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Hi lovelies! My apologies for my whiney post last Monday, i forgot how stressful moving can be – that said i am VERY grateful for the roof over our heads and i am not taking anything for granted – just clinging to the hope that pretty soon some semblance of normality will return in the nearish future. Mr Cat is back home from the cattery – i got him a special collar with ‘feel good’ pheremones – and he’s looking totally stoned and chilled out – i think i could do with one of those! I thought today would be a good one to haul out my folder of wardrobe and dressing table images since i’ve been putting together a wishlist of wants and needs for our cupboard dude to work off. I guess it’s the promise of a super-organised space, but new cupboards make me very happy and i am looking forward to having our bedroom cupboards installed and to move out of crates and suitcases. This time round (and thanks to the Konmari method of packing drawers), i’m asking for more drawers and less shelving so i can have things much more streamlined and sorted. Here are some of the images that i’ve been working off…
I think this is an IKEA set up – love all the drawers – and the glass fronts are really sophisticated – i know that Eclipse do these
This person has A LOT of clothes – and a beautifully organised set of cupboards
Ok, now for some dressing table goals.
I don’t have a dressing table in our new bedroom – i’ve pretty much out all my stuff into our bathroom vanity BUT if i had my way and had a proper grown up dressing table…this is the route i’d be taking
These are so grown up and so glam!
Ok lovelies…i need cupboard design advice – any tricks and tips that you’ve found really useful? |
The long reign and reach of Britain’s Queen Victoria left its mark all over the world. While parlors overflowed with ruffles, lace and flowers, and proper ladies and gentlemen played whist, sang at the pianoforte, or read romantic poetry aloud, smoking rooms, public houses, and universities birthed a new era of thought. Darwin. Marx. Freud. Literature reflected much of what happened outside the parlors of the proper, resulting in the realism of George Eliot, the satire of William Thackeray, the fantasy of George McDonald and the skeptic poetry of Lord Alfred Tennyson. Our topic of the week for September 5-9 is Victorian Voices. We’ll pull back the drapes, lift the veils and look into Victorian literature with New Millennium eyes.
This Friday, September 9, #litchat welcomes back Melanie Benjamin as guest host. Last year’s, Alice I Have Been, gave the Alice Liddell of Lewis Carroll’s inspiration a voice of her own. Her latest novel, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, once again employs Benjamin’s gift for the Victorian voice. Those familiar with the fairytale story of Vinnie Bump, the tiny woman who married the miniature man called Tom Thumb, will treasure this novel about this pair of petite performers. Looming large in this story about showboats and show-offs, civil war and civil society, freaks and failures, is P.T. Barnum. Although Vinnie gains fame on the coattails of her advantageous marriage to the tiny Tom Thumb, her relationship with P.T. Barnum takes the center ring in this novel of Victorian-era glitz, glamour and glut.
Melanie Benjamin was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. An avid reader all her life—as a child, she was the proud winner, several years running, of the summer reading program at her local library—she still firmly believes that a lifetime of reading is the best education a writer can have.
While attending Purdue University at Indianapolis, Melanie performed in many community theater productions before meeting her husband, moving to the Chicago area and raising two sons. Writing was always beckoning, however, and soon she began writing for local magazines and newspapers before venturing into her first love, fiction. As Melanie Hauser, she published two contemporary novels.
By incorporating her passion for history and biography, Melanie, now writing as Melanie Benjamin, has finally found her niche writing historical fiction, concentrating on the “stories behind the stories.” Having recently signed a contract with Random House for two more historical novels, she is currently at work on her third.
She and her family still live in the Chicago area; when she’s not writing, she’s gardening, taking long walks, rooting for the Cubs—And reading, of course.
Follow Melanie Benjamin on Twitter: @MelanieBen. |
The Robert S. Gee Scholars
The Robert S. Gee Scholars are selected as early as 6th grade and can be in the program through their senior year. The scholarships are based on academic excellence, leadership abilities, and socioeconomic need.
The Robert S. Gee Scholarship is named in honor of Robert S. Gee who passed away in 2004. Bob Gee was a local attorney and longtime board member of the Foundation. Prior to his death, Mr. Gee served as chairman of the Phoenix Committee and was instrumental in developing a new format for the Phoenix Scholarship. The Phoenix Scholarship has been renamed as the Robert S. Gee scholarship. In the past, the Phoenix has awarded summer camp fees to students seeking summer opportunities. Under the new guidelines of the Robert S. Gee Scholarships, teachers will nominate students for the scholarships based on academic excellence, leadership abilities, and socioeconomic
To better understand the new guidelines, we have developed a Question and Answer form to anticipate questions teachers and administrators may have regarding the changes. Any additional questions can be addressed to Ginny Stinson, Chairperson of the Gee Scholarship Committee, at 918-540-0813, or to the chairman of the Foundation. We want to express our appreciation for the input of the middle school and high school teachers who served on the committee to formulate the new guidelines.
What are the criteria for nominating a student?
- The students must be in the 6th through 11th grades in the Miami Public Schools.
- The student must exhibit academic excellence, personal traits and potential, and have socioeconomic need.
- The selected scholars will be eligible for financial assistance for the upcoming summer and following academic year. (or one calendar year)
How are students nominated?
A teacher who identifies a student who meets the criteria may download and complete a Teacher Nominating Form off the web site. A teacher may nominate more than one student. The nominating teacher will then provide a Parent Support form to the student’s parents for completion by the student’s family. The completed Parent Support form will be submitted with the completed Teacher Nomination form to Mary at Central Office.
When are Teacher Nomination forms due and where do teachers submit completed forms?
Teacher Nominating Forms are due in the spring and should be submitted to at Central Office.
How will the Bob S. Gee scholars be selected?
A Gee Scholarship Committee comprised of Foundation members, and administrators will receive the applications and will narrow the pool of candidates to six students to be interviewed by the end of April. Interviews will be conducted and an announcement will be made regarding the selected scholars by the April membership meeting.
What are some examples of appropriate requests for financial assistance?
Appropriate requests for financial assistance include almost anything that assists the scholar to pursue academic or extracurricular achievement related to school endeavors such as, but not limited to, band, debate, Science fair, etc.
Who will sponsor the selected scholars?
The nominating teacher will serve as the teacher/sponsor for the nominated scholar during their tenure in the nominating teacher’s building. If the nominating teacher is unable to serve as a sponsor for the selected scholar, the committee will assist the scholar in finding a sponsor teacher.
How does the teacher/sponsor request funding?
The teacher/sponsor submits a Gee Scholarship requisition form to Central Office, and it be will forwarded to the Gee Scholarship Committee for consideration.
For what length of time is the selected scholar eligible for assistance?
Selected scholars are eligible for assistance through their senior year in the Miami Public Schools. However, each student scholar must annually submit an accountability form to the Gee Scholoarship Committee for evaluation. The accountability form will also be available for downloading on the web site. The accountability form will be due annually before April 1. |
Today, Senator Mike Lee made the following statement in response to the president’s announcement regarding new executive actions on gun control:
“It is unfortunate that the president is using the tragedy in Newtown to advance a set of proposals that would do little, if anything, to prevent these kinds of shocking events,” said Senator Lee. “Instead, his laundry list consists of demands that Congress limit the rights of law abiding citizens, executive orders that essentially affirm the status quo, and initiatives to increase federal interference into state and local law enforcement and educational institutions.
“Without specific legislative language, it is impossible to evaluate the potential consequences of the president’s proposals. But I am deeply concerned that the president’s approach is inconsistent with fundamental Second Amendment rights and encroaches on the authorities of state and local governments. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I look forward to this debate and am committed to ensuring that the rights of citizens are not infringed and public safety is not diminished.”
Instead of President Obama issuing the rumored 19 proposals on gun control, 23 executive actions where presented, one of them trumping the Amendment in the Affordable Healthcare Act that would have barred medical personal from recording the answers of patients when asked about guns. In fact the second action states “Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system”
You can read all 23 EA’s here: foxnewsinsider.com/2013/01/16/read-full-list-of-23-gun-violence-reduction-executive-actions/
And when you have finally calmed down enough to politely use the phone, I’d suggest a call to not only your Congressional reps in Washington, but to your Governor’s office and local sheriff’s departments, asking them to stand up for our Country and citizen’s unalienable rights! |
Using the Force to Understand Injuries
There has been a lot of talk lately about how mechanics can play a role in injuries. This is especially true in lower extremity injuries such as patellofemoral pain and ACL tears. I’m in no way saying that this idea is “false”, but many people fail to unpack the idea which leads to some, well, horribly inaccurate beliefs.
So let’s start by explaining what “unpacking an idea” means. An idea can be imagined as a package and, therefore, in order to understand it you must unpack it so you can examine its underlying or component parts. If you take an idea at its face value, it leaves you open to misunderstanding potentially sound ideas. Worse yet, it leaves you open to following the herd into accepting flat out wrong ideas. This is horribly common in physical therapy practice.
Now, consider ACL tears. What does it take to tear an ACL? In the unpacking process we find the answer is remarkably simple:
What tears an ACL is a load to the ligament that exceeds its failure threshold.
That’s it. But let’s unpack further so we can understand this better.
Take my good friend JW Matheson. Now I happen to know that at this exact moment in time it takes exactly 2312 Newtons (N) of load to tear his ACL. (Don’t ask me how I know this, just understand that his ACL has a generally weak constitution.) JW, like all of us, has a genetic profile that determines the strength of his particular ACL and how it adapts and responds to loads. His exact required load to failure may change with age, but that is also dependent on his genetics. The point is, if you exceed 2312N of load to JW’s ACL at this moment, it will tear. Period.
Now that we have an ACL failure profile for JW, we need to find a way to acquire at least 2312N of force to JW’s ACL. So where can we get this load? Well, we can get some generated internally via muscle activation, but in reality this is probably not going to provide nearly enough load to tear that ACL. We need to look for an externally generated load.
The externally generated load we are looking for comes from the ground via the ground reaction force (GRF) – the force exerted by the ground on a body in contact with it. When a body applies force into the ground through contact, the ground creates an equal and opposite force back into the body. You know, good old Newton’s third law – every action creates an equal and opposite reaction. (The GRF of your mass pushing against the ground at rest is what gives you weight.) The GRF caused by some kind of impact such as landing from a jump, especially on one leg, could definitely generate enough load to tear poor JW’s ACL.
But wait! People land from jumps all the time with really high GRFs but don’t always tear their ACLs. What gives?
Well, we need to do more than generate load. We need to transfer that load up from the ground and then have it be absorbed by (in other words terminate at) JW’s ACL. For simplicity sake, let’s imagine that once JW lands from his jump he becomes a completely passive organism (lazy bastard). What does that GRF generated by landing do to this passive system?
If you remember from basic biomechamics, the GRF creates a straight-line 3-dimensional vector dependent on the point of impact. As that vector passes a joint it exerts a rotational force to that joint known as a “moment of force” or “torque”. The farther from the joint, the greater the moment arm (lever) for that force to act upon. The greater the moment arm, the greater the torque to the joint.
The effect of the above GRF on a passive organism like JW from the sagittal view is simple. It causes ankle dorsiflexion, knee flexion, and hip flexion. The frontal view would likely result in ankle eversion, knee abduction (a component of valgus), and hip adduction. Transverse view is simply internal rotation of the hip adding to the valgus of the knee. The landing mechanics can have a huge effect on this. In a passive system, the more lateral the point of impact (wider stance), the greater the moment arm and therefore the greater the torque. But we are FAR from done understanding this. Let’s continue.
Forces like the GRF are a kind of energy. We all know that there is the law of conservation of energy. In other words, once energy enters a system, the system must reckon with that energy. From several wonderfully conducted studies (in particular this one) we know that applying enough knee valgus in a passive system like the one described above can focus that load (energy) on the ACL. If in JW’s case, that load applied to the ACL is well less than 2312N, it will tolerate it. If it surpasses 2312N – KAPLOOEY!!!! JW is now the proud owner of a torn ACL. Nice simple open and shut case right?
No dummy!!! This isn’t a passive system!!!
Muscles play a HUGE role here on the amount of load applied to the ACL. Muscle activation can do two things. First it changes the vector of the GRF. For example, higher quality studies on landing mechanics don’t just use cameras to collect data. They use force plates to measure the GRF vector size and angle. They then lay that over the images from the motion capture system to measure the moment arms that the GRF creates at each joint. You need BOTH force and moment arm to calculate the torque. Engaging muscles can change the exact location of the impact point on the force plate even if the mechanics captured on camera are unchanged. In other words, two people with identical landing mechanics may have greatly different moment arms depending on muscle activation.
The second thing that muscle activation can do is often misinterpreted by clinicians. Clinicians will often tell their patients to “correct the mechanics” by activating their muscles and then believe that the correction of the mechanics is the actual necessary change. That is fine to use such a cue with the patient, but it fails to understand what is really going on here. Remember, what ultimately matters here is load to the ACL, not mechanics. Now it is true that muscle activation can change those “faulty” mechanics. But the question that you need to ask is HOW they change the mechanics.
To understand this better, let’s go back to the conservation of energy. Look at what we discussed above. What causes all of those “faulty” mechanics in the passive system? The GRF that was created during the landing contact. In order for that force NOT to cause those mechanics, the force must go SOMEWHERE ELSE. Where does it go? Well, eccentric muscle activation can absorb a lot of force. The other cool thing is that muscles, unlike passive structures like ligaments, can be TRAINED to have a higher capacity for load.
But remember, we don’t need to absorb ALL of that force. All we are trying to bring the load to JW’s ACL below 2312N. Let’s say that the injury example above only delivered 2350N of force into the ACL. In that case, all we need to absorb in the muscle is 50N to prevent the injury to poor JW.
Now I know what you are saying. “Yeah, but correcting those mechanics would make an even GREATER reduction of load to the ACL!” I’m not saying you are wrong (especially if those mechanics are REALLY ugly), but you are missing the point.
What I am saying is that with enough muscle activation, THE MECHANICS DO NOT MATTER. (You should have just felt a loud “click” in your head.)
Again, you need basic strength (capacity) AND timely activation (coordination) NOT a huge change in mechanics (although that’s fine if it happens). Sure, explaining to the patient, “Try to make your knees point more like this when you land,” may be a good cue for them to perform a timely activation of their muscles and yes, definitely address the REALLY ugly stuff. But remember that the activation during the task is what matters most. Also remember that “functional” training isn’t functional unless it is specific to the desired task. Squats beget squats; running begets running.
Now we are talking injury prevention, but this idea could apply to most traumatic orthopedic injuries, including “micro-trauma” (not talking chronic pain here). Why do strengthening programs help with PFPS even without a change in mechanics? Why does an increase in rotator cuff strength help shoulder pain when there is still contact between the humerus and the acromion? Of course you and I both know that a positive feedback loop is also likely to be at play.
Also remember at the beginning I brought up that the load tolerance of JW’s ACL is determined mostly by genetics. Some people just have really low genetically predetermined failure points. (That link no longer works – Thanks Stanford University Sports Genetics!) Luck still plays a very important role as well. Even with the best designed programs, injuries still happen.
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Working with animals, and dogs in particular, can have a positive impact on young offenders. A conference held on July 1 by the Society for Companion Animal Studies (SCAS) – which works to support and promote the health and social benefits of interactions between people and companion animals – explored how animal-assisted interventions can help build self-esteem and reduce reoffending. Catherine Jacob reports
THE therapeutic role of animals in institutions was not a new or novel concept, said Elizabeth Ormerod, veterinary surgeon and chair of SCAS, who gave an overview of the importance of the human-companion animal bond and its applications. SCAS had been interested in the use of animals in institutions since its inception, ‘as it realised that people in institutions were often deprived of animal companionship but would benefit enormously.’ In particular, many people in prisons had never experienced a ‘bond relationship’ before, she said.
The first dog training programme in a prison had been implemented at the Washington Correction Center for Women in the USA in 1981. There were now more than 65 dog training programmes in place in American prisons, with similar programmes throughout the world. The ‘acclaimed’ Project POOCH (Positive Opportunities Obvious Change with Hounds), a dog adoption programme in which young offenders at a youth correction facility in Oregon trained dogs from rehoming shelters and found them new homes, was founded in 1993. The usual rate of recidivism in Oregon was 63 per cent within two years of release, Ms Ormerod said, while Project POOCH had reported a zero rate of recidivism since its start. The Oregon facility was not the only prison reporting low to zero recidivism rates after working with dogs, she said, and such programmes also came with a plethora of health and social benefits. |
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The 2011 Volvo V60 Hybrid will make its debut at this year's Geneva Motor Show and the vehicle is described by Stefan Jacoby, the President and CEO of Volvo Cars, as a perfect choice for the uncompromising buyer who wants driving pleasure. This new hybrid is the result of a close collaboration with the Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall, including the possibility for the driver to drive up to 32 miles on pure electricity. Featured by a six-speed automatic transmission, a five-cylinder 2.4-liter D5 turbodiesel with 215 hp delivers power for the front wheels of the Volvo V60 Hybrid, while the rear axle comprises Electric Rear Axle Drive embodied by an electric motor which produces 70 hp with power given by a 12kWh lithium-ion battery pack. Integrating all the traditional properties of a genuine sports wagon, the Volvo V60 Hybrid offers its drivers the opoortunity to drive with low carbon dioxide emissions.
The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid - another world-first from Volvo Car Corporation
At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Volvo Cars will be unveiling the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid - a virtually production-ready car with carbon dioxide emissions below 50 g/km, which translates into fuel consumption of 150 miles per gallon.
In 2012 Volvo Cars will be the first manufacturer on the market with this new breed of hybrid - which is the result of close cooperation with the Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall.
The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid features the very best properties from three different car types in one sports wagon. This includes a possibility for the driver to drive up to 32 miles on pure electricity.
"This second-generation hybrid is the perfect choice for the uncompromising buyer who wants a carbon dioxide-lean car packed with driving pleasure," says Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of Volvo Cars.
D5 engine and Electric Rear Axle Drive
The front wheels of the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid will be driven by a five-cylinder 2.4-litre D5 turbodiesel, which produces 215 horsepower and maximum torque of 440 Nm. The rear axle features ERAD (Electric Rear Axle Drive) in the form of an electric motor producing 70 horsepower, which receives its power from a 12 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. The car features a six-speed automatic transmission.
"In order to get true car enthusiasts to think green, you have to offer them the opportunity to drive with low carbon dioxide emissions without taking away the adrenaline rush that promotes genuine driving pleasure. The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid has all the traditional properties of a genuine sports wagon. What we've done is to spice it up with spearhead technology," says Stefan Jacoby.
The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid will be revealed at a press conference in Geneva on March 1st 2011.
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MARTYN Lakin expects a physical battle ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup clash.
But the Boston Town manager says his side have the ire in their bellies to match opponents Glossop North End.
The Poachers make the trek to the Derbyshire for a pre-qualifying round clash (KO 3pm).
And Lakin says his side are ready for a tough scrap.
He said: “Glossop play in the North West Counties league, which is a tough division.
“I expect them to be physically aggresive and give us a tough game.
“But our lads proved they could cut it when Newport Pagnell attempted to get physical with them on Saturday.
“So I know we’re ready for the test.”
Glossop have cup pedigree, reaching the FA Vase final in 2009 before going down 2-0 to Whitley Bay on the Wembley turf.
But Lakin is no stranger to FA Cup success.
Two seasons ago, he and assistant Rob Speechley guided Bourne Town to the second round of the competition, where the Wakes were defeated 3-0 at Blue Square Bet North side Worcester City, despite a spirited showing.
And it is moments like this which Lakin believes will inspire his side.
He continued: “It’s a cliche when people talk about the magic of the FA Cup.
“But it’s true.
“It gives any team a chance against any other as all sides meet on an equal footing.”
The majority of Town’s side may be young, but the Poachers have enough FA Cup experience in their ranks.
Veteran Gary Bull has competed regularly in the competition after his years spent with Cambridge United, Barnet and Nottingham Forest.
He also scored when York City dumped Everton out of the League Cup in 1996.
Chris Wright is another with memories of the competition, making just his second first-team appearance for Boston United in the FA Cup.
However, there was nothing he could do in December 2005 when League One side Doncaster Rovers knocked League Two United out of the contest 2-1. |
You don’t have to be Bruce Lee to run a dojo. Sure, it helps to be a martial arts master, but it’s better to have a black belt in business, according to PRO Martial Arts founder and President Ed Samane, who by the way is a career martial artist.
Samane, now 45, started his enterprise along West Chester Pike in West Chester with his first dojo in 1991. The national speaker and consultant to the martial arts industry soon had six schools in Chester and Montgomery counties. He began franchising his business concept in 2008 and 2009 as “first to market in this space,” he said. This year, his company has 170 franchise agreements sold and in various stages of opening.
“We’re not selling to martial artists,” Samane explained. “We’re not looking for karate people to run these franchises; we’re looking for business people.”
The PRO Martial Arts flagship dojo is near Wilson Park in the Valley Fair Shopping Center at 300 W. Swedesford Road in Tredyffrin, and its headquarters is near the Valley Forge Convention Center and Casino in Upper Merion, Montgomery County. Samane lives in Westtown and is originally from Delaware County.
The franchise fee for a PRO Martial Arts dojo is $49,000, and Samane said the startup costs, fee included, amount to about $140,000 to $170,000 for such necessities as real estate, training equipment and marketing. Liability insurance runs another $1,500 to $2,000 a year.
“A majority of our owners keep their day jobs,” he said in a recent interview. For the fee, the company hires the instructors, provides the proprietary training systems and the rights to the company’s programs, and offers operational support for 20 years, he said.
And the return on investment? “We’re looking at six-figure returns,” Samane said, which is important in the world of franchising, where competition for a dojo could be anything from a Supercuts hair salon to a Subway sandwich shop or any of perhaps 3,000 other concepts.
And though some franchises twist with the marketplace, “and even with the economy in the tank in 2008 and 2009,” Samane said, membership fees to a dojo that trains children to be resistant to bullies and other predators maintain a high priority with middle- to upper-income households.
“We try to go into better areas,” Samane said.
Membership dues range from about $140 to $180 a month, with the variation largely dependent on location, and the contract term is 60 days because “I don’t believe in long-term commitments,” Samane said.
“We’re a low-investment franchise that helps children,” he said. “And for a parent, their child is their biggest investment.”
But although self-defense is at the heart of the business, “karate is about one-third of what we do,” said Samane, whose professional experience includes sales, marketing and customer service management for membership-based billing and consulting businesses, including Fitness Funding Corp. and Member Solutions of Jenkintown.
According to the company’s website, PRO Martial Arts is “far more than kicking, punching and workouts.” From beginners to experts, every class at PRO Martial Arts includes a core focus on building confidence, staying safe and developing character.
PRO Martial Arts offers a blend of Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido in a system designed to develop strength, flexibility, coordination and balance. PRO Martial Arts also touts its life skills training programs for students ages 4 to 17. The company’s proprietary ARMOR program, for example, is comprised of 12 weekly lessons on bullying prevention and 12 separate lessons on predator prevention.
“The PRO Martial Arts ARMOR program teaches children how to stay safe in an increasingly dangerous world,” company literature says. “By enrolling your child, you acknowledge the serious safety threats that your child may face and are making sure they have the armor needed to stand tall against bullying behavior and predator activity — both online and in their everyday lives.”
The business is not exclusively for children. One of the featured classes in the PRO Martial Arts adult program is fitness kickboxing, which combines motivational lectures, functional athletic drills and martial arts techniques “to create a holistic workout for the mind and body” in a series of 12 lessons for a 16-student class. The techniques are drawn from the Korean arts of Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido.
Samane holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing from Kennesaw State University in Georgia and still personally owns six karate schools in the Delaware Valley. He also has eighth-degree black belts in Tang Soo Do and Sin Moo Hapkido, and he is internationally certified as a grandmaster instructor.
The company’s front office staff includes Mark DiMuzio, vice president of brand services and training; Mark H. DeHoratius, director of operations; Howard L. Soloway, director of finance; Michal Stowe, brand services manager; and Leah Harford, marketing services manager.
The senior instructor is Steven M. Bowman, who holds the rank of Eighth Dan in Tang Soo Do and Hapkido and works directly with franchise owners and staff.
At the Pro Martial Arts headquarters school in Berwyn, the master instructor is Michael Shaffer, who began his martial arts career training under Samane several years ago. Another instructor, Richard Chamovitz, was a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., and opened a law practice representing people with disabilities after moving to Wayne. He has been board president for Arc of Chester County and Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy.
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Golden Dawn MP Michalis Arvanitis was released by magistrates on Friday on the condition that he does not engage in any hate speech.
He is the first of the far-right party’s lawmakers to be granted this form of conditional release.
Investigating magistrates Ioanna Klapa and Maria Dimitropoulou said Arvanitis could speak at Golden Dawn events but, citing some of the lawmaker’s previous public appearances, added he would be remanded in custody if he engages in hate speech or praises Nazi ideology.
Earlier this week, another of the party’s MPs, Dimitris Koukoutsis, was placed under house arrest.
Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos’s wife, Eleni Zaroulia, is due to face magistrates on Tuesday. |
This is the most popular beach based on sheer numbers. It is located on the central coast of Pattaya City, 100 km south of Bangkok. The beach is within the Banglamoong district in Chonburi Province. It is almost entirely visited by tourists and expatriates.
