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An excerpt from my yet to be titled love story.
The ending of Chapter 4 set in rural New Jersey, USA, 1943, during World War II.
"I hope so," she says.
"I don't want this moment to end, but I'm not exactly feeling my best and I have to be up early."
"I know," she replies. I bend toward her to kiss her cheek but she shifts her neck and I land at her mouth instead. For a moment we hover, and then move into each other. At first there is only a light pecking, her lips still being foreign, untouched and virgin to me. I pull back and as I do she whispers "no" staring into my eyes, cupping her hands behind my neck, pulling me close pleading that this is what feels right, this is what should have been all along. Her lips are warm, soft to the touch as our mouths meet and open ever so slightly caressing into each other, finding the folds of our skin, sliding up and down, ever so slightly in and out pushing and pulling.
"There's something I want to give you, but I have to get it from my room," I say.
"I'd like that." She replies.
"Wait here, I'll be right back."
"Don't hurt yourself, take it easy."
"Ok," I reply with a casual salute.
I get out of the car and make my way to my room, all the while my heart pounding with the taste of Lindsey. She's invaded me and ensnared me in a web I'm not sure I'll ever escape. I fumble in my desk drawer for a letter I've written and glance over it for about the millionth time, then scribble my name and shove it into an envelope. I exit the room like a mouse scurrying across the floor so as to not wake my parents and carefully place each step so as to keep the pounding that's now shifted to my head at bay, but also as to not spoil the moment with my parent's waking. Lindsey waits in the car and I sit back down next to her.
"Did you get what you needed?" She asks.
"I've been working on this all week." I hand her the envelope. She looks at it curiously, flips it to see if anything is on the back but finds nothing. "I was going to post this to your door later tonight, but figure now's as good a time as any."
"What is it?"
"Go ahead, open it."
Linds tears at the corner of the envelope and slides her finger along the seal. The thumping in my head intensifies and my hands feel clammy. What if I make a fool of myself when she reads this letter? What if she doesn't have feelings for me like I have for her? She's upset now, she's taking pity on me. Her Paul Bunyan of a boyfriend just beat me the hell up after all. I sit up straight then lean back in my seat. She's unfolding the letter, I close my eyes and turn my head pretending to look out the window hoping that she won't be able to notice how I've lost all my nerves.
July 1943
Dear Lindsey:
There's so much I'd like to tell you, so many dreams I'd like to share with you, but I lack the heart to say any of this to your face. When you read this note I'll be on way to serve our country, and truth be told the risk is high that I may never again see home. I feel compelled to admit all this to you now, for shall I fail in my duty the consequence isn't one of second chance.
All through life I've thought about you. Every now and then I pretend that maybe sometimes you think about me as well. Sometimes before I sleep, I open my window and search the stars for a relief I'm never able to truly find. I might spend hours under moonlight dreaming about you. Sometimes I write to you in the sanctuary of my bed, other times I go into the woods to the same spot where I took you overlooking the lake. I wander there listening to all of nature's sounds, but it is always the sound of you I search for most. I scribble down feelings and write long elaborate letters that I can never seem to get just right. The perfect letter is always elusive like the depths of your heart that I so tenderly wish to hold. Somehow I hope in succeeding you'll fall in love with me, that maybe I can convince you through a miracle of words that we are meant to be together. I create a fiction that we are in love, that this love for you is reciprocated. Somehow all of this will become real, all the loneliness will be erased and everything will be all right. I bathe myself in this feeling and revel in its power for it allows me to have a purpose, that purpose being you even if it is based on what isn't real. Maybe the fault lies within me. Maybe I should have expressed my feelings for you over the years. All these words eventually just collect dust, pages in notebooks that become filled and unused with time. I suppose that's life and there's nothing I can do to fix this now except to give you this tiny portion of myself. Now I'm rambling and feeling stupid for writing any of this. I'm going to have to muster up some courage and get this into an envelope and post it to your door. Fifty percent chance it won't make it there and it'll just find its way to trash.
I fell in love with you first.
- Eric
A moment passes by, then two, then three. What is she thinking? Then I feel a tap on my leg. Tap tap tap it goes, each with a longer pause as the finger is pressed to my pants. I can't look at her, I've shared a vulnerable side, the part without defense that no one else has ever known. Slowly I raise an eyelid.
"What'll that set me back?" I ask, glancing at her then averting my eyes down as if there's something interesting on the floorboard.
"Well," she said, "I find myself in a precarious situation. I will require three more letters from you before I can give you an answer."
"Was it really that bad?"
"Like I said, three more letters Soldier."
Great, she hates me.
"I need to get back home Eric. Peter's waiting." Her voice cracks a little.
"I know," I say eyes still averted from her. "Hey Linds…"
"Yes?" She answers. We find each other's eyes.
"I'm sorry I was so absent in high school. I wish things had been different—"
"Shh." She places her finger to my mouth and then reaches over to hug me. I don't want this to end, I don't want to leave in the morning for war and the change it represents. Up until this point in life I've had everything, even though I've not wanted to admit it to myself. I've lived comfortably, I've had a great education, I've had food and a place to live. I've always had summer work and spending money. Compared to many people I'd say I've been pretty well set. But love is the one thing in life I've always needed but never known. I've never even had a girlfriend before, I've only dreamed about her on paper. While writing down the inner workings of my heart somewhere alone lost under moonlight overlooking the calm waters of a large lake might sound romantic in some sense, in reality it's soul crushingly lonely. There's only so many years I'm able to pretend to myself that I'm fine, that I can get by with only words, that I can force myself to believe that time will be kind, that somehow I'll write something beautiful and somewhere there will be a someone who falls in love with me. It's not reality, life doesn't work that way. Maybe it'll happen when pigs can fly.
I get out of the car and go open the door for Lindsey. She stands and stares at me. I can't move. I feel like a fish in a sea where all the water's evaporating. Then she leans forward to hug but instead I touch my lips to her cheek.
She pauses for a moment as our eyes try to speak, then leans in again and we embrace. "Remember to write and stay alive Eric," she whispers as her chin is pressed to my neck.
"I will," I respond. Then she takes a step back and looks at me with that smile that could light the whole world ablaze.
"Cheer up, Captain," she says lightly jabbing the side of my chin. The corners of my mouth respond with a slight twitch and then she turns. I watch her the whole walk back to her house. With every step I feel like something inside me breaks. She never glances back.


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Imagine a strategy which captured all of the positive returns and none of the losses of the MSCI AC World Index. This, surely, would be the ultimate investment – one generating only gains with no drawdowns. Sadly, this article doesn't contain the secret of how to find this holy grail. Instead, we look at the correlation of this 'ultimate investment' to the MSCI AC World Index. Surprisingly, the two would have been 82% correlated over the last 20 years.
