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American Kurt Caselli picked up his second stage win of this year's Dakar Rally when the KTM rider won a rain-hit stage 11 – a 452 km leg of which 190 km were timed – from La Rioja to Fiambalá in Argentina.
Dakar Rally: Rain wins stage 11
Dakar Rally: Rain wins stage 11
Caselli crossed the line four minutes and 45 seconds clear of Portuguese Husqvama rider Paulo Goncalves.
Defending bike champion Cyril Despres of France was third and extended his lead in the general standings to 13 minutes and 16 seconds over Portugal's Ruben Faria and just over 18 minutes clear of Chilean Francisco Lopez.
The day's racing in the car category was severely affected by the bad weather which caused flash flooding and made certain sections impossible to drive through.
Race officials were forced to stop the stage after just 53 kilometres.
American Robby Gordon was first to arrive at that checkpoint to win his 8th career Dakar stage. Stephane Peterhansel – the race's all-time record holder with ten titles – was sixth and had his overall race lead cut to just under 52 minutes by South African 2009 winner Giniel De Villiers who was fifth on the day.

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Few seem to have noticed, but Facebook has now officially put itself in play. Peter Thiel, a Facebook investor and director, granted a detailed interview to The Deal last week in which he rejected several lowball offers that have reportedly come over the transom--$3 billion range--and essentially offered to sell the company for $7-$10 billion. The announcement would not have been any more direct if Facebook had written an open letter to Google saying: "Dear Eric: $10 billion and we're yours."
Yes, of course, Thiel also threw in all the required noises about how Facebook has no interest in selling, no interest in going public, etc., to make sure that when Google does walk in the door, it will be Google who grovels. He also explained why Facebook wasn't ready to sell (not developed enough) and why those who gripe about Facebook's low revenue are missing the point (we don't care about revenue yet). But make no mistake: Any time a company is this specific about what it would take to get it to the table, it's for sale. What's more, it's probably for sale at the low end of Thiel's $7-$10 billion range.
As a last gesture of helpfulness, Thiel was also kind enough to tell everyone how much revenue Facebook will generate this year--$150 million (so assume at least $200 million--have to set the bar low)--of which half comes from the Microsoft deal. So, there, Google and Microsoft investment bankers, you now have everything you need.
Let's see, at today's Google stock price of $515, a $10 billion Facebook buy would amount to about 6% -7% dilution. A veritable tuck-in! And none of the copyright headaches that came along with the $1.7 billion YouTube acquisition. Microsoft? Why, you'll generate $10 billion in cash in the next few months. So, step right up! Yahoo? Um, sorry, missed your chance last year when you could have had it for $2 billion. David Shabelman, The Deal. DealBook, NYT
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Parenting support: exploring the current landscape in Glasgow
Date: November 2016
Category: Report
Work programme: Early years
Author: Fiona Crawford, Rona Dougall, Valerie McNeice, Rachel Harris
This report presents findings and recommendations from qualitative research conducted in 2015/16 that explored key informants' views on the delivery and impact of parenting support programmes in Glasgow.
It was undertaken by a multi-agency evaluation group, led by Greater Glasgow and Clyde Public Health Directorate, to gain a clearer picture of the range and scope of parenting support services currently being utilised by the statutory/third sector in Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership , and how these fit within wider family support structures. The findings are intended to inform future prioritisation, planning and delivery of parenting/family support across Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership as well as other partnership areas in Scotland.
Five main themes emerged from the data and the findings are presented under these:
1. Economic, social and cultural context
2. Range and fidelity of parenting support programmes
3. Relationships and engagement
4. Monitoring and evaluation
5. Clarity of vision, leadership and future direction.
The report concludes that parenting support is now firmly embedded in Glasgow as an important component of early intervention across the statutory and third sector and that there is growing recognition of the importance of family support which can take account of and respond to a family's economic, social and cultural context. Five key recommendations are made for services and agencies involved in commissioning or delivering parenting interventions in Glasgow:
- Establish a more integrated family/parenting support model underpinned by the 'Getting it Right for Every Child' principles that can take account of and respond to a family's economic, social and cultural context.
- Recognise that no one programme fits all families and therefore broaden parenting programme options to widen the focus from Triple P to other programmes and interventions.
- Build on existing good examples of cross-organisational working as seen in partnerships between the NHS, education and the third sector.
- Provide greater clarity about what constitutes success and share monitoring and evaluation strategies that include a focus on outcomes for families.
- Build relationships with families to help them take an active part in support plans rather than being viewed as passive recipients of programmes or services.


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"I'd like to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee."
Joe DiMaggio said it, Mariano Rivera embodies it. Todd Helton missed it.
New York's legendary relief pitcher, probably the most celebrated part-time specialist in baseball history, is heading off to retirement in a whirlwind tour with all the trappings. Gifts, ranging from a surfboard in Oakland to a rocking chair built from broken bats in Minnesota, have been bestowed all across the league as Rivera makes his final stop in each city.
His American League All-Star teammates gave him a standing ovation at New York's Citi Field in July when he entered to pitch the eighth inning. Heck, Rivera even took home another parting gift, the game's MVP Award, for his one scoreless inning of work. Call the night a microcosm of his career.
Out in the middle of the country stands Helton, an everyday baseball player who has spent the bulk of 17 years grinding out nine innings for 140-plus games each season, rewriting the Colorado Rockies' offensive record book in the process. Yet by Rivera standards, he's going quietly into the night. The 40-year-old first baseman confirmed wide speculation that the 2103 season would be his last when he told the Denver Post on Saturday that he is indeed set to retire after the Rockies finish playing out the string.
He wasn't invited to the All-Star Game the way many past-their-prime greats have been in the past.
Now that it's official, acknowledgement for Helton's career will probably start pouring in, at least in some quarters. But his final playing days aren't being celebrated like Rivera's. And while that's understandable in a way - given Rivera's advantages of playing the game's most over-glamorized position for baseball's highest-profile team - it certainly isn't fair.
Helton, a great athlete who once shared playing time as a University of Tennessee quarterback with his current co-icon in Denver, Peyton Manning, goes out with a .317 career batting average, a .415 on-base percentage, over 2,500 hits, and a .954 OPS. Skeptics will note that his offensive numbers were aided by Denver's thin air, which is certainly a legitimate argument. But checking OPS-plus, a metric that factors in ballpark norms, shows Helton consistently ranked in National League's top 20% of offensive players, including four seasons among the league's top ten.
Helton has accumulated a career Wins Above Replacement (WAR) mark of 61, an average of 3.6 per season. Rivera has 56 career WAR points, or 2.9 per season. And the only reason it's that close is Helton's late career fade that began in 2010 (Rivera has been better as an old closer than Helton has an old first baseman – we'll concede that much). But during his rip-roaring 2000 to 2004 stretch, Helton put up an OPS of over 1.000 each year while averaging a 7.5 WAR.
