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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is assailing Stephen Harper's economic management, accusing the Conservative government of running the country into a record deficit.
After two days of fighting accusations he planned to usurp a duly elected government and form a coalition with "the socialists and separatists" from the NDP and Bloc Quebecois, the Liberal leader is going on the offensive.
"They spent all kinds of money to put us into a deficit before the recession," Ignatieff told a news conference Monday in Toronto.
"We found ourselves confronting a record deficit. We feel that the economic management by Mr. Harper is bad. We have to choose a different way for Canada, economically speaking."
Ignatieff is in Toronto and suburban Mississauga, Ont., where the so-called 905 ridings are considered essential to any victory May 2.
The other party leaders are fanning out across the country today as the federal election campaign hits full stride.
Harper takes his Conservative campaign to the coastal B.C. riding of Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, where they're hoping to take back a seat from the Liberals after the resignation of Keith Martin.
NDP Leader Jack Layton is campaigning in his party's traditional Prairie stronghold of Saskatchewan, while May sticks to her home riding in Sidney, B.C.
Ignatieff said last summer's G8-G20 summits in Huntsville, Ont., and Toronto "could have been a moment of celebration for Canadians, a moment of pride for Canadians."
He called the Conservative government's $1-billion-plus expenditures on the summits "an embarrassment."
Tory spending on fighter jets, crime and punishment and corporate tax breaks are robbing Canadians of important social programs, he added.
Prior to meeting with Chinese-Canadian business leaders, Ignatieff also attacked Harper's immigration record and the contents of a letter in which Immigration Minister Jason Kenney sought donations for a "Conservative Ethnic Paid Media Strategy."
"The word 'ethnic vote' — spare us this," Ignatieff said. "I don't think it treats people with respect. These are Canadians.
"I'm going out there and saying, 'a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian, come on into the big red tent."'
It was a break from the theme of the campaign's first days, when Ignatieff found himself denying Harper's dark warnings of a coalition coup.
Those bounced back on the Tory leader with revelations that in 2004, he himself sought similar co-operation by proposing a power-sharing plan without benefit of an election.
Harper opened the first full day of Canada's 41st election with a stump speech in Brampton, Ont., in which he repeated the word "coalition" no less than 20 times.
Conservatives are insisting that unless voters finally hand Harper a majority of the seats in the House of Commons, Canada's next government will be hijacked by a Liberal-led coalition including the NDP and Bloc Quebecois.
Ignatieff unequivocally denied it.
"No coalition," he said Monday.
The Tories have been pounding the theme for months.
"Just hold us to another minority and they will move with lightning speed to re-create and re-impose their reckless, unprincipled coalition on Canadians," Harper warned Sunday.
Yet as the 36-day election campaign attempts to find its groove, the bombast of the big blue machine ricocheted into a hail of return fire. On Sunday, Harper was forced to explain his own role in a plan to form a coalition seven years ago.
Under media questioning, the prime minister said Ignatieff "believes he can form the government if he doesn't win the election. I don't believe that."
It was a claim that drew angry and extremely pointed rebuttals from Harper's political adversaries.
"He wants this entire campaign to rest on a lie," Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe said Sunday during a fiery, televised rant in Montreal.
Both Duceppe and Layton said Harper was the prime mover in plotting the defeat of the freshly minted Liberal minority of Paul Martin in 2004. All three opposition leaders wrote a joint letter to the Governor General reminding Adrienne Clarkson that she had "options" if Martin lost the confidence of the House of Commons.
The point of the exercise was to install Harper as prime minister, without another election, if Martin's government was defeated on its throne speech, both Duceppe and NDP Leader Jack Layton insisted.
Layton said what Harper "was intending to do — it's absolutely crystal clear to me — was attempt to become prime minister even though he had not received the most seats in the House."
Duceppe, his voice dripping with sarcasm, asked a Montreal audience who exactly Harper thought would lead Canada's government if Martin had been defeated.
"You need a government to govern, right?" Duceppe said, setting the scenario for those other "options" cited in Harper's letter to the governor general.
"Who did that leave? It wasn't Gilles Duceppe, the nasty separatist. It wasn't Jack Layton, the dangerous socialist. Paul Martin had just been defeated. So who was left? Stephen Harper!
"He had finished second (in the 2004 election). And he said again this morning that someone who finishes second can never become prime minister. Strange."
Harper called it "a co-operative effort" at the time.
"Obviously, I didn't do the same thing. I'm prime minister because in two elections we won the most seats," he said Sunday. "The context of this was completely different."