From Bangkok, find your way to either the Northern or Eastern Bus Terminals at Mo Chit or Ekamai Stations along the BTS. Buy a bus ticket to Pattaya or hop in a Van located at either station,
These vans and buses make frequent stops along the freeway to pick up passengers and extra fares, so expect a journey lasting between 2-2.5 hours.
The bus will drop you at the bus station along Sukhumvit Road but the van will ask for your destination. Inform the driver you are going to Pattaya Klang or Pattaya Central. The driver will announce your destination when you arrive. From here cross the Sukhumvit highway to Pattaya central road and take a song taow (Baht bus) the entire length of the road until you see blue waters, yellow sand and hear the music emanating from the numerous bars.
The beach has brownish red sand, with a few planted palm trees lining the elevated promenade. The massive development of the area has implications on the environment. During the 1990's the beach had numerous fish die-offs and problems with sewage and garbage in the waters and washing on shore.
Ironically, the same mass tourism that was a detriment to the environment was the main reason for initiatives in cleaning the environment. Since 1997, board members of the Thai Hotel Association and Pattaya Business and Tourism Association began a project to rehabilitate Pattaya's physical environment.
In the late 2000's Pattaya became the first beach resort in Asia to have a fully integrated water treatment system. The project has also resulted in the creation of natural parks, boat piers and better enforcement of environmental standards. It has been said that the water and beach quality has significantly improved.
Pattaya beach has a long history that deals with the development of the entire area. After the Second World War the entire area was a small fishing village until a developer came in and bought most of the area around the beach. The developer created all the roads and sois that lead to the beach. It was then arranged to have news reporters and authors from Bangkok to visit the beach and report on its beauty. After the publicity about Pattaya spread, beach tours from Bangkok began bringing Thai tourists to experience an unspoiled beach.
This changed during the early 1960s because of the second Indochina wars. An American base was built south of Pattaya, and modern roads and infrastructure were built through Pattaya and all the way north to Bangkok. American soldiers on rest and relaxation would visit the beaches of Pattaya and stay in local Thai lodgings and with Thai families.
With the improved road access, Pattaya was able to open its first beach hotel, the Nipa, in 1964. Beer bars and restaurants were built in the area to keep up with soldier demand. This was the beginning of the sex industry in Pattaya because soldiers on R&R leave would want alcohol, entertainment and women. Many women came to the area working as bar girls and doubling as prostitutes by night to make extra money. The local economy experienced a huge boom during this period. Once the war was finished, local businesses and stakeholders advertised the area as party town to foreigners to keep the tourism dollars flowing.
At the centre of Pattaya beach is a large concentration of beach activities and some of its main attractions. On the beach the activities include jet skiing, banana boat and paragliding. Off of the beach is Central Festival Pattaya Beach Centre, which contains 200 000 sq meters of retail space on 7 floors and an entertainment complex with 10 theatres, a bowling alley, a supermarket and 350 room hotel. At night the beach becomes very adult-oriented with countless beer bars lining the street, numerous people drinking on the beach and the notorious 'walking street' coming to life at the beach's south end. |
Mr Spock Action Sip N See Straw
by palitoy •
This item is courtesy of our friends at Heroes West Coast and used with permission.
Another beautiful glimpse into something that was planned but never made it to the market.
The Action Sip”N”See Straw concept actually debuted at Mego in 1977 when they released it for the King Kong range of toys. Mego apparently had success with it because they planned to launch a number of licenses in 1979 for the concept (We’ll reveal more of those next week!) but for now let’s look at the only example of the Mr Spock Straw known to exist.
Note that the prototype is actually built from a King Kong base, which isn’t totally surprising.
It’s amazing how well sculpted the Mr Spock is.
More on this story next week, as we reveal all the other licenses Mego had for this concept’s launch! |
By Graham "GSM" Matthews
Will Ospreay def. Bobby Fish to Win the ROH World Television Championship
Aside from Final Battle earlier this month, I haven't seen too much of Ospreay's work, but from what I've seen so far, he never ceases to impress me with what he can do in the ring. The guy is absolutely incredible. Granted, he focuses a bit too much on executing sweet spots rather than telling a story, but it's hard to complain when he's so damn fun to watch. He and Fish work two very different styles, yet this was still a good match for the time it was allotted. I still say Fish losing the TV title should have been a bigger deal. Sure, it was a cool moment and especially for those in attendance to witness a shocking title change, but Fish held that belt for so long that it should have been a bigger deal. That said, it did make Ospreay a star from the get-go in his Ring of Honor debut.
ROH World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks def. Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll
You can't go wrong with Ospreay and Young Bucks in the same match, and Scurll is a star himself. This was a wild matchup and a total spotfest, but in the best way possible. I couldn't even begin to recap everything that went down, but it was a blast to watch unfold. I really liked how the tension teased between Ospreay and Scurll led to the two facing off against each other for the TV title at the subsequent show.
Marty Scurll def. Will Ospreay to Win the ROH World Television Championship
As awesome of an athlete as Ospreay is, I think I like Scurll a bit more. He seems to have a great character in place with his "Villain" persona, and he's an exceptional wrestler to boot. The match didn't last too long, but it was a real treat and as arch-rivals, it didn't surprise they had excellent chemistry together. Having the TV title change hands again so soon after Ospreay won it was questionable, but it did lead to some buzz for ROH overseas.
Just to clarify, all three of these matches took place at separate shows during their Reach for the Sky Tour over in the United Kingdom. They said last week that this week would consist of "Best of 2016" highlights, but this was content I had never seen before, so I figured I would review it. And I'm glad I did because the wrestling was outstanding, so I would reccommend you check it out as well.
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According to the Dom Post there is new research out showing that banning smoking in places that people socialise will reduce social smoking:
New Zealand researchers believe fewer people would take up smoking socially if smoke-free rules extended to areas outside bars.
Alone, that sounds pretty innocuous. But how does it justify a headline like:
Study backs ban on smoking outside bars
As if the goal of healthcare policy should be to minimise gross harms, rather than maximise net benefits!
One interesting aspect of the article is that the social smokers themselves supported such a ban. Most reported smoking to fit in and be viewed as a part of the group, but said they would prefer it if none in the group smoked so they didn’t have to. The first reaction I had is that the social smokers are holding everythign else constant when they think about the benefits of a smoking ban: they’re assuming that the group will work the same way, just without the smoking. That’s a pretty big assumption to make, given that there are plenty of options open to the serious smokers.
Assuming that issue away, is this a co-ordination problem where people are stuck in an inferior, all-smoking equilibrium, or could everyone in the group be better off if the group didn’t smoke? Just as importantly, would the costs imposed on avowed smokers be greater than the benefits to social smokers who would prefer not to smoke? The most obvious solution is a mechanism that allows social smokers to precommit to not smoking, but that mechanism appears to elude people so far. |
SHELBY, N.C. - Police said Matthew Blanton didn't put up a fight after the high-speed pursuit out of Shelby, but he didn't have any options.
Police said it ended when he wrecked the truck on Hardin Circle in
Grover -- just up the street from Adam Charpentier's home.
"Me and my wife came out on the porch and looked," said Charpentier.
He didn't know until WSOC told him police said the truck hit speeds as high as 96 miles per hour, and police said one of Cleveland County's most wanted suspects was in the passenger seat.
"He shouldn't have gotten away to begin with," said Charpentier.
Before dawn, a Shelby officer tried to stop the truck for an expired tag.
The driver kept going and pulled onto
Highway 74, police said.
sped around an 18-wheeler and a car, police said.
Supervisors say the officer slowed
down but kept following.
The driver nearly lost control during some sharp
turns, police said. Police said he drove as fast 76 miles per hour along back roads with homes nearby and barely slowed down as he went by a stop sign.
The officer kept his eyes on the tail lights at a distance until the truck finally hit a utility pole on Harden
Circle, police said.
They say they found 24 grams of meth in the truck.
The passenger, identified by police as Paralee Peterson, suffered a broken leg in the crash.
She is accused of being a drug d
ealer and was one of Cleveland County Sheriff's Department's 10 most wanted suspects.
High-speed chase; suspect doesn't put up a fight afterwards
GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE: What Charlotte can expect to see
8-year-old from Shelby 'senselessly shot,' Cherokee County Coroner says
Hundreds rally at Marshall Park to denounce injustices, honor…
Monroe police officer, high school resource officer dies in motorcycle crash |
I LARGE-SCALE concert venues are sadly lacking In Central Scotland, so Listen! is watching the plans for Coasters Arena in Falkirk with great interest. Built for sports like basketball and roller-skating, it is hoped that the Arena’s 3800 capacity, giant video screen, easy transport from Edinburgh and Glasgow and parking space for
1 000 cars will attract enough bands to make it a regular live venue. it opens its doors on March 13 lor the first of four weekly heats of a band contest, the llnal of which takes place at thesame ' ' venue on May 1. A country and western lestival (the biggest in Scotland, we’re told) will take place later in the month, but it hasn’t yet been revealed which Memphis refugees will be trudging around Falkirk looking for a late bar. One talking point of Coasters Arena is bound to be the musicaliy- ' synchronised coloured lighting system in the ceiling, installed at great expense.
I LOOK OUT lor The lndian Givers, who played their low-key debut gig in the cool confines of Edinburgh’s trendy City Cafe on the last day oi February. Basically Nigel Slealord, who writes and sings all the songs, The lndian Givers are purveyors of restrained and intelligent jazzy songs. Judging from their performance at the City Cafe,
where the minimal instrumentation forced the songs to stand on their own two feel, it won’t be too long before record companies are waving chequebooks in their direction. Watch this band.
I Allen Sex Fiend: All Our Yesterdays (Anagram). inevitably, lsuppose, Alien Sex Fiend have come up with a singles album, and never a group to do things by halves they’ve made sure that every track is the full-length 121n version, interminable versions of songs that would be boring and tormiess at any length. The one track that does benelil lrom this policy is the
earliest one: ‘lgnore The Machine’ is great mutant disco, but the remaining tracks are examples of the ongoing ASF guest of fashioning a silk purse from a sow’s ear.
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I Leonard Cohen: l’m Your Man (CBS). Laughln’ Len’s status as an object of ridicule for most under-thirties has pervaded far enough into the general consciousness for people who have never heard a Cohen record in their lives to hold him up as the despised godfather of the singer-songwriters, forever mumbling his way through another morbid dirge. ‘l’m Your Man’
continues the old Cohen tradition oi being a record guaranteed to clear the decks at parties, but the tastetul dabbling with synthesisers and dmm machines has proved an unexpected and agreeable triumph. Cohen's creaking, semi-comatose voice dominates the instrumentation, of course, its menace short~circulted by familiarity and touches of wry humour. Moreover, with such an emphasis on lyrics in his work, it’s both relieving and dispiriting to find that his skills as a wordsmith are better than most. ‘l’m Your Man’ should do a lotto deflate many of our contemporary songwriters, still labouring under the impression that they’re pretty hot stuff.
I The Shamen: llnature of a Girl (Moksha). Thelrlllth single, and something of a disappointment, being an off-colour love song with seriously psychedelic overtones. A perverse choice ot single: it’s not very hummable and its lurching heavy beat is particularly irksome. Shame, really. I The Meteors: Somebody Put Something in my Drink (Anagram). Psychobilly rendition oi that very Ramones song, a lot less faithful to the original than Sonic Youth’s rather pointless rendition oi da brudders’ ‘Beat on the Brat‘. 12in single comes with a version of ‘Bad Moon Rising’ too. -
I The Seers: Lightning Strikes (Rough Trade). There's an interesting _ rockabilly twang in the heart of this song, which is neither completely smothered by obvious immersion in the works of The Clash and other progenitors of gang mythologislng nor by kitchen sink (as in everything but) production which does do a pretty eiliclent job of covering up the rawness and enthusiasm that i imagine would make them a pretty good live band. (Mab)
LIVE REVIEW THE WOODE OPS
Oueen’s Hail, Edinburgh
The Woodentops’ records, even the pretty good new LP, ‘Wooden Foot Cops On The Highway’, have never really done them justice. On record, often tailing prey to the ‘Stop Making Sense’ syndrome ot marrying grooves and melodies ol equally little distinction, they are too hemmed in, too polite. Head ‘Top Rolo McGlnty needs to share his manic energy and boundless, naive enthusiasm for his music with an audience, and on tonight’s showing he has every reason to be enthusiastic. Live, his group’s collective energy is enormous and inlectlous, the express train drumming of Benny Staples providing the essential backbone. You wonder how they can get any more frantic, any more intense, and then in the climactic final passages of ‘Good Thing' they do. A rash statement perhaps, but The Woodentops are saving white funk from the blahs. (Mab) ,
I Outside Edge La Taniere, Fox Street. 221 4844. 9pm. Free.
I Future WOi'itl Moves Preservation Hall. Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. I The Perlstalsis Brothers Négociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9pm. Free.
I The Secrets Music Box. Victoria Street, 220 1708. 9.30pm. Free.
I Willy Logan Canny Man's. Morningside Road. 447 1484. 8.30pm. Free.
I Gyroset Lord Darnley. West Port, 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I Jewel Scheme Fixx Bar. 86 Miller Street. 9.30pm.
I The Marie Sinclair Band La Taniere, Fox Street. 221 4844. 9pm. Free.
I Tam White Negociants. Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9pm. Free. Edinburgh‘s great graveliy-voiced blues singer away from The Dexters.
I After Dark Music Box. Victoria Street, 220 1708. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Peristalsis Brothers Boston Bean Co. St James Centre. 5560111.8.30pm. Free.
I The Critter Hill Varmints Green Tree. (‘owgate Hillbilly-sounding quintet. no relation to Swamp Trash. Don't think so, anyway.
I Live band Blues Basement. Broughton Street. 556 7147.
I Live band Cavern. Cowgate. 2265641.
I Lothian Lord Darniey. West Port.229 4341. 10pm. Free.
THURSDAY 10 Glasgow
I Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction Barrowland Ballroom. 244 Galiowgate. Zode may well be the High Priest of Love, but you‘d never tell from his disappointingly tame records. Maybe the oily biker brigade should look towards the less backward-looking thrash-metal acts for the abandon that a Tattooed Beat Messiah should be capable of. But if they‘re just looking for an idealised reflection of themselves. why should they? I Giant and Heaven Sent Fury Murry's, 96 Maxwell Street. 221 651 1. Interesting double-header of promising local groups. I Yes Yes Juliette Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. Airypop with quite conspicuous Blondie and B-525 influences.
I Bo‘Weevil Riverside, Waddell Court, Gorbals. Rockin‘ blues. Residency every Thursday for the time being.
I Secession Venue. Calton Road.557 3073. Glasgow band warm up for their forthcoming gigs in the States (phew!) with what must be about their second-only live gig.
I The Dan Blocker Experience Negociants. Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9pm. Free. Broad range of country sounds.
I Block Brothers Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm. Free. New Thursday night residency.
I Band Competition Music Box. Victoria Street, 220 1708. 9pm. £1. Good line-up, well worth going along to see Big Blue World, Baby's Got a Gun. Close, The Indian Givcrs, Mr Robinson and G-Spot Tornado all in one place.
I Los Supremos Canny Man's. Morningside Road. 447 1484. 8.30pm. Free.
I Live band Blues Basement. Broughton Street, 5567147.
I Live band Cavern. Cowgate, 226 5641.
I Billy Jones Lord Darniey. Wcsi Port, 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
32 The List 4- 17 March 1988 |
You all know I love subtitles, but this is hands-down my favourite subtitle of a book ever (and the book itself is great!)
Here’s the diary of a man who in mid-life found himself uprooted and dumped into West Hollywood, an unfamiliar place not exactly known for stability. White explores his neighborhood ? “queens: 6 percent; cranky 70-year-old Russians who give you the evil eye when you walk past: 2 percent; blonde girls with big, round, hard fakeys who think Jennifer Anniston just got lucky: 10 percent; miscellaneous cool kids, hustlers, and actual crazy people: 5 percent.”
White gets gigs as a freelance writer, goes to the grocery store where his Russian neighbors ask him questions because they think he’s from the old country; and encounters Sara Gilbert at the Laundromat, Leonard Maltin at the movies, and Ben Affleck driving a Rolls-Royce so ridiculously conspicuous he might as well be driving Chitty-Chitty, Bang-Bang.
What began as weekly diaries emailed to out-of-state family and friends evolved into a blog called “Dave White Knows” and in 2003 became a monthly column in Instinct called “Exile in Guyville.” Alyson Books now presents White’s blogs in expanded form with loads of new material that will be even more irritating to the Instinct readers who didn’t like his column. “They requested more fashion and skin-care features in its place, which makes me kind of proud.”
Dave White is a freelance journalist specializing in music. His reviews and features have been seen in E! Online, IFILM, LA Weekly, Dallas Observer, Instinct, The Advocate, Glue, Cybersocket, Total Movie,Unzipped, and Frontiers. White lives in West Hollywood with his boyfriend, the Morocco Mole, and is locally esteemed as the “King of Pancakes.”
You can reserve a copy online at South Dublin Libraries’ catalogue here. |
instead of regular runza cabbage burgers i'm thinking rubens. i want to try a rye bread dough, stuff with corned beef, saurkraut and swiss cheese. then dip in thousand island dressing when done. has anybody else tried this? any ideas or suggestions? if not, i'm gonna try this over the weekend and will post results. i love ruben sandwiches, and cabbage burgers. always looking for something to stuff inside dough. |
Elephant’ s Graveyard
by George Brant – directed by Garrett Ayers
September 7 – October 8
Free Preview 9/7/17 and Pay-What-You-Will 9/10/17
September, 1916. Carrying boundless momentum (and a 6-ton elephant), a traveling circus makes its way to a small town in Tennessee, only to stumble into catastrophe. A poignant story based on true events, Elephant’s Graveyard uses humor, music and deep pathos to explore the multiple perspectives of history, the elusiveness of memory, and the uniquely American appetite for spectacle and violence. Featuring an original Piedmont Blues score. Keene Prize for Literature.
”Elephants got those brains like traps, don’t forget nothin’. People? People got short mem’ries…” – Hungry Townsperson
“A theatrical masterpiece.”
Columbia City Paper
We are looking forward to yet another exhilarating season of theatre, music and art at Bas Bleu Theatre! Our 2017-18 fare is slated to be filled with intrigue, wisdom, pathos, drama, laughter, and plenty of fun with something for everyone – seasoned theatregoer or curious visitor! Join us for a peek into 1940’s Calgary during WWII; a brave new world of colorful nematodes and ecological possibilities; modern-day America for some riotous laughs; a holiday classic told anew through the eyes of Tiny Tim; a muddy Tennessee town where tragedy strikes; and finally, a psychiatrist’s office replete with an intriguing mystery. Come with us on this journey through the landscape of six unique dramas and experience the magic of live storytelling on the Tom Sutherland Stage.
We will also host five Readers’ Theatre plays, stunning art exhibits in the Gallery Bleu, rip-roaring Comedy Brewers Improv, Summer Acting Camps for Kids, and adult workshops, as well as special events in our beloved historic building at the heart of the Fort Collins River District. The centerpiece of our 26th season will be Dirt! A Terra Nova Expedition by local multiple award-winning novelist Laura Pritchett. Our audience will experience an ambitious, multi-sensory phenomenon unlike anything Bas Bleu has ever produced.
The only thing we need to guarantee a fantastic season is you, so we invite you for a night at the theatre with loved ones. Have a glass of wine or beer along with a snack in the new Café Bleu. Share your passion for the performing arts at Bas Bleu Theatre with everyone you know and enjoy some of the most exquisite theatre Fort Collins has to offer!
Weekdays from 12:30 to 5:30p
CELEBRATING 26 YEARS OF FORT COLLINS THEATER
Bas Bleu is a theatre company located just north of historic Old Town in Fort Collins that has been providing the community with exhilarating theatre in an intimate venue for 26 years.They offer five mainstage shows, five Readers’ Theatre plays, original art showings in the Gallery Bleu, and many special events throughout the year. Experience some of the best dramatic performances, improv comedy, concerts, readings, and more on the Tom Sutherland Stage in an intimate setting that almost puts you on stage with the performers.
Watch some of the best local theatre talent perform in front of an audience of only 100 people in the historic Giddings building in the burgeoning River District of Fort Collins. Come by for exhibitions by local visual artists in the Gallery Bleu for another artistic treat. Sponsored by numerous local organizations listed below, Bas Bleu is a bastion of theatrical brilliance in the heart of Fort Collins.
Eva Wright and Wendy Ishii founded Bas Bleu Theatre in 1992 at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center. From the start, they have put on some of the most innovative and adventurous theatre works in Northern Colorado. Since then, Bas Bleu has become an artistic and cultural center providing everyone in Fort Collins who loves theatre, music, and art with a place to experience it in a state-of-the-art small theatre and attached lobby.
Come by and experience what it means to be a part of this rich and growing scene of Fort Collins. |
Internship Nestlé Finance & Control
Function: 6 months | 40 hours a week
Salary: 500Apply now
For our division Finance & Control within Nestlé Netherlands we’re looking for an intern in the field of finance
Nestlé is world’s biggest company in the field of food factory and best known from brands like MAGGI, NESCAFÉ and KITKAT. Our main focus lies in serving the best quality and service possible and we see to ensure that our products are not only delicious but also healthy. Feeling good is a central concept in our products but also in our way of working. In this way Nestlé tries to contribute to an enriched life. In other words, Nestlé: Good Food, Good Life.
Within Nestlé there’s an open, informal and personal culture. There’s room for undertaking new projects and freedom to handle situations in your own way. Working together is very important at Nestlé. Our employers have strong work ethics, are very loyal and proud of the company. At our Dutch headquarter in Amstelveen work more than 400 people.
About Finance & Control…..
Nestlé is an innovative organization and that is reflected in the modern organizational structure of Finance & Control. As a member of the Finance & Control team, you are right literally in the business and you are the hub of the organization. You will therefore gain insight into the work of Marketing, Sales, Category Management and the business. The performance of the business is monitored throughout the year in close collaboration with Marketing & Sales, and adjusted where necessary. The Finance & Control department is a trusted partner for the business as well as for the top management and the other functions, as their financial knowledge is indispensable to manage a large multinational like Nestlé.
Per August 1st 2017 we are looking for a new intern. Do you have affinity with finance and commerce and is getting experienced with all different facets of business control the challenge you’re looking for? Then you’re the intern wanted!
As intern you are responsible for…
- Supporting the Head of Decision Support and Head of Sales Control
- Manage various reports that are part of the period of closure and management information;
- Be responsible for running several tools and analysing and commenting them
- Monthly cost analysis;
- Supporting in answering all kinds of ad hoc questions
- Creating relevant presentations for the Management
An unique opportunity to work in a finance function in the biggest FMCG worldwide. Also is this internship the perfect way to experience how it is to participate in a multinational as Nestlé. During six months you work for 5 days a week at our headquarter in Amstelveen and you’ll get an excellent accompaniment.
Internship allowance is 500 euros a month and traveling expenses will be covered fully.
We are looking for someone with following capabilities…
- HBO / university student, preferably a study in the direction of economics or finance and control
- Strong analytical skills
- Hands on approach and not afraid to stabbing your hands dirty
- Curiosity and enthusiastic approach
- Able to work independently as well as in a team
- Good with numbers and good Excel skills
- Good command of English
Upload your CV and your lettre of motivation Attn. Mirjam Meijer, HR-intern, via this link:
Only applications via Taleo, with a CV and lettre of motivatoin enclosed, will be taken into account.
For questions contact firstname.lastname@example.org. |
Determine all technology requirements of company and prepare appropriate growth and development plans.
Coordinate with various business units and develop ways to improve efficiency of all projects and supervise all aspects of technology architecture.
Establish service level requirements and ensure compliance to all SLA for projects and monitor all It requirements as per requirements.
Administer all computer operations and provide support to all production systems and ensure compliance to all company guidelines to develop various improvement programs.
Develop and maintain professional relationship with all service providers and IT team and provide technical expertise on same.
Develop, execute and maintain achievement of all departmental goals and objectives.
Monitor all contracts and negotiate with all vendors to manage programs effectively and ensure optimal staff for all successful implementation of all services processes and methods.
Prepare and implement department budget and design test discovery recovery plans to provide continuous growth.
Maintain knowledge on all industry trends and perform research on various product portfolios.
Monitor competition business and process, assess market requirements and prepare strategies accordingly. |
artist has reproduced a detail from her colored pencil drawing,
White Minas with Poppies, and glued it to a sturdy paper
backing. Then she coated it several times in clear acrylic to
protect it before mounting it to the pin backing. Not recommended
for wear in the rain.
1 7/8" long x 1 5/8" wide Price: $10 Code: PFL-209 |
Piper, MK, Caylee, Maddilyn, Kristen, Kelsey, Lily, and Maddie....
Monday, November 17, 2014
Operation Christmas Child
This year my 6th graders wanted to do the Good Samaritan 5K. We planned a fellowship with pizza to put our boxes together and we listened to Christmas music. It ended up being so cold and there was a chance of snow so we opted out on the running and just did our boxes. We had fun though. I mention serving to these girls and they are all over it. I love these girls! We had 11 boxes. I let Piper join us because I think it's good for her. She thinks she is big stuff hanging out with the middle school girls! |
On The Commute:
After taking a week out of the saddle I knew there would be an adjustment period with riding again. My fitness was suspect. I was in pretty decent shape to drink all night, cut a rug, and score poorly playing a karaoke game but pedaling in +-20 degree weather didn’t seem as fun as the prior mentioned activities, yet here we are.
