bit, but a girl can never overindulge herself right?
Having to go to the university is quite a drag..well not really because I get to enjoy spending time with my new found friends, I just hate the homework part of it. Anyway, nice catching up, almost midnight here and I have to wake up early tomorrow for work...3 straight 12-hour work days again! arrrggg...
Derek and Addison's interactions were full of chemistry and it was nice to see the old 'gang' consisting of Derek, Addie, Nay, Sam, Mark and Archer...
It was great listening to their old stories and how Derek even wrote a song for Addison.
I used to ship MerDer back in Season 1 but now I don't watch GA anymore, I only tune in to Private Practice now
but I must say I would want to watch a show with the old power couple and the gang.
They should make crossovers more often.
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Galvan Honored as Track Athlete of the Year
by Jesse Mitchell
November 16, 2011
Wheaton High School senior Bubba Galvan was recently honored as the Class 1 Track and Field Athlete of the Year by the Southwest Cross Country Coaches Association (SWCCCA). The association recognizes athletes in both cross country and track and field in the southwest portion of the state. Bubba received the Aldo Sebben Award for winning the long jump, triple jump, 110 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles at the Missouri State Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City in May. He was recognized during the SWCCCA cross country meet at Nixa. Aldo Sebben was a longtime coach at Southwest Missouri State University ( now Missouri State University) in Springfield.
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WWF applauds Hillary Clinton's call to stop wildlife crime
“Over the past few years wildlife trafficking has become more organized, more lucrative, more widespread, and more dangerous than ever before,” Secretary Clinton said. “We are increasingly seeing wildlife trafficking has serious implications for the security and prosperity of people around the world.”
Clinton added that illicit wildlife trafficking is “is a global issue, and it calls, therefore, for a concerted global response.”
“This is a global challenge that spans continents and crosses oceans, and we need to address it with partnerships that are as robust and far-reaching as the criminal networks we seek to dismantle.”
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“We have good reason to believe that rebel militias are players in a worldwide ivory market worth millions and millions of dollars a year," Secretary Clinton said.
She was speaking at a State Department event on Wildlife Trafficking and Conservation: A Call to Action that brought together foreign ambassadors, including from Kenya and Indonesia, and leaders from international organizations, non-governmental conservation organizations and the private sector.
TRAFFIC and WWF wildlife trade expert Crawford Allan spoke at the event, saying that transnational organized crime has moved into many aspects of the illicit trade in wildlife. The scale, seriousness and links to the security agenda are evident now in wildlife trafficking particularly in elephant ivory and rhino horn, Allan said.
“There is no single magic bullet, but we know what needs to be done,” Allan said. He spoke of the need to bolster existing efforts on the ground, while introducing innovative approaches such as aerial surveillance systems and coordinated intelligence efforts and analytics – all of which will send a powerful message across the trade chain from source to consumer.
“Secretary Clinton’s engagement on this issue provides the high-level political will we need to elevate the seriousness of addressing wildlife crime,” added Allan.
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Der! Two circs
. Well, I was posting late at night. At least I wasn't trying to knit -
. Thanks for catching that. I was tempted to go back and edit it and ask why you were confused, but I'm not that mean
I just remembered that I didn't get Addis because they are different millimeters than US1 - I had already gotten gauge on US1 dpns
, so that's why I went and got the Susan Bates US1 circs
. If I were to use Addi US1, my socks could be about 0.75 inches larger. Tho in retrospect, this might not be a bad thing for Jaywalkers! I think I need to get any circ with a flexy cord, Inox express would probably be the most affordable unless I go with an eBay Addi seller.
Afterthought heel! I've been wanting to try one. I'll have to read up and see if I want to try it on these. I know what you mean about the boring part - it seems like the legs take the longest! I guess I was thinking toe-up would be good for limited yardage. Maybe they would also be good for lace-pattern or fairisle socks?
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(This article was originally published at Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science, and syndicated at StatsBlogs.)
Theodore Vasiloudis writes:
I came upon this article by Laura Hamilton, an assistant professor in the University of California at Merced, that claims that “The more money that parents provide for higher education, the lower the grades their children earn.”
I can’t help but feel that there something wrong with the basis of the study or a confounding factor causing this apparent correlation, and since you often comment on studies on your blog I thought you might find this study interesting.
My reply: I have to admit that the description above made me suspicious of the study before I even looked at it. On first thought, I’d expect the effect of parent’s financial contributions to be positive (as they free the student from the need to get a job during college), but not negative. Hamilton argues that “parental investments create a disincentive for student achievement,” which may be—but I’m generally suspicious of arguments in which the rebound is bigger than the main effect.
So I clicked through to the study and indeed found a problem, and it’s the one you might expect if you follow this sort of thing. Hamilton regresses college grades on the amount parents spent on college, and finds a negative correlation: more parental spending is associated with lower grades.
The problem I’m worrying about is selection, what is sometimes called “survivorship bias.” If you’re not doing so well in college but it’s being paid for, you might stay. But if you’re paying for it yourself, you might just quit. This would induce the negative correlation in the data, but not at all through the causal story that Hamilton is telling, that students who are parentally-supported “dial down their academic efforts.” Couldn’t it just be that these students are working as hard as they ever would, they’re just more likely to stay in school?
To say it another way: it seems completely plausible to me that (a) there could be a negative correlation between parental support and student grades, conditional on students being in college, but (b) paying more of your college student’s tuition would not (on average) lower his or her grades.
Yes, Hamilton runs an analysis controlling for students’ college admissions test scores, but (a) admissions test scores don’t tell the whole story about students’ abilities and readiness for college, and (b) she also controls for post-treatment variables such as student’s major, full-time status, and—amazingly—whether the student is employed during school. You shouldn’t control for these things! You really really shouldn’t control for whether a student is working during school, if you’re trying to estimate the effect of parental support.
Hamilton also performs an analysis on a different dataset including within-student comparisons when student aid varied over time. This is fine but it has the same problem that it doesn’t seem that students get counted after they drop out. Again, an observed correlation does not necessarily correspond to a causal effect—and I don’t say this in a vague “correlation does not equal causation” sense but more specifically that there’s a clear selection problem going on here (as well as a comparison conditional on intermediate outcomes). Hamilton writes, “These results provide strong evidence that selectivity processes are not driving the negative relationship between parental aid and GPA,” but I don’t see it.
As a side note, I’m slightly bothered by this graph from the paper:
I mean, sure, a graph is better than a table full of numbers such as “-11.503***,” but . . . are there really many families making $5,000 or $15,000 a year and giving their kids $40,000 to pay for college? I guess it’s possible but it seems unlikely to me. A footnote says, “The funds needed to provide parental aid can come from a variety of sources . . . Parents may thus offer funds that exceed income earned in a given year.” Still, I can’t imagine it happens that often. And, when it does, I’d expect the impact on the student to be different from funds supplied by a richer family. I can’t imagine it feels so much like free money to a student if parents are paying more for college than they (the parents) make in a year. So, to the extent the graph makes sense and even if I were to believe the author’s data analysis and theoretical model, I wouldn’t believe the model would hold in this case.
I’m surprised the reviewers for the American Sociological Review didn’t catch these problems, which are pretty standard issues in causal inference: survivorship bias and controlling for intermediate variables. Or maybe they wanted to publish the paper because it represents empirical work—even if flawed—on an important topic.
Or maybe there’s something I’m missing. That’s certainly possible—it happens all the time!—and I’d be happy to be corrected on any of my points above.
P.P.S. More from Joseph Delaney.
Please comment on the article here: Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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S&P Rts Jacor Communications' $150M Sr Sub Nts B,Bank Ln BB-.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard & Poor's CreditWire 7/11/97 -- Standard & Poor's today has assigned its single-'B' rating to Jacor Communications Co.'s $150 million 8 3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2007, guaranteed by Jacor Communications Inc.
Additionally, Standard & Poor's has assigned its double-'B'-minus bank loan rating to Jacor Communication Co.'s $750 million bank facility.
Parent company, Jacor Communications Inc.'s double-'B'-minus corporate credit rating has been affirmed.