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Today the Florida League of the South hosted a demonstration against immigration in Apopka Florida. The hardcore of the hardcore came out despite bad weather conditions. The event was well attended with Southern Nationalist activists from all over Dixie including veteran activists from Alabama, Georgia, and especially Florida. The purpose of the event was to […]
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India, Bangladesh set to strengthen bilateral ties
Despite strong oppositions from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Indian government and its Bangladeshi counterpart are set to strengthen the bilateral relation by signing nearly thirty-five new agreements. According to the report, the new agreement will be inked when the Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, visits our country. As per the report, the Bangladeshi supremo is scheduled to visit our country on April 7. It is learned that the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has officially invited his Bangladeshi counterpart to our country in order to strengthen the bilateral ties between the two developing countries of South Asia.
The agreements are expected to cover a long array of issues including atomic energy cooperation, information and telecast, science and technology, geological and aeronautical research, power generation cooperation, defence and et al. While speaking to the media personals, when asked about the allegation raised by the BNP party that the Hasina regime is trying to sell Bangladesh's sovereignty by signing pacts with India, A H Mahmud Ali, the Bangladesh Foreign Minister, asserts that once the details about the agreements is publicised the public will know such allegations have no ground. Meanwhile, it is said that Sheikh Hasina is expected to pay homage to the Indian soldiers who were killed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. During that war, the Indian soldiers fought alongside with the Bangladesh Liberation Army to free the country from the clutches of the unfair governing system led by Pakistan. Our country lost nearly 1661 soldiers in the risky process of liberating Bangladesh.
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Every international student's life at Iowa State will begin with, "Wow, it is America! Air of freedom! Hooray!" followed with a slight sound of, "but where the hell is Iowa?" Fresh air, green grass and nice people will fill up the whole picture for a newly arrived student. It will not take long, however, to think that, "It is some kind of boring here." Then there comes culture shock. If you are a graduate student, unfortunately, just double the pain you have imagined.
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China's stock market has made big headlines in all the right as well as the wrong reasons. While the country is trying to solve the problems by freezing new company initial public offerings, private equity and other alternative financing options have moved in to provide equity for companies.
Private Equity Firms Step In
China's share prices saw a huge $3 trillion wipe-out of the market value and the authorities tried to control the entry of new companies. The hope for the official is that by stopping IPOs, the company can direct the flow of money a bit better.
But many companies that were previously on the verge of listing have to find alternative ways to finance their businesses in order to expand. This has opened up plenty of opportunities in China for private equity firms, hedge funds and other alternative financing routes.
Private equity firm funding has become a much more viable option for many companies in the Chinese market. Analysts said the bullish stock market run of the past few months had hit private equity firms hard, as it was harder to find deals. Now companies are more than willing to strike deals with the firms.
"We are dealing in a market now that is illiquid, nowhere to get listed and very little room to raise capital. We are going to see a more normalized role for private equity as a provider of capital for growth situation and illiquid situations," said Tim Dettels, a managing partner of TGP Capital, in an interview with Reuters.
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In many other countries, banks are typically the first source of financing for firms, but in China banks are keeping away from many small and mid-sized companies. The country's banks prefer to give money for less-risky ventures, such as the state-owned enterprises.
Private equity firms are much easier way to find funding in the current economic situation. One company that might need to look for alternative routes was Shenzhen Silver Bais Technology. The mold manufacturer had been planning for an IPO, but now has to look elsewhere for funding.
The company's spokesperson said in a recent interview, "To a certain extent, the IPO freeze does affect the company's original plans and arrangements, but it is also within our expectations".
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On the other hand, the removal of listing option has influenced private equity firms already invested in companies. The freezing of IPOs removes it as an exit strategy option and thus there has also been an increase in mergers and acquisitions.
Mayooran Elalingam, head of M&A at Deutsche Bank's Asia-Pacific sector, told in an interview with Reuters, the increase in mergers and acquisition isn't concerning. The increase in alternative exit strategies "is good news for deal-making in China", according to Elalingam.
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Monday next before the feast of St. Mathew, the Apostle and Evangelist, 1440. William del Bryge, of Heptonstall. To be buried where God will dispose, with my mortuary. Item: I bequeath to Isabell, Margaret, and Alice, my daughters, to each of the three, ten pounds. Item: I bequeath to Agnes, my daughter, twenty marks. Item: I bequeath to the making of the bells at Heptonstall ten marks. I make my executors John del Brygge and William del Brigge, my sons, by the oversight of Henry del Brygge and John del Wedehope. Item: I bequeath to the service of the Holy Cross in the chapel of All Saints at Macclesfelde x/s.
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Richarde Brig, of Oldtowne in the parishe of Heptonstall. To be buried in the chapell of the sayd, and the vicar therof my mortuarie after the kinges grace actes. Item: I give to John Crosley, my servante, my best hose. Item: I give to Agnes Burdaill iij/s iiij/d. Item: I give to Jennett Robynson iij/s iiij/d. Item: I give to Willm Brige, my son, one blak quie. Item: I give to Jenet, his wif, ij sylver spones. Item: I give to Herye Brig one chist, my best panne, a reade quye, and a sylver broche. Item: I give Richarde Brig a payre of walker sheires and one chiste. To Willm Brig a paire of walker sheires. To Isabell Brig and his suster a quye with calf. To Christabell Brig and Katherine, her suster, ij calfes. To Elisabeth Shakilton a calf. To Eliz Hepworthe xx/s. To Thomas Michell my best jacket. Item: I will tha[t] Katherine, my wif, to have and occupie my ij tenements called Oxnope and in Langfelde accordynge to a paire of indentures berynge the date x day of January and the xx yere of King Henrye the eighte. The reversion of all my other goodes, my will fullfilled, I give and bequeath to the sayd Ketheryne, my wif, whom I ordeyn and make my trewe executrix to dispose as she thinkes good. Thes witnes, Henrie Sutclif, Thomas Michell.
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I thought it would be best to continue my rally car project to this section now it's actually underway!
progress so far: 118D bought and now mostly stripped ready for some jig work on the front chassis rails before installing a roll cage. Just have the engine & gearbox still to remove, ready to come out but my mates got my engine crane and he's gone away on holiday!
S50B30 3 litre M3 engine and gearbox sourced, for collection next weekend, 4.45 lsd bought, soon to be delivered.
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hi, version: activemq-5.8.0 we don't want client/consumer redelivery, so therefore we have set maximumRedeliveries=0 on the connectionFactory (ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java). Simple local (single-instance-broker) tests verfied that no redelivery was performed. today we tried a simple failover scenario with a master/slave (shared filesystem) environment using kahadb. we send one message to some queue (via web-console). this message is received by a consumer with transacted-session and connection.redeliveryPolicy.maxiumRedeliveries=0 - during the message is processed (messagelistener.onmessage) we just killed the master to see if the failover to the slave works correctly we noticed the following error in our log-files (but not always) Execution of JMS message listener failed, and no ErrorHandler has been set. javax.jms.TransactionRolledBackException: rolling back transaction (TX:ID:blablabla-55731-136 4392340448-5:1:1) post failover recovery. 1 previously delivered message(s) not replayed to consumer: ID:blablabla-55731-1364392340448-5:1:1:1 This message comes from ActiveMQMessageConsumer.java:1120 as far as I understand the code this should only happen if redeliveryPolicy is > 0? (or do we have to set maximumRedelivery to -1 as the constant RedeliveryPolicy.NO_MAXIMUM_REDELIVERIES states?) Btw. there is a proptery "failoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod" in ActiveMQMessageConsumer (we were shortly heading this direction because of the "failover"-prefix :D). This property is set in the constructor in line 265: this.failoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod = session.connection.getConsumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod(); However ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java does not provide this property, so there it is not possible to set this property via ActiveMQConnectionFactory -> eventually this might be a bug? If this property is supposed to be set via the connectionFactory, then ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java should have: private long consumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod; public long getConsumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod() { return consumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod; } public void setConsumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod(long consumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod) { this.consumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod = consumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod; } protected void configureConnection(ActiveMQConnection connection) throws JMSException { .... connection.setConsumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod(consumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod); } public void populateProperties(Properties props) { ... props.setProperty("consumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod", Long.toString(consumerFailoverRedeliveryWaitPeriod)); } thank you, daniel
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Personal Responsibility: Going from Fat-to-Fit = From Leftist-to-Conservative.
I was checking out a few articles about getting back in shape, and I ran across this particular story that was really interesting to me. Linda Andrew is a Ghanian born American who decided to take control of her own life and health. It reminded me of the simple reality that going from Fat-to-Fit takes the same change in mindset that is required to go from being Leftist-to-Conservative. At the end of the day, it's about personal responsibility.
Back in 2007, at the age of 32, this wife, and mother of three, tipped the scales at over 200-lbs. Today, at the age of 40, on top of being a registered nurse, Linda Andrew is also a personal trainer and champion fitness competitor who weighs in at a sculpted 140-lbs.
In regards to taking control of her health, fitness, and life, Linda says,
"I still can't believe it! Working out and proper nutrition have not only transformed my body but transformed me as a person."
"I have gone from 200lbs, with very low self esteem, to winning my pro card and taking half-naked pictures for a living! My physique is now my best shop-window for my business."
Her statements made me think about something I read from "THAT DUDE", Thomas Sowell in his book, "The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy".
He was talking about the empire of poverty that Leftist/Regressive/Socialist minded people have created when he said, "To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers of people treated unfairly by "society". This reminded me of two of my favorite quotes from "THAT DUDE", Booker T. Washington, that I reference, seemingly on a daily basis. He said, "Among a large class, there seemed to be a dependence upon the government for every conceivable thing. The members of this class had little ambition to create a position for themselves, but wanted the federal officials to create one for them." But he didn't just "blame the victims" as some would likely accuse him of…he had something to say about the race baiters and poverty pimps of his day also. He said, "There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs."
At the end of the day, Leftist minded people need you to be a victim. They need you to give up your God-given power to take personal responsibility for your own life…and give power and control over to them. If Linda Andrew listened to the "Social Justice Warriors" out there, not only would she still be 200-lbs, but she likely would have gained even more weight…and no one would know her name. She probably would have been one of those people who blamed everything and everyone for where she was in her life…except for herself. Heck, she might have been one of those folks who blamed McDonald's for making her fat.
Have you ever noticed that being overweight and being lazy seem to go hand-in-hand? And have you ever noticed that (at least here in America) continuously living in poverty, and being lazy seem to go hand-in-hand? When you check out what the Bible has to say about being lazy (Indolence), Proverbs 6:6-11 (NKJV) tells us about the "Folly of Indolence" when it says,
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no captain,
Overseer or ruler,
8 Provides her supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
9 How long will you slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
There is something to be said for taking personal responsibility and how much better your life becomes when you commit yourself to becoming a better you. We Conservatives believe that, because of the power of "Free Will" our Creator gave us, particularly in a country as great as the United States of America (remember that Perfection Is Not A Requirement For Greatness), a person is free to win or lose, based on their view of taking personal responsibility for their own life. That's why we believe so strongly in the Unalienable Rights of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" espoused in our nations Declaration of Independence. It's not the role and responsibility of Government to make you happy…it's their role to protect your right to pursue that happiness, just as long as you are not infringing upon the rights of others as you do so.
If you really STOP, and THINK about it, you can't go from being Fat-to-Fit, without studying, embracing, and putting into the practice the exact same philosophies that have caused people like myself to go from Leftist-to-Conservative. As I have said in a previous article, "I USED TO BE THAT!" so I know what I'm talking about. I used to be fat, and now I'm not so fat, because I decided to take personal responsibility for my health and weight, and everything eventually got better. I used to be much more "liberal", and I blamed others for my lot in life, and then I decided to take personal responsibility, and everything eventually got better.
Understand that there are those folks out there, almost always Leftist minded people, who see themselves as being "anointed" to protect you, from taking personal responsibility over your life. But ask yourself, how's that worked out for you so far? Maybe, just maybe you should consider ignoring the supposedly well-intentioned "Social Justice Warriors", who have been promising for decades now to make your life into a paradise, and look to your own hands and feet to make your own life better. Maybe, you should lace up those running shoes (or work boots), and get moving. Things won't necessarily change for the better overnight…but I'm willing to bet that you didn't get out of shape overnight either. I'll tell you what…why don't you start by "taking a lap", then come back and talk to me, and we'll go from there.
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Founded in 2001 and directed by Nicola Danesi de Luca and Iacopo Fulgi, Tony Clifton Circus is like a neon sign with coloured flashing lights, announcing that something unexpected is happening. Understanding their poetics or the thread of their work,is no easy task, as T.C.C. pursues the representation of anomaly and weirdness. Their shows, true experiments of extreme comedy or, better, of comic extremism are a mix of plain screw-ball comedy and subtle poetic elegance. One thing for certain, they irrationally enjoy to perform all this and to watch them doing it is not at all reassuring. With love and a bit of hatred too. TONY CLIFTON CIRCUS
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Caitlin Crosby is a singer/songwriter, actress, and founder of The Giving Keys. The Giving Keys exists to employ those transitioning out of homelessness by making jewelry out of repurposed keys. Each key is unique and carries a message like HOPE, STRENGTH, COURAGE etc. When the wearer of the key encounters someone else who needs the message on the key, the intention is to pass it on, encompassing a "pay it forward" purpose. Caitlin's faith is the driving force in all that she does.
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WICHITA — It was a 2-2 day on Saturday for McPherson High's JV volleyball team in the Bishop Carroll Invitational.
The wins came against 6A schools Wichita Heights (27-25, 25-14) and Wichita Northwest (22-25, 25-9, 25-12), while the losses were to Bishop Carroll (18-25, 18-25) and Maize South (15-25, 16-25).
The Bullpups had to overcome some early adversity on the day that had wide-range ramifications.
"We lost Elle Barrett to an injury during the first set of the day, but played pretty well considering losing that hitting power," MHS coach Diane Marshall said. "Against the tougher teams, we missed her powerful hitting. However, Sydney Mossman continued to be a threat in the middle with 30 kills on the day, while Kenzie Goering and Meghan Smith each added 13. Serving is still a strong point for our team with 29 aces and only 10 errors out of 182 attempts."
MHS is now 15-7 on the season and is home on Tuesday to take on Augusta and El Dorado. Match time is 5 p.m.