Rivera managed to hit a 5.0 WAR just once, and it wasn't as a closer. The most value Rivera ever gave the Yankees – and it isn't close – came back in 1996 when he was setting up closer John Wetteland. Rivera's numbers that year: 107 innings, 73 hits allowed, 130 strikeouts vs. 34 walks, 2.09 ERA. One of many examples of a setup reliever doing most of the heavy lifting while the closer (Wetteland allowed 54 hits in 63 innings that year with a 2.83 ERA) enjoys most of the glory. Wetteland put up a 2.4 WAR in 1996, less than half Rivera's, though no one really noticed at the time.
Rivera assumed the closer's role the following season when the Yankees let Wetteland walk as a free agent. He's only hit 80 innings once ever since. Yet it's common to hear that Rivera was "promoted" to the closer spot after Wetteland's departure. In reality, the opposite is true.
The historical evidence is clear – a closer having a big year carries much less value than an everyday player or starting pitcher doing the same. Remember Dennis Eckersley's historic 1992 season? The A's closer was voted both the AL Cy Young and MVP Awards for saving 51 games with a 1.91 ERA over 80 innings. Eckersley's WAR that year: 2.9, a figure he'd surpassed seven times during his earlier days as a starter, usually by a lot.
For his career, Helton will be wind up collecting$161 million in salary in exchange for the 20,000 innings of baseball he's logged since 1997. It's a nice haul, until you look at the $169 million Rivera has raked in for 1,278 innings on the field. Who knew that napping in the bullpen for 95% of the season, letting guys like, say, the first baseman, do most of the work, could be so lucrative?
In the final analysis, Helton is generally described as a borderline Hall of Famer, given his relatively modest home run total (367) and the hard-to-pinpoint effect of the mile high air on his overall stats. Rivera, for all practical purposes, is already in the Hall of Fame.
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L.I. @ WORK; Wooing Customers With All That's Organic, and Trying to Turn a Profit
By STACY ALBIN
Published: September 18, 2005
HOW do you build a business in a field that is, by its nature, allergic to ''business''? That is the conundrum facing organic-food entrepreneurs on Long Island.
The very idea of certified organic food is a rejection of the mainstream food industry and all its practices. Customers, employees and suppliers alike may be animated as much by personal and political beliefs as by ordinary economic motives, and scowl at anything smacking of crass capitalism.
Ask Melanie Mitzner what she and her business partner, Nicke Gorney, are doing, for example, and she answers, ''Trading in higher consciousness.''
Their company, The Groovy Mind, sells organic coffees and snack foods online, stressing that no pesticides or chemicals are used in growing or manufacturing. The company makes an effort to buy many of its products from countries with ''fair trade'' policies meant to guarantee farmers a certain income regardless of fluctuations in world commodity prices.
The company's organic and fair-trade policies mean its costs are higher and its profit margins narrower than they might be otherwise, but the owners don't mind. Making a living is important, Ms. Mitzner said, but the main goal is ''buying, selling and promoting products that are socially responsible and environmentally sustainable -- because after all, that's all we've got as people on this planet.''
The company, based in Greenport, opened its Web site, www.thegroovymind.com, in March, and sold about 10 pounds of coffee the first month; now sales are in the hundreds of pounds, Ms. Mitzner said.
In any business, building up a following takes work. Ms. Mitzner said that for certified organic retailers, simple advertising often won't be enough to attract customers; she and her partner have used techniques ranging from giving away samples to seeking favorable mentions on Web logs.
Others in the field say recommendations are crucial. ''The new people are mostly sent here by word of mouth,'' said Michael Makinajian, whose family owns the 6.5-acre Makinajian Poultry Farm and Country Store in Huntington, selling organic poultry, eggs and vegetables.
Mr. Makinajian said his family is fortunate to be operating in a thriving residential community full of potential customers. Organic farmers in rural areas often must travel to weekend farmers' markets in distant towns to sell their produce.
There are 13 certified organic farms on Long Island, according to the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, part of a burgeoning nationwide industry. Sales of organic labeled products across the country came to $12.2 billion last year, double the figure for 2000, according to the Organic Trade Association, a group based in Greenfield, Mass., that represents growers, retailers and farmers' associations.
''The majority of people who are in this industry just didn't wake up and decide to be in it,'' said June Stoyer, the president of OrganicUniverse.com, a juice and food retailer based in Wantagh. ''The majority are in it for personal reasons.''
Reputations are important in the industry, she said: ''Word of mouth is definitely a very big issue. It's a tightknit community. It tends to get very, very political.''
Home-grown businesses like the Makinajian farm, established in the late 1940's, take a great deal of effort to operate, Mr. Makinajian said. He and his father, Edward, and sister, Christina, put in 10 to 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, attending to their animals and crops and to the customers in their retail store, at the entrance to the farm.
Retailing organic products in cyberspace can be a simpler proposition. Ms. Stoyer said she chose to do business online to sidestep the high cost of real estate and taxes on Long Island and keep down prices, her central selling point. Her company's Web site says, ''We don't exploit the whole foods industry by hiking up our prices the way most retailers that carry all-natural, organic and eco-friendly products do.''
Growing consumer interest in organic products, and the higher prices they tend to command, have attracted the attention of mainstream supermarket chains like Waldbaum's, which have added organic fruits and vegetables to produce sections and set aside shelf space for organic dry goods. The chain's Long Beach store, for instance, has a substantial section devoted to ''healthy'' products including organics.
Christina Makinajian said that a similar phenomenon is at work among farmers, some of whom are converting all or part of their conventional farms to organic methods. ''I think it's great,'' Ms. Makinajian said. ''The more organic land, the better.''
Ms. Stoyer said she hoped the growth would reduce prices. But as things are, she said, dabblings in organic food by conventional retailers often lack appeal: ''A customer is probably thinking, 'Why should I spend more money? It looks awful.'''
Consumers are not always clear about what ''certified organic'' means, Ms. Stoyer said. The average shopper ''thinks it's some kind of marketing scheme,'' she said.
In fact, the United States Department of Agriculture has regulated commercial use of the label since 2001, according to Holly Givens, a spokeswoman for the Organic Trade Association. To be certified, any company selling more than $5,000 worth of products a year must not use any synthetic chemicals, pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers, must not fertilize with sewage sludge and must not use genetically engineered plants or animals.
For a product to be sold as ''certified organic,'' every company in the chain of production must be accredited by the department, whose agents visit farmers and processors annually to review records. To pass inspection, Mr. Makinajian said, he keeps receipts to show where his animal feed and plant seeds came from. ''It's good, because it keeps the integrity of what we did intact,'' he said.
On his family's farm, where his grandparents and father started selling chickens around 1949, the fertilizer for crops is made from organic compost, which includes manure and leaves. Mr. Makinajian said the farm has always been organic -- ''we didn't know how to do it any other way'' -- and the federal regulations made little difference in his operations. But customers do not seem to understand the organic concept any better now than before the rules were enacted, he said.
Mr. Makinajian himself swears by organic food, for its purity if nothing else. He spoke skeptically of food-industry practices like repeatedly spraying strawberries with chemicals, or exposing bananas to gases to speed up ripening.
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Cleared the bench tonight (no small task) and test fit the router plate into the top… and then mounted the router base to the plate to check for clearance to the intermediate frame members.
