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Halloween came a little early this year...tonight we were privileged to attend another Spook-tacular Halloween party held at the Webster's house. Jackie and Mark (and Mel and Dean) have pulled off awesome Halloween "Trunk or Treat" parties for the last three years. We love them, it is fun to dress up and catch up with friends and of course the kids love going from car boot, to car boot collecting lollies!
I took the easy option this year of dressing up as a hippie! At the last minute Jaron decided to dress up as "Two Face" from Batman (I think...or is it Superman? I'm not into Super Heroes!) Mum surprised Oscar and Lil costumes earlier in the week - they looked very cute! Tommy doesn't need a costume because he is the cutest baby around!!For once we were blessed with a beautiful night...not too chilly and clear skies.
There were some VERY clever costumes this year. Check out the "Three Blind Mice"
"Where's Wally?"Tinman and ScarecrowMiss Paparazzi herself!Our kids came home with SOOO many lollies...I like that they are still young enough not to realise that most of their lollies mysteriously disappear overnight ;) We loved what Louise did to Levi's boat...and then dressed up the family as pirates! Very cool!After trunk or treating, a sausage sizzle and some games, the night was topped off with a fun hayride through the paddocks on the back of Uncle Kim's truck. Lil loved it so much that she threw a tantrum when it was time for it to finish so she ended up taking another ride!
It was such a fun night...a bad thing happened on the way home though.
We were driving along the highway and drove over a crest in the road, right in front of the car appeared a wombat bigger than any wombat I have ever seen - it was HUGE. It appeared so quickly and there was a car coming in the opposite direction so we couldn't swerve and drove straight over it. It was the hardest, loudest hit and Jaron and I both knew that it wasn't good so we pulled into a rest stop to check out the damage. The bottom part of the front of our car (pretty technical term!) is all broken and was dragging on the road and one of the fog lights had fallen out. Lucky we had some fake spiderweb in the boot that Jaron used to tie everything back together to get us home!! The car still drives and everyone is safe, we'll just have to take it to the smash repairs this week and cross our fingers that it isn't going to cost too much to fix! Life goes on :)
Saturday, 17 October 2009
5 comments:
- :: fiona harding :: said...
Oh dear!!!
What happened to the wombat???
Loved your story & photos Toni.
- 18 October 2009 at 00:29
- The Kings said...
Oh no - that sucks about the car!!! I'm cracking up about tying it up with spiderweb! It was a great night hey - perfect weather. I'm going to steal that pic of myself for my blog - thanks :)
- 18 October 2009 at 07:49
- Makayla said...
Oh no about the car!! Same thing happened to me the other night with a possum, scared me soo bad! I was laughing at the spiderwebs! Good thinking. Im also stealing the photo of me (and morgan) =)
- 18 October 2009 at 14:46
- The Parsons Family said...
party - awesome... was that at your old house??? And the car and wombat - ouch! not good.
- 19 October 2009 at 09:38
- melandpeter said...
Sorry Toni, but I'm more concerned about the cute fat wombat than your car!!
Glad you guys are all safe though
- 22 October 2009 at 21:45
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(Lincoln City, Oregon) – A busy week for the U.S. Coast Guard from the Oregon coast and Washington coast, with two rescues happening just before and after the Thanksgiving holiday. (See the full video below).
Five survivors from a sinking boat near Lincoln City were rescued in a dramatic fashion Saturday by the U.S. Coast Guard, after the ship Blazer began taking on water about three miles from Siletz Bay.
Three were taken from their life raft by a Coast Guard helicopter and two were rescued by a Coast Guard boat. All are in good condition.
The Blazer sank in 420 feet of water with reportedly 2,000 gallons of diesel aboard. There have been no reports of pollution at this time. Pollution responders from North Bend are monitoring the situation and will take action if needed.
The call came in from the 75-foot fishing vessel just after 4 a.m., saying they were taking on water and dumping their crab pots overboard. After jumping into the life rafts, the crew were rescued in just under an hour later.
Coast Guard officials praised the crew of the Blazer, saying they were well prepared for any emergency.
On Tuesday, a couple of days before the holiday, another rescue happened just off the mouth of the Columbia River for the Coast Guard. A 50-foot fishing vessel began taking on water three miles from the coast, bringing a helicopter and two ships to assist, towing the Hornet to the station at Ilwaco, Washington.
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U.S. equity index futures are higher this morning. S&P 500 futures are up 8 points in pre-opening trade. Strength came mainly from weakness in the U.S. Dollar. Commodities priced in U.S. dollars including gold, silver, copper and crude oil are trading higher. Gold is trading at another all time high.
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Economic news released this morning was mixed at best. S&P 500 futures slipped slightly after the news. Consensus for October retail sales was a gain of 0.9% versus a decline of 1.5% in September. Excluding autos sales, consensus was a gain of 0.4%. Actual was a gain of 1.4%. However, September sales were revised to a decline of 2.3% and October sales ex autos improved only 0.2%. In addition, the November Empire State Manufacturing Index came in lower than expected. Consensus was 29.00 versus 34.57 in October. Actual was 23.5. (more)