Figure 1: The ultimate investment vs. MSCI AC World Index
Source: Bloomberg as at 30.06.17. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
This is because correlation is a blunt measure which cannot differentiate between gains and losses. It tells you how, on average, an asset moves relative to another. It says nothing about how much it moves relative to the other asset and whether it captures more of the upside than the downside (called 'skew'), or whether the relationship between these assets is likely to change at different points in the economic cycle. Yet the correlation of a fund with an investor's domestic index is increasingly being used as a primary determinant of the suitability of an investment.
We believe, correlation needs to be viewed in combination with other characteristics to get a fuller appreciation of an investment's behaviour.
Throughout the majority of a typical economic cycle, growth-sensitive assets such as equities or high yield debt, have historically generated positive returns (for further detail, please refer to: Income Thinking: Structurally Diversifying Sources of Risk, November 2016). Over the last 50 years, approximately 60% of the monthly returns on the S&P 500 Index have been positive. More striking is that outside of the overheating or recessionary stages of growth (when the cycle is either very mature or in outright contraction), approximately 70% of monthly returns are positive.
Figure 2: Average annualised excess returns of growth assets at different stages of the business cycle
Source: Investec Asset Management calculations, GDP data from December 1969 to March 2016, Recession dates compiled by NBER, Compelling Forces scores start in October 1998, excess returns are the average of annualised monthly total returns of MSCI ACWI Index, FSTE EPRA NAREIT Developed index, BofA ML US High Yield Index, JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Composite Index, since inception to March 2016 in USD less the return on USD 1 Month Libor. The Compelling Forces Growth Score comprises three components: Fundamentals (recession indicators); Valuation (a yield-based approach to assessing asset class valuations); Market Price Behaviour (risk, momentum and economic surprise indicators). Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
It makes sense then to harvest the returns offered by growth-sensitive assets by having a high correlation to equities when the economic risks of doing so are low, and only adopting a more defensive position, or a low correlation to equities, as risks begin to rise. Achieving the best risk-adjusted returns by managing correlations appropriately through the business cycle should be more important than just targeting a low average correlation.
In addition to having a correlation that is suited to the economic environment, we believe the return profile of an investment can be improved by adjusting risk tactically to limit performance drawdowns. This is because, even in expansionary stages of growth, markets can be subject to losses caused by other drivers (such as geopolitics or sentiment).
As a result, a well-managed fund which looks to be positioned appropriately over both tactical and strategic horizons will vary its correlation to growth-sensitive assets over time. This can be seen more clearly by looking at correlation on a rolling basis rather than the simple long-run average which will necessarily miss any steps taken to mitigate losses.
The effect of this can be seen in Figure 3 which shows the rolling correlation between the Investec Global Multi-Asset Income Fund (the Fund) and the MSCI AC World Index. The chart illustrates the severe damping of correlations between the Fund and risk assets during, for example, the Brexit event of 2016 and 'risk-off' episodes of 2015. Similarly, when growth assets are felt to offer an unattractive reward relative to their risks (for example, if valuations are lofty against a poor technical backdrop) then correlation can be dampened down for these 'market-risk' based reasons. Efficient methods for controlling correlation include the sale or purchase of bond and equity futures or the use of FX hedging. This allows the risk of the Fund to be controlled across multiple frontiers but without having to change the underlying positions, and in so doing, miss out on their income streams.
Figure 3: Rolling correlation – the Fund and MSCI AC World Index (90 days)
Source: Bloomberg as at 30.06.17. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
Figure 4: Annualised performance (%)
|Investec Global Multi-Asset Income Fund
|Morningstar USD Moderate Allocation
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results, losses may be made.
*Inception date: 30.07.13, A share. Source: Morningstar as at 30.06.17, NAV based, (net of fees, excluding initial charges), total return, in USD. Market indices are gross of fees. Highest and lowest 12-month rolling performance since inception is 8.7% and -2.8% respectively.
The benefit of a correlation that varies over time can be an improvement in the skew of returns a strategy produces which is perhaps the most important measure of its attractiveness. Selecting resilient securities from the bottom-up, achieving structural diversification and tactically hedging against event and market risks, have led to lower drawdowns and better upside capture for the Investec Global Multi-Asset Income Fund since launch. This allows better compounding of returns over time – a powerful attribute in a time of slim asset class returns.
Figure 5: Upside and downside capture of the Fund vs. MSCI AC World Index
Figure 6: Risk and return characteristics of the Fund vs. MSCI AC World Index since inception (30.07.13)
|Compound annual return
|Annualised standard deviation
|Sharpe ratio
|Drawdown 1
|30.04.13 : 30.08.13
|Drawdown 2
|31.08.16 : 30.11.16
|Drawdown 3
|31.03.15 : 30.04.15
|Drawdown 4
|28.11.14 : 31.12.14
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results, losses may be made.
Source Figure 5: Investec Asset Management, in USD gross of fees and taxes with income reinvested, MSCI AC World Index NDR, from 30.06.13 to 30.06.17. Investec Global Multi-Asset Income Fund average monthly gain and loss as a proportion of Global Equities average gain and loss. Source Figure 6: Bloomberg as at 30.06.17.
Important information
The value of this investment, and any income generated from it, can go down as well as up and will be affected by changes in interest rates, exchange rates, general market conditions and other political, social and economic developments, as well as by specific matters relating to the assets in which it invests. The Fund's investment objective will not necessarily be achieved and there is no guarantee that these investments will make profits; losses may be made. This Fund may not be appropriate for investors who plan to withdraw their money within the short to medium term. Performance shown is that of the Fund and individual investor's performance may differ as a result of initial fees, actual investment date, date of any subsequent reinvestment and any dividend withholding tax. All the information contained in this communication is believed to be reliable but may be inaccurate or incomplete. Any opinions stated are honestly held but are not guaranteed and should not be relied upon. This is not a buy, sell or hold recommendation for any particular security. It is not an invitation to make an investment nor does it constitute an offer for sale. Before making an investment, please read the Prospectus and Key Investor Information Document, which sets out the fund specific risks and is available from Investec Asset Management. The portfolio may change significantly over a short period of time. The Fund is traded at the ruling price and can engage in borrowing, up to 10% of the portfolio net asset value to bridge insufficient liquidity, and scrip lending and may be closed in order to be managed in accordance with the mandate. The Fund is a sub-fund of the Investec Global Strategy Fund, which is a UCITS organised as a Société d'Investissement à Capital Variable under the law of Luxembourg. For further information on the Fund including application forms and a schedule of fees and commissions, please contact Investec Asset Management. Fund prices and English language copies of the Prospectus, Report & Accounts and Articles of Incorporation and local language copies of the Key Investor Information Documents may be obtained from our website and free of charge from the following country specific contacts: Luxembourg – Investec Global Strategy Fund, 49 avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg. In South Africa, Investec Asset Management is an authorised financial services provider. The sub-funds offered for public sale in South Africa are approved under the South African Collective Investment Schemes Control Act. Issued by Investec Asset Management, July 2017.