Then I laid out the frame for the extension table, and set up for drilling some pocket holes.
I use the Kreg jig so infequently, I think I'll entertain myself with their "how to" video so it's all fresh in my head. My wife would just love to watch this one with me ;^)
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I'm not sure I agree on the value of the Glyph of Loose Mana. When 6-camping and specifically after having blown cooldowns, the mana gem provides a safety net if you go without an AM proc for awhile. So in a situation where you blow cooldowns, use your AM procs and then have to use 4-5 ABs in a row because of no procs, then the mana gem gets you instantly back up to 100% or close to it. If you do have the glyph, you are still below 80% and still have to weave in some Scorchs to get your mana back up (while your cooldowns may still be running).
If AM procs were more predictable, then the glyph would allow for a more proactive gem use. But that's not the case right now.


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We have had a really great December. It's been a lazy and cold December but a really good one. I always feel like Christmas is kicked off with the annual Wells Christmas parade. I look forward to it every year. The biggest bonus is it goes right by our house so we can just walk on over. It was extra cold this year.
Spotting Santa!
The parade was super fun. It was especially fun when one of the people shot jolly ranchers to the crowd and Amelia took one right to the forehead.
We also hit up the annual Christmas party at the local library. They do fun crafts and Santa comes to read stories. Basically I refuse to pay and/or wait in line for Santa so this is the girls chance to see him. They both like him from afar.
They both made "Reindeer food" at the library and we talked about it every day until Christmas. They could not wait to put it on the lawn so the reindeer could find our home.
We also threw a little Christmas Eve Eve pajama party. I forgot to take pictures but it was so fun. Everyone came in pajamas and we had tons of food and a little ginger bread house making contest. I love a good competition. Hopefully we can make it an annual thing and I can figure out a way to have more people come without getting too overwhelmed.
Christmas Eve we spent the day playing games and eating party leftovers. We also dressed up in festive clothes and took the girls to the movies which was great. We saw Sing and Brian and I laughed out loud the whole time.
Post movie happiness.
We don't have a lot of traditions that we stick to but one that we always do is Brian reading the girls The Night Before Christmas in pajamas. I have to say I love the anticipation of Christmas more than Christmas itself. Before the presents its all about love and hanging out together.
This year I used my old Stendig calendar pages as wrapping paper. I think I saw someone do that last year on IG and loved the idea. Plus...recycling!One of my all time favorite Holiday traditions is Christmas cards. I LOVE sending them out and receiving them. We run out to the mail box everyday to check for cards. Seriously send me ALL THE CARDS.
We put out some treats for Santa and the reindeer. We also put out a little note the girls wrote for him. They were REAL excited about it.
Sprinkling their Reindeer food on the lawn.
This next picture is random but I can't stop laughing. As soon as Coco came up the stairs she was taking off her boots. She is such a character.
After the girls were in bed I wrapped the rest of the presents and set up Santa's gifts. We ate the goodies and wrote a little note from Santa.
Christmas morning excitement! She was confused that Santa came and there was no snow though. She insisted it wasn't Christmas yet. All around us there was still snow but our house was all melted. Bummer. But we assured here Santa had come and the excitement sunk in.
For at least a month Amelia has been asking for a small standing elephant from Santa. Easy girl to please.
Coco had the best reaction for this horse calendar. She kept saying, "I love it, it's so great". This age is so fun because they get excited over everything.
Post church and finally getting to play with all the presents. Such sweet kids.
It was another great Christmas! I love the holidays but I am also very excited to take all the Christmas decor down. The girls have been playing with all their goods for the last two days and we have been soaking up Brian being off work in the laziest ways. Movies, food, and repeat. Back to reality tomorrow and lets get working on our resolutions. So long 2016...you were good to us but I love a new year and the promise of a fresh start.
I hope everyone had an equally wonderful Christmas and have a Happy New Year!


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: Of Red Quaffles and Golden Snitches by PotterGeek64
Short story
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Sodding Oliver Bloody Wood.`I will never forgive him. Ever. A regular practice? Yeah right. More like training me to join the Armed Forces. Jackie Oaken, seeker for the Gryffindor Team, does not really like Oliver Wood. Okay, she hates him.
Rated for language
Genres: Fluff, General, Humor Era: Hogwarts Characters: Fred, George, Harry, Hermione, OC , Oliver, Ron Pairings: Other Pairing, Ron/Hermione
Advisory: Strong Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2007.10.02 Latest Chapter: 2010.02.12 Updated: 2010.02.12 Status: WIP (36178 words)
: The Baby Project by MusicManiac94
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Alexia had always been that one unusually quiet, very strange and unusually smart Gryffindor witch. She planned to change that all this year. But what she didn't anticipate was this stupid project to promote abstinence. And now James Potter (II) is her project partner. What's worse is that he's her sister's boyfriend and she just might be falling for him...
Genres: Drama, General, Romance Era: Next Generation Characters: Albus, Hugo, James (II), Lily (II), OC , Rose, Scorpius, Teddy, Victoire Pairings: James/OC, Rose/Scorpius, OC/OC, Other Pairing
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2008.12.16 Latest Chapter: 2010.01.17 Updated: 2010.01.17 Status: WIP (40082 words)
: The Peanut Gallery by doratonks14
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All Tilly Reece wanted to do this summer was find her dream job. Make a few galleons. Buy herself a flat in downtown London. Instead, she finds herself working as a barely paid assistant with no money, a "fixer-upper" of a flat, and no forseeable future. All of this would be okay with her, however, if her boss, Oliver Wood, didn't make her wash his sweaty socks. (Oliver/OC)
Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: OC, Oliver, OtherCanon Pairings: Other Pairing
Advisory: Strong Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme
Published: 2009.11.07 Latest Chapter: 2009.12.29 Updated: 2009.12.29 Status: WIP (11867 words)
: Better Than Him by always_jamesandlily
Short story
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I hate Lorcan Scamander more than any person in the world. And he hates me. While that's all well and good, now he has to babysit me. And by that, I mean I have to move into his place with all his prat friends. At least Jamie will be with me. Though at this point, I'm not very comforted by that fact.
Genres: General, Romance, Young Adult Era: Next Generation Characters: Bill, OtherCanon , Teddy, Victoire Pairings: Other Pairing, Bill/Fleur, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Teddy/Victoire
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse
Published: 2008.06.09 Latest Chapter: 2009.09.11 Updated: 2009.09.11 Status: WIP (17750 words)
: Daddy Dearest by doratonks14
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2nd Place for "Best Next Gen" at the 2009 Dobbys
Hi, I'm Rose Weasley, and I have problems. No, not like I'm mental (well maybe) but problems problems. My relationship with my father is horrible, almost downright abusive. I can't do anything without my snot of a brother tattling on me. And now I've enlisted the help of Scorpius Malfoy to sort it all out, which in itself is the biggest problem of all.