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Nexium goes by the generic name Esomeprazole, which is the main active ingredient for this drug. Nexium is a medication that's used in order to help people who suffer from specific stomach and esophagus issues. The drug is approved to be used for gastroesophageal reflux disease and alongside antibiotics in order to treat people with H. pylori infection.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
School's in Session!
Hi all -
Before everyone got here, I did some prep work for the students and (with the aid of Bryan - I don't want him to go uncredited) sanded and varnished some lapboards for the SEQA students. I did 12 boards total, but this is only three of them. The view out beyond them is pretty nice. This is on the patio outside of Studio Two.
That was on the day, the little darlings were to arrive, so I had to clean up and get ready for them so they didn't think I was a bum.
I can't believe how smoothly it all went with the weather being so nice compared to last winter. In 2010, I was slogging up and down the hill for 6 hours and this year it was all over in less than 45 minutes. Everyone found their room and starting getting that "wow. I'm in France!" look.
The next day, after their trip to the APT Marketplace, I got to experience something new that they started after I was here -- a picnic lunch at Pont Julien - the old Roman bridge. As you can see, the weather was pretty ideal and everyone had a nice time.
Monday brought the first day of classes. At 9:00 a.m. my Advanced Drawing class (first photo) brought their eager faces in to Studio 2 (seemed like home) and had a great class. We did so well and were having such a good class that we forgot to take a break -- and it's a three hour class.
The next class was Travel Portfolio. It's a great class. I have 16 students for that one. It's my biggest class here. We went to the quarry to draw after my introductory lecture and had about an hour (or a tiny more) to be able to draw on site for the first time in France. Unlike last year's class where it was too cold to sit and draw most of the time, this was perfect weather for it. As you can see, there's always one "climber" and Daniel is my man for this class (as is, Matt, Sarah S, etc.)
Finally, on the second class day (Wednesday - yesterday), things really got rolling.
My hardest class so far is the crosslisted Vis 1 and Vis 2 class. But everyone is working to make it as smooth as possible and Wednesday's class went pretty well. In the photo, we're near the end of class and the Vis 1 students and discussing their Chickasaw layouts (yeah, I bring that assignment here, too) and the Vis 2 students are finishing up their 'arriving at studio 2' in-class storytelling assignment.
The next two photos are the students from my Travel Portfolio class. We took a trip to the nearby village of Menerbes and they did some great drawings. It 's been great seeing their enthusiasm and how dedicated they are to trying new things and pushing their artistic skill set to a new level.
The last two photos are of my Advanced Drawing class. We had a lecture and then used the interior of the library to do some quick panel set ups with storytelling of a guy asking a girl on a first date. On site drawing can speed up the backgrounds that you draw and they did very well.
That's been it for the first week of classes. I am drawing my tushy off on the BLACK BOX (more later on it) and I'm catching up. It's so much warmer here than last year it's amazing. The sun is always bright when it's out.
I still miss Sue, though. She'll be here in a few weeks.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
LACOSTE - Part Two
It seems so different to be here this time. I'm in short sleeves today.
The students get here in a few hours. I've been here since Monday and it's Friday now. Classes start on Monday.
Here's a few pictures to show how different the campus looks without snow and freezing cold.
And Bonnieux couldn't look better.
So ... the students should have a great time. They say that this is the best arrival weather that we've ever had. It's a far cry from the freezing cold and snow from last year.
Classes soon.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Lots of BLOGGING soon - from FRANCE!
I'm getting to go back and the blog will be blazing with posts while I'm there.
So ... get ready and check in often.
Hope everyone is well.
More soon.
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Hosts Bradley Hall had the first, third and fifth placed pairs in Wednesday's penultimate Huddersfield, Halifax & District Ladies Winter Alliance.
Susan Smallburn and Lynda Williams took the honours in the 18 hole greensomes stableford with 33 points.
Fifty two players took part. Rain threatened, but was held off by the wind.
The final meeting of the season is at Woodsome Hall on Thursday, March 30.
Result: 1, S Smallburn & L Williams (Bradley Hall) 33 points; 2, G Evans & P Hazelden (Meltham) 31 points; 3, E Abbott & S McFadzean (Bradley Hall) 29 points; 4,S Holdsworth & S Wickens (Lightcliffe) 28 points; 5, S Britteon & L Ward (Bradley Hall) 28 points; 6, J Langfield & V Whitehill (Crow Nest Park & Halifax) 26 points.


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Power to the people.
That's the idea behind an effort to circumvent the cumbersome and somewhat confusing Electoral College.
The Electoral College system was designed by the Founding Fathers as a means to prevent a 'tyranny of the majority' lest an uninformed and imbecilic electorate should run amok. We're not quite sure how this system wards off a disastrous election outcome, and it ultimately does not seem quite equitable.
Under the Electoral College system, the winner of each state wins all the EC votes in that state, the number of which is determined based on the size of the congressional delegation. Proponents like this system in part because it gives smaller states a louder voice in the process. The trouble with the system is that a candidate needn't carry the popular vote nationwide to be elected president � witness George W. Bush in 2000.
Because the Electoral College votes are awarded winner-take-all, a candidate who wins certain key states can still come out victorious, even without carrying the largest states.
Because the Electoral College is established under the U.S. Constitution, past efforts to do away with the system have failed before they really even got started. A constitutional amendment generally requires approval of Congress and ratification by 38 states. No small feat, that.
The National Popular Vote agreement already has the support of Maryland and New Jersey and legislation to add Illinois to the movement awaits Gov. Rod Blagojevich's signature in Springfield.
According to the Associated Press, here's how the plan would work:
States would forge an agreement to change the way they allocate general election votes. The agreement takes effect when it has the support of enough states to generate 270 votes, or a majority in the Electoral College. Then the states award their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of who carries each particular state. That way, the winner of the popular vote would be guaranteed to win in the Electoral College, too.
If the candidates tied in the popular vote, each state would give its electoral votes to the candidate who carried that particular state � basically the same system used now.
The National Popular Vote agreement may diminish the perceived power smaller states wield under the Electoral College system, but in reality it would put the power in the hands of the people. Candidates might be unlikely to visit traditional stronghold states where their party has a history of dominance, but that's already the case; neither candidate visited Illinois in 2004, for example.
At least under the National Popular Vote agreement, each individual's vote carries the same weight. We hope Gov. Blagojevich signs on. And we hope others follow suit. The Electoral College's time has passed. � Rob Buck, local news editor