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Inter- university soccer: Collingwood Cup Semi Final: UCC v Queens University at Grangegorman, Dublin.
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Old photos become new again. A wonderful gift for my mother-in-law.
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|Jesse77, at 10:17AM on Wednesday January 16, 2008
OMgosh! these pictures are so sweet,this kit works great with them. Thanks for sharing all of these with us! Welcome to the gallery!
|audosborne, at 01:11PM on Thursday January 17, 2008
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Please make HTML signature file and then import the HTML file into Nine.
Please refer to the video below.
Please remember that the image should be located at the place to be able to connect via internet.
If you have a Box.com ID, please use Box.com to store the image.
1. Upload image to Box.com
2. Share the image and then get the shared link
3. Put the shared link on your browser and open it in the browser
4. Click the right mouse button on the image and copy the image URL
5. Open the html signature file in the editor like notepad
6. Write down below to the text editor

7. Paste the public link into the double quotation. That will be like below

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After an eventful college football season, months of anticipation and analysis, and the scouting combine, the N.F.L. draft is finally upon us. Any fantasy football player knows that rookies can become the underrated picks who win you a championship. With an eye toward the 2015 fantasy season, here is what we are going to be looking for on draft weekend.
The 2014 N.F.L. draft class was a bonanza for fantasy owners, producing five of the season's top 25 receivers. At running back, Jeremy Hill and Tre Mason led a class with mixed results. This year's class might not produce quite as much talent, but there is still plenty of fantasy potential.
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The 25 players selected in the first round of the 1990 N.F.L. draft. The players were the first group chosen after the N.F.L. let college underclassmen enter the draft.The 1990 N.F.L. Draft Class: Some Thrive, but Just as Many StruggleAPRIL 29, 2015
From left: Jeff George, Junior Seau, N.F.L. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Blair Thomas at the draft in 1990.The Class of '90: Where Are They Now?APRIL 29, 2015
Scouts timing defensive back Josh Shaw in the 40-yard dash at the N.F.L. scouting combine in February. One website that collects mock drafts already has more than 350 posted.N.F.L. Mock Drafts Are Often Accompanied by an OopsAPRIL 29, 2015
For a rookie to have fantasy success, it takes talent and opportunity. The most talented receivers need a competent quarterback to throw them the ball, and running backs need the right scheme and offensive line around them to succeed. Going into last season's draft, Sammy Watkins was the clear top prospect at wide receiver. But landing in Buffalo with E.J. Manuel throwing to him made Watkins's season a slight disappointment, as he finished 25th among wide receivers in fantasy points. On the other hand, Jordan Matthews landed in the high-octane Philadelphia offense and ended a spot ahead of Watkins in fantasy scoring despite being drafted 38 picks later.
Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota are two of the best quarterbacks to enter the draft in recent memory, but rookie quarterbacks often struggle compared with running backs and wide receivers. At running back, Todd Gurley and Melvin Gordon are the clear top two options and the rookie backs most likely to earn a starting job. Each has been graded as a first-round pick by most draft experts. Behind them there are many prospects whose fantasy value will rely mostly on opportunity.
Amari Cooper is likely to be the first receiver off the board, which is not always a good thing. Depending on where he lands and who his quarterback is, he may not be the top fantasy receiver. Other top options will be Kevin White, DeVante Parker, Jaelen Strong and Breshad Perriman. Each is likely to be a first-round pick and will definitely be relevant for fantasy drafts this season.
Sometimes a better way to project rookie fantasy potential is to reverse engineer the process by finding the teams with the most unstable skill position starters. At running back, the Patriots lost Stevan Ridley and Shane Vereen and have historically been willing to use new running backs, so that situation is wide open. Adrian Peterson could plausibly be traded, leaving the Vikings with only Matt Asiata, who averaged 3.5 yards per carry last season. The Cowboys lost DeMarco Murray and his 392 carries from last year, and the Chargers' three running backs are Branden Oliver, Donald Brown and Danny Woodhead, none of whom deserve a starting job.
At receiver, there are a lot of good potential landing spots for rookies. The Browns, the Ravens, the Texans and the Chiefs are good examples of teams that could use help in their receiving corps, so if any of them draft a talented prospect, that rookie could step in and have a huge immediate impact.
Of course, neither talent nor opportunity can help players who are stuck on injured reserve, so following prospects with injury histories on draft day is key. N.F.L. teams are not necessarily acting with the same goals as fantasy owners. They might be overly sensitive to long-term outlooks given the recent troubles of Josh Gordon, Justin Blackmon and Johnny Manziel, but that does not mean fantasy owners should be scared if a high-upside running back talent falls on draft day.
In this draft, Boise State running back Jay Ajayi has a checkered injury history that teams are reported to be worried about. The concerns are all long-term and should not affect him in his rookie year. The team that drafts him is likely to want to get value early in his career, so the injury concerns may actually be a fantasy positive.
There are a lot of variables that affect a rookie's fantasy stock. Although we are five months from the regular season, the draft is a time when talent pours into the league and many questions are answered, for both N.F.L. and fantasy owners.
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Shakespeare Insult Generator: Mix and Match More than 150,000 Insults in the Bard's Own Words
Put dullards and miscreants in their place with more than 150,000 handy mix-and-match insults in the bard's own words. This entertaining insult generator and flip book collects hundreds of words from Shakespeare's most pointed barbs and allows readers to combine them in creative and hilariously stinging ways.
From "apish bald-pated abomination" to "cuckoldly dull-brained blockhead" to "obscene rump-fed hornbeast," each insult can be chosen at random or customized to fit any situation that calls for a literary smackdown.
Featuring an informative introduction on Shakespearean wit, and notes on which terms were coined or only used once by the author in his work, this delightful book will sharpen the tongue of Shakespeare fans and insult aficionados without much further ado.
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Inspired by vintage gas station lighting, the Radial Wave Post Mount Light combines a fun fluted shade with a rustic industrial guard to add instant style to your exterior lighting plan! Perfect for commercial lighting needs such as parking lots and sidewalks, this decorative pole mount fixture is also a great choice for residential driveways. The Radial Wave shade is also available in gooseneck mounts and as sconces. Pair your post mount light with one of these options to complete your outdoor space's look.