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OSiS Glamour Queen of the Week: LAST CHANCE!
It's your last chance to enter Schwarzkopf Professional's OSiS Glamour Queen "most GLAMOUROUS TRIP ever" contest for a chance to join me at this year's Smut Soiree! In addition to attending gossip night as my date, you and a friend will also be luxuriating and shopping and rolling VIP styles around Toronto during one of the most exciting weekends of the summer. Between the Smut Soiree and the MMVAs and you wearing your new clothes, freshly scrubbed at the spa, and staying at the Soho Met, you'll fit in seamlessly with the celebrities in town!
Click here to enter and good luck!
As for our final OSiS Glamour Queen…
Let's celebrate the unconventional.
Tilda Swinton.
Not for the MiniVan, never for the cover of People Magazine, but when it comes to style and individuality, when it comes to dressing for yourself, and not to please others, who else but Tilda Swinton?
If you're drafting an email protesting about "how weird she looks" or the fact that "I just don't think she's very pretty" – save it. I have seen enough ringlets and rosy cheeks.
This is Tilda at the Limits of Control screening in New York earlier this week. They overuse the word "fierce" these days…but in this case, it totally applies.
About Glamour Queen:
Want to create the mega hair-trend of the season? Whether it's big & voluminous, smooth & straight or a faux hawk pony, OSiS GLAMOUR QUEEN will make it happen.
This latest innovative styling product is an H20 Free, dry hairspray with no stickiness and zero drying time. Glamour Queen can be used as a root lifter for volume, a setter for curls, a finisher after flatironing or blow outs, and a humidity blocker so you don't end up looking like Monica from FRIENDS on her Barbados vacation.
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As a brand and business that interacts with thousands of people on a daily basis, we believe in being a part of our communities. We're proud of the positive changes our staff and guests have made towards various foundations and our communities at large. After all, what better way is there to make sure your time counts?
BJ's Foundation
The BJ's Restaurants Foundation is a registered non-profit dedicated to supporting charities benefiting children's healthcare and education. In addition, our Foundation rewards volunteer efforts of BJ's team members across the country as they help give back to the communities in which our restaurants do business.
Kids and Families
Crafting a great dining experience means crafting it towards all kinds of people; including kids and their families! In addition to a great kids menu, we're proud to have additional programs to help make the time that kids and families spend with us even greater.
At BJ's, we are proud to have developed the Women's Career Advancement Network ("WeCan") to serve as a resource for the professional and personal development of women team members.


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Growing up I loved back to school shopping for new notebooks and paper. Now I fill that void with new stationary. I am currently in love with the new line by Garance Dore for Rifle Paper Co. You can purchase it online through GaranceDore's blog, or through Chapters.Indigo (where they are currently 50-70% off!). My favorite item is the big weekly list, it contains 52 sheets and has plenty of space to write down everything you need to remember each day making it especially useful for weekly meal planning and to do lists! The market list is also nice because it has a handy magnet on the back for the fridge. The assorted greeting card set is perfectly put together because it contains a birthday and thank you card, and two generic cards with XO and Bonjour! that can be used for different occasions.
The design and colors used in this stationary definitely set it apart from rest! I wouldn't have expected any less from one of my favorite fashion bloggers.


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LONDON -- The lion-maned Michael Heseltine would look good in a toga. He has the lean and hungry look of an ambitious Roman senator. Some say he also has the political instincts of, say, a Brutus.
His political role seems innocuous enough. Mr. Heseltine is president of Britain's Board of Trade and Industry, a government post which makes him roughly the equivalent of the secretary of commerce in the United States.
He's a great advocate of British competitiveness abroad and privatization at home. The Conservative government has sold off British Gas, British Airways, British Steel, British Telecom, Rolls Royce and even the Royal Mail.


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Optical NetworkingMaximum bandwidth for demanding networks
Originally designed for service provider backbone networks, fiber optics have become the transport medium of choice for the mission-critical networks of large enterprises. Optical transport networking technology is expanding to businesses who are rapidly realizing the role of technology in the accomplishment of business goals
Our optical networking team is made up of industry veterans with multi-vendor expertise around the design and implementation or carrier-class optical networking and cross-connect platforms. Starting with needs analysis, we evaluate the networking architecture to plan and develop a modern optical network design. Capitalizing on strong vendor and OEM relationships, we navigate multi-vendor environments with ease and intermediate vendor and equipment management.
We provide comprehensive network monitoring and management from our state-of-the-art Network Operations Center in Dallas, TX to support carrier-class and enterprise networks. Our managed services allow IT and Dev teams to stay focused on innovation and new product and service develop while we automate the routine maintenance.
GDT Manufacturing, our custom fiber optic and copper cable assemblies manufacturing facility, provides custom cable assemblies in all possible configurations and fiber counts to meet your specifications.
GDT Manufacturing offers quick turn-around times for the products we manufacture.
- Custom fiber-optic assemblies in all configurations, connectors and fiber counts
- Copper cable assemblies, Cat5, 5e, 6 and 6a
- Connectivity solutions for SAN, LAN, WAN, DWDM and more
Our optical networking services are ideal for any enterprise clients who require a robust, scalable optical backbone network with optional custom cable manufacturing capabilities for data centers, financial services, public utilities, cable operators, healthcare providers, and more.


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At Peace Memorials is an industry leader providing quality urns and memorial products in your time of need. Choosing a final resting place for a loved one or for yourself is a daunting task, as each person is special and one would like the final resting place to reflect your loved one's unique personality, interests, careers, hobbies, spirit and passions. Our mission is to help you find the ideal memorial, which helps you and your loved ones find peace during this difficult time.
Founded in 2009 as At Peace Memorials, we have served over 10,000 customers to date, and are known for our quality memorial products, fast shipping, and unparalleled customer service. Our company was started by Adam Fried, to fill a need he discovered when searching for the proper resting place for a family member. Unable to find a large variety of options locally, he turned to the internet, only to find there was no "one-stop shop" for urns and memorials. Since then, we have curated an exceptional variety of urns for sale on our website, so that you may shop, unpressured, in the privacy of your own home.
The company expanded in 2018 and is now called At Peace Memorials. We offer over 5,000 products in all shapes, sizes, colors, and materials, including brass, marble, wood, alloy, glass, precious metals, eco-friendly biodegradable options, and more. We cover a wide range of categories, such as adult urns, keepsake/token urns, pet urns, cremation jewelry, scattering tubes, engraved plaques and benches, medallions/nameplates, register/sign-in books, funeral hand-outs, grave markers, among other items. We always endeavor to uphold what has always been the hallmark of our company – personalized and compassionate customer service.
At Peace Memorials is also committed to giving back to those in need, which is why we have a special charity program in which we donate a percentage of the sale of many of our items to a multitude of charities, including Blue Star Families, ASPCA, The Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Go Pink and Blue Infant Loss Foundation. In this way, we hope to continue to spread the good that our customers and their loved ones held dear during their lifetime.
- By Nicole in California: "I received my urn today and I would just like to reiterate how pleased I am with this selection and commend you on the simple beauty of the piece. Thank you, again for patience and assistance with me when dealing with this matter. You are a true professional.
- By Pete in California: "Seller went above and beyond!!!! Best transaction EVER!!!"
- By Val in New York "Everything was GREAT! My family LOVES the urn. I will purchase again, Thanks :)"
What is cremation?
How can my family be sure the ashes they receive are mine?
The National Cremation follows strict internal procedures to ensure proper identification of the deceased throughout the cremation process. The National Cremation will not breach your trust. Identification of the deceased is first established at the place of death; an identification band is placed around the ankle. The ankle band includes several pieces of information including name, date of birth, date of death, and location, to prevent identification confusion. Before the deceased is removed from the place of death, the identification band is rechecked against any paperwork and identification tags.
At the crematory, an assigned stainless steel identification disc, linked to the record of the deceased, is placed with, and remains with, the body. Following cremation, the identification disc is placed in the urn with the cremated remains.
What is an urn?
An urn is a vessel, or container, used to hold cremated remains. A wide variety of urns are available from a simple box to elaborately decorated containers of wood, metal, glass, or clay.