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The term Manifest Destiny was first used in 1845 by New York City journalist John Louis O'Sullivan in the context of the annexation of the Republic of Texas to the American Union as the 28th state. Manifest Destiny came to represent a larger ideology characterized by the mission of American expansionism across the North American continent. This took place amid calls by politicians and citizens in the United States to claim geographical control over land remaining under British possession, namely the Province of Canada (formally Upper Canada and Lower Canada), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
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In the aftermath of the American Revolution (1775–83), people living in the United States were distrustful of the continued British presence in North America. After the War of 1812 (1812–14), people debated the fate of the remaining colonies in British North America. Since they were not collectively unified as a nation, these were vulnerable to American aggression and interference. It was assumed by advocates of Manifest Destiny that British colonies could be easily assimilated into an American system of governance and economics.
Fearing invaders from the south, Canadian expansionism was considered by some as a pre-emptive action to reduce the chances that territories to the west and north of the Canadas would be annexed by the United States. While the British adopted an official policy of neutrality during the American Civil War (1861–65), newspapers published in the northern Union states suggested that territory lost in the American South could be balanced by northward expansion into Canada. North Americans reacted in diverse ways to the concept of Manifest Destiny. Some welcomed promises of American "emancipation" of British North America, while those faithful to the British maintained a tradition of Loyalist support of the Crown similar to that during the American Revolution.
The economic threat of American invasion diminished somewhat after Confederation in 1867, and under the leadership of the federal Conservative Party and Sir John A. Macdonald, who implemented the National Policy in 1879 to favour Canadian manufacturers from the threat of American competition. The National Policy would contribute to Canadian efforts to push west and north, amid the growth of the Canadian Pacific Railway and immigration policies that favoured the settlement of the West by government-approved settlers under the Dominion Lands Act of 1872.
Manifest Destiny contributed to a growing sense of national identity, which culminated in the Charlottetown Conference of 1864, and political efforts to unify British colonies in North America. As the British Empire began to move toward a policy of free trade, the expense of defending and administering colonial governments in North America became more and more untenable for the ageing empire. The emergence of responsible government in the Canadas, the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 and the defeat of the Confederate Army in the United States in 1865 complemented British desires to take a lesser role in the governance of the Canadian provinces as they moved in the direction of Confederation in 1867. Alongside these developments, Manifest Destiny occupied an important place in the symbolic imagery of conquest and colonialism in 19th century North America. Consequently, it factored into efforts to push west and north, settling the Prairie Provinces and the Arctic, indicating the persistence of an expansionist urge on behalf of the Canadian state.
Manifest Destiny speaks to the shared pasts of Canada and the United States as governments that formed after the British colonization of North America. It has come to represent a persistent theme in efforts to map the similarities and differences between Canadians and Americans. In both national examples, the push westward took the most drastic toll on Indigenous peoples of areas affected by these mutual expansionist tendencies, who experienced forced dislocation and long ranging negative effects of the imposition of foreign models of governance over their political sovereignty.


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A San Diego-based nuclear power facility expert said he has no fear of radiation coming to the United States from the nuclear plant crisis in Japan caused by a 9.0 earthquake on March 11.
The quake and tsunami that followed have left hundreds of thousands homeless across Japan. The death toll stands at 4,000, but more than 7,000 are listed as missing and the figure is expected to rise.
Close to 200 emergency workers are workingto cool overheating fuel in reactors inside the quake-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
San Diego State University professor Murray Jennex, who has two decades of experience testing nuclear power facilities, said in order for radioactive materials to pose a risk to residents of the West Coast, an explosion would need to blow fuel material high up into the atmosphere.
"Because they have a containment structure, that won't happen," Jennex said.
"So we're not worried about that," he said.
As for flights crossing that area of the world on their way to San Diego, Los Angeles or San Francisco, the risk of contamination is small according to Jennex.
"It depends on what their flight path was. These particles are not getting 25,000 or 30,000 feet into the air," he said. "If you're flying over Japan there is no real risk at all."
Those planes that may be coming in lower and cutting through that air space may carry some contamination outside the plane Jennex said.
The risk for the food supply is great only to the immediate area surrounding the plant.
The radioactive materials are heavy particles, metals coming from a turbine.
"They're not going to carry a long ways," Jennex said.
"If they were to get it into the groundwater, they'd have to do regular testing to see where it's migrating to and where it's coming up from. If it's coming up from and getting absorbed into the plants you're eating, yes you don't want to be eating those foods," he said.
If you still have concerns about your risk of radiation, Jennex will share more information when he appears on NBCSanDiego Wednesday at 4 p.m.


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Annual Report
Each year, we provide an Annual Report to update the community, parents, and stakeholders on our progress with each of our three strategic goals. The Annual Report identifies areas of strength as well as areas to improve, and provides highlights from our annual survey of students, staff, and parents.
Strategic Plan
The Garden Grove Way Strategic Plan was launched during the 2013-2014 school year as the district's roadmap to move us forward. Developed with input from students, parents, and staff, the Strategic Plan is based on an equation that includes three primary goals: Academic Skills + Personal Skills = Lifelong Success
Annual Strategic Plan Survey
The Strategic Plan Survey helps us understand what our schools do well, and how we might improve. This survey is administered in April or May to all students in grades three through twelve. The survey contains items that help us measure how well we are doing as a district in areas related to our Strategic Plan, such as improving scholarly habits, motivation, well-being, and school climate. Parents are also invited to take a survey online.