Jacor Communications' ratings reflect the company's growing operating strength in the radio broadcast industry, as the company has aggressively purchased new stations throughout 1996 and 1997. Upon the closing of pending acquisitions, the company will be the third largest radio group in terms of revenue and will own or operate 153 radio stations in 32 markets, as well as a single television station. A portion of the proceeds from the debt issue will be used to repay some of the existing bank debt, although Standard & Poor's expects the company to continue using its bank line to fund station acquisitions. Another source of flexibility is the ability to trade stations or make market swaps, such as the recent trade of four Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. stations for six Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. stations with American Radio Systems.
While acquisitions have improved the company's operating position significantly, Standard & Poor's does not expect meaningful improvement in the Jacor Communications' financial position as long as acquisitions remain a priority. Standard & Poor's expects operating cash flow Operating cash flow
Earnings before depreciation minus taxes. Measures the cash generated from operations, not counting capital spending or working capital requirements. to total interest expense to remain between 2.0 times (x) and 2.5x over the next few years. Total debt, including the LYONs, to cash flow also is expected to improve, but remain above 5.0x for the same period. In addition, many newly acquired stations have limited cash flow, which lowers the company's overall operating cash flow margins to only around 29%.
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You might hear someone say that the downside on stock XYZ is $10. What that means is that the stock could fall by this amount if things got bad. scenario. Standard & Poor's expects the company to continue aggressively using bank debt for acquisitions and there is the potential for an increase in the size of the facility. While there is sufficient bank debt availability for the company to make sizeable purchases, large debt-financed acquisitions have led to lower ratings for other broadcasters dependent on debt financing Debt Financing
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2. acquisitions, which may lead to the need for additional capital. -- CreditWire
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Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing.
No experience is necessary for adult and teen volunteers to help with construction, carpentry, plumbing, painting and other activities.
Volunteers also may help with non-construction activities such as family selection, family nurturing, fundraising, public relations and planning.
The organization accepts monetary contributions and in-kind gifts of materials to build homes. Agency chapters need help in Dickinson, Friendswood and Pasadena.
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From “Astro Turf” to “Terrorists”?
WASHINGTON, D.C.— As reported by POLITICO on Monday, Vice-President Joe Biden behind closed doors described tea party Republicans as having acted like “terrorists.” Biden later told CBS News, “I did not use the terrorism word.”
In any case, the Obama administration has held the tea party movement in utter contempt since its inception, as shown by this timeline of White House statements dating from mid-April 2009:
Apr. 14, 2009: Asked about the Tax Day “tea parties” being held the following day (attended by hundreds of thousands of people across the country) White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: “I don't know if the President is aware of the events.”
Apr. 19, 2009: Asked about the April 15 tea parties on Face the Nation, Obama senior advisor David Axelrod said: “I think any time you have severe economic conditions there is always an element of disaffection that can mutate into something that's unhealthy”
Apr. 29, 2009: Speaking at a town hall meeting in St. Louis, Obama directly addressed tea party attendees: "Those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security…But let's not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act."
Aug. 4, 2009: Asked by reporters about the growing concern expressed by town hall attendees, Gibbs said: “I hope people will take a jaundiced eye to what is clearly the Astro Turf nature of so-called grassroots lobbying”. Questioned further, Gibbs said: “This is manufactured anger”
Sept. 13, 2009: During an interview on Face the Nation, when asked what his message was to those at the previous day’s rallies, Axelrod said: “My message to them is they’re wrong”
Americans for Tax Reform is a non-partisan coalition of taxpayers and taxpayer groups who oppose all tax increases. For more information or to arrange an interview please contact John Kartch at (202) 785-0266 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Two state lawmakers who represent parts of Arlington have proposed a gun safety legislation package in the Virginia General Assembly.
State Sen. Adam Ebbin and Del. Patrick Hope, both Democrats, introduced bills that would close the so-called “gun show loophole,” require universal background checks on gun purchases, require gun owners to report stolen firearms, and restrict weapon sales to the mentally ill. To drive home the point, the lawmakers recorded two videos (above and below, after the jump) showing them buying a handgun without a background check and buying a high-capacity magazine at a recent gun show in Chantilly, Va.
The legislation was introduced Wednesday, a day before President Obama proposed legislation to require universal background checks, ban high capacity magazines, and ban assault-style weapons.
The gun control bills face an uphill battle in the Republican-controled state legislature; Hope and Ebbin called on Virginia residents to contact their legislators in support of the legislation.
From a press release:
Virginia State Senator Adam P. Ebbin (D-Alexandria) and Delegate Patrick A. Hope (D-Arlington) have introduced a package of gun safety legislation to require universal background checks on prospective firearms purchasers (SB 1232 / HB 2025), close the gun show loophole, and tighten restrictions on the sale of weapons to the mentally ill (SB 1109 / HB 2221).
SB 1109 and HB 2221 would make it a Class 6 felony to sell firearms to persons found mentally incapacitated or who have been involuntarily admitted.
Ebbin also introduced legislation to require the reporting of lost or stolen firearms (SB 965) and to outlaw firearms in legislative buildings (SB 1012).
“We easily purchased a handgun at a Virginia gun show, without undergoing a background check. Sadly, nearly 40% of all gun sales are conducted without a background check. In the interest of community safety, it’s not too much to ask for responsible gun purchasers to undergo a background check to screen for criminal history or history of serious mental illness,” the two wrote in a joint statement.
The lawmakers discussed their visit to a gun show in a January 15th news conference at the Virginia Capitol. Hope showed the High Standard Sentinel Revolver he bought for $175; because he purchased the gun from a private dealer, he did not have to undergo a background check to screen for a criminal record. “Today, a felon with a violent past can walk into a gun show or go on the Internet and buy any gun with no questions asked,” Hope said. “A law we could pass today, requiring universal background checks for all gun sales, would have an almost immediate impact on gun safety. No responsible gun owner is afraid of a background check.”
Displaying a 30-round ammunition magazine he purchased for $20, Ebbin said, “Buying a 30-round magazine should not be as easy as buying a candy bar.” He noted that a 30-round magazine was used in the recent Newtown, Connecticut tragedy that left 26 dead.
Citing the need to pass SB 965, Ebbin said, “When a gun is stolen, a deadly weapon is in criminal hands—a combination we all want to avoid. Reporting lost or stolen guns can help police avert a tragedy.”
Hope and Ebbin called on Virginians to contact their legislators in support of the gun safety legislation.
Clothes have a starring role at the Cannes Film Festival. (Photos)
This cutie needs a new home. She's WTOP's Pet of the Week.
French universities could say goodbye to this language in class.
WTOP takes an all-electric motorcycle for a test drive. (Video)
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Some of the news from around the Island this week.
A resolution to refinance $24 million in municipal bonds failed Tuesday, drawing sharp criticism from members of the Democratic majority toward minority party members of the board who requested more time for review.
Sponsored by , the resolution called for refinancing of bonds issued from 2002-05 at lower interest rates.
Hagedorn meeting room was nearly packed to capacity Wednesday afternoon for a panel discussion on social media, and community.
The event brought a lively discussion, almost immediately.
"I enjoyed the panel because it turned into a real conversation between the panelists and the audience, just like social media should be a real conversation between various parties," said Beth Granger, one of the panelists, who is a board member of Social Media Club of Long Island.
Through a peer-to-peer lending site, brothers/owners Dan and Dave Morris raised money from more than 100 people in early 2010 to JimmyJacks' doors. Just two years later, the pair announced that they have closed them for the last time.
The Bedford Avenue burger joint made the announcement on their Facebook page Tuesday night.
For the second consecutive year, a Long Beach High School team took home a grand prize in the International Sustainable World (Engineering, Energy and Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP), held in Houston, Texas May 3-6.
Competing against more than 450 top projects from 40 states and 68 countries around the world, earned a gold medal in the Environmental category and went on to capture the coveted Grand Award in that category.
Mineola is always proud of the amount of Portuguese heritage that it has within its village boundaries as well as the contributions made by residents of that background, adding a and to that of the larger community.