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I currently work as a web & graphic designer and a vector expert in various companies as well as a freelancer. I have over 7 years of experience working with restyling projects, vector art, website development and company stationary on a daily basis.
Because of my experience, I am a very fast a effective worker. I would be glad to use my skills to help you with your project. If you think my profile fits your needs, dont hesitate to get in contact with me.


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In July 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), determined that glyphosate, which is the active chemical in Monsanto Company's Roundup herbicide, is a Group 2A agent, "probably carcinogenic to humans." IARC specifically linked exposure to Roundup to non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), (including its various subtypes such as lymphocytic lymphoma / chronic lymphocytic leukemia, B-cell lymphoma, hairy cell leukemia, and others).
Monsanto's Roundup is currently the largest-selling and most widely used herbicide in the world, and Monsanto is the world's leading producer of glyphosate. The company was the sole manufacturer of glyphosate-based herbicides from 1974 until 2000, when its U.S. patent on glyphosate expired.
IARC's pronouncement is significant because it indicates that Roundup may be toxic and that humans exposed to it may run the risk of serious health consequences. Despite IARC's assessment, Monsanto still maintains today that glyphosate and Roundup do not pose a health hazard to humans. In this light, Monsanto's public statements may be misleading. Because Monsanto has aggressively promoted Roundup's safety — even in the face of conflicting evidence — agricultural workers, farm workers, commercial spray applicators, home users, and other individuals who regularly use Roundup may be disregarding proper safety precautions when handling the herbicide.
Exposure to Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides can occur in any one of several ways, including inhalation and direct skin contact. Such exposure may lead to health complications, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or one of its subtypes, and other serious illnesses.
There are individual personal injury lawsuits against Monsanto pending in California federal district court, as part of the Roundup multi-district litigation, and in state courts on behalf of individuals who developed NHL, or one of its subtypes, from exposure to Roundup.
The lawsuits allege that people were exposed to Roundup in crop fields, commercial nurseries, landscaping, at home, and other places. Prior to the disclosure about glyphosate, none of them were, or could have been, aware that exposure to glyphosate and Roundup could cause serious illnesses.
If you have been exposed to glyphosate, Roundup or both, and have developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma or one of its subtypes, you may be entitled to compensation from the product's manufacturer. Further, if a member of your family died because of Roundup and/or glyphosate exposure, there might also be compensation for loss of consortium and wrongful death.
We would welcome the opportunity to assist you. For a free consultation and more information about your legal options, please call Plotkin, Vincent & Jaffe LLC at (855) 473-1833. Let us put our skills and experience to work for you.
Contact our New Orleans team of defective products attorneys to get started on your fee consultation.
No legal matter is too complex for our seasoned litigators, who can offer proven counsel backed by several decades of collective litigation experience.
Our plaintiff attorneys are armed with backgrounds as defense lawyers, equipped with invaluable insight to assert our clients' rights against large corporations.
We are motivated to present our clients with integrity and compassion. Toward that end, our attorneys deliver determined and diligent legal counsel.


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Dear FlyLady,
I got my order from you this week and the water bottles are AMAZING. I just placed another order for three more for my kids.
I work as a merchandising rep and drive between grocery and drug stores all day. With every other bottle I've purchased I've filled it with ice cubes and added cold water from my refrigerator. Always the water was lukewarm within two to three hours.
The last two days I did the same thing with your water bottle. The first day I worked twelve hours and there were still ice cubes in the bottle at the end of the day, even though I kept refilling the bottle with more water. Today I worked eight hours and then went to parent teacher conferences at my kids' school.
My kids grabbed my bottle a couple of times and exclaimed "the water is still cold and there is still ice in it!" I've discovered that I need to put LESS ice in it so there is more room for water!
The fact that it doesn't sweat cannot be emphasized enough.
I live in Oregon and there is a LOT of moisture in the air. My old water bottles would create puddles where ever they went. I would frequently get my paperwork wet.
My daughter complained that her school work would get wet in her backpack. The kids all begged me to get them each one of their own so they can have cold water all day at school without the problems from the water bottle sweating in their backpacks.
The individual carry straps will allow us each to color code our own bottle and tell them apart instantly.
Thank you for offering this wonderful product. Already it has improved my life.
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Does your child have his or her very first violin recital coming up? Recitals give your child the chance to showcase what he or she has learned, while you get to the opportunity to admire how far your child has come.
While this is an exciting time for both you and your child, it can also be a stressful period. From your child's entrance to his or her sheet music, there are a lot of things to keep in mind as you help prepare your child for his or her first performance.
The best way to ensure that your child's recital goes off without a hitch is to prepare well in advance.
While you child's violin teacher will take care of the actual performance details, you will need to make sure that your child is practising at home and has all the necessary things for the big day.
Below is a checklist to help guide you through the weeks leading up to your child's first performance. Follow the steps below to make sure that your child is ready for his or her first big debut!
If you would like to read more detail about each step, check out the original article on takelessons.com.
Julie P. is a violin teacher at TakeLessons, an online marketplace that connects thousands of teachers and students for local and live online music lessons.


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Business deals and contracts are agreed upon on a daily basis in the Miami area and most of the time they work out just fine. However, sometimes those involved don't always see eye-to-eye, which can lead to contract disputes.
A woman from South Florida has filed a lawsuit against Black Entertainment Television (BET) over a website. The dispute stems from a Facebook site that the woman created to help the network promote one of its shows called "The Game." According to court papers, the woman claims that BET has taken control of the site after the two sides couldn't agree on payment.
The woman reportedly created the Facebook page as a fan of the show in order to promote it. According to court reports, BET began paying her in 2010 to do social media freelance work. Reportedly the TV network did make several offers to the woman for the site, but they were never able to come to an agreement. The woman is making several claims, including breach of contract and "breach of good faith and fair dealing." She is asking for unspecified damages. BET claims that the woman is actually the one who breached the contract.
When two parties can't agree on a business deal it can often lead to lawsuits. Although a contract might be in place not everyone always lives up to the terms of a contract. When that happens sometimes it will be left up to a court to decide who is in the right. Anyone who is dealing with this type of legal matter should probably speak with a business and commercial lawyer very soon.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Florida woman sues BET in dispute over 'The Game' Facebook page she developed," Curt Anderson, Nov. 20, 2013


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At Støj we made Sound Controlled Intergalactic Teddy. It is an infinite runner game where you use your voice and sounds to control Teddy's movements. If you need to jump over a green slimy alien you say "Ohhh" and to duck you simply clap your hands.
Using machine learning we have taught the game to understand and differentiate the sounds. For the game to be able to recognise and distinguish the sounds, we trained it by recording a lot of diverse "ohhh"s and claps which made it robust and easy for anyone to play.