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When Dom Bagnato established the suit brand that bears his name in 1984, every one of the beautiful garments he sold was proudly and lovingly constructed in Australia.
For the son of Italian immigrants, it was a point of pride that each of his creations came to life in a warehouse in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.
When the local textile industry hit hard times around 1990, Bagnato held out for as long as he could, changing to a different local supplier at great financial cost, before bowing to the inevitable and moving his manufacturing to China "with a heavy heart".
Springing into action
Melbourne's annual Spring Fashion Week celebration kicks off on August 30. At the same time Bagnato is celebrating 30 years as a survivor and, latterly, icon of the often tumultuous local rag trade.
Now 57 and a member of the MSFW advisory board, he says he relishes the opportunity to provide guidance and advice to talented young designers.
"This is why I love being involved in Fashion Week and being on the advisory board as well, because I now contribute something I didn't have, encouraging young people to plug into all the facilities they have available today," Bagnato says.
'I just fell in love with that moment'
A love affair with clothes began aged nine during a visit to his godfather's tailor shop in the small northern Victorian town of Tatura, where his parents were market gardeners.
"I walked in, and I can still see and smell the room, and I see this tailor who is standing behind a table, the light is behind him, the smell of the steam, I just fell in love with that moment," Bagnato says.
"He reluctantly accepted me to go after school and play in his workroom. To keep me occupied, he put me in a corner on a green stool and he gave me buttonholes (to sew) - it was more a 'keep him quiet' sort of thing."
The nine-year-old's course had been set. He completed technical school, where his determination to take sewing classes proved unpopular with the other boys and brought another of Bagnato's passions – boxing – reluctantly to the fore.
His path inevitably led to Melbourne and after several jobs including a trainee supervisor at Sackville (which became Sportscraft) and a pattern maker at the Government Clothing Factory, he and wife Pia took a gamble and established the Dom Bagnato brand in 1984 as a suit wholesaler.
Well suited even on Struggle Street
From the beginning, Bagnato's design ethic has been heavily influenced by his father and uncles, who in spite of their humble day jobs would dress in fine suiting for social occasions.
"We were struggling, but here they were dressed up at functions in ties, hankies and coats. Without even knowing it that was a big driver for me, was presenting yourself well.
"Dad used to say there's nothing more powerful than a good name, and by that he meant integrity, how you present yourself in life."
However, persuading Australian customers to take such pride in their appearance and add a touch of individuality proved challenging. In the early days the wholesale buyers who picked over his carefully curated collections would buy "so safe".
"I would show this amazingly powerful collection, coordinated and full of style, and they'd go and buy the navy suit," Bagnato says.
"That's what drove us to open up our own store, because we believed that the consumer was not seeing the whole Dom range."
Banishing bland
But the 1980s-era customer also sought out corporate blandness. "We had all this great stuff on the racks, and all they wanted was the navy suit. It was terribly frustrating," he says.
"Instead of capitulating, we just mellowed it back a bit, softened it, and eased the consumer into the taupe suit or the charcoal with a tinge and just took them through a journey."
It's only in recent years that men have begun to embrace a more adventurous dress sense, and today Bagnato is in his element as his customers snap up the flamboyance and individuality he has always offered them.
"We are an Italian brand. We're not born in Italy, but our essence is Italian and our approach to the way we want guys to dress," he says.
"Italian men will wear jeans and a white shirt and they'll still look amazing because of attitude, they just have this swagger about them. It's that."
Milan comes to Melbourne
Bagnato says MSFW brings a touch of Italy's fashion capital to Melbourne. "I'd go to Milan and see the buzz and the romance that fashion adds to a city, and I'd think, 'that's what's missing in Melbourne'.
"Walking around last year, sponging in the atmosphere, I felt incredibly proud of what it was doing to the city. That buzz I was hungering for, it was there last year.
"The thing that drives me to this very day is not just seeing our stuff on people, but seeing people beautifully dressed, presenting themselves well and just enjoying the joy that clothing gives you. That is what drives me. It's a way to give people joy."