On June 9, coinciding with Portugal Day (actually June 10), Manuel Carvalho, owner of will be holding an an outdoor Portuguese Cultural Festival for residents from noon to 10 p.m.
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UPDATED, SUNDAY MORNING, 8:45 am ET
SATURDAY NIGHT 10:30 pm ET WITH SOME SUNDAY NFL PROGRAMMING NOTES:
With Saturday’s sad news on the passing of Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, ESPN’s news operation responds.
This obituary on Davis was the first of what will be a steady stream of content related to the face of the Raiders organization. ESPN.com’s AFC West blogger Bill Williamson was one of the first reporters to file a tribute.
• Chris Berman’s video tribute is running across ESPN platforms, as are insights from analysts Tom Jackson and Matt Millen. Expect additional commentary from John Clayton, Chris Mortensen. ESPN’s Raiders and Al Davis-connected talent includes: Bill Parcells, Eric Allen, Jerry Rice, Jon Gruden, Jon Ritchie, Matt Stinchcomb and Millen.
• Ritchie, a former Raiders fullback, discusses his former boss.
• Expect a late-day Saturday package with both Mortensen and Gruden, from Detroit where they are for Monday night’s game (Bears-Lions).
• The 8 a.m. (ET) Sunday SportsCenter featured a Bob Ley phone interview with former ESPN colleague Paul Maguire who played for Davis at The Citadel and remained close with him over the years. “There was never a time when I would call him that I wouldn’t hear back within ten minutes,” Maguire said. Also joining Ley on Sunday morning was Hank Goldberg in his regular picks appearance. Hammerin’ Hank also shared an anecdote about Davis regarding his generosity and kindness, something he saw firsthand over dinner with Davis and Jimmy the Greek many years ago. [Hank picked the Raiders as an 'upset special,' citing the emotional day it will be for the team at Houston.]
• The 30for30 film “Straight Outta LA” – a tribute to Al Davis and Raider Nation – was scheduled to air at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Film was directed by Ice Cube.
• Extensive ESPN.com coverage here (see coverage box on right at link), including quotes/tweets from throughout the sports world and pop culture. Also reflections from Jerry Jones through ESPNDallas.com’s Todd Archer. Chuck Klosterman offers his perspective on Davis for Grantland. Also check ESPN Los Angeles for additional coverage.
• NFL Sunday Countdown will feature discussion of Davis with the regular Countdown crew and will also include Jerry Rice and Steve Young, longtime Raiders rivals.
• Every NFL contest on Sunday will feature a pre-game moment of silence in honor of Davis.
* Statement from George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN and ABC Sports: “Al Davis was a driving force in pro football both on and off the field for decades. He leaves an indelible legacy and a legion of loyal players, coaches and fans.”
• Statement from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: “Al Davis’s passion for football and his influence on the game were extraordinary. He defined the Raiders and contributed to pro football at every level. The respect he commanded was evident in the way that people listened carefully every time he spoke. He is a true legend of the game whose impact and legacy will forever be part of the NFL.”
• Longtime ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Bermanon Al Davis: ”We wouldn’t enjoy pro football the way it is today without Al Davis. He was a visionary, but above all, he was a man who loved the game of football. You could see it every time you saw him at a Raiders game or even heard him speak. You always knew what Al Davis and the Silver and Black stood for.” [NOTE: Chris promises to share a good anecdote about the first time he met Al Davis on NFL Countdown Sunday morning on ESPN.]
• Keep up with ESPN’s social media coverage after the JUMP as we Storify tweets and posts from our talent.
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What is Sleep Hygiene?
What is Sleep Hygiene
Sleep Hygiene = Healthy Sleep Habits
Healthy sleep habits:
How you sleep is very dependent on your routine. You train yourself to go to bed or to wake up at a certain time. All the elements of your sleep routine effect how well you sleep.
Our sleep patterns are easily changed. Our emotional state and our physical environment impacts on our ability to fall asleep and stay asleep.
Sleep is very sensitive to conditioning and so it is essential to break bad habits and establish new ones.
Learn Good Sleep Habits by following this simple advice:
During the Day
Exercise during the day; limit your caffeine and alcohol consumption; especially in the evening. Don’t Nap!
Your goal is to change your state of alertness. You need to calm your mind and body.
Imagine an airplane that is descending. As it comes in it changes altitude. You need to do the same thing; become less alert and more relaxed.
Stop doing things which are agitating, frustrating or exciting.
Low lights, lying down, and relaxing activities, such as reading, watching unstimulating television, or listening to soothing music are suggested for the hour before bed.
Only lie in your bed when you are going to go to sleep. In this way you are conditioning your mind and body to associate.
Which means that your bedroom should not be your office or your workroom.
Bedrooms should be dark (as in, low light), relatively cool (because lower body temperature helps sleep) and quiet. Your bedroom should be your retreat; a place to go when you want to let go of the day.
Bedroom = Relaxation
To create good sleep habits, it is best to be as consistent as possible. Try to go to sleep around the same time each night, and wake up around the same time each day.
How many hours should I sleep?
The easiest way to know is to get as much sleep as possible during the week. Then on the weekend, allow your self to sleep as late as you like. How many hours did you sleep? That is the optimal amount for your body. You can try this a few times in order to see how many hours you need to feel alert and refreshed.
When do I “take something” to fall asleep?
There are many sleep aids to consider. In the article entitled Understanding Sleep Problems I explained the use of medicines prescribed by doctors. However, some people prefer to use remedies, natural supplements and/or foods to improve sleep.
Exactly when you decide to use a sleep aid to go to sleep depends on you. However, it is a good idea to use something for two weeks, just to break your old bad habits. If you are sleeping well, follow the suggestions given earlier. Once you have good sleep hygiene you can slowly stop taking the sleep aid and continue to get a good night’s sleep.
What is a “Sleep Aid?”
The most old-fashioned tried and true sleep aid is milk. Milk, like whole grains, lentils, chickpeas, peanuts, eggs, sunflower and sesame seeds, have tryptophan, which is an amino acid that occurs naturally in our body. It makes us sleepy.
Melatonin is a hormone that occurs naturally in all of us, and it controls our circadian rhythm. Basically, it helps us sleep. You can buy Melatonin in health food stores or in your pharmacy without a prescription. Usually you take melatonin about two hours before going to sleep; and then you need to allow yourself to relax. Melatonin is also used to counteract the effects of jet-lag.
Over-the-counter sleep aids are also available at your pharmacy.
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LED (light emitting diode) light bulbs are a super energy-efficient light bulb type that is gaining popularity throughout the world as an excellent choice in energy-efficient lighting.
LED bulbs are great for many reasons, including:
- High efficiency: LED light bulbs use only 2-10 watts of electricity (1/3 to 1/30 of Incandescent or CFL)
- Small size: provides design flexibility, arranged in rows, rings, clusters or individual points
- High durability: no filament or tube to break
- Life span: LEDs can last 50,000 – 60,000 hours, which is equal to years of illumination
- Cool: LED bulbs don’t cause a heat buildup
Kichler, a trusted and high-quality manufacturer of lighting fixtures, now offers some great choices in LED lighting fixtures for the exterior of your home. These fixtures use lower wattage and are very energy efficient. Plus, they are stylish. The fixtures are new and are available to the public starting this June (2009). Kichler has accent fixtures and path light fixtures, both of which provide excellent energy savings and come in several designs. Read more here about what Kichler has to say about its LED fixtures.
The path lights, as pictured above, come in various finishes, including copper, new brick, textured tannery and verdigris, with the choice of copper or brass for the housing unit. The path lights are also lightweight, which makes installation that much easier. The fixtures do not come with an LED bulb, so make sure to purchase that separately.
Please Contact Adams Electrical Services to install your LED light fixtures.