Genres: Drama, Romance, Angst Era: Next Generation Characters: Albus, Hermione, Hugo, James (II), OC, OtherCanon , Ron, Rose, Scorpius Pairings: Rose/Scorpius, Ron/Hermione, Other Pairing
Advisory: Strong Language, Strong Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme, Contains Spoilers
Published: 2008.05.29 Latest Chapter: 2009.09.05 Updated: 2010.03.29 Status: COMPLETED (219139 words)
: Pictures From The Edge by Scarlett and Gold
Okay, so maybe I shouldn't have done it.
It's just he knows exactly how to wind me up.
I never meant to stab my Quidditch Captain with my fork.
Genres: Fluff, Humor, Romance Era: Next Generation Characters: Hugo, Lily (II), OC Pairings: Lily/OC, Rose/Scorpius, Teddy/Victoire, OC/OC
Advisory: Strong Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2008.06.14 Latest Chapter: 2009.08.26 Updated: 2009.08.26 Status: WIP (33861 words)
: I Loved You More by Potteress
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"They recognized the group lounging under the beech tree by the lake. Half of Lily wanted to sprint over to them screaming, JAMES IS BACK! while the other half wanted to slow their pace and keep him all to herself."
Genres: Drama, Romance, Action/Adventure Era: Marauders Characters: Bellatrix, James, Lily, Lupin, McGonagall, OC, OtherCanon , Sirius, Snape, Voldemort Pairings: James/Lily
Advisory: Strong Language, Strong Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Published: 2004.05.31 Latest Chapter: 2009.07.31 Updated: 2009.07.31 Status: COMPLETED (135365 words)
: As Time Goes By by always_jamesandlily
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Teddy and I have been best friends since I can't even remember. He's the guy I trust most in my life; the one I turn to when things go wrong. Why, then, are things starting to change? Teddy's best friend Brandon keeps hitting on me, Teddy won't stop being so moody, and my friends are just getting annoying. Oh, yeah, and these Veela obsessed boys keep following me everywhere. Wonderful.
Genres: Drama, General, Romance Era: Next Generation Characters: OtherCanon , Teddy, Victoire Pairings: Teddy/Victoire, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Other Pairing
Advisory: Mild Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse
Published: 2008.04.11 Latest Chapter: 2009.07.10 Updated: 2009.07.10 Status: WIP (19896 words)
: Flavor of the Month by invisiblemaurader_1
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Kenna Appleby has problems. Percy Weasley keeps making bets about her, Paul the Prat wants to investigate broom closets with her, and her friends on the Quidditch team are certifiable. Oh, and Oliver Wood just won't leave her alone.
Welcome to Kenna's own personal seventh circle of hell.
Genres: Humor, Romance, AU Era: Hogwarts Characters: Cedric, Fred, George, McGonagall, OC, Oliver, OtherCanon , Percy, Snape Pairings: Other Pairing, Cho/Cedric, OC/OC
Advisory: Strong Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Published: 2008.10.12 Latest Chapter: 2009.04.20 Updated: 2009.06.20 Status: COMPLETED (127434 words)
: Fighting Fate by always_jamesandlily
Short story
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Do things like this really happen? Do people honestly hook up with their relatives and then run off to France? Granted Teddy Lupin is not actually related to me... but still, why am I so stupid? Running off to a different country never works in the movies.
And now he's here.
Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance Era: Next Generation Characters: Teddy, Victoire Pairings: Teddy/Victoire, Arthur/Molly, Bill/Fleur, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione
Advisory: Mild Language, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse
Published: 2008.11.23 Latest Chapter: 2009.04.19 Updated: 2009.11.15 Status: WIP (10592 words)
: A Subtle Touch Unseen by Hermione Potter452
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"Ooh," said an appreciative voice, "lead me not into temptation – I can find the way myself." I almost dropped the jar from shock of two things: 1. somebody came into the room without me noticing, and 2. that somebody said the most forward thing any stranger-ish being had ever said to me.
Genres: Humor, Mystery, Romance Era: Marauders Characters: James, Lily, Lupin, OC , Pettigrew, Sirius Pairings: OC/OC, James/Lily
Advisory: Strong Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2008.04.04 Latest Chapter: 2009.01.05 Updated: 2009.04.16 Status: COMPLETED (50375 words)
: The Unsinkable Molly Prewett by momotwins
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Molly Prewett is in her sixth year at Hogwarts, and finds after her love potion goes wrong, that her true love might just be a boy she'd never really noticed before…
2008 Dobby Award Winner: Best Canon, Most Convincing Ship Writer. 2012 Dobby Award Winner: HPFF Classics Best Novel, Most Convincing Ship Writer.
Genres: Humor, Romance, Young Adult Era: Pre-Hogwarts Characters: Arthur, Molly, OC, OtherCanon Pairings: Arthur/Molly, OC/OC
Advisory: Contains profanity, Mild violence, Scenes of a mild sexual nature, Substance abuse
Published: 2007.11.23 Latest Chapter: 2008.09.21 Updated: 2011.02.10 Status: COMPLETED (116849 words)
: Deep breath by Ruby89
All Lily ever wanted to be is a pirate. When the ship she works on is being attacked by them, she joins their crew by disguising as a boy. Now she needs to prove herself in front of their captain, James Potter, who swore to never let a woman step on his ship... LJ. AU.
Genres: Romance, Action/Adventure, AU Era: Other Characters: James, Lily, Lupin, Sirius, Voldemort Pairings: James/Lily
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Published: 2007.08.11 Latest Chapter: 2008.08.24 Updated: 2008.08.24 Status: WIP (20749 words)
: What It Is To Burn by SnitchSnatcher
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As I opened the door, I turned to Slughorn. "Thank you, Professor."
"Oh no," Professor Slughorn replied as he rose from his chair and came to stand beside me, holding the door open for me. "Thank you, Miss Briggs. If it wasn't for you, Mister Black would be without a Potions partner."
Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance Era: Marauders Characters: A. Longbottom, James, Lily, Lupin, OC , Pettigrew, Sirius, Snape Pairings: Sirius/OC, James/Lily, Remus/OC
Advisory: Strong Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme
Published: 2007.08.27 Latest Chapter: 2008.07.25 Updated: 2008.07.25 Status: COMPLETED (202129 words)


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Originally posted by Leveller
Go on StMichel. Give us another clue.
Does the organisation that you were a member of have two words that start with the letters "BS"?
I don,t tell lies.
The oak represents england .
The hundred rings , a tree grows by a ring every year,so a hundred rings or circles represents a hundred years .
Branches over the orb,says the organisation covers all over the world international.
The tree is made up of leaves,no leaves no tree, a leaf is a member,if there are no members there is no organisation.
There are many trees but only one oak,means there are other organisations which are similar but not the same.
The other clues i gave are,it is a secret society,and you need to be enlightened to join.
One more clue,many famous people are members,including royalty.
( boy scouts)
i hope this was not sarcasm?
And for the rest of you? No it's not what you're thinking. Those letters stand for "Boy Scouts".
Who controls the British Crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, we do.
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do.
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do, we do.
Who robs cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do
Originally posted by Dedicated_Dad
Gee, Homer --
Were you a Stonecutter?