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Patients need to be aware that ozone can be used in dental procedures in three forms—water, gas, and oil. Though gas, till recently, was not recommended for intra-oral use due to safety concerns. Only ozone dissolved in water and ozonated oils were and still used regularly in various fields of dentistry. But with the advent of a foot pedal-activated dental handpiece, which has a suction feature, ozone gas can now be safely used in situations where diffusion is crucial such as for dental hard tissues.
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In operative dentistry, ozone therapy is performed depending on clinical cases. The combination of operative and minimally invasive diagnostic equipment, and ozone, is valuable in treating dental problems.
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In dental surgery, ozone's use is recommended during and after the surgery to serve as a topical disinfectant and an agent for healing. In surgical procedures, following final debridement of the socket, dentists use large amounts of ozonated water for irrigation, and then apply gauze dipped in ozonated water to compress the extraction site.
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Among the wearers of full dentures, denture stomatitis is a common occurrence primarily due to Candida albicans. Ozone use, especially ozonated water and oil, is highly efficient in cleaning and disinfecting the dentures' acrylic material.
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Messi wins Golden Boot, targets new year return
Lionel Messi said he hopes to return for Barcelona's first game of 2014 as he picked up his third European Golden Boot award.
Messi, who is currently sidelined by persistent thigh muscle issues, was presented with the award by former Barcelona striker - and 1990 Golden Boot winner - Hristo Stoichkov at a ceremony in the Catalan city on Wednesday.
Asked by reporters at the event if he might be back to play at home to Elche on January 5 - Barca's first game after the winter break - Messi said: "I hope so.
"The truth is I have not put a date on the return. If all goes well it will be that date, but we will see what happens. I will be back when it is supposed to happen."
Messi, who will spend part of his recovery back at home in Argentina, said nobody wanted to rush things as the most important thing was to put an end to a frustrating last six months, during which he has suffered five similar thigh and hamstring problems.
"My objective is to return in good shape, to strengthen the body so that, God willing, I can play without injuries," he said. "I am improving bit by bit - it does not hurt any more. I am starting to do things."
Messi scored 46 goals in the 2012-13 season to take the European Golden Boot, which he also claimed in 2009-10, when he scored 34 goals, and in 2011-12, when he scored 50 goals.
He dedicated his latest personal trophy to teammates including Xavi Hernandez, Jordi Alba, Adriano, Gerard Pique, Cesc Fabregas, Carles Puyol, Gerard Pique and Jose Pinto, who were all present at the ceremony.
"It was a lot of goals, and I would not have scored them without my teammates," he said. "Without them I would not have won this Golden Boot, nor the others. I appreciate them being here."
Messi did not speak about the controversy surrounding the extension of this year's Ballon d'Or voting, which some have suggested will favour Cristiano Ronaldo's chances of winning the award.
Barca president Sandro Rosell, though, was on hand to push his club's player's chances.
"If people vote on what they have seen on the pitch this year, and do not put on political or media pressure, then Messi should win," Rosell said in Mundo Deportivo. "I would vote first for Leo, second for Leo and third for Leo. Fourth, fifth and sixth would be Xavi, [Andres] Iniesta and [Sergio] Busquets."
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The other day, I had the privilege of attending one of Colorcomm's exclusive event, "Don't waste your pretty" Spring Spree Event, featuring author & relationship expert, Demetria Lucas D'Oyley and moderated by Essence Relationship Editor, Charreah Jackson and creator of BossBride.com. The event was hosted at Inglot pro studios located inside of Chelsea Market.
It was an intimate conversation where Demetria answered questions on relationships & dating queries, and dropped a few nuggets on branding & marketing tips. As well as signed copies of her newest book, "Don't Waste Your Pretty," which I can not wait to dive into.
Along with the awesome opportunity of getting copies of my book signed, We also received a 20% discount on Inglot Products, which I regrettably didn't indulge in because I had to control myself. They also had some amazing sponsors providing goodies for us, including: cupcakes from Eat Good Nyc, Cocktails from Jise Cuervo, Gift Bags by Curls, and hair styling by Swivel a beauty.
I alwyas enjoy attending Colorcomm event they're fun and very engaging. If you're not familiar with Colorcomm, it's an organization for Women of Color in Communication. Being that I am a Communication Graduate, this organization goes hand in hand with my major. If you want to know more about Colorcomm you can visit there website www.colorcommnetwork.com
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These days, caffeine is the most commonly consumed psychoactive drug. It is estimated that at least 50% of adults consume caffeine on a daily basis. It is also estimated that soda and sweetened drinks are the single most consumed food in the American diet. The energy drink sales market in the United States throughout 2009 brought in roughly $4 billion dollars, with Red Bull coming in as the top selling energy drink, with Monster and Rockstar coming in 2nd and 3rd place. Red Bull currently has a 65 percent share of the U.S. Energy drink market. And in 2012 it took in sales of over $1 billion dollars alone. Coca-cola earned an impressive $4.68 billion in 2012. Alarmingly, more than one-third of teens are consuming are energy drinks daily "just to get through the day."
"The soda fountain is the most valuable, most useful, most profitable, and altogether most beneficial business building feature assimilated by the drugstore in a generation…" – John Somerset, Drug Topics June 1920
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text: The 10 greatest David Bowie tracks of all time David Bowie was 69 years-old when he passed away in January 2016. Today marks the one year anniversary of David Bowie's death. In honour of the great man, we count down our 10 greatest David Bowie tracks of all time. Let us know what you think! Autumn Craft Fair at Tartaraghan


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Fascinating piece today on the Roberts nomination at The New Republic Online by William J. Stuntz of Harvard Law. His concerns are about the nominee's apparent lack of interest in constitutional reasoning. Click here to read.Sphere: Related Content
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
The bench's bottom line
Rome must be smiling
Before she gets out of the prognostication business for good, your blogstress would like to note that while she missed on naming the actual pick for the Supreme Court, her hunch that Bush would go for a Roman Catholic did indeed play out. And it's a brilliant move. When righties are challenged, they like to accuse the challenger of being hostile to "people of faith." This is less effective when the person being challenged is Protestant, the U.S. being a Protestant-majority nation. But when applied to a Catholic, a fairly fresh wound is opened, for most American Catholics still transmit in our DNA the cultural memory of religious discrimination.
The nomination of the apparently fiercely anti-choice John Roberts to the Supreme Court will--and should--elicit fierce opposition from people who care about the lives of women. But senators who challenge Roberts on these views are likely to be tarred with the anti-Catholic smear. That's why it's imperative that Catholic senators take the lead in the hard questioning. And by no means should they vote to take this nomination to the floor. FYI, Democratic Catholics on the Senate Judiciary Committee are:
Joseph Biden (Del.)
Richard Durbin (Ill.)
Edward Kennedy (Mass.)
Patrick Leahy (Vt. - Ranking)
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Then look at the Web site for Feminists for Life, the organization for which the nominee's wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, once served as executive vice president.
For more, check out your Webwench's piece at The American Prospect Online.