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Good Luck TAMU, You'll Need It
Texas A&M had a solid, if unspectacular season last year ending with a victory in a middling bowl game. They scored points in bunches, topping 30 points in 10 of their 13 contests, and never scoring less than 25 in a game all year long. They threw the ball wildly, all over the field, thanks to Ryan Tannehill. They racked up chunks of yards on those throws because of Ryan Swope, Jeff Fuller and company. The Aggies matched their prolific passing game with an effective rushing attack behind Cyrus Gray. It was all working in 2011…well, everything except the defense.
Texas A&M was so bad defensively that their head coach was still fired even though the Aggies had been ranked in the top 10 in the nation and had just beaten a conference opponent 61-7. In between those two facts, however, rested games where A&M lost over and over again after having huge first half leads. After starting 2-0 and being ranked as high as 8th nationally, Texas A&M lost five of their next eight games and gave up an average of 28.3 points in the three games they won! Mike Sherman’s squad could not get a stop if his job depended on it.
In hindsight, his job did depend on it; in related news, he lost his job.
Now, with a new coach, the Aggies are heading to a new conference: the SEC, also known as “the best conference since man first took the skin from a pig and wrapped it around a spherical object to hurl through the air.” What this means for the Aggies is trouble. If their offense was all they had and they now move to a conference with the best defensive teams in the nation, wins might be hard to come by. Good Luck A&M; hope it was worth the money.
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A Hermosa Beach supermarket and two businesses in El Segundo were cited for allegedly selling alcohol to a minor during a police sting operation, officers said Monday.
Police on Thursday sent minor decoys into 51 businesses that sell alcohol in Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and El Segundo.
Employees were cited for selling alcohol to a minor at Ralphs, 1100 Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach; 7-Eleven, 100 W. Imperial Highway in El Segundo; and El Segundo Fish Co., 210 E. Grand Ave., El Segundo.
The stings are conducted in an effort to reduce alcohol sales to minors in the cities, police said.
- Larry Altman
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Raineo, oh raineo, wherefore art thou, raineo?
It’s rained maybe twice this year. Houston is dry. Dry, hot, and dying. When you walk outside it’s like entering an oven. And don’t even think that if there’s a breeze you’ll cool off. Next time you’re hot grab a hair dryer and blow it on yourself. Yeah, it’s like that.
Despite the unbearable weather, Cooper still wants his walks. So we set off.
Unfortunately the path we take behind the neighborhood has become a bit sketchy. There are huge cracks in the ground that trip you up. Naturally when I try to steer Coop toward the less cracked parts of the path he veers back and walks over the spots that could eat his leg for breakfast.
We pressed on, though. Cracks be damned.
The path we walk usually has some wildflowers. Well, apparently they’ve given the sun the middle finger because when we rounded the corner we were greeted by an explosion of flowers. Wow.
There’s still pretty in this dry city.
Coop was giddy. He stopped every few feet to pee on the flowers with the happiest dog grin ever plastered on his face. It was a magical place for him.
And it was kinda magical. Sunflowers had exploded the whole way down this dirt road. There were other pretty plants too. Like these things (can’t remember what they’re called):
Until I looked closer…
Yes, I am immature.
Anyway, I took a gazillion pictures of Coop by the flowers. By the end he was exhausted.
We got back to the house and Coop dropped on the cool tile floor. I think he panted for a solid two hours straight. Being a mammal that sweats, I had the luxury of scrapping off a sweaty bra. Fun!
But the point! The point is that it’s not all terrible out there. Yeah, the summer’s brutal and we still have three solid months of heat, but there’s some life out there to enjoy still.
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David left Tuesday for AOBA Nationals in Louisville. I think this is going to be the last big trip of the Spring show season, but he's flying me down to be his lovely assistant this weekend - mostly so we can spend a bit of time together. I've never really spent any time in Louisville, and although I don't really expect to get to see much of the city, it should be a fun trip.
Even though David won't be doing much more traveling for a while, I'm going to be off to New Jersey in a few weeks for my birthday present - an alpaca training workshop with Marty McGee Bennett. She also has a booth across from David's in Louisville, so he says he'll introduce me and tell her to pick on me. Before returning from that trip, I will making a stop at another farm in New Jersey to pick up Millicent, the weanling girl 'paca that David & I are buying together.
On the knitting front, yesterday I seemed to be in a sock frenzy. I started a sock in Meilenweit Mega Boot Stretch, and when the 2.0mm dpn's became too much for my hands to handle, I switched to casting on for Wick (the saga of which I have yet to tell) slipper socks with 2 circs - one of which is cheap wood that the yarn really wants to stick to. Tonight I brought the spindle with some Madelyn roving that I've started spinning a laceweight singles from and the Jacqueline Fee sweater sampler, which I've left just shy of finishing.
Work has been okay so far tonight, but death seems to be the primary theme of the evening. Euthanasias are the unfortunate part of working in emergency medicine. I do quite a lot of them. It can be a very depressing thing, but 12 years of this have made me fairly philosophical about death and being the bringer of death.
A few years ago Tricycle magazine had an article on pet euthanasia that had a decidely anti slant and took the viewpoint that euthanasia was doing violence, which is contrary to the Buddhist concept of ahimsa. But what, then, is letting a pet suffer if not violence through inaction? There are very few situations in which I will actually recommend euthanasia (though one tonight fit into that category), but sometimes there are no other good options. In those situations, I'd far prefer to give my patient a release from the suffering that they can't understand.
A Cheerier Note
Getting away from the doom and gloom, I happened to be looking through a section of today's newspaper and there was an article on Maine Fiberarts' new map of member businesses. The photo they used for the article was from an alpaca farm near us where David has two of his girls boarding, and one of them was even in the photo! I tried to find an online version of the article to include here, but they apparently didn't think it had enough web appeal.
And since I can't offer that for your visual pleasure, I'm posting a shot of the yarn I bought from Carol's etsy store. I don't know yet what it's going to become, but I absolutely love it. I was thinking today that maybe I'll take the time to accumulate several colorways from her then turn them into a multicolor sweater.
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Enjoying time together during the “Lunch with a Loved One” event are, from left, Lilly and Sophie McAmis, grandmother Pat Miller, great-grandmother Betty Disney, Hannah Disney and mom Karen Disney.
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9:44 PM CST, February 23, 2013
Jordan Samuels-Thomas had to leave home to find out how much he missed home. And if that sounds like something out of a Disney movie, well, that's probably a good a place to start.
As he stood there with his family Friday night after Quinnipiac, the nation's top-ranked hockey team, dusted No. 13 Yale 4-1 at High Point Solutions Arena, Cliff Thomas needed only three words to answer why he got his son involved in the sport.
"The Mighty Ducks," said Thomas, who coaches track at Prince Tech.
If the Bobcats were to win the national title this April in Pittsburgh, if Samuels-Thomas were to tuck in a huge goal in the Frozen Four, you've got to wonder if they'd thank Gordon Bombay, Jesse Hall and the trilogy of Mighty Ducks movies from the nineties.
"Loved 'The Mighty Ducks,'" said the junior right wing, who at 6-4, 198 pounds, is built like a tight end. "I got so excited watching it. Hockey was the first sport I remember watching on TV. I was attracted to the speed. My parents were great to get me into it right away."
Jordan was barely 5. By the time he was 7, he already was quoted in The Courant saying he wanted to play in the NHL and Ray Bourque was his idol. Well, by 22, he has been drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers, now Winnipeg Jets, and entered the weekend third in scoring for No. 1 Quinnipiac. Those facts also tell only a portion of the story.
Climbing the ranks of North American ice hockey — regardless of race or creed — is a road traveled differently from other major sports. For an African-American player, born in West Hartford, it has meant going away to prep school at 14, to the cornfields of Iowa at 17, to college in northwest Ohio and one day probably to Manitoba. Yet it also has meant returning to Connecticut to play for a team that is catching the sporting fancy of his home state.
"We don't have any teams in the four major sports," Samuels-Thomas said. "UConn basketball is our pro team. I know we're not getting the same attention they do in one of their better years, but we are getting attention. Having that No. 1 ranking in Connecticut, it's important. It's exciting."
