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On Thursday, May 9, 2013, students from Clay County Public Schools were honored for demonstrating outstanding academic achievement. The theme this year was “A Star Attraction.” We rolled out the red carpet to honor our super star students and coaches.
Chamber donates $500.00 to Stay in Clay for mural
The Chamber of Commerce held their regular monthly meeting Wednesday at the City Hall. Chamber President, Corbet Hensley welcomed those in attendance and introduced guest speaker, Oneida Baptist Institute President Dr. Paul Davidson.
Former Clay County football coach, James Shannon Arnett has been arrested in connection to a child pornography case.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Ricky Sumner, a 44-year-old father of two in Perry County. Sumner died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident Friday evening. The accident occurred two miles west of Manchester on Hal Roger Parkway at approximately 2:05 pm.
A early Sunday afternoon accident involving two vehicles has claimed the life of a Clay County mother of three children.
The crash occurred at approximately 4:41 pm on U.S. 421, 3 miles west of Manchester.
Upon arrival, Kentucky State Police Officer Josh Wilson determined that a green 1997 Ford Mustang was traveling northbound U.S.421 when it crossed the centerline and struck a southbound blue 2003 Dodge Durango head-on.
According to Trooper Wilson, the operator of the Mustang, Patricia Lou Hyde, 43 of Goose Rock was not seat belted at the time of the crash. Hyde was transported from the scene to the Memorial Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
The driver of the Durango, Tommy Henson, 33, of Waynesburg, Kentucky was also not wearing a seat belt the time of the crash. Henson was transported from the scene to the Memorial Hospital where he was treated and later released.
A passenger in the Durango, Michelle Abney of Middleburg, Kentucky, was seat belted and was also transported to Memorial Hospital and later to the UK Medical Center for back injury, according to sources.
No drug or alcohol usage was suspected by either driver.
Trooper Josh Wilson was the lead investigator. He was assisted at the scene by officers from the Clay County Sheriff’s Department, Clay County EMS and Lockard’s Creek Fire Department.
Hyde is survived by three children, two grandchildren and a host of other family members. Funeral services will be held 2 pm Thursday at the Muddy Gap Baptist Church with Avis Thompson, Troy Hubbard and Judy Howard officiating.
Burial will follow in the Hubbard Cemetery at Island Creek.
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!– February 2012 13:27
LIGHTNING STRIKES
A lightning bolt travels up to 60,000 miles per second and can reach temperatures as high as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Florida has the highest instance of lightning fatalities.
The best (or worst) chance to be fatally struck by lightning is before you see the storm as lightning can travel horizontally over six miles.
Contrary to popular belief, lightning does strike twice in the same place. Tall buildings such as the Sears Tower in Chicago are struck repeatedly.
The odds of being struck by lightning are about one in three million.
Lightning sets about 10,000 forest fires every year in the United States.
Rubber shoes do nothing to protect against lightning.
The leading cause of injuries inside the home is talking on the phone from lightning strikes.
If your hair stands on end during a storm, find shelter inside quick.
Talk about bad family genes. A woman gets struck by lightning in 1995. Three weeks prior her nephew was struck and suffered temporary blindness. Years before in 1970 her cousin was zapped when lightning hit her umbrella, but that wasn’t the first time, she was also struck once before in 1965. The lady who got struck in 1995, also, had a grandfather killed by lightning in 1921 and the grandfather’s brother was struck and killed in the 1920’s.
A word of advice; never be the tallest object during a thunderstorm.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 14:42
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE
Perhaps this past New Years, you went to church for this ceremony to put away the old and enjoy singing, prayers and testimonials giving hope for a new year. But like myself I did not know the origin or history. Watch night services date back to the year 1740 first held by Methodist Christians. The following was shared with me from my friend and family Ethel Pennington Martin. It appears that no matter what reason we celebrate the New Year there is one common bond and that is God the All Mighty.
Many of you who live or grew up in Black communities in the United States have probably heard of "Watch Night Services," the gathering of the faithful in churches on New Year's Eve. But are you aware of its history? Service was a fairly standard Christian religious service -- made a bit more Afro-Centric because that's what happens when elements of Christianity become linked with the Black Church. Still, it was obvious that predominately White Christian churches did not include Watch Night Service on their calendars, but focused instead on Christmas Eve programs... In fact, there were instances where clergy in mainline denominations wondered aloud about the propriety of African Americans linking a religious service to a secular holiday like New Year's Eve.
However, there is a reason for the importance of New Year's Eve services in African American congregations. The Watch Night Services in Black communities that we celebrate today can be traced back to gatherings across the South on December 31, 1862, known at that time as, "Freedom's Eve." On that night, Blacks came together in churches and private homes all across the nation, anxiously awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had actually become law.
Then, at the stroke of midnight, it became January 1, 1863, and all slaves in the Confederate States were declared legally free. When the news was received, there were prayers, shouts and songs of joy throughout the South as people fell to their knees and thanked God.
Ever since, Black folks have traditionally gathered in churches annually on New Year's Eve, praising God for bringing us safely through another year, but many do not realize the historic value.
It's been 150 years since that first Freedom's Eve and many of us were never taught the African American history of the Watch Night Service, but tradition still brings us together at this time every year to celebrate "how we got over."
Wednesday, 04 January 2012 13:38
OLD ‘TIMEY’ CANDY
I got a craving for Butter Rum Lifesavers and went to one big store and they did not have Lifesavers and that got me to thinking about the candies I ate as a child. My mind filled with goodies that are no longer to be found except in special markets and on-line shopping. A phrase my mom used to describe her colorful childhood was ‘old timey’ and to me that seemed a long time ago. Now, I am referring to that same phrase and someday this young generation will make memories that will become ‘old timey’.
My first thought goes to gum, I remember that there were two sticks of gum in a pack and the sticks were vivid pink, yellow or blue and covered with white powder. I don’t recall the name. I do remember Cloves Gum, Teaberry, Pepsin Gum and Beemans Gum had a spicy taste. Black Jack gum was licorice in flavor. Bazooka Bubble gum offered not only a sweet treat but also, a comic to read white chewing and blowing huge bubbles. Later we got Chiclets and Bubble Yum.
BB Bats were long taffy pops first introduced in the 1920’s. The four flavors were banana, strawberry, chocolate and peanut butter. Similar to those were Black Cows, Slo Poke Suckers and Sugar Daddy. Another fun sweet were Candy Cigarettes, probably would be banned in this modern time. It was harmless to pretend to smoke and then eat the small white sticks with red on the end for fire. Buying them did not make me wish to smoke, just pretend.
Charleston Chews, Chick-o-Sticks, Clark Bars, Circus Peanuts, Coconut Slices, Chocolate Babies, French Burnt Peanuts and Tootsie Rolls were sweet delights. In the wax line we had Wax Bottles (Nik-L-Nips) filled with sweet liquid nectar, the problem with them is they were so tiny and so little nectar. After drinking the liquid we would chew the wax. We also had Wax Lips, Wax Mustaches and Wax Teeth, treats for Halloween. After playing with them we would chew them until the sweetness was all gone.
At Christmas we had Chocolate Drops, Ribbon Candy, Hard Candy filled with flavored centers and Cracker Jacks. Easter found those Marshmallow Peeps in pink and yellow shaped like chicks and bunnies in our Easter baskets. I have to remember Mary Janes, Peanut Butter Logs, Bit-o-Honey and Sugar Babies. These are only a few of the goodies enjoyed on our trip to Harrison Potters little store on Town Branch Road, Rice Asher Store and Clara Burchell’s downtown. I remember those flat-bottomed glass jars tilted on their side with the silver colored lids on the counter that held all sorts of penny candy. You got a lot for a penny and nothing was over a nickel. The candy bars were bigger than now that we pay nearly a dollar and seem like they taste better back then. Ah, sweet ‘old timey’ memories.
Wednesday, 07 December 2011 14:11
DAN COOPER
Thanksgiving Eve, November 24, 1971, the notorious skyjacker, D. B. Cooper likely knew what he was doing when he chose to jump out of a Boeing 727 wearing a backpack with $200,000 strapped to his body. It is highly likely that he did survive the 10,000-foot drop into a dark patch of southern Washington forty years ago.
At this time there is evidence being examined in Virginia that may shed some light on the case and perhaps solve the mystery. On that eventful night a man purchases a one-way $20 ticket Portland-to-Seattle that day. During the flight he passed a note an airline attendant that stated he had a bomb and demanded money along with four parachutes. Once the plane landed and demands were met he let the passengers go and kept the plane’s crew.
It has been concluded that from his language and choice of parachute he selected to strap on that he was not a stranger to aviation. The witnesses agreed on how he was dressed and later thought that he had modeled himself after a cartoon character from a Belgian cartoon of the 1950’s through 1970’s featuring dashing pilot and parachutist Dan Cooper. He called himself Dan Cooper, not D.B. Cooper, the initials stuck after an Oregon man with a minor police record was investigated in the crime. The cartoon character and Dan both dress in black suits, drank bourbon and smuggled a fake bomb onto a plane inside an attaché case. A catch to this resemblance was the cartoon was sold in Canada and wrote in French perhaps suggesting Dan Cooper came from Canada and could speak French.
Cooper left behind clues, fingerprints (never useful), black clip-on tie and mother of pearl tie clip. Some physical evidence has been recovered. In the autumn of 1978, a placard containing instructions for lowering the aft stairs of a 727 was verified as belonging on the hijacked plane, found by a deer hunter along the basic path of Flight 305. Cooper let down the stairs and that is how he exited the plane. In February 1980, an eight-year old boy uncovered three packets of the ransom cash, rotten but still bundled in rubber bands as he raked the sandy riverbank to build a campfire on the Columbia River downstream from Vancouver, Washington. Theory has it the money was washed downstream and deposited on site by itself, not buried as some believed.
Some pollen found on the tie is being examined along with particles of pure titanium. Titanium was much rare in the 1970’s that it is today. A lady came forward and said it could have been her uncle. Fingerprints are being compared to confirm or exclude him as a suspect. Needless to day, this is the perfect crime or someday it will be solved.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 13:42
On June 15, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived at Bedloe’s Island inside 214 wooden packing crates. The architect for Liberty’s pedestal, Richard Morris Hunt, was a highly respected and popular designer of expensive homes. He designed the 89-foot high pedestal that would sit upon a concrete foundation. His fee was one thousand dollars that he donated back to the fund to reassemble the statue.
Liberty’s foundation required 24,000 tons of concrete. It measured 52 feet, 10 inches in height. At the bottom, it is 91 feet and the top is 65 feet. The pedestal would rest on this foundation rising out an eleven-point star. The Statue of Liberty began to rise over her new home in America in May of 1886 and would take six months to mount the statue to her base.
The unveiling of “the lady” was October 28, 1886 and was declared a public holiday. The rainy, foggy day could not dampen the spirits of the more than one million people who line the streets of New York. The streets were dressed for the occasion in red, white and blue. A parade passed thru the streets and as they passed offices along the way, office boys began to unreel the spools of tape that record the messages of the “ticker” and the air was white with curling streamers. And so the famous New York ticker-tape parade was born.
Bartholdi and his wife were among the many and Bartholdi simply said, “The dream of my life is accomplished.” Out on the water, the fog rolled in and out. The harbor teemed with ships of all sizes. Bartholdi stood alone in the head of the statue and he was to pull the cord that would drop the French tricolor veil from the face of the statue. Bartholdi got the sign to pull the cord and that he did. Bartholdi pulled the cord to reveal the statue’s gleaming copper face to the world. Whistles blasted, guns roared, bands played and President Cleveland turned and said, “We will not forget that Liberty has made here her home, nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.”
Lady Liberty remains the visual and spiritual center on New York harbor. In 1903, one of the most memorable changes to the statue occurred without fanfare or publicity. A bronze tablet was fastened to an interior wall of the pedestal. A poem written in 1883 has become the credo for thousands of immigrants coming to America. The poem, “The New Colossus”, was written by Emma Lazarus in order to bring in donations.
Perhaps the lines we all have heard throughout our lives and now the younger generation will come to hear the lines that remind us who America is and will always be. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe FREE.”
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013 12:34
Dear.
President Obama recently decorated his background with poor souls who would, according to him, be devastated by sequestration, which he knew would not cut one dime out of any federal budget. The ‘cuts’ that spawned his lies would simply require federal agencies to make do with the same budgets they had the previous year. Where were the 700,000 layoffs, long boarding lines at airports, kids kicked out of preschool, and burned-down houses in 2012?
Our founding fathers viewed the press as essential to our democratic republic. They expected reporters to keep the citizenry factually informed. Like our politicians, the press has also evolved to something less than their envisioned role in our democracy.
For example, after Obama and his supporters failed to convince the citizenry that sequestration would produce floods, famine, and a defenseless America, they changed their tact and launched the so-called “charm offensive.” The press reported that they had “changed their tune.” Instead of reporting they had stopped lying, they had “changed their tune.” Calling a spade a spade used to have merit. Has that also evolved to something less?
Both political parties are equally and obviously guilty of the most harmful public lie of all, gridlock, and it is a sworn lie to boot. Politicians raise their right hands to swear to serve America “well and good.” They do neither. Their allegiance is to themselves and their cash cows. Their 12% job approval rating confirms their allegiance.
When it comes to lying, there is no significant difference between Republicans and Democrats, especially among the long-sitting incumbents. They constantly lie about their ideological differences. Yet, their few legislative outcomes yield the same results. They get wealthier and middle class citizens get poorer and fewer.
Our lying politicians are indeed the only real threat to America. Abraham Lincoln once said: “No foreign troops would ever walk along the Mississippi or stomp the Blue Ridge. An enemy within will be our undoing.” By doggies, he was right. The “enemy within” is deeply entrenched and well fortified on Capitol Hill.
An informed, responsible electorate is the only power on Earth that can eliminate the corruption and cash-cow influence in Washing. Current voters have two choices. They can fumigate Congress and the White House or they can continue the status quo and wind up a brief footnote in history, which will simply state they were the voters who stood by and let their corrupt politicians kill America right out in broad daylight and didn’t lift a finger to help her.
Sincerely,
Shafter Bailey, 4721 Willman Way, Lexington, KY 40509, (502) 517-6212 (text only), This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Wednesday, 23 January 2013 13:30
Dear Editor:
It looks like Ritchie Farmer is facing another Goliath.
On the Internet yesterday, I discovered the "Manchester Forum" and noted the venom and vicious criticism aimed at Ritchie, which had apparently been triggered by the prospect of him becoming the basketball coach at Clay County High School.
I was born and raised in Clay County. My first cousin, Scott Parks, played center there for Coach Spurlock before Clay County High School was born. It was Manchester High School back in those days. He received a scholarship to Morehead State University, which was Morehead State College during his basketball career there. Consequently, I am aware of the enthusiasm for basketball that has long resided in Clay County.
Like many other people across Kentucky, I have been a Ritchie Farmer fan since I watched him help Clay County win the state championship in 1987. He would have helped UK win another championship if Coach Pitino had made the correct defensive call in the closing seconds of the Duke game, particularly since Duke went on to win the title that year.
Some folks may forget that Ritchie Farmer would not have made it to UK without the external pressure the press and others put on UK to recruit him. According to the experts, Ritchie was too short and too slow to play basketball in the Southeastern Conference. His jersey now hangs in the upper reaches of Rupp Arena certifying the extent of their flawed judgment of his basketball skills.
His career at UK reminded me of the David and Goliath story because of the similarities. In today’s rugged times, it essentially paralleled David’s feat.
Recently, he has sustained some heavy criticism for alleged wrongdoing. I have no firsthand knowledge or facts related to the allegations and therefore will not comment further, but I do wonder about his critics in the "Manchester Forum." Why so cruel?
I would wager that very few people, if any, can look back over their lives and say, "If I had it all to do over, I wouldn’t change a thing." I can only speak for myself, but I certainly would not do it all the same as I did the first time around.
Early on in life, no one passes out a how-to manual that shows us how to maneuver around the pitfalls that are scattered about life like potholes. Their great numbers practically guarantee the likelihood that some painful lessons will have to be learned along the way.
Moreover, I believe that most honest people can look back and find a time in their lives when they desperately needed a second chance and were given a second chance. At some juncture, we all need or will need our full quota of second chances.
I have over 30 years of experience working with students of middle and high school ages. Ten of those years I had the privilege of coaching football and basketball. When instruction and treatment are guided by the Golden Rule, about 99.8% of students will react to them with idealism and fair-mindedness. Accordingly, I have no doubt that any group of young men in black and gold would go the extra mile to help a wiser Ritchie Farmer slay another Goliath.
It turns out that the well-known Biblical verse (John 8:7) is the ideal closing for this letter. "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
Sincerely,
Shafter Bailey
Lexington, KY
Wednesday, 23 January 2013 13:27
A few years ago during a Ponder family reunion, E.B. “Reb” Allen gave me a collection of his poems. My favorite was “Shadow Miner”. This poem became a favorite of mining brothers in the United Kingdom. They asked for and received permission from Mr. Allen to post it on a coal mining based website in the U.K.
Wigon is a town in Lancashire, England that was once a hub of coal mining with many, very deep mines in a small area. Most of them were closed early in the 19th century but the nostalgia of their coal mining history remains a matter of local pride.
“An excellent ballad, and whilst it commemorates the miners of Harlan County in the U.S.A., it has meaning for miners throughout the world.”
–Iris and John Ellis
This tribute was sent to “Reb” Allen’s daughter Shila.
Submitted by Ted Garrison
How’d the dust blight come upon me?
Them I’ll tell you if I must,
‘bout the blight of the Shadow Miner,
Who walks the midnight dust.
T’was the year ’76, and the middle of March,
At the end of the number one line,
When the Shadow brought fire, and smoke and death,
To the boys in the Oven Fork Mine.
The Smoke was so thick, you could cut it.
The heat more than any could bear.
And the sound of top falling on the roadway
To the portal for which we much steer.
It was silent on number three section,
The shadow had plotted the mood.
There was no sound of life or motion,
To break the solitude.
Except the wailing of the gob rats,
That squealed in fearful disgust,
And the flapping of the brattice cloth curtain,
Making way for the smoke and the dust.
I said to myself, “I must keep my nerve.”
Through far the portal be,
Yet my heart would be much lighter,
If I only had company.
And so I sang and shouted,
Keeping rhythm, as I sped.
To the screech from the soles of my work shoes,
As they sprang beneath my tread.
Not far into the air course,
Had I stumbled on my way,
When I saw a dusty figure,
In a capuchin of gray.
And bending upon my shoe toes,
With a long and limber stride,
I caught the dusty stranger,
And we traveled side by side.
But no token of communion,
Gave he by word of nod,
And a fear chill fell upon me,
At the crossing of the gob.
For I saw by my dim lit mine light,
As I followed, lungs a bust,
That the walking of the stranger,
Left no footprints in the dust.
Then the far chill gathered o’er me,
Like a shroud around me cast,
As I sank upon the gob pile,
Where the Shadow Miner passed.
And the other miners found me,
Just before the break of day,
With my fair skin burned and blackened,
As the dust in which I lay.
But they spoke not, as they raised me,
For they knew that in the night,
I had seen the Shadow Miner,
And had withered in his blight.
Wednesday, 09 January 2013 14:08
I am writing this letter in response to a letter to the editor that was in the 01-03-2013 edition. In that letter the writer implied that the second amendment only applied to muskets and that modern gun are not protected because they didn’t exist during the times the second amendment was written. If that were true then would the first amendment not apply to the freedom of speech on the t.v news, the radio, or the internet. Because during this time period there were only printing press. The language of the second amendment prohibits the federal government from infringing on the rights of the people. Just as the first amendment prohibits the federal government from infringing on the freedom of press, religion, and speech, the second amendment is a protection of rights, to keep and bear arms.
The second amendment which states “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. In order to understand what it means you have to look at what the founding father were trying to accomplish by establishing the second amendment. The “well-regulated militia” during this time was the armed citizens and not the standing army. Militias were in existence in the colonial time for over a hundred years before the Constitution was written. They were citizens that took up arms to defend the colonies against foreign invasion and Indians. The colonies were under the control of King George III of Britain in the 1770s. The British dictator became to oppressive and enacted excessive taxes, the citizens of the colonies began to resist the British dictator and started to take up arms as Militia. King George then order the citizens of the colonies to lay down their arms and ordered the colonist be disarmed.(Does that sound familiar). That then led to the Revolutionary War. It was the citizens taking up arms as militia and the formation of the Colonial Army fighting together to defeat the British that led to the creation of the United State of America. The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 which we declared our independence from Britain. Then in 1787 the constitution was adopted and established to create our form of government and established the powers and structure of the federal government. Then in 1791 the framer decided they need to establish the Bill of Right which would recognize the certain unalienable god given rights of the people. Included in the Bill of Rights is the Second Amendment. The purpose of the second amendment was for the people to be armed to defend themselves and to defend the country against all enemies foreign or domestic. To ensure the balance of power remain with the people the framer of the second amendment crafted twenty seven word, one sentence. A preamble was used to state a purpose not a limitation, the Constitution has a preamble, the Bill of Rights has a preamble. Since a preamble states a purpose ( A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state ). The well- regulated militia only reinforces the importance of the individual to keep and bear arms. The Second Amendment declares by implication that the Militia are the People. "I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials." — George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on Ratification of the Constitution, June 16, 1788
founders understood what a tyrannical government could do to the freedom of the people because they lived under the rule of a tyrannical government and dictator. They wanted to ensure the United States would remain free even if it meant citizens taking up arms to defend against tyranny.
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Washington’s statement explains why we have the right to be armed to ensure peace, security and happiness and that firearms everywhere restrains evil. Notice how he mentions the rifle and the pistol, he like others that founded this country understood that the citizen’s militia should be equipped with weapons used by the standing army so the people could defend against a standing army whether foreign or domestic.
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“A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms." (Richard Henry Lee)
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison,)
There is a lot of debate about guns in this country lately, this country was founded from the barrels of guns and has been defended from the barrels of guns since and will be defended with guns in the future. When we lose our right to be armed we will lose all our right and liberties altogether. Too many citizens in both Militia and the Military have given their lives to defend this country and our god given rights so we can be armed to defend against all enemies whether foreign or domestic. The second amendment does include Muskets , it also includes modern weapons that would be used to defend our unalienable rights against an enemy with modern weapons such as the semi- automatic rifles like the AR-15. The AR-15 is used for hunting , sports shooting and self-defense. An AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle and is often referred to by the misinformed as an “Assault Weapon”. As we have seen in the past gun laws don’t prevent violent crimes because criminals don’t respect or abide by the laws, and to disarm law abiding citizens would not only infringe on our rights, but also threaten our peace, security and happiness. The problem with violence today is not the guns used because they are inanimate objects, but it is the evil people using the guns to carry out their senseless crimes. Making a public statement that the second amendment only applies to Muskets is to me offensive and only shows that anti- gun people don’t have a clue what the second amendment is about. Anyone that doesn’t understand the Constitution should do some research other than just reciting the words, before making such statements that implies we don’t have a right to own pistol, shotguns, or semi- automatic rifles is disrespectful and misleading .