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Flu attacks are common and they take a toll on your immunity. It allows the virus to invade your body and damage the healthy cells. The treatment mostly depends on how well your body is able to fight back. Health experts often suggest that you must get yourself injected with Influenza vaccines, more commonly known as flu shots or jabs, that provide protection against the influenza viruses. These vaccines help your body develop antibodies about two weeks after vaccination that protect you against infection with the viruses. A group of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, are now working on creating a pain-less patch that can help people self-administer the vaccine with the press of a thumb.
As of today, these vaccines are injected with the help of needles and they need to be taken yearly as they tend to become ineffective. According to this new study, published in the renowned journal The Lancet, the whole process can be made much simpler with a flu patch. The study reveals details about the first clinical trial of the flu jab patch conducted by the researchers.
The flu patch contains about 100 tiny hair-like micro-needles on its adhesive side that penetrate the surface of the skin and deliver the vaccine by simply placing it on the wrist and leaving it for 20 minutes. These needles tend to dissolve into your skin and are water soluble.
For trial, 100 people were divided into four groups. The first group received the patch from a healthcare professional, the second group used it one their own, the third group were injected with traditional shots and the last group was given the patch with a placebo. The study concluded that
providing vaccination using these patches resulted in robust immunologic responses whether administered by health care workers or by the participants themselves. These micro-needle patches are low-priced, durable and can be easily stored. Researchers believe that they can be effective alternatives to the traditional influenza vaccines.
The phase one of the FDA trial has regards the flu patch as safe but with some minor side effects. More trial will be conducted over the year before deciding to release them for public use.


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- 1 large butternut squash, about 3 to 4 pounds
- 1 cup apple juice (OPTIONAL)
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/4 cup brown sugar ( packed) (OPTIONAL)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Quarter the butternut squash lengthwise, cut stem off, and scoop out seeds. Pour the apple juice into the slow cooker (you can cook the squash without any liquid at all and it's great).
- Combine the butter, brown sugar (it's good without the sugar) and cinnamon in a cup or small bowl.
- Put two of the squash quarters, cut side up, in the slow cooker. Drizzle with about half of the butter-brown sugar mixture.
- Place the remaining two squash quarters on the first ones and drizzle with remaining butter-brown sugar mixture.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours, or until squash is tender.


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Now on to the Senate… AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!
As you are probably aware, service legislation is rapidly moving through the Congress. This week, the GIVE Act passed the House of Representatives, and the Senate is prepared to consider the Serve America Act on the floor next week.
There are 3 STEPS that we need you to take to help convince the following senators to support the Serve America Act ASAP!
1. Get these Senators to support the act…
Texas – Kay Bailey Hutchison
Florida – Mel Martinez
Ohio – George Voinovich
Tennessee – Lamar Alexander
Louisiana – David Vitter
Virginia – Jim Webb
North Carolina – Kay Hagan and Richard Burr
Maine – Susan Collins
Minnesota – Amy Klobuchar
- Call the office of your senator(s), ask for the LA who works on service or education issues, and give them your name and from where you are calling.
- Ask them if the Senator will support the Serve America Act, S 277, on the floor this week.
i.Thank them for their support of this important legislation on behalf of your organization, your partners, and service organizations in the state.
ii.Ask them if the Senator is willing/interested in making a floor statement during debate and if you can help with talking points.
iii.Ask if the Senator will sign on as a co-sponsor of the legislation.
i.Explain the importance and value of this bill to your state, community, and organization.
ii.Explain that this bill is critically important to activate citizens in service during this time of great national need.
iii.Give an anecdote of your own experience.
iv.Offer to provide details on the bill and the impact of national service on the state.
- If you don't get an answer:
i.Ask for a response by Monday morning.
ii.Ask what information would be helpful in helping the senator understand the bill's impact on the state.
Report back with what they said to: firstname.lastname@example.com!
2.Reach out to 10 or more people in your community or state to place a similar call to these senators. EVERY CALL MATTERS! These senators guess that each call from a constituent represents 10+ in their state who cares about the issue.
3. We need stories stories stories! Please provide us anecdotes or stories of your most high impact service activities of recent weeks. If there are projects related to the economic downturn, those are particular helpful. We will be pushing those to your own Senate offices and others. I can't stress how important these can be!! Also be prepared to offer these to your senators as components of their floor statements. Short, paragraph-long vignettes; specific, named partner organizations, neighborhoods, etc. that your senators may recognize. Please email any stories to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Finally, call your local paper's editorial board and ask them to write a piece in support of national service and the Serve America Act. You can reference any of the information on this blog to help you in this endeavor and if you need a press release contact email@example.com.
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic response to our calls to action. For the first time in over 15 years, this is our moment to seize to advance national service into the 21st century!
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Michelle Spevak permalinkMarch 24, 2009 3:20 pm
I was extremely excited about this act until recently reading agencies doing advocacy (not the AmeriCorps members…but another arm of the agency) would not be eligible to host any national service program. Thinking of the numerous agencies that play dual roles in their communities providing direct services through AmeriCorps programs and advocacy through their staff could be severely affected by the passage of this Act. Please review carefully before taking action. Michelle Spevak – Western NC Alums Chapter Leader
Logan permalinkMarch 24, 2009 4:44 pm
Can I get assurance that the GIVE Acts section 6104 will be struck out? Volunteering is not mandatory and this section wants to look at implementing 'mandatory' service. can I get assurance that Section 120 will not lead to some sort of indoctrination of my children by creating mandatory curriculum? Isn't curriculum a state's rights issue? I think so.