He started at 5 playing house league in South Windsor for a year. Developing quickly, he played for the Newington Nighthawks for a few years. Nick Bonino, who now plays for the Mighty Ducks' NHL offspring in Anaheim, was on that team. When he was 8, Jordan moved on to the Springfield Junior Pics for three years. He would play "up" with kids a couple of years older on the Junior Coyotes Bantams. At 14, he went to Canterbury School in New Milford for two years before leaving to play in the AJHL for the Hartford Junior Wolfpack.
He made the big move to Iowa at 17 to play for Waterloo in the USHL, the top-tier U.S. junior league.
"I had to grow up quick at prep school, it wasn't the easiest time for me," Samuels-Thomas said. "I would say my transition to Iowa actually was easier."
He billeted with a family in Waterloo. He also had long drives around the upper Midwest to games. He had to learn the responsibility to handle money and get to high school. He went to Waterloo West High — alma mater of wrestling great Dan Gable.
"Our team's a big deal in that area. Everybody at school knows you play and you're a bit of a celebrity in town," Samuels-Thomas said.
His first year at Waterloo, he needed to figure out what would make him more successful at a higher level. He could shoot the puck. He could protect the puck. Size and strength were assets. His combativeness caught the fans' fancy. He needed to improve his skating and his defensive zone awareness.
"I was scoring primarily in Connecticut so nobody gave me a hard time about my D-zone play," Samuels-Thomas said. "It's a business out there. You've got to be an all-around player, especially if you want to play in college and get noticed by NHL scouts."
His game began to flourish his second year. He scored 32 goals. He was drafted in the seventh round. He accepted a scholarship to Bowling Green.
"At that point, I kind of liked being away from home," Samuels-Thomas said. "And being a big guy going against other big guys in the CCHA, I thought it was good preparation for the NHL."
Ice time worked for him. He had a chance to develop his open-ice offensive play.
The school didn't work for him. Bowling Green went through three coaches in two years.
"There wasn't much stability and I felt I wasn't getting much better except what I was doing on my own," he said. "On top of that, we were losing a lot."
He led Bowling Green in scoring in both of his seasons. The bad news: Bowling Green was 15-52-10 during that time.
"When hockey doesn't go well and you're not really happy where you are, that's a lot to deal with," Samuels-Thomas said.
He decided to transfer. The kid who liked being away from home was eager to return to New England.
"Being close to home was really important for me," he said.
He talked to UMass-Lowell. He talked to Maine and a few other Hockey East schools. He met with Rand Pecknold. He was sold on Quinnipiac's future. Even though he had to sit out a year, he knew Quinnipiac would be strong this season.
That didn't make last year easy.
"It didn't really hit me until the first game, an exhibition game," he said. "I'd been able to do everything until that point, and then you walk into the locker room. Your name isn't on the lineup sheet. Wow.
"Until then, my life was all hockey, hockey, hockey. It's all I did since I was little. My life is still pretty revolved around the game, but sitting a year out allowed me to find out who I was outside hockey. It was a blessing in disguise."
He spent more time with his family than he had in a long time. He drove home to Windsor. On weekends when the team was on the road, he'd be with his mom, Joan Samuels, talking about life, and with his dad. He'd go to church with them. He'd read the Bible.
"I found out a lot more about who I want to be outside the rink," he said.
When discussing a transfer, Pecknold had shown Samuels-Thomas exactly who was on the team and who was coming.
"I'm thinking this could be really good, but I wouldn't say we would have been the No. 1 team in the nation," he said. "This is even beyond what I thought it would be."
After not playing a game for a year and seven months, Samuels-Thomas had trouble finding his rhythm at the beginning of the season.
"I'm still finding it, really," he said before scoring a pair of goals in a 3-3 tie with Brown Saturday night. "Game speed, intensity, it was hard for me to adjust back. The coaches have been great being patient with me and I've had to be patient with myself."
As Samuels-Thomas skated on a line with Ben Arnt against Yale, he stood out as unique. No, not because he's African-American. Thankfully, a once lily-white game has evolved to where there are at least 25 players of color in the NHL. Unique because he was the only player from Connecticut on either roster. The state has turned out a bunch of elite college players over the years and most matriculated to the banks of the Charles River. With Quinnipiac and UConn's move to Hockey East, that can change.
"If you're from Connecticut and you're a top young player, you think about BC and BU," Samuels-Thomas said. "When I played for the Junior Wolfpack, I really had no idea about Quinnipiac. With the success of the program, I think you'll see more Connecticut kids wanting to stay."
And who knows? Connecticut kids may see Samuels-Thomas on television, in or out of skates. A communications student, he's had his major picked out since he was 12. He wants to work in sports television. I met him last year when he interned with sports director Rich Coppola at FOX CT.
"Rich was awesome, he taught me a lot about things in the industry and helped me narrow my focus," Samuels-Thomas said. "I want to love my job when I'm out of college. I hope my hockey career can be strong enough so I'll have an upper hand."
So there was Jordan Samuels-Thomas anchoring the news for the school station Thursday night. And there he was skating right wing on a nationally televised game against Yale on NBC Sports Friday night. All this, 40 minutes from his home. Even Gordon Bombay would say that's a pretty good weekend.
Copyright © 2013, The Hartford Courant
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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on Wednesday on a topic that doesn't usually reach our radar: the manner in which local radio stations receive the ratings that determine their audience size and advertising rates. The debate that took place highlighted the difficulty of creating a balance between using technology for outreach while preserving access for all groups.
In 2007, the audience measurement firm Arbitron (basically the Nielsen of radio) introduced its Portable People Meter (PPM), a device that is worn like a beeper and tracks what radio stations the user is exposed to during the day. Previously the company relied on written accounts of radio listening habits from survey participants.
Predictably, the initial data reports showed that the stations individuals were actually exposed to differed significantly from their written recollections. Listeners were exposed to more radio stations than they admitted and listened to them for shorter periods of time. Arbitron Chief Executive Officer Michael Skarzynski maintained that the changes in the data are reflective of greater accuracy in the survey methodology. Critics were quick to point out that being in the vicinity of a radio doesn't necessarily mean someone is actively listening to the content or advertising.
Additionally, some advocacy groups claim the changes to the ratings have disproportionately harmed radio stations owned by or targeted toward minorities. In particular, Spanish-language and urban radio stations have seen their reported audiences shrink and their advertising revenue plummet thanks to the new Arbitron ratings.
House Oversight Chairman Ed Towns, D-NY, suggested that flaws in Arbitron's methodology may be costing minority communities one of their most crucial organizing tools. "What's at stake is life and death of one of the most viable industries for people of color," said Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C.
Skarzynski argued that much of the decline in audience is due to the general economic situation, as well as the particular difficulties facing the radio industry such as the rise of the Internet. He said the rating declines facing minority and urban radio stations have also emerged in other formats, including talk and Christian radio. But according to Univision's Ceril Shagrin, the disproportionate impact of the new methodology on specific audiences would suggest that at very least Arbitron is facing issues with its sample size.
Shagrin's point speaks to the heart of the issue, which is providing equal access in an age where technology is increasingly the default government tool for both gathering and disseminating information to the public. For a multitude of reasons, minority and low-income individuals are significantly less likely to have access to the Internet. Even among minorities with the necessary resources, language and cultural barriers may prevent certain populations from taking advantage of the latest communications technologies. Since these are groups that are often less engaged by the government to begin with, the increasing reliance on technology rather than personal interaction may serve to discourage individuals in those communities from interacting with the government, even when its in their own interests.
This is something to keep in mind as our nation is fast becoming accustomed to conducting all of our government transactions online, from renewing our license to collecting social security payments. While the vast majority of federal financial transactions are now electronic, there remains a sizable number of individuals that can't or don't take advantage of the more modern ways of interacting with the government. Similarly, surveys that rely on online respondents are by definition out of reach for a significant portion of the general public.
So what is the solution? George Ivie of the Media Rating Council repeatedly advocated more personal interaction on the part of Arbitron and recommended the firm increase the amount of outreach and education between the company and the participants. This is excellent advice for any federal agency seeking to interact with minorities and other groups that are traditionally hard to reach. The Census Bureau in particular would be wise to invest more resources placing agents in undercounted communities, rather than relying on advertising and media campaigns.
