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The Duchess of Cambridge has been urged to 'get her Royal orbs out' to feed her baby to encourage other mums to breastfeed.
TV presenter Beverley Turner – the wife of Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell – said if Kate nursed her newborn on her 'milky bosom' it could help stop the decline of mothers who reject breastfeeding.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Beverley said around 5,700 fewer women breastfed their babies in 2012-13, compared to the year before.
"We need women with power and influence to get their milky bosoms out and feed smiling in paparazzi pictures," she said.
"Celebrity is depressingly powerful in dictating trends.
"As if there wasn't enough pressure on her already, what we really need is The Duchess of Cambridge to get her Royal orbs out to feed our future monarch. And to be applauded – not seethed at – for doing so."
The Duchess of Cambridge is said to be due on July 13, but she missed the wedding of her friends Thomas van Straubenzee and Lady Melissa Percy at the weekend and so it has been claimed that Buckingham Palace has kept Kate's real due date a secret and that the royal baby could arrive next week.
In 1982 Princess Diana fooled the public by saying William was due on July 1 – he was actually born 10 days earlier. If Kate, 31, and Wills followed suit, the real due date would be July 3.
More on Parentdish: Breastfeeding sucks!
The Duchess of Cambridge has been urged to 'get her Royal orbs out' to feed her baby to encourage other mums to breastfeed.

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He awakes to fight the urge. The pull could be alcohol, gambling or any addiction, but in this case it's blood, fresh from a human neck.
Vampire angst, the burden of eternal life plus that bloody craving, is conveyed with more than a hint of humor in "Moonlight," a new CBS hour about the undead. This is a contemporary vampire story with a leading vamp-private detective who is more handsome and urbane than McDreamy, as kind a soul as Angel.
Alex O'Loughlin is the face of the postmodern vampire: conflicted, self-aware and craving our understanding.
The teeth morph, and the eyes discolor, thanks to CGI, and the vampire's blood thirst kicks in. That's when he visits his pal at the morgue who hooks him up with his liquid breakfast. But the clever talking-to-the-camera shtick makes this vampire better than his flashy action sequences.
"Moonlight," debuting tonight at 8 on KCNC-Channel 4, arrays a dark familial back story against the standard vampire tale, with sophisticated wit.
Trouble is, it could be too cool for the room: CBS has stated its intention to get crazy with its programming and push into new territory this season. The question is whether the CBS audience, which skews older and more traditional than the other broadcast networks', will come along.
Mick St. John is not the first vampire with a conscience, nor the first to serve as a guardian of a particular human. But he may be the first television vampire with a witty streak that doesn't cross over into camp. He's eager to dispel misconceptions.
No sleeping in coffins, no aversion to garlic, and crosses don't faze him, he tells the camera in an arresting opening, a droll interview with a vampire.
O'Loughlin is terrific as Mick, a regular guy who was smitten, then bitten by his bride Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon) 60 years ago.
Jason Dohring, as Mick's eternal friend Josef, is a great draw – again, more for the Fox or CW viewer than CBS. He was riveting on "Veronica Mars," now he's playing a timeless, arrogant, old-fashioned vampire with little patience for Mick's politically correct approach to being undead. In fact, he's a blood-sucking hedge-fund trader.
The battle between a vampire who practices random acts of kindness, and another who is only in it for the money (well, biting the girls, too) is only part of the drama. It seems Beth Turner (Sophia Myles), a young girl who the ever-young Mick saved years ago, is now a fetching reporter working for an online gossip site. Her editor has the best line of the pilot: "Mama needs content!" So Beth is out to milk a local homicide for all its potential. Mick has feelings for Beth, but can't let her in on his secret.
It's not clear if his feelings are paternal, romantic or on the brink of thirsty.
There's plenty of action propping up the back story. Given how weak the competition is on Fridays, "Moonlight" just might remain undead for a while.
Two Showtime returns
"Dexter" and "Brotherhood" launch second seasons Sunday, at 7 and 8 p.m. respectively, on Showtime (Channel 575 on Comcast digital).
Of the two, "Brotherhood" is much less gruesome and a more dramatically fulfilling ensemble piece.
The Caffee family of Providence, R.I., offer the best criminal-clan saga since a certain New Jersey bunch signed off. There are no white hats, no black hats: Gray areas dominate. Once again, the matriarch is phenomenal, in this case played by Fionnula Flanagan. The violence and language are brutal but credible.
"Dexter," although a fine performance by Michael C. Hall, is much more grim and gruesome. People swear by the Jeff Lindsay novels, but the TV version is too creepy.
Dexter's twisted need to kill, under the guise of vigilante justice, fuels this insistently bloody hour. By day a member of the Miami Police Department, by night an extremely careful serial killer on a mission. Keith Carradine joins the cast for 11 episodes as the search for the "Bay Harbor Butcher" begins. The opening credits alone send me screaming from the room.
Now, Sgt. Doakes (Erik King), a vet who's a good judge of character, is on to Dexter.
Dexter has taken up bowling in an effort to appear normal.
"My life's been all Jekyll and no Hyde," he laments.
He misses killing. We have a feeling he's due for a change.
TV critic Joanne Ostrow can be reached at 303-954-1830 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Calvin Women Continue To Widen Lead at MIAA Swimming & Diving Championships - Men in Fight For 3rd
Saturday, February 13, 2010
MIAA Championships Web site with results
(written by Derek Neice, Mitch Blankespoor and Jeff Febus)
Day two of the 2010 MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships has concluded, and the Calvin women are continuing to broaden the gap between their team and the competition after another fantastic day in the water.
Calvin still leads the table with 698 points and lead the nearest team in Hope College by 228. On the mens side, Calvin sits in fourth place with 285 points, 28 points behind third place Olivet. Hope leads the competition with 599 points followed by Kalamazoo with 552.
Fridays order of events will most likely be the longest of the three days of competition, and it consisted of first the 200 medley relay, and then the 400 IM, the 100 fly, the 200 free, the 100 breast, the 100 back, 1-meter diving for the women, and finally the 800 free relay.
What jumped out to me most today was our ability to jump up the ladder from prelims to finals on our seedings, Calvin coach Dan Gelderloos said after the events had concluded. And on the womens side we had a number of outstanding swims.
On the day, the Calvin women put up 375 more points to complement the 323 points they scored Thursday, giving them the total of 698. Essentially these girls have the title all but locked up and in their events Saturday they shouldnt show any signs of slowing down.
Calvin had another plethora of great wins Friday including Calvins A-team [Kristen Kinzer, Emily Roberts, Caitlin Alexander, and Monica Bressler] winning the 200 medley relay in a B-cut time of 1:46.25, Maggie Vail, Emily Roberts and Libby Counsell sweeping the top three spots in the 100 breast with B-cut times of 1:04.94, 1:04.97, and 1:06.53 respectively, and Monica Bressler and Kristen Kinzer swimming B-cut times in the 100 back and taking first and third with times of 58.66 and 59.31 respectively.
Monica Bressler keeps on shining with her 100 backstroke, Gelderloos said when asked about some key performances on the womens side. And the breaststrokers took one two three with the two seniors and the freshman and those three girls should be going as well to the big dance.
Similar to Thursday, Fridays races showed many great non-win finishes that allowed the Knights increase their lead by so much. In the 100 fly finals Caitlin Alexander took fourth in a time of 59.71 and in the 100 fly consolation finals Kristen Kinzer finished first with a time of 59.49, a time that would have been good enough for fourth place in the final heat. Senior Kelley Barr was close behind in 10th place (1:00.07), one day after finishing seventh in the 200 IM (2:14.81).
Other notable finishes included Laura Price and Kendra Kinzer going second and third in the 200 free finals with times of 1:56.51 and 1:56.62 respectively, Rachel Colasurdo finishing third in the 400 IM with a time of 4:42.76, and finally the Calvin A-team [Rachel Colasurdo, Laura Price, Libby Veldkamp, and Kendra Kinzer] taking second in the 800 free relay finals with an NCAA III B cut time of 7:48.74.
Kristy Kinzer, and it goes a long way with me in having a rough start and coming out the next day and bouncing back, really having a big-time day and proving what shes all about, Gelderloos said of Kinzers performance Friday. She had a B-cut in the backstroke, led off our medley relay and really just bounced back well which I love to see.
With such a big lead going into the final day of racing, these Calvin women are exactly where they want to be, and after the final event Saturday, we should be looking at the Knights hoisting that conference championship trophy.
The finals are set to begin again at 6 p.m. Saturday.
In the mens competition, Calvin stayed within striking distance of Olivet as the Knights and Comets continue to jockey for third place.
Calvins top individual performance of the evening came in the 100 butterfly as freshman Mark Rushlow took third with an NCAA III B cut time of 50.29. Rushlow was just two-hundreths of a second behind defending champion Ryan Nelis and a half-second behind winner Paul Ellis of Kalamazoo.
In the consolation heat, freshman Ryan Martinie also came up with an incredible effort, winning the heat with a ninth place time of 52.48. Heading into the final 25 yards, Martinie trailed four competitors but caught up with 10 yards to go and then touched out Olivets Rafe Maxwell at the wall by four-hundreths of a second.
I think Mark has a chance to go to nationals with that time which is very exciting, said Gelderloos. Ryan Martinie also had a very exciting race. He was close to being last at the final wall but he came through in a big way. It was great strategy on his part.
Senior Kurt Van Allsburg also had a classic finish in taking sixth place with a time of 52.96 in the 100 backstroke. Van Allsburg also trailed heading down the final stretch but touched out a competitor by one-hundreth of a second for sixth. Freshman Kyle Garringer also took 11th (54.51), freshman Sam Allison 13th (55.79), junior Tyler Westman 14th (55.88) and freshman Zach Reuther 16th (58.09) in the 100 back.
In the 100 breaststroke, sophomore Greg Gorham had a superb day, finishing sixth with a school record time of 59.05, breaking his own record of 59.28 set in the morning prelims. The previous record had been 59.88 set by Keith Conrad in 2009. Sophomore Chris Shepperly also took 11th (1:02.11), and sophomore Luke Griffioen 15th (1:05.82) in the 100 breaststroke.
In the 200 freestyle sophomore Ross Battoclette was 10th (1:45.17) and freshman Kenton Cooper 15th (1:48.33).
Calvin also received strong performances in the 400 IM with freshman Stephen Kraft taking seventh in 4:19.34, freshman Mathias Bares taking ninth (4:24.56) and Griffioen 15th (4:50.48).
In the 200 medley relay, Calvins quartet of Van Allsburg, Gorham, Martinie and Garringer took fourth with a season-best time of 1:36.92 while its 800 freestyle relay team of Rushlow, Battoclette, Cooper and Bares taking fourth in a season-best time of 7:06.37.
I was very proud of both of our relays tonight, said Gelderloos. Our 800 freestyle relay had a sophomore and three freshmen the youngest relay by far in the meet and they came up with a very respectable time.
Building off of the momentum of perhaps a record day yesterday, the womens swimming and diving team took to the pool looking to extend its lead. The divers took to the one-meter board, and had great success. Calvin had three of their four divers qualify for the finals with 2nd, 3rd, and 9th place finished in the prelims. Senior Casey Herman was not to be denied, scoring over 400 yet again with a score of 441.36. This score was not only good enough to win, as well as put her in consideration for nationals in Minneapolis.
Today was great prelims that set us up for the finals tonight. No one moment defines our season. We just go out there one at a time and nail our dives. Casey went out and did just that by putting away her reverse one and a half. Diving head coach Aaron Paskvan commented.
It truly was a team effort. Freshmen Samantha Klaasan finished third tallying 432.60. Along with Herman, this score puts Klaasan in consideration for a spot in the one meter diving nationals
I couldnt be prouder of Sam. She stepped up huge as a freshman again. She is kinda bursting on the scene now producing results in big time moments.
Junior Carmen Brummel was fighting sickness, but still scored solid with a 369.20, good enough for a ninth place finish.
Tonight was a courageous performance tonight. She was having some stomach problems before she got in the pool. It was impressive to see her fight through that.
All of these divers scored Calvin crucial points that widened Calvins lead and might lead to a record being set for Calvin. As for the potential national qualifiers, Paskvan had this to say.
Its a two week selection process. It ultimately comes down to how they look on tape because the panel will re-rank and score them again right there.
The men had the day off today, but will take up the three-meter board tomorrow. This might be the outcome of whether or not the men can sneak past Olivet in the standings.
Those points tomorrow that Colin will be competing for will be huge. We are hoping he will get us at least within 13 points of Olivet and hopefully more.
Dan Gelderloos Day Two Audio Interview
Aaron Paskvan Day Two Audio Interview
Emily Roberts Day Two Audio Interview
Maggie Vail Day Two Audio Interview
Kurt Van Allsburg Audio Interview
Day Two Photo Gallery by Randy Herrema