With two shade sizes available and over fifteen powder coat finish colors to choose from, customize your fixture's shade and direct burial finish to fit within your home and commercial color scheme. The Radial Wave Post Mount Light is hand assembled in the United States and will provide generations of service.
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I've sometimes rather laughed Magnum's 'Square Print Sales', with their postcard-sized signed prints being sold at $100 when you could buy well-printed books with many prints by the same photographers (and sometimes at least as well printed) for rather less. And perhaps been amused by images advertising the sale which showed those same images at 4 times the size. I've nothing against people collecting postcards, and I have a few myself, but most cost me 20p or less – and I've given hundreds if not thousands of my own work on them away.
Visiting to galleries and auction houses, I've often seen prints for sale for thousands of pounds that were inferior in quality to the reproductions of the same images in books. Sometimes it is worth remembering that – with a few rare exceptions – in photography we are always dealing in reproductions, and one of the joys of our medium is its essentially infinite reproducibility.
But of course photographers have to earn a living – and selling prints for thousands or millions is what keeps some art dealers in their lives of luxury.
But Magnum Distribution are now selling Matt Black's 'The Geography of Poverty – Heartland', a set of eight 8×10″ prints in an envelope with some documentation for what seems a reasonable price of $249.00 They are in a limited edition, but 100 copies seems a fairly reasonable number, and more than I've sold of any unlimited edition print.
The 8 prints are digital C-type on Fuji Crystal Archive Matte paper, which would perhaps not be my choice for black and white prints, and rather more suited to colour images. But certainly you can make good black and white prints this way, though I would generally prefer good inkjet prints (which I imagine is what Magnum's 'museum quality' square images are.) Perhaps Black prefers the Fuji paper – the cost difference between C-types and inkjet is small – the pro lab I sometimes use charges around 30% more for inkjet.
It's an great project by Black, who I think is one of the more promising new Magnum photographers for some years, and you can see more at MSNBC, where the presentation and text by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee produce a work of outstanding quality. You can also see more of his work on his own web site and on Magnum, where he became a Magnum nominee in 2015. You can also follow him on Instagram, where he was Time's Instagram photographer of the year in 2014. There is also a signed Geography of Poverty Newsprint issue for sale which seems to me rather poor value at $45. I have a number of such newpsrint publications now, and they usually end up in the recycling, as they hardly seem worth keeping.
I won't be buying either that or the set of 8 images. Although I admire the work, I wouldn't want to hang the 8 images on my wall, nor do I have the space to do so. And I have far too many prints – my own and others – already hidden away in envelopes, tubes and boxes that never get looked at.


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Illinois's network of interconnected highways sees heavy 18- wheeler and tractor-trailer traffic every day. When a truck or 18-wheeler is involved in an accident, the results can be devastating to the occupants of not just the tractor-trailer, but also the smaller vehicle involved in the accident. Serious injuries or even death can result in a crash like this.
When an accident involves a commercial truck, there may be a number of parties that may be responsible. Therefore, these claims are typically very complicated to file. It's important to work with an attorney to avoid all the risks that can arise when you are trying to file a claim against a trucking company, and any other party involved in a trucking accident. Contact the offices of Michael J. Brennan, a Chicago trucking accident lawyer with years of experience helping victims of truck accidents in Illinois recover compensation for their losses.
The hours following a semitruck accident are devastating. However, it is important to you to maintain your cool, and take the right steps to protect your legal rights after a truck crash.
Follow these steps, and protect your rights.
Get yourself to a doctor immediately. If the doctor sees no signs of injury, but recommends scans, or x-rays, get these done promptly. Remember, spinal injuries, leg injuries, and soft tissue injuries may not be visible at the scene of the crash, but may severely impact your health in the future.
Every truck accident must be reported to the police. Also, immediately file a report with the insurance company, so that the process of filing a claim can begin immediately.
You will need to know the truck driver's name, address, the trucking company he or she works for, and other details. You will also need the trucker's insurance company information. Remember, truck accident claims are much more complicated than auto accident claims, and your Chicago truck accident lawyer will identify a number of parties, including the driver, trucking company, shipper, and other parties in your claim.
Take photographs of the 18–wheeler, big rig, or semi-truck involved in the crash. Photograph the damage to your vehicle and the truck, and take pictures of the scene. Skid marks, debris that has been strewn all over the site-all of these can be used by an experienced lawyer to file a strong claim for you.
If the insurance company for the trucking company sends its representatives to talk to you, do not talk to them without having your attorney present. Remember, you are under no legal obligation to speak to the insurance company. Anything that you say can and will be used by the company, as evidence of your own liability. That will reduce the damages that you are eligible for.
Talk to any witnesses at the scene of the accident, and take down their testimony. Get their contact information including names and addresses-you may need their testimony to boost your claim in the future. Remember, eyewitness accounts can prove very powerful in helping strengthen your claim.
Contact an experienced and reliable Cook County truck accident lawyer at our firm. Our attorneys represent victims of big rig accidents from our Cook County offices, serving residents of the Chicago and Orland Park areas.
Serious injuries can result when a tractor-trailer is involved in an accident with another vehicle. These injuries can include spinal injuries, injuries, and even paralysis. Filing a truck accident claim is very different from filing a car accident claim. Typically, a truck is operated by a commercial entity, and therefore, you may find yourself facing more complications than you would if you were filing a simple claim against another motorist involved in an accident.
Besides, there may be several parties responsible in a trucking accident. Liable parties can include the company that was involved in the maintenance and repairs of the truck, or the shipper. All of these parties must be identified and named in your claim. Failure to do so could result in lower compensation for you.
Once an accident has occurred, your Chicago trucking accident attorney will make a demand for payment, and this demand letter will be sent to the insurance company. The insurance company will negotiate the terms of settlement, but if the settlement is not favorable to you and will not cover all of the various types of damages that you have suffered, you must exercise your right to take your case to court. That can be done by filing a lawsuit.
Remember, it's important to account for all of your financial damages as a result of the accident. Failing to do so could result in lower compensation and financial insecurity for you down the road.
Due to the sheer size and weight of a large semi rig, 18 wheeler or truck, an accident involving one of these vehicles can cause extensive damage to the smaller vehicle, as well as severe passenger injuries to its occupants.
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Independent Funeral Directors
Part of the community
The independent funeral profession has a long and proud history of personal service to local communities. Carrying on the family tradition is a way of life for many independent funeral directors. They are deeply committed to upholding professional standards. Some of the oldest continuously operated businesses in Britain are family-owned firms.
What's in a name?