I was surprised that I still knew where all my gear was. As of a week ago it was cast into a hamper. I needed the break or so I thought. I’d been averaging 90 commute miles a week in whatever ridiculous weather that happened to be on the menu that day.
My ritual had been to take a shot of liquor in the morning when the weather dipped into the 20’s, but with a week where the weather shouldn’t climb too much higher than 30, I had to halt the tradition. I just can’t sit across from my kids as they eat their Cheerios, shooting whiskey then slamming the glass on the table, demanding the keep to bring more. I’m already setting a horrible example for them by changing into something a little more comfortable around the house and having that item be Lycra.
3 days after my Garmin 705 finally booted it was time to ride. My legs were not appreciative. They much more liked the life of laying in bed, getting up to throw on sweats and then jumping back in bed. The first few turns of the cranks, made me acutely aware that this was not to be an epic ride. Before I turned up the block, I had already regretted being a responsible parent. In my favor the air was fairly still making the wind chill a comfortable 13 degrees. Paradise.
It didn’t take long before my balaclava had been compromised. I could feel my little capillaries freezing. I’ve had better feelings, but then I’ve had worse, so I was ok. My Gore jacket and Performance insulated tights held up to the task. I don’t quite understand the science behind wicking clothing, but whatever the Air Force gained from the crash at Roswell, the fabric does well to keep me dry. My hands will forever be an issue. I use Bar Mitts with a fairly thin pair of gloves. They eat up some of the wind, but mother nature’s been at this for billions of years, so she has the advantage.
I purposely ride the route I plan on using in the evening, so I can spot ice on the opposite side of the road. It’s not foolproof, but any advantage I can use to ride safer, gets implemented.
Come mile 10 I start to feel better and just in time to go into work. In hindsight, it couldn’t have been that cold as I used my most unfrozen digit to stop my Garmin. Leave no mile untracked. |
1 Category Title Magazine Article Hirschkop the Horrible: A '60s Lawyer in the '80s Source "Legal Times" Author Eleanor Kerlow Date July 21 st, 1986 Description: The article portrays the Ex-"Guardian's Office" attorney Philip Hirschkop. Hirschkop the Horrible: A '60s Lawyer in the '80s When 50-year-old Philip Hirschkop took on the defense of a former Alexandria, Va., official recently accused of sexually harrassing three women and a transsexual, he did so in his typically aggressive style: He immediately sued just about everyone who had attacked his client. Even he admits his methods are controversial. "People say that I'm aggressive. When I get in a case, I really go after someone," he says. Indeed, Brooklyn, N.Y.-born Hirschkop is a pugnacious and contentious litigator. "He will yell and scream and interrupt other people and act utterly without decorum in order to achieve his goals," says former Alexandria City Councilman Donald Casey, who last year filed a since-dismissed disciplinary grievance against Hirschkop alleging unethical conduct. Hirschkop considers it a badge of honor that between 1967 and 1973, 17 disciplinary complaints were brought against him before the Virginia State Bar. Basically, says Hirschkop, the complaints charged that he made improper public statements about pending litigation. None of the charges has resulted in disciplinary action against Hirschkop, according to the Virginia State Bar. Hirschkop, who says the only time he wears a tie is when he goes to court, is so adamantly independent that all four of the law partnerships he's formed in the last 20 years have split up. He now runs his own firm - Hirschkop & Associates - which specializes in white collar crime, product liability, personal injury, and civil rights litigation. He is the only partner among six lawyers. He made his mark in the 1960s, when he aggressively litigated a number of large, highprofile civil rights cases, but the prestigious work was, at times, a financial strain. Today, his firm is doing an increasing amount of negligence work, but Hirschkop, who says he now draws "less than $300,000" a year, wants to go back to litigating more pro bono and cutting-edge cases.
2 With an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University, Hirschkop went to work at the U.S. Patent Office while he attended Georgetown University Law Center at night. He recognized early on, he says, that he was not cut out for either engineering or organizational work. By his second year of law school, Hirschkop, under the guidance of his constitutional law professor Chester Antieau, was working on the major civil rights cases that launched his career as a political activist lawyer. In 1964, right before Hirschkop's graduation, he worked with New York civil rights litigator William Kunstler on a U.S. Court of Appeals employment discrimination case on behalf of pregnant teachers in Virginia. The two lawyers, who remain close friends, were introduced by Antieau during a 1963 civil rights demonstration in Danville, Va. "(Hirschkop) had guts. He was smart, and he had that innate courage which you sometimes recognize," says Kunstler, now vice president of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. Antieau continued to play a role in Hirschkop's career. In June, 1964, Antieau introduced Hirschkop to D.C. civil rights lawyer Bernard Cohen, who gave Hirschkop a job within his Alexandria firm, then known as Lainnof & Cohen. Cohen hired Hirschkop primarily to assist on what became Hirschkop's first landmark Supreme court case, Loving v. Virginia. The 1967 case struck down laws prohibiting misogyny and interracial marriages. (Hirschkop says he has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court about six times, and has won four cases - two were 9-0.) In 1967, Cohen and Hirschkop set up their own firm - Cohen, Hirschkop, Hall & Jackson - in order to be able to concentrate on the increasing number of civil rights cases coming their way, according to both Cohen and Hirschkop. Their partners, Robert Hall and Richard Jackson, handled general commercial work. Before that firm split up in June 1971, Hirschkop had developed a prison reform litigation specialty. In 1968, for example, Hirschkop won one of the first cases to force state prisons to desegregate and upgrade conditions. During this period, Hirschkop and Cohen helped organize the first American Civil Liberties Union chapter in Virginia. Among the cases Hirschkop cites as most important from this era is one he won to allow women into the University of Virginia. It was, he says, "one of my really major victories." In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he also began to develop what he calls "an expertise in mass representation," by defending Vietnam war demonstrators, including Norman Mailer, Benjamin Spock, and Jerry Rubin.
3 When the firm broke up, each partner went his separate way. "It wasn't because of the civil rights work or money," says Cohen, who is now a state delegate to the Virginia House of Delegates. "We may have had a little bit of concern about Phil's being so outspoken," says Cohen, adding that Hall and Jackson had more conservative clientele. (Hall and Jackson now practice separately in Virginia.) Hirschkop went out on his own, and in 1977 he made his associate John Grad, a litigator, a name partner. Grad, who says he "trained at (Hirschkop's) elbow," stayed with the firm until last year, when he left to open his own office. "I really got into the health-law field and (Hirschkop) is into medical malpractice," says Grad in explaining the split. He still admires his former partner. "When we were organizing a big case, he would come up with a 10-page list thinking of things that nobody else ever thought of," says Grad. Today, Hirschkop has no partners to whom he must answer. He bills his time out at $200 per hour, and says he works hours a month. Twenty-five percent of his time, he says, is in pro bono matters, which would still put his yearly billable hours at more than He says his practice is 20 percent personal injury, 30 percent traditional litigation, and 50 percent individual rights. His clients are somewhat more upscale than those he represented in the '60s. For example, he has represented the oil industry's Hunt brothers in a variety of criminal and civil matters since And he handles doctor privilege cases on behalf of a number of doctors, medical associations, and hospitals. Hirschkop says that he refuses to accept organized crime cases. "In some ways what happened to Phil is the same as what happens to a lot of lawyers who started out in civil rights - they become very excellent lawyers," says Hirschkop's friend Kunstler. Hirschkop admits that the nature of his practice has changed. "By the late '70s into the '80s, I found myself doing a lot of traditional work, straight litigation," he says. But he claims that this is "because there are no big, indentifiable, national movements now." Yet, Hirschkop continues to attract controversial clients. In the last several years, he has successfully represented the Church of Scientology, challenging the legality of FBI searches; a man who was found to have been mistreated by Straight, Inc., a drug rehabilitation organization; and another man who was sued for libel by a group affiliated with Lyndon LaRouche. "He's never waivered," says Kunstler. Last year, the two lawyers organized a campaign to assist a black lawyer from Danville, Va., against "very serious (professional) proceedings," says Kunstler. He declines to be more specific. "Law students coming out are not the Phil Hirschkops. They're yuppies who want all the material trappings," says Kunstler. "While Phil has the material trappings, he didn't deliberately go after them."
4 He may not have gone after material trappings, but he has certainly courted controversy with his courtroom style. "I think Phil kind of thrives on" the fact that he's known as abrasive, says his former partner and mentor Cohen. "He considers it a compliment because that's what he intends to do - to rub on the raw nerves of the people" he opposes. "Phil sometimes has a reputation as an attorney who pounds on the table to get his point across, and this may astound some lawyers," says Jonathan Mook, a senior associate at Hirschkop's firm. But, says Mook, the tactics work. Hirschkop - somewhat disingenuously - disputes his reputation. "Intimidation? I've heard that a lot. You see I don't have that view of myself. I have this koala bear view of myself," Hirschkop says. "My ethics can't be so bad because the bar elected me to its governing body. I'm very frequently consulted by lawyers about ethics questions." His biggest sin, he claims, "has been going after the establishment. That's where I caught such hell." But if most of his recent cases are any indication - the sexual harassment matter in Alexandria and a potential landmark litigation in which he's suing a psychiatric hospital for psychotherapy malpractice - Hirschkop is not likely to choose different targets or change his tactics. For a man who is known by his colorful language and anecdotes, Hirschkop insists he is a rather average personality. "I hope never to write a 'My Life in Court' book. The litigation would be interesting, I don't know if I would." GRAPHIC: Illustration, no caption, Joseph Azar
5 Category Title Magazine Article Taxing Matters Source "Legal Times" Author Aaron Freiwald Date September 21 st, 1987 Contents: One thing is certain about the tax lawyers for the Church of Scientology: They won't take "no" for an answer. Six weeks ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld a 1967 decision by the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the tax-exempt status of the church. But this hardly means the end of the department's longstanding legal tangles with the Scientologists. "It was a frustrating experience," says Steven Frahm, a former trial attorney in the department's Tax Division who argued the tax-exemption case last year. "You feel like you were fighting only the latest skirmish in a war that never ends," says Frahm, now a partner at Baltimore's Gallagher, Evelius & Jones. In fact, the 9th Circuit case covered only the years from 1970 to 1972, leaving up in the air all other years during which the church was denied tax exemptions, says Eric Lieberman, outside tax counsel for the church and a partner at New York's Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard & Krinsky. "We're facing litigation over many years, in both senses of the word," says Lieberman. For all the church's litigation, James Mann, deputy assistant attorney general for the Tax Division, says the Scientology matters "represent just a fraction of our caseload." But an IRS lawyer familiar with the Scientology cases acknowledges that the government devotes considerable resources to fending off the church's persistent legal challenges. "They certainly are a litigious lot," says the lawyer, who asks not to be identified. "They are well-financed and prepared to do battle with us," he adds. Michael Durney, the acting assistant attorney general for the Tax Division, has recused himself from all Scientology matters because of his prior legal work for the church as a partner at D.C.'s Hamel & Park. The church's tax exemption case is not the only battle the Scientologists are fighting against the government.
6 In each of the 11 numbered federal appeals circuits, for example, the church has asserted the right of its followers to make their mandatory contributions tax-deductible. The 1st and 9th Circuits have already sided with the department; the 8th Circuit has sided with the church. The central issues in these cases are whether the church represents a legitimate religion and whether donations made by members in return for services can be tax-exempt. The church is also embroiled in a complicated Freedom of Information Act dispute with the IRS. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on that case next month, in the first week of its term. Church leaders have routinely charged that the government is out to destroy the Scientology movement. In response, Mann points out that local chapters of the church are referred to as "franchises." He adds: "We feel we are pursuing perfectly reasonable constructions of the tax law."
7 Category Title Magazine Article Test for the Tax Man IRS hits the Wall of Separation in Scientology Case Source Legal Times Author Linda Himelstein Date July 16 th, 1990 Contents: The Internal Revenue Service is once again running into the thorny issue of how to balance religious freedom with its duty to catch tax cheats. In the latest confrontation, a law enacted six years ago to bolster the separation of church and state is proving to be a roadblock for the IRS in its effort to find out whether the Church of Scientology of Boston is ripping off the government. In the first legal test of the Church Audit Procedures Act, Judge Joseph Tauro of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts found June 18 that the IRS failed to offer a legitimate reason for rifling through approximately 200,000 pages of the church s financial and administrative records. As a result, the IRS is being denied access to the documents it says it needs to determine whether the church should have been exempted from taxes between 1985 and Other church groups are hailing the decision as a victory for religious freedom, and warn that the IRS had better think twice before sticking its nose in religious organizations business again. This decision is viewed as kind of a message to the IRS that it may not utilize its authority in an arbitrary or capricious manner, or in a way to discriminate among religious groups, says Lee Boothby, general counsel to Americans United for Separation of Church and State and a partner of Boothby, Ziprick & Yingst, which has offices in Washington, D.C., and Berrien Springs, Mich. Adds Forest Montgomery, D.C.-based general counsel to the National Association of Evangelicals: The decision should deter the IRS [from further investigations], if they can read. But thus far, the IRS is not deterred. On July 6, the government asked Judge Tauro to reconsider his ruling, arguing that the agency has not only ample cause to gain access to confidential church books, records, and papers, but also an obligation to review them. While neither the IRS nor Justice Department officials will comment on the case, court documents show that the IRS is concerned about whether the Boston branch of the
8 Church of Scientology truly operated as a not-for-profit organization between 1985 and This latest skirmish in a longstanding feud between the IRS and the Church of Scientology began last year when the agency issued a summons, demanding access to church records. Lawyers for the Scientologists protested vigorously, claiming that the IRS had not followed rules established under the Church Audit Procedures Act. The statute requires the IRS to adhere to a series of special procedures when undertaking an audit of a religious organization. A high-level Treasury Department official must reasonably believe, based on written evidence, that a church may not be exempt from tax laws. The act also requires written notice of an inquiry into church finances as well as an opportunity for the church to respond to the IRS auditors face to face. Lawyers for the Church of Scientology of Boston argue that the IRS has never showed appropriate cause, and instead is motivated by a desire to harass the church. The IRS is not pursuing the church in good faith, but in bad faith, with the destruction of the church in mind, accuses the church s general counsel, Earle Cooley of Boston s Cooley, Manion, Moore & Jones. The agency acts as if it can ignore the law and decide which religions are going to survive and which religions aren t, Cooley adds. It was because of this implicit power over different denominations that Congress in 1984 passed a law aimed at insulating religious sects from the scrupulous eye of the IRS. Boothby of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, who argued a number of First Amendment religious claims prior to the passage of the Church Audit Procedures Act, says the establishment of stringent guidelines was essential. There was a feeling that there was some need to restrict the IRS, rather than have the freewheeling approach to religious groups that were either not mainline or not within the normal or general knowledge of the IRS. It resulted in very discriminatory treatment, says Boothby. Questioning the Charges Scientology officials are now using this first-round victory to buttress their claim that the government is discriminating against them.
9 When the judge states that the IRS failed to provide a reason to investigate us, it adds credence to the claim of harassment, points out church spokesman Alexander Jones. The Church of Scientology stresses personal problem-solving through self-understanding and communication. The IRS denies the allegations of harassment. According to documents in the Boston case, regional IRS auditors suspect that the church may have operated illegally for the benefit of private individuals, including the late church founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and his beneficiaries. Officials also want to determine whether money flowed improperly from the church to its for-profit spinoff company, Bridge Publications Inc. Information already obtained by the agency shows that between 1985 and 1987, the Boston branch paid $ 287,000 to its mother organization, the Church of Scientology International, which is not tax-exempt. In the same period, $ 719,000 went to Bridge Publications, the publisher of Scientology books and propaganda; and in 1987 alone, $92,000 was paid out to field service personnel as commissions for bringing in new members. The IRS wants to investigate further to determine whether these expenditures were appropriate. Should the government discover that individuals and Scientology subsidiaries profited from church operations, the Boston branch s much-coveted taxexempt status, which it has enjoyed since 1975, would be revoked. The IRS s investigation did not single out [the Church of Scientology] because of a desire to prevent exercise of constitutional rights, the Justice Department s brief states. Indeed, the IRS would be delinquent if it did not examine [the Church of Scientology of Boston] in light of the large sums of money flowing... to non-exempt organizations, staff members, field staff members, a for-profit corporation, and perhaps, the Estate of L. Ron Hubbard, continues the brief, which was penned by Deborah Meland, a Tax Division trial attorney. This kind of tension between the government and religious organizations is not new. Religious leaders have long argued that the IRS s authority to grant or deny tax-exempt status, or even to apply undue burdens or pressures during audits, gives it an inordinate amount of power over the survival of different - and often controversial - denominations. For example, the Rev. Dean Kelley, director for religious liberty at the liberal National Council of Churches, contends that on two occasions, the government used its taxauditing authority to intimidate his organization. During the 1960s, when the council was heavily involved in civil-rights activities, the IRS initiated an investigation into the council s tax status, Kelley relates.
10 A second nationwide audit focused directly on activities relating to the Vietnam War. IRS auditors examined records of contributions to anti-war advocates and continued leafing through council papers, including records of baptisms, for three years. In neither instance did the government bring tax charges against the council. Years later, as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request, Kelley found a note telling auditors to focus on anything being done by the council for the purpose of opposing the war. This information, Kelley says, led him to fight for the Church Audit Procedures Act. There was a need to provide a buffer against governmental intrusion except where the state has a compelling interest that outweighs religious interests, explains Kelley. And now in the Boston case, the IRS must demonstrate its compelling interest to a judge for the first time. (Similar inquiries into the tax-exempt status of Scientology churches in Florida and California are ongoing.) Lawyers expect that the battle over just what constitutes a reasonable interest will eventually be a question for the Supreme Court. In the meantime, religious groups are reveling in this latest decision, saying that it has effectively harnessed the IRS s power to intrude in religious affairs. Says Montgomery of the National Association of Evangelicals: It looks like the act is doing what it was intended to do, and that s good.
11 Category Title Magazine Article Prozac: Jumping on the Lilly Pad Company to Doctors: Don t be intimidated by Smear Campaign Source Legal Times Author Charles F. Preuss Date September 2 nd, 1991 Contents: Eli Lilly and Co. has created a new twist on an old standby of pharmaceutical litigation: indemnification agreements. The company has offered to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless physicians who are sued for injuries alleged to have been caused by Lilly s antidepressant drug Prozac. The twist is that the usual indemnification offer from a drug manufacturer is extended to a pharmacy. In the case of an allegedly defective drug, the pharmacy that filled the prescription is frequently named as a defendant. After a simple inquiry to establish that the prescription for an appropriate dosage of the drug was filled as prescribed, the manufacturer will commonly agree to indemnify the pharmacy from any further liability on the basis that no independend fault could ever be attributed to the pharmacy. This rationale does not generally apply in cases of responsible litigation against doctors. The reason for naming a doctor as a defendant in a pharmaceutical case is invariably because the doctor s treatment is alleged to have fallen below the standard of care in the community. This, obviously, is a basis of liability independent from any claim against the drug manufacturer - and therefore, it is not something a manufacturer would agree to defend. Lilly s proposal is a response to an unprecedented, irrational campaign against the company s product. It contemplates suits naming physicians who did not breach the standard of care - and who, like prescribing pharmacies, engaged in no wrongdoing. Prozac is an anti-depressant approved by the Food and Drug Administration that has gained wide acceptance within the medical community as an effective medication for treating depression since first being introduced in 1987 after 20 years of research. The drug is now used by more than four million people worldwide and is Lilly s secondleading pharmaceutical product. As a result of this success in the marketplace, Prozac is now under siege by the Church of Scientology, which has proclaimed the medication as a killer drug that drives people to murder and to suicide. Seizing upon this adverse publicity in the lay press, criminal defendants and civil litigants are alleging a relationship between violent behavior and the ingestion of Prozac.
12 Scientology has mounted a campaign against Prozac, which includes accusatory mailings, appearances on talk shows, and extensive lobbying with Congress and the FDA to ban Prozac. Scientology has been opposed to the practice of psychiatry and psychiatric medications since its founding by the late L. Ron Hubbard. Lilly s message in its offer to doctors is that physicians properly prescribing Prozac should not have to defend themselves at their own expense against allegations stimulated by Scientology s claims. The company s offer is based on its belief that doctors should not be intimidated from prescribing this beneficial medication out of fear of being sued. Indeed, a recent Wall Street Journal article reports that patients are being frightened away from taking Prozac, thus depriving them of needed therapy. In its Dear Doctor letter, Lilly points out that the safety and efficacy of Prozac have been determined by the FDA and 50 other regulatory agencies around the world on the basis of clinical trials involving tens of thousands of individuals. Sensible Conditions That Lilly s offer is conditional on the absence of independent wrongdoing by the defendant doctor is the usual practice when defenses are tendered and indemnification demanded - such as in the case of the pharmacist who appropriately fills a doctor s prescription as written. Lilly will neither defend nor indemnify unless the prescription is in accordance with regulatory requirements and with all provisions in the physician s package insert for the drug. Moreover, the offer does not apply to acts of negligence on the doctor s part. In addition, the physician must notify Lilly of the claim or suit, maintain all prescribing records, provide Lilly with a copy of the medical chart on the patient, and cooperate fully in the defense of the case. Lilly also advises the physician to notify his or her malpractice insurance carrier that it will be providing counsel for the physician. This gives the doctor an opportunity to discover from an independent source any potential conflict that could subsequently arise after accepting Lilly s offer. Prozac s detractors charge that Lilly s offer to physicians is a marketing device designed to restore Prozac s damaged market position by inducing doctors to continue their prescribing habits for the drug. It is impossible to predict how Lilly s offer will affect other drug manufacturers in the handling of their own products. No other firms have had to face the intensity of Scientology s attack, which prompted Lilly to take this pro-active step. If other companies perceive Lilly s gesture as a marketing advantage, they may follow suit, but that is unlikely, given the different theories of liability asserted against manufacturer and physician in the normal negligence case. Companies will observe
13 Lilly s Prozac experience in light of their own products and weigh their options on a drug-by-drug basis. If anything is to be gained from the inordinate attention given to Prozac, it is the heightened awareness of the drug s potential benefits and side effects. Patients and physicians will be more alert in reporting possible side effects. Lilly will be particularly diligent in reporting this information to the FDA, which in turn will examine it with more scrutiny. Controlled studies will be conducted on the drug, which will provide additional information on Prozac s properties. Contrasted to inflammatory and unsubstantiated accusations about the drug, this type of reasoned, scientific inquiry will ultimately benefit the patient.
14 Category Title Magazine Article Scientologists taking up Tort Reform Source Legal Times Author Date October 26 th, 1992 Contents: Stung by a spate of lawsuits, the Church of Scientology is launching the Religious Coalition for Legal Reform. Nicholas Graham of Alexandria s Bain & Lichtenstein, a spokesman for the Scientologists, says that the coalition is trying to organize other religious groups that have been sued by members claiming everything from emotional distress to negligent day care. What we re trying to do is get other religions who have been affected by frivolous lawsuits to work on tort reform, explains Graham. Sylvia Stanard, a Scientology lobbyist who will direct the coalition, says that her group seeks to organize in numerous states and will begin by recruiting individual churches rather than denominations. There s a lot of interest from individual churches who have a concern about trying to do something to make it a little bit healthier for religious groups to operate. Stanard says. They have the same kind of concerns about not wanting to open a day-care center in their church because they ll get sued... or they don t want to have the homeless here because if somebody breaks their leg, it s a potential liability. Stanard acknowledges that the Scientologists are also concerned about lawsuits from former members claiming emotional or financial harm from their association with the church. We end up winning almost all of them she says. But by the time you get to the appeals court to win it, you ve spent half a million dollars in legal fees. For example, Stanard points to a 1985 Oregon case in which a woman who had been a part-time member of the church for seven weeks was awarded $ 30 million for international infliction of emotional distress. Stanard says the award was overturned, but that before the case ended, the church had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend itself. For all their criticism of plaintiffs, however, the Scientologists have not been shy about taking on that role themselves. Last spring, the church filed a libel suit against Time
15 magazine. (Editor s note: Time-Warner Inc. is the major partner in American Lawyer Media, L.P., which owns this newspaper.) Stanard, who says she already has won support for tort reform from some evangelical groups, adds that the religious coalition will seek a reasonableness standard,... a cap on awards, and a disincentive for lawyers taking big-bucks cases.
16 Category Title Magazine Article Scientology s Suit Source Legal Times Author Date March 28 th, 1994 Contents: The Church of Scientology won a victory last week when U.S. District Judge Stanley Sporkin refused to throw out the church s $ 14.7 million breach-of-contract suit against Hill and Knowlton Inc., Eli Lilly & Co., and others. The suit, filed in 1992, alleges that Eli Lilly, which produces the antidepressant Prozac, pressured Hill and Knowlton to drop the church as a client after the church began a nationwide campaign critical of the drug. At the time, Eli Lilly was a client of a Hill and Knowlton affiliate. In his March 21 decision, Sporkin declined to dismiss all but one minor count, saying that there was evidence that Hill and Knowlton had betrayed its client s trust and that there were issues of fact about whether Eli Lilly s actions were proper. Says Kurt Weiland, a church director: I think it s an excellent decision because it shows Eli Lilly can t just trample on our right of free speech and our public advocacy for the victims of Prozac. Neither Eli Lilly s lawyers, partner Thomas Slater and of counsel R. Hewitt Pate of Richmond s Hunton & Williams, nor Hill and Knowlton s counsel, Howard Rubin of New York s Davis & Gilbert, could be reached for comment. The trial is scheduled to begin June 13. |
The verdict is still out on what we will do this weekend, so I figured it was worth making a to-do list either way... hehe!