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Yeah part 2 covers many of the things you have mentioned. South America will surprise many people. I'll come out of left field with some rather interesting factual tidbits.
Stay tuned.
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I put this statement out there. Make of it what you will.Facts are circumstances unanimously agreed to by a majority. Facts change when the majority of opinions regarding a set of circumstances change.
definition of fact
A fact consists of the quality of being actual. A fact is also a piece of information presented as having objective reality.
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I could be mistaken but I think a concensus means a majority in agreement.
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Howdy Slayer
A good compilation and explanation of existing materials!
One question what is your explanation of why these alleged sunken civilization didn't just move to higher ground and why during their existence before the flood/disaster did they not leave traces on said higher ground?
Then just where the hell have we been for the preceding 165,000 to 188,000 years?
I find it rather interesting when we consider that there has been no real evidence of Stone Age tool making in India. Then out of nowhere again we have one of the worlds earliest civilizations show up along the Indus valley.
Many megalithic sites create real problems for archaeologists when they attempt to date them. It's funny how many leave that crucial bit of critical information out when they state that a theory that does not fit into the accepted timeline is wrong.
Once a stone is cut and put into place there is no way to date when that occurred so in order to find out the date of such locations they search for other clues mainly carbon from village camp fires, grave sites etc.
Who's to say that those locations are not from village campsites or migration through that area that occurred thousands of years after the stone structures were erected?


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We are so very excited to share today's goods with you. We have some serious style and gorgeous headed your way and it is going to start with this sweet as can be day from photographer Jamie Delaine. This intimate, outdoor wedding took place in the gorgeous countryside of Penticton, British Columbia and all of the natural, organic details are so thoughtful, so easy breezy and perfectly executed. Take for instance the fact that the couple collected their favorite micro-brewed beer from all over Canada to serve at their reception..umm we are so in love with that! Not to mention the fact that the bride, Laurell, is a singer/songwriter with a hit song out right now so you can imagine the talent and style that ran wild at these nuptials. Check out the rest of this beautiful, rustic, boot-clad, awesome day in the gallery.
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Dreamy, right? Well as if this weren't enough pretty for one post, we also have the sweet, sweet film of the day from mega-talented videographer Maclean Carlson of Hello Tomorrow Productions. It is absolute perfection and we insist that you watch. You'll thank us in a moment!
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Laurell and Trevor had a beautiful, intimate, low-key outdoor wedding in Penticton with 50 guests. It rained for a whole of two minutes, bookended by brilliant blue sky and sun-drenched trees. The couple chose not to have a wedding party with such a small group, and Laurell and her girlfriends arranged the flowers the morning of the wedding. Laurell made her dress "her own" by having her mother sew on a gorgeous feather flower, actually a headpiece. Trevor wore antique leather shoes from the 30's and Laurell changed into her cowboy boots for their photo walk. Laurell's dad (a carpenter) made the place settings out of beach wood. The couple served micro-brewed beer from all over Canada (they collected it on tour) and their favourite wine was enjoyed all afternoon and evening – Pentage, brought from the vineyard-next-door. The caterers gathered organic food and ingredients from the local farmer's market and their own garden for dinner. The wedding party dined at one long table al fresco under the trees and enjoyed the most delicious meal in of venison tenderloin, wild mushroom risotto, and organic veggies in a casual, family style setting. The whole day was relaxed, beautiful, perfect.
Photography: Jamie Delaine / Video: Hello Tomorrow Productions / Hair: Rita Kwon of iDaburn Salons / Dress: Barbara Allin of Becker's Bridal / Wine: Pentage Winery / Rentals: Westminster Party & Tent Rentals / Catering: Joy Road Catering / Venue: God's Mountain Estate, Penticton, BC / Flowers: homemade!