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At Mamquam, we all work to make it a caring, kind and respectful community. The goal being to help make our students become caring, kind and respectful adults.
Mr. R. Massey
Support Staff
Mrs. C. MacDonald, Clerical Assistant
Ms. E. Ormerod, Learning Services Teacher
Ms. C. Eaves, Learning Services Teacher
Mrs. A. Thomson, Fine Arts Teacher (Music/Dance/Drama)
Ms. R. Kranz, Teacher Librarian, Learning Services Teacher
Mrs. B. Schulz, School Counselor
Teaching Assistants
Mrs. A. Askew
Mrs. K. Alder
Ms. N. Daney
Ms. G. Green
Ms. S. Bertand
Ms. C. Kinney
First Nations Support Worker
Ms. Y. Brekke
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Racequip SA2010by Racequip $260.00
The RaceQuip Snell SA-2010 Full Face helmet is loaded with many features you would expect to find in a helmet costing much more. These features include a lightweight composite shell, aluminum pivot kit with an adjustable friction lock, plus a silicone shield gasket to keep out dust and dirt.
A wide eyeport provides great peripheral vision and allows for the use of personal eyewear. The distortion free low fog polycarbonate face shield is a full 3mm thick and comes with eight position, hand ratcheting tear-off posts. Of course the SA spec means that both the helmet's paint and interior are fire retardant so the RaceQuip Full Face helmet is suitable for use in the highest forms of auto racing competition.
The RaceQuip SA-2010 Full Face helmet incorporates a Kevlar® chin strap for strength and a comfort fit blended Nomex® interior for great feel. Wrap all these features in a lightweight aero design composite shell and the result is the outstanding value delivered by the RaceQuip SA-2010 Full Face helmet.
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Wrap a measuring tape around your head, about a half inch above the eyebrows. Pull the tape comfortably tight.
Measure two or three times to try and make sure of the results.
Find the measurement on the chart that best matches your results.
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2017 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Resources to make your case for attending
ALA promises the same outstanding content, professional development, and networking opportunities as always at the 2017 Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, June 22-27. Early Bird registration and housing are open as of noon (Central time) on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at alaannual.org.
ATLANTA - The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
A list of all the 2017 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
ATLANTA — The thousands of librarians, library workers and supporters at the 2017 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits, held Jan. 20-24 in Atlanta, delved into the future of libraries, while also bringing a heightened sense of urgency to examining current needs and aspirations. In formal and informal settings, in engaged conversations and productive problem-solving sessions, and in the exhibit hall, they shared the latest library-related trends, updates, innovations, products, titles and services.
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — Matthew Quick ("The Silver Linings Playbook") will join Lisa Wingate, Mary Kay Andrews, Pam Jenoff, Kathy Hepinstall and Emily Fridlund at the United for Libraries Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA, from 2-4 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, Jan. 23 at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta.
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania – United for Libraries and ALA Conference Services will present "Spotlight on Adult Literature" from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Georgia World Congress Center Exhibit Hall at the 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta.
Participating publishers will host book and galley giveaways, author signings and more.
2017 Midwinter Meeting website
Resources to make your case for attending.
Twitter @alamw and #alamw17
Facebook Event
Instagram, #alamw17
Innovative library leaders Catherine Murray-Rust (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Kelvin Watson (Queens Library) discuss transformative projects they have been involved with, in the Midwinter Meeting noontime ALA Masters series on Saturday, January 21st and Sunday, January 22nd, 12:30-1:30pm, in room B313 of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Attendees are encouraged to bring their lunch and join these informal sessions.
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — As part of the Symposium on the Future of Libraries at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, United for Libraries will present "Building the Future: Public Library Directors and Their Trustees Making Future Policy Decisions Together!" on Sunday, Jan. 22, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Award-winning authors LeUyen Pham (also an illustrator), Susan Tan and Scott Westerfeld will team up on Saturday, January 21st, 10:00-11:00am, in the Auditorium Speakers Series at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Atlanta, Georgia for a conversation with moderator Daniel Kraus.
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania — United for Libraries will present Nuts & Bolts for Trustees, Friends and Foundations, sponsored by EBSCO, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, January 20 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza, Augusta Room 1.
AASL Requests for Proposals (RFP)
CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) invites proposals for concurrent sessions to be presented during its 18th National Conference & Exhibition taking place Nov. 9-11, 2017, in Phoenix, Arizona. Complete proposals must be submitted by Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. More information is available at www.ala.org/aasl/rfp.


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Sweet Potato & Spinach Falafel
These flavour and nutrient packed falafel are the perfect snack to keep your little ones' hunger cries at bay or just as part of your lunch. Unlike the normal falafel that uses chickpea, this one uses pinto or black beans as the base which adds a bit richer flavour and creamier texture.
I came up with this recipe because my 1-year-old has hit a picky stage. All of my kids have hit it around this age. They love everything for the first 6-8 months of their eating experience and then all of a sudden they just start refusing foods.
He used to love sweet potato until about a month ago and now he won't touch it. I wasn't about to give in to his picky ways, so I just needed to come up with another way for him to eat them. I needed a finger food that he could feed himself.
A sweet potato falafel was the perfect solution for my picky toddler. I wanted to boost the vegetable ratio even more because really you can never have too many veggies, so I added some chopped spinach. They turned out delicious and my toddler loved them.
Next time I make them I'm going to double the recipe and freeze half so I can have a quick lunch or snack option. We ate them plain because my youngest can't have dairy, but if you can they would be lovely dipped in a tzatziki yogurt sauce.
Sweet Potato & Spinach Falafel
1 1/2 cups pinto/black beans, mashed
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, minced
1 handful spinach, finely chopped
1 handful cilantro/coriander, finely chopped
2 medium sweet potatoes, baked and mashed
3 tablespoons wholewheat flour (or any gluten-free flour)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon coconut oil
- Combine all the ingredients (except oil) in a bowl.
- Shape dough into small disks.
- Fry the disk shaped falafel in the coconut oil, flipping to cook both sides evenly.
- Eat warm or store in fridge/freezer to be reheated later. They will also 3-5 days in the fridge or a few months in the freezer.
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In this post, I describe how I experimented with some toy photography!
Two nights ago, I shot Saber and her Motored Cuirassier along the corridor outside of my place. I ran into some difficulties as I had to one-man this shot. However, this made me come up with some solutions that worked.
For this shot, no multiple exposures were involved. This was all done in one singular shot.
Here is a list of equipment I used for this shoot:
1. Sony A7RII + Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L (on Metabones IV) with a Pixel 77mm variable ND filter
2. 3x gorilla pods
3. 3x Z96 LED lamps
4. 1x 580 EXII (fired manually)
5. Water beaker with a spray nozzle
6. Saber and her Motored Cuirassier
I mainly needed to capture the 'rain' in the scene to create a dramatic environment for Saber to be in.
The only way to capture the rain is through using my speedlight to have the scene lit from the back. Firing off the speedlight from the front would certainly light up the toy, but won't necessarily light up the 'rain'.
The shot needs to be lit well enough to avoid overexposure, and to do this, I had 3x Z96 LED lamps to light up the scene. Since they are weak sources of light as opposed to a speedlight, and I had no assistants or access to additional speedlights (fine, I ran out of batteries), I had to use the following settings:
Shutter: 6 seconds
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100 (to reduce noise)
Camera mode: Self-timer
Why 6 seconds?
This amount of time allows me to fire off the speedlight multiple times from different angles to light up Saber and the detailed edges of her bike. It also allows me to capture the rain.
Why self-timer mode?
I had one hand on the speedlight, and another hand on the beaker with water. I could grow another hand to fire off my camera using the Sony remote app but I am no mutant… :\
To further avoid overexposure, I had a variable ND filter placed on the lens to allow the 6 seconds of exposure to work. This is especially useful since I had the speedlight firing off multiple times.
Lightroom 6.5 (clarity is fantastic for rain shots) and Photoshop CS6 were then used to clean up the image further and for enhancing the image with some dramatic lighting and touch-ups (dodge/burn mostly).