Originally posted by stmichael
Sorry to dissapoint you both,but you are wrong again, isn,t it great to have a secret that those who think are above all,finally find that maybe others are superior,,your guesses are gonna have to get better, maybe you are not looking high enough. (there is a possibility that i WAS far higher than you ARE) i have given more info than i ought.
Originally posted by stmichael
i will NOT state what my position was, but the letters in my name will Help if you know what to look for.
Originally posted by Leveller
Dude, to tell the Truth, I really couldn't give a flier what "secret" society you belong to.
"High up, way above" secret society indeed.
Originally posted by Leveller
Ah. Tha's where I've been screwing up. I've been reading your posts whilst wearing a blindfold (us Masons - once we get into a habit it's very hard to break it).
Dude, to tell the Truth, I really couldn't give a flier what "secret" society you belong to.
(Just shows how much attention to detail you make,as i said a few times i left.)
Ya see, you posted here trying to compare Freemasonry with whatever group you are a member of. You can't.
(Why not masons are members to the organisation in question. )
Freemasonry is not a secret society.
(I never said it was.)
It may have (literally) a couple of private matters that it keeps to itself, but it's members neither think of themselves as "elite" or "above others" as you state.
(That is a matter of opinion.)
And that's the difference between whatever you belong to and the Order to which I belong. We don't consider ourselves to be anything other than a group of guys who share a friendship.
(So did we.)
We certainly don't contain the arrogance that you display. If a man did, I can guarantee he wouldn't be a Mason for long.
(I show NO arrogance,you have this opinion due to your own conscience.)
"High up, way above" secret society indeed.
(This is a fact,but beyond your understanding )
(EVERYTHING i told you is TRUE.)
(You are getting uptight because you are still puzzled.)
(Not once did i ever insult you , you should be ashamed of yourself,after all you are a mason with high qualities,where is your brotherly love?)
Originally posted by stmichael
(Why not masons are members to the organisation in question. )
originally posted by stmichael
originally posted by Leveller
"High up, way above" secret society indeed.
(This is a fact,but beyond your understanding )
You are getting uptight because you are still puzzled.
Originally posted by senrak
Again, how do you know? Leveller may BE a member too...as may I. Prove otherwise if you can.
Originally posted by stmichael
(i didn,t know before i asked, BUT because NONE of you know the name, (and ANY member WOULD ) that proves that NONE of you are members.
The ONLY way NOW that you will find out is if you can find a mason who is a member who will tell you, but if you don,t know who is a member you won,t know who to ask)
As stated alreay,if (leveler) was a member he WOULD know the name.
But judging by your responses you are not really interested, so i will leave it at that.
Originally posted by senrak
In fact we U2U'd each other earlier to make sure that this was the same secret organization we were talking about (because be also belong to others)


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Report NEP-FDG-2011-01-23This is the archive for NEP-FDG, a report on new working papers in the area of Financial Development & Growth. Iulia Igescu issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Bulent Ulasan, 2011. "Cross-Country Growth Empirics and Model Uncertainty: An Overview (Ülkelerarasi Büyüme Farkliliklarina Iliskin Ampirik Çalismalar ve Model Belirsizligi: Genel Bir Bakis)," Working Papers 1102, Research and Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
- Kirill Borissov & Alexander Surkov, 2010. "Endogenous Growth in a Model with Heterogeneous Agents and Voting on Public Goods," EUSP Department of Economics Working Paper Series Ec-01/10, European University at St. Petersburg, Department of Economics, revised 29 Sep 2010.
- Bulent Ulasan, 2011. "Augmented Neoclassical Growth Model : A Replication over the 1960-2000 Period (Genisletilmis Neoklasik Büyüme Modeli: 1960-2000 Dönemi Için Bir Replikasyon)," Working Papers 1101, Research and Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
- Markus Bruckner, 2011. "On the Simultaneity Problem in the Aid and Growth Debate," School of Economics Working Papers 2011-01, University of Adelaide, School of Economics.
- Lehmijoki, Ulla & Palokangas, Tapio K., 2011. "The Long-Run Effects of Mortality Decline in Developing Countries," IZA Discussion Papers 5422, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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- Kirill Borissov & Alexander Surkov, 2010. "Common and Private Property to Exhaustible Resources: Theoretical Implications for Economic Growth," EUSP Department of Economics Working Paper Series Ec-02/10, European University at St. Petersburg, Department of Economics, revised 29 Sep 2010.
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I am a bit early with my free pattern, but I just had to post this great pattern I found on the Orange Flower: sketch book blog. It is a beautiful fabric basket you can use for just about anything! It is approximately 7" wide x 9" long x 13" high.
You can find the link to the tutorial and patterns here
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TORRANCE, Calif., (Oct. 30, 2013) – Performance, technology and the young entrepreneur influenced the Scion vehicles on display at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show Nov. 5-8. The collection of five builds will be located at Booth 20313, alongside three 2014 Scion tCs competing in the Scion Tuner Challenge.
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Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
(20 - 24 Servings)
Coffee Cake
3 pkgs. "JIFFY" Blueberry Muffin Mix
- 1 pkg. (3.4 oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup milk
- 3 eggs
- 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 pkg. (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1 egg
- 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 13" x 9" pan.
For coffee cake, combine muffin mixes and pudding mix. Add milk and eggs. Blend well and set aside. For filling, combine powdered sugar with cream cheese. Blend until smooth. Add egg and beat until creamy. Pour half of batter into pan. Spoon filling over batter; pour remaining batter over filling. Bake 40 - 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Combine frosting ingredients. Mix well. Pipe or spread over cake.


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Climate Change Drove Shrinkage In Ancient Horse
The ancient sifrhippus, the earliest known horse, lived around 50 million years ago. It was very distinct in its appearance because it was only about the size of a modern day house cat, weighing in around 12 pounds.
The horse lived in what is known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a 175,000 year period where the Earth's atmospheric temperature rose by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit, caused by a great release of carbon into the atmosphere and oceans.In response to the increase in greenhouse gas, one-third of mammal species decreased in size. The sifrhippus decreased by 30 percent to about 8.5 pounds during the first 130,000 years of the PETM event, it then increased to over 15 pounds during the final 45,000 years of the climate change.
Researchers have found a direct correlation between the change in the temperature and the change in the size of the sifrhippus.
The researchers, led by Ross Secord of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Jonathan Bloch of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida, studied the geochemical composition of the horse's teeth to document the decrease of the horses body size through the geologic timeframe of the PETM.
The fossils were recovered from Cabin Fork, located near the southern Bighorn Basin near Worland, Wyoming. Stephen Chester, an undergraduate who measured the teeth, caught Bloch and Secord by surprise with the findings.
Bloch said: "He pointed out that the first horses in the section were much larger than those later on. I thought something had to be wrong, but he was right – and the pattern became more robust as we collected more fossils."
Secord, who was a postdoctoral researcher in Bloch´s lab for the first year of the study, studied oxygen isotopes in the teeth and also found a big surprise. According to Bloch, "It was absolutely startling when Ross pulled up the first oxygen isotope data. We looked at the curve and we realized that it was exactly the same pattern that we were seeing with the horse body size."