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November 8, 1999
Web posted at: 1:21 p.m. EST (1821 GMT)
There may not be many reasons to feel sorry for the United
Nations--its marble-and-glass headquarters, after all, have
occupied prime Manhattan real estate free of charge for nearly
50 years--but nothing justifies the degree of sheer pitilessness
that the U.N.'s biggest, richest and most important member has
shown toward the world body since the mid-'80s. That's when the
U.S. decided to cut back on paying its U.N. dues, got serious
about slashing the organization's bloat, held funding for the
U.N. hostage to abortion politics and allowed the U.S. to begin
accumulating well over $1 billion in arrears.
Now comes the reckoning: if Congress and the White House do not
come up with at least $350 million by the end of the year, the
U.S. will lose its vote in the U.N.'s 185-member General
Assembly, joining the company of such scofflaws as Somalia, Iraq
and Sierra Leone. American delinquency has sullied the U.S.'s
prestige at the U.N., and may be gnawing away at American
credibility overseas. How, foreign-policy types worry, can a
nation lead if it won't even pay its bills? Late last week
congressional Republicans remained deadlocked with the
Administration over the arrears. Under one proposal, Congress
would release enough money to allow the U.S. to retain its seat
in the General Assembly. The nation's Security Council slot is
not in jeopardy. But that would still leave Washington more than
$1 billion in the hole, which the Administration finds
unacceptable. And no one knows if the U.N.-bashing G.O.P.--which
showed a willingness to play chicken politics with the White
House over the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty last month--is
really ready to compromise. "Having seen what's happened over
the last couple of years," U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan
told TIME, "I hesitate to hazard a guess."
The White House has ascribed the U.S.'s failure to pay its U.N.
debts mainly to isolationist Republican kookery. In fact,
Congress has passed two bills authorizing payment of the
arrears. But President Clinton vetoed both because of New Jersey
Republican Representative Chris Smith's insistence that U.N.
dues be tied to legislation that would withhold money to any
organizations that lobby foreign governments on abortion. Though
they have watered down their antiabortion language, House G.O.P.
leaders Tom DeLay and Dick Armey have also promised Smith that
payment of the arrears will remain linked to his proviso. That's
unacceptable to the White House and its supporters.
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is blunt: "Petty, partisan,
ideological, picayune politics are undermining the
national-security interests of our country."
How? For one thing, failing to pay U.N. dues is actually costing
the U.S. more money in the long run by jeopardizing efforts to
reduce the U.S. share of the U.N. peacekeeping tab from 30% to
25%. (The U.S. expects a $320 million bill this year.)
"Countries would have been willing to lower the U.S. portion,"
says U.N. information officer Jessica Jiji, "if they had paid
their dues." And if the U.S. loses its General Assembly vote, it
may also forfeit its moral strength in the battle to restrain
the growth of the U.N. budget. Says U.N. Under-Secretary-General
Joseph Connor: "Somebody sitting on the bench isn't throwing the
Many Republicans don't care. They point out that the real
diplomatic work at the U.N. takes place in the tight confines of
the Security Council, where the U.S. cannot lose its vote.
Assured of that, G.O.P. firebrands are practically daring the
U.N. to try to remove the U.S. from the General Assembly, as
U.N. officials say their charter requires them to do. "Do you
honestly believe we're going to lose our vote?" asks DeLay
spokesman Mike Scanlon. "I'd like to see that happen." Adds
Smith: "I honestly can't wait. If we lose our vote, that will
call for a reassessment, and there will be a big national
debate...about much of what goes on at the U.N."
Comments like that--which reflect a belief that the U.S. can and
should act unilaterally in the world--infuriate other countries,
making them less willing to go along with the U.S. when it does
try to accomplish things through the U.N. "U.S. leadership has
been compromised by the nonpayment," Annan says. "And it has
provoked both friends and foes alike." But U.S. arrears have run
along even as U.S. power grew through the Gulf War, the collapse
of the Soviet Union and the war in Kosovo. It is easy to say the
U.S. is losing prestige, but it is a sign of the U.N.'s
irrelevance to most Americans that congressional politicos feel
comfortable tilting at it.
Still, the current target practice comes at an awkward time. The
U.S. needs the U.N. to help shoulder many of its foreign-policy
goals--from getting rogue states like Iraq and North Korea to
halt their weapons programs to keeping peace in places like
Kosovo and East Timor--not to mention the humanitarian causes
that the U.S. is increasingly reluctant to take up on its own.
"If we're happy to see people float by the hundreds of thousands
down the river, then fine," says I. William Zartman, of the
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. "But we
do so at a peril to what's important to us."