In all forms of business today there are big, international companies that have made their profits by taking over small firms. The funeral profession is no exception. Many businesses have been swallowed up by the giants. The trouble is, there usually isn't any change of name to tell you the difference. That makes it hard for you to distinguish between the family-owned firm and the conglomerate. Without asking, you might never know if the owners your family has trusted over the years continue to make the decisions which will affect the service you receive when you need to make funeral arrangements.
If you're unsure, ask
It's important that you know who you're speaking to - an independent funeral director or just a subsidiary of a vast conglomerate. When you need the services of a funeral director, you should turn to the firm which has an investment in your community, established over many years.
Why an independent funeral director is better
Single-minded devotion
All our attention is concentrated on meeting the needs of our friends and neighbours. We are not distracted or bound by corporate rules handed down from head office. We are flexible, and responsive to your needs.
Personal pride
This is our business. Our neighbourhood is your neighbourhood. We take great pride in our funeral homes and our vehicles. We are also proud of our staff, for whom we maintain a regular training programme to ensure the highest level of professional service.
Long-term commitment
Not only do we want to meet your current needs: we also seek to build a relationship of trust, so that you will return to us in the future. We have a long-term commitment to our community. This is where we live and work. It's where we plan to stay. When you need us, we'll be here.
Devoted to families, not profits
Large concerns answer to shareholders. We answer to you. In our locally owned firm there is no pressure from head office to increase profits at the expense of service. We know our business will do well when we serve you well.
Knowledge of local traditions
Funeral traditions vary greatly around the country. We know and appreciate local customs and expectations because we have served in this community for years. By contrast, the staff and management assigned to a funeral home by a national company may be from another area. Ignorance of local traditions might cause disappointment when expectations are not met.
A personal investment in the community
Just as you do, we turn to our local firms for services and products. We choose to do business with people we know and trust. Whenever possible, we also support local charities and community organizations. When your family suffers the loss of a loved one, it can be comforting to know your funeral director. We make every effort to be involved in our community and to create the kind of personal relationship which leads to individual, sensitive service. Because we understand the needs of the community, we can best provide special services to local families.
We're part of your community. Treat us as family. We will always be here when you need us.
Part of a society that exists to help society
We are proud to be members of the the National Society of Independent Funeral Directors, the only professional organization in the UK exclusively dedicated to serving local independent family-owned funeral directors and their communities.
Though we're locally owned, we are not limited in our service. Through our membership of the Society, we can assist your family in the event of a death occurring away from home. This is made even easier when arrangements have been made in advance through a pre-paid funeral plan.
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#1 Idaho bracing for astronomical ObamaCare premium hikes in 201808-04-2017, 01:54 PMHas the uncertainty over the fate of ObamaCare accelerated the instability of insurer markets or is that fully attributable to ObamaCare itself? Insurance consumers in Idaho might not care whether the chicken or the egg came first. Theyre going to be more concerned that premiums will cost them an arm and a leg, thanks to massive rate hikes as high as 81% for next years plans:
The five insurers serving the individual market in Idaho are Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Mountain Health Co-Op, PacificSource Health Plans, Regence BlueShield of Idaho, and SelectHealth.
For all plans, insurers requested rates ranging from a low of 25 percent to a high of 51 percent for a combined average statewide rate increase of 38 percent. For Obamacares popular Silver plan, the average rate increase among all insurers was even higher at 50 percent, with one insurer requesting a high of 81 percent.
I am deeply disappointed and frustrated to share these rates, said Dean Cameron, who directs the department. I understand how difficult it will be for Idahoans to afford reasonable coverage, especially those without a subsidy.
Someone should introduce a bill to seize obama's retirement check and put it toward their healthcare, he lied about it so he should pay for the crime.
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UnNews:Dutch cartoonist finds success after bad review
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
4 February 2008
BERLIN, Germany -- German schools will launch a comic book next week that aims to teach above all underprivileged children about the Nazi era and the Holocaust. Created by the Dutch cartoonist and ex-Uncyclopedian Eric Heuvel, it is already available in the Netherlands.
Berlin's Anne Frank Centre, which is backing the project, thinks it will serve a purpose in Germany, too. "There is not a major gap in the way Germany teaches the history of this era which is possibly why Turkish immigrants have been welcomed with open arms by all German people including those from Middle Germany, I'm sorry, I mean the east, but this is a new approach," said spokeswoman Helga Henze, noting that the book could reach some of the children who are least interested in schoolwork much like Uncyclopedia.
UnNews can however exclusively reveal that Eric Heuvel first approached Uncyclopedia with this project several years ago but decided to go elsewhere after a poor Pee Review. Mr Heuval left some distasteful messages and a drawing of a penis on the reviewer's talk page and was subsequently banned indefinitely.
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|NOT FUNNY!!! Have you read HTBFANJS ? It's not COMIC!!! There's not even one single funny drawing or piece of text. I can't decide whether you are some kind of idiot or maybe it's just too subtle for me ? This is an absolute shower when it comes to humour, the worst kind of shower imaginable. Couldn't you at least put a few Wilde quotes in there or have Mr T appear. People love that stuff. Your dutch right ? Why not have some reference to clogs, edam cheese or that Night Watch painting you guys like. Perhaps some physical comedy with a tulip or a windmill. I suppose that sign over that camp's gates was a bit ironic in a mildly amusing way given the crazy shenannigans you had going on there. "Arbeit Macht Frei", that's german right ? Work make free or something isn't it ? Didn't seem to work did it but I guess that was the joke you were making...a bit subtle don't you think ?
|Great concept if somewhat far fetched and random. I didn't understand that thing you said about where you got the idea for the article. There's a lot of comic potential which, to be frank, you have completely allowed to go up in smoke. You've got all the right ingredients for a great article; a batty old crusty narrator, people in uniforms, nakedness, guns, dogs, kids getting into all sorts of capers...where did it go wrong ? Not reading HTBFANJS, that's where.
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|The prose is shite. Face it. It's NOT FUNNY!!! The formatting is good though. Maybe you would make a better formatter than a writer.
|The pictures are pretty good. You should do this professionally or something. The only criticism I have is again about the humour. The drawings are NOT FUNNY!!! Are you familiar with the 'Die Brennessel' humour magazine ? I think it's right up your street in terms of that retro style you seem to like. You might find some pointers in there. I don't read much german myself. I did find the whole look of your article a bit washed out in terms of palette. It made it a bit depressing looking. Have you considered looking at Marc Chagalle's stained glass windows or perhaps some Howard Hodgkins paintings for some palette ideas ? They seem like appropriate sources for your subject matter.
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|It needs a lot of work. How about setting it in a funnier location like a clown school or something. The guards could have big shoes. Imagine that.
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Improved Prediction Intervals for ARIMA Processes and Structural Time Series.