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National Op Shop Week 2017
National Op Shop Week 2017
Sunday 27th August - Saturday 2nd September
To celebrate National Op Shop Week, Salvos Stores is giving you an insight into the lifecycle of a garment and to spread awareness of the importance of reusing, reinventing and upcycling by becoming a 'Style Revivelist'.
What is National Op Shop Week
National Op Shop Week raises awareness of the importance of supporting your local op shop to help your local community and the environment. This year National Op Shop Week will run from Sunday 27th August to Saturday 2nd September 2017.
Life Cycle of Donated a Garment
In 2016, Salvos Stores diverted 30,000 tonnes of donated items from landfill. Across Australia 83% of women have clothes in their wardrobe that they have only worn once or twice, and 62% own clothes that have never been worn or still have tags on. During National Op Shop Week Salvos Stores is encouraging more people to shop and donate unwanted items to help those in need and the environment.
What is a 'Style Revivalist'
Style Revivalist
A super cool earth loving being who believes in reusing, reinventing and recycling their fashion.
To restore to life or consciousness.
Style Revivalist Sessions
Join Salvos Stores & eco-stylist, Faye De Lanty for our free Style Revivalist sessions.
Learn the basics of being eco chic with simple tips to customise your clothes, how to save money and op shop like a stylist.
- Townsville – Monday 7th August @ 10am – Currajong Salvos Store, 2/216-230 Woolcock Street
- Brisbane – Monday 14th August @10am – Red Hill Salvos Store, 80 Glenrosa Road
- Gold Coast – Monday 14th August @ 2pm – Nerang Salvos Store, Shops 4-5 23-25 Station Street
- Illawarra – Monday 28th August @ 10am – Wollongong Salvos Store, 48 Kenny Street
- Western Sydney – Monday 28th August @ 2pm – Minchinbury Salvos Store, 4 Archbold Road
- Hunter – Tuesday 29th August @ 10am – Newcastle Salvos Store,900 Hunter Street
- Central Coast - Tuesday 29th August @ 2pm – W. Gosford Salvos Store,30B Central Coast Hwy
- Eastern Sydney – Wednesday 30th August @ 10am – St Peters Salvos Store,7 Bellevue Street
- ACT – Friday 1st September @ 2pm – Phillip Salvos Store, Shop 7 Phillip Market Place
Sydney Event – Salvos Curated
Proving second hand is not second best, the coolest, kindest, most eco-fabulous fashion event is happening in Sydney this month.
To celebrate National Op Shop Week 2017, Salvos Stores and Faye De Lanty have teamed up with Wardrobe Crisis author Clare Press to bring you Salvos Curated.
Held over three days, we're bringing you a fresh vision for the thrifted wardrobe, revealing the hidden style stories and endless eco possibilities behind pre-loved and vintage garments and accessories.
Part exhibition, part concept store, the event will take over Paddington's Comber Studios from August 31st to September 2nd.
Fashion! Hundreds of garments up for sale each day, hand-picked from Salvos Stores by Faye and Clare
Fabulousness! Special donated pieces from Australian designers, celebrities and fashion editors will be up for grabs.
Fun! DIY craft sessions will be on throughout the event.
It all adds up to thrifty goodness, for a good cause! See you there.
We'd love you to join us
Launch event, Thursday 31st August, 6-8pm
Friday 10am-4pm
Saturday 10am-2pm
THIS IS A PLASTIC FREE EVENT. To shop, please bring your own reusable bag.
Sale Day
On Monday 28th August, to celebrate National Op Shop Week, all Salvos Stores in QLD, NSW and ACT will be offering 50% off all pre-loved items, making it the perfect time to become a Style Revivalist.
Thank you to everyone who entered the Salvos Style Revivalist competition. We received so many fabulous entries, but there can only be one winner.
We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the $500 gift card is … @starfi5h
Salvos Style Revivalist Instagram Competition
Be a Salvos Style Revivalist and win!
For your chance to win 1 x $500 gift card;
Follow My Salvos Stores on Instagram.
Purchase an item from Salvos Stores and revive it.
Snap a selfie and post it on Instagram.
Tell us in 25 words or less why you love being a Salvos Style Revivalist.
Use hashtags #salvosstylerevivalist #savewithmysalvosstores & tag @mysalvosstores
Competition begins 27/8/17 and ends at 11.59pm AEST 2/9/17. Open to Australian residents only. For full terms & conditions
What eco stylist Faye De Lanty says about the life cycle of garments in Australia…
Eco-stylist, TV fashion commentator and ambassador for Salvos Stores Faye De Lanty says the lifecycle of a garment in Australia has been reduced almost to a "single wear" with Australians purchasing over 20kg of new clothing each on average per year.
"When you donate an item to a Salvos Store, it's just the beginning of its repurposed lifecycle, rather than the end. Your old pair of jeans or lived in leather biker jacket gets a new start rather than being destined for the bin. We restyle them in store, reinvent them with customisation and sometimes they'll end up in a fashion parade or featured on the tele.
"Over 90% of what the community sends to landfill can be reused and resold, and by saving it from landfill you're helping the less fortunate, while getting an eco-chic look for less."
How shopping at Salvos Stores helps the community
Salvos Stores fund community work across a range of areas including aged care, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, crisis and support accommodation, youth support and more. By shopping and donating at your community Salvos Store you are supporting the mission and programs of The Salvation Army. Salvos Stores nationally each year, is providing $35 million for the good works of The Salvation Army. Find your nearest Salvos Stores by entering your postcode above.
Salvos Stores use all their proceeds to fund vital work in the community on a weekly basis. This includes:
- 1 Million Australians helped by The Salvation Army every year.
- 2,500+ Food vouchers given every week
- 3,000+ young people assisted by Youth Support Services
- 4,000+ People contacted recovery services for help
- 22,500+ people placed into work and education
- 30,000+ young people contacted each year through street ministry and drop-in centres
- 80,000+ people assisted by financial crisis relief services
- 138,000+ people assisted by our emergency services following disasters
- 800,000+ people temporarily accommodated by homelessness services


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The Dispatch is reporting that the Ohio GOP FINALLY has a candidate for AG: Don Michael Crites.
I did a little research and it turns out that Mr. Crites has some scandals in his past that sound surprisingly similiar to the stuff we just left behind with Marc Dann.
In 1991 Crites, serving as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, hired a woman named Brenda L Dodrill as an assistant U.S. attorney "despite the fact that she had been licensed to practice law only since November 1988 and had no trial experience."
And why would he do that? Because Dodrill was sleeping with Columbus Mayor Buck Rinehart who was still married to his wife Carol at the time.
Sex scandals. Hiring inexperienced friends. I thought we'd put all that behind us.
Was this information readily available via Google, or where did you get it? Just curious. Wondered if the Republicans have heard of vetting yet? Apparently not!
It's from an article published in the Plain Dealer on October 6, 1991.
The title of the article is "U.S. ATTORNEY'S ENDORSEMENT MAY BE ILLEGAL"
oops… i think I just gave away part 2. 🙂
Golly! It's that easy, eh? If this gets out, I'll bet ALL the Republicans will start doing back ground checks! heh!
By the way, Pete Rose got hosed!
First, Pete Rose was a scumbag and deserved everything he got and second, unless your posting has incomplete information, there do not appear to have been allegations of sex between the hiring office-holder and the alledgedly "inexperienced" employee. I thought it was Mayor Buck who engaged in the hanky panky back then, but now somehow you seem to be saying that it was not Buck? Were all those Dispatch articles wrong back then and Buck really wasn't doing that?
I think my post was pretty clear.
* Brenda Dodrill was Buck Rinehart's mistress
* Dodrill was an inexperienced lawyer with no trial experience
* Crites hired Dodrill as an assistant U.S. attorney
Here's part of the original article, in case you are interested:
Crites raised the eyebrows of politicians throughout Columbus in May, when he hired Rinehart's fiancee, Brenda L. Dodrill, then Columbus human services director, as an assistant U.S. attorney despite the fact that she had been licensed to practice law only since November 1988 and had no trial experience.
Crites' hiring of Dodrill followed a withering spate of publicity that accompanied Rinehart's denials, and subsequent admission, that he and Dodrill had been having an extramarital affair. News reports about the affair – the second sex scandal Rinehart has endured in public office – caused Rinehart to announce that he would not seek another term because "the only route to victory, if there was such a road, lay across a bloody battlefield."
I thought today was the worst day thus far in Election '08 for the Republicans. First, Governor Ted Strickland essentially won two Ohio House races today by appointing two Republicans to state jobs. Then they get an AG candidate nobody's heard anything about since the 1980s. Tomorrow may be 'worser' when Crites withdraws. Cronyism tinged with adultery won't be the winning combination this year …
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Assistant US Attorney is NOT an entry-level attorney position. Regardless of who the freshly minted attorney is who gets a position, you really have to wonder who they're sleeping with or who their daddy is.
This is the absolute LAST thing we need to have going on in the AG's office, and I don't give a damn who the AG is or what party the AG represents.
By the way, MM, the Pete Rose comment was gratuitous and designed to yank the chain of people like you. Just wanted to see who all was reading…
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Right From the Start
Is Brenda Dodrill the same person as Brenda Rinehart — Buck's wife now of 17 years?
Yes, Mr/Ms Start.
It's the same women. The second women (that we know of) that Buck had an affair with while in office and the one he left his wife Carol for.
Did I forget to mention that Brenda was also married at the time?
Her marriage ended with some a messy and very public divorce from her husband after news of her affair of over 7 months with Rinehart was revealed.
I'm very glad they are still together. But it doesn't change the facts.
Okay, Joseph, so when do we get Part 2? Fat Matt's response to Part 1 was rather underwhelming, so I can't wait for the sequel!
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Can you believe it's nearly December? Christmas time already! That instills a mix of panic (planning, shopping, wrapping, cleaning, cooking…) but also so much joy (family, friends, love, celebration…)
One of the things I love about this time of year is the start of all the holiday stories appearing. Stories of couples finding love at this special time of year.
I've got a number of authors lined up to visit me from now until Christmas. They're going to share with us some of their holiday traditions, and also their favourite and new holiday books. So I thought I probably should share mine.
I'm excited to let you know that I have a story coming out very soon from MLR Press. The story is called The Proof is in the Pudding. You guessed it, it's about Christmas and misadventures with a pudding. (see below for more information).
I do hope you enjoy my story and also find some other great reads from the authors who'll be visiting me over the coming weeks.
Happy reading,
Nic xx
Steve Hayes is away with a group of friends who are spending the Christmas break together. He's determined to put his two-timing ex-boyfriend in the past, and enjoy his week away. Steve is happily surprised to find that Corey Oh, the guy he's been admiring from afar, has been invited along too. But Steve knows there's no way someone as wonderful as Corey, who could have any man he wanted, would be interested in him.
However, thanks to a misadventure with a Christmas pudding, Steve will find that dreams can come true.
Buy Links
MLR Press – coming soon
Cover Artist: Winterheart Design
Release Date: 4th December 2015