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Is it time to take off the training wheels?
The following post first appeared on the Built In Chicago Blog.
By Brooke Houghton
Statrt-up Real Estate Advisor
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Starting your company in a garage is legendary in the tech world. What's not legendary, or often talked about, is the downside of working from home — be it from your garage, home office or even the local coffee shop.
The noise, nagging and lack of networking can not only drive you crazy, but it can also hinder the growth of your business. At some point, most small businesses hope to graduate into space that is conducive to growth and productivity. And perhaps, if you're one of the few and lucky, you'll be able to bring out an IPO and all the spoils one entails.
Chicago's tech scene is clustered in the River North area (a.k.a. "the Silicon Loop"). Co-op and co-working locations have blossomed all over the city but especially in this area. Places like 1871, Catapult and WeWorks are beginner alternatives to working from home and offer many of the benefits of having your own space. But it's still not your own space.
Here's how you know when it's time to take off the training wheels:
- Your rent obligation at a co-working location is more than $1500 per month. At this point you can find your own space for approximately the same price. A good rule of thumb is to designate approximately 200 square feet per person to determine how much office space you need. For example, LaunchPad Lab , which used 1871 for a while before subleasing some space, just recently leased 1,500 square feet of space at 650 Lake Street for its expanding business.
- You have clients visiting. The open layout and collegial feel of 1871, Catapult and others is great for energy and creativity but it's not awesome for presenting to clients or investors. Why have your product, tool or offering clouded by the bells and whistles of the space and other companies?
- You need to add 10 employees by next Friday. With your own office space, you control the layout and arrange employees to best suit your business and maximize productivity.
You'll find that Chicago's rents are far more affordable than in Northern California, with average rents around $31.89 versus $54.64, respectively. The River North area (bounded by the River, North Ave and State Street) is the second-tightest submarket in Chicago with a 10.7% vacancy rate. So what's this mean to you, the start up? If you want space near the rest of the tech market, know that it's going to be hard to find and not cheap. Look for direct and sublease options (sublease options typically offer a discount of 30% or more in terms of rent).
If you have the 4-6 person firm and need some space right now, there's a 1,347 sf sublease option at 444 North Wells. At $24 psf gross, it's a steal for this neighborhood. Contact me if you're interested!
The best advice out there is to hire someone to help you with your real estate so that you can keep your eye on the ball (fyi, landlord pays for your broker; not you!)
Here's some info on how Singlehop found their space – their challenges and opportunities!


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Browsing through my photos I realize I have not been walking much in August. I thought I would pick up my good habit once the kids would be back in school, but I've kept myself busy with all kinds of others activities.
I don't feel entirely guilty as I am taking pilates classes twice a week now. But I should keep walking too. In September I've been biking a lot more across town, delivering cakes for our new business Missbaksels. It's a lot harder to photograph flowers when you're biking!
Meanwhile I've been taking some photos of flowers at the school gardens that I visit with my son's class once a week. Enjoy!


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CrossOver is the only charitable clinic in the Richmond area with a licensed on-site pharmacy. For over 10 years, our pharmacy has provided life-saving medications to our patients. Since the majority of our patients have a chronic disease such as hypertension or diabetes, medications are a critical part of their healthcare needs.
The CrossOver pharmacy is a volunteer led effort. Our pharmacist in charge, Leo Ross, has volunteered for more than 10 years. Twenty-four other volunteer pharmacists join Leo to provide desperately needed medications. With the help of these incredible volunteers, CrossOver provides medications to our patients and patients at nine other local safety net providers.
In the past year, cash expenses for the pharmacy were less than $200,000. With this small investment, CrossOver distributed more than $10 million in medications, a return on investment of over 55 to 1.
Currently, the pharmacy receives medications from seven pharmaceutical companies: Glaxo Smith Kline, Pfizer, Novartis, Abbvie, and Merck. Medications are provided through RxPartnership. Medications are dispensed to CrossOver patients as well as patients at The Health Brigade, Center for Healthy Hearts, the Free Clinic of Powhatan, Bon Secours Care-A-Van, and St. Joseph's Outreach Clinic, and Goochland Free Clinic and Family Services. Medications are couriered from the Community Pharmacy to other clinics by the Bon Secours Health System lab couriers.
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Homework assignment 4
Part 1) Examining the effect of gap penalties on sequence alignment.
Please choose two proteins of interest to you which are only 30 to 50% identical and which have gaps in their alignment. The easiest way to find two such proteins is to use a protein of interest to you and perform a BLAST search of UniProt/SwissProt (either on UNIPROT or NCBI BLAST) and then choose the second protein with a score between 30% and 50% of the maximal score. Please check that the alignment with the query contains some gaps.
Align your two proteins using the Smith-Waterman algorithm (use either EBI's EMBOSS Water(man) or Expasy's SIM alignment tool). Perform the alignments with gap penalties of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100. Keep the ratio of the gap penalty to the gap extension penalty a constant.
Examine the alignments and describe the effect of raising the gap penalty on the number and arrangement of the gaps. Mention which alignments have the highest bit score or quality and if the gaps or mismatches disrupt any known functional or structural motifs (Prosite, MyHits, InterPro or Conserved Domains). Which alignments give the most biological results? Show the alignments to support your conclusion.
Part 2) Comparing Smith-Waterman, UNGAPPED and GAPPED BLAST searches.
Find a protein family containing only 50-100 members by examining different motifs in the PROSITE database. If you can't find one quickly, you may use a member of the family of pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 component with enzyme commission number EC 188.8.131.52 for your gold standard (Uniprot advanced search (ec:"Pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring) (220.127.116.11) [22.214.171.124]" AND name:alpha) AND reviewed:yes). Also be sure to REMOVE any sequences described as "fragments" from your gold standard [(ec:"Pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring) (18.104.22.168) [18.104.22.168]" AND name:alpha) AND reviewed:yes NOT fragment]. You may use either subunit alpha (46 examples in UniProt/SwissProt [(ec:"Pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring) (22.214.171.124) [126.96.36.199]" AND name:alpha) AND reviewed:yes NOT fragment] ) or the beta subunit (50 examples). You may choose any member of the family to be your query. Do NOT use one of the bacterial pyruvate dehydrogenases sequences that have only a single subunit 800 amino acids long. You should print out and keep your "gold standard " family list from UniProt.
Choose one sequence of the family as a query and use the EBI BLAST page and SSEARCH page to perform UnGAPPED BLAST (set the parameter "gap align" to "false" in part EBI BLAST), SW BLAST (make sure the "gap align" parameter is set to "yes") and the standard Smith-Waterman algorithm searches of the UniProt/SwissProt database. Make sure that in each case you collect at least 100 sequences in your result set (or twice the expected number of family members). Also be sure to turn query filtering OFF (the default is ON).
Now compare the three searches using the Receiver-Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves. For each search, draw a line across each output list after every 10 results and count the total number of true and false positive results above each line (cumulative). Remember that the gold standard determines whether a sequence is a true or false positive. Continue until you have collected at least 50 false positive sequences (ROC-50 curve). Finally, plot the number of true positives versus the number of false positives on a two dimensional graph for each search. it can be helpful to plot all three curves on the same graph for your interpretation.
Do the three searches have identical shaped curves?
Is one curve higher than the other? If so, which search is the best for your protein family?
Please send the actual ROC curves (either a graphic file or an EXCEL spreadsheet with the graphs in place) to support your conclusions.
Send the results to email@example.com.
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Feds Search College Apartment in Palin Hack Case
Is a 20-year-old college student a threat to national Webmail security? FBI agents searched his residence at the University of Tennessee over the weekend, in connection with the recent hacking of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's Yahoo! e-mail account, Knoxville's WBIR-TV reported.
When the agents descended on his apartment at midnight, a party was being held on the premises; the student and several friends reportedly fled. Acting on a search warrant, the agents asked partygoers to wait outside as they took photographs.
The student's name is David Kernell, and he's the son of Tennessee Democratic state representative, Mike Kernell.
Kernell the younger was widely assumed to be responsible for the hack, after a post to 4chan detailed how the user got into Palin's account. The poster's name reflected Kernell's e-mail address, while the IP provider of the hacker was the same as the one that provides service to Kernell's dorm.
According to Wired, whoever is charged for the crime will likely be pinned with a misdemeanor. Or they could walk away scot free, too, thanks to a potential DOJ loophole.
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What Others Are Saying:
What a world of difference between Kat Denning with or without make-up. Short people with weight problems shouldn't wear skinny jeans.
WOW! She looks… different. Yikes.
Yep! Real pics don't lie. It's no surprise though, she is known to have weight problems. But seriously, those jeans are not for her, l agree Ovidius! She doesn't have the right body shape, they look awful on her. She has a large face too, no delicate features, definitely not looking good in this hairdo and with no make up on.
Damn! No wonder Groban got sick!
Una chica totalmente vulgar, en todos los aspectos.