- Soak up some rays.
- Read a good book.
- Grill Out
- Repeat starting at Step #1.
- Declutter spare bedroom.
- Pick out ceiling fans for super-son's bedroom & spare bedroom.
- Get paint sample for kitchen. Right now, I'm leaning toward Jekyll Grand Dining Sea Mist by Valspar.
- Dare I attempt to start scraping the popcorn ceiling in the kitchen/dining area??
- Invite some friends over for a cookout!
What are your weekend plans? |
Today I mailed Advisor a copy of the new chapter that I've been drafting. I know that this is the right time to send it to her and that the project will benefit both from being set aside for a while and from getting an outside read--and since I actually have to set the thing aside for six weeks in order to finish up two unrelated projects, it makes total sense to use that time to get her feedback.
But I had a serious meltdown over the weekend wherein I became convinced that I couldn't send it to her because it wasn't good enough or smart enough, and because it loses its argument a number of times and jumps around and has too many long quotations and doesn't have a conclusion and no doubt makes a number of breathtakingly stupid claims about both the author and the decades I'm covering (which represent basically new material for me).
I knew that there was no point in my putting in another two months to give the thing more polish, since what I really wanted her advice on was the big-picture stuff--but I have a hysterical insecurity about showing her anything less than perfect, lest she get so hung up on the little things that she not see the big-picture stuff (and so conclude I'm a moron).
Now, it's true that the above is actually a pretty accurate description of our first meeting to discuss the first draft of my dissertation's very first chapter--and thus constitutes, I guess, something of a Primal Scene--but my neurotic fear of letting anyone see anything that truly is a work-in-progress didn't begin with her, and I know that my obsession with that one episode in our relationship (and the way I've allowed it to define our relationship ever since) has more to do with the shit in my own head than with how she's actually responded to me and my work in the years since then.
So I'm trying to work through this, and sending her this chapter is one way of doing that. There may be no way to prevent myself from freaking the fuck out on my own time, but I don't want those freakouts to affect my ability to get work done or to seek advice when I need it.
That being said--y'all are still welcome to send your good wishes, or a gift certificate for some CBT, or a big bottle of whiskey, or whatever, my way. |
Tyrannosaurus rex is perhaps one of the most famous animals to have ever roamed the Earth. This huge, fierce meat-eater has graced Hollywood films as the perpetual villain, and it has played a notorious role in the science community that studies it, too.
Despite its vicious depiction in pop culture, paleobiologists have debated the feeding behavior of T. rex over the past 100 years, ever since the first evidence of the animal was discovered in the early 1900s. Some scientists have a bone to pick with the tyrant king's predatory reputation, and have suggested the dinosaur was actually a scavenger — more like a vulture when it came to whetting its appetite.
But results from a recent discovery might settle this debate. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Kansas paleontologist David Burnham and one of his graduate students report a strange-looking fossil with something buried between two tail bones from a duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaur called the hadrosaur.
After they scanned it with a medical imaging machine, they figured out it was a tooth.
"Once we realized it was a tooth, we looked at each other and said, 'Wouldn't it just be great if it was a T. rex?' " Burnham says.
As luck would have it, it really was a tyrannosaur tooth. T. rex teeth are very distinctive: They're sharp, serrated and long. Some scientists call them "lethal bananas."
Burnham and his team were excited because this tooth that was stuck in a portion of tailbone might have been the piece of evidence they needed. "We'd finally be able to put the nail in the coffin for the scavenger theory."
A T. rex tooth in the tail doesn't prove the dinosaur actually killed the hadrosaur. Maybe the hadrosaur was already dead and the T. Rex just found it, chowed down on the carcass, and broke off a tooth. But in this case, the hadrosaur's bone had fused around the T. rex tooth, a sign that the wound had healed. So apparently the hadrosaur survived an attack and got away, with a tooth stuck in its tail.
"It's the bullet from the smoking gun," Burnham says. "Here you have attempted murder, and here we are able to identify the perpetrator." Another damning piece of evidence, Burnham notes, is that the wound is on the tail, which is typical of where predators bring down running prey.
A mangled piece of proof like the hadrosaur bone isn't easy to come by, says Greg Erickson, a professor of anatomy and vertebrate paleontology at Florida State University.
"Bones fossilize really well, but unfortunately behavior doesn't," he says.
That might be why proof of T. rex's eating habits has been so difficult to pin down, and why scientists are somewhat in the dark when it comes to definitively pegging T. rex as a strict predator.
The real T. rex may have been a more complicated animal than the one depicted in Hollywood films like Jurassic Park. Like most predators today, the dinosaur was probably both predator and scavenger.
"So what T. rex did more of is really the key, and to me this debate is not solved," Erickson says. "From this, all we can say is, yes, T. rex acted like a predator. We have cases where there are hundreds, sometimes thousands of duck-billed dinosaurs that died, and these animals were clearly fed upon by tyrannosaurs. We find tooth marks and shed teeth among the skeletons."
This all might seem to be an academic debate, but there is a real-world reason why scientists want to know what T. rex ate and when. Knowing more about the T. rex appetite might help explain the prehistoric food chain from millions of years ago, and how one big dinosaur influenced it.
DAVID GREENE, HOST:
OK, picture the biggest, fiercest meat-eating animal to ever live.
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GREENE: OK, glad he's not in the studio. That's a Tyrannosaurus rex. And since the first T. rex skeleton was discovered just over a century ago, books and movies have thrilled us with portrayals of this terrifying predator. But some scientists have argued that the beast was actually more like a vulture, a lowly scavenger, far less threatening.
NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on a discovery that might resolve the argument.
CHRISTOPHER JOYCE, BYLINE: Hollywood certainly has no doubt about T. rex's dietary habits. In "Jurassic Park," a T. rex ambushed a herd of horse-sized Gallimimus and gobbled one up.
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JOYCE: It chased a jeep filled with human snacks.
(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "JURASSIC PARK")
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Must go faster.
JOYCE: And it even ate a lawyer.
(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "JURASSIC PARK")
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: No.
(SOUNDBITE OF SCREAMING)
JOYCE: And in this case, most scientists agreed with Hollywood, T. rex pursued and killed what it ate. It was a predator, rather than scavenging leftovers like some kind of terrestrial carp.
Greg Erickson, at Florida State University, has looked for evidence and says it's hard to come by.
GREG ERICKSON: Bones fossilize really well but unfortunately behavior doesn't.
JOYCE: To understand dinosaur behavior, scientists now look way beyond the shape and size of bones.
ERICKSON: We started finding bite marks of these animals. And we started finding coprolites; there is their fecal matter, and we could see what they were eating. And it's from such evidence we've gained most of our understanding of what this animal is doing.
JOYCE: And that leads us to the latest piece of evidence that appears to confirm T. rex's predatory nature. Paleontologist David Burnham and one of his students at the University of Kansas found it buried in between two tail bones from a fossilized hadrosaur, a duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaur. It looked like a tooth so they scanned it with a medical imaging machine.
DAVID BURNHAM: Once we realized it was a tooth, and we looked at each other; wouldn't that be just great if it was a T. rex? You know... (Chuckling) We'd finally, you know, be able to put the nail in the coffin for the scavenger theory.
JOYCE: It was a T. rex tooth. They're unique: sharp, serrated and long. Scientists sometimes call them lethal bananas. Now, a T. rex tooth in the tail doesn't prove a T. rex actually killed that duckbill. Maybe the duckbill was already dead and the T. rex just found it, chowed down on it and broke off a tooth in the carcass.
But in this case, the duckbill's bone had fused around the tooth, a sign that the wound had healed. So apparently, the duckbill survived an attack and got away with a tooth stuck in its tail.
BURNHAM: The bullet from the smoking gun, you know, here you have attempted murder and here we are able to identify the perpetrator.
JOYCE: Another damning piece of evidence: Burnham notes that the wound is on the tail, which is typical of where predators bring down running prey.
BURNHAM: So this gives us the food pyramid and puts T. rex back on top as the apex predator.
JOYCE: However, Florida State's Greg Erickson says it's not as simple as it is in the movies. Like most predators today, it probably was both predator and scavenger.
ERICKSON: So what T. rex did more of is really the key and to me this debate is not solved. From this, all we can say is that, yes, T. rex acted like a predator.
JOYCE: But also like a scavenger.
ERICKSON: We have cases where there are hundreds, sometimes thousands of duckbilled dinosaurs that died. And these animals were clearly fed upon by tyrannosaurs. We find tooth marks and shed teeth among the skeletons.
JOYCE: This all might seem to be an academic debate, but scientists want to know who T. rex ate and when. It explains how the food chain worked millions of years ago, and how one great big dinosaur influenced it. The research appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Christopher Joyce, NPR News.
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A Philadelphia man who says his rough treatment by city cops caused him
to expend more than $13,000 on medical treatment has filed a civil action against the city and the two officers who allegedly caused him injury.
Darryl Atwood, who resides in South Philadelphia, filed suit on Dec. 12 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the City of Philadelphia and two John Doe police officers whose true identities aren’t known at this time.
The plaintiff maintains he did nothing wrong when he was stopped by the law enforcement officers in mid-December 2011 at about 3:15 in the morning on Washington Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets, his lawsuit states.
Nevertheless, the officers stopped Atwood and falsely accused him of attempting to steal a vehicle in the area, the suit claims.
At no point did Atwood, who had “not attempted to steal anything, and was factually innocent of any crime,” attempt to resist arrest, pose a threat to the defendants, or do “anything that would justify the use of force against him,” the complaint states.
The first officer, however, ran up to the plaintiff, punched him in the face, and then threw him up against a vehicle, while driving his knee into Atwood’s back, thereby aggravating pre-existing back injuries from which the plaintiff suffered, the lawsuit says.
The officers never officially charged Atwood with a crime, but they nevertheless forced the man to remain handcuffed in the back of a police vehicle for a period of about 30 minutes, the complaint reads.
In addition to his physical injuries, the plaintiff alleges he suffered anxiety, fear, mental anguish, humiliation and a loss of liberty.
As for his body, Atwood claims he suffered the aggravation of a prior disc protrusion, post-traumatic cephalgia, and strain and sprain injuries to the thoracic spine, lumbar spine and right wrist.
Atwood was forced to spend a total of $13,712 on hospital testing and other medical care relating to his physical injuries, the record shows.
The defendants are accused of Fourth Amendment violations, including excessive force, unreasonable seizure, false arrest and false imprisonment.
The complaint contains a Monell claim against the City of Philadelphia, accusing officials of adopting and maintaining a practice or custom of permitting municipal police officers to “systematically” verbally and physically abuse individuals, and “falsely arresting minority suspects, and subjecting them to the same type of treatment to which plaintiff was subjected.”
Atwood seeks unspecified compensatory damages, as well as costs, attorney’s fees and other relief.
The complaint was filed by Philadelphia attorney Alan E. Denenberg.
The federal case number is 2:13-cv-07262-GP. |
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Coldplay perform at Christmas party
Coldplay have surprised pub staff after they turned up to perform at a Christmas party.
Chris Martin and his bandmates took to the stage at the festive bash at the Ring O Bells in Compton Martin in Somerset, reported Metro.
They entertained staff, local residents and celebs including Lily Allen with hits such as Yellow, Clocks, Paradise and Christmas Lights.
The band were apparently asked to play the secret show by the pub's part owner Miles Leonard, who is the boss of their record company Warner Bros/Parlophone.
A message on the pub's Twitter said afterwards: "As you may have heard, we're extremely lucky and privileged to have hosted Parlephone and Warner Bros private party last night... And yes Coldplay performed along with some other great artists. It was an incredible evening and a once in a lifetime experience." |
Walking up and down the sidelines, Warren boys soccer coach Jason Ahonen knew it would take a few goals to win the Warren regional championship.
He was right -- and Warren got more than a few.
The top-seeded Blue Devils came out firing on Saturday, scoring 5 first-half goals to oust No. 2 seed Round Lake 7-3. It's Warren's second straight regional title.
"This was the most intense (7-3) game that I've ever been involved in," Ahonen said. "The boys know it's one and done. Middle of the season, if you lose a game here and there, you have tomorrow. Now, you don't have tomorrow and that's what it's all about."
Warren (17-5-3) next faces Boylan (15-6-1) in the Class 3A Rockford Auburn sectional Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Boylan defeated Hononegah 1-0 with a goal in the final two minutes on Saturday morning.
The Blue Devils didn't waste any time on Saturday afternoon, scoring just 19 seconds into the game as Aunor Solis found the back of the net after a touch pass from Mikey Cain.
Daniel Szczepanek sizzled in a shot after a serve from Tony Severini in the 10th minute.
"We have just come together as a team and we're on the same page," Szczepanek said. "We all do our own jobs."
Round Lake (18-4-1) cut the lead to 2-1 in the 14th minute as Freddie Ramirez scored off a touch pass from Ab Murua.
But the Blue Devils responded within 30 seconds when Timmy Pieper scored on a header set up by Szczepanek's corner kick to make it 3-1.
"Daniel played me a perfect ball and I was inside the 6," Pieper said. "I was right there to put it in. I really did the easy part -- Daniel gave me the ball.
"We do try to take pride on our set pieces. Every set piece, we believe, is dangerous."
Warren added 2 more goals before the break -- Solis scored in the 24th minute off a Sean Kirwan assist, and Kirwan had the other goal as Severino assisted.
The Blue Devils added goals in the second half from Dan Hengesh and Nick Wegrznowicz. Severini and Wegrznowicz had assists.
Murua netted a goal, and Mauricio Salgado scored on a penalty kick and added an assist for Round Lake.
Salgado was limited in playing time due to a knee injury that was aggravated against Zion-Benton in the regional semifinal round.
Round Lake set many school records this season, including 18 victories and an unbeaten streak that lasted 14 games -- not to mention an outright North Suburban Prairie championship.
"Warren by far was the best team we've played," Round Lake coach Hugo Tellez said. "We just started out flat and it went down from there." |
A lawmaker in the Philippines is seeking measures to permanently ban US Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, from entering the country. Manila Congressman Joey Salceda's comments come after Trump referred to the Philippines as one of the "terrorist nations".
Trump hit out at the south-east Asian country during a rally in Portland, Maine on 4 August. Speaking about how the US was "letting people come in from terrorist nations", Trump cited an apparent case of an illegal permanent resident in the country, originally from the Philippines, who was convicted of plotting to join terrorist groups to kill Americans, adding: "This could be the great Trojan horse of all time."
However, Congressman Salceda has responded angrily to the accusations and filed a bill in Manila's House of Representatives to have the US Republican nominee banned. Citing data from the US State Department, Salceda said that roughly 4m people of Filipino descent live in the US and make up the second largest population of Asian-Americans.
According to Reuters, Salceda's bill said: "There is no feasible basis or reasonable justification to the wholesale labelling of Filipinos as coming from a 'terrorist state' or that they will be a Trojan horse."
Salceda urged the Philippines' Congress to adopt his House Resolution 143 bill that seeks to ban Trump on the grounds that it would be in the national interest of the country. According to the Manila Times, his bill cites an immigration order that allows for barring foreigners from entering the Philippines.
Should Congress adopt the bill, the Philippines would not be the first country to consider banning the controversial US presidential candidate. In January 2016, a UK government petition to block Trump from entering the country gained nearly 600,000 signatures and prompted a debate in the Houses of Parliament.
The petition was sparked after Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the US, with signatories raising concerns over consistent hate speech from the US billionaire. However, British MPs voted not to place any bans on the possible future US President. |
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Over 100 Years of Innovations
Monarch Tool and Manufacturing Company was founded in 1903 and incorporated in 1905. The original partners were Mr. Louis Hall and Mr. Walter Boer. Although Monarch was involved in the production of many different parts, from marine engines, to specialty valves, and parts for appliances and automotive parts, from the very beginning we have been involved the production of coin mechanisms for various applications. Early player pianos used our coin boxes and timers as well as the player bar. Later, juke boxes used Monarch coin devices and stampings for internal mechanisms. Pool Tables have long used Monarch Mechanisms as well.
Coin mechanisms with a slide were a part of our line from the earliest days. The unit shown at the right was used to control player pianos. These were made to accept pennies, nickels and dimes, and included a built-in timing mechanism. Vending machines came on the scene early in the century, and Monarch was there with a push/pull style mechanism to serve that need. Early cigarette and candy machines used products similar to the one at the below.
In the early 40’s, Mr. Mitchell Hall bought the company from his father & his fathers partner, Lindel Myers. Soon after that, he began working with Ed Heath, who established Heath Sales of Macon Georgia as a company to market Monarch products to the manufactures. For the next 35 years, this arrangement, based on a handshake, and mutual respect, saw Monarch grow and become an innovator in coin mechanisms. Mr. Hall has accumulated a number of patents for features and variation to involving coin mechanisms and other products. The birth of coin operated laundry equipment actually began much earlier than is usually recognized. Pilot projects, using coin mechanisms and timers installed in the skirts of wringer type washers, began as early as 1936, but the re-tooling of American for World War II put all such projects on hold for the duration. During the war, Monarch was involved with the production of parts for munitions, and other materiel for the war effort.
When the war was over, Monarch was there with the Model 444 Single Coin Mechanism. With only a few cosmetic changes in the intervening years, the mechanism is still available and going strong, although today it is mostly for tokens and Tokettes. It is estimated over 10 million of these units have been made over the decades. This is our primary slide for our unique tokens, but if you still wish to have one that only accepts pennies, we will be happy to oblige!
In the late 50’s, Monarch introduced the Model 1000, which accepted two coins. The 444’s and the 1000’s were the workhorses for the coin laundry industry for many years. With the radical inflation of the 70’s, the time was ripe to introduce the Vertical Eight Coin mechanism, which has proven versatile and rugged, serving in many countries for many different coins. The rise of the vertical four and five coin acceptors have made the Model 1000 obsolete and production on this unit was discontinued in the early part of 2000.
We now have the fourth generation of Halls taking an active part in the operation of Monarch. Mr. Mitchell Hall passed away in 2001. His daughter, Stephanie, continues to manage the day-to-day operations. And recently, her daughter Danielle, and her son, Elias have joined Monarch and are now working in the plant, learning the operations of the company.
Today, Monarch strives to produce the best American Made products possible. Our efforts include the introduction of new products and supplemental accessories, such as the Monarch Key KopTM and the AquaMiserTM Shower Timers & Universal Bathroom Lock
Our position is that we are not just a manufacturer. We are a service provider, and our service is to provide you with the items you need in a prompt manner. All of us at Monarch thank you for your patronage. You are the reason we exist. As we approach our centennial, we look forward to serving you for many more years to come.
Behind the name…
For nearly 100 years we have proudly carried the name Monarch Tool & Manufacturing Company Incorporated. When the company was founded in 1903, very few places had electricity. Home appliances were nonexistent. Washing was done with a tub, washboard and mangle. Automobiles were rare, and most people still got about by horse. In1903 the first airplane took flight. Teddy Roosevelt was President. It was a time when manufacturing drove the American economy, generating the wealth that made the country strong.
We have manufactured many products in many different industries for nearly a century. Parts for player pianos and jukeboxes, and marine engines. Parts for mess kits in World War One. Parts for valves and parts for safes. Parts for early radios and parts for the automotive industry. Parts for and aircraft in World War Two. We produced the tooling to make these parts, and the tooling for other companies to use in their factories.
In the 1940’s, we were an integral part of the birth of the Coin Operated Laundry Industry. We became focused on coin mechanisms and related security items, such as coin boxes, locks and keys and the Key Kop line of locking key rings. Today we are almost exclusively involved with these areas. The “Tool” in our name has become irrelevant, misleading and generally inappropriate.
The time has come to adopt a name that is more closely related to our current activities. As a result, we are changing the name of our company to Monarch Coin and Security Incorporated.
The name covers those areas where we will continue to operate. Perhaps in another hundred years we shall need to change our name again, to fit activities we cannot even imagine today, but this is a part of growth and evolving to serve the needs of the marketplace.
A Little History on Monarch Coin and Security!
Monarch Coin and Security, Inc. was the originator of the coin slide in the U.S. providing many different industries, such as coin laundry, a backbone over the years with a name they can depend on. Our coin slide/coin chutes and other products have been used in many different devices and featured in various ways throughout the years. From coin laundry to vending machines, from player pianos to juke boxes, our coin operated products and security products have been there.
Throughout our years, Monarch Coin and Security Inc. has been instrumental in developing many different industries. Coin Laundry or Self Service Laundry is one of the areas that over the years we have helped nurture and develop with our coin slides and money boxes. Monarch has been the “grandfather” of the Coin Laundry industry so to speak. Our company created the Modern day coin slide, or coin chute as it has been named, which has ultimately led to coin laundry. When in came to the term “Coin Laundry”, Monarch was there.
With conservation of resources more prevalent than ever, coin operated products such as coin operated meters and timers, and coin operated door locks are in high demand. Security is now in higher demand than we have seen it in recent years. Monarch produces locking key rings referred to as Key Kop Locking key rings for industries and businesses where key control is essential. Our company has also been developing many different locking devices such as our Value Vault portable safe for many years. These products have been praised by the security industry, government and military, the locksmith community, as well as corrections, jails and prisons.
We have always worked closely with these industries, dating back to the times when Monarch produced munitions for the war. Over the years we have developed many different products such as the coin box or money box used for coin laundry. We have also developed coin operated meters and timers for electric, coin operated lighting, coin operated showers and many other products that use coins or tokens. Our coin operated door lock is used as one of the only coin operated bathroom locks on the market. With a growing need to protect facilities, the use of coin operated door locks or coin operated bathroom locks is on the rise.
We produce a large number of products such as laundry locks, laundry extensions, coin operated pressure washers, coin operated heaters and more products which are used all over the world. Monarch also carries change machines, soap machines (or soap vendors) and many other products that make us one of the leaders in the industry. Our goal is to provide the quality service that as consumers we all have come to expect.
With our technology developing the coin chute / coin slide, and the Money box (or coin box), our company has been essential for companies developing and expanding their business by allowing their products to be coin operated. Coin operated products have allowed business owners creative ways to earn an income. This technology is used in the gaming industry, laundry industry, vending industry, coin laundry and all industries using coin mechanisms. |
Police have recovered the body of a Dartmouth College student who was reported missing.
Hanover, New Hampshire, police say 21-year-old Adam Wright was found in the water near the shoreline of the Connecticut River at about 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Wright was last seen shortly after midnight Monday on the Dartmouth campus. Police put out a missing person news release later that day.
Police do not yet know how he died. An autopsy has been scheduled.
President Phil Hanlon, in an email to students, said Wright was a senior studying government and was president of a student-run International Business Council and the Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering group. |
Top Town getting $1m makeover
Of all the buildings Kevin Doody has restored none has been a bigger challenge than the New Plymouth Top Town revamp.
Doody, who has owned the 50-year-old building since last year, said he was spending more than $1 million doing up the mall.
When he bought the building two years ago it was in such a bad state something needed to be done, he said.
"You should have seen downstairs when we took over, it was a bloody dog."
Doody started a total refurbishment of the building shortly after buying it.
"It's a landmark building in the city.
"The bones of the building are unreal."
So far the ground floor had been completely refitted, new lifts had been put in, major maintenance was carried out on the roof and new air conditioning was installed.
Scaffolding went up three weeks ago so work could begin on a major refurbishment of the exterior.
The building's entire exterior is being painted, the windows are being made larger and the front will take on a new facade.
Interior work yet to be completed includes rebuilding the escalators and renovating more office space on the third floor.
Doody said he hoped to have the whole project finished by the end of summer.
"Basically we're doing what should have been done years and years ago."
The building was originally built for the Farmers Corp in 1960, he said.
Commercial buildings required constant maintenance and upgrading, something which hadn't happened at Top Town for decades, he said.
It still had the original lifts when Doody took it over, he said.
Doody said he took the project on as a personal challenge to restore a landmark New Plymouth building.
"It's been a bloody eyesore for quite a number of years.
"It's in the middle of the city and it's never going to get knocked down, so it had to be done."
The building has three floors, each with an area of about 2700 square metres.
Already the renovations had cost more than $1 million and were expected to climb further, he said.
But, for a building like this, the costs were a must, he said.
"If you put a budget into this you'll never do it properly."
In saying that, the project was still an investment opportunity, he said.
"Hopefully there's some monetary gains in it."
Doody said he had done up plenty of buildings since he first got into property. But this was by far the biggest challenge he had taken on, he said.
The public's impression of Top Town had not always been a positive one, he said.
"Once this is done it will change the impression of Top Town."
Ground floor renovations had altered the layout of the arcade, resulting in more foot traffic passing through rather than having it slip out side doors.
Doody had been "collecting" buildings since he was 21, and now owned more than a dozen commercial buildings in New Plymouth.
During that time he had established strong working relationships with good contractors, he said.
"We've got a good bunch of contractors that have worked for me for years and years."