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All kinds of new technology are affecting the industry, giving all kinds of new efficiencies to your company that allow you to scale and grow at a faster rate. Here are some of the more exciting things happening right now:
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How To Choose The Best Candidate
There was probably a time when you got down to the final two or three candidates, and you had a hard time choosing between them. Each of them had admirable – but very different – qualities that they brought to the table, and you just couldn't figure out how to weigh your options. Here are some guidelines that, as we've seen, will make a huge difference in the satisfaction of your decision, long after you've made the hire.
Should You Copy Your Cover Letter into Your Email?
The cover letter is a small part of the job search process in the grand scheme of things, and it always seems to cause confusion for candidates, like how to formulate it and when to send it. Many positions are now applied to online, so traditional cover letter etiquette seems to be up in the air.
A good rule of thumb to keep in mind when responding to a job position via email is take out the important parts of the cover letter and integrate them into the body of the email instead of separately attaching the letter itself. Think of it this way; if you were an HR manager and had to sift through hundreds of candidate emails, would you want to take the extra step to download and view extra documents? Streamlining your email's accessibility by highlighting the important parts of your cover letter in your email allows for a concise but lasting impression that will give HR all the information they need without the hassle.
READ ARTICLE "Should You Copy Your Cover Letter into Your Email?"
Will Lean Construction Methods Help You Make More Money?
The "spend money to make more money" business technique may be applicable in some industries, but the construction industry thrives on streamlining techniques. Managing the construction process and ensuring that each step runs efficiently is an incredibly important aspect of keeping costs down and maintaining timeliness.
Keep these things in mind when implementing lean construction methods:
READ ARTICLE "Will Lean Construction Methods Help You Make More Money?"
Which Technology Should You Learn to Further Your Construction Career?
Many construction workers start their careers working as general laborers, but it is possible to work towards a higher position by implementing appropriate technology. The construction industry has withstood economic hardships through the test of time because of the constant necessity for growth, but technological advances have already begun an unparalleled transformation of the industry. However, simply adopting new technological equipment because of the hype is not enough; understanding the impact and function of such machinery is equally important.
Here are some ways to incorporate technology into your construction career.
READ ARTICLE "Which Technology Should You Learn to Further Your Construction Career?"
How Workers Who Care Can't Be Replaced by Robots
Middle-class workers have always had mixed feelings towards the automation of the labor industry; on one hand, new technology can speed up tedious work but it can also jeopardize the necessity for human workers in general. The implementation of onsite technology certainly speeds up the process, but a complete technical overhaul of the construction process would do more harm than good because there would be a loss of the emotional aspect of development.
Even the construction industry, which is predominately based on physical development and labor, has an emotional side that robots couldn't possibly compensate for. While machines can be programmed to carry out detailed measurements and produce accurate results, the fact of the matter is that human workers put time and effort out of their days to create a result that will inevitably impact other human beings. This emotional involvement is something that robots can't possibly possess, and while they can certainly carry out tasks with efficiency they cannot make alternate and creative decisions that humans can.
READ ARTICLE "How Workers Who Care Can't Be Replaced by Robots"
As a Construction Worker, What Safety Areas Must You Be Aware Of?
Any construction worker knows there are inherent risks in the industry, as day-to-day tasks require rigorous safety precautions to minimize hazardous working conditions. Part of the job is operating or being around heavy machinery, dangerous tools, and the constant risk of falling or being hit with various materials onsite. Construction managers are designated the task of keeping workers safe by planning out project execution step by step, but it is also the worker's right to take their safety into their own hands and implement additional safety precautions.
READ ARTICLE "As a Construction Worker, What Safety Areas Must You Be Aware Of?"
Will Construction Worker Shortages Slow the Economy?
The overbearing entity of the economy and its success inevitably boils down to the workers who put their efforts and resources into it; so it's no surprise that the lack of workers, specifically in the construction industry, has an impact on the larger economic picture. Not only are companies struggling to find workers, but project completion is delayed largely because of the shortage in labor.
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Last week I had the privilege and honor of going back to my alma mater, Prairie State College, to lecture to one of the photography classes about how I developed my photography business, my steps in marketing, how I strengthened my brand, how I defined my photography style and finally how I created a referral base from previous customers.
In the course of my photography career, there have been many humbling things that I have done, many things that have made my feel proud of my accomplishments and many things that make me feel truly blessed from all of the success that I have found.
There is no feeling that I can put into words on how blessed, proud and truly humbled that I felt standing in one of my old classrooms, talking to art and photography students that are on the cusp of this own potential careers, still full of dreams and ideas and ready to take on the world. I remember sitting there only a handful of years ago and now I was welcomed in by my previous professor to tell my own story of success - success that I still feel like I am in the process of pursuing.
While telling my "so far" story I was reminded of just how far I have come and I finally recognized that success is already NOW. I will continue to strive for my dreams, because the Lord knows that I have still so many hopes and dreams that I want to accomplish, but this was truly an eye widening experience that I needed to recognize. It finally soaked into my mind that even though I am always working toward a pinnacle of success, I need to turn around and look at where I have come from.
We should always have a heart of thankfulness for our blessings but since we are in the season of thankfulness, I want to take the opportunity to thank God for the success that I have already found, the opportunities that are in front of my now and the path that He is preparing for me to the next stage of success to come. I am also so thankful for the opportunity that I had to SEE that I am already where I want to be.
I encourage you to take the time to look back over your past, tracing the lines of where you have come from to where you are today. Don't only think about where you want to go - think about where you are now and then soak in the success of THAT. Only in a spirit of thankfulness will we ever recognize our success. <3
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Career and Business Coaching: Jerry Lankford - MBA, MACC, MDiv, LPC
With degrees from Vanderbilt, Purdue, Duke and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and experience leading within multi-national corporations, Jerry is uniquely qualified to provide business and coaching counseling. Jerry spent more than 26 years as a senior level manager with international experience in software and hardware engineering as well as research and development leadership. Jerry also held responsibility for the leadership of a 20-year-old ministry to Pastors as Ministry Leaders as Executive Director of Biblical Wellness Ministries. He leads Corporate Grace in which Christian business owners gather monthly to serve as a board of advisors for one another. As co-founder and president of Lifecare Counseling & Coaching, Jerry has additional professional training in leadership development, negotiating, and integrity leadership.
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Normal, Illinois to Wausau (Rib Mountain), Wisconsin
Snapshot: Length: 306 miles | Length in MAFC: 284 miles | Intersecting Interstates: I-43, I-55, I-80, I-88, I-90, I-94
I-39 is north-south route connecting Wisconsin and Illinois in the MAFC region. I-39 is considered a Tier 1 and emerging corridor in the MAFC region due to its connections to I-55 in Illinois, and I-90 and I-94 in Wisconsin. I-39 does not extend to states outside of the MAFC region. In Illinois, I-39 is concurrently signed as US-51. From Rockford, Illinois to Portage, Wisconsin, it is also signed as I-90 in Wisconsin. And at Madison, WI I-94 also runs concurrently with I-39. At Portage, both I-94 and I-90 separate. Continuing north, the route continues as US-51/I-39 to Rib Mountain, WI in the Wausau area. At Wausau, US-51 continues into northern Wisconsin.