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Gov. Sarah Palin presents an interesting paradox. She is the governor of the state of Alaska and seems to want to be anything but. In her ambitious quest for national office, she had no qualms in disowning the southeastern portion of the state, ignoring her campaign rhetoric of support for our bridge. She has also embarked on a not-so-subtle dismantling of the capitol of Juneau, something she had promised not to do.
Since campaigning on her anti-corruption platform, it has been noticed that she and her family have bent some of the rules regarding influence of office, funding for family travel and whether she works at home or lives at the office. For an individual regaling us with the persona of the reformer of past corruption, she has made some questionable moves.
I do not begrudge her ambition, even though I do not agree with all of her stances. One thing I do believe is that if she is so interested in not being governor, then she should resign and pursue whichever office she thinks she should have. She ran for governor by making commitments and promises about what she would do and how she would conduct herself in office. I do not recall any pledges to pursue opportunities for higher office should they be more to her liking. I feel betrayed.
Palin needs to decide if she wants to be governor. She ran for the office and won the support of the people of this state. She needs to either stand behind that commitment or honorably declare she has other things she would rather do. This state needs a full-time governor who is willing to work for the best interests of the entire state. We do not need someone who is here to further personal agendas, sacrificing the needs of entire regions of the state in order to do so.
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So I've never had a blog before. I'm not entirely surewhat compelled me to start one. I guess it's because I want a least some record of my life, even if I'm the only one who reads it.To be able to say, "I was here. I existed. I lived." Plus I think it will be theraputic, to work through my day out loud.
This may be a very boring blog. It's probably just going to be me talking about my day-to-day stuff. Work, living on my own and all the new challenges that brings, work, my cat, work, my family, Justin. Did I mention work?
So I'm sorry if I bore you. If you don't like it, don't read it. Simple.
I'm sitting at the laundry mat across the street, waiting for our clothes to dry. We have a washer in our apartment, but no dryer. Really not that bad. i've been hanging clothes on radiators and shower curtain rods since childhood. It works. Unfortunetly, I can't do that with most of Justin's clothes, because they come out terribly wrinkled. He has to look very presentable 90% of the time, for work. For those of you who don't know, Justin is my boyfriend of 8 months. We live together above Cafe con Chocolate (Where I work and where we met). He is an opera singer, performing musican and magician, and sings and plays trombone in band called The Business. That's how we met. He was playing his ukulele and singing at the cafe one night in April. (April 2nd actually. YeS I know. Corny that I remember the date. So sue me.) My sister Melissa (who also works at the cafe) called and told me I should come to the cafe. She said this really super talented musician was going to be there.
I wasn't doing so hot then. I barely left the house. I was very close to not going. I don't know why I did. But I did. And my life changed forever.
But thats a story for another time.
I titled this "Brave New World" because I fell that it describes my life now. Everything in my life right now is completely new to me. Having my own apartment, being in love, living with and being in a serious relationship with someone, bills, work, (A LOT OF WORK), etc. The love that I have is so beautifully brave. I feel found and able to do anything.
That's all for now.
Monday, January 10, 2011
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- n. A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
- v. To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.
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- To whisk; scud; move nimbly, as a hare or other small animal.
- To fib; lie.
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- n. A quick motion; a rapid, noiseless movement.
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The new suite of e-mail and document security and archiving applications aims to give admins consistent performance and control throughout a Microsoft-centric IT system.
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James Quarmby
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Office: London
The Legal 500 describes him as a "very experienced tax lawyer with commendable professionalism and responsiveness " and Chambers describes James as "the fount of all knowledge". He has a wide ranging practice, advising on international trusts, taxation, pensions and disputes.
James is currently named in the eprivateclient's "50 Most Influential in Private Wealth" and his team is the holder of various awards, including "Private Client Law Firm of the Year" in the Wealth Briefing Awards (2015 & 2017) and the British Legal Awards (2015). He lectures widely and frequently appears in the press and broadcast media (such as BBC TV News, BBC Radio 4, Radio 2, Bloomberg TV).
As well as being a solicitor, James is a Registered Tax Technician and is regulated by the Association of Tax Technicians (ATT). He is an active member of STEP and the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA). James is also a contributing editor for Lexis/Nexis.
"Extremely good and presentable. You put him in front of a client and he makes the most complicated matter seem straightforward. It's great to introduce someone of such a high quality to our clients."
Chambers HNW Guide 2017
Advised clients on the most tax efficient means of acquiring and holding UK property, both for personal occupation and investment, taking into account CGT, IHT, ATED, SDLT and VAT.
Recently advised a prominent Italian family on their relocation to the UK, looking at their personal assets and those in various offshore trusts.
Represented a client in an HMRC investigation generated by their receipt of his leaked foreign bank account details, settling the case for less than one-tenth of the amount of tax originally claimed.
Advised a prominent Hong Kong billionaire on his proposed bequest to an US charity and created two charitable trusts and the UK and Hong Kong.
Recently advised a UK national resident in Belgium on estate planning for his worldwide estate, including considering the interaction between UK and Belgian death taxes.
Advised a large number of individuals and institutions on the UK tax treatment of IPPs, QROPS and QNUPS.
Advised clients on all legal matters including build/purchase contracts, disputes and finance concerning jets, yachts and artwork.
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Acted for the gallery in the acquisition by an existing shareholder and advised on all aspects of the transaction, including corporate and tax-related issues.
Advised on the acquisition of a property in London to house an art collection, including all of the tax and surrounding legal issues such as drafting the license for the offshore company that owns the art.
Advised on their art collection, owned by an offshore company but displayed in their London property. This involved complex 'benefit in kind' issues with regards to the art on display, which was owned by a separate offshore company under license.
Advised a party to a beneficiary dispute over inherited art, owned by an offshore trust.
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On 5 December 2017, the European Union Finance Ministers published the EU's blacklist of tax havens listing 17 "non-cooperative" tax jurisdictions, including the UAE i..
I have complained before about the increased complexity of property taxes in the UK - with the unholy trinity of CGT, non-resident CGT (NRCGT) and ATED related gains t..
Stephenson Harwood partner and head of private wealth James Quarmby has been named one of the '50 Most Influential' advisers by eprivateclient, for the third year runn..
However you may wish to dress it up, taxation is the license the government gives itself to confiscate your money, or at least a defined portion of it. We cannot argue..
In our first edition after the election, we return to the issue of the disclosure of trusts, as the unstoppable transparency juggernaut continues to roll on.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has been named 'Private Client Law Firm' by Wealth Briefing magazine and London-based partner James Quarmby received the 'Private Clien..
After an unseemly rush of re-structuring and de-enveloping, motivated by a government determined to bring in its tax reforms on 6 April, we are now told that most of t..
On 18 April, the Financial Conduct Authority published its 2017/2018 Business Plan. The FCA makes it clear that it may start prosecuting firms or individuals for serio..
You may think that you already know what you need to know about the non-dom rules and how they affect trusts – but the chances are that you are mistaken.
The Finance Bill 2017 - overseas pensions.
This is the first 'budget' under both a new Chancellor and a new Prime Minister and the first big fiscal event since Brexit - what's not to love? As it turns out, quit..
Head of private wealth, James Quarmby, was awarded 'Tax & Trust Lawyer of the Year' at the Spear's Wealth Management Awards.
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Sheltering under the eaves of the Finance Bill 2016 are various changes to the way in which profits from trading in UK land are taxed. This bumper edition (I'm feeling..
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Bros: Britney Spears Is SINGLE and Ready to Mingle
Britney's BACK, bitch. According to TMZ, Britney Spears dumped her boyfriend of 18-months, David Lucado, after finding out there's a video of him sucking face and dancing with another girl started being shopped around Hollywood. There are photos of the couple all over Instagram, but Spears more or less confirmed it was officially over on Twitter this evening:
Ahhhh the single life!
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) August 28, 2014
Bros: It's time to make your 8th grade fantasy girl a reality. You can be the next K-Fed. Maybe you'll run into her on your next trip to Vegas. Just admit it: Carson Daily-on-TRL-era you is so happy right now. Here's a few pics of Spears – a mother of two – from her Instagram.Work, bitch:


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In Summary
Increased purchasing power means customers want to buy everything at one place
For the past few years, business has not been good for Pauline Njeri, the owner of a small fruit and vegetable stall in Kasarani, Nairobi.
Her once-thriving venture is now a shadow of its former self.
"In 2011, I had about seven employees working for me, and the returns at the end of the month were very encouraging. Right now, I can only comfortably afford four workers. Profits have been at a plateau for some time now," she said.
Her fortunes changed when of Naivas and Nakumatt opened supermarkets in Kasarani.
"Competition is tough," she said. "There is a Naivas store just a stone throw from here, while Thika Road Mall, about 30 minutes away, has a Nakumatt supermarket. Loyal customers who used to place orders for traditional vegetables like mchicha, terere, kunde, mrenda and managu now get their supply from the supermarkets."
Like Ms Njeri, Ms Grace Jeptoo, who runs a vegetable stall in South C, is struggling to come to terms with her reduced profits. Her seven-year-old business that has been providing additional income for her family is fighting a tough battle against several larger retail outlets in the area.
"Most people nowadays prefer to do shopping for perishable consumables at the same time they shop for their other household items. My fruits are the only products that are being picked off the shelves as fast as they did before," said Ms Jeptoo.
While the death of corner shops on the arrival of supermarkets has become the norm, the death of food kiosks and mama mbogas is also growing as retail chains pushing for more sources of revenue diversify into catering in foods and beverages.
And as the giant retail chains take over residential estates that were once the preserve of vegetable kiosks in a bid to get closer to the customers the mama mboga are being squeezed out of business.
Supermarkets stock an array of vegetables and fruits, snacks and cooked, frozen foods that require just a few minutes in the microwave. A visit to any major supermarket reveals counters in food sections filled with hot meals ranging from local to foreign delicacies.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891084307138659436.post2535878600428843317..comments2017-10-04T22:40:14.509-07:00Comments on Joan's Genealogy Jottings: The Carr FamilyJoanLhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891084307138659436.post-76535224706297118822011-02-21T17:25:45.243-08:002011-02-21T17:25:45.243-08:00A letter from Mary Carr to Ruth Davies dated Nov. ...A letter from Mary Carr to Ruth Davies dated Nov. 26/82

Dear Ruth & Bert,

I received your letter this afternoon with all its sad news. Your Mother was ready to leave this world, I'm sure. Mother was 95 when she died and she often said that she was ready and she had a peaceful ending, too. I loved your Mother and had many happy times with her. She was 10 years younger than Mother and 19 years older than I. Her children, especially Vivian, were nearer my age, but years made no difference to the pleasure we had in visiting together.
No one told me that Vivian had died. I missed her letter last Christmas, but I'd had one from Arthur in 1980 and wondered whether she was ill. She was a darling, and you and her family must miss her. I'm sorry about Ona, too. Bill will be so lonely.