Top Town renovators Street and Cook Construction had been working for Doody for about 25 years, he said.
Painter Phil Murch Ltd, Andy Smaill Electrical and Copestake Gas and Plumbing had all worked with Doody for more than 16 years, he said.
So far Top Town had 10 tenants including the movie theatre.
There were five spaces on the ground floor ready to be leased and more to be ready by early next year, he said.
Modster PC, the one-stop computer and technology shop, has been in Top Town for nearly four years, owner Steve Mayes said.
Modster PC was initially an internet-only based business, but moved into Top Town to test the water, Mayes said.
"At the time the mall was really run down and the rents were really low," Mayes said.
The initial plan was to relocate after 12 months when the customer base had built.
Instead Modster PC just relocated to a different space within the mall, closer to the road.
"What we've got now is a nice- looking shopfront with good security and underground parking."
Now the mall was refurbished the business would stay put, he said. "I think once the place fills up with more retailers it will be away."
Modster PC had picked up a lot of business from large employers located behind Top Town, he said.
These included ACC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tanker Pacific, TenderLink, Origin Energy, Work and Income and the New Plymouth Club.
When the picture theatre was showing good movies foot traffic and business also increased substantially, he said.
The mall used to be a site of a much vandalism but that had stopped since the renovation, he said.
Doody said he had noticed a difference as well.
"When I bought it every weekend someone had come in and kicked holes in the walls.
"It was pretty rugged."
Taranaki Daily News |
Nissan has announced that it will utilize Quick Response (QR) coded window stickers across their product line for 2012, which makes it the first automaker to incorporate the codes on all models. QR window stickers will be required from all manufacturers by the 2013 model year.
The QR code will make the shopping experience much more interactive, especially if you’re kicking tires after hours or on the weekend.
By scanning the QR code on Nissan’s window sticker with a smart phone, buyers will be able to learn specific vehicle information such as trim level and installed options, watch video product overviews, view an image gallery, learn of any applicable incentives, check dealer inventory, request a follow-up quote or join a mailing list.
Think of the QR-equipped window sticker as silent car salesman, always ready to answer questions in a low-pressure setting. Nissan tested the effectiveness of QR coded stickers with the 2012 Nissan Altima, which was its first model to include the code.
Initial data shows that customers typically viewed multiple pages and frequently requested follow up contact. Nissan views it as delivering content on a customer’s terms, not a dealership’s terms.
Could this lead to a whole new way of car shopping and buying? We’ll have a definitive answer soon enough. |
The My Syncplicity web site pages displayed to end-users are available in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. Administrator console pages, as well as Personal Edition and Business Edition billing pages, are available in English only.
Most browsers have preferences or options that allow you to change the language preference settings. In addition, you may be able to specify a list of languages, so that if your first choice is not available you can configure which alternate language to try next. To view My Syncplicity in a language other than English, you must configure your web browser to have that language appear before English in the configured languages list.
Your preferred language need not be the first language in the list. Syncplicity looks at the list and displays the My Syncplicity end-user web pages in the first supported language in the list. For example, if Spanish is before German and English, then the pages are displayed in Spanish. If no supported languages are in the list, Syncplicity displays English by default. Make sure to refresh your browser after setting the language preferences.
Localization is applicable to all supported browsers.
NOTE: The display language for the Safari browser on Mac is controlled by the operating system language setting. To view My Syncplicity in a language other than English, you must have your language set as the first/primary language.
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The following shows the login page in German as an example. |
In photography, bokeh and also sometimes heard as play Japanese: [boke]) is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image. Sometimes bokeh is misleadingly defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light", since it is the characteristic of the image, not the lens itself.
However, differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting—"good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively. Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.
Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas. However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image. |
What Is The Email Copy Function?
Sending a copy of your completed form by email to either the respondent themselves or a different admin can prove to be extremely advantageous. For example, if you wish the results of a form to be moderated by an independent user send an email copy of the form. Likewise, if you wish to send proof of purchase to your customer after a transaction, automatically set up the email copy function.
How do I Use Email logic
After you have built your form, you’ll want to click the setting cog in the top right corner of your screen - this will bring you to Form Settings. From here you will need to select EMAIL COPY and click the green plus button in the bottom right corner.
Next, you will need to enter;
Email Copy Name - The title of the of the email copy of the completed form.
Email Theme - (if you choose to include it) This is the theme and content of a customized email that can also be sent to your user, find out more about how to create email themes by clicking here.
Email Subject - The title of your email (this will be the first thing your user will see when they first see your email).
Email Addresses - Any emails (usually for internal records) that you want a copy of every response sent to.
*Email Selection - If you want to send a customizable response to your user that can be dependent on Email Logic.
Form Pages - The Pages of the form entry that you would like to send.
The Format - The format of the copy of the completed form.
Once you have completed this press Save, and your Email Copy will now be live. |
- Material : Polypropylene
- Self Assembly in 15 mins
- H: 45cm; Ø : 45cm
- Max 60W E27/ E26 or Max 15W LED
- Optional Ceiling Rose (Cord Length: 2.1m)
- Optional Tripod Table Lamp Base (H: 36cm; Ø : 19cm; Cord Length: 2m)
- Optional Tripod Floor Lamp Base (H: 109cm; Ø : 66cm; Cord Length: 3m)
- For pendant, table or floor lamps
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The Silvia Lamp is a beautiful artichoke shaped self assembly lamp. Providing a beautiful ambient light it fits onto your existing ceiling rose and pendant so there's no electrical work involved. It comes in a slim carrier box and has been designed to be assembled in 15 minutes! The versatile nature of Silvia means it can also be mounted on a table or floor lamp base too. A ceiling rose and pendant is available as an optional extra together with tripod table and floor bases to convert your Silvia shade into the light you require.
Please Note. A ceiling rose and cord set is available separately in black or white from which to hang your lamp. Furthermore, it can also be turned into a table lamp or floor lamp with the aid of the Tripod Table Lamp Base or Tripod Floor Lamp Base, both of which come in black or white.
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Improve your knowledge of leatherworking in this fun, educational workshop. ***PREQUISITE Leather Work 101 or comparable class.*** You got a taste of leather work in 101. Now you get more time to work on projects to apply your knowledge. Access to Hair on Hide leathers and the famous Horween leather made in Chicago, make this a deluxe class no matter what you choose to make. More hardware choices, different weights of leather, new techniques including hand stitching, edge braiding and the like , edge turning, skiving. 1. Wine holder 2. Ipad case or other case 3. String Bag w/strap 4. Wallet/card case There are multiple designs to create with the varieties of shapes, color and hardware that are possible. You may bring your own creative idea as well. We’ll let you know if you have enough time to complete it in class. All materials, hardware and use of tools are included in the tuition. Some materials fee may apply if your project idea exceeds our parameters.
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October is a big month for Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area, with two of their premier fundraising events taking place over a three-day period: The Monterey Bay Gala and the Bay Area Swing For Wishes.
The Monterey Bay Gala, on Oct. 11, at the Tehama Golf Club in Carmel, is one of the hottest events each year. Dinner, dancing and entertainment from singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jackie Greene are on tap, with frequent celebrity appearances. Enjoy two hours of socializing and cocktails before heading over to the beautifully-decorated dinner tent, where you will enjoy wine and a three-course meal. The dinner, live auction, and entertainment will be held from 7-10 p.m. Learn more about the event here.
Two days later, on Oct. 13, join Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area at the Lake Merced Country Club in Daly City for 18 holes of championship golf, a day of hospitality and a world-class auction featuring trips around the world. Tournament proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area and will help grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions in Northern California.
Sponsorships, Tee Times Available
To play in the Bay Area Swing For Wishes as a single player is $450 and a foursome is $1,800. You can sponsor a tee for $600, or become a Gold Sponsor ($2,400), Platinum Sponsor ($3,500), Diamond Sponsor ($5,500) or Wish Maker Sponsor ($8,000).
This is the eighth year of this golf tournament, and since Swing For Wishes began, this annual fundraiser has drawn in nearly 600 golf participants and has raised over $700,000 for Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area. Register for the event today at the Swing For Wishes website.
Can’t Make Either Event? Help In Other Ways
For 30 years, Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area has been granting wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. It was founded in 1984 and granted 27 wishes in its first year. Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area now grants more than 340 wishes per year and is now one of the largest chapters nationwide. The chapter has granted more than 6,000 wishes to date, and can continue to do more with your help.
But if you can’t attend the Monterey Bay Gala or Swing For Wishes, you can still help Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area when you donate a car. A car donation to Wheels For Wishes benefits Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area and helps to make wishes come true for kids in your community. Wheels For Wishes is also a proud supporter of the Monterey Bay Gala and is committed to making wishes come true!
To donate a car, truck, boat, or motorcycle, please call 1-877-431-9474 or make your donation online with our car donation form. When you donate, you receive free pick-up or towing of your vehicle as well as a great tax deduction.
Purchase your Gala tickets today, register for Swing For Wishes or donate a car – all will help to grant wishes for local children! |
FARGO, N.D. (3/31/09)--Fargo (N.D.) VA FCU will move into another Fargo credit union on Wednesday to escape flood waters from the Red River.
Fargo VA will move into Freedom Community CU for three days--Wednesday, Thursday and Friday--Jana Thune, Fargo VA CEO, told News Now.
On Thursday night and early Friday morning, the credit union moved some of it records from the basement of the VA Hospital where it is located, up to the second floor to avoid any potential flood waters, she said.
The credit union was closed Friday, Monday and today to comply with the city's request that all non-essential businesses be closed for three days.
"We will likely open Wednesday and be there through Friday," Thune said. "We're open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, a full day on Friday--which is a big VA processing day. We'll just sign on and work out of Freedom Community's facility. It uses the same data processing facility that we use."
Although no flood waters have affected the VA Hospital--which sits right next to the Red River--as of Monday afternoon, the potential threat of flooding caused the credit union to relocate its operations, Thune said.
None of the other 15 Fargo credit unions had plans to relocate as of Friday, according to Tony Richards, CEO of Mid-America Credit Union Association. Many places in the state, including the association, were closed Monday due to a heavy snowstorm.
After reaching a historic high level of 40.82 feet over the weekend, the river dropped below 40 feet Sunday and could drop to 38 feet by the end of the week, meteorologists said (USA Today March 30).
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has activated its disaster relief policy to assist credit unions and their members affected by the severe weather and flooding in North Dakota and Minnesota.
President Barack Obama has declared an emergency exists in the two states and has ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts.
Under its disaster assistance policy, NCUA will, where necessary:
Encourage credit unions to make loans with special terms and reduced documentation to affected members;
Reschedule routine examinations of affected credit unions if necessary;
Guarantee lines of credit for credit unions through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund; and
Make loans to meet the liquidity needs of member credit unions through the Central Liquidity Facility.
NCUA works with individual state league organizations and state regulators to ensure all federally insured credit unions are aware of NCUA's available assistance. NCUA Region IV examiners are in close contact with affected credit unions to offer advice and assistance. During disaster conditions, NCUA personnel operate under three priorities:
Determine the safety of credit union staff and operational condition of credit unions;
Provide needed material and technical assistance to affected credit unions; and
Return credit unions to normal operations as quickly as possible.
courtesy of cuna.org |
Here are some pictures of our sew and tell from my Material Girls Idaho meeting yesterday.
Rachel's granddaughter's outfit. Rachel made the skirt and purse.
Maurene's charity quilt that we helped piece at our last meeting.
Jeanie's gift for her little kids in her Sunday School class.
Carolanna's cherry quilt.
Close-up of the cherry quilt.
Another of Carolanna's quilts. She caught up on all her unfinished quilt tops this month that needed quilting.
Another raw edge quilt by Mary.
My blocks I received from my flickr online bee group. |
It's an adorable tummy. We love the sweet lil pink tongue too!
Are you blowing raspberries at us all hee he :)xx
Only if by silly you mean BOOTIFUL...
Sukki, I like seeing you be silly today!
Sweet sweet Sukki!! So pretty!! Yay! Take carex
Sukki, do you love to have that gorgeous fluffy tummy rubbed. I could be over in a flash to help you out. Adorable picture and adorable Sukki!!
Aw, Sukki! You are silly!!
É mesmo bom uma terça feira a repousar....Turrinhas da amiguinhaKika
Sukki, you are silly (and beautiful)! :)Have a great week, sweet friends!
Is that your 'come hither' pose?; ) Katie
Oh you are being so silly! What a cutie!!!!
Sukki, I need to hugh you!
Oh, Sukki, I think your tummy is purr-fect for a gentle snorgle or two!
Hello Pie ala Cute!
Awwwwww!!! What a cute tummy you have Sukki!!Your TX furiends,
Sms you would rather not be disturbed today, eh, Sukki?
Oh my! What a tummy that is!
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You could take this as a positive endorsement, OR...He is stating that there was never anyone all that qualified for the job, ever!!! The Hitchhiker's Guide says it best...You know the person unqualified for the job...its the person asking for your vote! The qualified person knows the job sucks and does not want it!!
I think John Quincy Adams also had a great resume - but he ended up not being a great President. Then in an unprecedented and never repeated move he ended up being a great Congressman after he was President.
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60 double under jump ropes (or 300 singles)
20 wall balls
800 meter run
After yesterday's workout, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's day off.
Leigh and I took the dogs for a little walk. After all, its their At Home Vacation, too. Here's a couple of photos of us in the hood...
Speaking of "hood," look at the new mural we saw painted on the side of an East Atlanta business. Yes, that's a Colt 45 mural that says, "Works every time." Yes, its ghetto fabulous.
So, neither of us has had breakfast and we did that on purpose. We're going to Ann's Snack Bar for lunch. Never heard of Ann's Snack Bar? Then you're a moron.
It was judged to be America's Best Burger. Don't believe me? Look here...
I've been going there for years and it really is a very unique establishment. Ann is the proprietor of this eponymous establishment where she's been working the grill for 36 years. Her flagship burger is the Ghetto Burger, which is a giant double cheeseburger with bacon, and chili. I'm not exaggerating when I say its as big as your head.
Ann's place is not big and it only seats eight people. She seats eight, takes their orders, fixes the food, and then serves it up. When those eight are done, another eight may enter and take their seats.
Ann does not like standing in her snack bar. Nor does she like cursing. In fact, there are a list of rules hanging over the griddle. Let's just post the more colorful:
No babies on the snack bar,
No weapons in the snack bar,
But the food is phenomenal.
Here's a couple of shots of the exterior...
Ann doesn't have a "real" sign out front, so you could drive right past it if you weren't looking. The only signs she has are the ones you see in the shots above. Wanna see more about Ann's? Take a look at this piece done by Channel 2 shortly after the WSJ's article came out. You may recognize one of the devistatingly handsome patrons...
Leigh and I had the regular, single cheeseburgers, which were probably close to a pound of meat each. Its unbelievable what this woman does with a burger. They really are the best burgers in the world.
I told Ann years ago that if I wasn't already married I'd ask her. She laughed and blushed a little.
After that enormous meal, we headed home and took naps. Leigh went to the bed and I took the couch where I fell asleep during Monty Python's "Life of Brian."
I woke up in time to walk up to a local pub called "The Midway," and I caught the two soccer matches for the UEFA 2008 Euro. I ran into several of my bar friends and we watched the Netherlands vs. Romania and France vs. Italy. They had two giant TV screens and one played on each screen.
The Netherlands and Italy both won. That means they'll be moving on to the next round.
Leigh joined me just after halftime and we had a nice little time watching soccer with our pub friends.
We wandered home, had a relatively light dinner, and retired early.
This vacation stuff is something I could get used to, real quick.
Someone asked me about my tshirt from last night. Here it is... |
Heterocyclic Amines (HCA's)
Are compounds created when red meats, chicken, pork, and fish are cooked at a high temperature, well done, or cooked for a long time.
BBQ's are excellent for making HCA's. HCA's are suggested to increase the risk of colorectal, pancreatic, and breast cancer.
Increasing cooking temp from 200C to 250C increases HCA content by 300%
Is there any good news?
Microwaving meats for 2 minutes can reduce HCA content by up to 90%, especially if you dump out any water with the meats you zapped in the mirco before they hit the BBQ.
Using a rosemary and thyme marinade can decrease HCA's by 60 to 80%.
HCA's are bad, but we can control the formation of them by altering our cooking methods. Enjoy your BBQ!
hmm.. you know I can't help but mention that while enjoying the BBQ find a way to get around the temptation to eat too much meat. For those who love the BBQ it's a no brainer that eating more feels very satisfying, but even though you may have made the changes mentioned here to limit HCA production, overeating is another concern and is super easy to do with BBQ'd meats.
We only need one helping off about 100g (around 3 oz) of meat to get the protein and other nutrients we get from meat. Double or triple up on your servings and you'll be overeating, which means fat gain. Also, we can't deal with large amounts of protein very well and when too much protein is consumed at one time it stresses the kidneys. Additionally the extra protein will either be lost in your urine or stored as body fat.
Keep the BBQ as a feature of your meal, but make sure that you're eating more veggies and grains/ starches than meat. Put together a tasty spinach salad and some quinoa with kidney beans and chickpeas to make your BBQ rewarding to both your palate and your health.
So extra helpings of BBQ meats really means extra body fat, stressed kidneys, and wasted protein.
Did I say enjoy your BBQ? :-)
You can, just get used to eating less and watch out for those nasty HCA's..
Meat, especially if it's well done, may increase risk of bladder cancer
Heterocyclic Amines in Cooked Meats - National Cancer Institute |
Here are my top picks for sparkling wines and Champagnes for toasting this New Year’s Eve. 100% “Grower Champagnes”, meaning these folks own their vineyards and monitor quality from vine to bottle. Yeah, you could easily run down to your big box store and snag a bottle of one of the big name brands made with grapes purchased from one of these growers, but why not just cut to the chase and drink something different, unique and delicious straight from the source? Take a look.
No, you don’t have to be in a special club to drink this, but José Michel is a member of the Club de Viticulteurs, a group of independent Champagne producers who have come together to promote the high quality of their work. The group chose José’s Vintage 2002 Brut as one of their representatives to the world of what true grower Champagne is all about. It’s a blend of 50/50 Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay from a vineyard first planted in 1929. The wine is fermented entirely in oak and then moved to bottle and disgorged according to demand. It would make a wonderful bottle for this New Year’s Eve or for one 10-20 years down the road.
Mark my words, Jacques Lassaigne will be the next highly sought after, cult Champagne producer. This is his single vineyard, old vine Chardonnay based Champagne, and it is truly something special. Unlike the bigger producers who look at the making of their wines as an industrial process (machine harvesting, quick fermentations, lots of manipulation), this is an entirely organic and natural wine, bottled without the addition of any sulfur. Grapes are harvested super-ripe, kind of like Jacques Selosse, and the wine undergoes full malolactic before being placed in new and used oak barrels to “rest” for two years. The wine is then held in bottle for another 1 to 5 years before disgorgement. In a nutshell, this is the real deal folks, the ultimate “insider” Champagne that I would happily put in a blind tasting against any of the “Tete de Cuvees” from the larger houses. Oh yeah, it costs about half the price of any of these!
There are many others that I could write about, but these are my personal favorites. May your New Year’s Eve be fun, festive and safe and I hope you take my advice to try something different this year. You won’t regret it! Pre-Cheers to 2011……..it’s gonna’ be a great year! |
Animal Adoption | Humane Society of Boulder Valley
Brighter Days Dog Rescue has dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens for adoption. Adopt a pet in Boulder, CO.
What areas in Colorado do you adopt to?We give preference to applicants who live in an area where we have SDR volunteers and support who can help our dogs with follow up if needed. These areas are Boulder, Denver (the city), Fort Collins, Winter Park, Buena Vista, Eagle/Vail, Steamboat and Glenwood/Carbondale. Applicants outside these areas can still apply but are at a disadvantage.
Bridgette joined the Humane Society of Boulder Valley in 1995 and since then has enjoyed a variety of roles. Since 2002, Bridgette has been the Director of Shelter Services with oversight of staff conducting animal assessments and transfer program coordination, as well as the team of adoption specialists who assist potential adopters in the selection of a next pet. In 2014, Bridgette assumed the additional responsibility of overseeing HSBV’s Training and Behavior department. Bridgette is responsible for the selection and appointment of animals benefitting from the Humane Society of Boulder Valley’s behavior modification programs and works closely with the Chief Shelter Veterinarian to provide clinical therapies to b-mod patients as needed. Bridgette enjoys contributing to the Humane Society of Boulder Valley’s public training class curriculum as an experienced strategist and client service enthusiast. Bridgette and her husband, Greig, own the Barking Dog Café in Lyons, Colorado and live in Longmont with their son, Landin, three dogs, and box turtles.
2015 Humane Society of Boulder Valley
There are 24 dogs looking for new homes as of Sun Jul 16 1:25am MDT
Located in Golden, provides shelter for animals that are still looking for their forever home. They have both cats and dogs as well as an assortment of small mammals such as rabbits, birds and guinea pigs. They also offer many services that your new pet will need after adoption, such as spay and neuter services, vaccinations and licensing. Their location just beyond our bubble helps expand the search for those pursuing pet adoption in Boulder, and only with a short drive (so you don’t stay outside the bubble for too long).However you end up adopting your new dog or cat, make sure that you’re prepared for the responsibilities that come with pet ownership. Dogs and cats make great companions, but they’re also animals that need care, discipline and love. Once you do fall in love with your new pet, you’ll be so glad that you took the time to search locations for pet adoption in Boulder and the surrounding area. |
What Happens When a Dad Tries to Name All the ‘Game of Thrones’ Characters
The world of Westeros from ‘Game of Thrones‘ is a big land, and it is populated by about a gazillion characters. Unless you have read the books (or, PRO-TIP, turned the captions on), it is nearly impossible to learn the names of all the people in the hit HBO show. These hilarious pictures are what happened when Redditor Sartro asked his father to name the major characters, as well as some of the minor players, from the show. Moral of the story: “King of the Guys” needs his own TV series. |
Chameleon Forums - Check out these absolutely adorable baby panther chameleons that hatched out on Christmas day!
Jan 4, 2013
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ReptileForums.net - A clutch of eggs hatched on Christmas day makes for some adorable baby skink photos as the run and climb for the first time.@ ReptileForums.net |
Henry leads Juniors to MexicoGary Acosta
Sunday, July 23 2017
Less than 11 months ago, Chaquille Henry narrowly missed out on precious metal in the Men’s Keirin when the 2016 Junior Pan Ams was hosted right here on home soil. Earlier in the tournament, the young Arima sprinter was instrumental in leading T&T to silver in the Men’s Team Sprint with compatriots Nicholas Paul (now an Elite) and Jabari Whiteman in tow. This year, Henry will be speeding into his third and final Junior Pan American Track Championships when he leads Team T&T to Guadalajara, Mexico.
The T&T delegation are scheduled to leave for the Mexican city this week. Fresh off of their Commonwealth Youth Games performances, Jabari Whiteman and Tyler Cole will leave the Bahamas and head directly to Guadalajara ahead of the contingent while the final member of the team, Kemp Orosco will leave from Trinidad. The team will be managed by Joel Browne, coached by Ashton Williams with Christopher Pitt providing his services as Team Mechanic.
The Junior Pan Ams will consist of two disciplines, Track which will take placed from the 30th July to the 4th August while the Road portion will pedal off with the Road Time Trial on the 5th and the Road Race on the 6th August. Whiteman, Cole and Orosco will fly the T&T flag in the Endurance events while Henry is the sole entrant into the Sprint and Keirin races.
Joel Browne – Manager
Ashton Williams – Coach
Christopher Pitt - Mechanic |
KEARNEY – Nebraska’s Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League is proud to announce the hiring of John Rose as their new assistant coach. Rose joins the Storm staff after being the assistant coach at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Rose has an extensive hockey resume and looks forward to joining the Storm staff. “I’m extremely excited for this new opportunity to work with Coach Rudrud and the entire Storm organization,” John stated.
Before joining the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks, Rose was the assistant coach for Mercyhurst College of the Atlantic Hockey Association during the 2006-2007 season. The previous two years, he was a volunteer assistant for Mercyhurst. During his time there, his duties included recruiting, strength and conditioning, video tape analyzing, pre-scouting opponents and practice planning.
Prior to Mercyhurst, Rose coached for a year at Wentworth Institute of Technology (Boston), a Division III program of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Northeast. The Leopards went 16-9-4 during the 2003-04 season and made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Originally from Potsdam, New York, Rose attended New England College of the ECAC East in Henniker, New Hampshire and graduated in 2003 with degrees in business administration and sport recreation management.
While at NEC, Rose was a four-year defenseman for the Pilgrims' hockey program. During his sophomore campaign (2000-01), the Pilgrims won the ECAC East championship and participated in the NCAA Division III Tournament. His senior year he played in the 2003 Division III East/West All-Star Game.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Storm Hire Rose
The Tri-City Storm have hired John Rose as their new assistant coach. Rose was previously an assistant for the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks. |
I did the Dynamo for the second time this year, this time having persuaded three friends to join. I used Louis' coach service last year, seemed much better than the 'official' ones back then, but it sounds like he has been a victim of his own success... This year we crashed at one of our group's parents' farm and took a late train back from Ipswich... |
It's an annual must-do for me now, even the weather couldn't spoil it...