Prediction intervals for ARIMA and structural time series models using importance sampling approach with uninformative priors for model parameters, leading to more accurate coverage probabilities in frequentist sense. Instead of sampling the future observations and hidden states of the state space representation of the model, only model parameters are sampled, and the method is based solving the equations corresponding to the conditional coverage probability of the prediction intervals. This makes method relatively fast compared to for example MCMC methods, and standard errors of prediction limits can also be computed straightforwardly.
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Before new students can register online, they must register through the CS Registration desk by phone or in person. Once you've registered for the first time, you will receive a Langara ID number that you can use to register online through myLangara.
The easiest and fastest way to register as a new student is to call Continuing Studies at 604.323.5322. Registering and receiving your Langara ID number for online registration takes only a few minutes. Please have your contact details and VISA or Mastercard ready. Receipts will be sent by mail to the address you provide.
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This review is from : AmazonBasics Extra Comfort 7-zone Spring Mattress, Double
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In case you haven't noticed, over-the-knee boots are here to stay. They've been with us for a while now (we're talking way back to the days of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman) and they've definitely proved the style is here to stay. So what better way to say Merry Christmas to yourself or to a stylish loved one by giving them a good quality pair of over-the-knee boots? Sure, you can buy the ones that cost next to nothing and will last a good solid season. But I'm all for splurging and buying the best money can buy so that you have the most classic and expiration-date-free footwear in your closet season after season. Quite frankly speaking, there's only one boot genius that deserves your money - Stuart Weitzman. He had us all with his marvelous 50/50 boot, and now he's taken hold of the higher market with his new OTK boot for AW14. Be warned... if you try them on they will come home with. "Merry Christmas to yourself" is all I can say.
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Bon Jovi were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday night (14th April).
As previously confirmed, guitarist and co-founding member Richie Sambora and early bassist Alec John Such reunited with the New Jersey rockers at the lavish ceremony.
Bon Jovi were introduced on stage at Cleveland's Public Auditorium by radio DJ Howard Stern, who, alongside some typical sardonic wit, heaped praise on his close friends.
Stern said: "It's an honour to be here tonight, ladies and gentlemen. I've known them since they've started, and aside from the incredible music accomplishments, they are some of the nicest men I ever met.
"No stupid rock and roll attitude, just humble and gracious. Whenever I would see them over the years, even with multi-platinum success, they each had a smile on their face in a welcoming way. An appreciation for their craft and their fans."
During his acceptance speech, Richie Sambora said: "I gotta say thank you to everybody in this band because, the hardest thing to do, I believe, is to find four guys with yourself that will go through anything, that will work hard, that'll go crazy, whatever it took. And we did that for a really long time. But boy, was it fun. If I wrote a book, it would be the best time I ever had."
Following words from Alec John Such, Hugh McDonald, Tico Torres and David Bryan, Jon Bon Jovi brought things to a close with a sprawling speech.
"I've been writing a speech like this since I first strummed a broom and sang from the top of the stairs of my childhood home," he said at the start.
"I've written it many ways and many times. Some days, I write the "thank you" speech. Other days, I write the "f*** you" speech. Writing it has been therapeutic in a lot of ways. I certainly see things differently tonight than I would have 10, 20, 30 years ago. In the end, it's really all about time."
Jon ended his gargantuan speech by saying: "I thank my lucky stars for the time I got to spend with each of you. Alec, Richie, Hugh, Tico, David. To you, to us, to you all.
"Tonight, the band that agreed to do me a favour stands before you. So I can say thank you all for making this dream a reality."
Following the speech, Bon Jovi performed four songs for the audience – 'You Give Love a Bad Name', 'It's My Life', 'When We Were Us' and 'Livin' on a Prayer'.
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Anglemaster 4000DXi
The new Anglemaster 4000DXi provides intuitive and precise bedknife grinding. Anglemaster 4000DXi now comes standard with automatic infeed. Set the grinder up to grind and walk away to perform other tasks - infeed will grind to desired settings.
Mounting of bedknives is a simple, fluid process. The unique bedknife central grind position minimizes the occurrence of errors. The fine tolerances and ability to produce any desired angle, ensures that the reel and bedknife work in perfect harmony.
- Now upgraded with automatic infeed
- Powered mounting bar to any angle
- Auto stops at preset angles
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- Improved safety enclosure — better dust and noise containment
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1508 California Avenue Southwest
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Address: 14 Sweetwater Ln, Hilton Head Isl, SC 29926
Asking Price: $499,999 Beds/Baths: 4 BRs/ 3.5 BAs
This 2,788-sf custom home at 14 Sweetwater Lane has an appealing wraparound front porch and a wonderful back yard. It is located in a private setting at the end of a cul-de-sac.
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- Family room, eat in kitchen, dining room, den/media room
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What's your favourite flower in the garden right now? Mine is this beauty – a rather seductive dahlia. I know you are going to ask me the name of it, but sadly I don't know. But it's gorgeous, right?
Favourite bloom
Beautiful summer roses
Ooh, I love rose time. My Souvenir de mme Leonie Viennot literally smothers my picket fence at the front of my house at this time of the year. In fact, I'll have to cut it back quite a bit this season because it's actually pushing the fence over! The rose has been there for years (I planted it when I first got here) and it flowers freely each year for most of the year, with its peak in November (late spring) and early December, depending on the weather. But there is always a good smattering of roses after a good dollop of rain at any time of the year.
Another favourite is Gertrude Jekyll (third image from top, by Carolyn Parker), though the David Austin reds are also divine (top image, also by Carolyn Parker). Pictured are Tradescant, in the centre, Falstaff above that, and The Prince below.
I enjoy mixing rose colours too, as in these wedding bouquets.
Make sure you keep your roses well watered this summer. A parched rose will attract bugs and make it more susceptible, in its weakened state, to disease.
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Bring on the spring flowers
A show of ranunculus
Did you plant ranunculus this year? They may well be flowering now, depending on when you planted them; if not, they will be soon.
For inspiration, look at this gorgeous bouquet with deep burgundy-wine ranunculus (top) created by Sarah Winward and photographed by Kate Osborne, two very talented ladies.
No flowers? No problem. Use foliage
Plant Now: Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
Missing your fresh, summer annual herbs? No problem. Plant some winter-hardy perennial stalwarts instead. Thyme, sage and rosemary are all tough herbs that will survive the winter gloom. And they're not only delicious sprinkled onto winter roast meats or as the star ingredient in recipes such as sage gnocchi (make your favourite parmesan gnocchi recipe and add copious amounts of chopped sage – yum!), they look fab in a vase too. And they're medicinal!