As a matter of fact, we saw about Elwood's death after Christmas in the Alberta Report. Did he go suddenly? It seems strange that all of your Mother's family are gone. I have such vivid memories of the whole family and cannot believe that memories are all that remain.

In April this year my doctor brother, Stephen, died after a long and exhausting illness. He retired in July 1981 at the age of 70, and only then did he tell us of his heart and lung condition with its fatal ending. We were prepared but miss him so much. His widow is doing well, his sons all grown and away, but we're not yet used to him being gone.

I'm glad you and Bert are enjoying retirement. I love it but I've never been so busy. The difference is that I'm busy on my own time. Isn't that right?

I'll be going to my brother John's home for Christmas. I've always gone to them in Calgary since Mother died. Their family - two sons and a daughter-in-law - will be home, too, so we have a lively time. I expect you have your family around you and that probably includes grandchildren. I became a great-great-aunt this year, and my oldest nephew is a grandfather! How time marches on.

Maybe you will travel my way in your motorhome some day soon. I would love to have you visit me. Is Margaret still in Edmonton? I visit my niece at Ft. Saskatchewan occasionally and would give her a ring if I knew where she lived. I saw Vivian Dougan in July at my niece's wedding. Her family is pretty well grown up.

I will drop a note to Vivian's husband. I hope he's at the same address.

It would be nice to have a chat instead of just a letter, Just know that you have my warmest sympathy.

Love, MaryJoanLhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Love the Neighborhood
If you don't like your neighborhood, you'll never love your home. Most buyers narrow their home search by affordability, school districts and commute times. However, it can be challenging to pick up on all the pros and cons of a neighborhood when you don't live there.
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In most areas, this advice applies even if you don't have school-age children. Reason: When it comes time to sell, you'll learn that strong school districts are a top priority for many home buyers, thus helping to boost property values.
When you find a home you like, visit the home and street at various times of day and night so you can get a sense of neighborhood noise and traffic.
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It's easy to get caught up in the fun aspects of home buying, like deciding what color to paint the living room, and losing sight of affordability concerns. It can be difficult to understand how a six-figure purchase will actually affect your monthly budget. So, before you fall in love with a house that's out of your price range, do the math to figure out what you can afford and then calculate how much income you'll have left over after paying your mortgage and taxes.
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Your lender will require a home appraisal. But that's just the bank's way of determining whether the house is worth the price you've agreed to pay. Separately, you should hire your own home inspector, preferably an engineer with experience in doing home surveys in the area where you are buying. His or her job will be to point out potential problems that could require costly repairs down the road. Part of our service is to recommend and hire these inspectors for you. We employ licensed and reputable inspectors who take the mystery out of the condition of any home.


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The Irish love Our Lady, as Kate Towne shows through their history, language, and given names.
Browsing: Ireland
4 Our Lady: Queen of Ireland
0 Experience the trials of one of the world's most beloved saints
St. Patrick's remarkable life is now being told in The Trials of Saint Patrick, an eight-part audio dramatization produced by Augustine Institute Radio Theatre (AIR Theatre) about his holiness and dedication to the people of Ireland.
0 Book Notes: Picture Books for St. Patrick's Day
Barb Szyszkiewicz reviews two captivating books about Irish saints that are perfect read-alouds to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
7 Eddie Cotter, Jr., Dead Theologians Society, and Ireland
An in-depth look at the "new springtime" in the Church in Ireland from Eddie Cotter, Jr., founder of the Dead Theologians Society
2 Hope, the Eucharist, and the Church in Ireland
After having "studied" abroad for a year in Galway, it had been such a joy to travel back there with…
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Previously on Mad Mad House:
Ten little TOPs in over their heads,Doing voodoo and in a pool blood red.Brent won immunity and so he said,No more Hamin jumping on the bed.
This week, nine little TOPs remain. Who will be voted out tonight?
Returning from the Elimination Ceremony, Brent discusses with the other NOPs how much it sucked having to break the Alts tie and choose between Loana and Hamin, two of his best friends in the house. Of course, hes got the hots for Loana, so it wasnt that hard.
Meanwhile, Kelly whispers to Eric that if they get rid of Nichole, she can get more attention. She hates how Nicholes always taking the damn stage and will never shut her fat mouth. Pot, kettle, black. About the fat mouth, and the never shutting it part. Of course, theres all kinds of other fat jokes I could make, about how its not Nicholes fault Kellys so big that she cant fit on the stage when someone else is on it, but that would be rude, so I wont.
MBFOV is drunk and getting in an argument with Nichole about how shes a b!tch and just keeps talking, and talking, and talking, and talking. Kinda like she is right now. In MBFOVs defense, Nichole does talk. A lot. Jamie stirs the pot
or the kettle
or whichever Kelly is, by saying she talks a lot too. Kelly is shocked that anyone would say such a thing. Jamie says you cant live in glass houses, and you cant judge a book by first impressions. And you cant make a summary without breaking a few aphorisms, but fortunately, DAWs will always comply.
Eric confesses Kellys crazy with a few drinks in her, and if her boyfriend wants to wipe the V off MBFOV, he just needs to get her drunk. Kelly says she doesnt think it makes her any less of a Christian to get drunk every once in a while, and it doesnt hurt anyone, and its no big deal. If you say so, but Ive always contended that God invented alcohol for the entertainment of those of us who dont drink. Case in point: your getting down on all fours, barking, and chasing the dog around.
The Alts enter, and Don announces that its time to choose new roommates. Basically, everyone that wasnt chosen last time will have to spend the night with an Alt this time. Don chooses Noel, who looks uncomfortable. Avocado chooses Jamie, because they both like to get naked. TaShia chooses Tim, Fiona chooses Loana because they have most of the same letters in their names, and Art chooses Bonnie, who gives him a hug and kiss. They all retire to their chambers at Dons word, but this group apparently wasnt as entertaining as the first, because we see very little of their interactions and sleeping arrangements.
The next day, Tim goes out to the pool to eat his lunch to find not only Art, but also Avocado, lounging around naked. He asks them if tomorrow theyll have Don out there with them. Avocado says no one wants to see that, but anyway it would have to be under the full moon, which is still a few days away. Tim says when they get TaShia and Fiona out there naked, hell join them.
Later, the NOPs are gathered on the lawn, and Fiona, apparently the only Alt allowed to dress normally, hands them each a pen and scroll on which they are to write something that makes them very angry or scared. That night, they bring their scrolls with them to Fionas Wiccan ritual. Wearing a white, feathery, low-cut dress with a pentagram inscribed in an open circle baring her midsection, she intones I conjure thee circle, so that you may be a boundary between the everyday and the eternal flame. Oh great, now shes talking to circles.
The breath that we share, we call on the element of Air in the East. The molten core of our planet, we call on the element of Fire in the South. The rivers, the lakes, the oceans, we call on the element of Water in the West. The mountains, we call on the element of Earth in the North.
Fiona tells them that if they are prepared, she wants them to join her in a circle within the circle an inner circle, if you will. I think shes been listening to too many of Dons microcosm/macrocosm spiels. But once they enter the inner circle, they cannot leave. Eric looks like he cant wait to enter her inner circle. She threatens those who enter the inner circle with a sword, which seems counter productive to me, but who am I to question? Brent and Loana are the only ones that decline to enter.
Fiona instructs the seven remaining to place their scrolls in the basket, and she declares that they have to share with the rest of the class. Thatll teach them to pass notes on her watch. She reads the first scroll, Im afraid of everyone making fun of me. Im afraid of being left alone because the whole world is laughing at me. She asks who would like to step forward and claim this scroll, which is entirely unnecessary, because even the dog knows its Kellys.
MBFOV joins Fiona and explains that she feels this way because she was made fun of as a kid, and is afraid people here dont like her. Perhaps someone should tell her that going on a reality television show is NOT the way to not have people make fun of you? Maybe its just me. Fiona asks Kelly to release her fear, and she begins to shake, contort her face, and finally lets loose three primal harpy shrieks. Fiona hugs her, throws the scroll in the fire, and says her fear is released. Eric says Kelly is trying to win an Academy Award and just wants attention, and that he feels sorry for her.
The next scroll belongs to Eric, and reads Being able to stand on my own two feet. Apparently he feels that telling everyone else to F*** off will somehow solve his problem, so he raises his hands to the sky, flips a double bird, and shouts F*** off!!! Fiona is not impressed, and tells him to do it with feeling this time. Eric, in confessional, says that he feels this is all ridiculous. But Fiona wont proceed until he does it. He gathers himself and lets loose a dozen F-bombs. I bet he feels so much better now.
The next scroll reads, Hypocrisy, cruelty, child abuse, hatred. Nichole claims it and explains that her parents are divorced, and while they were trying to work things out, people from her church came and counseled them, and that she hated those people. Trying to save a relationship is certainly an ignoble thing to do, isnt it? Hows this: I hate you because you spell your name with an H. Oh, look, H stands for Hypocrisy. Now shut up and snivel off camera somewhere. Fiona says she needs to forgive those people, even though we still havent discovered what theyve done that needs forgiveness. Anyway, Nichole oh so graciously does so, and her scroll is burned in the fire as she gets her release.
Noel is next. He fears people discovering a six-inch scar on his stomach that resulted from life-saving surgery on his kidneys as a child. Fiona asks him to show everyone his scar, and wow, its a serious scar. His stomach looks more like his back, with a deep vertical scar up the middle. Fiona asks, Wouldnt we all agree Noels scar is beautiful? I wouldnt go that far, but I give him major credit for making himself vulnerable like that. The others do a half-convincing job of saying it is beautiful, and we get a creepy (as always) shot of Don nodding enthusiastically. Seriously, it wouldnt make me shudder any more if he were licking his lips. Noels scroll goes into the fire.
Bonnie and Tims scrolls, by some mysterious Wiccan magic, wind up on the cutting room floor, and Fiona next addresses Brent and Loana, telling them that they are trapped by their fear, and if they let fear rule their lives they will miss out on all the wonders the house has to offer them. Oooh, see them tremble in fear! See them miss the wonderful wonders!
TaShia confesses that Brent and Loana have historically (since twice makes history) bowed out of rituals when they get too intense, and that one of them should be eliminated.
Fiona then brings the ritual to a close by singing the names of goddesses (which may be legit, but seemed kinda goofy), and leading the NOPs (I guess the SOPs in this case) to throw their hands in the air and shout Wheeee!