Thanks, J.J Stewart / George Stewart
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Anna Catherine Wiley (1879–1958)
By the Arbor
1923
Oil on canvas
26 x 30 inches
Museum purchase with funds from the 1996 Museum Gala; 1996.002
Tennessee native Anna Catherine Wiley produced By the Arbor, a striking impressionist painting of a woman standing in an arbor. Wiley was one of Knoxville, Tennessee's most talented and active artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In addition to teaching art at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Wiley pursued an active career as an artist. She began her career as a gifted illustrator, receiving her training at the Art Students League of New York. However, it was her glowing impressionist canvases that gained her fame. She won many state and regional awards for her work. By the Arbor was first exhibited in 1923 at the annual show of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. | http://www.themorris.org/ourcollection/wiley-arbor.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Fourth time’s a charm?
(To follow the Tigers at this year's state tournament on Twitter, follow The Mountain Press Sports Editor Jason Davis @jasondavispress)
As Pigeon Forge High School wrestling coach read the passage, his athletes looked at their coach and each other.
“I am a player, and athlete and a champion,” Foreman quoted from an essay, written by an unknown author plucked from the internet. “Not because I know what it is like to win, but because I know what it is like to lose. I know what it is like to feel the anger and pain that comes along with ‘second best.’”
That part of the story especially rang true for the Tigers.
This weekend the wrestling team will try to put two seasons of near-misses behind them and do what no team from this area has done before — bring home a TSSAA State Wrestling championship.
The Orange and Black captured their fourth-straight state berth last week, as they toppled Gibbs for their fourth consecutive region title.
Starting tonight they’ll try to improve on their second-place fininshes from 2011 and 2012.
In 2012, the Tigers narrowly lost in the finals to Chattanooga Central, 33-27. The Pounders also beat the Tigers in 2011 by the same score in the championship match.
But this year Chattanooga Central is nowhere to be found. They fell short of the state tournament for the first time since 2009.
And that leaves the door wide open for the Tigers, a team many thought would be rebuilding after last year’s runner-up run.
“It’s because we lost David (Kieta) and Cody (Davis),” Foreman said earlier this week. “David and Cody were exceptional seniors, they were state-known, nationally-known, and typically when you have kids that are that status on your team, people project as the whole team, and that’s not really the case. You can have one or two superstars on your team and team-wise still just be mediocre or OK.
“People expected, because we lost those two, that we were starting back over from scratch,” Foreman said.
That just wasn’t the case.
“I knew last year that we might have a better team this year, simply because we’ve got more experience (across the board),” the coach said. “We’re younger (overall) this year, but we’ve got more wrestling experience across the board. We’ve had a really good eighth grade class come up as freshmen this year, and those kids have just done a phenomenal job of stepping up.”
Joining a powerful group of seniors, which includes state-ranked Joseph Dodgen, Nate Croley and Caleb Poole, as well as Trevor Reed, who’s also got a slew of big-time experience under his belt.
“Most of the teams now are very familiar with us, and I’m sure they’ve done their scouting homework,” Foreman said. “But starting at the first of the season, it was kind of funny reaction. Everybody assumed that we’d have a bunch of young kids and be rebuilding, but we started pretty strong and kept amping up that pace. People were pretty surprised that we were that caliber.”
Standing in the way of Pigeon Forge will be teams like Hixson, Sycamore and East Ridge.
Hixson has made six-straight appearances in the state tournament and has finished third the past two years. Last year PF knocked it from the winners’ bracket with a 33-32 win in the semifinals. Hixson was back-to-back state champions in 2009 and 2010.
Sycamore is the next most-experienced team behind the Tigers with three-straight tournament appearances. They’ve twice finished fourth, including last season.
East Ridge, making their first tournament appearance since the bracket went to the eight-team format in 2008, is also a very strong team.
Foreman hopes his team’s brush with a title the past two years will push them over the verge this season.
“It kind of leaves that bad taste in your mouth, and hopefully in their case it’s going to give them that extra little mental fire, that will, that we’ve been here before and felt all the emotions and the results of being a second place team — watching the other team win that championship.
“Very few get that chance (to get another shot). But being in that situation and being so close for two years in a row is hard to swallow. It’s great to have the opportunity, and be thankful for it, but now it’s time to close that book on that chapter.” | http://www.themountainpress.com/sports/x1733188000/Fourth-time-s-a-charm | 2013-05-18T10:22:21 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Description dramatic Petty Blue is going to attract attention especially when the restoration is as comprehensive as this one seems to be. The new Charger styling has strong links to the earlier models from the chrome-ringed nose to the almost full-width taillights and with an all-new body comfort took a great stride forward. It's rare for someone to spend big restoring one of these but with values creeping up each year there is a time in the not-too-distant future when it may seem like a bargain. That's why the bodywork was so well done why the paint was given extra attention and why the black vinyl top is so smoothly installed. And I don't know where they found such beautifully preserved taillights but everything is done the way the factory intended. The interior should look familiar to any Mopar fan with the cool shrouded center console flanked by a pair of high-backed buckets with button-tufted styling. Like the exterior everything is new or freshly refurbished and probably looks better than new in every way. Dodge continued with the separate round instruments and this one includes a bunch of useful gauges instead of the usual idiot lights. The three-spoke steering wheel is pure 1970s kitch but the T-handle atop the rebuilt Summit Racing Street Fighter TorqueFlite is a key link to the past. Woodgrained appliques are bright and clear the carpets are new and the back seat looks completely unused. Pop the trunk and you'll find a correct mat full-sized spare and as you can see this car is quite clean indeed. Small blocks were the future of performance in 1972 and the 340 under the hood of this Charger delivers V8 performance with the mass of a big block wrecking the handling. As a result these all-new Chargers are great cars on the road with plenty of power and an attitude that actually makes you want to find a twisty road. The 340 was completely rebuilt about 5000 miles ago and detailed for show in the process. Mopar Turquoise replaced Hemi Orange as the standard engine enamel although the bright orange air cleaner assembly ties it all together. The factory A/C has been upgraded to R134a and great pains were taken to ensure it is just as the factory made it. Even underneath the lone deviation is a set of Flowmasters but who can resist the sound? 14-inch Rallyes always look right and wear 225/60/14 BFGoodrich T/A radials. The market's always moving and these Chargers are going to join their older siblings on the hot list very soon. Call today! This vehicle is located in our Atlanta showroom. For more information please call (678) 279-1609 or toll free (877) 367-1835.
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It's easy to quickly feel at home when visiting the Rivington Bar & Grill. The simple, informal style of the decor - white walls, polished floorboards, dark wood and strategic lighting - and cosy, youthful, buzzy atmosphere in both the upstairs bar and the restaurant below mean that customers immediately feel at ease. When I visited on a Thursday evening, it felt like a very happy place to be.
The restaurant opened at Souk Madinat Jumeirah a couple of months ago, no doubt as a result of the enduring popularity of Dubai's first Rivington Grill at Souk Al Bahar (the brand is, of course, originally from London). With this latest spot, an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude seems to have been adopted, both in terms of the interior (fair enough) and the menu, which is pretty much identical to the original.
And that, I think, is a little bit lazy. Rivington Grill is known for serving simple, British-style food using high-quality seasonal ingredients - so far, so good - but there are plenty of British classics to go around and it would be nice to see a bit more creativity here, otherwise it starts to feel like you're eating in a chain restaurant.
From the concise, no-messing-about starter selection, my friend's classic prawn cocktail looked good in its generous-sized tumbler - it was pleasing to see that rather than just being piled on top, the prawns were threaded throughout. The shredded iceberg lettuce still had plenty of crunch, suggesting that the dish had been put together to order. My friend's only complaint was that the Marie Rose sauce had a slightly synthetic edge and could have done with a touch of lemon juice to lift it.
Likewise, my steak tartare proved to be another simple but well-executed dish - the diced meat was fresh and chopped shallots added bite, but I wished the flavour had been ramped up a bit, with a greater proliferation of capers, cornichons and parsley, or at least the option to add more (these accompaniments are often served on the side).
My friend's smoked haddock fishcake main course came topped with a perfectly runny-in-the-centre poached egg and a rich, béchamel-style mustard sauce, which had a nice kick to it. Although pleasant enough, the fishcake wasn't great: the texture was too watery and the mashed potato was notably under seasoned. Obviously the smoked haddock brings its own saltiness here, but nonetheless, the other ingredients still need to be seasoned, otherwise they just taste bland. Don't get me wrong, the dish was enjoyable, but it wasn't perfect.
My main course of Atlantic prawns in garlic butter, chosen from the specials board, was unfortunately a bit of a disaster. At first glance, the dish looked fabulous: three very large prawns piled on top of each other, bathed in a delicious-smelling sauce. As soon as I pulled the head off the first prawn though, problems arose. I hadn't been given a finger bowl or a dish to put the shells in. After struggling for a few minutes to get one of the waiting staff's attention, I asked for both - only the finger bowl arrived and my plate was soon littered with discarded pieces of shell. Even more unfortunately, two of the prawns were decidedly undercooked - we're talking grey and quivering at the extremities.
For dessert, we shared the mint chocolate crackle ice cream, presented like an old-school sundae, complete with long spoons for digging right to the bottom. The addition of Space Dust to the ice cream (the crackle in the title) added a sense of fun and the fudge pieces of chocolate sponge hidden halfway down were a nice surprise, but we did wish the ice cream had been as vibrantly flavoured as it was coloured.
This restaurant has an enviable location - an outdoor terrace will add to the appeal in winter - and with its unpretentious atmosphere, I'm sure it will continue to be filled with people, night after night. I just hope this doesn't mean that complacency will become commonplace, or that long-term standards suffer as a result of brand expansion, because our meal here was certainly not perfect.
A meal for two at Rivington Bar & Grill, Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, costs Dh490, including service. For reservations, call 04 366 6464. Reviewed meals are paid for by The National and all reviews are carried out incognito
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Iran's publicity loving president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, addresses the UN General Assembly in New York today, certain to upstage his previous visits at the annual gathering, which have been full of sound of fury. He is bearing a "message of peace and friendship with all nations", one of his aides proclaimed. But Mr Ahmadinejad leaves behind an Iran in turmoil over his disputed re-election, with hundreds of protesters and prominent reformist figures still in custody after an iron-fisted clampdown on the opposition.
Signalling that his mood will be defiant in New York - and guaranteeing a hostile reception - Mr Ahmadinejad last Friday issued his most explicit denial of the Holocaust, saying it was "a lie based on an unprovable and mythical claim". There was more defiance yesterday when Tehran boasted that it had built a new generation of centrifuges for its nuclear programme and is testing them. The unverified claim was made by the new head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi.
Little wonder that Barack Obama, the US president, will be on full alert for any attempt by his Iranian counterpart to ambush him with a handshake during a chance encounter in the general assembly chamber. Any photo opportunity with Mr Obama, who was to speak again at the world body today, would be portrayed by Mr Ahmadinejad's supporters as evidence of his legitimacy abroad. It would also undermine the Iranian opposition, infuriate Israel and provide Mr Obama's domestic opponents more ammunition.
Israel, meanwhile, is trying to convince delegates to the general assembly to stay away when Mr Ahmadinejad speaks. "The simple fact of leaving the room during his speech, or not to be present during it, is a symbolic act," Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gabriela Shalev, said yesterday. Mr Obama last week kept his two-year-old pledge to hold unconditional talks with Iran by accepting an Iranian offer of wide-ranging discussions on global issues, despite strident refusals by Tehran - repeated by Mr Ahmadinejad at the weekend - to curb its nuclear programme. But that does not mean a face-to-face meeting with Mr Ahmadinejad, who is toxic to American public opinion.
Instead, lower level talks on Iran's nuclear programme are to take place on October 1 between Iranian officials and envoys from the US, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany. Mr Ahmadinejad is expected to come under heavy pressure in New York on Iran's nuclear programme, which Tehran insists is solely peaceful but the West suspects is aimed at developing a weapons capability. Mr Obama is due to hold bilateral talks with other world leaders to seek consensus before the October 1 talks. He could find the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, more receptive to US concerns now that he has dropped a Bush-era missile defence plan that was strongly opposed by Moscow. Russia has been opposed to new sanctions against Iran.
Iranians living in the US and Canada are determined not to let Mr Ahmadinejad use the international stage to distract from his domestic problems. Numerous protests are planned to draw attention to the ongoing repression of the opposition in Iran. Marchers plan to drape the Brooklyn Bridge with a huge green scroll, the colour of Iran's opposition movement, tomorrow. Human rights groups have called on the general assembly to appoint a special envoy to investigate post-election abuses. New York's swish Helmsely Hotel, meanwhile, cancelled a booking for a banquet after learning that Mr Ahmadinejad was to be the guest of honour.
Many American and Iran experts invited to meet the Iranian president at private functions during his previous visits to New York now see little point in repeating the exercise, believing it would send the wrong signal now. "Iranians who have had even passing contacts with American and western scholars [and many who have not] are now in jail and being forced to confess that this was all part of a plot to overthrow the Islamic Republic," Prof Gary Sick, a pre-eminent Iran expert at New York's Columbia University, wrote in his blog ().
The Iranian president garnered widespread media coverage on his previous visits to the UN. His first trip in 2005 provoked controversy at home when he claimed that a celestial green light had surrounded him as he addressed world leaders. Last year Mr Ahmadinejad assured the general assembly that the "American empire" was nearing collapse. In 2007, he was chastised as a "petty dictator" by the head of Columbia University, where Mr Ahmadinejad stunned an audience by declaring: "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country."
In the same year, the Iranian leader sat stony-faced through former US president George W Bush's address to the world body in which he denounced Iran as a "brutal" regime. When Mr Ahmadinejad made his speech a few hours later, only a note-taker was present from the US delegation. Mr Obama is expected to follow suit by skipping the Iranian president's speech today. In his 2006 speech to the general assembly, Mr Ahmadinejad lambasted Israel, saying its regime "has been a constant source of threat and insecurity in the Middle East region, waging war and spilling blood and impeding the progress of regional countries". He would be acting out of character if he does not deliver a similar rant today.
His speech is also expected to strongly defend Tehran's nuclear programme. But his words will be scrutinised closely to see whether he elaborates on a vague package of Iranian proposals to defuse the nuclear issue recently submitted to the six world powers. The proposals ignored Iran's nuclear programme, but called for global nuclear disarmament, which Iran experts say could represent an opening for talks on Iran's nuclear programme.
Israel and Iran: masters of the art of stalling
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A rain shower stopped play at Roland Garros for a minute or two in the middle of Rafael Nadal's quarter-final at the French Open.
Nicolas Almagro? He couldn't do anything to slow Nadal at his favourite tournament.
The second seed powered past his fellow Spaniard to reach the semi-finals and continue his bid for a seventh French Open title.
He will play David Ferrer, yet another Spanish player, who beat Scotsman Andy Murray 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 6-2 yesterday., 6-2, 6-3 defeat.
"I was lucky in the last set. He had a few opportunities on my serve to have a break, then with my second or third chance I managed to close the match," Nadal said.break, of.
The were also disruptions in the second quarter-final played yesterday when heavy rain brought a halt to Murray's clash with Ferrer with the match at one set apiece. Ferrer, the Spanish sixth seed, took the first set 6-4 before the fourth-seeded Briton claimed the second on a tiebreak. Murray was 1-0 up in the third when play was halted on Suzanne Lenglen court, and the Spaniard powered away after the stoppage. | http://www.thenational.ae/sport/tennis/rafael-nadal-shines-amid-gloom-for-nicolas-almagro | 2013-05-18T10:13:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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OAKLAND – For most of the Seattle Mariners, watching a pennant race has proven a bit unnerving.
It’s not just the atmosphere in opposing stadiums, or the talent on contending teams such as the Oakland Athletics who rallied in the ninth inning to tie, then won the game in the 10th to beat the Mariners, 7-4, on Saturday.
What’s impressing them most?
“You see the Orioles, the Athletics, it’s like they’ve got that magic going,” designated hitter John Jaso said. “You can see it in their eyes. Ninth inning, down by two runs? They expect to win.”
And the Mariners? Well, they try.
The failures overwhelmed the best moments of this contest for the Mariners, and there were plenty of both in a game they led 4-0 behind Jason Vargas.
But Oakland kept coming.
“Those guys are feeling it over there. The fans are feeling it. You can sense the excitement in the air, and it’s great for our guys to be playing in that environment,” manager Eric Wedge said.
“You have to finish games off. We just weren’t able to do that today.”
Seattle was handed a “Little League” run in the second inning when Jaso walked – then scored from first on a ground ball to first base.
How’s that?
Well, Oakland first baseman Brandon Moss stepped on the bag to retire Justin Smoak, then threw wildly to second base, trying to get Jaso. The ball flew into the outfield, and Jaso scrambled to third base.
As he got there, left fielder Yoenis Cespedes threw wildly into the Athletics’ dugout, and Jaso scored.
Kyle Seager’s 19th home run in the fourth made it 2-0 and, after Smoak walked, Michael Saunders hammered his 19th of the year to up the lead to 4-0.
“They don’t give up,” Saunders said. “We battled them hard all day, and they wound up getting us.”
Oakland’s first run embarrassed Seattle. After a Cespedes single, manager Bob Melvin called a hit-and-run and Moss singled cleanly into right field.
Casper Wells picked up the ball and seemed confused where he should throw it. Cespedes gambled by racing home, testing as strong an outfield arm as the Mariners have.
Wells couldn’t throw him out – and Cespedes scored from first base on a single.
“Casper’s gotta come get it. He’s gotta come get it more aggressively and he has to get it back to the infield,” Wedge said. “That guy cannot score right there.”
He did, but after seven innings Vargas turned a 4-1 lead over to his bullpen, needing six outs to finish his 2012 season with 15 wins.
Rookie Carter Capps got one out, allowed a single, then walked Stephen Drew and was pulled for closer Tom Wilhelmsen to get the final five outs.
Wilhelmsen got a second out, then gave up a double to Moss that easily scored one run. A Wells-to-Dustin Ackley-to-Miguel Olivo relay caught Oakland’s Drew at the plate for the final out.
The Mariners still led by two in the bottom of the ninth and Wilhelmsen was back, three outs from his 30th save and the Mariners’ 74th victory. With one out, Wilhelmsen walked Josh Reddick.
“That changed the inning,” Wedge said.
Josh Donaldson homered to straightaway center field, and Oakland had come all the way back, delighting a crowd of 21,517.
“Dude went out and got it, and that’s his job. Tip your hat,” Wilhelmsen said.
Come the 10th, Wedge went with lefty Oliver Perez, who allowed Coco Crisp’s fourth hit. Perez got one out, then was replaced by rookie Stephen Pryor.
Pryor walked Cespedes.
“That was frustrating, because I did it to myself, I didn’t throw strikes,” Pryor said. “Maybe I wasn’t quite focused enough that first hitter.”
The second man he faced was Moss, who hit Pryor’s first pitch for his 21st homer, a three-run, walk-off shot.
Seattle’s inexperience versus an Oakland team on the brink of winning a wild-card berth finally broke the Mariners, who lost their 85th game, and saw their September record fall to 9-16.
Someone asked Saunders if his goal was to pick up his 20th home run in 2012. He shook his head.
“That’s the kind of thing I’ll reflect on in the offseason,” Saunders said. “What we have left is four games, and I want to win four games. That’s what matters to us, winning.”
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MT. PLEASANT — Michigan voters may be asked as soon as May to approve a state sales tax increase as an alternative to higher gasoline taxes and registration fees.
“If we want to get it on the ballot before construction season, we have to get it on the May ballot,” Sen. Roger Kahn, R-Saginaw Township, told members of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, meeting in Mt. Pleasant Thursday.
Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday urged lawmakers to come up with a way to raise $1.2 billion a year to fix the state’s deteriorating roads and bridges. Kahn, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations committee, said one idea is to provide voters a choice of whether they’d rather pay a lot more at the gas pump or little more for everything.
“To take care of the problems we have, it’s going to take $120 a year per vehicle,” Michigan Department of Transportation Director Kirk Steudle told the construction trade group. “That amount is going to get you preservation of what you have.”
But many Republicans are extremely reluctant to vote for any kind of a tax increase for anything. Rep. Wayne Schmidt, a member of the House Transportation Committee, admitted that some Democratic votes would be needed to get the increase passed.
He wouldn’t say how many. Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, the chairman of the Transportation Committee, said some political deals could be struck to get Democrats on board.
“There could be something reasonable,” Casperson said. “Not to sell our souls.”
When pressed by senior state capitol correspondent Tim Skubick, who moderated the panel discussion, Casperson and the others said backing off on right-to-work wasn’t one of the things that Republicans would deal on. Right-to-work legislation that rocketed through the GOP-controlled Legislature during 2012’s lame duck session angered and alienated many Democrats and union members.
Democrats, reacting to the State of the State address, said Snyder’s proposal for more road funding was continuing to place more burdens on the middle class.
“It’s clear the governor’s idea of how to pay for roads is yet further increases taxes and fees paid by middle class and working families,” said.Tim Greimel, recently elected as leader of the House Democratic caucus. Continued...
Steudle said the state is facing a choice of spending about $10 billion more than it is now over the next 10 years, or doing nothing, and seeing the cost balloon to $25 billion. He also said Michigan drivers pay, on average, $81 more each year in car repairs because of damage done by poor roads.
Michigan’s retail-level motor fuels tax has been set,
House Speaker Jase Bolger said earlier that Republicans declined to endorse particular measures but said the Legislature had to solve the transportation funding shortfall.
“I’m the most optimistic I’ve ever been,” Steudle said, “that this will get done.”
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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Growing food, growing themselvesLISA PEMBERTON
Ask youths what they’ve learned after a year of hard work on the GRuB (Garden-Raised Bounty) farm in Olympia, and you probably won’t hear an answer about agriculture or plant science. “I’ve learned to get rid of shyness and speak in front of large groups,” said Arael Field-Borodin, 16, a junior at Capital High School in Olympia. “I have learned a lot about who I am as a person, and a lot about how I interact with people,” said Mallorie Shellmer, 17, a junior at Timberline High School in Lacey. “I’ve learned how to trust people,” said Alma Barragan, 18, a senior at Olympia High. The teens are among 30 or so young people who are part of GRuB’s Cultivating Youth Program, an employment and dropout-prevention program with the theme, “farming self, farming land and farming community.” During the past year, they have worked with GRuB staff members and volunteers to help grow, harvest, sell and give away nearly 10,000 pounds of farm-fresh vegetables, berries, fruits, herbs and flowers. In addition, the youths have helped build kitchen gardens for low-income families, led tours at the GRuB farm, gave presentations at community events and developed strong friendships with one another. “I love this program,” Field-Borodin said. “It’s like a family.” GRuB was formed in 1996 by Blue Peetz and Kim Gaffi, both graduates of The Evergreen State College. Peetz’s agricultural know-how and Gaffi’s expertise in grant writing sprouted into an effort to fight local hunger with healthy, locally grown food. Over the years, the organization has developed a curriculum that includes team-building, public speaking and other social skills. “It’s not about turning them all into farmers,” Peetz said. “It’s education that builds community.” Next month, Olympia High School will launch a two-year pilot program in which students will earn high school science, social studies and elective credits by working at the GRuB farm during the summer and half of the school day. The program is geared toward helping students who are disengaged with high school, said Olympia High principal Matt Grant. “Through farming and learning about food and food justice, I think they learn a lot about their community and themselves,” he said. The 2.86-acre farm grows a variety of fruits, vegetables, berries and flowers. Students get to take home some of the harvest; for some, it’s a way they can help their family. “For some, food really is an issue in their lives,” Grant said. Shellmer said one of her favorite parts about working at GRuB is the bus ride home – when she’s covered in dirt and sweat. “I feel very accomplished, and strong and tired at the end of the day,” she said. Lisa Pemberton: 360-754-5433
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Posts Tagged ‘French Open’ 212 of saying “girl” instead of “woman” and other late-eighties infractions. Joan Acocella on “Cirque du Soleil,” which I just dragged my family3 to last week out on Randall’s Island. I could happily read Joan Acocella all day. The only thing that could make this New Yorker issue any better would be a Nancy Franklin review.