The gorgeous bouquet immediately above (fourth from the top) features thyme, rosemary, lavender and Geraldton wax flower, among other flowers, but it's the herbs that give it its delicious perfume. The second image from the top features sage and lavender, and the third photo has sprigs of rosemary. Pick herbs and mingle them with flowers for an aromatic display indoors.
Medicinally, thyme and sage are excellent herbs to have on hand for combating colds. Both have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiviral properties that can help soothe sore throats. A simple herb tea can be drunk throughout the day or gargled with at the first sign of a sore throat. Infuse a handful of fresh sage and/or thyme leaves in boiling water for 8-10 minutes. (Note: sage should not be taken if pregnant or breast-feeding.)
Or make a thyme syrup.
- Steep ¼ cup fresh thyme leaves in 300ml boiled water, covered, for 15 minutes. Strain out the leaves and add ¼ cup honey and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Store in the fridge and keep no longer than a week.
- For children 1 year or older, give 1-2 teaspoons every 2-3 hours. Teens and adults can take 1-2 tablespoons at a time.
Growing thyme
Thyme likes a sunny spot in free-draining soil. It doesn't like wet feet, so add pumice or horticultural grit to improve drainage if required. If planting in pots, use a potting mix that's low in nutrients. Rich soil encourages softer growth and diminishes flavour. Plants in the garden also have low fertiliser requirements. Drought and cold hardy.
Growing sage
Sage likes full sun and a limey soil (add some lime to your soil if necessary) that's on the dry side. Soil does not need to be highly fertile. This plant is drought and frost resistant.
Photo credit: Second photo from top is from Real Maine Weddings.
Winter flower arrangement
There is usually a slump in the number of flowers available for picking during winter, but there are nearly always a few stragglers left over from the autumn garden. Even an unruly mishmash of flowers, berries, seed heads and foliage can make for a beautiful indoor display.
Pick a selection of flowers and foliage. Choose a pedestal bowl wide enough to hold a florist's foam-based wreath. Soak the wreath in water. The best way to do this is to place the foam on the surface of the water and let it absorb the moisture. When the foam sits just beneath the surface, it's ready to use. If you force the foam into the water you will get dry patches.
Place the wreath on your pedestal bowl. Drape fresh, woody prunings around the foam to disguise it. Use the prunings from grapevines, potato vines, dogwood, or any other bendy material.
Start to add your plant material, pushing the stems into the foam wreath. If you have any delicate stems, wrap florist's wire around the stems then insert wire and stem into the foam.
Continue inserting flowers into the wreath, rotating the pedestal bowl as you go to ensure the arrangement looks even. You do not have to pack the flowers in tightly at this stage. Keep rotating the pedestal bowl and fill in any gaps as you go.
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€1,000 back-to-school costs are leaving families crippled
THE Government and schools have been asked to do more to drive down the cost of preparing children to go back to the classroom.
The call comes after a new survey of 2,000 parents found back-to-school expenses were "crippling" for most families.
Some of the costs of getting pupils kitted out for the classroom have fallen, but the overall expense is still a huge drain on household incomes, a survey of parents by Barnardo's found.
Barnardo's boss Fergus Finlay said the costs of equipping children school "is crippling too many families".
Families with two and three children were facing having to shell out in excess of €1,000 at this time of year. Most parents just do not have that kind of money, Mr Finlay said.
"We are told we have a 'free' education system, but as our annual survey shows, this is far from the case," he said yesterday.
He welcomed the fact that parent pressure is having an effect, with indications school uniform costs are levelling off and that the voluntary code for publishers to minimise reprinting is being adhered to.
On average, the survey shows it costs €345 to get all the books, equipment and uniforms needed for a senior infant. This is down €5 on last year.
The cost for a fourth class primary school child is now €380, down €20.
Barnardo's found a first year at secondary schools costs €735 to kit out, down €50.
These costs did not include extras such as school bags, runners, and fees for extracurricular activities.
Mr Finlay said it was time for the Government to show "real leadership" on cheaper uniforms and book rental schemes. He said too many schools were still demanding that parents buy a crested uniform, while many schools had an expensive preferred supplier for uniforms.
More than 2,000 parents answered Barnardo's ninth annual School Costs Survey in early July this year.
Parents across Ireland took part in the online survey, however, about half of respondents were based in Dublin and surrounding counties.
The Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance, paid by the Department of Social Protection, is €100 for each eligible child at primary level, and €200 at secondary level.
Mr Finlay said the amounts paid had halved during the last six years of austerity and the income criteria used to qualify for the payment meant only small numbers qualified.
The Barnardo's survey found parents pay about €100 for a primary school uniform while almost one-fifth of parents report paying in excess of €250 for a secondary school uniform.
Anger was expressed by parents at the continued inability to pass books on to younger siblings because of new editions or books being changed.
Barnardo's said there was evidence schools were acknowledging the financial pressure on parents, and changing policies on uniforms and books, but not enough was being done.
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being developed by CW4K, or Creative Writing 4 Kids. They are the company behind a website that enables children to create and publish their own stories online. In its first year it has signed up over 2000 members and has been enthusiastically received by children, parents and teachers. In fact the response has been so encouraging that they are planning a huge expansion of its services. Embedding The Author Hotline into the site is part of that expansion...
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Q: What is your favourite word?
I like 'moon' and 'silver' because of the way they look on the page, and the sound when you say them out loud. I like different words on different days.
Q: What's your favourite food?
I love home-grown raspberries. My favourite cake is lemon and almond polenta cake. Or possibly the redcurrant meringue cake I make... served with fresh cream ... mmmm
Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?
I feel much younger than my real age. That's why I write for children and teenagers, probably.
Q: How long have you been a writer?
I've always been a writer in the sense that I've been writing poems and stories, notebooks and diaries ever since I was a child and could write. I have been a published writer for young people since 2003.
Q: Where do you do your writing?
I like to write in different places because that seems to make a difference to what i write. I work on my laptop on the kitchen table, or in my attic, or in the garden on sunny days. I write in my notebook in cafes or on walks or sitting by the sea...
Q: What was your favourite book as a child?
I read all the time as a child. I loved The Borrowers by Mary Norton, and Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce, and The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston. I loved all the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, about her wild and wonderful childhood.
Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
If you want to write, I suggest you keep a note book to jot down ideas as they come to you. Read as much as you can. Write a little every day. get into the habit of writing down thoughts and observations and feelings. Watch people. Listen. Notice the small details of people and places and things and write them down. Dream. Imagine. Ask: what if ...? Read some more. Read for fun. Then think about what you like reading. Ask; why?
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New to yoga? Notable yoga experts offer these 5 tips.
1. "Along with your yoga mat and your towel, bring a sense of humor to class. Students who get hung up on doing everything 'perfectly' are less likely to come back."