#10439188, By Bi50N The cycling thread |
The Austin Independent School District is having trouble keeping police officers on staff. In fact, this year there has been three times as many officers leaving the AISD Police Department as usual. School board trustees said this isn't only a problem with the police department.
All areas of staff are seeing a high turnover this year, but trustees said they are trying to find new ways to keep staff on board amid a competitive market.
“The number one issue centers around the issues of affordability and the fact that it costs so much to live in Austin,” said Vice President of the school board Paul Saldana
The idea is to create apartments with lower rent costs for those working for the district.
“We’re also looking at lands the school district owns that's not being used for educational purposes to develop affordable housing for our employees so they can stay here,” said Saldana.
This year the number of Austin ISD staff leaving the district is more troubling than previous years and AISD police officers are working overtime or shifting beats to make up for lost employees.
“Previous years we average about 4-5 officers leaving per year. This year we've had more than that, somewhere upwards of 10-14 officers have left over the course of the year,” said Austin ISD Police Chief Eric Mendez.
Mendez said there are a few reasons why cops are choosing to transfer out of the department or sometimes the field altogether.
“Honestly, I think in today's society not that many people want to be law enforcement officers anymore,” said Mendez.
Mendez said many officers who leave AISD are transferring to other nearby law enforcement agencies that offer higher salaries.
“They’re obviously getting more money than what I can offer them and it makes a difference,” Mendez said.
Mendez said they do have several officers currently in field training to relieve those working overtime, but for two weeks there was at least one high school that had to make do with one school resource officer instead of the normal two.
“I think that we do a really good job reassigning and realigning our resources to make sure our campuses are safe every day,” Mendez said.
The district did raise salaries by 3 percent last year, and expect another 3 percent raise this year, but even that puts them on the lower end of the scale compared with nearby districts.
Austin ISD currently employs 12,000 people. On average they lose 800 teachers, 15 principals and 5 officers each year. |
CHICAGO—With the town’s murder price surging, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is anticipated to announce on Wednesday plans for the town to rent almost 1,000 extra cops.
Johnson will element plans to rent 970 cops over the following two years in a speech scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, stated Anthony Guglielmi, the police division’s chief spokesman informed News4USA.
The announcement comes as Chicago is experiencing probably the most violent yr it has seen in many years. The town has already tallied greater than 500 homicides in 2016—greater than New York and Los Angeles mixed—and greater than three,000 non-fatal shootings.
The town is on tempo to report nicely over 600 murders for 2016, a threshold it has not reached since 2003. Chicago repeatedly recorded greater than 700 murders a yr within the 1990s as gang violence, pushed by the crack-cocaine epidemic, raged.
It’s unclear how the town plans to pay for the hiring surge that will price nicely over $100 million within the first-year alone.
A spokesman for Mayor Rahm Emanuel didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The town has seen a major enhance in each violent crime statistic it tracks.
Murders are up 46% from final yr, felony sexual assaults have risen 18%, and robberies have elevated 27%, in response to police division information.
Johnson has blamed the latest surge in killings on elevated gang exercise and weak gun legal guidelines.
The surge in violence additionally comes amidst rising mistrust between Chicago’s African-American neighborhood and police division following the discharge late final yr of disturbing police dashcam video that confirmed a white police officer fatally shoot a black teen 16 occasions on a metropolis road. The court-ordered launch spurred weeks of protests in Chicago and led to the U.S. Justice Division opening a civil rights investigation of the police division’s practices.
Some regulation enforcement officers, together with FBI Director James Comey, have advised that the discharge of viral movies, together with the police video taking pictures of Laquan McDonald, could possibly be linked to the spikes in violence and could also be prompting adjustments in the best way officers are policing their cities.
Earlier this week former Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy, who was fired from his place following the discharge of the McDonald video, advised that law enforcement officials have been put in an untenable scenario.
“The world is the wrong way up proper now,” McCarthy stated in a speech earlier than the Metropolis Membership of Chicago. “The police will not be the issue on this nation. The criminals are.” |
Welcome to the Pacific Sands Beach Resort Blog where we share local stories, happenings and what matters in Tofino BC, our spectacular corner of the world.
- April 25, 2012Without question, Tofino is a favourite family vacation destination. With no shortage of things to do and explore, it can be as ADD on activities or as low-key as you need it to be. And yes, Pacific Sands is an ideal adventure hub, as ocean front as it gets, and the #1 resort on TripAdvisor for a reason. But why is it that Pacific Sands is the accommodation of choice for decades of returning families? Probably because it’s been built on family for 39 years.
- February 22, 2011March is a celebration of many things… the arrival of spring, more daylight, new blooms, and all-things-fresh. It’s when Mother Nature takes her coat off and exhales a deep, warm breath. In these parts, March is also all about whales… lots of them actually because March is when we celebrate the arrival of over 20,000 grey whales as they migrate north from the Baja Peninsula, up our coastline on their way to Alaska.
- January 11, 2011We did a bang-up job welcoming 2011 with a fireworks celebration for the record-books! The moon was shining over Cox Bay as the festive spectacle lit up the surf in a dance of colours to ooh’s and ahhh’s from the crowd. Turns out we’re not the only ones who think Pacific Sands is a magic place to bring in the New Year – travel bloggers Alex and Luke voted the resort one of the Top 3 Places in North America to Spend New Year’s Eve.
- October 26, 2010With over 50,000 gallons of Pacific oysters harvested in the region annually, Tofino has plenty to shuck and slurp about having declared November the official month to celebrate these abundantly yummy bivalves.
Oysters will take centre stage all month long at local restaurants and the Clayoquot Oyster Festival November 19 - 21.
- October 12, 2010When do you know it’s time for your family to head to the beach? a) You double book play-dates;
b) You haven’t had a mom/dad date in…?; c) You’re texting the kids in their bedrooms from the kitchen; d) Your dinner table is starting to feel like a reality TV show; or e) All of the above (?) The good news is family time is reality at Pacific Sands where quality down-time is as routine as it is downright therapeutic.
- September 23, 2010Hard to believe it’s already been a year since Tofino was in the spotlight for Canada’s first ever international surf competition. It was the 2009 O’Neill Cold Water Classic and local hero Peter Devries tore up the waves and won on home turf. Talk about making a surf statement!
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By Jacqueline Bigar
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Friends surround you, no matter what you are doing. You could be going to watch a basketball game or heading out for a drive. Unusual opportunities are likely to emerge as a result.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You might be under duress. Please note how helpful a younger person wants to be. Resist the urge to say too much.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You might want to rethink a decision more carefully. Ask yourself how the other involved parties feel, and determine what would be best for each individual.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): One-on-one relating proves rewarding and fulfilling. Your way of handling a personal matter could change as a result.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Someone clearly appreciates your time and attention. A friend or loved one wants to share more of his or her feelings. You could be surprised by what you hear.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Someone close to you tends to create uproar when you least expect it. Good will comes forward in a discussion that allows you to clear the air with this person.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You might want to get a stronger sense of what is possible regarding your ability to handle certain situations. Call upon your self-discipline to tame a tendency toward excess.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Stay close to home during the day. You might be heavily involved with a project or simply want to get some R and R.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You could be out and about doing some price comparison. An older relative or friend might have a suggestion that no one has thought of yet; think seriously about this suggestion.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Enjoy all the laughable conversations happening around you. A friend could add a very serious tone that might make you rather uncomfortable. Ask yourself what bothers you about this behavior. Coming up with the answer will be important.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take some much-needed personal time. If you want to be a couch potato, make it so. |
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Ever since I left home and pursued life and literature on my own I have kept lists: lists on paper, lists in notebooks, list on index cards, list in crude computer programs, lists in sophisticated computer programs, lists at various online list sites, lists at my own online sites, lists surrounding a weblog, weblogs surrounding lists, lists in the cloud. lists in my head. Echoing the old unix cliché: YALs.
I am always looking for interesting or intriguing books to read and I of course add them to Yet Another List. Although I may search all over the internet or scan (electronically) the stacks at several libraries, or even poke around in my own bookshelves, nowadays I generally spot new titles from sources such as Amazon. the NYT book pages, NYRB, Atomic Books, or even noticing them in the reading list of anothher online book reader or reviewer.
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We’re back with another episode of The Saturn Seal! When we last left our heroes, they had just managed to get one over on Mistress 9 due to the fact that Chibi Moon has now become SUPER Chibi Moon with the help of Hotaru’s ghost! Still, there’s the matter of General Zod on the planet below trying to break free of the barrier put up by the Outer Senshi so that he can finally take over the world for reasons that I’m sure make perfect sense to him, so that’s something they’ll have to deal with eventually though I’m still convinced this guy is kind of a pushover. I mean, a puddle? Just get some giant paper towels or a Moon Powered blow dryer! So will the Scouts’ new found source of ULTIMATE POWER be enough to stop the space tyrants once and for all? Let’s find out!!
The episode begins with the Monstrous Mistress 9 barreling towards the Scouts with everything she’s got left, though it may not be enough as Sailor Moon AND Chibi-Moon have both gone Super Sailor Guardian and are preparing to stop her in her tracks; firing off one last blast together as mother and daughter in the hopes of saving the world from certain doom. Kind of reminds me of something, but I can’t quite put my finger on it…
The attack seems to have taken its toll on Mistress 9, but as luck would have it this is the ONE TIME where a single attack does not completely obliterate the enemy. The writing is on the wall for Ms. Bad Guy though, so the only option left for her is to be absorbed by Master Pharaoh 90 whose plan is still basically that of General Zod, but is now starting to resemble The Smooze.
With the absorption of Mistress 9 in progress, General Smooze’s power continues to grow which is doing nothing to help the Outer Senshi maintain their Bell Jar of Evil Containment which is the only thing keeping him from wreaking havoc on the planet. The Inner Senshi have had enough of this bullshit, and all of them (along with Tuxedo Mask) start blasting their own variations of the Kamehameha while Super Sailor Moon and Super Chibi Moon prepare another one of the combo blasts. Unfortunately, it seems that the Inner Senshi and Tuxedo Mask have been depowered to the point of being the Krillins of this show (name ONE thing they’ve done that was useful since the appearance of Super Sailor Moon), so while I’m sure their token efforts are appreciated, they aren’t what’s gonna change this battle in their favor.
Well considering the same attack probably wasn’t gonna work twice in a row, the Super Sailor Dual Blast fails to stop General Smooze from reaching his own version of ULTIMATE POWER and he manages to break apart the barrier that the Outer Senshi have placed up. Not only that, but a mere thirty seconds of firing their attacks leaves the Inner Senshi so drained that they collapse on the spot. Okay, Super Chibi Moon does too, but she’s blasting the enemy with WAY more power than they are and she’s at least half their age! I’m willing to cut the eight year old some slack; what’s their excuse!?
General Smooze, having destroyed the barrier and defeated the other Scouts, then proceeds to cover the world in his toxic mass which doesn’t seem to do much damage (a flood would have at least knocked a few buildings down) but we can assume that whatever their doing is not good for the people of Earth… all of whom are conspicuously absent from the streets where the waves of evil are cascading, but whatever. While this is happening, a wormhole opens up in the sky that leads directly to the remnants of Krypton… I mean The Tau Star System which is the home of General Smooze and we can only assume there is gonna be an Avengers style invasion happening any minute now. The aliens aren’t coming through YET (what, were they not ready or something?) but considering all but one of the Scouts has been exhausted, I guess they can invade the planet at their leisure. On the brink of losing all hope, Super Sailor Moon (shouldn’t she back to REGULAR Sailor Moon since the other Scouts seem to have been tapped out?) is given a sign as the clouds part and the moon is staring right back at her; giving her the strength to move forward and kick some intergalactic tyrant ass! She summons forth the Holy Grail again, and dive bombs directly into the muck below which I guess is supposed to read as a sacrificial gesture considering we get agape reaction shots of all the Scouts, but I’m ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that she’ll be fine.
I get what they’re doing here and I think it’s done well, except that I don’t buy that the plan here is supposed to be her willing to die to save the world. Maybe if they had explained what she was doing by diving into the mass (which we haven’t had any indication is deadly to the touch) or if this is some technique that was brought up at an earlier time so that it’s clearer that what we’re seeing is her doing something that she thinks she’s not going to walk away from. Just a line or something from a previous episode where one of the Outer Senshi tells her not to ever summon the Holy Grail after becoming Super Sailor Moon as she would grow stronger momentarily, but then it would eat her away from the inside. You can’t have the PAYOFF if you don’t PLANT the idea first.
Everyone has their sad moment here as they begin to mourn the loss of Sailor Moon, but then the Outer Senshi’s talismans start to glow and shoot energy beams into the sky. The energy beams seem to be having a reaction on General Smooze as a ball of light starts rising from the mass within. The light dissipates to NOT reveal Sailor Moon, but to instead reveal none other than Sailor Saturn, which is impressive considering that not only was her body torn to shreds, I’m also pretty sure her ghost died as well in the last episode.
So I guess the Outer Senshi involuntarily summoned her and therefore have brought about the apocalypse on this world. I mean… it’s not like the Scouts have a BETTER plan. Usagi hasn’t come up for air yet, and General Smooze has managed to engulf the entire planet in his dark energy already. Then again, it’s very clear that Sailor Saturn can kick this goop’s ass with barely a second thought, as she proceeds to do just that while monologuing to herself about how crappy Hotaru’s life was and how she should have died all those years ago, and blah blah blah, which begs the question of why do they even NEED an apocalypse if she’s already got the situation in hand?
The monologue by the way isn’t all that great. She seems particularly peeved at the idea that Daddy Frankenstein spared both hers and Hotaru’s life (Saturn so far seems to be the Scout with the biggest disconnect between her human self and the released guardian spirit) due to the MAD SCIENCE OF ROBOTICS! Okay, quiz time. How many vital organs are in the limbs? The answer is NONE!! What part of giving her robo arms and legs is cheating death then? Maybe she had more extensive pieces thrown into her that we can’t see like a steam powered heart or a cyborg pancreas. Well if we’re going down THAT route, why don’t we start ripping pace makers out of peoples’ chests, or banning open heart surgery? If the Moon God wanted them to live, they wouldn’t have given them a heart attack in the first place! Yeah, Sailor Saturn is just a straight up drama queen, which I guess is to be expected considering her one job is to kill everything, but that doesn’t make her any more likable.
Anyway, Sailor Saturn is about to nuke the planet along with General Smooze with her Scythe of Doom or whatever, and the other Scouts are powerless to stop her… or at least assume they are. I think Uranus yells at her one time but that’s about all the resistance they can muster when faced with certain doom. Okay, I don’t KNOW if its certain doom as she wouldn’t have been summoned without a reason (plus Silver Millennium is already on the path of reviving itself), but the Scouts all seem to think its certain doom. If that’s the case though, then why don’t they do something about it!?
The plea for mercy from Uranus falls on deaf ears sadly enough, and Saturn begins to power up her weapon for the final attack which will save the planet from General Smooze by wiping out everything (seems a bit counter-intuitive, but whatever) and the episode ends just as she’s about to unleash the full power of the apocalypse yet again… which you’d think would be redundant. I mean, how many apocalypses can you have before the term becomes meaningless?
This is the episode I though the last episode was going to be which sadly means that this one is not as good. While the last one had an interesting conflict sandwiched in the middle of it between Mistress 9 and Phantom Hotaru, this one doesn’t seem to have that much interest in making Master Pharaoh 90 nearly as compelling. All the Big Bads in this show so far have ended up as non-corporeal masses of pure evil, which as we learned from Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer and Green Lantern is rarely an effective form for a compelling villain. Hell, the we’ve already managed to make fun of this trope and bury it for good back in The Fifth Element, yet people haven’t seemed to have learned that lesson yet! True, the source material this show is drawing from was written in the nineties (before The Fifth Element), but this is the kind of risk you run when you try to make a note for note faithful adaptation. On top of that, it’s a pretty light episode all the way through with not a lot happening but all of it done with a large amount of reverence and import; Sailor Moon’s sacrificial gesture which will presumably pay off in the next episode and Sailor Saturn’s awakening with minutes long aside to the audience about stuff we already knew being the two biggest examples of that. Scenes like this may have been executed fine, but what led up to these scenes and the content within them isn’t exactly enthralling. I already mentioned that Sailor Moon’s sacrifice felt rushed and unceremonious which is still true, and the fact that Hotaru doesn’t talk to anyone but herself for the entire time she’s on screen only distances herself further from the rest of the characters and made it that much harder to care about what she was doing and why she was doing it. We’ll have to wait until next time to find out what her plan is, but I’m guessing there’s a Beerus loophole in here somewhere (she’ll destroy Earth, just not very much of it). That, or sailor Moon is gonna grab that Scythe of hers and bonk her on the head with it for being such a jerk. Either way, we’ll have to wait until next week to find out! As for this episode, it’s still a solid entry as plenty of stuff is happening and the show isn’t spinning its wheels like it did for long stretches of the rest of the season, but it’s disappointing that the surprisingly good episode we got last time turned out to be an aberration than the start of a trend.
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As a follow-up to last week's story about two uncharted military operations areas (MOAs) in southeastern Indiana, the FAA has issued a circular to inform pilots. Download the document from AOPA Online. AOPA had pushed the FAA to properly notify general aviation pilots because of the potential safety issues. The two MOAs, JPG and Racer, lie to the west of Cincinnati's Class B airspace and will be located mostly within the area between Franklin Flying Field, Salem, Madison Municipal, and Greensburg-Decatur County airports. AOPA was concerned that military activity might begin before the MOAs are charted.
July 21, 2006 |
I know you've been waiting anxiously for this, so here's the finale of the homemade jerky extravaganza!!! So you've marinated your beef overnight and it's getting nice and flavorful. The jerky you see below marinated overnight before I drained it and made the final prep for the dehydrator.
Drain the beef thoroughly and remove any remaining moisture by placing the individual pieces on a double thick paper towel. I lay mine out in rows and then roll them up so the paper towel pulls off the moisture on both sides. Feel free to press firmly with your hands when you roll, beef can take a little man-handling.
Keep following the recipe...
Once you're dried every piece thoroughly and loaded your dehydrator, it's time to get cooking. Well, not cooking, we're drying! Now, my dehydrator only goes on and off so the way to regulate temperature is by opening or closing vents on the top and bottom. I leave my vents at half and half so that most of the heat from the coil in the bottom is retained, but there's still space for moisture to vent. I highly recommend you consult the manual for your dehydrator before determining the temperature and duration for drying your jerky as it can vary greatly.
|The top half of my dehydrator has apples and orange slices, while I put the more "wet" jerky on the lower trays|
Vents half-open, I left my jerky for about 6 hours before checking it. The great thing about using a consistently low temperature dehydrator is you don't have to worry about the temperature or moisture level changing as long as you leave it alone. There are recipes for using an oven at 200 degrees but honestly I think that's too high to achieve great jerky results. It cooks faster than it dries and it's easier to burn as a result.
After 6 hours most of my jerky was done to perfection. About a third of the thicker pieces still needed some time, so I left them in for a few more hours. When you're not sure about how long your jerky will take, just check it every hour or do and do a doneness* test.
How to know doneness of your jerky:
- Meat has turned a dark brown/black color
- There are no "shiny" spots on the meat, that is, the fat has thoroughly melted into the meat and any moisture has evaporated
- It's crunchy - bite into it, does it taste like jerky? That's always a good sign :)
Here's a pic of some of my finished jerky. Overall I spent about $5 on my jerky meat and got about one and half times the amount of meat in a typical $7 - $10 bag of store bought jerky. Hands on time was probably 25 minutes overall, as most of the work is inactive while it marinates and then dries.
I thoroughly recommend investing in a dehydrator and trying out this yummy jerky recipe. Your friends will think you're so cool.
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I am pleased to welcome you to the 12th World Congress of International Society for Apheresis (ISFA), in conjunction with the 40th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Apheresis (JSFA), which will take place in Kyoto, Japan October 17th - 20th in 2019.
ISFA is the unique international society for apheresis mainly composed of individual members. It was founded in 1996 to disseminate the most up-to-date apheresis technologies and their clinical applications. Almost 500 members from all over the world have joined us today.
ISFA’s congress is to be held biennially, and the venue is to be arranged in the region of America, Europe, or Pan-Pacific in rotation. This will be the second ISFA congress held in Kyoto, following the 1st World Congress of ISFA in 1996. It is my profound pleasure and great honor to host ISFA 2019 back again in Kyoto, which reminds us the memorable 1st ISFA Congress.
JSFA had originally started as Japanese Society for Therapeutic Plasmapheresis (the predecessor of JSFA) in 1982. JSFA was established based on it in 1992, and it has evolved into a big society with more than 1,600 members ever since.
Being held at the same time, ISFA 2019 & JSFA 2019 must become a historic meeting. This congress will serve as a springboard again and strongly contribute the remarkable and world-wide advancement of apheresis in both scientific and clinical fields.
You can participate in very active discussions and cutting edge lectures by the world-famous scientists, physician, clinical engineers and nurses. Or you can just look to see how other professionals deal with the critical cases of apheresis. This congress promises to become a useful opportunity for you to encounter the up-to-date technologies of apheresis.
Kyoto is famous for wonderful historic scenery with traditional architecture and beautiful nature of more than 1200 years. It has 17 UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites and over 2,000 temples and shrines.
Many of the tourist cities are easily accessible from Kyoto, because it is located at the main traffic point and at the geographic center of Japan. You can get any places in Japan by trains or aircrafts within a couple of hours.
I am very excited to see you from every part of the world and to welcome you to FANTASTIC KYOTO.
Yoshihiro Endo, MD, PhD.
President, Congress President
International Society for Apheresis (ISFA)
Congress President, Japanese Society for Apheresis (JSFA)
is coming up
on 17-20 Oct 2019
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Domestic pharma major, Cipla announced its first quarter FY04 results recently. While the company has posted a 13% increase in the topline, a marginal drop in the operating efficiency has restricted the company's bottomline growth at 11%. Let us briefly evaluate the performance of the company during 1QFY04.
Operating Profit (EBDIT)
Operating Profit Margin (%)
Profit before Tax
Profit after Tax/(Loss)
Net profit margin (%)
No. of Shares (m)
Earnings per share*
Current P/e ratio
Cipla recorded a healthy growth in the net sales. However, a 25% rise in the raw material expense has affected the margins of the company. Raw material cost as a percentage of sales has gone up from 44% in 1QFY03 to 49% in the current quarter. This was primarily due to the change in the product mix of the company. Depreciation charges were also on the higher side on account of provision being made for the second phase of the Goa unit, which commenced commercial production during the quarter under review. Other income increased due to higher export benefits received during the current quarter. A drop in operating profit margins, sharp rise in the interest cost and a drop in the tax provisions on account of Sec 80I benefits have resulted in Cipla registering an 11% rise in net profits. Let us now study the revenue break up of the company.
Other operating income
A close examination of the revenues indicates that although the export of formulations saw a steep rise, bulk drugs exports registered a sharp decline. This was on account of postponement of purchases by customers due to delay in patent rulings. On the domestic front, Cipla managed to outperform the industry with strong performance in the anti-biotic, anti-asthmatics and anti-hypertensives segments. The company has launched ‘Tiotropium’, a dry powder inhaler in the anti-asthma segment during the current quarter. Exports of formulations have seen a 74% growth. The growth was fuelled by good performance in the anti-AIDS segment.
Cipla has indicated that the export of CFC - free inhalers to Europe will commence as soon as the required regulatory approvals are received. However, the company has refused to give a time frame within which it expects to receive the requisite approval.
At Rs 807, Cipla is trading at a P/E of 18x its 1QFY04 earnings. Given the company’s ability to outperform in the domestic markets and the likely approval for export of CFC - free inhalers, the prospects of the company seem bright. However, delay in regulatory approval for products for which Cipla is the bulk drugs supplier and the uncertainty in respect of DPCO remain a cause for concern.
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Now when most of us think of history, we may feel a yawn coming on, but when it comes to the history of fashion; things get a little more interesting. As most things in history, fashion repeats itself.
The use of glasses and sunglasses started a lot sooner than we may think. Monocles were not the beginning (shocking as it may be) and the invention of them was a whopping 700 years ago!
So lets take a look at the top lenses from the past, that are still in style today.
But let’s start just a little bit after that, with pince-nez in the early 1900’s. These were made to stay up by pinching your nose (sounds uncomfortable), but were quite the fashion statement for the visually challenged. They were not considered a fashion accessory just yet though.
Get a fashionista worthy air of old world sophistication with a pince-nez reminiscent style here.
They’ll make the bridge of your nose look smaller as an added plus.
Now in the mid 20th century, things started to get a little bit more interesting, as fashion became influenced by Hollywood icons, not unlike it is today.
Round horn rimmed glasses were all the rage. Square jawed people everywhere rejoice, this trend has definitely found it’s way back to the modern day.
Get it while it’s hot:
The age of the cat eye (sunglasses and eyeliner) came along with The Beatles and the swingin’ sixties, and a bit more freedom to express yourself through personal style. The norm was glamorous gals in pleated skirts or dresses and polka dotted everything (even the eyewear) and chaps in their trilbys and striped suits. Bring back a little glamour of your own:
Loud & Proud
The disco era was funky and feverish, but among all the sequins, spandex and bell bottom jeans was a certain amount of class (or bohemian love, depending on your chosen tastes).
Grab a trench coat and some oversized sunglasses and you would have fit right in. Get a modern day twist below.