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Quick Facts: Overglider
- A very smooth stroke
Serious and thoughtful about improving their swimming.
How To Spot One:
- Often tall male swimmers
swim type 4: The Overglider
the biggest thinkers in the sport but they have gone down a cul de sac with their stroke
Overglider Profile
The Overglider can be male or female but with one common trait - a very conscientious approach towards developing their swimming technique! Their stroke is typically long but contains too much glide and has a distinct dead-spot within its timing.
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Overglider Common Characteristics:
• A long and smooth stroke when viewed from above the water but often with a very slow stroke rate which lacks rhythm and flow. A clear dead-spot is always present, normally at the front of the stroke at full extension.
• Typically breathes every two strokes to one preferred side (unilateral breathing) with distinctly more rotation to the breathing side.
• Lack of rotation to the non-breathing side causes non-breathing arm to sweep round the side of the swimmer rather than over the top.
• Very common to see lead hand extending forwards and the palm pushing against the water "applying the brakes".
• Straight arm catch and pull pushing down on the water rather than pressing it backwards. This is fundamentally linked to the dead-spot as a better bent elbow catch technique would remove the dead-spot and naturally lift stroke rate.
• Overgliders often have a pronounced scissor kick due to a loss of balance whilst gliding.
• Low stroke rate and big dead spots gives a tendency to stall between strokes causing a loss of efficiency. This is worsened in open water where cramped or choppy conditions further stall the Overglider.
• Typical swimming speed is 1:30 to 2:20 per 100m.
Personality Traits:
• The most conscientious swimmer of all, having read all the books and watched all the DVDs on how to improve their swimming.
• Tends to treat swimming as a serious technical exercise.
Areas To Work On:
• Development of a better catch and pull through technique is essential for the Overglider. Not only will this increase propulsion, it will act to remove the dead-spot.
• Improved rhythm, timing and flow is a must for the Overglider. They should be looking to lift their stroke rate by 3 to 8 strokes per minute.
• Once stroke rate has been lifted slightly this gives the opportunity to breathe bilaterally and so naturally develop more symmetry in the stroke.
Glide Is A Dirty Word
Swim Smooth believe that glide is a dirty word in swimming because it encourages swimmers to stop, pause and do nothing at the front of their stroke. This is very bad for your rhythm and timing and greatly harms your catch.
Introducing glide to make your stroke as long as is humanly possible has led many swimmers down a stroke technique cul-de-sac. If you have glide in your stroke it will feel strange at first when you remove it. Don't let this put you off: you'll soon notice improved swimming efficiency as the increased stroke rate starts to feel good.
An Overglider's determination to be good at swimming is a definite strength. Once they have intellectually bought-in to the removal of glide from their stroke they can make rapid progress.
A combination of increased stroke rate and improved catch technique can rapidly improve their swimming efficiency and move them progressively towards the Smooth type.
Stroke Correction Guides
If you are an Overglider, our full guide to improving your swimming includes detailed analysis, explanations and advice on developing your stroke. We include all the specific drills, methods and visualisations you need and four full training sessions to follow, all specific to your unique needs.
The 20 page guide is supplied as a digital download straight to your computer in PDF format - order now and in minutes you'll be getting the insight you need to take your swimming to the next level.
Other Product Help
One of the keys to removing the deadspot from an Overglider's stroke is to improve their catch and feel for the water. Our new Catch Masterclass DVD explains in detail how to do this and highlights the important distinctions between an Overgliding stroke and true-Smooth stroke with amazing video quality:
Slightly from left of field, a waterproof MP3 player such as a Finis SwiMP3 can be very useful for an Overglider as it helps them switch off from over-thinking and simply focus on stroke rhythm.
Do You Know An Overglider?
Overgliders are competent swimmers who are often stuck on a bit of a plateau. Take a look under the water and watch for a dead spot at the front of their stroke, often accompanied by a dropped wrist, showing the palm forwards momentarily. They might also be quiet and thoughtful in their approach to swimming.
Please let them know about this site! It's often much easier to recognise traits in others than ourselves so give them a quick prompt in this direction and let us get to work on removing their dead spots and improving their rhythm and timing.
On the Swim Smooth Forum we've created a special area for Swim Types. Create a logon and post your experiences and questions about the Swim Type system. Go here!
If you're an Overglider who likes gadgets then you'll love the new Finis Swimsense watch, now on sale on our swim shop here.