The findings, according to Secord, raise questions as to how plants and animals respond to changes in the climate, including the changes in today´s climate. Scientists predict that the Earth´s temperature is expected to rise about 7 degrees Fahrenheit over the next couple of centuries, due to a 40 percent increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide since the start of the Industrial Revolution. During the PETM the temperature changed over a 10,000 to 20,000 year timeframe to become 10 degrees hotter.
The researchers question whether animals will be able to adapt quick enough due to the increased temperatures. According to what is known as Bergmann´s rule mammals of a given genus or species grow smaller in hotter climates.
The change in temperature is only part of the equation, Secord also reports that increased carbon dioxide decreases a plants nutrition level, which may cause animals to be smaller due to poorer nutrition.
The researchers published their findings in this week's issue of Science.
Image Caption: An artist's reconstruction of a modern horse compared with Sifrhippus. Credit: Danielle Byerley, UFL
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How Much Mortgage Can I Afford?
General rule of thumb: when considering the average person's lifestyle, you can afford a home that costs two-and-a-half times your annual salary.
Housing to Income Ratio
In order for lenders to ensure that they granting mortgage loans that a homeowner can afford, they require that specific debt to income ratios are met. As an example, the FHA guidelines require that your total mortgage expenses do not exceed 29% of your gross monthly income. To find this figure add the following monthly payments associated with home ownership and check to see what percentage the sum is in relation to your gross monthly income:
- Estimated Mortgage Payment
- Homeowner's Insurance
- Property Taxes
- Hazard Insurance
- Homeowner's Dues
Estimated Mortgage Payment: $1,000.
Estimated Monthly Bills: $500.
Total Monthly House Payments: $1500.
Total Monthly Gross Income: $6000.
Affordability Calculation: $1500/$6000 = 25%
Debt to Income
Lenders will also take into consideration monthly debt to income ratios. Monthly debt includes those recurring payments that are revolving or installment loans such as car loan payments, credit cards, and student loans. As an example, the FHA sets its maximum limitation at 41%, which means in order to qualify for an FHA home loan, your debt cannot exceed 41% of your monthly gross income.
Affordability Calculation: $6000 x 41% = $2460.00
Homes Requires Maintenance
Before you take the leap into a mortgage that will leave you strapped, remember that owning a home accrues more costs than just the monthly mortgage payment. You will acquire additional bills necessary to maintain the home such as oil, electricity, and water to name a few. You will need to ensure that you have factored these in before committing to a monthly mortgage payment.


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Then and Now on Main Street
Slide at Stage Fort Park circa 1959
This photo of Linda's brother taken around 1959. Does anyone know where this was located at Stage Fort Park?
Seeing Images–Then And Now Tower Bridge London
Transformation – Birdseye to Beauport hotel
see article in Boston Business Journal
Rockport Golf Club Celebrates Centennial Tournament
Golfers had to use 1914 clubs and rules as outlined by Stephen Clayton (PGA).
It was a great day at Rockport Golf Club.
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Junction at Sadler, Mt. Vernon and Elwell Then and Now From Brenda Davis
Brenda Davis has been posting incredible then and now photo montages to our GMG Google + Community Group
Here's one.
you can see all of them full sized at the in the Group Page
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THEN and NOW – Fish Farm to THE FARM
Proposed location, once a Fish Drying Farm, Bob's Clam Shack, and NOW "The Farm"
THEN and NOW– iPhpnes
THEN and Now – Browns Mall
THEN and NOW – Newell Stadium
Celebrate Old Memories and Look forward to many New ones.
"Then" photos courtesy of David B. Cox of Main Street Arts and Antiques.
THEN and NOW – Main Street (1873)
Before photo and information Submitted by Fred Bodin:
51 Main Street (Cafe Bishco is there now).
West End of Main Street buildings, including the Cape Ann Savings Bank and the YMCA.
The second floor of the bank building became Gloucester's first YMCA in 1858, one of the oldest Y's in the U.S. The first YMCA was established in Boston in the Old South Church.
THEN and NOW – YMCA (circa 1940)
Then and NOW – Fort Point (circa 1954)
THEN and NOW – Stage Fort Cannons
Stage Fort itself was used during the American Revolution, which is evident in the cannons that line the path to the top of he rocky cliffs.
THEN and NOW–Paint Factory (A New Beginning)
A lot of people don't realize there is an open courtyard space that runs between the brick and wooden buildings at the Paint Manufactory. (see post card image)
As part of the restoration process, one of the courtyard spaces is currently being cleaned up by Kerr and his crew.
A pretty spectacular space.
Our Lady of Good Voyage modeled after Azorean Church
The current church was built in 1914, after the original church burned down.
The church was modeled after the Santa Maria Madelena church in Madelena, Pico, Azores, shown above in a mid 1900 circa post card.
THEN and NOW – Lodge Gate House
Gray's Hardware post reached Texas–1896 Gray Pig Pin
Fred Bodin Submits
I received an email yesterday from Attorney David Richards of Fort Worth, Texas. He read my post about Gray's Hardware on GMG, and the fact that ancestor Lynn Gray said: "My dad, James Gray, used to ride an old fashioned bicycle with the large front wheel around Gloucester as advertising for the store. If anyone has a picture of my dad on that bicycle, now THAT's something I'd like to see " In his email, David Richards expressed his desire to give this pin to Lynn Gray, free of charge. I contacted Lynn and she's now the proud owner of a vintage 1896 Gray's pinback.
THEN and NOW – Waterfront 1948
I hope I got this correct, I matched up with what appears to be the steeple at Our Lady of Good Voyage.


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Raspberry Ricotta Fool
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Level: Easy
Serves: 6
- 1 c. ricotta cheese
- 3 tbsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. freshly grated orange peel
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 c. heavy (whipping) cream
- 1 pt. raspberries
- ¼ c. fresh orange juice
- Garnish: toasted sliced almonds
- Have ready 6 dessert glasses.
- Process first 4 ingredients in blender or food processor until smooth. Beat cream until stiff. Fold in ricotta mixture.
- Gently toss raspberries with orange juice to moisten.
- Spoon about half the ricotta cream into a large sturdy ziptop bag (refilling when necessary). Cut a 1-in. opening off 1 corner of bag.
- Put 3 or 4 raspberries in bottom of each dessert glass. Pipe on about 1⁄2 the ricotta cream. Top with remaining berries, then remaining ricotta cream. Garnish with almonds.
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Powers: Can change her form to be a tan-furred cat in any size. Prefers to become a lioness. Can sense the thoughts of animals and animalistic people near her.
Weapons: Uses throwing knives. Also knows how to shoot, reload, and clean any typical pistol
Crush: Any sexuality. Especially has a penchant for those who dominate over her
Enemy: Despises people who are judgmental of others based upon appearance or breed.
Dis-likes/Fears: Hates people who are self-righteous. Fears rejection. Fears fire, especially when she cannot get away from it. Will run from fights if she knows she cannot win, but she doesn't fear fighting itself.