Big hair, big dreams, and bold prints were just a few eighties must haves. Bring back a pretty ruffle or a denim on denim look along with a pair of larger than life aviators, obviously! (Let’s leave those Mohawks and shoulder pads in the past though).
We are all for a little nineties grunge, edgy makeup, choppy hairstyles, the spice girls look, boy band obsessions, platform shoes you could fall off of, bare midriffs and tiny sunnies in predominantly rectangular shapes.
Go full on boy band groupie with a pair here:
The millennium brought on metallics, lingerie inspired slinky tops, and emo everything.
Avril Lavigne-like colorful tips and messy hair, while ties over T-shirts were a thing of legends. Oval eyewear and too many chunky bracelets were the accessory of choice for many. Get your very own old school pair here:
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Spa Marvel is now at America’s SPA-MART! There are a lot of benefits attributed to If you are chemically intolerant to traditional spa treatments that cause rashes, itching or respiratory reactions, or you have trouble getting the chemicals in your hot tub “just right” on a daily or weekly basis, Spa Marvel is EXACTLY what you need. It even allows you travel for days, weeks or months at a time without the worry of keeping up regular chemical spa maintenance!
To treat your tub (up to 500 gallons – 2000 liters) just put one bottle of Spa Marvel in the water. It will last 3 months when used on a regular basis. Then after the initial application of Spa Marvel to your water, all you have to do is add another bottle every three months and you could go a year without having to change your water…pretty cool. Of course you can change the water as often as you would like, but it is not necessary.
The key to this marvel is the concept of using plant extract for the enzymes that actually remove the food and organic matter on which the bacteria live. This process is how some lakes and large aquariums are maintained without using large amount of caustic chemicals like chlorine and bromine.
Let’s look at this process a different way: Bacteria is what causes the cavities in your teeth.
It happens like this: The food you eat combines with your saliva and that makes sugar that sticks to your teeth. This sugar is the food the bacteria needs to keep living. When you remove the bacteria’s food source (the sugar) the bacteria will die and you will not get cavities. Instead of brushing your teeth you could rinse your mouth with chlorine to kill the bacteria, but is not practical or safe. So essentially, Spa Marvel is a major factor in removing the food bacteria needs to live in your tub by using plant extracted enzymes. Spa Marvel is not a sanitizer so it is important to use a little bit of chlorine (we recommend a tsp per bather) each time you use your spa. Unfortunately for those of you looking for a completely chemical-free hot tub, there is no safe water care program that doesn’t include at least a small regimen of a fast-acting sanitizer.
Here is just some of the benefits of Spa Marvel:
- Helps maintain alkalinity and pH, so you don’t constantly test and add adjusting products
- Prevents scale buildup from occurring, so that you don’t need to use stain and scale control products.
- Descales deep-seated buildup that can accumulate over time from regular use, especially in hard-water areas, resulting in stronger jets, quieter pumps, more efficient heaters and overall greater longevity of your equipment.
- Scum and hard-water rings are prevented from occurring around the edge of the tub.
- Foam is eliminated in a few hours, so you don’t need defoaming agents.
- No odor, so you won’t need to shower, or want to when you get out of the tub.
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The trial of athlete Oscar Pistorius has been postponed due to a mystery illness picked up by one of the case’s judicial assessors. Just minutes after Pistorius arrived at court to begin the first day of his defence; Judge Thokozile Masipa cancelled proceedings with the intention of resuming them on April 7. The South African-born former sprinter, dubbed “Blade Runner” because of his necessary use of prosthetic legs, is being tried over the death of model Reeva Steenkamp, whom he shot dead in his bathroom on Valentine’s Day 2013.
As the courtroom began to fill up with officials, lawyers and the defendant himself, Masipa relayed her decision to call a halt for the day on account of the fact the one of her assessors had been hospitalised after becoming sick. As there are no juries in South African court cases, Pistorius’ fate is to be decided by the judge herself with the assistance of two judicial assessors that she has appointed. The absence of one means that the court would not be properly constituted and hearings could no longer fairly commence.
It is understood that Janet Hezen-Du Toit is the ailed assessor; with no one else involved (including second assessor Themba Mazibuko) becoming afflicted.
Before the killing, Oscar Pistorius was one of South Africa’s most admired sons. Having been a prolific Paralympic athlete, he attempted to race at the able-bodied 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, missing out on 400m qualification by 0.70 seconds. In 2012, he became the first ever amputee runner to compete at the Olympic Games, finishing second in the heats to advance to the semi-finals where he came last with a time of 46.54 seconds.
On February 14, 2013, Oscar Pistorius shot and killed then girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through the locked door to his bathroom, claiming to have mistaken her for an intruder. Should his trial not have been postponed due to the mystery illness on Friday, it was expected that Pistorius would have taken the stand to testify about the shooting.
Overall proceedings commenced on March 3, with witnesses testifying to hearing arguing from his apartment on the night Steenkamp was killed, followed by a woman’s screams and gunshots. During the cross-examination of these witnesses, the defence team (headed by lawyer Barry Roux) attempted to establish that the screams heard were in fact those of Pistorius himself calling for help after the incident had occurred.
On the sixth day of the trial, Pistorius vomited several times during the testimony of pathologist Gert Saayman, who graphically described injuries sustained by Steenkamp on the night of her death. So far, this testimony is the only portion of the case that hasn’t been broadcast live on television, after Judge Masipa agreed that its content was unsuitable for coverage on any media outlet (with specific reference to Twitter).
With it being decided that the trial should be postponed until April 7 due to the mystery illness, what was originally planned by the defence as an opportunity for Oscar Pistorius to provide verbal evidence in support of his innocence has turned into an agonizing wait to get back into the courtroom to clear the name of whom they believe to be an innocent man.
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The rules for entering Hungary, and for obtaining a residence permit here, differ according to where you are from. There are three categories of countries to consider: EU/EEA members states, “visa free” countries, and countries with visa obligations. Remember that if you are required to obtain a visa, then you must allot adequate time to do so—the process can be lengthy, depending on where you are from, so be sure to give yourself adequate time.
The Housing Services Office of College International is located in Room 202 and is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. This office is charged with providing information to students throughout the semester about available housing—apartments, rooms to rent, etc.—within Budapest. If sometime during the semester you want or need to move, the staff will help you find another place by arranging appointments for you to see a flat. If needed, an English-speaking Hungarian student will be available to go with you to speak with the owner.
The campus of McDaniel College Budapest is in Budapest’s VII District, within easy reach of subway, bus, trolley, and train lines. The Budapest transportation authority has a route planner to help you with your travels. The address of the school is:
Tuition costs are divided into two half-year billings, each due prior to registration for classes at the beginning of the semester. The exact fee depends on your year and your eligibility for our tuition reduction program. Payment can be made by bank transfer in EUR to the bank account of McDaniel College Budapest or by cash payment in person at any MKB Bank branch office.
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Note: The transfer sheet should include the name of the student as it is recorded in the passport and the remark “McDaniel.” Personal checks and money orders are not accepted. Please note that commission charges should be paid by the student and that the above mentioned net amounts should arrive at the McDaniel account.
The sine qua non of the American higher education system is flexibility. Although you can declare a major when you are admitted to McDaniel College and many students do, you are not required to do so immediately. You have up to two years to gain familiarity with different major programs, and then make up your mind. That said, you will need ultimately to make that decision. Here are some pointers for doing so.
Your first semester here, you choose courses the Friday before classes begin, with either the Director of Administrative Affairs or the Director of Academic Affairs. For all subsequent semesters, you will sit down with your appointed academic advisor (your advisor depends on your major), and choose courses—for Spring courses, this meeting takes place the previous November, for Fall courses, this meeting takes place the previous April.
When choosing courses, it is best to aim for a balance between major courses and courses that fulfill general education requirements.
Upon your arrival in Budapest, you will find many chances to meet people, most especially, of course, other students. Here are some examples.
Once you’re started at McDaniel College Budapest, you’ll need to refuel during the lunchbreak (11:45am-12:30pm) with something to eat. Some students bring a lunch, and heat it in a microwave provided for the students. Others look to buy lunch at a number of locations:
A variety of foods and snacks are available in the cafeteria, which is located in the basement. The cafeteria opens at 8:30 a.m., at which time service includes sandwiches, pastries, and hot and cold drinks. Hot dishes are served from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The cafeteria closes at 4 p.m, Monday-Thursday, and 12pm, Friday.
Another option is provided by the cafeteria of the Veterinary University, which is cadder corner to the McDaniel campus. Building four houses the cafeteria (the same building in which the basketball gymnasium is found), and it offers hearty Hungarian options at good prices.
In the neighborhood, you will find other options on Bethlen Gábor utca, Istvan utca, and Nefelejcs utca.
Budapest has a comprehensive and excellent value public transport system that reaches even the remotest corners of the city with regular frequency whether by underground, suburban trains, trams, buses or trolley buses. The city’s fourth metro line (M4) opened in spring 2014 and it can be accessed very close to McDaniel College Budapest, as can the M2 line, both at Keleti Station, which is also the Budapest’s main train station.
Click on the following link to plan your route: BKK Futar. |
Two wood satyr butterflies careen through the yard, the dark pages of their wings marked with yellow Os. A blue dragonfly circles the house.
The female chickadee perches motionless in the mouth of the den. The male gives her an inchworm and she sits holding it for half a minute.
It’s hot. A firefly lands on the shady side of the white railing, antennae moving rapidly as if assessing a new, poor substitute for night.
The hollow tock of a chipmunk calling from within the rock wall. A chickadee perched atop the stump opens his wings wide to shake off rain.
Three deer graze in the meadow, ears and tails flapping to keep off the flies. From the valley, a steam locomotive’s lonesome wail.
The Baltimore oriole flies from treetop to treetop, laying claim to the yard. A lone chimney swift cuts arabesques in the cobalt blue sky.
Two Carolina wren fledglings in the cedar—small balls of fluff. A cerulean warbler flies in to peer at me, the cause of so much scolding. |
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The Gloktigi is large squid-like species. They are a part of the Octigi family. The Oktigi, Mr. Sekto used two cybernetic enhanced Gloktigi in a failed attempt to defeat the Stranger in Stranger's Wrath.
Anatomy and Physiology Edit
The Gloktigi are large, slate gray skinned, aquatic creatures that are known to inhabit various aquatic locations in Oddworld (most notably Western Mudos). Their bodies consists of a pair of large arms each of which feature three long claws. The head takes up a majority of the Gloktigi's body. The head of the Gloktigi consists of a large cranium with a small curled tail, a small pair of ruby/crimson eyes, as well as six tentacle-like mandibles protruding from its mouth. The Gloktigi as well as every known member of the Octigi family possess massive sack-like craniums which contain a majority of their vital organs along with their fairly massive brains. The physical immensity of their brains display their mental prowess above other life forms that they encounter. By instinct, the Gloktigi use their long claws to both traverse on surfaces and to attack predators and prey.They are able to spit out a luminous web capable of wrapping itself around a victim like a Bolamite before climbing onto the victim and impaling them with its large claws. Gloktigi can also use a transversal power to shift across the world in a spectral form much like a ghost. |
Monday, 21 December 2009
I was getting a bit bored of my period of enforced hibernation by the middle of last week. December was grey and nothing was happening. Then, on Thursday, it snowed, and suddenly life was exciting again. Wrapped up warmly, I felt like an intrepid adventurer walking up the road to work. Putting on ski gear to go to the shops didn't seem unreasonable.
In fact, it didn't actually snow all that much, but the Ile de France is a bit like the south of England, where two inches of snow can bring the country to a standstill. It even managed to slow the French drivers down. Walking, on the other hand, was a treat. The snow fell swiftly, creating a layer of thick, soft, white powder. Kids were making snowmen and having snowball fights and suddenly it felt like Christmas.
Then, on Saturday, I had to come back to Scotland. Despite the fact that the country had more pressing issues to confront than just how cushy a deal train drivers should get, the RER A was still on strike, buses were delayed everywhere because of the snow, British Airways was threatening industrial action, airports were closing all over Europe and five Eurostar trains were stuck in the tunnel. It should have been a terrible day to travel, but in fact I was lucky. The RER got me to the airport in under 2 hours and EasyJet flew me from Charles de Gaulle without a hitch. |
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News: OIL ... Go Jeep! ... GOOGLE ...
* Phelps up to three Golds ... and US Basketball squeaks by the Greeks.
* Why immigratin must not be unrestricted
* More thoughts on the massive troop 're-deployment' ... calling lots of people back home, lots of them coming from Germany
* Kerry is SO gay - flies his hairdresser from DC to Oregon for a touch up ... has bounced her around twice now. Very thrifty! (ahem) ... Kerry also gives relationship advice ... probably wants us to be more sensitive, especially against terrorists.
* Looters start up ... thanks Charley! ... Charley-induced lay offs, price gouging ... and Charlie is the 2nd most expensive natural disaster in modern history
* In the ongoing saga of Google screwing their IPO up - now they may not have enough bidders ... UPDATE: IPO delayed due to lack of SEC approval
* One hell of a RNG
* No more hay fever?
* Army to start withholding 15% of payments from Haliburton!
* A sexy male make the female a better mother ... that's why Becky is the best mom in the world!
* Politicians have the right to lie
* Golden Palace . com ... invades Olympics.
* A new way to make an optical switch!
* '20 tips for Watertight Security'
* Cosmic Rays causing global warming ... or atleast impacting it? ... might be too late for Cali's wine industry
* Why Black Holes spout off
* Cement shortage?
* Stocks up, oil down ... actually, it is back up over $46/barrel now :( ... and it got closer to $47!. DAMMIT.
* Origins ... interesting, misc. science stuff
* 50% of high school kids are getting it on
* AM radio causing Leukemia?
* New Rubles harder than old Rubles to counterfeit, the old ones were already harder to copy than the NEW US $
* SBVFT raised another $400k - so the Anti-Kerry War issues just won't go away ... then again, if Kerry would quit bringing it up it would be easier to drop ;)
* Anarchists against Bush
* 22+ year old Jeep saves H2!
* Foreclosures on homes going up ... people spending beyond their means.
* FLA strikes down school vouchers - because they aren't thinking clearly
* Socialism is evil
* The War on Poverty ... and all of its misguided attempts at ending poverty, only to cement it in our society. Damn liberals. Also, an interview with Thomas Sowell
* Fair Tax - proponents of 'consumption tax'
* Review of enterprise 802.11g WAPs
* Mary-Kate and Ashley fused into one conjoined twin
* Dick Cheney denies being dead
* 'f*ck off'
* MS rewrites the rules of Haiku
sheep--> you are in a race.. and you pass the person who is running second, what position are you now?
sheep--> heh ... my dad caught be off guard and i said first
sheep--> he laughed in my face
sheep--> i got pwned by my dad
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Skip to comments.Baucus Lamely Claims He Wasn't Loaded
Posted on 12/29/2009 10:37:55 AM PST by jazusamo
Sen. Max Baucus' office Monday denounced a widely viewed Internet video that suggested Baucus was drunk on the Senate floor last week, calling it an "untrue, personal smear" designed to attack Democrats health-care reform legislation.
"This is beyond the pale, and this type of gutter politics has no place in the public sphere," said Baucus spokesman Ty Matsdorf.
How can unedited CSPAN footage of Senate proceedings posted on YouTube comprise a smear? Any reasonable person viewing the clip would conclude that Baucus was drunk or had something else wrong with him. Baucus' office did not assert that he was experiencing some other problem, like fatigue or a medical condition.
The Billings Gazette, along with the Great Falls Tribune, both reported that the YouTube video was posted anonymously, as if Baucus was somehow the target of an unfair attack. I guess they assume that their readers dont know how YouTube or the internet work, and that CSPAN is no longer a credible source for U.S. Senate proceedings.
If these newspapers wanted to cite someone who would accuse Baucus of being drunk on the record, they should have called me.
Some Baucus defenders have theorized that he was just tired from putting in all the long hours on health care. Tired people slow down when they speak and have trouble finding the right, and sometimes obvious, word.
Fatigue is not evident in the CSPAN clip. In fact, Baucus speaks at a rapid clip, resulting in slurring of words. He also demonstrates the false bravado and jerky gesticulations that come not from lack of sleep but from alcohol.
By claiming a smear and a slander, we think Baucus protests too much. It is also hard to take seriously anything said by his spokesman Ty Matsdorf . This is the same staffer who dutifully claimed that Melodee Hanes, Baucus current live-in girlfriend, was acting in her official capacity as a Senate staffer when she met with a divorce lawyer to plan Baucus divorce months before Baucus had even discussed divorce with his wife.
OK then. It is OK to mention it in the private sphere?
HaHaHaHaHa. Making him explain and deny is delicious!
I believe mostly everything I SEE and some of what I hear! I saw him, in what looked like, a drunken stooper. What with the wobbling and slurred speech, I find it highly unlikely that he was sober! 8 martini lunch?
“Where’s, where’s the courage?”
Apparently in his bottle.
He’s right. He wasn’t DRUNK. The video made it clear: HE WAS S**TFACED!
Drinking out of remorse for screwing 300 million people?
Maybe 4 double martini lunch? :-)
That says it better.
“I not as think as you drunk I am.”
Ha, ha, ha!
What an ass this guy made of himself. He is a drunken disgrace. I hope they use the footage to “smear” him in the ad for the candidate running against him for US Senate.
They ran interference for that fat drunken blob from Massachusetts for most of my life. They are better than good at it.
“Whurr isda currage...?” Bauchus stammers. “I got mine outta dis bottle, right here unner my dusk...my desk...”.
I’ll never forget Ted when he had to take the stand in his nephew’s rape trial, he was irate. The two of them had been bar hopping and the enemedia couldn’t spin that.
Max Budweiser Baucus: "I swear to drunk, I wasn't God"
Every thing Max knows he learned from Teddy, so why would his drinking habits be any different that that old Flubber from Mass??
How can you be “loaded” when you are operating with half a deck?
He was either drunk on alkeehole or power. I say both.
Frunk as duck
Maybe he was high on pot.
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Your editorial and article about Alzheimer's was disturbing, and not just because I'm part of the aging baby-boomer generation who worries every time I misplace my keys. What's disturbing is that, because there's no cure, the focus of the Alzheimer's Association is on "the five major areas of concern: caregiver support, diagnosis, treatment and care coordination, public-health safety and awareness, and quality of care."
And, of course, there's all the money going to research for a cure. But what about prevention? The Alzheimer's Association says that's not possible, but the past several years have seen an explosion of research indicating that a lot of the damage that we do to ourselves by smoking, bad eating and inadequate physical activity can increase the Alzheimer's risk by a tremendous amount. Studies have shown changing that, even later in life, can make a big difference, particularly the smoking part.
So while saying nobody knows the origins or the cure of Alzheimer's may free us from individual responsibility for our own health problems, it's costing all of us huge amounts of money to control and find a cure for a disease we can prevent or mitigate through self-control. You owe it to your readers to get the other side of the story -- the one not told by the medical establishment. |
The Sharper Image
- By Jenny Blair, M.D.
Researchers from across the region come to the Microscopy Imaging Center, the only place in Vermont to find a wide collection of leading-edge instruments that open windows on the hidden “nanoworld” around us.
Few mosquitoes meet their end this way: gilded, mounted on a pedestal, and entombed in a vacuum chamber. Michelle von Turkovich, a research technician in the Department of Pathology, has prepared and dried this mosquito, then placed it in a sputter coat machine, which covers every crevice of the creature with a thin layer of gold and silvery-white palladium. After sputter coating, the mosquito looks something like Han Solo in carbonite. She slides fly and pedestal into the cylindrical body of the scanning electron microscope, switches on the vacuum, and takes hold of a dial. That’s when things get wondrous.
“I think of it like landing on the surface of Mars,” she says, twirling the dial. We focus down on the creature, then zoom in closer. Legs, hairs, a compound eye, all in opaque and ghostly gray. Closer. A carpet of fine hairs pops into view on what had looked like a smooth body. Closer, up to one hair, which reveals a subtle ribbed texture.
The scanning electron microscope (SEM) that von Turkovich pilots is one of ten advanced microscopy systems available to researchers at the UVM Microscopy Imaging Center (MIC), a facility that has benefited from millions of dollars worth of equipment upgrades in just the last few years. Headed by Professor of Pathology Douglas J. Taatjes, Ph.D., the MIC is a core facility of the College of Medicine, but it serves science and engineering departments all over the University as well as researchers from Middlebury College and nearby companies such as General Dynamics. “Because the cost of even a single advanced microscope can be prohibitive, they come to use equipment...that may not find its way into a single investigator’s laboratory,” says Taatjes. MIC staff first train researchers on the use of the equipment, which allows them to examine a wide range of experimental objects — everything from live cells to asbestos crystals to shrapnel. In addition to experienced scientists and physicians, some of those researchers are still in high school: participants in the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont collected the mosquitoes that were later sputtercoated and placed in the SEM, and they learned how to use the instrument from von Turkovich. “They left here in awe,” she recalled of the most recent class.
A fleet of scopes
Like the SEM, most of the imaging center’s fleet of microscopes are not the glass-slide-and-coverslip kind familiar to decades of students. The classical light microscope has its limitations, offering at best about a 200-nanometer resolution due to the fundamental properties of visible light. But there are ways around that barrier. For example, instead of visible light, the SEM bounces electrons off the specimen. The center’s transmission electron microscope (TEM) sends electrons straight through a sample, while the atomic force microscope physically probes the specimen to map out its topography. The electric cell-substrate impedance sensing system isn’t a microscope, but it provides submicroscopic information. The system cultures live cells on a slide that contains gold electrodes; these measure changes in a cell’s electrical processes, which allows a researcher to examine their physiology in real time — a little like checking an EKG on a patient in the clinic.
Then there is the confocal laser scanning microscope, which allows researchers to focus on an object at a specific depth, without interference from foreground or background. Like an advanced CT scanner, it “sees” deep into specimens and captures images of individual planes; researchers can opt to create three-dimensional reconstructions with imaging software. And like a CT scanner, it can examine live tissues and organisms — no slicing or fixation required.
The confocal microscope is central to Professor of Neurology Helene Langevin, M.D.’s research. Langevin studies connective tissue, the substance that fills the spaces between muscles, nerves, and other types of tissue. Connective tissue, which hitherto has been the subject of relatively little research, is difficult to slice into thin sections, as it tends to shear. “The confocal microscope allows you to look at the whole sample without cutting it, and it allows you to take optical sections,” she says; it also enables her to study how live connective tissue reacts over several minutes while being stretched. This is a key component of her research into acupuncture, in which she studies the possible effects caused by stretching of tissue around the needle insertion point. “We couldn’t do this research without the Microscopy Imaging Center,” Langevin says.
Professor of Chemistry Christopher Landry, Ph.D., a specialist in materials chemistry, has relied on the MIC for research into new systems of drug delivery he conducts in association with Professor of Pathology Brooke Mossman, Ph.D.’77. Landry and Mossman synthesize hollow, microscopic, silica spheres whose shells are full of holes, like a Wiffle ball. Guided by antibodies, the spheres carry chemotherapy drugs to tumors, releasing their cargo inside tumor cells soon after their arrival. Because it targets only problem cells, Landry and Mossman’s technique could allow for much lower doses of chemotherapeutic medications, many of which are more toxic in higher doses. On one study that involved students, the group used the confocal and transmission electron microscopes to prove that the spheres and their cargo, the drug doxirubicin, had reached the insides of tumor cells. These confocal images glow with color from fluorescent labels that track the spheres and cells.
The atomic force microscope was Taatjes’s instrument of choice to study antiphospholipid syndrome (APL), a disease that leads to blood clots and repeated miscarriages. Situated inside a metallic vibration-dampening shield, the microscope nudges its way along the surfaces of specimens, gently tapping them with a probe that can resolve textures some 1000 times smaller than the best light microscope can reveal. Taatjes and his colleagues used it to make images of an important protective protein called annexin, which crystallizes in a two-dimensional pattern like a chain-link fence. They then added the harmful antibodies found in APL and captured images of the antibodies as they disrupted the fence, thus providing the first visual evidence of the destructive interaction they suspect underlies the disease. These interactions could only have been followed with an atomic force microscope, said Taatjes, in part because it allowed them to occur in a live, hydrated state.
A broad focus
Along with basic scientists, clinical and translational researchers also make regular use of the MIC. Several times a week, the Fletcher Allen pathology department sends kidney biopsy specimens to Senior Laboratory Technician Janet Schwarz. She slices each specimen, adds a stain, embeds it in resin, then prepares sections to examine through a transmission electron microscope at magnifications of up to 50,000×. The best images are captured digitally and sent back to the hospital for diagnosis by pathologists; Schwarz and the physicians often go over the cases in person together. Because the MIC handles patients’ specimens, it is licensed by the College of American Pathologists, whose strict standards are listed in a dozen thick ring binders that line a shelf in the lab. Taatjes and his colleagues carry those standards over to research applications as well; their thorough record-keeping, he says, has impressed many a visiting researcher.
The MIC makes it a point to connect with the community. Schwarz leads Project MICRO events, in which she visits local middle schools to give many children their first look through a microscope (profiled in “You’re Never Too Young to Learn” in the Winter 2011 issue of Vermont Medicine). Some of the high school juniors who use the SEM during Governor’s Institutes are so entranced by its possibilities that they return to use the instrument for projects during their senior year. In partnership with the Vermont Health Department, the MIC has also signed on as a satellite lab in case a bioterrorist attack overwhelms government facilities; one of its technicians trained at the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in Atlanta to learn to spot pathogens like smallpox and anthrax. “We’re there in the background, just in case,” says Taatjes.