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- I know I should not hate this movie without seeing it, but the two hours I lost to the first one still make me angry, and everything I’ve seen or read about SATC2, including the movie’s own ads and promotional interviews, convinces me I’m on solid ground.
- Either UCLA was not as steeped in semiotics and political correctness, or I was not paying close enough attention. (Both, I think.)
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Youth soccer coaches need a “split personality” when coaching both genders.
Coaching boys versus coaching girls is like comparing “apples and oranges,” according to TSS Academy managing director, Colin Elmes.
“Your male and female audience are drastically different sometimes,” he said.
And although much of their training sessions cover the same material — it should be approached differently.
“I might walk into a boys session and say, ‘We’ve got a lot of work to do, we’re going to get right at it and good let’s go,’” said Elmes. “If I come in (with the girls) and I am all business like that and I’m cold and abrupt — generally the girls do not respond terribly well to that.”
Elmes instead suggests to loosen up the group by opening with a joke, or asking about their week.
“The boys don’t want any part of that — they just want to get at it, they just want to compete,” he said. “So I almost have a split personality.”
According to Elmes, the men need to be driven and motivated, whereas the women need to be lead and develop relationships.
Elmes quickly learned these differences when he first started coaching girls at TSS Academy — used to coaching males, he approached the girl sessions with the same tactics.
“They just seemed to never kind of be into it and unmotivated,” he said.
So he started taking “a different approach” and focused on becoming their friend.
“You have to make them feel like you value their contribution further than just their soccer ability,” said Elmes. “And it’s not because I’m short changing the females, or not pushing them hard — our job is to draw performance out of these players — and girls you need to draw performance in different ways out of them than you do boys.”
According to Fusion FC technical director, Jason Jordan, another inherent difference lies in risk taking.
“It seems a lot of girls worry about making a lot of mistakes,” said Jordan. “Boys seem to be a little bit more creative and don’t mind making mistakes where the girls don’t like (it).”
“It comes from practices – encouraging them to make risks.”
And when players make those mistakes, feedback should be delivered differently between genders.
For males, when Elmes calls them out individually, they seem to be able to move on from it quickly.
“(But) if I go and call one of the girls out in that way not only is that girl horrified the rest of the girls feel really sorry for her and they get mad at me,” said Elmes. “Not only have I upset that particular female soccer player, but I’ve upset the rest of the team.”
“And now I’m the monster enemy for the next five to ten minutes.”
So Elmes suggests giving three positives with each piece of constructive criticism.
And while girls tend to take criticism better as they climb up the pro ranks, Elmes would still use this method.
“You still need to extract performance and (provide) an arm around the shoulder sometimes ... that’s why (John) Herdman has had a great deal of success bringing these female elite soccer players back on track,” he said. “Our previous national team regime was more almost over the top ... and almost (male) coaching.”
“You’re only as good as your lowest common denominator and if the coach has upset the bottom half of the team because of how he’s delivered the feedback then your team is going to suck.”
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I want an iPhone 5 and I want it right now
AS a twenty-something, I have a real mind to send Steve Jobs a nasty email for ruining my retirement.
I was looking forward to marvelling at some new whiz-bang contraption in my twilight years, while telling some young punk how, in my day, iPads didn’t support Flash. Thanks to Jobs and his high-waisted jeans, however, it will be a lot less starry-eyed wonder and whole lot more humbug.
When I’m 84 and daytime telly’s been cancelled because the last of the Andrew O’Keefe clones has died in a bizarre Ready, Steady Cook accident, I’ll be bored stiff.
Global warming will have rendered my gardening efforts useless and my lovely country view will be spoiled by a 50ft statue of General Bob Katter manning an anti-aircraft gun during the great Banana War of ‘35 (he warned us, but we laughed).
Nothing notable will have happened since the 2060 Delhi Olympics proved that papier-mache aquatic centres are a cheap, but disastrous, alternative to concrete ones and bookstores will only stock Masterchef cookbooks and Justin Bieber’s autobiography.
I’ll spend the rest of my thumb-twiddling days watching Back to the Future II on Rainbow-Ray and wondering how Robert Zemeckis knew shoulder pads would come back in such a big way.
Technology and nifty gadgets were supposed to be my salvation. Sure a lot of oldies couldn’t give a stuff about trendy gadgets - like my Granny, for instance, who thinks computers are a new, more difficult, version of the Rubik’s Cube.
But I wasn’t going to be one of those. I was going to marvel at shiny new thingies and unfathomably fast computers.
Now, it’s looking more and more likely that future Jason won’t even look twice at the latest iThing of 2058.
Technology has progressed ridiculously quickly over the past 10 years.
It’s not like the ol’ days where major advances were decades apart and the only fancy inventions between colour TV and CDs were tacky novelty kitchen gadgets (feel free to abuse me and angrily list inventions in the comments below).
These days, a giant digital leap is taken every time Bono clicks his fingers.
Click. Did you hear that? Click. Facebook. Click. iPhones. Click. 3D. Click. iPads. At this rate, Mr Jobs and Mr Zuckerburg, I won’t be marvelling at anything when I’m 84.
Because of innovators like the pair of you, I’ve been desensitized to progress.
I take technology for granted and expect nothing less than genius.
When it comes to gadgetry, Gen Y are spoiled for choice - and it’s our cross to bear (except in the third world where they worry about silly things like food, water and genocide).
I recently bought an iPhone 4 and within about 10 minutes, I’d formed a list of inadequacies the iPhone 5 should address.
If there isn’t a continual stream of quantum leaps in the latter half of this century, I’m going to be a very cranky old man indeed.
But at least I’ll still get to tell twenty-somethings that they don’t know how good they’ve got it or have anything real to complain about. | http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-want-an-iphone-5-and-i-want-it-right-now/ | 2013-05-18T10:52:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Date: 04/18/2010 12:50 AM Title: Chapter 1
Hi, I love reading your married H/G fics. And I'm glad you do continue writing about my fave couple.
Do you post in Sink into your eyes? An H/G archive?
There are lots more H/G readers there :)
Also at LJ, there's OTP, and H/G semi weekly summary of all H/G fics and fan arts posted for our fave couple.
You're stories are lovely and it has to be enjoyed by other H/G fans :)
Thanks and cheers! - grace
Date: 04/09/2010 03:36 PM Title: Chapter 1
This was an adrorably short story. Just right for an anfternoon smile.
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MILVERTON — A teenage girl is dead, a young man is fighting for his life and another young man has been charged with murder in a quiet Perth County community.
Nicole Wagler, 17, was killed Tuesday night in a shooting on Edward Street in the village of Milverton. She died at a house four doors from her father’s home.
Her grieving father stayed inside his home Wednesday, surrounded by family. He declined to speak to reporters.
Tyler Baker, 22, is in critical condition in a London, Ont., hospital. Michael Schweitzer, 23, has been charged with first-degree murder and with attempted murder.
As investigators wearing protective forensic suits continued their work in Milverton on Wednesday, Schweitzer appeared in court in Stratford where a publication ban was imposed on the case.
Wagler was a student at Stratford Northwestern Secondary School, where she was a member of the wrestling team. Wagler listed both Baker and Schweitzer as friends on Facebook. The men’s Facebook pages identify them as members of the class of 2007 at Northwestern.
“She was just a nice young girl,” said neighbour Todd White.
By Wednesday evening, dozens of tributes to Wagler had been posted on two Facebook memorial pages by those who remembered the teen as “a beautiful angel” with an endearing smile and a love of life.
Neighbours described Baker and Schweitzer as roommates in the brick bungalow where the shooting took place. They were shocked by the killing, but not surprised to see police on their street.
Noisy parties were common at the home. Police would sometimes come by to break up the parties after neighbours complained.
Responding to a 911 call around 10 p.m. Tuesday, police found Wagler dead and Baker injured inside the home. They arrested Schweitzer near the residence.
“We’re trying to determine what exactly led up to this incident,” said OPP Const. Jamie Stanley.
Milverton is a village of 1,500 about 45 kilometres northwest of Waterloo. It all happened next to a farmer’s field, beside a large barn.
Peter Neufeld was asleep in bed when the commotion startled his wife. Suddenly there were police cruisers on the street, lights flashing.
He figured police had come to break up another party at the house two doors down. The music was often so loud he could hear it outside.
When he saw the police tape Wednesday he knew it was more serious. But he didn’t know about the killing until a reporter told him.
“It’s kind of tough,” he said. “It’s giving me a shock.”
Jeff Rooyakkers was returning home late Tuesday with wife Sarah when a police cruiser rushed past them heading to their neighbourhood. “You live in a small town to get away from this,” Sarah said on Wednesday.
Lisa Pettit, Sarah’s sister, was babysitting the couple’s infant son when police arrived at the bungalow two doors away. A neighbour telephoned Pettit and told her to go into the basement because police were concerned about a gun.
“This is way too close to home,” said Jeff.
Resident Criselly Sippel said police used a loudspeaker to tell people to stay in their homes and head into their basements for their own safety. She said the incident was unnerving. “You don’t know what’s going on.”
Members of the Avon Maitland District School Board’s Tragic Event Response Support Team were sent Wednesday to the Stratford high school where Wagler had been a student to provide support and counselling.
Support was also provided at Milverton Public School to assist any young students who may have been upset by the police activity in the normally quiet village.
“You’re looking at a big impact on friends and family and young people,” said OPP Const. Kees Wijnands, who said he couldn’t recall another homicide in Milverton during his 14 years in the area. “It’s going to be major for a community this size.”
Glenn Schwendinger, chief administrative officer for the Township of Perth East, said the tragedy touches very close to home.
“It’s a horrible tragedy in a small community such as ours as many either know one of these young people directly or we know or work with someone who does,” he wrote in an email.
“It is a very sad, tragic loss in the community on many levels that will have long-lasting impacts,” he wrote.
“One of the great treasures in a small community is that during difficult times a community comes together and supports those in need, and we are confident that this is already taking place and will continue to take place in the coming very difficult days.”
Police urge anyone with information to call OPP investigators at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Palm: 3G Euro Treo to launch 12 September
Launch, yes - ship, not necessarily
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Palm has confirmed it will launch its next Treo smart phone in the UK next month, a move revealed first by Reg Hardware in July this year, just after the device was announced.
According to a Palm spokeswoman cited by Reuters, the formal unveiling will come on 12 September. So far Palm and partner Vodafone have only said the device will appear "later this year". Indeed, the spokeswoman said the company will only admit that the gadget will ship before the end of 2006.
Last month,. ®
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Wireless comms and the end of civilisation
Surviving Survivors
Posted in Networks, 28th November 2008 12:40 GMT
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Not that the government will need to rely on public infrastructure: in the event of any emergency wireless links between the three alternative COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) locations are available, along with connections to the 13 government departments, 9 regional co-ordination centres, 42 "Primary Strategic Co-ordination Centres" and offices in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. These are microwave links, well backed with generators and the option to switch to satellite if necessary - Scotland even has three mobile communication trucks for deployment around the country at short notice.
But government plans are based on 25 per cent fatalities (actually, they are based on up to 25 per cent of the population falling ill, with most returning to work within three months). Survivors posits 90 per cent fatalities, which could necessitate more radical solutions.
And this is how we'll power the base station generator...
Raynet, the volunteer network of radio hams, can be called upon by government agencies and emergency workers to provide infrastructure and support. Being hobbyists, most Raynet members are pretty self-sufficient, and can establish nationwide communications if needed - so they're worth looking up when the end comes.
Airwave, the TETRA network operated by O2 for the emergency services, should remain operable for a considerable period, even if everyone disappears. Airwave base stations can operate without mains power for at least six hours, but one third of the network will run for seven days (well into the second episode) and a core of 80 sites can operate for 14 days without humans in attendance. TETRA handsets can also talk directly to each other, or use vehicle-based radios as relays, so a handful of Airware handsets should be first on the shopping list for any post-holocaust survivor.
Satellite phones might seem an obvious option, but most route connections though an Earth stations, such as Globalstar's French offices, so can't be relied upon in a global epidemic. The notable exception to that arrangement is Iridium, which offers direct connections, so should remain operational long after the ground-based staff have succumbed to the virus.
But today's Survivors seem unable to communicate, and even dropping into Maplin for a cheap pair of walkie-talkies seems beyond them. In much the same way as their 1970's predecessors spend an inordinate amount of time ironing clothes, their 21st-century descendants can't seem to relate to wireless communications that doesn't have a Nokia logo on it - or perhaps that's just the lamentable state of technical education in today's society.® | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/28/wireless_survivors/print.html | 2013-05-18T10:42:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Apple signs iPhone deal with China
Shipments to arrive in Q4 '09
IF there are GPS and Wi-Fi restrictions as often mooted.......
....I wonder how long it will take for people to jailbreak and re-enable?
Devil Steve, obviously.
Pointless
I still can't get a 3GS in the UK (Black, 32Gb) , now I have to compete with a billion more people - and they live in the country where the phone is made ! | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/iphone_china/ | 2013-05-18T10:22:09 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Microsoft yanks Windows code on GPL violation claim
Third time's the charm
Posted in Developer, 10th November 2009 20:05 GMT
Free whitepaper – Hands on with Hyper-V 3.0 and virtual machine movement Free-Software Foundation's license in two ways: by modifying and then distributing the ImageMaster code without making its source-code available, and by actually bolting on its own, restricted licensing terms to the code.
A Microsoft spokesperson told The Reg: "We are currently looking into this issue and are taking down the Windows USB/DVD Tool (WUDT) from the Microsoft Store site until our review of this matter is complete."
This is not the first time Microsoft's landed in hot water for violating the GPL or for blurring the lines on CodePlex.
This summer, Microsoft apparently violated the GPL in Linux drivers for its Hyper-V code that it released under the GPL with a splash. The driver had been statically linked to binary parts, which was a problem because the GPL does not permit the mixing of closed and open-source elements.
Microsoft denied it had violated the GPL and released the drivers to remain in compliance.
Prior to that, a year ago, Microsoft was caught posting code to its CodePlex open-source project-hosting site under licenses that went against the principle of open-source.
The company posted projects under Microsoft licenses that stopped you from running CodePlex projects on non-Windows platforms or restrict access to code. CodePlex, though, was described by Microsoft as an open-source project community, meaning there should be no platform or code-access restrictions.
Microsoft never fully explained why this happened, but promised changes to add "clarity" around what projects are hosed on CodePlex. Since then, Microsoft announced the CodePlex Foundation that it said would help open source work with commercial software organizations. ®
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Sulky fans biggest threat to gaming, says Black Ops developer
But please still buy our CoD expansion pack
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Activision has expanded its content for Call of Duty: Black Ops, with a handful of downloadable multiplayer maps, even as an executive from the game's developer, Treyarch, slammed certain fans for stifling industry creativity.
Treyarch's First Strike gives players five fresh maps set around the globe:
- Berlin Wall gives players the option to fight on both sides during Cold War Germany.
- Stadium offers fast paced close-combat set in a sports complex.
- Discovery is set in an abandoned outpost along the coast of Antarctica.
- Kowloon lets soldiers battle along the rooftops of Kowloon City in Hong Kong.
- Ascension pits players against perk-stealing monkeys and flesh-eating Soviets in a trap-filled "Zombie mode" level.
Amid its release yesterday, Josh Olin, Community Manager at Treyarch, voiced his opinion that angry fans are stunting creativity and game innovation.
In an interview with Now Gamer [1], Olin said: "Too many developers who try new things are getting burned by 'pundits' and angry entitled fans who look to be contrarian, sometimes simply for the sake of being contrarian.
"The only thing this attitude aims to achieve is [to] stunt that creativity and innovation even further, which is something that no rational gamer looking to be entertained would want to do."
Or perhaps their intention is to get developers to make games that actually work? With hordes of CoD fans alleging Black Ops' is unfit for purpose [2], Olin's claim seems ill-timed.
Microsoft has penned an exclusivity deal for publishing all downloadable content (DLC) first, but complaints say multiplayer doesn't function properly on PS3 anyway, so what's the point?
Call of Duty: Black Ops' - First Strike [3] DLC is available on Xbox Live Marketplace for 1200 points (£10). ® | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/02/call_of_duty_expansion_and_complaints/print.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:22 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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StorSimple stares down EMC and NetApp
Disruption afoot
Posted in Storage, 29th June 2011 11:09 GMT
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Comment StorSimple's cloud front-end appliance technology is a massive disruptive threat to mainstream enterprise storage array providers.
At a briefing in Sunnyvale we found out that StorSimple [1]_0<<) [2]. The 5010 and 7010 cost $30,000 and $50,000 respectively, and there are fees to pay once data stored up in the cloud passes certain levels. ® | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/29/storsimple_technology/print.html | 2013-05-18T10:22:23 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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NOAA picks IBM for supercomputer storm chasing
Power out, Xeon in
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Updated The server executives at Big Blue are probably breathing a bit easier now that the company managed to survive a competitive bidding process on a monster supercomputer contract at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the climate modeling arm of the US Department of Commerce. As a result, IBM has the potential to reap $502m in rewards building and supporting supercomputers for NOAA through 2021, if all the contract provisions are extended and activated.
Among its many tasks, NOAA does the weather modeling for the National Weather Service and also, through its National Centers for Environmental Prediction, does longer-term climate modeling that could affect the US economy. Hence, the affiliation with the Department of Commerce.
NOAA has been shopping around an upgrade for its computer systems for NWS and NCEP since it kicked out a draft RFP [1] back in November 2010. The bidding process went through many amendments [2] last year. IBM said in a statement [3] that the bidding process was competitive, but neither NOAA nor IBM divulged who was in on the deal.
IBM won a contract to install mirrored computers at NOAA's NCEP's primary facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland and a backup data center in Fairmont, West Virginia, in 2002. Those machines are AIX clusters based on IBM's water-cooled, Power6-based Power 575 servers and were last upgraded in late 2008 and went live in August 2009.
Each cluster is rated at a mere 73.1 teraflops peak performance on the Linpack Fortran benchmark test, which got the machine a number 37 ranking on the November 2008 Top 500 supercomputer list, but which don't mean squat on the current list, where top-end machines have tens of petaflops of oomph. This pair now ranks 224 and 223 on the November 2011 list.
NOAA's current Stratus supercomputer
Since these Power 575 machines were installed, NOAA has been arguing correctly that given the increasingly extreme weather swings in the States, it needed petaflops-class iron to make better predictions.It also needs to do so more quickly, too, because sometimes, as the tornadoes last week in the Ohio Valley demonstrated, the speed and accuracy of a weather forecast means the difference between life and death.
The NCEP was a Cray shop through the 1990s, with various Cray Y-MP systems. After IBM was awarded the contract for NCEP supers in 2002, the weather forecasting operation ran on a succession of Power-based servers, starting with a pair of mirrored clusters of pSeries 690 machines using 704 of IBM's dual-core, 1.3GHz Power4 processors. These machines peaked at 3.6 teraflops and ranked 25 and 26 on the list at the time.
The current clusters installed in Maryland and West Virginia each have 156 Power 575 nodes linked by double data rate (DDR) InfiniBand networks. The Power6 processors run at 4.7GHz and deliver a total of 4,992 cores, 18.7TB of main memory, 170TB of disk capacity, and 13PM of tape archiving capacity.
The primary machine in Maryland is called "Stratus," and the backup in West Virginia is called "Cirrus," if you like to know the names of supercomputers, as is the convention. They are four times faster than the machines they replaced, but that was many years ago and it is clear that these boxes are indeed long in the tooth.
In these two graphs, in a presentation by William Lapenta, acting director of environmental modeling for NOAA's NWS and NCEP operations, showing the daily workload the machines churn through, you can see why. Here's the mixed workload of simulations, including production and development jobs, from an average day in September 2011 on the primary cluster:
Now here is Lapenta's projection of the workload mix for May 2012:
As you can see, NOAA is running out of headroom on the systems to run its models and work on new ones at the same time. And hence its desire to get the bid done back in October 2011.
The new Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System, or WCOSS in gov-speak, will be a pair of mirrored machines, just as before. The contract [6] called for the new facilities to be built to house the machines and for the vendor (or collection of vendors bidding on the deal) to provide facilities services, refreshes to the systems, and project management.
The contract called for a five year base period with a three year option period and a two year transition period, with a total contract term of no more than ten years and with a total contract value not to exceed $502m over those ten years.
The feeds and speeds of the WCOSS system were not specified last year when the bids started, but NOAA said it wanted a machine that ran either Unix or Linux and that had at least 2GB of main memory per core. The deal also required 99 per cent uptime, given the continuous and timely nature of the data coming into NOAA and the simulations and reports it must do for weather forecasters around the country.
IBM is not tipping its hand too much on the systems side as far as what the WCOSS system will look like, and in fact its US Federal division handled the announcement. Perhaps because IBM does not want to talk about yet another Power Systems cluster user that switched to x86 iron.
Back in January 2011, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), which pays for supercomputing capacity around the EU, said that it was building a companion for the 1-petaflops "Jugene" BlueGene/P massively parallel machine built by IBM and using its PowerPC chips and installed at Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ). But the "SuperMUC" [7] system, which will weigh in at 3 petaflops and which will be installed at the Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ), will be built from iDataPlex nodes and the new Intel Xeon E5-2600 processors, just announced this week [8].
The iDataPlex machines are a hybrid somewhere between a blade server and a rack server and have been chosen by a number of supercomputer centers around the world. SuperMUC is supposed to be up and running by the middle of this year.
Similarly, the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), which does longer-range weather modeling, is a big former user of Cray iron that switched to IBM Power iron a decade ago. It has a system called "Bluefire" that is very similar to the Stratus system at NOAA. NCAR is building a 1.6 petaflops behemoth called "Yellowstone" [9] that is also built on iDataPlex nodes and that also uses Xeon E5 processors from Intel. That Yellowstone system will have 74,592 cores in 4,662 nodes and cost between $25m and $35m, depending on how it is configured.
Perhaps even more significantly, IBM's Power7-based "Blue Waters" system, a multi-petaflopper that was due to be installed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, had its plug pulled [10] by IBM last August. The Blue Waters machine will now be built by Cray [11] for $188m using a mix of Opteron 6200 CPUs and Nvidia Tesla GPUs.
While IBM didn't say much about the NOAA WCOSS machine, it did say that it would be based on its latest iDataPlex x86-based servers, its disk storage, and its General Parallel File System. The system will be configured with "hot spares" to meet uptime requirements, but the IBM statement did not say hot spares of what.
Update: IBM was working to get us more details on the WCOSS system as we went to press earlier, and came back with some specs. The machines is based on the new iDataPlex dx360 M4 servers using the Xeon E5-2600 processors. It has 448 nodes and uses a 56Gb/sec FDR InfiniBand network to lash together the nodes to create a machine with 149 teraflops of oomph. The nodes are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. ®
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Four CEOs better than one as Huawei profits slump
Rotating CEO plan not to be criticised as "Leniency will help them succeed"
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Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei has taken the unusual step of appointing a panel of three CEOs and a plan to rotate them every six months, after its latest financials (PDF) [1] saw profits plummet 53 per cent despite revenue rising 11.7 per cent to around 204 billion yuan (£20bn) last year.