Likes/Cherishes: Loves deciding her own actions. Appreciates beauty in dark places. Also appreciates those who stand up for their actions, no matter their morality.
Alliance: Neutral
Anything important about your character that should be known: Shayla will latch onto someone who gives her purpose, even if that purpose is to be abused or used.
Background: Worked in a family business, a pub, where she was forced by her mother to be a whore. Burned down the establishment and ran off on her own.
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Coffee and identity theft go together like peas and carrots. I guess that's why Starbucks decided that storing usernames, email addresses and passwords without encryption is fine for its iOS app. Discovered by security sleuth Daniel Wood, the blatant security flaw was found through Crashlytics, a Twitter-owned reporting firm that generated the telling crash logs. With the password and email address of users, cyber criminals could have an easy go at exploiting individuals who use the same password across multiple services.
Speaking to Computerworld, Starbucks Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman said the vulnerability has been patched, but a further test from Wood found that the information was still unencrypted. It's not necessarily a cause for panic, but if you've been using the same password for both Starbucks and your bank account, it might be a good time to change that.
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"We observed very poor drainage and ponding occurring along a 1,500' length of the 6th fairway. This was a fairly long stretch of the fairway that ponded in excess of 3" after a 2" rainfall and would stay that way for at least a day. This would delay the use of the course by club members. After reviewing the problem we determined we needed a French drain. I obtained bids to regrade and drain that area, but the cost was too high and would put the course out of commission for too long. The contractors bidding the job came back with a plan to regrade the area, use dual wall pipe and catch basins as the solution. I looked at those bids and decided I wanted to avoid a regrade due to cost and decided to move forward with a French drain solution. At the same time as I was getting the French drain work planned, my distributor sent me an email about a new product from NDS called EZflow.
After receiving the information, I looked at the product web site and, after viewing the installation video and a golf course case study, I decided to try the product on my 6th fairway project. I thought it may work better because of the improved infiltration of water versus pea gravel. The product has 30% superior drainage performance over pipe and gravel. I originally planned to use a 7 member crew for 7 days to trench, install and clean the site of spoils. Once I started trenching, I was able complete the entire job in 1 day with 3 employees and actually found my guys waiting for the trencher to complete trenching so they could continue to install the EZflow product. Bottom line, I put 3 people on the job to trench and install the product that ended up taking 1 day to trench and install; 2 days to clean up spoils. If I had used pea gravel and pipe, I would have needed 7 guys for 7 days to trench, install and clean the site of excess gravel.


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Oregon employers should use E-Verify
August 16, 2011
By David Olen Cross
Jeff Stone, executive director of the Oregon Association of Nurseries, in a recent Eugene Register-Guard editorial republished in the Mail Tribune under the title, "Not ready for prime time, E-Verify should not be mandatory until Washington gets it right" says he doesn't like legislation (HR 2164) now before the U.S. Congress that would require all employers in the country to use the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify system.
Unapologetically in various media outlets across the state, Jeff Stone has stated that 70 percent of OAN members' employees are undocumented workers.
A group of business organizations called the Coalition for a Working Oregon, OAN being a member organization, commissioned a study in 2008 that purported CWO membership employs 97,000 undocumented workers in the state.
Stone, a spokesperson for both OAN and CWO, needs a U.S. federal employment law reality check; U.S. law requires companies to employ only individuals who may legally work in the United States — U.S. citizens or foreign citizens legally present with authorization to work in the country.
The importance of Oregon employers being required to use the E-Verify system really becomes apparent when looking at Oregon's unemployment rate in June 2011: 9.4 percent. That means 195,422 Oregonians were unemployed. The June unemployment rate for Jackson County was much higher at 11.4 percent; 12,182 of the county's residents were unemployed.
According to Oregon Employment Department, the June 2011 civilian labor force was 2,007,028. Using the 2008 CWO study's purported employment number of 97,000 undocumented workers, CWO membership business organizations' undocumented workers would make up approximately 4.8 percent of the Oregon June 2011 civilian labor force.
Removing 97,000 undocumented workers from Oregon's civilian labor force (subtract the 97,000 undocumented workers from the 195,422 Oregonians who were unemployed) could theoretically lower the number those unemployed Oregonians legally able to work in the state to 98,422, an unemployment rate of just over 4.9 percent.
Unemployed Oregonians who are U.S. citizens or foreign citizens legally present with authorization to work in country should not have to compete for jobs with undocumented foreign national workers illegally in the state.
If all Oregon businesses not currently using the E-Verify system were required to use it, Oregon's unemployment rate would drop dramatically because all new jobs created in state would go to U.S. citizens or those legally present to work in the country.
Currently more than 2,000 Oregon businesses and government entities are successfully using the E-Verify system. At least 99 Jackson County businesses are using it.
Oregonians should contact U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Rep. Greg Walden and ask them to support the passage into law of HR 2164, which would require all U.S. businesses and government entities to use the E-Verify system so all 195,422 unemployed Oregonians who are U.S. citizens or foreign citizens legally present with authorization to work in the country can go back to work.
David Olen Cross of Salem writes on issues related to foreign national crime and immigration. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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U S Literacy Plunges..Lowest In California, Mass Population Transfer Blamed: Full Disclosure Network(R)
Jun 10, 2013, 06:07 ET from Full Disclosure Network
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Emmy Award winning Full Disclosure Network(R) presents a new online video entitled "Does Illiteracy Threaten California's Future?" featuring International Security Expert Alex Alexiev who points to government statistics demonstrating a dramatic erosion of literacy in the United States. He says a "mass population transfer after Ronald Reagan's amnesty program was responsible and continues to this day." Watch video here http://www.fulldisclosure.net/2013/06/us-literacy-plunges-lowest-in-california-vb117/
Declining Literacy Threatens US Political System?
Alexiev maintains population transfers from non-English speaking countries are a threat to the two-party system in the United States. Also featured in the video is former U.C. Regent Stanley Sheinbaum who appeared in a 2010 interview on Full Disclosure Network(R) discussing the importance of election and campaign coverage by independent media saying that "if our voting system is to work properly, the voters have to be informed and educated so they know how to vote." Alexiev fears that additional amnesty programs will generate more mass population transfers, granting citizenship to people who do not read or write in their own language.
Debate: Will Senate Bill 744 Generate Another Mass Population Transfer?
Supporters of the proposed "Immigration Reform" legislation S.744 authored by Rep. Charles Schumer (D-CA) maintain the bill will not result in a blanket "amnesty." Opponents predict that providing citizenship to those who cannot read nor write in their own languages will result in voters who will be unable determine the consequences of their votes. Included in the online video is a 2007 Full Disclosure(R) interview with first-time voters who recently passed their citizenship tests in Spanish under the new rules. The new voters explained, through an interpreter, how they decided to cast their votes.
Two additional segments from the series to be available online and on DVD soon. For a listing of public cable channels and air times contact www.fulldisclosure.net
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- http://nces.ed.gov/naal/pdf/state_summaries/California.pdf
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- http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=39
(Index Mundi Data is based on UN and Unesco sources. with an illiteracy rate of 23% (77% literacy) California would rank 151 of 205 countries)
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Andrew Cuomo made a promise to Westchester County taxpayers in 1990 when, as a young housing advocate, he forged the bipartisan accord that brought construction of his WestHELP homeless complex at the Westchester Community College campus in Greenburgh.