Regardless, it's important to keep in mind that while the goal of many public-facing government technology initiatives is to increase the public's access, the benefit is often restricted to communities that are already comfortable interacting with the government. If the goal is to build trust and engagement among groups that are traditionally resistant to such interaction then nothing beats an old-fashioned handshake.
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Asking the Most Important Question
Many believe that assurance of eternal salvation is neither possible nor even to be sought. To claim such assurance is considered a mask of supreme arrogance, the nadir of self-conceit.
Yet if God declares that it is possible to have full assurance of salvation and even commands that we seek after it, it would be supremely arrogant for one to deny or neglect it.
In fact, God does command us to seek certainty about our salvation: "Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall" (2 Peter 1:10, NIV).
This command admits of no justifiable neglect. It addresses a crucial matter. The question "Am I saved?" is one of the most important questions I can ever ask myself. I need to know the answer. I must know the answer. This is not a trifle.
Without the assurance of salvation, the Christian life is unstable. It is vulnerable to the debilitating rigors of mood changes and allows the wolf of heresy to camp on the doorstep.
Progress in sanctification requires a firm foundation in faith. Without it, the foundation crumbles.
Coram Deo: Living in the Presence of God
Ask God to cement the foundation of your faith with divine assurance of your salvation.
For Further Study
2 Peter 1:10: "Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble." Ephesians 2:4-5: "But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)."
1 Peter 1:5: "[We] are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."
The mission, passion and purpose of Ligonier Ministries and Dr. R.C. Sproul is to help people grow in their knowledge of God and His holiness. For more information, please visit www.ligonier.org or call them at 800-435-4343.
© R.C. Sproul. All rights reserved.
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The June 2013 issue of Tabletalk features articles examining faith and repentance. The words “faith” and “repentance” are misunderstood by many people, including a large number of professing Christians. Skeptics caricature faith as the opposite of reason. Richard Dawkins, for example, has defined faith as “belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.” Repentance is sometimes seen by Christians as optional. Because faith is central to the message of the Bible, and because faith and repentance are demanded of all who hear the message of Christ, it is necessary that we come to a true understanding of the meaning of these words—not in order to increase our vocabulary, but in order that we might trust and obey the living God.
Contributors include R.C. Sproul along with Guy Richard, Sinclair Ferguson, Joel Beeke, Keith Mathison, R.C.Sproul Jr., Trip Lee, Douglas J. Moo, Cal Thomas and Abdul Saleeb.
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Try Before You Buy
Sometimes a test drive around the block just isn't enough. Why not rent your favorite Toyota for the day, weekend, or week and see how it feels and looks in your driveway? Does it fit your kids, lifestyle, and all your Costco items?
If you love it and decide to purchase any New Toyota from Rodland Toyota, we will credit your rental car bill up to $300* ($100 for Scion purchases)!
*Total bill deducted from best negotiated price on new Toyota vehicles. ($300 maximum credit- not to be below dealer invoice. Up to $100 credit for Scion purchases). Offer good for up to one year from rental date. Note: You can combine multiple rentals during a one year period to reach the maximum credit described above. All drivers must have a valid driver's license, full coverage insurance, and a credit card in primary driver's name. Offer is valid on any Toyota vehicle for any rental duration at any rental rate.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Call 425-353-1111 or email us email@example.com to reserve a car today!
What is Toyota Rent A Car?
Toyota Rent A Car is a vehicle rental system for Toyota Dealers only. It has been
designed by Toyota to assist dealers in providing available Toyota rental models
to satisfy customers for everything from service or insurance replacement to retail
rentals for weekend test drives and/ or extended travel plans. Toyota Rent A Car
has been in operation in the U.S. for the past 12 years and worldwide for 40 years.
It operates in over 30 countries and is the leading rental car company in Japan.
Are TRAC rates competitive with other rental agencies?
Yes, they are. We are committed to satisfying our current owners and prospective
ones. We are able to provide very competitive rates since our vehicles and our facility
are part of our dealership.
Can I rent a vehicle at Rodland Toyota and return it to another location?
Unfortunately no. All vehicles must be returned to the dealer the vehicle was rented
Can I rent from any Toyota dealership? Toyota.com/rental/
You can rent from any participating Toyota Rent A Car dealer. At this time, more
than 50% of all Toyota dealers are Toyota Rent A Car dealers, and that means that
they participate in the official Toyota Rent A Car program. Toyota.com, the Toyota
website, has a dealer locator. Click on the Toyota Rent A Car link to find your
closest Toyota Rent A Car dealer.
Can I buy the vehicle I am renting?
Yes you can!!! All TRAC vehicles are available for purchase after their short four-month
stint in rental service. Ask your rental agent when your vehicle is ready for purchase.
Can I take the vehicle I am renting to Canada?
Yes. Check with your rental agent regarding mileage rates
Do I use my insurance to rent a TRAC vehicle?
Yes. All drivers are required to carry their own full coverage insurance (including
collision, and comprehensive). Rodland Toyota does not provide, or offer any insurance.
What do I do if my TRAC vehicle breaks down?
For your safety and convenience, every TRAC vehicle comes with complimentary 24
hour Roadside Assistance covering mechanical breakdown, fluid delivery, tire changes,
jump starts, lockout service and towing. More reason to feel secure renting a TRAC
vehicle and more evidence that your complete satisfaction is our goal. (800 number
is located in the right hand corner of your rental agreement.)
Can you tow with your rental vehicles?
Yes, although you are responsible for any and all damage that occurs to the rental
vehicle or payload as a result of towing. You must provide your own ball & hitch
assembly. Vehicles with towing capability include: Tacoma (7-pin harness, 6500 lb
Can I drop off a rental vehicle after hours/overnight?
Every rental vehicle must be checked in by either a rental agent or manager. No
overnight drop-offs are allowed, otherwise a fee will be charged to the rental agreement.
If I rent the vehicle in my name, can my son/daughter drive it even though he/she's
not 21 but they are on my insurance?
Can I go to Mexico in a rental vehicle?
No. Under no circumstances can rental vehicles travel to Mexico.
Do your rental vehicles have DVD players?
Do you have Hybrids?
Yes! We carry a full line of hybrids including Prius and Camry Hybrid. Call us for availability.
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They're Real, And They're Not All That Spectacular
My boobs? Are gargantuan.
And they itch.
Which means, sadly, that my enjoyment of them is limited. Gigantic boobs are highly over-rated, if you ask me, and all the more so if they are both gigantic and itchy. They cause back pain, and skin discomfort, and I'll be damned if I can find a bra in which to cram these things that both a) contains them properly, and b) doesn't exascerbate the itchiness with crap like underwire (a torture device if there ever was one) or elastic or lace or, well, anything that presses against the skin. Which leaves one with giant cotton nursing bras, which, you know, don't exactly make one feel sex-AY.
(My ass? Also massive. But it is one of the very great mercies of Mother Nature and whatever gods are responsible for buttocks that the ass is located on one's back side. Where one cannot see it, unless one contorts oneself in front of a mirror, which one is not inclined to do when one has ballooned to the size of a baby whale. So, no, I do not spend a great deal of time reflecting upon the size of my ass. I just pretend that it's not there. ANYWAY.)
Remember these? NOT AS BIG AS THE NEW ONES, oh my hell.
The first time around the pregnancy and nursing block, the massive tits were a novelty. Oooh, look at these! A novelty that wore off as soon as there was a nipple-chomping infant latched to them, but still: there was a period of time, albeit short, during which I thought that they were pretty awesome. This, of course, was also a time during which I clung to the belief that they would just, you know, stay that way permanently, or that if they weren't destined to remain in a state of partum robustness, that they would just bounce right back to their regular perky 34B selves. This was a belief that was, of course, shattered not long after Wonderbaby weaned - and one that shattered devastatingly - but it was nice while it lasted. This time, I don't have the luxury of regarding my boobies through rose-coloured glasses: I note their massiveness and am immediately confronted by the fact that they will deflate. And that, I am sure, will not be pretty.