The firm said its net profit stood at 11.6 billion yuan (£1.1bn) for 2011 after it spent heavily on R&D and in pushing its own brand smartphones – led by the super-thin Ascend P1 – in an increasingly competitive market.
Carrier network sales as usual made up the majority – around three-quarters – of the firm’s revenue at 115bn yuan (£11.3bn) although it remains held back by its inability to crack the US market thanks in part to lingering concerns over its links to the Chinese government and military.
Fellow Shenzhen-dwelling rival ZTE didn’t do an awful lot better when it announced its 2011 results last month, however, reporting revenue up 86bn yuan (£8.4bn) but profits down by 37 per cent.
Huawei CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei said he hoped the unusual plan to bring on board three co-CEOs would help equip the firm for greater success in the future.
“By authorising a group of ‘bright minds’ to act as rotating and acting CEOs, the company allows them to make decisions within certain boundaries while they face a constantly changing world. This is our rotating CEO system,” he wrote in an open letter [2].
“Huawei's rotating and acting CEOs are comprised of a group of executives. As they seek harmony in diversity, they can help the company adapt quickly to changes in the environment. They make decisions collectively, which avoids corporate rigidity caused by any particular individual being too obstinate and also avoids the uncertainties caused by unexpected risks to company operations.”
Vice chairmen Guo Ping, Eric Xu Zhijun and Ken Hu Houkun will join Ren on the CEO panel, with each taking turns at the helm for a six month period, although all will be involved in the “decision-making nucleus” at all times.
It could be seen as an ambitious way to keep as many talented senior execs at the company as possible ahead of the inevitable day when Ren decides to let go of the reins, although time will tell whether such a system is a practical way to run a company of Huawei’s stature.
In fact, Ren himself said as much in his letter to shareholders:
Today, tides rise and surge; companies are springing up all over the place while others are quickly being swept away. Huawei hasn't found a way to adapt well to a rapidly changing society. Time will tell if the rotating CEO system is the right move or not.
He also exhorted stakeholders to go easy on the multi-CEO plan, writing:
"We must not be too critical of our rotating CEO system. Leniency will help them succeed."
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The farmers markets and mingling of people who attend is the greatest attraction to the downtown. Since we are becoming a more diverse ethnic community, it would also be nice to see more participants representing other cultures in these markets. A continual ethnic expo market.
But, be forewarned. The mingling of people should be the priority before profit. If it deviates from that, it will die. All the vendors should keep this in mind. Being a good host is what gave us the motto “Hoosier Hospitality” and “The Crossroads of America.”
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Buy photos » Channel 4's controversial documentary The Undateables features Rugby man Justin Coling (far left) who suffers with a condition which causes tumours to grow on his face. Picture courtesy of Channel 4. (s)
A MAN who suffers with a rare condition which causes tumours to grow on his face has appeared in a controversial television documentary looking for love.
Justin Coling features in documentary series The Undateables which starts on Channel 4 tonight (Tuesday) and follows people with disabilities, such as facial deformities, on a quest to find a partner.
The 39-year-old has neurofibromatosis type one, a condition that causes tumours to grow on his skin.
The stock assistant for a printing firm in Rugby lives alone with his cat, Leo, and had never been on a date before appearing on the show.
When the programme was first announced it hit the headlines before it was even shown as people branded it 'offensive' and even likened it to a Victorian freak show.
Justin told a national newspaper when the name of the show was first announced he was not too sure but added appearing on The Undateables had helped realise he could meet someone if he tried.
He said: "The whole point of it is so people with disabilities can date. I don't suppose anybody is easy to find a date for, but mine went really well.
"The female population has never really shown any affection towards me and I've never really pushed it or pursued it. I'm not looking for sympathy – there have just been extra challenges.
"I've learned if I'm going to meet someone, I need to get up and go out. I've registered on another dating site and I am on the lookout. She has got to be kind, considerate, thoughtful and understanding."
Warwickshire dating agency, Searchmate, based near Leamington, also features in the series.
Managing director, Jaci Barton, insists the series is aimed at 'turning society's prejudice on its head'.
She did however say working with the group of eight - which includes a man with Down Syndrome, a man with a serious bone condition which causes facial deformities and another with tourettes - was 'very challenging'.
"We had achieved relationships for disabled clients and clients with impairments in the past and were happy to try for the clients that Channel 4 brought us," she final two parts of the documentary will air later this month.
1 Pride of Rugby honoured
2 Wrestling Association of Rugby get ready to rumble
3 Painting Fifty Shades of Grey
4 Rugby police praised for saving life
5 Alert bike cops sniff out wanted man
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Stand by for thrills
THE first Formula One races of 2013 will be just as exciting and unpredictable as the early events of last season, experts believe.
There were seven different winners in the first seven Grands Prix of 2012.
And an action replay is likely due to four main factors:
**FACTOR 1: Few changes to the rules mean the field is likely to become more tightly-packed, with no team able to introduce an unforeseen radical tweak that will rocket them ahead.
The current regulations are entering their fifth and final year, and sudden leaps in speed are uncommon at the end of an era.
**FACTOR 2: F1’s tyre suppliers Pirelli are introducing new compounds.
It took the best part of half a season for teams to get to grips with the characteristics of the rubber last year, leading to different cars performing well at different tracks. And that looks set to happen again.
**FACTOR 3: The fierce development battle between teams that fought for 2012 victories – Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Lotus – meant they were unable to concentrate on their 2013 cars, unlike lesser teams who should gain an advantage and thus close the gap.
Red Bull’s design guru Adrian Newey said: “We had to keep pushing which made it difficult to introduce developments and simultaneously develop next year’s car.
“This has compromised the timescales of the new car more than we would have liked.”
**FACTOR 4: Instead of working flat out to maximise performance of their 2013 cars, teams may be tempted to divert some resources to preparations for 2014.
This is when a new rules package comes into force, with cars built around 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged engines.
Williams technical director Mike Coughlan said: “It’s a huge change. There are very few teams who will be able to do a fully-focused run on the 2013 championship AND the year after.”
Edd Straw, F1 editor of racing magazine Autosport, said: “The new year is but a few days old yet already Formula One teams’ thoughts will be turning to 2014.
“Even before a single new car has turned a wheel this season, next year is already on the agenda.
“Conceivably, work going on in the halls of Maranello, Woking and Milton Keynes at this very moment could have a bearing on who wins even the 2018 world championship.” | http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/motorsport/4725202/Four-reasons-why-F1-2013-will-be-just-as-exciting-as-2012.html | 2013-05-18T10:13:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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By Chineymo
from Hamilton, Ontario
Love using this wristlet while i'm on vacation. Clean and safe from sand and water when thrown into a bag, and feels secure and durable to carry while out shopping in crowds. Love it!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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It's the perfect size!
By LISA
from EDMONTON
I purchased this to carry my iPhone and it is the perfect size! Now I can place my phone in my tote for the day with all my other stuff and don't have to worry about it becoming damaged in the shuffle. The zip pouch is perfect for carrying the charger and the interior of the case is nice and soft to prevent any scratches on the screen. I love the pearl white colour--much prettier than how it looked pictured on the website. The only thing that made me a little unhappy was that my case came with several scuffs on the outside. It's not a huge deal since I was able to clean it up by simply wiping it with a soft dry cloth but, considering it's supposed to be brand new, I would expect it to be pristine. Oh well! For the price, it's definitely worth it! I also love how I could easily use this for many other purposes.
Excellent
By Pamela
from Toronto
I bought the hot pink case about 2 years ago. I LOVE it. I use it for my glasses when I am using my camera - I don't have to worry where I put them. It is sturdy and lightweight. Great product.
Must have
By virgo
from Alberta, Canada
I bought two of these for my trip recently, one for my sunglasses and the other for my camera. I always seem to wreck sunglasses unless and this one did a great job at protecting them and making them easy to find in my purse. It also really protected my camera from being damaged.I would recommend this to anyone because it can be used so many ways.
Handy little case.
By Traveling Sue
from Whitby, Ontario
I love this little case for holding the few items of jewelry I like to take with me on a cruise. It's just the right size. I bought a second one for my husband to hold is formal wear cuff links and studs. We put our rings and watches in our respective cases and into the room safe. Fits quite nicely.
( 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Very cute!
By MARLENE
from OAKVILLE
Besides this case being reliable, cute and available in a wide range of beautiful colours, I would like to address the comments regarding the strap. Considering the low price point for a good quality product, it was nice receiving a strap as a bonus and reviews should not be reflected on the strap but on the actual product!
( 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
FANTASTIC
By JANET
from Canada,BC,NORTH VANCOUVER
I bought this item from the Shopping Channel about two years ago. I now use this as my everyday purse it takes my cell phone, all my cards and cash (not good for change though, wont carry purse junk etc). I wear it around my neck when my hands are full of other items, when I am taking the dog for a walk on the beach. So many, many people ask me where I got it and I tell them the shopping channel - I wished they carried on their site all the time because I could send them so many customers. I will order another one on Friday for my new camera that I just bought at the Shopping Channel this week. Great, great product.
( 4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Cute and Stylish
By REBECCA
from Canada,BC,SURREY
Although the strap sucks, the case is very cute and handy especially when you just want to take a couple of items with you.Hopefully they address the strap situation.
( 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
just love this item
By CANDICE
from Canada,AB,STETTLER
I use this case as a camera case. I just love it. Plus my case draws alot of attention since i got the green on..
( 8 of 11 customers found this review helpful)
OKAY
By RENE
from Canada,NS,LOWER SACKVILLE
I gave this a "3"...If it was a review on the case only I would have given it a "5" but because of the cheap plastic strap, I gave it a "3".I agree that the plastic strap is a really cheap looking strap. It dosen't look like it belongs with such a nice little case. I have a few of Heys products and was surprised to see a strap like that on the mini case. I am keeping the case. I have a thin black leather strap that I put on it and it looks so much nicer.The strap came with an handbag I purchased, it was provided as an extra incase you wanted to use your handbag as a crossbody bag. The strap was thin so it looks really good with the heys mini case...It actually looks like it came with it...I wish they would come out with a really nice zip around wallet.
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NUXE Paris Skin Care is a French Beauty Editor favourite, and a best-selling brand many French beauty boutiques. Originally created by a French pharmacist with a fascination for phytotheraphy and aromatherapy, this line personifies the power and beauty of nature with their luxurious skin care products. Today, brand founder Aliza Jabes has managed to turn a traditional laboratory in the heart of Paris into a skin care empire with products that are carried worldwide. NUXE promises non-comedogenic products that do not contain mineral oil, synthetic colours, or animal ingredients.
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her potato soup. It's delicious. I love it.
This evening I noticed that a friend of mine
made a pot of potato soup for her family
dinner. It's the season for soup like this -
makes great comfort food.
We have wonderful yukon gold
potatoes at the market and they make
fabulous soup. .
Here's Mom's recipe:
Peel and cube about 4 to 5 potatoes. I actually add 3 more.
Chop a whole onion and several celery sticks. It's up to you how much.
I add crushed garlic.
Saute this mixture.
Then add the vegee mixture, the potatoes in your big pot and cover it with 32 oz (or more) of chicken broth. I like Trader Joe's if I don't have my own on hand.
Then add (gulp) 1 stick of butter and one cup of sour cream.
It's rich and it's wonderful.
It's rich and it's wonderful.
Then thicken the soup with about 3 T. corn starch mixed with 1/2 cup of milk.
Add fresh dill. I use dill liberally as I have fresh dill in my garden.
Heat and do not boil. "Mash" the cooked potatoes with a potato masher. DELICIOUS!
For an extra kick, chop finely jalapeno and add it to the soup. This made it more than wonderful.
Have a wonderful rest of the week.
Don't forget our Thursday market does not open until January 12th.
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LOS richer.
The Swedish beauty divorced her philandering husband after learning that he had a gallery of gals. Nordegren did very well for herself as she walked away from the skirt-chasing brutha with $342 million.
Elin returned to her native Sweden with her children where she quickly became the richest woman in the country. She reportedly purchased the famous Viking Moon Castle and plans to turn it into a bed and breakfast for Europe's wealthiest and most influential citizens.
The former Mrs. Tiger Woods has always maintained a very low-profile mystique about her. Fajita San Guacamole with Hollywood Innuendo stated that he has known Nordegren for three years, five months, and two weeks, and there has never been even the slightest hint of any scandal on her part.
San Guacamole noted that the supermarket tabloid Just Saying reported in its latest issue that they received a sex tape which allegedly shows Elin Nordegren and Kobe Bryant doing the mattress mambo at an out-of-the-way motel in Hacienda Heights.
Nordegren was shown a copy of the sex tape and she immediately stated that the woman in the video is not her. She pointed out that the female in the video has a tattoo of a tumbleweed on her left upper thigh and she (E.N.) does not have any tattoos on either one of her thighs.
San Guacamole tried to reach Kobe Bryant to get a comment from him but his answering machine said that he was in the shower and could not come to the phone.
In a Non-Related Story. Pee Wee Herman says that he is seriously considering running against Arizona Governor Jan "The Man" Brewer. Pee Wee is 59, but he looks 39. Brewer is 67, but she looks 87. | http://www.thespoof.com/news/entertainment-gossip/106513/rumors-of-a-kobe-bryant-elin-nordegren-sex-tape-surface | 2013-05-18T10:53:44 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Former Big Brother star Imogen Thomas is apparently all set to meet President Obama and the Queen at Buckingham Palace this tea time for tea and custard creams on the Palace lawn.
Apparently, the President and the Queen were scanning this morning's newspapers, which for some inexplicable reason appeared to be largely focused on the reality TV star's relationship with somebody or other, and were intrigued to know what she does, and why she is splashed all over the papers.
Rumour has it that the Queen and the President exchanged knowing glances, both obviously mutually curious as to who exactly Imogen Thomas is, and apparently ordered an equerry to to go out and invite Imogen to the Palace for tea.
Further enquiries revealed that Imogen Thomas made her 'name' on the television reality programme, 'Big Brother.'
This seemingly involved living in a house with a bunch of other people, lazing about in a garden on a sun lounger in a skimpy bikini, and having her voice dubbed over with the sound of birds tweeting, or trains passing by.
The President and the Queen, who achieved fame by different methods - her by being born, and him by him drinking Guinness in an Irish pub, were thought to be keen to understand alternative routes to fame, and determine if such alternatives might be beneficial towards their mutual chances of attaining even more fame.
Apparently, Imogen was 'made up' by the Palace invitation, and shrieked when she was informed. Just before she went off to her wardrobe to find something suitably slinky, in which to showcase her 'assets.'
A close friend of Imogen's, Johnny Cwm Laytely, a gay man from Swansea (Probably the only gay man in Swansea) told us:
"She's hoping to make a big impression. If this one works out Bach, she'll be a shoe-in for 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!' and maybe even for 'Britain's Got Talent.' Somebody told me she was an expert sword swallower. Trained in a circus, and that. Although they might have been having me on. Isnit."
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Minneapolis (Bakers Daily News)-Spread the good news! Spread the butter! Spread the margarine! He gave his life to save the world of its breakfast sins! And today he is risen, to sit at the right hand of the eggs and morning meat products! Rejoice! The Pillsbury Doughboy has come again!
Two days ago, it was widely reported that the erstwhile late bakery icon and all-around advertising oracle had "prepared himself" for the 'last breakfast.' The evidence is clear, however, that the crescent roll that was, the new Messiah IS!! Hark, out of the yeast, a new savior of bread is reborn. It's time to preheat those ovens and proclaim the bakery blessing.
Apparently, the fervent prayers of moms lamenting the lack of a quick-and-easy alimentary accessory, busy business people missing their on-the-go coffee companion, and grocers struggling to fill empty dairy shelves paid off. Days before the expiration date of the remaining 'dietary disciples' had been reached, a new and improved product line came forth in sacred delivery trucks to the delight of penitent palates from Paris to Palo Alto.
Leaner, shapelier and with even less trans-fats than before, the return of the 'Savior of the breakfast table' should mean happier mornings for millions of Americans who have been mourning the loss of the people's pastry Patron Saint. But the wakes can now cease. Once again, from coast to coast and around the world, joyous families can 'wake and bake' to their hearts' content, feasting on the crispy, crunchy crusader of the crust.
And, rest assured, this is no mere leftover from a bygone breakfast; no mere meal memorabilia. This is ordained to be the renaissance of the dairy case. Brighter packaging, more informative labeling and FDA-approved nutritional additives virtually GUARANTEE that the new Prince of the Pig-in-the-Blanket will bring joy and fulfillment to every meal, every day, across the land.
Let the revival begin! Let the cookbooks be opened and the recipes be restored to better than their former glory. Blessed is the new Pillsbury Doughboy, in the name of the fritter, the scone and the holy toast .AMEN! | http://www.thespoof.com/news/us/18188/he-has-risen-pillsbury-doughboy-the-new-messiah | 2013-05-18T11:05:42 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
People often tell me in private, either though emails or when I meet them face to face, that they know I don't like talking about autism or biomedical treatments much, but they would really love to hear more. I always assure them that I really don't mind talking about it, I just have to keep it in balance with everything else in my life. And I'm done watching and reading anything fear-based, like "the other side" of the vaccine debate (pro-vaccine)—so don't bother sending it to me ;-) I know what they say, and no amount of biased garbage is going to convince me otherwise.
For instance, I was up in Loveland last week and I bumped into someone (well, not literally :-) who knew my blog. She apologized, but said she really wanted to ask me how I had the courage to have another baby. I wondered if there are more of you who are asking yourselves the same question. Let me explain.
When Ashley was having her most severe period my husband and I decided we couldn't have any more children, like we had planned. At that point it wasn't so much of a worry that it would "happen again"—that we would have another child with autism. We were just franticly working around the clock with Ashley.
But eventually I did come to fear that if we had another baby, they may have problems like Ashley. And eventually, after we began chelation (removing poison), Ashley improved dramatically. You can read more about all that here.
Then a good friend of mine came to visit last summer. We took our kids to the park, where she asked me if Andy and I were going to have any more children. I said no, and admitted my fears to her. Her response really hit me. She said that we're all predisposed to probably lots of potential problems. It's really a matter of whether or not those things are triggered.
I thought about that deeply. For all I know, Zoe is also predisposed to autism, but for her it wasn't triggered. In my family's history are heart conditions, diabetes, depression, cancer, and more. I could be predisposed to many things myself.
But still, after that day at the park with my friend, I didn't think of having more children again.
Then in November I thought I was pregnant. Oops. Only I didn't feel panic. I didn't get scared. I was giddy. Andy was giddy. We couldn't stop smiling. But a few days later we were wrong. I wasn't pregnant. We were so disappointed.
After a lot of thought, and talking about it, we decided to just see. I didn't have the easiest time getting pregnant with Zoe and Ashley, especially considering how young I was (I was 24 when I had Zoe). It took over six months before I was pregnant with Zoe and Ashley. Andy and I thought that if I got pregnant this past December, that it would be meant to be.
Two weeks later I was pregnant.
We thought it was a good sign :-) Almost ten years after having our first, we were pregnant with our third, and it didn't take six months this time. Isn't it usually the other way around?
But there were some other things I considered, before deciding to "just see." Of course I was thinking about what my friend had said—that just because we may be predisposed doesn't mean it will be triggered. Also, I've been eating gluten-free for many years now, which is very important for a celiac's fertility. And, I've done detoxification of my own over the past couple years. I did a cleanse two years in a row, followed by a colonic. Plus, I finally got rid of my candida as a result of my diet and cleansing. (Phew.) I avoid toxins, eat organic as much as possible, and haven't had any mercury fillings put in or removed. And I won't have my last two mercury fillings replaced until after the baby has weaned.
Still, there are no guarantees. And that's okay. We try to lead a guided life, and we feel like this baby was meant to be :-) It was blind faith that led us to Colorado with no jobs and no money, and our lives have been blessed ever since.
And now that I've been so serious, I'll leave you with something light—my favorite breakfast lately, quinoa flake porridge, and a photo of the girls and I in their room this morning. Four months pregnant :-) I thought I would share a photo with you at the beginning of every month, so you can share in our excitement.
Cinnamon & Sugar Quinoa Flake Porridge
grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free
Add to pot:
3 cups cashew milk (cashew milk video)
1 cup coconut milk
Bring to simmer.
Add:
1 & 1/4 cups quinoa flakes
Reduce heat to low and stir until thickened (one or two minutes).
Add:
3 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup coconut sugar (which is low glycemic index)
1/4 tsp sea salt
Optional toppings:
Toasted shredded coconut, raisins, cooked apples, sliced bananas, walnuts.
Makes about 4 servings.
♥, Kelly
59 comments:
I'm a new reader to your blog. Great post. And quinoa flakes have been a breakfast favorite for a while in my family. :)
You and the girls look so radiant and beautiful! Thanks for sharing this, Kelly. I think your approach is really inspiring and admirable - I think that people live too much in fear, allow it to cloud their ability to listen to their own intuition. It seems, from my perspective as a regular reader, that you and your husband have done an INCREDIBLE job supporting your two children, and the approach you have taken to improving their ability to grow and function well seems absolutely amazing. If you have another child with autism, you will know what you need to do to create an environment that can be nourishing and supportive to their needs. Every child should be so fortunate, no matter their developmental/psychological/physical/etc situation. Thanks for sharing a piece of yourself and for sharing your journey - it is inspiring in more ways than you could ever know. xo
oh yeah, and the porridge looks good too ;)
What a great way to look at it as well as a yummy recipe. Thanks you for all your hard work and sharing what you have learned along the way with us.
Such a great post, Kelly. Your baby bump is beautiful!! :)
Great post! My first child has autism, we have since had 2 more. There was a lot of fear, but I just new our family was meant to be bigger.
Younger 2 are both NT, and doing great. I also get asked that question..
I always wanted 4 or 5 kids(coming from a large family) but at 3 we are feeling settled and like our hands are full. There was some greif with making this decision, but at a place where we feel at peace and whole and complete now. My little suckypoo Grady was MEANT to be the baby of the family :)
and really I love babies! I could likely be a Douger! and have 19, not sure I would ever feel*done*
There are no guarantees, except the love we have for our kids no matter what!
Thank you for this. I needed it today. After yesterday reality set in. We could be in for something big ... or not. Very overwhelming. Thank you for your strength, honesty and transparency...and porridge :)
Ps. you look so radiant!
What a wonderful and beautifully written post. Thank you so much for sharing. I am very excited for you and your family as you embark on this new journey! :)
Thanks for sharing such candid and person thoughts. I love hearing about autism recovery stories and am happy to hear that Ashley is doing so well. After about a year of dabbling with a gf/cf diet, I committed about a month ago. I've been dealing with chronic and severe eczema that came on out of the blue about 2 years ago. My guess is that I have candida overgrowth, but haven't been able to find a doctor willing to explore this with me. Do you have any advice? Any testing recommendations? Thanks!
Thank you all so much!
Mercedes, There is a test called an OAT (organic acid test). And this is one of the best products out there: Biociden Hugs, Kelly
I'm really happy for you! I hope my question was not upsetting. I definitely didn't mean it disrespectfully, just as a fellow mother of a daughter who has had similar issues. I think it says a lot more about my own fears than anything else. I am impressed and I think it'll be wonderful for you.