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SellerCloud Partners With Asendia On Discounted Shipping
Inventory and channel management system Seller Cloud has added an integration with Asendia's shipping services.
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Since 2010, it's been great to feature, film, and spotlight independent stores & boutiques, as well help App users to discover them.
With other exciting projects demanding attention, there isn't the time necessary to devote to maintaining and updating the Stradd App.
We hope that independent stores will continue to offer their unique outlook and provide a point of difference from the increasingly homogenised High Street.
Thanks to all the featured independent stores who welcomed Stradd through their doors to capture their retail universe on video for the Stradd Store Tours (which will remain online), and to the press who wrote about and featured Stradd.
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Opened two years ago to present an edited mix of contemporary fashion, Goodies has found an appreciative audience, in no small part to the 3000 nearby international Inditex employees who have been crying out for a boutique that understands design +
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BYRAM, N.J., Dec. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom McCoy won $10,000 by entering his Pathmark receipt into national receipt lottery. On December 21st just before Christmas, Tom, a hard working union construction worker from New Jersey, was awarded his prize. Tom won entering his receipt using the Pick 5. ReceiptsToRiches.com is an online national receipt lottery game, which allows users to enter any receipt from any vendor into their lottery games. Prizes from $1,000 up to 10 million dollars are awarded.
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In the latest instalment of 24 seconds, FIBA Europe.com caught up with Italy and Toronto Raptors star Andrea Bargnani.
Here's what Andrea had to say on his sporting idols, his fondness for pasta and his finest sporting moment.
FIBAEurope.com: What was your most embarrassing moment on the court?
Bargnani: When I was very young I scored into my own basket, although I was little, it was still an embarrassing episode.
Bargnani says Dirk Nowitzki is the
best player he's had to defend
Bargnani: I have been fortunate to experience many beautiful moments so far in my career but the one that stands out is winning the scudetto with Benetton Treviso.
FIBAEurope.com: Have you got any pre-game rituals?
Bargnani: I am not superstitious. I don't do anything out of the ordinary. I rest, eat and go to the game.
FIBAEurope.com: Who is the best player you have ever come across?
Bargnani: Without a doubt Dirk Nowitzki. He is the strongest player out there.
FIBAEurope.com: Who was your idol growing up?
Bargnani: (Argentina international) Manu Ginobili. We had the same coach in Italy and I really liked the way he plays.
FIBAEurope.com: What do you do in your spare time?
Bargnani: I don't get much time off and when I do, I try to rest as much as possible. But I do like being on the computer and surfing the net.
FIBAEurope.com: What is your favourite film and who are the actors you like the most?
Bargnani: I really like cinema but I don't get to go that often because of work commitment and in fact I can't even remember the last film I watched. I like Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis and when it comes to actresses, the list is long.
FIBAEurope.com: What is your favourite food?
Bargnani: Pasta, pasta and pasta. In Toronto I don't have any problems because there are many Italian restaurants there so I'm sorted.
FIBAEurope.com: Who is your best friend in the Italian national team?
Bargnani: I really get on well with all my team-mates, but probably Matteo Soragna. I am sharing a room with him here in Madrid and we know each other from my time at Benetton Treviso.