So: big, itchy and doomed to a tube-sock future. This sucks. What's a vain and uncomfortable pregnant woman to do?
Seriously: anyone got any good leads on pregnancy-safe boob moisturizers? Jumbo-sized bras without scratchy bits that aren't too ugly? Space-age titty technology that lifts and separates and restores mammary beauty? Anyone, anyone? PLEASE?
Help me. I pay in chocolate.
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1560s, "sudden turn of mind," perhaps related to O.E. frician "to dance" (not recorded in M.E., but the word may have survived in dialect), or perhaps from M.E. frek "bold, quickly," from O.E. frec "greedy, gluttonous." Sense of "capricious notion" (1560s) and "unusual thing, fancy" (1784) preceded that
in freak of nature (1847). The sense in health freak, ecology freak, etc. is attested from 1908. The verb meaning "change, distort" goes back to 1911.
also freakout bad psychedelic drug trip or something comparable to one, 1966 (despite an amusing coincidental appearance of the phrase dug up by the OED for 1749), from verbal phrase freak out, attested from 1965 in the drug sense; see freak
. Freak (n.) "drug user" is attested from 1945.
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The four Republican and four Democratic senators arrived at their declaration of principles in part by fudging the particulars. The senators agreed that most illegal immigrants should qualify for probationary legal status. That would allow them to work and stay in the United States before becoming eligible to apply for a green card and, ultimately, citizenship.
But whether that process would take five years, 20 years or more was left fuzzy.
Among those who accept that 11 million undocumented residents are here to stay, there is broad agreement that the path to citizenship should include screening for criminal records, paying fines and back taxes and establishing a means for employers to verify the legal status of job applicants.
Many in Congress also understand that any reform package must establish a workable mechanism to satisfy the market’s future demand for an adequate number of low-skilled workers and ensure visas for foreigners who receive degrees in science, technology and engineering from U.S. universities.
It remains an open question whether that consensus extends to the House majority. Top House Republicans, including Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), were noncommittal about the senators’ declaration.
If the fledgling bipartisan plan provides a jolt of momentum toward bona fide negotiations, it will have been a success.
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted the DNA men. There are some tasty morsels this month. The morsel above would be my pick. -RJP
Steve Chatham (below) is not a mate of the month, but he’s on DNA and not only quite the little slice, but can sing too.
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By Allan Muir
A guide to this morning’s must-read hockey stories:
• They’re not just talking about Ryan Kesler in Vancouver. They’re still on about Nail Yakupov’s goal celebration and the need to help players learn to celebrate responsibly.
• The Canucks still don’t have a timetable for Kesler’s return. They won’t really know what they are — or what they need — until he skates.
• Logan Couture shows support for the San Francisco 49ers with the first-known display of Kaepernicking on ice. Oh, and the San Jose Sharks are now 7-0.
• Paul Stastny’s early minus-3 was forgiven after a pair of late goals led the Avs to a surprising 6-3 win over the Flames that left Adrian Dater a little loopy.
• Goals are like bananas because they come in bunches. That’s the wit and wisdom of Tampay Bay coach Guy Boucher.
• Another day another missed deadline in the root canal that is the Phoenix Coyotes story.
• More than a year after former Canucks’ enforcer Rick Rypien killed himself, his brother is at the forefront of a month-long initiative by Canada’s NHL teams to raise mental health awareness.
• The Predators and Kings went eight rounds deep into the shootout before Nashville finally pulled it out.
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Posted by SLS on April 29, 2012, at 19:20:54
In reply to Re: ADs may do more Harm than Good -New Research paper, posted by ron1953 on April 29, 2012, at 19:06:58
> The gentleman doth wonderith about the dangers of giving and taking medication advice to/from strangers, however well-spoken, on the Internet. He is astounded by such cavalier arrogance about the dangers of such a practice, or the naivete to follow such dubious advice.
Words. I notice that you are particularly fixated on the word "arrogance". Why does my existence bother you so? Surely, I am not the only one on this board behaving the way you portray me as behaving.
You still wish that you were me. It is so obvious. Either I am your hero, or you are your own worst enemy. For you, there is nothing in between.
How is that for getting personal?
It is no act of brilliance to be different for the sake of being different. Perhaps it is a way to fulfill one's desperate need to feel significant in the world.
The truth shall set you free.
Give me a break.
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
- George Bernard Shaw
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Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
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PITA, M.C.G.; PIBER NETO, E.; CARVALHO, P.R. e MENDONCA JUNIOR, C.X.. Effect of dietary supplementation of flaxseed, canola oil and vitamin E upon polyunsaturated fatty acids in chicken eggs. Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec. [online]. 2006, vol.58, n.5, pp. 925-931. ISSN 0102-0935. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-09352006000500031.
The effect of dietary sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids - canola oil and flaxseed - with different vitamin E supplementation on the fatty acid deposition into the eggs of 288 Babcock laying hens was investigated. Birds were fed diets containing 6% of canola oil, 20% of flaxseed or a combination of 3% of canola oil and 10% of flaxseed, enriched with 0, 100 or 200Ul of dl-a-tocopheril acetate. The inclusion of flaxseed in the diets increased the yolk polyunsaturated fatty acids, mainly a-linolenic acid and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid). The concentration of a-tocopherol in the diet did not change the egg yolk, fatty acids deposition but changed the saturated fatty acids deposition.
Palavras-chave : polyunsaturated; canola; flaxseed; yolk; vitamin E.
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Pics of “24″ pinball now online
Stern’s latest pinball game, “24″ is soon going to hit the streets and with it, Pinball News has got their hands on a prototype of the game and have snapped some shots of every angle imaginable of the machine, as you might expect from them. Up close the game looks better than I thought it would based upon the blurry shot we had of the playfield beforehand – I just wonder if Stern is ever going to plan on doing a little more with their games and go as far as adding a multi-color dot matrix display or something along those lines. Of course the consideration of changing something so sacred and established as that might be blasphemy in some circles so I suppose they must tread carefully.
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I just had all four of my wisdom teeth extracted this morning by an oral surgeon (so I was under anesthesia and asleep for the procedure). It is so painful even with the pain meds I am taking. How long does the pain last? I hope I will be ok to go to work Tuesday... This is going to be a long weekend!
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Several times, President Obama has proposed cutting the deduction down to 28% from 35% of mortgage interest payments for Americans in the top income bracket.
But his proposals have gotten nowhere, thanks to lobbying from home builders, the National Association of Realtors and the Mortgage Bankers Association.
But this time, lobbyists are worried. That's because for the first time in years, House Republicans say they are open to scrubbing any tax breaks from the books as part of shrinking federal deficits.
Housing lobbyists have spent a combined $30 million this year, up from $27 million last year, according to Center for Responsive Politics figures.
They're ensuring that leaders don't do anything "penny-wise and pound foolish," said David Stevens, CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The economy "could actually move backwards" if the deduction is taken away, he warned because it has a significant impact on middle class Americans' cash flow.
Another powerful group, the National Association of Realtors, has spent a record $25 million on lobbying this year, more than any other year, federal records show. The group declined to share its plans on defending the deduction.
But earlier this month, its President Gary Thomas touted that the group had "secured 183 bipartisan cosponsors," this year to support a House resolution that would protect the current tax deduction for mortgage interest.
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RALEIGH—A Brunswick County man was recently sentenced to federal prison on narcotics charges.
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Inspired by the "new art" period of 1890-1905, these pens are 3D cast in 22K gold and either Rhodium or Black Titanium. Shown here in double dyed Box Elder and in dark blue dyed Buckeye Burl. With these elite pens come a complementary gift box in cherry or bubinga.
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Maryland's Bethesda Softworks is a serial one-hit wonder. While other development houses crank out one adventure after another, Softworks releases a single obsessively detailed title every few years. The massive virtual environments it creates are hotly anticipated by the gamerati. Fallout 3, a single-player role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic Washington, DC, launched with 4.7 million copies, brought in $300 million in sales, and was hands down the best game of 2008. And the company isn't finished with Fallout 3. It's rolling out extension packs with new maps and content every few months, like recent releases Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt, which users can download straight to their PCs or Xbox 360s.