I think I beat myself up a lot, especially, because I didn't vaccinate, breastfed for more than two years, have never been vaccinated myself, etc...and I still had a daughter with issues and I think this triggered a LOT of insecurity in me.
I think your approach and spontaneity is excellent. I wish the best for you and your family.
Gracias,
Hannah
You and your girls are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this - such a good reminder not to live in fear. And the porridge looks lovely.
Hannah, Not upsetting at all! I understand how you feel. For years I was planning on not having another because I was afraid. And like I told you, not all of Ashley's heavy metals came from vaccines (though most of them did). She has lead poisoning in addition to mercury and aluminum, and lead isn't in vaccines. She is so blessed to have a mama like you :-) Lets see each other again soon. XOXO
Kelly, you look absolutely gorgeous and your story is beautiful. Somehow we all know what is right for us and when we do, it happens. Love that recipe. Not sure which milk I'll use. No dairy, cashews, or almonds for me right now.
xoxo,
Shirley
Good, I'm glad you weren't too upset. I know this is not an easy topic. I appreciate your viewpoint and the great information you share with all of us. It's nice to know someone who has dealt with some rough stuff and believes in herself enough to move forward. These things can be quite isolating...it's good to realize there are always people out there that are like-minded.
Happy fourth pregnancy month!
Oops...I totally posted a comment with the wrong account. Oh well. :) I have a tarot blog that I'm sure most people probably wouldn't care about. Lol!
Kelly,
Thanks for such a candid post! I've been reading your blog for a while and it is always inspiring to hear someone speak from the heart. I beleive that God gives us the child he has intended for us, in the situation we are in. Whatever health concerns (or not) that your baby might have,you will be the very best momma for your baby in the whole world. God has chosen this baby for you. Perhaps prior learning experiences with your two girls will help, and perhaps not, but one thing is for sure--No one will be better equipted to raise your prescious baby than you! :-)
Also, I have battled with candida way too long and it has dramatically affected my health. I saw your comment to Mercedes, but if you could do a post on how you eradicated (or controlled) candida, I would be very grateful.
Laura
ps- your are definitely getting that wonderful pregancy glow!
I have read your blog for a while, but rarely comment. I just had to say that your friend at the park is so right that we are all predisposed to something. We found out a year ago that our youngest has Celiac. Then we found out I gave it to her. So we had our other two older children tested for the genes. Both carry Celiac and gluten sensitive genes but neither one is a Celiac (yet!). We are ALL gluten free because why take the chance that we can 'turn on' the gene?! I LOVE hearing stories like yours. When the parent is PROACTIVE in changing their children's lives!! On a side note: You are positively glowing!!
Thanks for sharing this Kelly. I think your babies are so super lucky to have chosen you for their mommy. xo
Kelly, your baby bump is so gorgeous! And I love your 'do. I wish we saw more of each other. Your post made me all teary in a warm fuzzy sentimental way.
BTW...did I tell you that I am making your pumpkin muffins for my department at DMNS tomorrow? I took one in for them to sample to see if they liked it and everyone LOVED them. :D
Fantastic photo and fantastic blog on God's amazing grace! Thank you for the encouragement.
Awesome recipe, to boot! Looking forward to trying it SOON! I KNOW my kids will love it.
Kelly,
I know in the past I have asked you a lot of questions concerning going gluten, dairy and sugar free...I guess what I need the most help with is how did you "start" to go this way? Did you just start to weed it out slowly or start cold turkey? I have implemented a lot of what you have taught us on your blog but I am having a hard time with the transition as to me things like coconut milk and stevia do not taste very good to me...maybe you can give some pointers on how to go this way...btw this recipe looks AMAZING!
Thanks for all your help! It means a lot to a girl who has struggled since she was 13 (will be 31 this month) on hormone imbalance, irregular periods, pcos, and "unexplained" weight gain (which as I research this I find WHY it is happening)...
Ann Marie
ahhh so sweet! and thanks for sharing.:)
Hey Kelly,
Both of my sons are on the spectrum. I've been really scared to try chelation...we're GFCF and done other biomedical things, but chelation makes me really nervous. Any words of advice on this point?
Ann Marie, We found out that Zoe and Ashley were reacting to gluten first, then Andy and I were diagnosed after them. We went cold turkey. It wasn't so easy back then. It's so much better now :-)
Angela, Have you done a porphyrin test for them? I would have your DAN get you one (they're just urine, nothing invasive). Then you will know if you need to chelate. And there are some natural chelators you can try first, like IMD.
Beautiful post, Kelly. Your approach to pregnancy is admirable, and seems to me the fact you and your hubby were happy when you first thought you were pregnant (and then disappointed when you weren't) is very telling. You seem like such a great mom--just look at your two girls!--I think this is going to be one lucky baby. And your little bump is so cute!
I love porridge in the morning--will give this one a try. :)
Hi Kelly,
I would second Laura's comment. I am interested in knowing how you got rid of your candida and how long did it take? I didn't do a test but I was told based on my symptoms in June that I had a candida overgrowth. I would appreciate any advice you have after winning your battle with candida. Congratulations on your pregnancy!
WOW! I just want to say thank you. I was truly blessed by what you shared. Thank you also, for all your wonderful creations.. The best to you and your beautiful family.
Wow! I was truly blessed, thank you so much for sharing with us. I wish you and your beautiful family the best.. P.s. Any tips or advice on getting rid of Candida. Thanks
Beautifully written. You look radiant. I love that you are embracing life-- we should all take your lesson and be doing that and leaving our fears behind. -Tessa Sansovich
Kelly - you look radiant! Sounds like everything is working out just as it was always meant to. I am sure you will have an amazingly healthy baby with everything you do for yourself. The quinoa flake porridge sounds divine, mmmm! -A :)
Thanks for sharing Kelly! This baby is a blessing and meant to be! So excited for you guys!
Cari in Iowa
Kelly -
Thank you so much for such a heartfelt post! It is wonderful to read about your experience, and so great that you are able to share this with others. I feel honored to be able to read your story, and inspired to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle for when we start having children of our own.
Thank you -
Alena
I agree, I'd love to hear more about your experiences with candida. It's a battling I'm just starting, and really struggling with, so hearing about your success would be very inspiring!
Hi Kelly! I've been enjoying your blog and recipes for about a month now. I have been having a lot of fun trying out your recipes and also using them as inspiration for some of my own gluten free, sugar free, dairy free recipes, as I am also trying to eliminate my own problem with candida.Out of curiosity, what cleanses did you say you have done in the past? I have been doing Dr. Natura's colon cleanse for about one month now and trying to follow a strict anti-candida diet (coffee and wine are a little hard for me to give up I admit), but I would like to try another type of cleanse in the future to really help eliminate the candida and cleanse my blood and organs once and for all. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your awesome blog and congrats on your pregnancy! God Bless.
LOVE your blog and recipes! We too have children that are GC/CF so your recipes are VERY helpful! 2 of my 3 have autism and we're expceting #4 in May. I understand your fear and my heart sank when we found out this one is a boy (my oldes is a boy and has autism, my youngest is a girl and also has autism...our middle child is normal) Somehow, the thought of it happening again, is very real. Best wishes on your pregnancy and keep up the wonderful blog!!! It's a lifesaver! :)
Hello.
This is a pretty nice blog. And I've brought it to the attention of my daughter. I'm hoping that she'll get time to read it some day.
I've been reading your blog off and on for a couple of months now. And have learned quite a bit - not only about my sons autism, but my own as well. I didn't find out about my autism until I was probably in my late 20's, and found that I was celiac (and had been most likely since childhood) until my early 40's. Now... I never really thought that there was anything wrong with the autism. In fact I still don't, really. I laugh when people ask me if I feel badly for it (I rather like it, you see). But due to your blogsite, and several others, I've been looking into the effects of diet on neurological disorders. And I've noticed that since I've cut way down on the dairy, and taken corn out of my diet, the symptoms from celiac, autism, and ms have reduced greatly.
Thanks for the information. And the recipes.
~Rhonda
You are so darling! Can I say that? Lovely family picture.
I too can identify with concerns over a second child. With our first she had severe allergic colitis and I had to stop eating all allergens etc. in order to breastfeed her. It was such a stressful period that sometimes I think I'd be crazy to try to go through it again. And yet... in the end, my daughter was fine, and it all worked out. She may develop Celiac one day, and she may not... but the world is so wonderful with her in it. Some day I hope to have the courage to have another one...
Many blessings to you in your pregnancy. I wish you the very best and happiest of pregnancies, and a beautiful healthy baby.
This quinoa sounds lovely. I see cashew milk in my future!!!
-Sea
You are just wonderful!
Hey guys,
More specifically how I got rid of candida:
I went gluten, casein, and sugar free—not for candida, but for other reasons. I was doing that for a couple years first.
Then I decided to do follow The Raw Food Detox Diet. I did that for a couple months, then had a colonic. Eventually I stopped eating that way, and went back to my regular gf/cf/sf diet.
About a year and a half ago I began taking supplements like Biociden, and Monolaurin. I did that for a few months, then went on the Master Cleanse. At the end of the cleanse I had another colonic, and I haven't had the symptoms ever since.
I hesitated to tell you because this particular cleanse is controversial, but you asked what I did, and I want to be honest with you. I think I only did it for about 4 days though, and I didn't follow it the way you're supposed to. I ate a raw dinner every night, like from The Raw Food Detox Diet.
This entire time (for years) I've also been taking probiotics, rotating brands every few months. One that we love is Klaire Labs. Also, as you know I've been making my own yogurt for a while now. That reminds me I need to make some this weekend :-)
Love, Kelly
PS My yogurt recipes are under the post label: Yogurt
One more thing! Just wanted to clarify that I WAS gluten free this whole time. I didn't eat gluten while I was on the Raw Foods Detox Diet. :-)
Hi Kelly,
Thank you for so honestly sharing your wealth of knowledge with us-I learn so much visiting your blog.
Aren't quinoa flakes the best? I must try this porridge:) I've been making a lot of grain-free fruit crumbles for dessert lately, using quinoa flakes and either almond or hazelnut flours.
Thanks for sharing the beautiful picture, too-congratulations & wishing you great health! Kate.
Thanks, Kelly, for the info on how you got rid of your candida. I was a little stumped tho when you said
"I hesitated to tell you because this particular cleanse is controversial, but you asked what I did, and I want to be honest with you."
What cleanse were you talking about? The Raw Food Detox Diet or the colonic? This is all new to me. Also, after you did your program, can you enjoy fruit and other things with sugar now, within reason?
Kelly you are GORGEOUS and are the cutest little pregnant mom ever!! It is hard to believe that people say the things they do sometimes, but I am so glad that your friend shared her perspective about the potential for us ALL to have various problems! It is so true!
Our little one's medical problems could happen to us with another baby...but we know now that we started her off "on the wrong foot." We had all our old, unhealthy habits. But truly, even if we had another baby with all of her problems (God forbid), it would mean another little one with all the love and wisdom and joy that our Sophia has, too!
Think of all the amazing changes you have made! You are an incredible mom and your girls will make the most amazing big sisters ever! I am so happy for you guys!!
You have been such an inspiration to our formerly-junk fed family! I can't wait until things turn around for us and I can buy 20+ copies of your newest amazing cookbook for friends who desperately need it..whether they know it yet or not! ha! :-)
We love you!! Praying for an easy and enjoyable pregnancy!! Treasure every second!! Pregnancy is such an incredible journey!!
Thanks guys!
Laura, I was referring to The Master Cleanse as controversial.
Katrina, No one said anything bad :-) People, including myself, can just be afraid sometimes, and they sometimes ask me how I have courage :-) I love you guys too! XOXO
I also wanted to respond to Rhonda (Metal Walflower). Rhonda, Thank you for sharing with us :-) We love Ashley to pieces, and I wanted to clarify that the treatments we do for her are for her health and wellness. If you read my posts about "recovering Ashley" you will see that Ashley used to scream all day and bang her head on the wall and floor. She also suffered from constant diarrhea, severe anxiety, and painful sensory processing issues. She was not a happy girl. There is a great article about the kids now days with "autism" that you might like to read: There is no Autism Epidemic Much love, Kelly
As the mama of a spectrum kid, I applaud you for having a third baby. The difference between this pregnancy and thereafter, and your experience with Ashley is that your eyes are open.
You know the truth of vaccine burden and gut/brain connections.
You know the DAN! protocol, biomed, and healing through diet.
Your body is healthier because of this, and you will not be unloading those toxins to your new child during gestation.
I wish the best for you and your family. Your blog has been and continues to be a tremendous help to my family when I began GFCF with my son.
Kelly, i just saw your baby bump, and it made me tear up a little. I'm so happy for you, and I love you guys!!!!
I so agree with your friend's comment about tendencies being there for everyone. My oldest has autism and our second child, though he has some minor sensory issues, has not developed any "spectrum diagnosable" issues. We haven't done everything perfectly, but our second has had much fewer of the triggers than our firstborn did.
I have been blessed by a number of your recipes passed onto me by friends, and now by your commentary on your life. Thanks for sharing!
In return, you might be interested in my post on special needs children:
as well as a great recipe:
I hope you enjoy them both!
Hey Kelly!
Thanks for the great post :-) My 4yo son, Caleb, has an autism diagnosis and I have also been asked the same question....more times I have been given the "look" by others. We have a 2yo daughter who I know was created by God specifically to be his little bossy, fiesty sister and we are due with our 3rd child in May. This baby was a complete surprise as we tried for over 3 years to have Caleb and about 5 months to have Chloe. I love it when people have the courage or feel comfortable enough to ask me how we find peace in having a third child. It allows me to share our real story not just the noise and propaganda they only hear in the news. I hope it also gives hope and insight to others as I share how far Caleb has come through diet and nutrition, biomedical and homeopathy and the carefully selected therapies we utilize. No longer is autism a dead end for the child and the family!
Congrats again and I look forward to following your pregnancy :-)
God bless!
Great post...thanks for sharing!! I also would like to know how you overcame candida, since I suffer from it as well. Good luck with your pregnancy!
Wow-beautiful post. I love that you aren't giving into anything fear-based. Right on!
And the recipe looks super yummy! I loooove quinoa ;)
Thank you!!! I love to see your posts everyday, and it encourages me with the issues that we face with both of our sons. You are such a blessing!
Kelly,
What a beautiful and insprirational share, and you look glowing and radient.
Kelly, I love this post. It's such a journey, isn't it? I'm glad you've found your peace and won't allow the fear-based dogma to come across to you. Might just be coincidence, but perhaps your peace and health was the reason you were blessed so quickly with the third. You are positively glowing. And this porridge sounds delightful - I love quinoa.
Congratulations on your pregnancy! What a blessing and an inheritance from the Lord. I "thought" you looked pregnant in the smoothie video, but in case it was weight gain and not a baby I didn't want to say anything until I was sure. Well this post confirms it! Again I say CONGRATULATIONS!
I have quinoa flakes and wondered what in the world to do with them... know I know! This will be breakfast tomorrow morning.
Blessings,
~Mrs. R
I know its good to soak nuts and grains, but does one need to soak quinoa flakes? I know its good to rinse regular quinoa to get rid of the saponin, but the flakes are pre-rinsed from what I gather. But what about soaking to get rid of the acids and whatever else one soaks grains to get rid of??
Great idea! Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll be updating the post text and be sure to include it up there, thanks.
lol I couldn't find where I left off, that's all. But great post. =)
Thank You. Yahweh bless you and yours.
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Belinda Stronach quits Magna
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Magna International Inc. chairman Frank Stronach (right) and Belinda Stronach. On Tuesday, the company announced Belinda Stronach will resign as executive vice-chair and a member of the board of directors at the end of the month. (May 6, 2010)
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Belinda Stronach is leaving Magna International Inc. in a surprise move that reflects a shift in boardroom power after her founding family gave up control earlier this year..
The 44-year-old Stronach, a former chief executive officer of the company and federal MP, could not be reached for comment.
However, the Stronach trust had agreed to give up its longstanding iron grip on Magna in a blockbuster deal in May whereby four family members eliminated their multiple B voting shares and control in exchange for about $1 billion in cash and A stock and a stake in an electric car venture.
The trust includes Belinda, her father Frank, mother Elfriede and brother Andrew. It held control of Magna for more than three decades through the multiple voting shares even though it owned less than two per cent of the company’s equity
The 77-year Frank Stronach, an Austrian immigrant, had built Magna from a small Toronto tool and die shop into a company with more than 90,000 employees in 25 countries. He remains chairman of Magna and a board director.
The trust is still the company’s biggest single shareholder but the transaction left it in a position of losing board seats. Furthermore, the elder Stronach is no longer chairman of the board’s nominating committee, which was a stipulation in the transaction.
Magna said in the statement that the nominating committee is in the process of reviewing the composition of its 10- member board. It has hired an international firm to assist in search of potential future directors including someone to replace Belinda Stronach.
Belinda Stronach has been a director of Magna since 2007 and held the chief executive’s post from 2001 to 2004 before jumping into federal politics and winning a local seat. She shifted from the Conservatives to the Liberals and briefly served as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development.
In 2009, Belinda Stronach received $3.32 million (U.S.) in compensation from Magna including $2.6 million for “management, consulting and other business services. The company instituted the “business services agreement” for the first time in 2009 and continued it this year.
The announcement came as reports surfaced that Frank Stronach is planning to also give up control of MI Developments, the real estate company that Magna spun off several years ago. It owns most of the land under Magna factories and some horse racing | http://www.thestar.com/business/2010/12/21/belinda_stronach_quits_magna.html | 2013-05-18T10:33:37 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Calls for G20 inquiry ratchet up
STEVE RUSSELL / TORONTO STAR
Police rush as protesters scatter after a second police car was set on fire during G20 Summit protests on June 26, 2010.
Pressure for an independent probe of Toronto’s traumatic G20 weekend is ratcheting up, with calls from international human rights groups, opposition parties in Ottawa and a Facebook group that has grown to more than 18,000 members.
NDP Leader Jack Layton on Tuesday called for the Commons public safety committee to be “seized with this matter and require an accountability report on both the spending side and on the operations side” of the billion-dollar-plus meeting of world leaders.
Liberal and Bloc Québécois MPs on the committee told the Star’s Richard J. Brennan they support the call, making hearings likely.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association released a preliminary report that said “police conduct during the G20 summit was at times disproportionate, arbitrary and excessive,” and a full public inquiry is needed to find out why.
Amnesty International Canada also demanded the provincial or federal government hold an inquiry, saying that, even before the mass arrests were triggered by a violent rampage downtown, “protesters were faced with high fences, new weaponry, massive surveillance, and the intimidating impact of the overwhelming police presence.”
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair tried to quell the growing uproar by announcing that an internal task force will examine “all aspects” of summit policing by the municipal forces, OPP and RCMP in the G20 Integrated Security Unit.
The report, which has no deadline, will be submitted to the Toronto Police Services board comprised of city councillors and public representatives.
Police also displayed items seized during raids, including a machete, bike helmets, body armour and gas masks during the morning news conference.
“They came to attack our city. They came to attack the summit. They came to commit crimes and to victimize people in the city,” Blair said, calling the items proof of a “criminal conspiracy” by radical elements.
But the promise of a police force investigating itself, along with assurances there is a complaint mechanism for those who feel ill-treated by police, seemed unlikely to defuse anger after a weekend that saw riot police use tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters — incidents documented in thousands of photos and videos making the rounds.
Many appear on the Facebook group Canadians Demanding a Public Inquiry into Toronto G20.
The group grew by almost 1,000 members an hour Tuesday afternoon. It calls for a probe into “consultation with the City of Toronto and its citizens, security buildup, the fence, the treatment of Toronto’s homeless, mass damage, no relief fund for shop owners, innocent people and journalists detained, detainee conditions and much more.”
Rebecca Harrison-White, one of the group’s administrators, said people are eager for “an unbiased independent source that will expose all the facts of what happened over the weekend.”
“Somehow this went wrong, and by figuring out how it went wrong, we can prevent it from happening again,” said Harrison-White, a federal Green party candidate in Whitby-Oshawa who says riot police charged her and others for no reason Saturday near Queen’s Park. Federal Green Leader Elizabeth May is also demanding an inquiry.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association, which sent out 50 human rights monitors to make first-hand observations of policing, alleged serious abuses at a news conference.
“Detained people were not allowed to speak to a lawyer or to their families,” said general counsel Nathalie Des Rosiers. “Arbitrary searches occurred in countless locations across the city, in many instances several kilometres from the G20 summit site. Peaceful protests were violently dispersed and force was used.”
Mark Holland, the Liberal party’s safety and national security critic, said Public Safety Minister Vic Toews should appear before another Commons committee, national security, to explain “how they messed this up so badly.
“This was a disaster on just about every level,” the Ajax-Pickering MP told a news conference. “Even after spending a billion dollars they couldn’t even protect store owners along Queen St. and other parts of the city so we are going to need answers for that.”
Dimitri Soudas, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said there is no need for an inquiry.
“The bottom line is that the police officers ultimately did their job,” he told the Star.
“Damage by these hooligans could have been a hundred fold . . . So police actually did their job. They diverted people from causing any further damage compared to what they intended to do and what they did.”
With files from Tanya Talaga, Joanna Smith, Jesse McLean and Brett Popple | http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/g20/2010/06/29/calls_for_g20_inquiry_ratchet_up.html | 2013-05-18T10:33:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Kelly: Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin rides wave through Toronto and over the Raptors
This was not a basketball game at the ACC on Tuesday night.
This was a mass conversion.
Rationally, Jeremy Lin can’t be a bona fide star in the NBA after drifting on its fringes for a couple of years and then exploding over five starts. That’s the head talking. That’s his own coach talking.
But if you are one of those sensible people waiting to be convinced, you will be forced to admit something this morning.
When you saw Lin standing with the ball cradled against his hip at centre court, the clock ticking down on the game’s final possession and the score tied, you felt something.
That something felt curiously like belief. It was made even more powerful because Lin had spent the previous 47 minutes setting everyone up for a letdown.
And as he advanced on the three-point line with only one option left — himself — that belief began to become corporeal.
When he launched the three-pointer that would win his team the game, their sixth consecutive since he became a regular, it never felt like missing. Couldn’t miss by that point.
Afterward, Lin was asked if he could believe this was happening to him, all of it.
He wagged his head slowly from side to side, considering.
“No,” he said finally. The only correct rejoinder to that is, “Ditto.”
Lin arrived in Toronto cresting a wave that seemed certain to land hard and soon. This morning, he’s still rolling and we’re having a harder time smirking when he credits this all to “a miracle from God.”
Before the transubstantiation of the final seconds, we first got the ride in on the ass and then were given reason to doubt.
In a morning news conference, Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni was asked if he thought that Lin — veteran of four starts — should be added to the All-Star team.
D’Antoni just smiled in a stunned sort of way.
Later, Lin was likened straight-up to Steve Nash. D’Antoni could not prevent a low, reflexive moan from escaping his lips.
Lin was finally produced and, like all superheroes, looked smaller in person.
“What’s the secret of your success,” someone asked.“I’m just staying in my Bible,” Lin said.
That was received with a lot of solemn nodding. Over in this corner, an entry was made under a new file entitled “Phony sick day excuses guaranteed to work once.”
The panic of the carnival pulling in to town was allowed to ebb, a hundred extra media passes were issued and a few hours later everyone poured forth in pre-game to watch Lin warm up.