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HD Disc Format War Not Over By a Long Shot
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What is getting ready to happen is another war, this one between download formats between Apple & Microsoft.
I imagine the discussions have ended in Redmond on how to beat Blu-Ray & is now focused on rolling out their own download format.
This "distraction" of HDVD's sugar daddy is an opportunity to end the HDM war & let Blu-Ray build up it's base & become fully entrenched while the download formats fight it out over who has the bigger D*#k!
I'm still convinced that the majority of people prefer a physical format & if HDM strikes now they still have a chance to be a real format & not die a slow death like SACD & DVD-A.
MS' LIVE service provided over 10,000,000 downloads last year in 720p.
So they already have the service and it's already being used more than HD-DVD and BD combined.
Also you're just repeating a conspiracy theory that some paranoid gits have. Michael Bay is very much Oliver Stone-like. It's a conspiracy with little grounding it to reality.
DLC is here already and is growing (faster than HDM). There are however two viable markets. Both can easily co-exist for a long, long, long time and be profitable.
So MS does care about HDM.
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It's not a big storm, but there is indeed a chance for falling snow this weekend. I say "falling" because I don't expect much if any accumulation, though a dusting is possible in the St. Louis area. But this storm system will not arrive until Saturday night into Sunday.
You can check out the latest on demand video forecast explaining how this storm will impact your weekend on the right hand side of our weather page, click here.
But I wanted to explain why we may see snow this weekend eventhough the temperature will be above freezing near the ground. This will happen because aloft, where the snow originates, the temperature is below freezing. As the snowflakes fall they encounter the air near the ground that is above freezing. If this warm layer of air near the ground is shallow enough (and we think it will be), the snow will not have time to melt completely. The end result is snowfall with temperatures around 35 to 38 degrees.
If the above freezing layer of air near the ground is NOT shallow, it allows time for the snow to melt on it's way down. That would result in rain.
So, if the cold air aloft doesn't arrive when we're expecting it, we could see more rain or rain/snow mix Sunday. An update to the timing of the cold air could change the forecast for Sunday, so it's something we need to watch for closely. But right now I'd expect a mix to change to light snow or Flurries on Sunday afternoon or evening.
Check our weather page right here at KMOV.com for updates over the weekend.
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Mining Engineering at Michigan Tech Outreach Page
Do not enter where you see signs such as
"Caving Ground" or "Mine shaft."
Posted on the World Wide Web by Michigan Technological University
Michigan Mining Engineering Department
based on materials from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
booklet "Abandoned Mines." The information about abandoned mines in Michigan
has been provided by the Mineral Technology Research Group taken in part from the Michigan
Department of Natural Resources funded project on abandoned underground mines.
Educational use of this material is encouraged.
Click Here for a recent summary of the Michigan
Underground Mine project that is appended to this report.
Dr. Allan M. Johnson, Director, Mineral Technology Research Group,
Department of Mining Engineering, Michigan Technological University.
Click Here for a recent summary of the Michigan
Underground Mine project that is appended to this report.
Dr. Allan M. Johnson, Director, Mineral Technology Research Group,
Department of Mining Engineering, Michigan Technological University.
Abandoned Mines, Quarries and Cave-ins have claimed the lives of many adults and
children over the years. Some fatalities have occurred in Michigan. There were several
mining areas in Michigan. Some of the mines were opened in the 1840s and were closed and
abandoned over 100 years ago.
While many mine operators have taken precautions to fill in and secure abandoned mine
areas, many old mines were opened and then abandoned long before any consideration was
given for making the areas safe after ore extraction was completed. Michigan has many
mines that were opened up in the 1840s. There are very limited records of the locations of
shafts. Also it may not be known how near the surface these undermined areas are or how
extensive the mine voids may be.
People enter abandoned mines for a variety of reasons, ranging from curiosity to
vandalism. Those who seek these pastimes often meet with sorrow and misfortune. Many young
people (as well as adults) have been killed or injured while attempting to satisfy a
desire to explore old mines, caves, and open pits.
Any old mine can be a death trap. Trespassers not only violate the law but they risk
their lives and the lives of others.
Probably the greatest number of accidents around mines occur to children. Public
schools in mining districts should teach children about the dangers that exist around
these old abandoned mines.
Fences and "No Trespassing" signs may not stop children from venturing into a
mine or mining area. Fences or signs may be obscured or hidden by trees and bushes, or
covered by deep snow, or the fences or warning signs may not have been maintained. Thus,
children or adults may venture innocently into an area that has old cave-ins and shafts.
The increasing use of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, such as four-wheelers,
traveling into forested areas makes possible the accidental discovery of an abandoned mine
area. People should remain on marked trails.
Another factor is that unknown or unrecorded old mine workings may have caved-in and
authorities and present owners may not be aware of the new cave-ins. This has happened in
some of the oldest mined areas. In areas where mining is known to have taken place in the
1800s, such as parts of Michigan, openings such as pits or crevices should always be
avoided. Children should be warned to stay away from such openings. The counties where
mines were opened in the 1800s and have been closed and abandoned over a hundred years ago
in some cases include: Keweenaw, Houghton, Ontonagon, Baraga, Marquette, Gogebic, Iron,
and Dickinson, all in the upper peninsula.
Many open pits exist in mining areas. Pit walls may be unstable and landslides may
occur at any time. There may be overhanging edges on pit walls that could collapse when a
person stands on them. The walls of the pit may be steep. Persons have drowned in the
water in these pits because the water may be deep all around the pit with no ledge or
place to hold on to. Diving into a pit is dangerous because there may be rocks just below
the water surface. People have fallen to their death from the top of a pit or have been
struck by falling rock when inside a pit. Stay away from open pits, quarries and gravel
Mine shafts may be vertical, as straight down, or inclined at an angle from nearly
vertical(90 degrees) to being nearly level (adits). Many shafts are 55 degrees or 35
degrees, or 26 degrees. In Michigan all types occur. Open mine shafts are especially
dangerous. The rock or soil around the shaft may be unstable and the shaft timbers may be
rotten. Do not walk anywhere near a shaft opening. When you see an area enclosed fully or
just partly with old fence posts with wire or fence attached---even if the fence and posts
have fallen down---stay way from the area. Be suspicious. It may be a shaft opening. It is
possible that a new cave-in or subsidence may have just taken place--and you are the first
person to find it. You will have no idea how much undermining or caving may have taken
place. The whole area may be ready and waiting to cave into the shaft or other mine which
may be hundreds of feet deep. You may be on "thin ice" ----So stay away.
Adits, unlike shafts, are openings into a mine that are level or nearly level like a
tunnel. These tunnels may be dangerous because rocks can fall from overhead. There may be
holes in the tunnel called winzes that drop straight down hundreds of feet. Old boards or
timbers over these winzes may obscure them and may not support your weight.
The ground area around abandoned mine openings and pits can be weak and cave-in without
warning. Because there are old mines from the mid 1800s in Michigan, mine timbers or
pillars may have taken all of these 150 years to finally fail and cause a cave-in. A minor
disturbance, such as vibrations caused by walking or or any noise, like speaking, may be
just enough to cause an area to cave in under the surface or a hollowed out area to open
up to the surface. In some cases, people have fallen into a cave-in and survived only to
die from starvation, suffocation or drowning.
In some cases, old explosives left behind have been discovered in mining areas. Never
handle anything that may be an explosive.
Mining properties may have lakes or ponds in pits or reservoirs for mine operations.
These water bodies are not for swimming, they may have steep banks, water may be very deep
and cold. There may be underwater obstructions such as rocks or mining equipment. Cave-ins
may have water in the bottom with steep sides and no place to hold on to.
A shaft that is sunk downward in a tunnel or adit is called a winze. In many old mines
winzes were sunk in the floors of the adit or tunnel and then boarded over. The winze may
look like a puddle. But it may be a deep opening that is filled with water.
A surface area may be hollow underneath: it may be undermined by stopes or large
caverns from mined-out areas underground. In old mine areas, these caverns may have been
caving in slowly over the years. The hollowed area may have been slowly climbing higher
towards the surface. The depth of ground over these caverns may have decreased. New cracks
and crevices may be visible. If there are surface features of a former mine, such as
shafts or adits, fences or signs, there may be shallow under-mined areas nearby. This is
another reason to stay away from the area.
You should never go underground into an old mine opening. If you do fall or slide into
the underground area by accident, the following are some of the underground dangers.
Timbers were used to support a mine roof and walls. Wood may take a while to rot, but
eventually the wood rots and decays. It may even appear solid, but it may be rotten and
soft. You may step on a timber or board that may collapse or fall to pieces. It may be
covering a deep hole. Even good timbers may be loose and fall with the slightest touch. An
area may appear well-timbered and supported, when, in fact, it cannot support its own
weight. There is a danger of brushing against a timber and causing an entire area to
Ladders may be present in an underground area. They may be rotten wood, or just some of
the rungs may be rotted.
Many underground passageways, tunnels, drifts, adits, stopes and other underground
areas do not have timbers to support them. When the mine has been deserted, the strength
of the walls and roof may have deteriorated. The weight of overburden has been pressing
down and squeezing the roof and walls. There is no way of knowing when the exact time has
come for the rock to loosen and fall.
Minerals and decaying timber may have caused a build up of gases or a lack of oxygen. A
lit match may cause a flammable gas like methane to explode or you may become tired and
dizzy from lack of good air. When mines were operating, the ventilation with good air was
very important. Abandoned mines usually have no ventilation to get rid of bad air. In some
cases people have lost their lives in pits because of bad air in the confined space. Also,
sound may not travel as far in an underground mine.
Cave-ins underground may occur at any time. This may cause an air blast to travel
through the mine. Water may also be blasted out of a water-filled part of the mine into a
dry area.
Underground holes and vertical openings may be part of the mining operation, such as
winzes or shafts between levels, or shafts from adits into deeper areas. Some holes were
made as chutes for dumping rock into a deeper area of the mine. Some may be old
ventilation shafts. Or holes may be caused by caving ground into deeper mined areas
underneath. Persons falling into a hole underground may fall hundreds of feet to their
death, or fall into a water-filled part of the old mine. These holes may be covered by
rotten timbers that will collapse when stepped on or they may look like a puddle of water.
Underground areas are dangerous because of the darkness. You may have light, but it may
not be bright enough or you may lose your light. Mine shafts are deceptive because there
is little or no light in a dark hole. When coming up to a deep hole, you may not sense the
feeling of height and perspective as you would when looking over the edge of a tall
building or a cliff, so you may not feel the normal reaction to "pull back" from
the edge of a deep hole.
A great danger in an old mine is that water over a hole may even be covered with dust
and look like solid ground. It is usually impossible to see the bottom of water, standing
water or flowing water. Even in a level adit, water may conceal a winze or chute or deep
hole that is straight down. An underground area may even be dry while mined areas overhead
are full of water. A sudden cave-in may allow hundreds of feet of water from levels above
to rush into the dry area. Some mines had wooden dams to keep water from one part of the
mine out of another part. These dams could break at any time. All abandoned mine water
should be considered unfit for drinking.
In some cases a fire may occur in an abandoned mine. Never strike a match or start a
fire in an old mine. There may be no ventilation, odorless explosive or flammable gas may
be present. Even if that is not the case, a fire could deplete limited oxygen, liberate
dangerous gases and spread through the mine, cutting off any escape.
While explosives may be discovered in surface areas, it is also possible to stumble
onto explosives underground. Any disturbance may set off explosives after decades of
sitting in an abandoned mine.
Though many old mines in other parts of the country may have snakes, scorpions, and
spiders, in Michigan it is possible to stir up a black bear residing in an old adit or
mine opening. Bears are known to occupy some adits. You cannot predict what a bear will do
in a confined space. Bats usually occupy abandoned mines. Bats will try to avoid you, but
they may startle you.
Underground areas, such as adits, drifts and levels are often in a maze of passages.
Persons have died in the maze of an old mine from exhaustion, thirst, hunger, and exposure
as well as from slips and falls. Some mines in Michigan have many miles of passages.
Do not cross fences. Be suspicious of any location where old rotten fence posts and
rusty barbed wire is found. There were hundreds of mines in Michigan that were opened and
operated as early as the 1840s that have been closed and abandoned for over a hundred
years. While the state of Michigan has provided for mine inspectors in counties where
mining has occurred and currently has issued a contract to Michigan Technological
University for a program to finding old mine shafts and workings, some are still unknown
and unmarked.