"Our games encourage people to sink huge chunks of time into their characters," says Peter Hines, vice president of PR and marketing. "Downloadable content keeps it fresh and gives players new stuff to do so that their experience with a game doesn't end after a week." Plus, it offers a continuing revenue stream:Game expansions are roughly $10 per download.
But Fallout isn't the only arrow in Bethesda's quiver: A new game for Xbox 360, Rogue Warrior, is due out in the fall. And the company's sister division, ZeniMax Online Studios, is at work on a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), the type of revenue-generating behemoth that could pit Bethesda and ZeniMax against World of Warcraft, the gaming community's 10-ton hammer.
Keep an eye on:
DreamGear Accessories: Dream-Gear's heavy-metal-inspired WarBeast, a full-size replica guitar designed by famed electric guitar-maker B.C. Rich, ups the thrash and style factor for Rock Band and Guitar Hero shredders.
Double Fusion: Double Fusion has posted double-digit revenue growth by negotiating product placement and advertising within video games, an emerging, but neglected, market.
Majesco Entertainment: Cooking Mama and Mega Brain Boost were Majesco's unlikely gaming successes. And experts predict more hits as the company's Go Play series for Wii ups the ante.
Media Molecule: This United Kingdom indie studio cashed in big on downloadable content for its hit game, Little Big Planet.
MindArk: Sweden-based Mind-Ark's Planet Calypso, launched this year, allows users to create products or sell services for real cash.
Mythic Entertainment: An innovative "Realm vs. Realm" system, in which teams battle to make their server top dog, will help Mythic's new Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning challenge World of Warcraft.
Silicon Mountain Holdings Inc.: It owns two of the hottest boutique gaming computer system manufacturers in the U.S., WidowPC and Visionman, and just released a line of value-priced high-definition TV-PCs.
SteelSeries: Once known only to hard-core gamers, SteelSeries inked a deal with BestBuy to put its gaming accessories, including the popular WoW mouse, in front of consumers.
ThatGameCompany: TGC released its groundbreaking game Flower for download on PlayStation 3 and is coming out with new games that deliver emotional content besides anger, bloodlust and rage.
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One of my favorite internet things are giveaways. I love supporting both bloggers and the brands that support us! Madewell is giving away $100 on Oh, Hello Friend! This is her reader appreciation week and she is giving away a good lot of things. I am very excited to bring you the other giveaways so you can enter as well! Enjoy!
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March 29th, 2009, 09:54 AM
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Any further word on World's Biggest on the greater portland area?
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He has been running WB's for 19 years and always hosts great events.
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Petros - a mountain, one of the highest peaks (2020 m.) of Montenegro Ridge (Ukraine)in the north-west end of the spine between the mountains Sheshul and Goverla in Rakhiv district, Transcarpathian region. Western and southwestern slopes are steep with numerous stone skree, north and northeast - steep, on rocky ledges. It consists of sandstone. Covered mainly subalpine vegetation.
Thanks to V.Tomchyk for this description.
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E1310, E1320 For Research Use Only. Not for Use in Diagnostic Procedures.
Patents - Disclaimers
BY USE OF THIS PRODUCT, RESEARCHER AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LIMITED USE STATEMENT. If the researcher is not willing to accept the conditions of this limited use statement, and the product is unused, Promega will accept return of the unused product and provide the researcher with a full refund.
Researchers may use this product for research use only, no commercial use is allowed. Commercial Use means any and all uses of this product and derivatives by a party for monetary or other consideration and may include but is not limited to use in: (1) product manufacture; and (2) to provide a service, information or data; and/or resale of the product or its derivatives, whether or not such product or derivatives are resold for use in research. Researchers shall have no right to modify or otherwise create variations of the nucleotide sequence of the luciferase gene except that Researchers may: (1) create fused gene sequences provided that the coding sequence of the resulting luciferase gene has no more than four deoxynucleotides missing at the affected terminus compared to the intact luciferase gene sequence, and (2) insert and remove nucleic acid sequences in splicing research predicated on the inactivation or reconstitution of the luminescence of the encoded luciferase. No other use or transfer of this product or derivatives is authorized without the prior express written consent of Promega. In addition, Researchers must either: (1) use luminescent assay reagents purchased from Promega Corporation for all determinations of luminescence activity of this product and its derivatives; or (2) contact Promega to obtain a license for use of the product and its derivatives. Researchers may transfer derivatives to others for research use provided that at the time of transfer a copy of this label license is given to the recipients and recipients agree to be bound by the terms of this label license. With respect to any uses outside this label license, including any diagnostic, therapeutic or prophylactic uses, please contact Promega for supply and licensing information. PROMEGA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING FOR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARDS TO THE PRODUCT. The terms of this agreement shall be governed under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, USA. The above license relates to Promega patents and/or patent applications on improvements to the luciferase gene.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,670,356.
U.S. Pat. No. 8,008,006 and European Pat. No. 1341808.
The method of recombinant expression of Coleoptera luciferase is covered by U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,583,024, 5,674,713 and 5,700,673. A license (from Promega for research reagent products and from The Regents of the University of California for all other fields) is needed for any commercial sale of nucleic acid contained within or derived from this product.
The use of this product and derivatives thereof is strictly limited to that of a life sciences research reagent. All other use is strictly prohibited, including but not limited to any diagnostic, therapeutic, or commercial use. The use of this product for in vivo bioluminescent imaging may be covered by one or more patents controlled by Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. Those patents include U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,650,135, 6,217,847, 6,923,951, 6,908,605, 6,890,515, and corresponding foreign patents and pending applications. The purchase or transfer of this product is not intended, either expressly or by implication, to grant any right or license to practice under the foregoing patents. Purchasers are advised to contact Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., 68 Elm St., Hopkinton, MA 01748 for information regarding a license to practice under such patents.
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Founded in 2008, The Village Markets are the Gold Coast's original and best boutique and lifestyle market.
TVM features a carefully edited selection of up to 100 emerging designer, vintage clothing and accessories, unique homewares and art stalls, plus live local music and gourmet food.... more
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Travel along the Gold Coast Highway. Burleigh Heads State School is located in between Acanthus Avenue and Lower Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads.
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SGR Audio SX Series
Sealed box active subwoofers. The perfect match for the Convex speaker series in music or home theatre applications. There's no need to worry about crossover and phase settings, it's all been taken care of in the Convex series. Just plug in the cable and set the volume!
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LAS VEGAS — Metra Home Theater Group will debut several lines of pro A/V accessories aimed at the professional installer at International CES this week
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Mahwah, N.J. — Denon added six models to its budding headphones brand this week.
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New York — 50 Cent’s SMS Audio headphones company announced Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley has joined as an investment partner and a member of
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Cortland Community Orchestra
Directed by Ubaldo Valli
Rehearsals are on Monday nights from 7pm until 9pm during the semester in the Dowd Fine Arts Building.
The College Community Orchestra is peopled by students, faculty and community members and is one of Cortland's oldest cultural organizations. Those interested in participating in next season's ensemble should contact Ubaldo Valli at email@example.com or the Department of Performing Arts at (607) 753-2811.
Ubaldo Valli is Music Director of the Auburn Chamber Orchestra in Auburn, NY; the Hyde Hall Chamber Players, Cooperstown, NY; and the Saratogo Springs Youth Orchestra. He has also served as conductor of the Hamilton College Orchestra and the Empire State Repertory Orchestra. He guest conducted the St. Cecilia Chamber Orchestra, Albany, NY repeatedly and several of his performances were broadcast over WMHT-FM. A highlight of his conducting experiences was conducting an orchestra for an interfaith service held with His Holiness, the Dali Lama of Tibet. He studied conducting with Pamela Gearhart and Karel Husa and has participated in national conducting workshops sponsored by the American Symphony Orchestra League.
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Topic Frequency in Train Set
Counts the frequency of each topic in the dataset, providing a basic understanding of topic distribution.