Most guys at this level warm up like they’ve arrived. Lin hits the practice court like it’s a tryout.
MLSE moved Asian Heritage Night — twice — in order to land it on a night featuring a club Lin hadn’t been cut from this season.
A night designed to attract a few add-ons instead sold out the building for the first (and likely last) time since the season opener.
At introductions, the heavily partisan crowd greeted Lin with the sort of roar that Toronto generally reserves for free pizza.
They pulsed with joy on the occasion of his first handle.
They cringed at his first shot — an airball. When Jose Calderon slyly peeled the ball away from him under the basket in the next series, they got quiet.
Early in the second quarter, Calderon was already in double digits and Lin had two measly baskets.
As Lin moved the ball up the court, a small, steady chorus of boos began to fall on him.
Unbelievable. Whatever you do, do not get your face near Toronto. Toronto will pretend it’s your friend, and then it will turn on you.
But like Lin’s boyhood hero has said, “Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed.”
He sparked his own game by scorching Calderon off a pair of screens, cutting to the basket for lay-ins.
That’s Lin’s one dependable move, and whatever you want for him, you fear it won’t work forever. His defence is essentially non-existent, as Calderon proved with regularity. In the dying minutes, Lin had managed the strange feat of underwhelming while still scoring 20 and adding 11 assists. That’s further proof that the surest cure for spontaneous joy is an unrealistic expectation.
But he has the most important asset of any star — a sense of occasion. He scored the final six points of the game — a Kobe Bryant sort of performance minus the aggro.
D’Antoni saw what happened last night. Is he starting to believe?
“I have complete faith in him,” his coach said without irony.
Even those who are still waiting for more must surely be beginning to doubt themselves | http://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/2012/02/15/kelly_knicks_phenom_jeremy_lin_rides_wave_through_toronto_and_over_the_raptors.html | 2013-05-18T11:04:21 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Do You Clerihew?
'Ink Pot and Feather Quill Pen Illustration'
by Collage O Rama courtesy of etsy.com
The Starlite Café is a sore spot for me today
So here in this clerihew I will have my say
The Challenge Page I attempt to open again and again
I’m sure it will happen....the question is “when?”
Pete has attempted this form...a brave soul is he
To the Challenge Page door that man has a key
But I stand outside looking sad and forlorn
And if you have listened, you know I have sworn!
Julie will write one or perhaps even two
Then Brandy will follow....I know this is true
Renee might even give it a go
But unfortunately this poet might be a “no show.”
Lisa will pen the one that deserves the prize
Others will bookmark it if they are wise
But my words in the challenge will not partake
Good thing a cash prize is not actually at stake!
So here is my clerihew standing by itself
No challenge entries surround it..it’s alone on a shelf
Please know I attempted and did my best
But trying to get into the Challenge Page has me distressed!
Midi 'All By Myself'
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WINNIPEG - Sid minder Tomas Vokoun.
Byfuglien evened things up as he slammed one in from the blue-line after a little back and forth with partner Tobias Enstrom, taking advantage of a holding penalty against Evgeni Malkin.
Ladd then put the Jets ahead for good from the right faceoff circle on a quick pass from linemate Bryan Little at 17:54.," said Noel. "We took some big steps in feeling good about ourselves."
But he said they can't be too pleased just yet. Their next game is Sunday when the New York Islanders visit. | http://www.thestarphoenix.com/sports/hockey/Ladd+scores+help+Winnipeg+earn+first+home+season+over/7875129/story.html | 2013-05-18T10:13:48 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Pinkeye in cattle: Part Threeon June 29th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Management options on how to treat pinkeye in cattle.
Early treatment of cattle with pinkeye is important, not only for a successful outcome of the individual animal affected, but also to stop the shedding of the bacteria to decrease the risk of transmission to other cattle.
Stage I: Long-acting tetracyclines.
Patching the eye is recommended and will also help prevent irritation by foreign objects, eliminate Ultra Violet (UV) light irritation and reduce the spread of the bacteria. Commercially available patches work well or you can use five by six inch blue jean patches cut to size and glues on three sides leaving the bottom open. Use cattle backtag cement to glue the patch on making certain to not get glue in the eye.
Stage II: Both tetracycline and a bulbar conjunctival injection are administered at the above dosages.
Stage III: Tetracycline and a bulbar conjunctival injection are administered in conjunction with.
Check out Part One and Part Two for this article for more information
Source: Kevin S. Gould, Michigan State University (MSU) Extension | http://www.thestockexchangenews.com/2012/06/29/pinkeye-in-cattle-part-three/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
eventual bankruptcy.
Quietly, as the telecom industry has consolidated in a string of deals that makes Sprint and MetroPCS-TMobile better competitors to AT&T and Verizon, tower operators like American Tower (AMT), SBA Communications (SBAC) and Crown Castle (CCI) have also been buying up assets to serve growing wireless networks. Follow @agara2004 -- | http://www.thestreet.com/story/11761166/2/apple-economys-fiscal-cliff-saved-by-atts-checkbook.html | 2013-05-18T11:02:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Freeport-McMoRan in a World of Debt.
Unless renegotiated, Freeport will pay around $50 a share in cash and stock for Plains, representing a takeover premium of nearly 39% based on the company's closing share price, according to a statement by the company made on Wednesday.Shareholders of McMoRan stock will get $14.75 in cash and 1.15 units of a royalty trust for each share. The terms of the transactions are supposed to close by the second quarter of 2013. The following chart gives you an overview of the three companies' share price history during the past year.
Part of the shock was how abruptly this mega-transaction was announced, and that it was at a time when FCX, the world's largest publicly traded copper company, has seen its share price performance matched by competitors like Southern Copper (SCCO), which doesn't have the gold production and reserves that FCX has. The comparative chart below illustrates the price comparison now.
Institutional shareholders including BlackRock (BLK), which held 3.1% of Freeport as of Sept. 30, have blasted the way Freeport announced the deal and tried to explain it in a conference call Wednesday. "Congratulations on making one of the worst teleconferences I've ever heard to justify a deal," was the comment reportedly made by the manager of BlackRock's $12 billion World Mining Fund, when he spoke with Freeport Chief Executive Officer Richard Adkerson on the company's conference call. "I haven't heard anything on this call that in any way justifies why these companies should be put | http://www.thestreet.com/story/11785068/2/freeport-mcmoran-in-a-world-of-debt.html | 2013-05-18T10:33:36 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Health - for information and advice on any aspects of physical and mental wellbeing. Remember all advice is unprofessional and what someone online says does not replace a trip to the GP!
- Sweat
I sweat from my head at times that i shouldn't. I'll be at a quiet pub with a few friends and will be sweating.
I'm a fit guy, so its not because im out of shape etc.
Was just wondering whether anyone else has had this problem and if anyone has a solution they've found?
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- Re: Sweat(Original post by rachaelrocks)
Omg what about hand sweating? 8-)
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Are the concepts behind your photos intentional? Do you think about a message you'd like to incorporate into a picture and then execute the idea? Or is it more natural how ideas come up, and the message just appears accidentally once you look at a photograph in the end?
It varies.. generally I have an image in my head when I go to take photos; sometimes the final photograph after the shoot comes out nothing like it (which can be good or bad I guess) but other times it comes out exactly as I imagine which makes me happy. Both photography and drawing is like tracing an image from your head into reality, and so you can imagine how wonderful it is when an image is copied perfectly between the two, as sometimes that can prove tricky.Where did you get those amazing animal masks?!?!
I have three rubber masks which go over your entire head. Two (cat and horse) are from ebay, the other (gorilla) is from Carnival Stores in my town. I also have some high quality plastic masks (rabbit, pig and dinosaur) from a costume shop in my town, however sadly it shut down. Finally, I own some plastic masks that were about £1 from the same shop the gorilla mask is from.. unfortunately, they worth the few pennies I paid for them, as they're quite small since intended for children. I also own a bunch of masks from unknown stores; eye masks, vampire masks.. old lady masks..Is it difficult for you to lug doors to fields, mattresses to beaches, and baths to flowerbeds? You must be very strong.
I'm weak.. I've only attempted to give piggy backs a couple of times in my life. One of the times I dropped the poor child on the floor. My parents and friends are incredibly lovely and help me carry these large items.. though I try my best to help out. Hopefully I'll get stronger in the future so I can do it myself, but I doubt that'll happen so maybe I'll get a special furniture carrier to help me on all my shoots in the future!What is your favorite book? Is there any book character you think you identify with?
My favourite book is Noughts & Crosses (and the various sequels) by Malorie Blackman. It's a Romeo & Juliet inspired story about prejudice, romance and tragedy and it's incredible.
My other favourite book (and movie) has to be the Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides.. it is just beautiful. In the book the words are handpicked so carefully, the description is incredible, and in the movie version by Sophia Coppola, the beautiful descriptions whcih are diminished by turning a book into a film are made up for with the way the film is done photographically and musically.. the whole story is indescribable, so don't even ask me to explain my love for it, just read and watch it and fall in love.
Another book I discovered when I won a contest at the open day for my school and received it as a prize; it is called River Boy by Tim Bowler.. it's really sweet. It's not the style of book I normally read but this one is really heart touching.
I also love the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon, The Diary of Anne Frank, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the Series of Unfortunate Events.. I guess I read a lot.
Book character wise, I'm not sure. I love Scout from to kill a mockingbird, Violet from the series of unfortunate events, and all the Lisbon sisters from Virgin Suicides.. another thing I love about Virgin Suicides is the lack of identification with the characters. They are so mysterious about why they kill themselves and what they feel like, it adds to the charm of the book.What is your favorite series of yours and why?
You have a great deal of photos of Blythe dolls..."great" meaning both big and fantastic...what is it about these dolls that makes you want to photograph them? Do the stories you create with their photos come from your imagination or things that happened to people you know you?
I became interested in Blythe when I was about nine, however it wasn't until I was twelve, in early 2006, that I bought one. It was photographing thesen dolls that kicked off my interest in photography, and although I don't take as many photos of them now as I used to, they have a lot of sentimental value to me because without them I never would have begun and kept up taking photos. The photos I took of blythe remind me of a time when my photography was somewhat naive and carefree, and looking back on them, although all the images are pretty bad technically, they make me feel nostaligic and happy when I see them.Do you think photography is a natural talent or gift, something you need to have a born eye for; or something you need to be very smart and educated about?
I've certainly never had any formal lessons or education on photography.. a creative eye is only part of it.. a lot of photography is will power to put effort into images, to look at the world as if looking through a lens, and just to enjoy yourself. Everything I've learnt about photography has been because of my own interest, and it's only practice and support that has got me where I am now.Thank you so much Eleanor! To see more of her photos and what inspires her, you can check out her flickr, website, or blog.
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It’s about how we’re brought up, how we see ourselves, how we see others
Stphen K Amos on his brand new show
AS sure as eggs are eggs [which they still were, last time I checked] another Edinburgh Fringe has passed.
Every summer, Scotland's capital sees thousands of funnymen and women take to the stage in a bid to climb the comedy ladder.
But for those sitting on the top rung - like Stephen K Amos - it also provides a platform to showcase their work-in-progress ahead of a mammoth Autumn tour.
I caught up with Stephen – who first appeared at the festival more than a decade ago – on the very same stage he debuted at.
This room must bring back a few memories...
It does. In 1999 I did this room. I remember coming out from backstage thinking I was a star. I arrived on stage like, ‘Good evening everybody!’ And there were three people in the audience.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL PODCAST OF TOMMY TALKS WITH STEPHEN K AMOS
Your work-in-progress show – what’s that been like?
Great. I can go on stage with my clipboard. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. It’s nice for an audience to see the process. There are times when funnier things happen from the audience – which I can then make a note of and pretend they’re my own!
You’re incredibly skilled as an MC. What techniques do you use?
You’ve got to make it a level playing field for each act, so if one person has just smashed it, you’ve got to calm everyone down and make it fair for the next person.
By the same token, if somebody has done really badly, you can’t go, ‘Weren’t they great!’. If you do that, the audience will stop trusting you.
What’s this tour going to be called?
Something like Laughter Is My Agenda. It’s about how we’re brought up, how we see ourselves, how we see others. We all judge each other by our appearance. Essentially the audience have paid to see a comedy show, you can’t ever forget that.
- STEPHEN K Amos tours from October. See stephenkamos.com | http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/comedycolumnists/4513355/Its-about-how-were-brought-up-how-we-see-ourselves-how-we-see-others.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:42 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Has Voice broken?
Ratings dive just like singer Cheryl Cole
CHERYL COLE’S spectacular swan dive on The Voice was meant to boost the flagging BBC1 talent show — but sadly the ratings dropped with her.
The former X Factor judge’s TV comeback — which saw her leap into the arms of male dancers as she performed new track Call My Name — was watched by just 5.1million viewers.
The figure is 1.3million down on last Saturday.
Bosses had hoped the £22million show’s ratings slide would stop after rival ITV1 show Britain’s Got Talent ended. But last night ratings started on just three million.
Last month The Voice peaked with a huge 11.8million viewers.
But the live shows have seen viewers switch off in their millions. Now it has shed more than 50 per cent of viewers.
The 5.1million figure looks even more embarrassing given that a huge 9.7million fans tuned in to see Engelbert Humperdinck’s spectacular failure at Eurovision.
There was some good news for The Voice chiefs, though.There was some good news for The Voice chiefs, though.
The show managed to win in its slot against the Norway v England football match which peaked at 4.2m viewers.
After The Voice ended, the England match hit a viewing high of 6.6m.
A source said: “There is no beating around the bush here — The Voice ratings are a dire embarrassment. Obviously the weather has played a big part, but the truth is fans just haven’t connected with the judges or the acts. Whoever wins the show probably won’t even have a career.”
How ratings have dived
Week 4: 12.1 million
Week 5: 11.6 million
Week 6: 10.3 million
Week 7: 9.1 million
Week 8/9: 6.4 million
Week 10: 5.1 million | http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/thevoice/4341263/Cheryl-Cole-fails-to-improve-The-Voices-ratings-as-only-51-million-viewers-tune-in.html | 2013-05-18T10:54:10 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Welcome to THE SWEET REMAINS official website!
The new record "North & Prospect" is now available at CDBABY (exclusive seller of the physical CD; you can also sample the tracks and download MP3s), as well as ITUNES and most online outlets! Or pick it up at any of our upcoming shows! 14 brand-new studio recordings. Hope you enjoy!
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Devon Alexander will definitely beat and embarrass the hell out of Marcos Maidana. Devon is at a level or two higher. What would make this fight exciting is if they held it in argentina to see what sort of post-fight shenanigans the argentines will do.
I don't know. I hope this fight is good but Devon really let himself and the fight fans down against Ram Bradley. Maybe he froze, maybe he just had a bad night, maybe the headbut messed him up. Whatever the case may be he has to bring it in this fight with Maidana.
I don't see how Alexander can beat Maidana.He wasnt really dominating that one guy that he knocked out with an upper cut.I doubt that he can knock out Maidana the same way as a matter a fact I don't think anyone can knock him out.I think Devon is about to get shut down completely because he hasn't proven himself yet, but this is a great chance(no pun intended) for him to prove otherwise
maromero, I still think Maidana is a crude boxer, Alexander should be able to outbox him with ease, as long as they don't have a bar brawl fight. Maidana beat a p***sy in Ortiz and barley escaped with victory over ol legend in Morales...Alexander UD, should'nt be too close of fight to call, unless Alexander wants it to be..
Ditto Totoybato and Riverside. "Don't cry for me, Argentina." Hehehe! Unless the fix is on, Alexander is going to box the skates off Maidana. Nothing else to spit. Holla!
alexander is a pretender, he should have 3 losses on his record, he doesnt know how to sit down on his punches. if he couldnt keep bradley off of him madaina will be chasing him like they are playing tag.
mathysee and kotyink both beat him and he got gift decisions.
sad too because alexander has a lot of tools...
Different strokes for different folks. Maidana is no Mathysee and Kotyink. And IMHO, da dome-blasting dessert -- I mean desert -- storm go a gift decision. Da sucka oughta to be D'Qed for the sneaky smashing use of da bronze dome.
Anyway, Maidana does have a chance, and that is only if Alexander Da Great doesn't dance. He should be able to box the wildly swinging Maidana all night. Suckas who swing wildly cannot fight. Especially against a masterful boksing southpaw. Besides, SOMEBODEEE and dey smell oughta to recognize, IT'S LEFTY TIME! Prez O, Da Manny, Tebow and J Lin, just to name a few. Holla!
Alexander Da Great lefty AIGHT! But I musta' fo'got to sneak Asian TIME in there. Holla!
its bout to be dinner for two then cause Radam and Riverside are craving some crow.lol....Alexander is lucky that the fight is ten rounds and not twelve.Maidana is going to hurt that kid pretty bad, i think Alexander's trainer might want to give him a Great motivational speech before they walk in the ring.Im not saying Maidana is a legend but he is a relentless bad *** that will eat Devons punches and burp them out after the fight
Hehehehehe, NOT da CROW! Holla!
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Tony wins Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust photo competition (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
Tony wins Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust photo competition
8:00am Wednesday 30th January 2013 in News
Tony Fyfield has won a photographic competition, organised by the Clapham-based Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust and Earby company Dales Holiday Cottages.
His winning photographer, Aysgarth in Autumn, will feature in the charity’s 2014 calendar, along with several other images that were entered into the Facebook photography competition. Tony will also receive a £250 Amazon voucher.
Photographer Kerry Harrison, who judged the competition, said: “I like that this photograph is a little bit of an unexpected view of a familiar subject.
“The foreground branches really lead the eye through the frame towards the stream and I also love the hazy back light.”
Dales Holiday Cottages has been a supporter of YDMT since 2006 and during this time has donated £10,400 towards the charity’s vital work in caring for the landscape, environment and communities of the Yorkshire Dales.
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260 officers to join mass protest rally over police cuts (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
260 officers to join mass protest rally over police cuts
6:00am Monday 7th May 2012 in News
By Dolores Cowburn
, Bradford Chief Reporter
Hundreds of off-duty officers from West Yorkshire, including 260 from Bradford, will head to London this week for a massive police rally protesting at potential cuts to pay and conditions.
West Yorkshire Police Federation members will join up to 30,000 of their off-duty counterparts from across England and Wales for the rally which starts at noon on May 10 in Millbank before a two-hour march around Central London.
It comes as Andrew Tempest-Mitchell, chairman of the West Yorkshire Federation, said officers were to be balloted on whether they wanted the right to strike. He also revealed that West Yorkshire had lost 550 officers within the last two years through ‘natural wastage’ who had not been replaced.
Mr Tempest-Mitchell said that officers were disappointed with the Government’s 20 per cent cuts in policing which has led to “attack after attack on their pay and conditions” and the recommendations in the Winsor Report 2.
The Winsor Report 2 was a review of police pay and conditions carried out by former rail regulator Tom Winsor on behalf of the Home Secretary and suggests annual fitness tests, a move towards narrowing the gap between police officer and staff pay and conditions and lower starting salaries for constables.
“Officers are quite rightly saying that enough is enough,” Mr Tempest-Mitchell said.
“They feel they have been under a deliberate and sustained attack by the Government and feel the Coalition is seeking to slowly dismantle the police service.
“The recommendations in the Winsor 2, if approved, could lead to changes in our conditions that would seriously undermine the office of constable which is the bedrock of British policing,” he added.
“They would also serve to change us from servants of the Crown to employees. So it is understandable that officers are now saying if they are to be treated as employees they should have access to the same rights and legal protections as other workers.
“Police officers have accepted the restrictions placed on their private and personal lives and Governments in the past have respected their unique position in society. But that respect seems to have faded.” Currently, police officers cannot strike, but the ballot will allow members to decide whether they want the Federation to fight for them to have full industrial rights, including the right to strike.
Officers also fear that proposed force changes, contained in the Winsor Report 2, will lead to reduced pensions and less job security.
Bradford South PC John Vinnicombe said that he had never felt the need to protest in the last 22 years.
“However, due to the Winsor report and its reductions, I feel I must make representation against this,” he added.
“As not only will it be the demise of the British police service, but also the demise of the public service.”
PC Adam Alam said that morale, due to the proposed changes, had probably never been so low.
“Not only is it going to be to the detriment of the public, but also to their extended families of officers who deserve a decent quality of life,” he said.
Their colleague, PC Darren Liddemore, said that the report would “destroy the service”.
“I think the Bradford public need to know that the officers from Bradford South are disgusted with Tom Winsor’s report and 166 officers from this division are taking a day off or annual leave to go to London, and that is because they know what is coming,” he added.
West Yorkshire Police will have £100 million cut from its budget from 2012 to 2015 and has lost £33 million this year alone with internal organisational changes and redundancies of civilian staff as well as staff not being replaced.
Out of the 260 from Bradford, 166 officers from the Trafalgar House station will be heading to the rally with at least 40 from Keighley.
A Home Office spokesman said that the existing police pay system was designed over 30 years ago.
“We want police pay and conditions that are fair and fit for the 21st century,” the spokesman added.
“The Home Secretary has referred the recommendations from the final report of the Winsor Review to the appropriate bodies to consider.”
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The pickled salad at the Lian Chinese restaurant in Witham, Essex is not, on the face of it, a £10 million dish. The plate of leeks and beansprouts loved by Golda Bechal is one of the more modest options on the menu at £3.70.
The Lian is no downmarket Chinese takeaway. Its more extravagant clientele can accompany their £165 roasted whole suckling pig with a £3,200 magnum of 1985 Chateau Le Pin, Pomerol. If their appetite stretches to pudding, they may choose to wash it down with a £147 botle of Chateau d’Yquem Premier Cru Classe Sauternes dessert wine.
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6/19/2012
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — Despite what proponents of a Congressional mandate requiring electronic on-board recorders claim in a recently-produced video aimed at lawmakers, no proof exists that EOBRs will improve compliance with Hours of Service regulations nor does proof exist that EOBRs will reduce fatigue and improve highway safety, says the president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.
In a June 18 letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, OOIDA President Jim Johnston said proponents of EOBRs also fail to make the connection between mandating EOBRs and truly improving highway safety.
The video, produced by the American Trucking Associations, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and the American Automobile Association, implores Congress to force the entire trucking industry to purchase and employ EOBRs on commercial motor vehicles, Johnston noted in his letter.
OOIDA has long been an opponent of such a mandate, which is a part of the surface transportation bill now being debated by Congress. Most in the commercial vehicle industry believe that it is unlikely Congress will be able to pass the bill anytime soon.
“In the video you hear arguments such as there is a link between compliance and safety as well as that fatigue can be a factor in accidents,” Johnston wrote the lawmakers. “OOIDA members generally agree, which is why thousands of OOIDA members have safe driving records covering hundreds of millions of miles. Small business truckers, especially those who own their own trucks, have a clear economic incentive to drive safely. Not only does the video fail to recognize that fact, it also fails to make the case that in order to improve compliance or address fatigue the government must implement a $2 billion mandate, especially one that creates a dangerous illusion that EOBRs mean the driver is complying with HOS regulations.”
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It is a fact that EOBRs as described in the mandate will capture only HOS violations that involve driving over 11 hours a day, which, according to the Department of Transportation make up less than 1 percent of all HOS violations that occur, Johnston said, reminding Boxer and Mica that EOBRs only record duty status when the truck’s wheels are moving and HOS regulations limit a driver to a maximum of 11 hours of driving a day.