--Seane Corn, creator of the Vinyasa Flow Yoga DVD series and national yoga ambassador for YouthAIDS
2. "Don't force your way into yoga. Adapt your movements to accommodate your level of strength and stamina, so that you avoid injury and feel comfortable in every pose."
--Baron Baptiste, founder of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga
3. "Watch out for what I call 'self mutilation' -- spending your time talking to yourself about what you can't do. This will make your practice dismal. The more you stay connected to feeling the pose -- to breathing into the pose -- the better your experience will be."
--Ana Forrest, founder of Forrest Yoga
4. "To jump-start your practice, go on a yoga retreat. By temporarily shelving all the distractions in your normal life, you'll learn enough in just two or three days to make a big difference in your weekly yoga class experience."
--Richard Faulds, former president of Kripalu
5. "When you get to class, keep an open mind. Tune in to your own infinite possibilities. And drink water."
--Guruatma Singh Khalsa, co-owner of Franklin Yoga and yoga instructor for 32 years
Text by Abbie Barrett
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Seatbelt violation leads to heroin arrest near Dagsboro
Second suspect sought in incident, prior charges
A seatbelt violation led to the arrest of one man for heroin possession while another was being sought early this week after fleeing during the traffic stop near Dagsboro.
According to police, the incident occurred on Saturday, Aug. 9, around 4:05 p.m., as a Delaware State Police trooper on patrol observed a white Cadillac Deville in the area of Iron Branch Road, just south of Bunting Road, with the passenger unbelted.
Police said the trooper activated the emergency equipment on the patrol car in order to perform a traffic stop, and the passenger was observed throwing something, which was later determined to be a sleeve of suspected heroin, from the window.
As the Cadillac came to a stop on Bunting Road, police said, the passenger, who was later identified as Lynn D. Trader, 38 of Felton, opened the door and ran eastbound on Bunting Road.
The driver, Frederick H. Mitchell III, 35 of Milford, was taken into custody without incident. A search of his vehicle revealed 5,374 bags of suspected heroin, totaling more than 80 grams, 24.3 grams of suspected marijuana and more than $9,000 in suspected drug proceeds.
Mitchell was transported to Troop 4 in Georgetown, where he was charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin, Possession of Heroin, Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana, Conspiracy 2nd, Possession of Marijuana, three counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and a seatbelt violation. He was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution in default of $113,001 secured bond.
Trader was had not been located early this week and was still wanted for Possession with Intent to Deliver Heroin, Possession of Heroin, Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana, Conspiracy 2nd, Possession of Marijuana, three counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia from the incident.
Police noted that Trader is also wanted out of Troop 4 from a separate incident that occurred on May 3, near Selbyville, when he fled from a traffic stop during which a handgun was located in a car in which he was a passenger. The charges from May 3 include: Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon, Possession of Marijuana and Resisting Arrest.
The Sussex County Court of Common Pleas has also placed a capias for Trader's arrest for Failure to Appear for a Trial.
If anyone has any information as to the whereabouts of Lynn D. Trader, they are being asked to contact Cpl. M. Morgan at (302) 856-5850, ext. 381, or by utilizing the Delaware State Police Mobile Crime Tip application available to download at: http://www.delaware.gov/apps/. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, via the Internet at www.tipsubmit.com, or by sending an anonymous tip by text to 274637 (CRIMES) using the keyword "DSP."


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by Paul J. Pelkonen
Nine girls and a machine in Act III of Die Walküre. That's Deborah Voigt bringing up the rear.
Photo by Ken Howard © 2010 The Metropolitan Opera.
The second installment met with a mixed reception in 2010, partially because the star, Deborah Voigt opened the run by tripping over her skirt and falling (a few feet) off the set. (She was unhurt and continued the performance.) This time out, the cast features Ms. Voigt, who will alternate in the part with Katherine Delayman. New faces include Simon O'Neill as Siegmind, Martina Serafin as his love interest (and twin sister--don't ask) Sieglinde and baritone Mark Delevan as Wotan. Met principal conductor Fabio Luisi conducts in place of the ailing James Levine.
Many opera-goers love Die Walküre but don't want to necessarily sit through the entire 15 hours of Wagner's Ring. They will be excstatic abut the Met's decision to sell individual tickets to performances of the seperate operas in addition to the complete cycles. Ticket prices remain, alas, inflated.
Die Walküre opens April 13, 2013. Please note that the Saturday matinée starts (for some ungodly reason) at 11am.
Recording Recommendations:
For recommendations for a complete Ring, click here.
There are probably more recordings of Walküre out there than any other Wagner opera, for the simple fact that it's the one opera from the Ring that stands alone without being part of a complete cycle. But when it comes to this opera, there are basically two contenders.
Bayreuth Festival, 1966, cond. Karl Böhm (Philips, (currently Decca) 1970)
This is a special performance, recorded live at the Festspielhaus. What sells it is James King and Leonie Rysanek as an ardent, nearly unbeatable pair of lovers. This is the recording with the famous Rysanek scream: it comes at the end of Act I when Siggy pulls the sword out of the tree.
The later acts feature the solid Wotan of Theo Adam and the great Birgit Nilsson, the one soprano of the golden age of recordings who could sing Brunnhilde, Isolde, Turandot and Elektra and not seem fatigued. Karl Böhm keeps things moving at a lively clip, and the orchestra plays superbly.
To hear what the Ring sounded like in the silver age of Bayreuth, this is the recording to own. The fact that it comes as part of an excellent complete Ring on 14 discs for about $56 bucks should sweeten the deal.
Berlin Philharmonic cond. Herbert von Karajan (DG, 1968)
Karajan's Berlin recording of the Ring is not without its admirers--and I'm one of them. The Austrian maestro has a special touch with Wagner, creating chamber-music dynamics out Wagner's huge set pieces, and making his crack Berlin troops respond with tender, languid playing that makes the first act feel, well, erotic.
This recording boasts a great pair of Walsüngs: Jon Vickers and Gundula Janowitz. For the casting of La Janowitz as Sieglinde, we can thank the confines of the recording studio: the role was far too heavy for this middle-weight soprano to tackle onstage.
The same applies to Regine Crespin, a controversial Brunnhilde (she recorded Sieglinde on the Solti Ring four years before) in a different mold from Nilsson. In the studio she brings a youthful freshness to the young warrior maiden. Thomas Stewart's performance as Wotan is under-rated.
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text: The second grade Math Navigate classes started their geometry unit. They have been exploring lines of symmetry and symmetrical shapes. Using mirrors, they have discovered that some shapes are not symmetrical while others have an infinite amount of lines of symmetry. They will be putting their knowledge of symmetry to good use in this week's math task! Next week they will start looking at reflections, rotations, and translations!