The need for I-39 was identified in 1945 with the original planning for the 40,000 miles of interstate highways. For a period, US-51 was considered one the most heavily traveled two-lane routes in the country (1). And while freight loads are not overwhelming on the majority of the route, it provides an important connection to agriculture, forestry, and industry in northern Wisconsin. In Illinois, the route was conceived of a part of a supplementary freeway system that would provide any Illinois resident access to an interstate highway within 30 minutes.
As an emerging corridor with moderate truck traffic that spans two states, the intestate connections of I-39 provide critical connections and redundancy for freight movement. In Illinois, I-39 connects to I-74, I-55, I-80 and I-90. In Wisconsin, I-39 runs concurrently with I-90 and I-94 and with US-51. US-51 continues and terminates at the northern border of Wisconsin (2). I-39 is listed as a designated truck route in Wisconsin. In Illinois, I-39 is also listed as a truck route from its intersection with I-55 to the Wisconsin border.
I-39, as a concurrent facility with I-90, is tolled as part of the Jane Addams Toll way. No other portions of the facility are currently tolled. I-39 begins at I-55 in Bloomington-Normal, and passes through the areas of Rochelle and Rockford, IL. After it crosses the Illinois border, I-39 passes through Beloit, Janesville, Madison, Portage, Stevens Point and Wausau, WI.
Metropolitan Statistical Areas Economic Profile
|GDP (2011, in millions)
|Freight-related Employment
|Metropolitan Planning Organizations
|Wausau (WI)
|Marathon County Metropolitan Planning Commission
|Madison (WI)
|Dane County Regional Planning Commission
|Janesville (WI)
|Janesville Urbanized Area MPO
|Rockford (IL)
|Rockford Area Transportation Study
|Peoria (IL)
|Peoria/Pekin Urbanized Area Transportation Study
|Bloomington-Normal (IL)
|McLean County Regional Planning Commission
Truck Traffic
I-39 is a 284-mile corridor that crosses two states in the MAFC: Wisconsin and Illinois.
- Truck VMT 2007: 3,126,301
- Percent Truck VMT: 35.4 percent
Operational Efficiency (ITS)
Cameras are almost exclusively found along the portion of the I-39 corridor between the juncture with I-90 in Central Wisconsin and the Wisconsin-Illinois border. The greatest concentration of cameras is found around Madison (8 within 5 miles of the city limits), however there are also clusters surrounding Janesville (4) and Beloit (3). All of the message boards (4) found along the I-39 corridor are found in Wisconsin, with a majority (3) found in and around Madison.
Wisconsin and Illinois collaborate through ITS Heartland and the Illinois DOT participates in the ENTERPRISE Pool Fund Study.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Yearly tons of CO2 assuming 4 mpg: 980,000
- Yearly tons of CO2 assuming 7.5 mpg: 520,000
- Data: Truck Counts (HPMS 2011)
- Assume 4 and 7.5 miles per gallon
- No control for level of service or elevation changes
- 22.3 lbs. of CO2 per gallon of Diesel
Freight Projects Impacting Truck Traffic
I-39 has major project activity in the corridor. Wisconsin is beginning to implement expansion plans for the portion of the corridor from the Illinois border to Madison, WI. This expansion will accommodate increased traffic flows, 35 percent of which is currently heavy trucks, along one of the most important freight and passenger corridors in the region. The four-lane highway will be expanded to six lanes through this stretch and eight lanes for a segment through Janesville, WI. All eleven interchanges will also be upgraded to meet current design standards. The needs of the I-39/90/94 corridor north of Madison to the Wisconsin Dells are also being examined in upcoming studies.
Fuel and Truck Parking
|There are 30 fueling stops that also offer truck parking along I-39. Eight truck stops have less than 25 parking spots, 12 have between 25-84 spots, and 10 have 85+ parking spots. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) stations are listed to the right.
Infrastructure Condition
The International Roughness Index (IRI) measures the cumulative amount of vertical deviation (the bumpiness or roughness) for each segment of road, and is reported as a ratio in inches per mile. IRI values less than 95 are generally considered good, while values between 95 and 170 are generally considered acceptable. Since only corridor segments with reported IRI values from the 2011 HPMS dataset were considered in this analysis, some states may be missing from certain corridors.
The IRI is used as a measurement to determine infrastructure conditions within the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) such as pavement deterioration, pavement condition trends, cost allocation studies, and other analytical purposes. It is reported, at a minimum, for all road segments that fall under the Full Extent classification which includes the National Highway System (NHS), all principal arterials (interstates, freeways, and expressways), and rural minor arterials within the Sample Panel dataset. The data is collected by the states and submitted to the FHWA. The FHWA verifies the data, and houses it within the HPMS. For more historical information, see MnDOT's Introduction to the International Roughness Index.
Freight Facilities
Intermodal terminals
- Union Pacific (UP) Global III in Rochelle, IL. Lifts <200,000 per year.
Major Rail Yards
- Global III in Rochelle, IL.
- Stevens Point, WI
- Chicago/Rockford International (RFD)
Automotive Distribution Centers
- Belvidere Assembly Plant: Belvidere, IL (UP)
- Mitsubishi Motors: Normal, IL (Norfolk Southern
Freight Rail
There are a number of Class I railroads and shortlines that are found in this corridor. In Wisconsin, the Canadian Pacific's M&P Subdivision is a very light density line, carrying less than 5 million gross tons (MGT). There are two high-density (>100 MGT) routes that intersect the I-39 corridor: the Union Pacific Geneva Subdivision at Rochelle, IL and the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision south of Wenona, IL. The rest of the lines have lower volumes according to the 2010 rail density data available from the 2013 National Transportation Atlas Database.
Passenger Rail
There are four passenger services that intersect the I-39 corridor:
- Empire Builder (Chicago to Seattle with a station in Portage, Wisconsin. Operates over the Canadian Pacific (CPR) Watertown Subdivision.
- Carl Sandburg/Illinois Zephyr with a station in Mendota, IL. Operates over the BNSF Mendota Subdivsion.
- Lincoln Service (Chicago to St. Louis) and the Texas Eagle (Chicago-San Antonio) operate over the Union Pacific Joliet Subdivision, with a station in Bloomington-Normal. Although this is a shared-use corridor, there are plans to build a second mainline dedicated to freight. This is the first route in the Midwest to test speeds of 110-mph.
There is one air cargo airport that services the I-39 corridor.
RFD is located in Rockford, IL. In terms of landed weight for 2012, RFD ranked as the 6th highest air cargo airport within the MAFC region while 27th nationally. It is considered a primary hub airport, and is home to a UPS air cargo facility.
|Chicago/Rockford International (RFD)
|Cargo Facilities
|Cargo Terminals
|Number of Runways (max length)
|Warehouses & DCs within 5 / 10 miles
|5 / 11
|Air Cargo Businesses within Urban Area
|2011 Landed Weight (lbs.)
|2010 LandedWeight (lbs.)
|Change (Percentage)
|Intermodal Connectors (5 / 10 miles)
|0 / 0
There are no navigable waterways that directly serve as Marine Highway reliever routes for I-39 between Wausau, WI and Normal, IL. I-39 closely parallels the Wisconsin River in central Wisconsin, but this river is not equipped with navigation locks. The nearest commercial waterways to the east that could provide a freight reliever route is Lake Michigan (M-90)—Illinois River (M-55) route from Green Bay, WI to Oglesby or Peoria, IL. Other freight ports along this route include Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Milwaukee, Kenosha, and Racine in Wisconsin and Chicago and Joliet in Illinois. To the west, the Upper Mississippi River (M-94)—Illinois Riverway (M-55) connects Peoria, IL to the ports at Minneapolis, MN, St. Louis, MO, and numerous other smaller ports and terminals.
Freight Generators, Warehouses, and Distribution Centers
There are a total of 8,036 freight generators employing 140,498 people within three miles of the I-39 corridor, and a total of 17,716 freight generators employing 297,069 people within 10 miles of the corridor. If the extent of analysis focuses on the metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) intersected by the I-39 corridor, there are a total of 22,879 freight generators employing 367,963 people. Within the MSAs, there are a total of 152 warehousing and distribution centers employing 3,246 people. Freight generators were determined by using the NAICS codes prescribed for freight-related sectors in NCFRP Report 19, and include agriculture, mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, and eating and drinking places.
|Major Manufacturers
|Major Distribution Centers
- Interstate 39. Wikipedia.
- Wisconsin Long Truck Operators Map. Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
- FHWA Interstate Brief (2011). US Department of Transportation.


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