“There are still 13 hours during the day where an EOBR is no more effective at ensuring HOS compliance than paper logs,” Johnston said. “This unrecorded time is where nearly everyone agrees that non-compliance primarily occurs and where motor carriers — including some of the nation’s largest — are given the ability to push their drivers to violate HOS rules under the cover of an EOBR. A motor carrier’s focus on maximizing on-duty and driving time can lead to a trucker recording time waiting at the dock as off-duty even though under the law that time should be recorded as on-duty/not driving because the driver is still working.”
Johnston told lawmakers that many EOBRs were designed to default to off-duty whenever the truck is stopped for more than a few minutes.
“The use of an EOBR will do nothing to prevent incorrect recording of duty status, and because it can hide this designation it may lead to expansion of this practice, which only leads to more fatigued drivers,” he said.
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My good blog friend Andrea over at *Keeping it Thrifty* created the coolest soup can makeover. How cute is this?
So I decided to make something similar for my desk at work. I started out with this wonderful can…(sorry I apologize that this picture is so blurry, I don’t know what happened!)
After cleaning out the tomato can I removed the label. I found the coolest paper at Hobby Lobby and hadn’t know what to do with it yet until this project.
I really loved the texture of this paper. I then measured my can and paper and began to mod podge the paper to the can.
I waited for the can to dry and then decided there was still something more I wanted to add something more to it. I clipped out my name from a magazine ad (fortunately for me my name is Lauren and lots of Ralph Lauren’s ads work perfectly when I need a name label).
Here is the final product. I had a really hard time photographing the final product because the “Lauren” label wrapped around most of the can. Here is my best attempt at pictures.
Thanks Andrea for the great idea!
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Loooooooove it!!!! yours turned out GREAT!!!
Great Idea! I have some coffee cans that need a makeover, your idea fits the bill. Thanks for sharing. By the way, I came across your blog via Made by You Mondays. :)
Love the texture of the paper. Great job!
Thanks for join my blog hop,
I'm following you.
Nan
SO sweet and trendy:) I am already following you from the Blog Hops!
This looks amazing! What kind of paper did you use? Cardstock? It looks like fabric.
I love making things from stuff I already have. Great idea!
These soup can makeovers are just too good. I've never seen any paper like that before! I love the texture and that you added your name!
Thanks so much for linking up to Scraptastic Saturday!
Hannah @
Visiting via the Weekend Wrap Up! I love projects like this, instant gratification and so thrifty (both with the can and the ad!)
That paper is yummy! Lucky girl that you can borrow all of those Ralph Lauren ads!
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The Complicated and Simple Reasons Why the 4.6-Inch iPhone Rumor is Bunk
Expanded from a comment in the other thread.
Reuters has picked up a story about how there supposedly will be a 4.6-inch iPhone coming out this year. It attributes the rumor to a South Korean publication called the Maeli Business Newspaper, which itself heard this from an "unnamed industry source". Nothing like third-hand information to get everyone going on a Thursday.
The kernel of truth to this that makes it worth considering is that the South Korea-based Samsung is the supplier for the third-gen iPad Retina displays. It's a major supplier of components to Apple, so there are, in fact, some people in South Korea who are familiar with Apple's future roadmap.
There are two big reasons why I am very skeptical of this rumor. One is complicated, while the other is simple.
Let's start with the complicated one. The iPhone screen has always used a 3:2 aspect ratio, first at 480x320 and then at 960x640. The reason why Apple used the same ratio when going to a Retina display is that it wouldn't require developers to re-code their apps. Everything would just scale up 2X, and that would do nicely until developers double the size of all of their raster image resources.
Using a different aspect ratio for the screen would have added a lot of headaches for developers as the layout would have to be tweaked. That is part of the fragmentation problem with Android; it's not just about a wide range of OS versions in the wild but also different screen sizes. The screen dimensions matter greatly when all apps are full-screen apps. Apple took the same tack with the third-gen iPad's Retina display, as it is double the resolution of the first two iPads' displays.
When Apple introduced the "Retina display" term for the iPhone 4, it claimed that for the distance that phones are typically held from the eye, the screen must have 300ppi to qualify for the "Retina" title. A 4.6-inch screen at 960x640 computes to about 251ppi. In order for this mythical, monstrous iPhone to keep the Retina designation and maintain the same aspect ratio as previous models, the resolution would have to be doubled again to 1920x1280. That comes out to a ridiculous 502ppi, clearing the "retina" bar with ease.
While the A5X is certainly capable of driving that many pixels, as the third-gen iPad has more than that, I don't know if it could do it in a phone form factor without draining the battery too quickly. Let's imagine that it could though, granting that the larger frame of the phone would give more room for a sufficiently large battery.
App developers would have to put three different sizes of their images in their packages, one for the iPhone 3GS's 480x320 screen, one for the iPhone 4/4S's 960x640 resolution, and yet another for the new 1920x1280 screen. Not only would that be a pain for developers, but each app would take up a lot more room (especially photo-heavy apps). The 3GS and 4 models still on sale only have 8 GB of flash memory on them, and the 4S starts at 16 GB. Storage space is a significant constraint, and forcing apps to have three different sizes of images would be untenable.
So that's the complicated reason. The simple one is that a 4.6-inch phone is simply too big for most people.
The iPhone's 3.5-inch screen wasn't chosen at random. It's roughly the biggest screen you can have where everything can be operated by a single, normal-sized adult hand. It's unlikely that anything will be out of your thumb's reach while holding an iPhone. On 4-inch and larger phones, it becomes difficult to impossible to operate one-handed, in particular being able to access both toolbars at the bottom of apps and the notification drawer at the top of the screen. That is the kind of detail that Apple considers when building these things.
I'll never say never about a larger iPhone in the future, but jumping to a 4.6-inch display this year isn't likely. At the very least, such a jump would probably require that most of the non-Retina display and 8GB iPhone models be cycled out of use, and that won't happen for at least two years following 2012's new iPhone announcement.
For what it's worth, the largest a 960x640 screen can go while still being above 300dpi is 3.8 inches. That might still be small enough to operate in one hand, but it would feel like change for change's sake. Change for change's sake is not the sort of business Apple is in.
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The @outlook.com email addresses Microsoft forgot to reserve
Microsoft's new Outlook.com webmail service launched yesterday as a public preview, leaving thousands of Hotmail users scrambling to reserve their shiny new @outlook.com email addresses. After a million signups in just a few hours, some email addresses have emerged that Microsoft may have wanted to reserve. PC Pro managed to secure steveballmer@outlook.com, and a Ballmer on Ballmer Tumblr has ballmer@outlook.com discussing Zune strategies with gates@outlook.com.
Other registrations include good@outlook.com and one Twitter user even managed to secure donotreply@outlook.com. It's not clear if others were able to register more nefarious variations like admin@outlook.com or postmaster@outlook.com, but it seems odd that Microsoft failed to secure its own CEO's alias. Did you manage to secure any comical or surprising variations?
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But here's a question for you: do you slander your husband?
Yes. It is possible to slander even those closest to us. Even our husbands.
Martha Peace presents the Greek word for gossip: diabolos, meaning, "to accuse or to give false information (p.30)." Related to gossip is slander, which means, "evil speaking or vilification (to malign or disparage)". You might be surprised at how many times gossip and slander are referred to as sins which we, as believers, are commanded to cease doing.
But now you must put them all away; anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
- Colossians 3:8
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
- Proverbs 10:18
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy...
- Psalm 101:5
So what exactly would slandering our husbands look like?
- Revealing his weaknesses and flaws
- Complaining about his bad behavior
- Accusing him of sinful motives
- Criticizing him for not living up to your standards
- Describing his beliefs in an unkind or demeaning way
Let me give you an example of how I recently thoughtlessly slandered my husband. Dave and I just finished taking an Introduction to Biblical Counseling class at our church. The teacher required a small amount of homework each week, part of which was memorizing a Scripture verse related to counseling. As a rule-follower, I did the homework (well, at least up until that point...I'll admit that I slacked off towards the end). Dave, however, did not. At the beginning of the class, we were instructed to gather together with others at our table and share the memory verse and discuss the homework. My mother in law was a part of this group on this particular day and you'd think, as a result, I'd be on my best wifely behavior, right? Nope. I was feeling irritated that Dave hadn't lived up to my standards of completing the homework, and so I made sure that I let everyone know that he hadn't completed the homework. Later, my mother in law quietly corrected me knowing that she had once spoken to others about her own husband. I'll admit that I bristled a bit...it's not the easiest thing to accept correction from your husband's MOM, but it doesn't change the fact that she was right. And what I did was slander. I criticized him in public. I damaged his reputation. I made him look bad.
I think that we wives can afford to be a lot more careful about the ways in which we speak about our husbands. Do they sin? Yes. Do all of our friends need to know about how? No. Every word that you speak about your husband creates a image for others. They will either hear your words and think highly of him or they will hear your words and think he's a moron.
Does this mean that we always stay silent about their sin and only talk about their good points? Absolutely not. There are godly ways to go about obtaining guidance for how to deal with our husband's sin and I'll tackle that in another post. All I'm saying is that we consider our words and use them carefully. They will either build up our husband or tear him down and the wisest of women builds her house.
Read more: Slandering Wives - Part 2, Slander Destroys Trust, Is Listening to Slander a Sin?
Read more: Slandering Wives - Part 2, Slander Destroys Trust, Is Listening to Slander a Sin?
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I've read both books by Martha Peace. Very, convicting. There have actually been occasions when I've read the blogs of wives and they just let loose on their spouses. It's awful.
Great post! Can't wait to read the next part!
Can't wait to read more! I love Martha Peace's books!
I would love it if you would share this post on the Feminine Friday Link-Up! I really think my readers will enjoy it!
Blessings!
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I've read those too and they are pretty awful.
Excellent, excellent post.
I have to say, I've read those blogs too. Admittedly, my flesh rises up and I want to tear strips off of them; I feel compelled to defend all husbands!
I had to stop reading one of them. The wife just went on and on in multiple posts about how horrible her husband was...and she was complaining about stuff like the garbage. Someone must have called her on it, because she then wrote a post defending what she had written and how it was "honest" and "authentic" and it wasn't a problem because everything she had said, she had said to her husband and he read her blog anyway. Horrible. I felt really bad for the husband...and he probably wasn't innocent either!
Thanks, Robyn!
Ephesians 4 has done more for my marriage than chapter 5.
Nah, he probably wasn't ... but I guess we all share that being human thing. Oddly enough, I find the one that is doing the attacking (slandingering) more guilty of emotional and mental abuse than the one they (she) are (is) complaining about.
That's a great chapter...thanks for reminding me about it!
I like the wisdom and balance with which you presented this important teaching. We do not conceal others' real sin that needs to be dealt with, but God gives us steps for dealing with it -- instead of broadcasting it! Negative talk like that about our husbands (or anyone) can be so hurtful.
Much wisdom here, too, in this comment. This is what I have found, too.
The Excellent Wife is an excellent book! I read it when I was first married and it helped me greatly. Thanks for being vulnerable and honest in sharing your struggles, friend! So glad you link up to Marital Oneness Mondays. Your posts are always spot on!
This is an excellent post, well written and convicting! Thank you so linking this up at 'EOA' Wednesday. And thank you for being so transparent. It is refreshing :)
What a timely message you have posted. Do you remember the children's song, "O be careful little mouth what you say. O be careful little mouth what you say. For the Father up above is looking down in love, so be careful little mouth what you say." ? Thanks for keeping me on my toes and for sharing with us at NOBH.
"There are godly ways to go about obtaining guidance for how to deal with our husband's sin and I'll tackle that in another post." I'd love to read this post, have you written it yet. My sister and I have been struggling with this issue. Thank you for all your wonderful words of wisdom. God bless you!
Hmmm, I'm not sure I actually did end up writing that post. Thanks for the reminder!
I did write a post about the need for younger women to find an older women to get counsel from and I think that is one of the keys for dealing with his sin. I'll get back to you on that one though... | http://www.thewarriorwives.com/2012/06/slandering-wives-part-1.html | 2013-05-18T10:30:33 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Wenger changes his mind about 'no transfers' with reported approach to 25-year-old back
FA Cup preview: two huge grudge matches overshadow the whole weekend
Blackburn 'ready' to let Dann go – but they're determined to keep hold of Chris Samba
Tottenham boss claims Man City will soon slip up and Spurs can win first title for 51 years
Win over Wigan puts Magpies level with Chelsea while Liverpool are held to a draw by Norwich
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Rising stars Lawson are joining the T4 On The Beach bill
Friday, June 1, 2012
12:00 AM
EVEN more acts have been confirmed for Weston’s 10th T4 On The Beach – and we’ve grilled fresh-faced T4 frontman Will Best about the line-up.
Star singer-songwriter and number one selling Taio Cruz will be hitting the stage on the sands on July 1 alongside upcoming boy band Lawson and storming girl group Stooshe.
Will Best told the Mercury his thoughts leading up to the big day.
He said: “It’s my first T4 On The Beach and I’m really excited to be coming to Weston.
“Just to be able to walk onto a stage and tell thousands of people ‘hello Weston’, is going to be a great feeling and I think it’s quite an iconic thing.
“I am very excited, maybe over excited, like a small child, because it is the birthday, the 10th anniversary - so I’m expecting balloons and giant cakes.”
Will lifted the lid on the news that former T4 presenters Vernon Kay – now front man of ITV’s All Star Family Fortunes – and June Sarpong will be making an appearance at the event.
Will added: “I’ll have to tell them ‘this is my turf now.”
Aside from familiar T4 faces, the day will also see British rapper Devlin and grime artist Skepta join Britain’s Got Talent winners Ashley and Pudsey on a star-studded bill which also includes Tulisa, The Wanted, Marina and the Diamonds and Wretch 32.
Will added: “Just to get all of those people together in that space with all the best British pop stars.
“British pop at the moment is really exciting.
“Labrinth is always great live, and The Wanted are a lovely bunch of guys, I’m sure they will get all the girls screaming.
“I’m particularly interested in seeing Maverick Sabre, he’s an amazing talent and I think he will silence the crowds – in a good way.
“In a way I am a bit nervous as well as excited, as I’m also appearing in front of 40,000 people, but then I get nervous about everything, I’m even nervous about this conversation.
“My family are from Dorset so I know the South West quite well but I’m really looking forward to seeing the new pier.”
T4 On The Beach is coming to Weston on July 1, hosted by T4 presenters Jameela Jamil, Nick Grimshaw, Georgie Okell, Matt Edmondson and Will Best.
Also confirmed for the event are Alexandra Burke, Dappy, Connor Maynard, Rita Ora, Professor Green, Rizzle Kicks, Little Mix, Cover Drive and stars of E4’s Made in Chelsea.
Tickets are available from the Channel 4 website at @t4witter and the T4 Facebook page.
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Request: Good music this year please? Why does it have to be all manufactured, soulless, lazy pop music? Why only appeal to people who don't really care about music? Sure it will make money, which is clearly the only reason, but festivals with GOOD music would make more.
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In Windows 8, when I try to open a link, it opens in Internet Explorer -even though I have set my default browser as Google Chrome. So how is it possible? We have seen such an issue in Windows 7.
You can set Chrome as the default browser while installing it, when you are offered the option to Set Google Chrome as my default browser. Alternatively, you can also set it via the browsers Settings. But in spite of setting it as the default browser, my links continued to open in Internet Explorer! Well, I finally fixed the issue.
Set Chrome as default browser in Windows 8
So to help all those guys facing this issue, there are other ways to do so.
1. Press Windows Key + Q to get search box. Type default and you’ll get Default Programs as a result.
2. Click on that to get this window.
3. Finally select Google Chrome and click Set this program as default. Click OK.
This should help!
But if it still doesnt help, I have a straight-forward solution. I have exported the concerned registry keys from my Windows 7 registry; which has Google Chrome set as default browser and have created a registry fix file, which you can download using the below-mentioned link. All you need to do is to open the file with Registry Editor and its contents to your Registry and reboot to see results.
Download : Registry fix to set Chrome as default browser.
You can try both the ways and see which helps you.
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Odd Future singer Frank Ocean chose Independence Day to address rumors regarding his sexuality. He did it by posting an emotional and elegant ode to his first love, a man he met four years ago when he was 19 years old.
Before presenting it, he posted this note to his Tumblr followers:
open letter reads in."
Also read: Anderson Cooper: 'I'm Gay'
The response from his peers, including his bandmates, was positive and swift. Hours after the letter's posting, Def Jam mogul Russell Simmons issued a statement calling Ocean's coming out "a big day for hip-hop."
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Queen Latifah & Her "Trainer" Buy A Hollywood Hideaway!
Well the 2,096 sqft 3BR/3 bath Hollywood Hills home this past December for $1.34 mill. Looks like these two are getting more serious than not. Pics of their place when you read on...
According to the Real Estate Stalker, Queen also owns 3 luxury homes in New Jersey (2 of which she listed her parents' names on) and a home in Maryland. And she already owns a home in Beverly Hills that she purchased for $5.4 mill in July 2005. Whew. Chick loves making those property investments. Fabulous!
Here's some deets about Queen and Jeanette's newest buy:.
Nice.
But, I have ALWAYS had
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i can remember a young man
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my God is loving and
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When the Queen is ready to
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Your ignorance of scripture
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dang i was hoping she hook up
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sHE IS A FAKE, MISLEADING THE
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why not just come out and say
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So when is the Queen Latifah
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Beautiful house and a
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Hmmmm, so how many of you are
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Well I'm married, and I'm
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Religious hypocrites can suck
9:39 am - May 17, '10
In the year 2010 if a group
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The Bible is ancient, read
2:26 pm - May 17, '10
All of you religous nutheads
9:05 am - May 17, '10
I hear what you are saying,
3:52 pm - Jan 11, '11
"Dozens upon dozens"? No
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Congrats to Queen & Jeanette
3:28 am - May 17, '10
Some of yall sound so silly.
11:15 pm - May 16, '10
reppin jersey! give it to em
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People keep talking about
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it amazes me how people think
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Well its funny how you know
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Life is so lonely. I’m a
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I couldnt tell if this was a
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Well gossip would be going
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Nice house, God has blessed
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She doesn't need to thank
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somthing about reading ur
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Well then I guess she needs
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@Geez,Well Said
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WOW... I just wanted to see
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@ Shamrock...Wow, you took
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Do you ever think some people
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Speaking on a certain topic
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COngratulations Queen! Fly
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If this is her "woman" why
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People are so messy! The
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What I mean by my kids I am a
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You guys have gotten evil on
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What what, git it git it!
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If God will not accept his
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Well I have guess if someone
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I'm a Christian but imma take
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you sound like a idiot there
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@Agape Love....LOL, WOW...I
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Agape Love - Actually, you
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I'm late to the conversation,
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Previous business
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Commons: Main Chamber See this day →
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, including Topical Questions; Church Commissioners, Public Accounts Commission and the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission Oral Questions; 10:30 am
- Leader of the House Business Statement
- Army 2020 Statement
- Proceedings on the Supply and Appropriation Main Estimates Bill Business
- Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill - Second reading Legislation
- Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill - Third reading Legislation
- Professional Standards in the Banking industry Debate
- Female genital mutilation among at-risk girls – Jane Ellison Adjournment debate
Lords: Main Chamber See this day →
- Transfer of responsibility for media, broadcasting, digital, telecommunications and oversight of Ofcom from BIS to DCMS – Lord Whitty Oral Questions; 11:00 am
- Plans to create a representative body to replace the Women’s National Commission – Baroness Greengross Oral Questions
- Impact on universities of the removal of the zero rate of VAT for alterations to protected buildings – Baroness Deech Oral Questions
- Benefits and allowances paid to recipients with Ulster Bank accounts – Lord McAvoy Oral Questions
- International competitiveness of UK industry – Lord Jenkin of Roding Debate
- Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill - First reading Legislation
- Welfare and transportation of horses in the EU – Lord Higgins Debate
- Army 2020 – Lord Astor of Hever Statement
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012; Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 – Baroness Stowell of Beeston Orders and Regulations
- Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2012 – Baroness Stowell of Beeston Orders and Regulations
- Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) Scheme 2012 – Lord de Mauley Orders and Regulations
- Estimated Rising Time; 7:00 pm
Commons: Westminster Hall See this day →
- (i) Debate on the Sixteenth Report of the Health Committee of Session 2010-12, PIP Breast Implants and regulation of cosmetic interventions, and the Government Response, CM 8351 (ii) Adoption 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Commons: General Committees
- Fourteenth Delegated Legislation Committee: Draft designation of Features (Appeals) (England) Regulations 2012 8:55 am; Room 11, Palace of Westminster
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee 9:00 am; Room 12, Palace of Westminster
Commons: Select Committees
- Political and Constitutional Reform: Ensuring standards in the quality of legislation 10:00 am; Wilson Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Dr Ruth Fox, Hansard Society; Professor Dawn Oliver and Mark Ryan
- Welsh Affairs: The future of the Welsh Regiments 10:30 am; Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Professor Andrew Dorman, Professor in International Security, King's College London; Colonel (retd) Timothy Wilson OBE and General (retd) Christopher Elliot CVO CBE
- Environmental Audit: Protecting the Arctic 2:15 pm; Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
- Witnesses: Henry Bellingham MP, Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Chris Barton, Head of International Energy Security, Department of Energy and Climate Change and Jane Rumble, Head of the Polar Regions Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Lords: Select Committees
- External Affairs (EU Sub-Committee C): Private meeting 10:00 am; Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
- Public Service and Demographic Change: Public Service and Demographic Change 10:30 am; Room 1, Palace of Westminster
- Witnesses: (at 10.35am) Professor Ludi Simpson, University of Manchester; Guy Goodwin, Director, Population and Demography Statistics, Office of National Statistics; Ben Humberstone, Head of ONS Centre for Demography, Office of National Statistics; and Suzie Dunsmith, Head of Population Projections Unit, Office of National Statistics.
- Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Private meeting 10:30 am; Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Lords: Grand Committee
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Eckman-Lawn's hybrid work here just goes to show how much art can influence the feeling of a book and the nigh-limitless length that technology has allowed art to expand within the comic book medium. --Geeks of Doom
Zombie
Welcome to Zombie action, MAX style. In this four-issue limited series by Mike Raicht and Kyle Hotz, the dead roam the earth, a small town in New York State is under siege and human flesh is what's for dinner! And humanity's last hope is hiding out in a little rest-stop on Interstate 90. Barricade your doors and windows and get the guns loaded... hell is on Earth, and it just might be up to a man named Simon Garth to stop it... Collects Zombie #1-4.
Really cool zombie comic site.
The Walking Dead, Book..
The Walking Dead, Book 3
The Walking Dead, Book 2
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Shaun Of The Dead movie storyboards, production stills, and additional bonus material courtesy of Edgar and Simon.
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Taipei I-ling-i
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Taipei I-ling-i (Taipei 101) is currently the tallest building in the world. It stands 509 m (1,671 ft) tall, and consists of 101 stories above ground. It has an interesting design, consisting of several sections stacked together (the picture tells more than I can describe it).
Visitors can go up to the top of the building to take in the view. This is fairly pricey, however, around $15 USD per person. So we contented ourselves with taking a picture inside the building, in front of the painting of the building itself.
Inside the building, the bottom several floors are a shopping mall. Generally, the more expensive stores can be found on the higher floors of the mall (near the ground level), while the more affordable stores are found on the bottom floors of the mall.