Cuomo signed the agreement, with Westchester County Executive Andrew O'Rourke, and Greenburgh Supervisor Tony Veteran.
Let the organization I lead build a national model for transitional housing, and we'll use the apartments for just 10 years, Cuomo told Westchester residents. In exchange for accepting the burden of housing those most in need of shelter, Westchester taxpayers will receive a complex of rental housing, to serve low- and moderate income tenants for an additional 30 years.
It was a good bargain for Westchester, which got built the housing it so sorely needed and now owns the 108 apartments, with the mortgage paid off. Housing advocates say the complex is valued for as much as $20 million. It was also a good deal for Andrew Cuomo, now New York's governor, who parlayed his success at the HELP organization into a national profile in the housing field, which eventually led to his appointment in the Clinton cabinet as secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The need for homeless housing here led to changes in Cuomo's deal with Westchester County and the town of Greenburgh. WestHELP got an additional 10 years, during which time the town of Greenburgh received $12 million to extend the homeless lease. Then, in 2011, County Executive Rob Astorino declared WestHELP was no longer needed, so the complex came under control of the town, which had agreed in 1990 to rent it for low- and moderate income tenants for the ensuing 20 years.
The town has since worked to tear down the apartments in a plan promoted by Ferncliff Manor, a Yonkers agency that serves the disabled, which wants to build a campus on the six-acre parcel and provide a steady income stream to the cash-starved town. The disabled need housing too, Ferncliff advocates, proclaim. And infrastructure that serves the 108 apartments means we can build our campus far cheaper than if we developed vacant land.
Now it's up to the former HUD secretary to decide whether he'll honor the affordable-housing promise he made to Westchester taxpayers 22 years ago.
Several housing organizations this week proposed rehabilitating the apartments for senior citizens or families. One developer, Community Housing Innovations, proposed a project called Campus Gardens, which has the support of Westchester Community College President Joe Hankin, and would house active seniors in one-bedrooms that rent for $895 a month who could avail themselves of lifelong learning opportunities at the community college.
The Greenburgh Town Board likes Ferncliff because it provides it would provide the town with $500,000 a year in rent – $140,000 more than the highest bid from affordable housing operators.
Ferncliff Manor has asked the state for a written commitment for Greenburgh, in which the state would agree to pay the town $10 million over the next 20 years so it can tear down the apartments, fix up the WestHELP administration building, and build its campus where Cuomo promised that low- and moderate-income tenants would live.
The deal hinges on whether the Cuomo administration will issue the $10-million guarantee and countenance the destruction of 108 affordable apartments, without any plan to replace the units that will meet the wrecking ball.
Two Greenburgh county legislators – Mary Jane Shimsky and Alfreda Williams – say they need a written guarantee from the Cuomo administration to support the project. Their support would be crucial to winning the super-majority on the county Board of Legislators needed to approve Ferncliff's 50-year lease.
"The children of Ferncliff need a new home, and it would be best for everyone concerned—children, staff, and families—if that home remains in Westchester County," Shimsky and Williams wrote in a statement issued Tuesday. "On the other hand, the taxpayers of Greenburgh, who are also taxpayers in Westchester County, need protection as well. A lease with Ferncliff will entail the demolition of the county-owned residential buildings currently on the site, without a penny's compensation; and, judging from the other RFP responses, those buildings are still eminently usable. If, on top of losing most of the fixed assets on the site, the State refuses to pay the $500,000 figure, those taxpayers will be all the poorer: a site that used to net the town over a million dollars in rent a year will result in no appreciable gain for town or county taxpayers."
Lobbyist Jim Cavanaugh, who represents Ferncliff Manor, says the Yonkers agency needs an exception from state regulations to make the deal work.
Cavanaugh says Ferncliff, is under the gun to find a new home for its outdated Yonkers facility, and has been meeting monthly with three state agencies that govern, and finance its operation – the state Department of Education, which oversees education; the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and the Office of Children and Family Services, which regulate and fund Ferncliff's residential component.
To win state support for a new facility, Cavanaugh says Ferncliff needs to submit a plan, which would have the annual rental payment included. That plan would then be reviewed, and presumably approved, by the state.
But Greenburgh won't agree to provide the site to Ferncliff until it gets the state's $10 million guarantee. And it's doubtful Greenburgh would win support from the county Board of Legislators without it.
"You have to have a site in order to develop a plan," Cavanaugh wrote in a Tuesday email. "And you can't get a site without offering rent. Ferncliff has been making the point that unless they knew what rental level the state would support, it is impossible to get site control since you don't know what to offer. So several months ago, at one of the monthly meetings, the three agencies said that their normal formulas would support a combined rent of slightly more than $500,000 a year. But they also said they did not want to put that in writing, because that would mean they are making a commitment ahead of a submission. A bit of a Catch 22, and we are doing our best to deal with it. We understand Greenburgh's need for comfort on the number, and hopefully the State will provide something that accomplishes it."
Cavanaugh acknowledged that the agreement Cuomo inked in 1990 didn't include housing for the disabled as one of the possible post-WestHELP uses. But societal needs can shift, he said.
"I well understand that when WestHELP was built, it was stated that eventually it would be used for affordable or senior housing," he said." If someone had included the disabled back then , I don't think anyone would have objected. But 25 years ago disabled kids weren't one anyone's list. Times change. There are lots of places in Westchester to put affordable housing, but not so many places for affordable housing for disabled kids."


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Solomon Kane is a formidable warrior, brutal and unrelenting destroying anything and everything that stands in his way. However, one day, his decision to pillage a castle with his ruthless army ends up with all except Solomon being easily slaughtered by demons. It is only when he narrowly escapes his soul being taken by the Devil's reaper that he realises that he's doomed to hell unless he renounces his violent ways in exchange for a life of peace. It is not a long lasting decision, however, as he soon finds himself facing another challenge; when mankind is threatened by an invasion of Crowthorns he must choose whether to fight or let the creatures pick of the people of the world one by one - killing some, turning the weak into slaves and the strong into murderers. His choice is easily made when he witnesses the slaughter of a family of puritans he has become close to and the kidnap of their daughter. He will lay down his soul to fight for the right reasons, even when that leads him to face hell for a second time.
'Solomon Kane' is the hellish 16th century based fantasy adventure from the 1896 to 1950s Pulp magazine character created by Robert E. Howard in 1928; a man who is better known for creating the character Conan the Barbarian. It has been adapted and directed by Michael J. Bassett ('Deathwatch', 'Wilderness') and has only just reached US movie theaters.
Starring: James Purefoy & Robert Orr.
Corgan took to Instagram to confirm rumours of new Pumpkins material, saying the first songs could arrive as early as May.
They are set to embark on their OTR II Tour this year.
Solomon Kane is a formidable warrior, brutal and unrelenting destroying anything and everything that stands...