Two decades of service
Taatjes has run the MIC from its inception in 1993. Before college, he said, he liked science, but had no particular interest in microscopes. That changed in an instant after his undergraduate advisor invited him to do a project on an electron microscope. As Taatjes looked at the fantastically detailed images of cell structures for the first time, he recalls, “I knew then and there, ‘This is what I’m going to do.’”
After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Basel in Switzerland, Taatjes joined the UVM faculty in 1987, and was recruited to run the pathology department’s single-transmission electron microscope. Several years later, then-Associate Dean of Research John Evans, Ph.D., and Chair of Pathology Edwin Bovill, M.D., decided to centralize the university’s microscopy resources, so they bought a new electron microscope and made it the heart of a new facility. A confocal microscope arrived soon after, the first of many grant-funded acquisitions over the years. Thanks to shared instrumentation grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — which go to fund equipment for at least three NIH-funded researchers who will share it — and funding from other sources, the MIC’s instruments now comprise a formidable lineup.
Landry recalls asking to visit the Cell Imaging Center during his 1996 job interview. (The Cell Imaging Center is the MIC’s former name; it was changed in 2001 because so many researchers were using it to study other objects.) Now, as a frequent search chair for new faculty members, Landry always arranges for candidates to tour the MIC. “In one way or another, most of the new chemists that we’re hiring in our department will be making some use of the imaging facility,” he said. “It’s rapidly becoming an important tool for departments outside medicine.”
Taatjes hopes soon to bring a groundbreaking new instrument to the MIC. The super resolution microscope is a light microscope that breaks the 200-nanometer limit, one which was thought for at least a century to be unbreakable. (200 nanometers is about 1/500th the width of a human hair.) The super-resolution microscope resolves objects ten times smaller than that without resorting to the fixing and staining that higher-resolution electron microscopes require. “What you’re seeing [with electron microscopes] is a snapshot of what the cell was doing when you dumped the fixative on it,” said Taatjes. With super resolution microscopy, by contrast, researchers can watch live cells in action at nearly the same scale. That’s thrilling, in part because so many cell organelles are smaller than 200 nanometers. “[We can] begin to look at dynamic interactions between molecules and cells,” said Taatjes. “Super resolution is really a revolution right now in cell biology, and we want to get this technology on campus.” Researchers are eagerly anticipating its arrival. During a recent seminar to discuss the super-resolution microscope, Taatjes recalled, the room was “unbelievably packed.... People were sitting in the aisles.”
If the grant he is writing is successful, the super resolution microscope will become the MIC’s eleventh microscopy-based imaging system, giving researchers the freedom to design entirely new experiments. “When I interview potential faculty members,” Taatjes said, “one of the things that I always hear is ‘Wow, you’ve got basically everything I need.’ ...We’re pretty unique, I think.” |
The Workers’ Party commemorates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It is a day to reflect on the achievements of the community in overcoming barriers. It is also a day to remind ourselves of the incredible spirit of the families, caregivers and VWOs who have worked tirelessly for the community.
The Workers’ Party has, in the past, made several recommendations in Parliament on improving mobility, public transport safety and accessibility for persons with disabilities. There remain several areas where further improvements can be made to make Singapore more inclusive for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs.
Employment is a pressing problem faced by Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs. The Public Service should take the lead.
Schools could hire Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs for roles that match their abilities. This provides an added benefit of allowing students to understand the needs of the community and to interact respectfully and meaningfully with them. We have a long way to go in equalizing employment opportunities for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs. But if we allow our students to develop respect and empathy from a young age, they will carry these attitudes with them when they enter the workforce in future.
VWOs serving Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs that do not have their own in-house transport face challenges to get transport operators to take part in their tenders. The government should include a condition under the Bus Contracting Model for public transport operators to provide transport services to schools with early intervention programmes and special education, day activity centres and sheltered workshops operated by VWOs.
Flexible and more generous grants for Assistive Devices
The government should enhance the Assistive Technology Fund so as to ease the financial burden for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs who are buying and replacing assistive devices. The qualification criteria should be reviewed regularly to include new and innovative devices. A person who is diagnosed with special needs or disabilities from a young age will use up the grant much faster than a person who is diagnosed later in life, as will a person whose disability may require more expensive assistive devices. The purpose of the Fund will be better served if it can be made more flexible and comprehensive.
Degree programmes for educators
Another area of concern is the lack of manpower faced by organizations serving Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs, specifically qualified educators and allied health professionals. There is currently no undergraduate degree in special needs education, and potential educators who want to pursue this track will need to further their studies overseas. The government should look into expanding the range of degree programmes for potential special needs educators, with associated career tracks provided for in the education, healthcare and people sectors.
Building a truly inclusive society
There has been significant progress in providing opportunities for PWDs and PSNs. However there are still gaps in the current policy landscape and room for improvement. Moreover, all Singaporeans still have a part to play in adopting inclusive mind-sets and behaviours in the workplace, in schools and in everyday life.
We believe that Singapore should strive to be a world leader in building a truly inclusive society where Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs are fully integrated into the mainstream. Not only is this the right thing to do, it will also enable Singapore to harness all available talent for our economy and for fields like sports. The Workers’ Party will continue to pursue these and other suggestions to help build a truly inclusive Singapore.
Chair, Media Team
3 December 2016 |
>So my daughter never really got a “diaper rash” to speak of. A handful of times, she got a tiny bit red, we put some butt paste (which my Mom got as a joke but turned out to be awesome) on it & she was good as new. So, arrogant first time mother that I was, I assumed that if a baby had diaper rash issues, it must be (diaper) operator error (i.e. the parents).
Well, I sure got my comeuppance with my son. His pediatrician has commented that he is “rashy,” and it’s true. He has had baby acne, bumps and redness galore, and his bottom is no exception. That combined with a rasp he’s had since birth makes him suspect eczema.
That gave me a renewed determination to make cloth work for us. I found another detergent chart that had other detergents listed, and we were able to find two of them at a local organic market.
Satisfied that I’d be able to safely wash them, I ordered three Bumgenius 3.0 one size pocket diapers and eagerly awaited their arrival. |
I always considered myself lucky. My toddler (now preschooler) was a good eater. Before a year old, she was happily chomping on asparagus and asiago. The more flavor, the better. I was truly convinced it was a matter of good parenting and exposing her to flavors early in life.
And then one day, it all changed. My little chef was demanding haute cuisine featuring "milky cereal" (three or four requests a day), Goldfish crackers and anything carb-loaded.
So I figured I'd try one last attempt to break her out of her rut. We'd gotten some samples of a healthy kid food line and decided to try it. I broke out a box of the fish bites and green dip. She thinks it's chicken nuggets and green ketchup? Great. She dipped it, lightly pressed it against her lips and paused. Then dropped it and frantically wiped the "green ketchup" off on her plate.
She opted to eat three tiny bites of the green ketchup (which had a faint green bean or broccoli taste to it) and half of her "chicken nugget," before protesting she didn't like spices. (This is the girl who knows basil, oregano and rosemary by sight on her plants or on any cooking show.)
Sigh. I'm not sure what the issue is, nor how to stop this trainwreck. I realize declaring culinary independence is a stop on the road to adulthood, but somehow, I'm just tired of the battle already.
But at least baby brother will eat the "ketchup" - and all of it, happily. |
I realize the above statement sounds easier than it is, but I am speaking from experience. Have you ever felt like you have been striving for something in your life only to fall short every time? We all have had jobs we didn’t like. Or maybe a relationship that seemed great at the beginning but is no longer making you happy. Finding happiness and your life’s passion is not an easy task. I hope my story will give you some inspiration to not give up and to follow your dreams.
Just Another Job Search
Itoo felt like there was something missing in my life and for me it was that great career that I saw many other people pursuing. For some reason every time I found a job it always seemed better than it really was. Let me tell how after struggling for many years I was finally able to hone in on my passion, grow my skills and have the ability and opportunity to do what I really enjoyed doing.
Over the years I worked in many different office environments from fairly large to small organizations. I had peculiar bosses with up and down moods, dealt with office politics and conflicting personalities and had crazy workloads. After a while I became pretty tired of the whole situation. My ideal job was to work for a good company where I could do what I was passionate about. Everything else seemed very empty. So I decided to go back to school and get a management certificate. After completing the course I embarked on a search for a better job.
Unfortunately, this search turned out to be much harder than I thought. I received zero support from my school to help me find a job so I was pretty much on my own. I sent out so many resumes, kept track of them all, followed up, only to get a handful of interviews that went nowhere. You don’t have enough experience was what I often heard. I didn’t want to settle for yet another administrative job. This went on for a while and I was pretty much at the end of my rope and running out of money. Then I finally got a an interview at a pretty big organization. It went well and I ended up getting a job offer.
You Got The Job And Now What?
Itook the job although it was again administrative in nature but I was told it had growth potential. It also paid well under what I made at my last job and the commute was not a picnic. I had to take two subways, a bus and a long walk to the front entrance. In the summer it didn’t seem like such a big deal, but in the winter relying on public transportation and the constant delays made the commute that much worse. Also, the sidewalks in front of the office building got so icy I felt like I was going to break my legs just trying to cross the road. It was virtually impossible to walk around on my break so I felt trapped in the building for weeks on end.
This made the winter months seem to last forever and it definitely contributed to feelings of depression. But I felt like I had no choice but to stick it out. I simply took the job based on the promises that I wouldn’t be in the same position for too long. There was a real chance to progress and grow within this organization, or so I thought.
As time went on, I worked really hard and made my bosses, supervisors and fellow co-workers (everybody) happy. In addition to my regular job duties, I was constantly thinking of ways to help the organization grow their online presence. My passion for marketing and social media has grown over the years. I was already taking marketing courses, attending workshops and conferences and reading a ton of articles online.
For a few years my online following was growing steadily. When the organization had events I promoted them every chance I got. I became really passionate about what I was doing and soon everybody noticed it. The organization even asked me to offer suggestions on how improve their social media presence. And I even got to present a social media audit for the CEO. This was very exciting and the future looked very bright.
Too Good To Be True?
Then a job opening for a social media coordinator became available. This was amazing and after preparing very hard I applied right away. I hoped that my passion for social media was going to shine through. There was even encouragement by numerous people in the organization to go for it. The optimism was palpable! It was really hard to wait patiently while other people got interviewed because this was the job I really wanted. Finally I got the news and it wasn’t good. They decided to hire someone else. This was truly crushing!
I honestly couldn’t fathom not getting it the job. It felt like all I have worked for so hard ended up meaningless. I was informed that they hired someone brand new because this person had more experience. The same old story I’ve heard before. But after doing some research, I found out that this specific person had no experience at all. They had virtually no marketing or social media experience and only two months of crowd funding experience. At this particular time the organization was planning a few crowd funding campaigns so this made total sense.
In addition, the person they hired was very young and I suspect they took a much lower salary. I was shocked! How could this be? This really angered me! I felt like I was tricked and basically strung along all this time. This was the last straw. I’ve had enough! Eventually, after all the anger subsided, I started thinking and analyzing all my previous working experiences. And finally, I saw a clear pattern!
Finally Seeing The Light
At every interview, the job seemed so much better than it actually was. There was always a question about “where do you see yourself in the future?” and “how would you like to progress within the organization?” but these are not even questions worthy of an answer. These are just statements thrown in the air and they hold no weight in the real world. They completely cloud your judgment and make you think you will do really well at this particular place. In the end they are just empty promises. And many people like me (dreamers) fall for them every time. It just never seemed quite so clear until now.
“Almost every other job I had, had the same profile. You get your ‘foot in the door’ and start working either in administration or sales, thinking that you will move up the ladder in the company only to get stifled in the process. What all these jobs had in common was the promise of the future.”
Unfortunately this happens a lot in many organizations and corporations. There simply isn’t enough attention paid to keep current talent and to foster it. I wrote about this in my article “How To Be A Good Leader.” Trust me when I say this but you will not find fulfillment in a job like this. If you are a creative type like me, staying at these types of jobs will only slowly eat away at your heart and soul.
At this point many people even upon realizing this exact scenario would most likely just go back to doing the same thing all over again (btw, this is the definition of insanity). After all, that is all you know. You feel comfortable in this situation. What else is there to do? How else can you get the experience needed to get unstuck from this sticky situation? It is easier to just give up. This was simply not good enough for me, not anymore. Granted, it took me a while to get over it. It is only normal to cry and feel sorry for yourself. But …
“ … the only way to succeed in life is to pick your-self up and keep going.”
Finding Your Passion
So I got back to fixing up my resume and I kept applying for jobs. The difference this time was that I only applied for jobs I really wanted. No more administrative jobs. I only applied for marketing and social media jobs and I was determined that something will eventually come up. In the meantime, I started to volunteer doing social media for organizations of like-minded people and I grew my skills and expertise.
It is also worth mentioning that it is vital to have support around you to get you through these rough times. You have to surround yourself with positive people who will keep you on track and are there for you when you feel like giving up. I had the support of my family and the most amazing partner and boyfriend extraordinaire who gave me a lot of encouragement I truly needed. Without this moral support I don’t think I would have been able to get through the lows of the job search. I also surrounded myself with successful and driven individuals.
The most influential of them all was a nice fellow I met at the AFP Toronto conference. Paul Nazareth and his passion for networking has been a valuable resource to me over the years. He has a great way of connecting with people. I suggest you read his article “Your Personal Board of Directors” and get some insight on how to build your network effectively.
Well, after a very long and challenging job search, I finally found a great marketing and digital media coordinator job!!!
This was so amazing and I was ecstatic, scared, overwhelmed and pretty much freaked out! I was embarking on a brand spanking new career! What if I did not know what to do? Who would I turn to? Could I figure it out all on my own? There were so many unanswered questions and fears. They kept me up at night. My mind was spinning and thinking constantly. It was exhausting!
“But in the end, I knew it was what I wanted to do and because of that I knew I could do it!”
A New Challenge
Starting a new career is never easy! There are so many things you are going to have to figure out yourself. Google and YouTube videos come in handy!!! What did people do before the Internet was at your fingertips? Who has the time to go to the library every time you need to figure something out? I have learned so much over the past 5 years when I started to embark on this new path in life. There were lots of new things I had to try and I failed over and over and over again. I drove myself crazy, mostly because I am a perfectionist. When I can’t do something right, I can’t rest!
In order to succeed, you have to be willing to work extra hard! Know that you might get frustrated and be ready to give up. Just remember this advice when you get overwhelmed, remove yourself from the current situation and make sure you take a good break. I have done this to clear my mind and I still do this today! You simply can’t keep going if your mind is overwhelmed.
“When your mind is clear, the answer will follow!”
It is so true. Make sure you do something you enjoy to distract yourself from the problem you are trying to solve. For me it’s taking a lunch or a mid-afternoon break with my favorite talk show like The Social or The Talk. I also go for a walk or run outside when the weather is nice, do yoga or meet a friend for a quick catch up. Then I come back to my work and miraculously I can figure out what I was doing wrong. It works every time!
All these new challenges have taught me so much about myself and what I am capable of. They gave me strength I didn’t even know I had. I feel grateful everyday for the opportunity I have been given. It’s comforting to know there are people out there who will take a chance on someone and let him or her do what they’re passionate about. I feel lucky to have surrounded myself with good people such as family and encouraging friends and colleagues. Since I was able to follow my passion I truly believe you can do the same. You might have to start small, work multiple jobs or even work for nothing just to get to try things out and get the experience but it will pay off in the end.
“If you really want to do something, you will find a way to do it.”
A Brand New Adventure
This is not the end of my story. I am once again embarking on a new adventure. I have always loved writing even as a child in elementary school. My teachers would always complain, “she writes too much”. Really? And that is supposed to be a problem? Not in my mind and not in my world. In my world, you can write as much as you want. Go ahead! No word limit here! This is why I launched this lifestyle blog so I can write about the things I am passionate about. I am so excited; I am bursting at the seams! There are so many ideas for future blog posts I can’t keep them in my head.
Make sure you always have a notepad or any other means of writing nearby to quickly jot down any new ideas. This is a good and simple habit to start. Never let an idea escape because sometimes they don’t come back quite the same. My goal for my blog is to find its audience. And I hope whomever stumbles upon it, finds it interesting. After all, that is the fear of every writer!!!
I hope you follow my journey and let me know what you think. Share your thoughts in the comments below. I’d love to hear from you. If you want to never miss a new post, get freebies and enter great contests sign up for my newsletter! |
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Sapporo Station had humble beginnings, as a whistle-stop station on a local railway that connected Hokkaido coal mines with a regional shipping port. But like Sapporo City itself, it steadily grew into Hokkaido’s transport and commercial hub.
Before 1868, Sapporo as a settlement was merely a spot on a plain less swampy or mountainous than the rest of Hokkaido. After that it began to grow, thanks to the provisional colonizing agency moving government buildings north from Hakodate to centralize Hokkaido’s defense and development. Foreign experts were also brought in to develop the prefecture’s agricultural economy, and with them engineers to lay out Sapporo on a grid (very unusual in Japanese cities).
However, it took a while longer for public transportation to become a priority. By 1880, Sapporo had grown from a village to a “ward”, yet Sapporo “station” itself was merely a convenient “flag stop” (as in, passengers flagged down a passing train if they wanted to board) on the Horonai Railway, en route to transporting coal from inland mines to portside in Temiya (now Otaru). The first Sapporo Station building was constructed a year later, and then reconstructed into a multi-roomed structure in 1908 after being heavily damaged by a fire. Further improvements to its infrastructure and services followed in 1909, 1917, and 1930, adding places to eat as well as to wait.
By 1952, Sapporo Station had been transformed from a wooden to a concrete structure, and included its first local department store. By 1958, a second train line was added. By the 1960s, it had become a multistory structure surrounded by Sapporo’s budding financial district. By the 1970s, Sapporo Station was feeling the benefits of Hokkaido’s developing tourist economy, as air traffic volume between Sapporo Chitose and Tokyo Haneda Airports was on its way to becoming the world’s largest. Sapporo’s once-centralized downtown began to develop a dumbbell shape, split between the major department stores by Odori Park and the rival merchants setting up shop four blocks away within and underneath Sapporo Station.
By 1988, Sapporo Station had expanded to 11 lines and opened elevated tracks. By 2003, it had completely revamped itself into a skyline-dominating multistory complex (including the JR Tower Hotel), surrounded by high-rise competitor hotels and office buildings, with floor after floor of shopping areas and food emporiums. In 2016, when the Hokkaido Shinkansen begins operation as far as Hakodate (eventually reaching Sapporo some years from now), it will be interesting to see how Sapporo Station will once again change to accommodate the influx.
JR Sapporo Station has become the one place that visitors to Sapporo could not (and should not) avoid. Not only because it is the transportation hub of the city and beyond, but also because it is a great place to walk around, shop, and explore. You will feel that you are in a major metropolitan area, with facilities on a scale commensurate with Japan’s fifth-largest city—and growing. Come see it for yourself.
Article by Dr. Debito Arudou |
In memoriam for my son Jacob Myers: Oct. 3, 1985-May 6, 2009
The wind cups a few sparks of fear
carefully so as not to blow them out.
Sadness lifts its head like a horse in darkness.
My beloved son is dead and I walk backward,
lowering The End like a rock curtain,
tasting metal in the silence that attaches itself
to the electrodes of memory. Flashbacks of Jake
scorch the surface while my feet can’t touch bottom.
Mind-howls spread and even themselves out
among the smithereens of wind and light.
I am blinded by the guilt that gold-rims my thoughts
like a set of bone china which I am given to eat grief from,
a kind of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to bring him back
to life. I passed on to my son the opposite of every mistake
I ever made, crushing him between propriety and homilies.
Tonight dew drops jewel the leaves and the clouds air-brush
the moon as if beauty were brain-dead to the sky
curling like a burning photo. Each day is a fresh grave
dug into me. Everything I do is instilled with the care
of the frail and aged. As my spiritual beliefs slide away
from what is, every thing is becoming a holy remnant.
My son’s death is deathless and backlights the world.
Jack Myers was a former Texas Poet Laureate and the author of 17 books of and about poetry. He died late last year. |
So I need a few things by next week for big site launch. want to migrate site CMS from MODx Evolution 1.0.2 to Revolution 2.0.8 COMPLETELY INTACT with no bugs (perhaps retain the same snippets and plugins as old CMS to avoid catastrophe). need a simple scrollPage (or similar) jQuery function to smoothly scroll page down to bottom when "Contact Us" button is clicked on any page in the site. Also need to link share buttons (Share post on Facebook, Twitter) to the case study pages (Home page might be difficult but we'll discuss).
preview site at [url removed, login to view]
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Luciano De Oto joined Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. in 2001 as an engineer for the Body-in-White of the Gallardo and in 2006 became manager for the interiors and exteriors engineering and development for all Lamborghini products. De Oto is now Lamborghini’s division chief for the Advanced Composites Division, which embraces all composites-related activities across products, line-ups and departments in the company.
CM Interviews spoke with Mr. De Oto about his role to aggressively pursue the implementation of out-of-autoclave technologies to increase production rates and reduce costs for future products.
What are the driving forces for an automotive company like Lamborghini?
We are a niche within the automotive industry. We’re not dealing with high volume production, so for us it is more important to focus on the process to achieve good quality results and to match the target weight to power ratio. Weight is the key to our success, which is why we are focusing on composites structures.
Processability is often cited as a major adoption challenge for composites. Do you agree?
Processability is a current challenge for the composites industry. Compared to other materials, it simply takes too long and therefore is too expensive. For example, when manufacturing composite parts through RTM, there is a huge bottle neck in the preform process, which is why composites are not suitable for high-volume automobiles. SMC has more potential in terms of production rate but has not yet reached the performances of traditional pre-preg or RTM processes. The technology used is strictly dependent on the daily production rate. Overall, we are consistently looking at our processability because we know if we can reduce process time that lowers overall costs.
How is Lamborghini addressing this issue?
At Lamborghini we have developed a patented process – RTM Lambo – that manufactures composite parts under low pressure molding that is repeatable in low volumes and meets the very high quality standards needed for our vehicles. This isn’t the ideal process for manufacturers that have to produce large numbers of vehicles per year. For this reason, we keep an eye on process improvements both in aerospace and high-performance manufacturing because there may be a process adaptable to higher volumes that we can be adapted for those models.
What are the challenges and/or drawbacks to including carbon fiber for automotive parts?
Speaking generally within the automotive industry, the main challenge today is the cost. It is clear that there are a lot of possibilities to adapt composites into a vehicle. However, composites are still a far cost from aluminum. BMW made a big statement when it chose to manufacture 40,000 i3 vehicles that heavily utilize composites, but they still have to demonstrate that the project is profitable. |
On Saturday our club invited the members of Geraldton Patchwork Club along for lunch. They came by the busload and we had such a lovely time of eating, chat and laughter. Everyone enjoyed their lunch and then we had a huge "Chantelle" (show & tell). What a lot of inspiration for future projects.
Geraldton club brought along their raffle quilts to "Chantelle" too. This beautiful quilt is pieced although quite a few of us were sure it was an applique design.
What a wonderful prize to win.
This is to be second prize. Another beautiful quilt. Whoever wins one of these is very lucky indeed. |
Are you searching an effective solution for Outlook 2007 PST file recovery? If yes then your serach has eventually ended here and you don’t need to worry any more. Well, being a regular Outlook user you must be well aware of PST file corruption issue. Well, PST is the personal storage table in Outlook which contains all your emails, contacts, calenders, etc. Well, No matter what is the cause of corruption in your PST file, weather it gets damaged due to virus infection, improper shut system down, power fluctuation, or any the carelessness of user but once your PST file gets corrupted then Outlook 2007 PST file recovery become really very important for the users.
Well, the good news is you can easily repair all your corrupted PST files easily. In order to do so you can take the help of built in Inbox Repair Tool that comes with every version of MS Outlook application and is also known as Scanppst.exe tool. It is capable to resolve all kinds of common issues in PST file and can repair your partially damaged Outlook data tool. However, in case of severe corruption issue scanpst.exe is simply good for nothing. However, in such circumstances users should opt for powerful third party PST Repair Software.
Well, PST Repair Software is a very effective, advanced and easy to use tool that is capable to reclaims all kinds of damaged PST files with ease. It repair even severely corrupted or oversised PST file as well. It is also available as free demo version that allows the user to check it efficiency which allows you to preview all you recovered pst file but you can not save them therefore you have to purchase the licensed version. Therefore, it is recommended to use PST Repair Software for safe and complete Outlook 2007 PST file recovery.
USER GUIDE To Run PST File Repair Tool
Step 1: Choose the corrupted Outlook PST files From the Location.
After selecting outlook data and then click START button to start scanning process of PST files.
The progress bar will appear and indicates the scanning process. In order to stop scanning process you can use stop button at anytime whenever you want.
It shows the preview the recoverable all your mailbox items including email, contacts, tasks, journals, meeting requests and many more when once the scanning process will be completed.
Select the desired location where you want to save the recovered file. After recovering your PST files using ‘Save Recovered File’ button.
It will save recovered Outlook items at the specified location and the progress bar will show the file saving process.
Once saving process is completed, it shows the details of saved files. |
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