Above the mall floors, the rest of the building is filled with office space.
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I know I can’t be the only person who hates YouTube’s search engine, even though it is run by the mighty Google! You would think that being owned by Google would mean they had the search feature down, but even with autocorrect you run the risk of thousands of results that have nothing to do with what you were looking for.
Since so many videos are uploaded to YouTube every day, there is too much entering the search pool to really narrow it down. You have to have a s pretty specific set of keywords and hope that what you are looking for is an official version, because that is what will be posted in the results first, with anything else buried.
But there are a few ways to get around this. Youtube filters can be great help!
To see the available filters, click on “Filters” button right next to the number of search results:
It sounds over simplified, but being as specific as possible in your search is always a good idea.
Youtube would give you an option to see most recent results which were uploaded one day / week / month ago.
Search trick: Use the date filter for reputation management or to monitor your competitors’ efforts:
There are four types of results you can filter by: channel, playlist, movie and show.
Search trick: One of my favorite ways to search is by taking advantage of people’s playlists they have built on YouTube. It’s like hand-picked collections of the topics you are interested in!
Once you find one, you can play all videos in a row, or skip them as you choose.
I hate going onto YouTube for a clip and having sift through dozens of results that are a few seconds long. If you are looking for something that is longer, like a full scene or even an episode, be sure to include it in the search. All it takes is saying something like ‘Criminal Minds, long’.
Thanks to some fast-evolving technology, you can get extremely high-quality videos on YouTube. You can search based on this kind of format, if you want to. The available search options are: High-definition, closed caption, partner video, creative commons, live now and 3D.
Search trick: Use “partner” filter to discover most popular channels in your niche!
This is the newest filter added to the option list. I have yet to understand how these are determined but I am glad one of my channels MyBlogGuest did make it there:
Handy tip: Commas should be placed between keywords to activate the filters. So, if you were looking for Lady Gaga’s actual channel, you would put ‘Lady Gaga, Channel’ in the search box. Or, if you want to find something within a certain period of time, you need to type ‘Lady Gaga, this month’, or whatever amount of time you would be wanting to go back.
Videos on websites just make sense. If done right they can be the most effective way to convey a lot of information in a short period of time. That sounds pretty good by itself, right? Well BOOM! It also helps SEO! Bet ya didn’t think of that. So let’s take a look at how video can make you rank higher on Google.
Google algorithms are putting more and more emphasis on how long people stay on your site. People will tend to spend about 2 more minutes on sites that have videos over those without (this according to Comscore). This makes Google more likely to recommend your site.
Your chances of appearing on the 1st page increases 53-fold with an informational video. Video on websites is gradually picking up, but hasn’t fully caught on yet. Having a video hosted on YouTube can also increase your chances, as roughly 80% of the videos served up on Google are from YouTube. Of course that brings us to the dilemma of self-hosting or embedded links.
In hosting your videos you have to make a choice whether you want people to see the video or your site. Self-hosting means that your page will be the only place to see the video, so blogs wishing to share the video will have to link back to your site. However hosting on YouTube can really get your video out there. It will be more likely to show up in Google searches for one thing.
If you got this latter route, it is important to have added value on your site; a reason for people to follow the link in the description that takes them back to your webpage. For instance making reference to other information which can be found on your site, or additional videos on the subject in one easy to find location can entice people to go on to your site. Optimize for users, not search engines.
While a video doesn’t offer much that Google can read and index (yet), there are a variety of ways to adapt the content to become search engine friendly media.
So there you go, more proof that a website without a video is like a dog without a bone. That little bone not only contains valuable information about your business, but also attracts other dogs looking to steal that bone. Only in the case of information, it doesn’t leave your website when someone watches your video, but rather copies are made inside peoples brains. In this way video is less like a bone and perhaps more like an amoeba or other single-cell organism capable of mitosis.
YouTube released some interesting numbers today on YouTube’s effects on brand metrics as compared to Television (for the sake of simplicity let us refer to each of them by their acronyms). They polled people in 3 groups:
Ad Recall they found to increase an average of 60% on YT compared to 62% on TV. No big surprise. Brand Image was found to increase by 7% on YT over the 2% of TV. Already we see YouTube’s positive effects in a world that is turning increasingly to the internet for its entertainment.
On to Purchase Consideration. The effect of YT here is particularly strong at a 14% increase, over a 3% increase in brands advertised on TV. If only you could hyperlink TV ads, am I right? Likewise, YT pulls ahead again in Recommendations, to the tune of 15% over TV’s 2% increase in likelihood to buy advertised brands. Yet another product of the difference in mediums, be in through the immediate call to action or the integration of social media.
So who wins? You do, if you save a piece of that ad budget pie for a YouTube masthead. When combined with TV advertising Brand Image increases an average of 9% over TV alone.
Classic viral video “Charlie Bit My Finger” is getting a cinematic remake. The CFC WorldWide Short Film Festival commissioned 3 film makers to remake the viral video. Of the 3, a zombie remake has garnered a lot of attention. It was featured on Mashable “Charlie Bit My Finger Reimagined as a Zombie Film “.
The film was directed by Toronto-based film maker Jeff Chan who is no stranger to viral videos. His last video to have gone viral is popular Call Of Duty short film/trailer “Find Makarov” launched in early March of this year. He is the owner of the collective “We Can Pretend“, which is a company that specializes in viral content. In its inception WCP entered in a Doritos online viral video contest. They won first place by getting the most amount of views, embeds and votes.
The other two films below are Charlie Bit My Finger The Musical (Directed by Sammy Ray Welch) and Charlie Bit My Finger The Dark Comedy (Directed by Lewis). | http://www.think-video.com/blog/ | 2013-05-18T10:41:21 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
21st Century Babies' Names by Jacqueline Harrod Well laid out with both boys' and girls' names alphabetised seperately.Not much to fault Features: Full names and their original meanings and derivations listed alongside their famous literary, historical or legendary associations....
Scientists at the Imperial College in London, working with an Australian university, have found that babies who experience what is termed a 'lower respiratory viral infection' like a cold, or who have an allergic sensitivity, are more likely to go on to develop asthma.The study l...
A study has indicated that the kind of fat you eat is linked to your chances of developing endometriosis, reports the Telegraph.The study involved 70,000 women in America over four years, and found the total amount of fat in a woman’s diet isn’t important, but the type of fat doe...
Putting too much importance on what others think of your parenting skills can undermine your confidence and increase your stress levels.A study of 200 first time parent couples in the US found that those parents who measured their parental success by their own standards tended to...
A recent study from children's shoe company Start-rite shows that over half of the 716,000 babies born in the UK each year are at risk from suffering lasting damage to their feet as Brits are unaware how fragile babies' feet are.Foundations for the futureThe average person will w...
Please discuss and let me know for my research purposes if any one has noticed their baby having a allergic reaction to any baby product
Playing with toysThis is, of course, all in the name of research. You can't have junior playing with inadequate toys now can you?Here are some we enjoyed researching/playing with.
Hi all, My name is Suzanne and I'm an expectant mum and full-time research psychologist working in the UK. I'm hoping you will share your memories for your recent birth experience by taking part in some research I'm undertaking looking at memory. | http://www.thinkbaby.co.uk/search/research/10 | 2013-05-18T10:22:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Our in-house team will manage the whole process involved in your presence at an event, covering concept and stand build, liaising with organisers and the venue, arranging graphics, handling logistics, freight, travel, accommodation and staffing - leaving you free to focus on maximizing your impact at the event.
We are committed to excellence in everything we do - from a pop-up display to a 2,000 sq. m. bespoke stand.
Orchard has extensive exhibition experience worldwide. We always provide a personal service, with a Project Manager assigned to act as your key point of contact, and to lead the team in identifying, managing and delivering all aspects of a successful exhibition.
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Some of the details we can glean are a ‘PortFolio Case’ dock, with ThinkPad Edge style keyboard. Full pen implementation for notes, document editing and presentations. Front and rear camera for scanning, recoding, barcode reading and of course video calls!
Cloud support with safe and secure access to documents and applications online, and remote access to your home or office network.
Sound good so far? How about 1080p HD support with an IPS display for after hours entertainment. Full support to create and edit in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat Reader. A bevy of Social Network apps and functionality, plus access to the Android App Store.
Now this is also interesting, obviously the ThinkTablet will have Wi Fi and 3g with 4g on the way, but we will also be able to use out new ThinkPad tablet as a Wi-Fi hotspot via a ‘software’ router. Now that we like!
As if all of that wasn’t enough Lenovo have included a Mini HDMI slot to output to a TV, a Projector for presentations, or just hook up to an external display. Other ports include Micro and full size USB, an SD Card slot plus full syncing with your home or office PC. We love it!
So, Lenovo are positioning the ThinkTablet as the ‘ThinkPad Commercial Media Tablet’
ThinkTablet Specifications
Processor – NVIDIA Tegra 2
Operating System – Android 3
Display – 10.1″ WXGA IPS panel with 1280×800 resolution, 16:10 aspect ration
Battery – 8hr battery life with Wi-Fi
Ports – USB 2.0 – Micro USB – 3 in 1 SD card Reader and Mini HDMI
Connectivity – Wi-Fi and 3G
Storage – 16GB – 32GB – 64 GB
Enterprise Friendly
As well as being a Media Tablet, the new ThinkPad Slate will of course have a slew of the usual security features that we expect from the brand, data encryption, an anti theft app and remote data Wipe or Disable. As the ThinkTablet will be used primarily ‘offsite’ a range of deployment and administration devices will be available, and the one that strikes us as the most useful in the enterprise and of value to large IT Depts is the ‘Zero Touch Deployment’ feature. IT Admins will be able to ship one of the ThinkPad Tablets to a remote worker and load corporate settings and policies
via Wi-Fi or 3g
ThinkTablet Apps and Software.
The new ThinkPad Tablet will come loaded with a variety of apps including Skype, Gmail and eBuddy. Of course the tablet supports Flash, Remote Desktop by Citrix and Auto Config by LANDesk.
And what would a Tablet be without facebook and twitter? You’ll also find Weather, Amazon Kindle and Amazon Media plus Zinio Magazine reader, and of course to entertain yourself, the ubiquitous Angry Birds plus a host of other Apps available from the store.
When we first blew the whistle on the ThinkTablet last week, we had thought that this was going to be a Windows 7 machine. Not to be. What we do have though looks like a pretty impressive Tablet. We are over in Raleigh next week at Think World Headquarters and hope to get hands or at least ‘eyes’ on.
OK, so the specifications are fairly standard, Tegra 2, 16/32/64GB etc, but it the way the ThinkPad design team and engineers seem to have stitched the whole package together, and created a ThinkTablet that sits well in the
higher end prosumer niche, yet reaches out into the corporate space so effectively.
It looks like Lenovo have done a superb job with the ThinkTablet. If only that Portfolio Keyboard dock had an i5 processor and Windows 7! Well we can dream.
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2004Explore the famous cemeteries of New Orleans.About this site
2000Chicago is known throughout the world for its wonderful architecture. Visitors to our site, ?Building the Windy City,? will have fun learning about many of the great buildings of Chicago, the architects who designed them, and some of the basics of architecture. Our site contains question-and-answer reports about many important Chicago buildings and architects, a Frank Lloyd Wright virtual tour, a timeline of Chicago architecture, interviews with modern-day Chicago architects, links to other sites, and games galore. We also invite visitors to share their own opinions about Chicago?s buildings and architects. Have fun learning about Chicago?s amazing architecture!About this site
1999An overview of the different styles of architecture, deep insight into technical aspects, such as the physics of construction, and the engineering aspect of architecture are the components of "Fusion of Form and Function -- Art We Live In . Architecture in this century is emphasized, although the main movements throughout history are included.. more!About this site
2001This website protrays the ultimate love of a 1th century Indian se some icons and a pictureproject. who browse our website can learn a lot about roller coasters. They can learn about the origin of roller coasters and how they have changed over the years by visiting our history page. The history page also tells students about new roller coasters coming to theme parks in the next year. Students can learn about the laws of physics and how roller coasters work on our physical page. The roller coaster accidents page tells about different kinds of roller coaster accidents that have really happened. We think kids will learn from this what they should and should not do when riding on roller coasters. Our pictures page gives students a look at the structure or framing of different roller coasters in the United States. The roller coaster records page gives the browser a look at which coasters hold the current records for speed, height, number of inversions, and longest drop
1999"German School New York 3-D Model" is a demonstration of Virtual Reality for the Internet , which can be applied to anything that needs a visual interpretation. The German School was chosen as the object of the project, so that future students of this school from other countries will be able to visit before their families are transferred to the U.S. An architectural scene of the school is depicted in VRML. This enables the viewer to see and manipulate the scene on the screen in real time 3-D. The site goal is to familiarize as many students as possible with the unique possibilities of VRML. A movie clip of computer renditions of the school is also included. Languages: English, German limitd software resources..
1997If you're interested in buying a castle, or maybe just curious about castles and what it's like to live in one, check out the extensive listing of the world's castes. You'll find great photos and fantastic histories. Read about castle life during medieval times. Take a virtual tour or play a castle game. And yes, you can even look at the real estate listings for castles currently for sale or rent.
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1999Research and report on the history of ancient America, Rome, India, Greece and China form this site. Each student did one civilization. An overview of the geography and history of each civilization will be included. India's research will include the importance of the Indus River, give an overview of the Harappan civilization, and the arrival of the Aryan people. Greece will include a description of the Greek city states and the Golden Age. China will describe the Shang Dynasty, Quin Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty.Rome: the roman republic and the Roman Empire. America will cover the various civilizations that have lived on its land.About this site
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1999When one searches the Internet for "Atlantis", one finds that it is devoid of good information on the subject. Through interactive tools, we take visitors to our site through the city of Atlantis as described by Plato, giving details on the legend. The relevant works of Plato are available through the site. We explore these works and delve into the clues which they leave for archaeologists and historians. The city of Troy was once considered purely myth; we know now that the myth was based in fact. Therefore, we explain several popular theories concerning the reality of Atlantis We explain the archaeological method. Our goals are that the users of our site develop an ability to be able to judge the different theories as to where Atlantis might be, being well informed in the legend and instructed in the archaeological basics. civilizatins are displayed. Links to other virtual archeology sites | http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/f?p=52300:30:3142604648129712::::P30_CATEGORY_ID:CPJ_ANCIENT_CIVILIZATIONS | 2013-05-18T10:16:53 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
2007Are you tired of boring Internet safety lessons? Here is the shocking truth. We made this site because kids feel safe because they won’t "meet" anyone online. Here you will find the truth about online predators and cyberbullying. Our goal for this website was to ‘Keeping it Real’. We thought we were safe until we made this site. How safe are you?About this site
2009Nowadays, teenagers always use ICQ/MSN language to communicate with others. We are so interested in it because it is now a popularization so in this project we want to know why people take these languages and their views on them and whether it is good for us or not.Our website is based on the internet site YouTube.com. YouTube is beneficial in certain ways and useless in others. Our team explored the negative and positive effects that this website has on children. We also sought the purpose for teenagers to visit this site.About this site
2009We try to look at Youtube from the point of view of a student and the public. We have done a survey on students aged 10 to 20 to analyze their attitude towards Youtube. From the news about Youtube, we learn how the public feels about Youtube. We hope that our audience can see both sides of this popular video sharing website and use it sensiblycrime is committed alaround and lso the ways to save themselves from such crimes.About this site
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2007Throughout the years the Internet has gotten more dangerous. Now the Internet is no longer safe, and no matter what people do the Internet will never be completely safe. This is a serious matter. That is why we’re going to give you information and other ways to stay safe while you are on the Internet. Our website is about Internet safety.About this site
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Heritage Oil Plc, an independent upstream exploration and production company, has stated that in line with expectations, Shoreline Power Company Limited had exercised its option to acquire a 30-per-cent economic interest in Shoreline Natural Resources Limited.
Shoreline Natural Resources Limited, a joint venture between Shoreline Power, a private Nigerian energy and infrastructure company and Heritage Oil Plc, a company listed on both the London and Toronto stock exchanges, recently acquired a 45-per-cent interest in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 30 from Shell, Total and Agip.
Heritage Oil said in a statement on Monday that it would receive over $100 million later this month from Shoreline Power as proceeds from the company’s acquisition of a 30-per-cent interest in Shoreline Natural Resources Limited.
Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Oil, Mr. Tony Buckingham, said the acquisition of an interest in OML 30 was proving to be a transformational deal for his company as it has provided,” he said.
The proceeds from the acquisition will however be used in part as security against the existing facility to Shoreline and also for general corporate purposes by Heritage, in accordance with the bridge facility from the Standard Bank, the company said.
According to the statement, average field production for OML 30 in November 2012 was 35,704 barrels of oil equivalent per day (bopd) gross, with 15,665 bopd accruing to Heritage.
The statement also added that revenues that accrued to Heritage from OML 30 for November 2012 production are expected to total approximately $52 million with the final pricing to be determined following lifting.
Shoreline received payment of $38.3 million on December 27, 2012 towards proceeds from its first crude lifting in the first quarter of 2013.
Heritage, alongside its Nigerian partner, Shoreline Power, had established Shoreline Natural Resources, a special purpose private Nigerian company, to acquire 45 per cent participating interest in OML 30 as well as 45 per cent interest in other assets under the joint operating agreement for OML 30, which includes a 95-kilometre segment of the Trans Forcados pipeline.
On November 9, 2012, Heritage announced the successful completion of the acquisition of 45 per cent interest in OML 30, with effect from November 1, 2012.
Shoreline Natural Resources was structured with 55 per cent of its equity interest held by Shoreline Power and 45 per cent held by Heritage, through a wholly owned subsidiary.
Shoreline Power had the option to acquire 30 per cent of Heritage's interest in Shoreline Natural Resources.
This option has now been exercised and Heritage is due to receive over $100 million from Shoreline Power later this month.
Following the completion of the acquisition and continuation of the existing profit share agreement, Heritage's equity and economic interests in Shoreline will be 31.5 per cent and 68.25per cent, respectively.
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The Metropolitan Police made almost 40,000 child arrests last year, new figures have revealed.
Data published by the Howard League for Penal Reform shows the Met Police made 39, 901 arrests of boys and girls aged 17 and under during 2011.
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The Met Police made 39, 901 arrests of boys and girls aged 17 and under during 2011
This is down on the previous year’s figure of 46,079. The number of child arrests in the Met Police area has fallen in recent years – from 49,292 in 2008 to 46,546 in 2009.
A total of 209,450 child arrests were made in England and Wales last year, the figures released by the charity number includes 2,117 arrests of children aged 10 or 11, meaning on average six primary school children were arrested every day. Police in England and Wales arrest a child every two-and-a-half minutes, the Howard League found.
Girls account for about a fifth of arrests each year - 207,808 between 2008 and 2011. However, 24,055 fewer girls were arrested in 2011 than in 2008 – a fall of 38 per cent.
And in a win for the League’s campaign to reduce the total number of child arrests, the figures represent a fall of a third since 2008, when 315,923 were recorded..
“Under the last government, police success was measured by the number of arrests and children proved a seductive way to make up the numbers.
“The fact that the number of child arrests has fallen by a third since 2008 is a testament to a change of culture, more focused on public safety than targets.”
Ten police services have seen the number of child arrests more than halve between 2008 and 2011 - Dorset, Humberside, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, West Mercia, West Midlands, Gloucestershire, North Wales, Lancashire and Warwickshire. Only one, North Yorkshire, recorded an increase.
by Krystal333
Wednesday, December 05 2012, 11:29PM
“Oh Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, please explain to me when 'challenging behaviour' becomes anti-social behaviour?
Its a fine line between not creating a difference to their later life, but also not allowing 'challenging' behaviour to escalate and go unpunished. There are occasions I believe when parents found lacking in basic parental skills, or the appreciation their son or daughter is causing too much trouble and willingness or ability to address this, should also be punished.
I am also sceptical that the arrest figures have fallen simply due to their being less room to house those convicted?”
by addingtongirl
Tuesday, December 04 2012, 2:38PM
“Im not surprised or taken aback by this report..Kids seem to have lost it along the way its the same old story????
Parents blame the schools ..schools blame the Parents so on and so on..We cant be with our kids 24/7 but we must watch them grow in to adults...Tell them whats right/wrong dont let them hang round with kids who think they are hard nuts...
Try telling them its not clever to not get a job or get drunk and do drugs...just enjoy your life and fingers crossed they should turn out kids to be proud of...” | http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/40-000-child-arrests-Met-Police-year/story-17495013-detail/story.html | 2013-05-18T10:21:42 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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The social care system is at breaking point, with 88%% said vulnerable lives could be put at risk by cuts to services, and 85% had seen notable cuts to services in the last 12 months. Some 77% were concerned about unmanageable caseloads; 65% were concerned about use of unqualified staff; and 46%."
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CHILDREN at a Watcombe school made their own igloos as part of their studies on polar regions.
Year One pupils enjoyed learning about the contrasting climate and environment, the animals and people with teacher Kate Donaldson.
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As part of the work the youngsters especially loved becoming polar explorers and role-playing the adventures of Captain Falcon Scott.
The group learnt about global warming and the effects their own actions could have on this amazing part of our planet.rs Donaldson said: "As part of the project they also encouraged all children in the school to reuse their four-pint milk bottles by bringing them into school.
"They then used over 500 bottles to construct an igloo in class to use as a role-play area for their adventures as polar explorers.
"The pupils then followed the journey of the plastic bottles to the recycling centre instead of damaging the planet and sending to landfill." | http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Following-Captain-Scott-s-footsteps/story-18275026-detail/story.html | 2013-05-18T10:52:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
People Bookends
cool, sleek little bookends that won't go tumbling off (like alot of those cheap versions). watch these little buggers push away while you're sitting there twiddling your thumbs
Looking for an original, rustic bookend- check out these carved dice ones made of stone marble, fun, unique and classic.Tags: home, books, gifts, interior design, home decor, stones, decor, marble, rusticAdded 3 Years Ago from Studiovertu 3 Years Ago from World Market 5 Years Ago from Crane
this is a great architectural detail to include on your bookshelf! i love the painted white, and the filigree design. a great addition to add some color and an artistic touch to your reading space.Tags: home, interior design, home decor, home accessories, bookcases, cast-iron, bookshelfs, home office, awsomeAdded 5 Years Ago from Crane | http://www.thisnext.com/browse/bookends/interior-design/bookshelfs/ | 2013-05-18T11:08:36 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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This designer takes old innertubes and recycles them into cute bags. Get one for yourself so you can feel fashionable and eco-friendly.
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English Retreads makes the coolest designs from recycled inner tubes. Best bag for a rainy day, just wipe it clean and it's brand new!
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Online learning from a leader in traditional learning.
MIT — a world class leader in science and engineering education — were pioneers in online learning with the introduction of their "Open Courseware" content more than a decade ago. More recently, they decided to enter the world of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) with their own offering called MITx. This product allows students from around the world to gain access to both the course content and faculty of MIT, all via a web-based tool.
Just months away from their projected launch, MIT approached thoughtbot for a design overhaul of their courseware and their public marketing site. Working together, we were able to radically update the entire platform in a short period of time.
With the success of the initial design effort and a subsequent partnership with Harvard which led to the project rebranding as "edX", we continued to work side by side with the project team to deliver design and development services in support of both public and internal facing web based tools that power the platform. | http://www.thoughtbot.com/portfolio/mitx | 2013-05-18T10:30:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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