text: By many accounts, the FIRE movement is gaining momentum in this country, particularly among young Americans. For those not yet familiar with the term, it means Financial Independence, Early Retirement. There are countless stories of those who have managed to achieve this goal, but in reality, saying goodbye to work well before full retirement age can be challenging, requiring discipline, planning, and frugality. Want to start laying the groundwork now? Personal finance experts from around the country share their top tips for achieving financial freedom early.


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SolarCity Provides Solar Power Discounts to Neighborhoods
Installing a few solar panels on your roof is obviously a great way to go green. But if you've already done that, what next?
Well, you could work to mobilize your entire neighborhood to go solar. Through one of SolarCity's Community Solar Programs, you could all buy solar power with a group discount. Residents of several California cities (including Santa Monica and San Jose) have already done so. Under the program, residents and businesses can get up to 30% off their equipment and installation when they go for a capacity of 50 kW or more.
And that's all apart from tax rebates and incentives... here's a reason for a bake sale that I could support.


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Ax Men
2008, 10 seasons to date
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Episode 1: Man vs. MountainFour logging crews working the fir forests of Oregon wor...Mar 9, 2008
Episode 2: Risk and RewardJust days into the fall logging season, the Ax Men are a...Mar 16, 2008
Storm Season Strikes
As a storm closes in on the Oregon coast, the Ax Men race to stay one step ahead. Jesse continues to push the J.M. Browning crew to meet its looming deadline, while muddy roads trap trucks on their way to the Stump Branch site. Robby battles for control of the Gustafson crew. Pihl Logging feels the effects of the slumping lumber market.363229203
The Big Hit
Across Northwest Oregon, the Ax Men continue to grind it out. Storm season arrived with a vengeance - shutting some crews down while others struggled to stay afloat. Now a bigger storm is brewing. The stalled housing market's effects are hitting the Ax Men hard. Jobs will be shut down; men will be put out of work. This week, the housing market hits home on "Ax Men".627416287
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Episode 1: Ax Men ComethAs dawn breaks over the Pacific Northwest, this year's A...Mar 2, 2009
Episode 2: Initiation DayThe battle to be crowned king of the mountains has just...Mar 9, 2009
By Air, Land and Sea
This week, Ax Men soars to new heights as a helicopter logging outfit enters the competition. At Pihl, Dustin tries to talk his father into coming back to work for Pihl. Rygaard's greenhorn faces his fears when he must climb a 100-ft tree, and Jimmy and James grasp at straws as their prized log slips from their clutches.173716297
Moby Dick Strikes
At Rygaard, the bosses clash over greenhorn Brad Hewitt. Meanwhile, at the Pihl team, Dwayne is forced to do the job of a greenhorn. To the east, R&R Conner Aviation must choose between safety and production. Jimmy Smith and son James are still waging war against the mammoth deadhead known as Moby Dick. Usually, three strikes and you're out...but Jimmy plays by a different set of rules!563617237
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Episode 1: Ax to GrindIt's the dead heat of summer and this season the stakes...Jan 10, 2010
Episode 2: Deeper Into the SwampAs the summer heats up, so do the men of the mountain. R...Jan 17, 2010
Diving for Dollars
After an ill-fated road trip, Jimmy and James Smith arrive in Florida to tackle the dangerous black water of the American South, only to realize they're in way over their heads. Rygaard's greenhorns get a wake-up call when a cable snaps. Browning's soaring production has a price, and at Pihl, Melvin's mistakes may cost him his job.490422278
Boiling Point
The forest fights back, as a careless mistake at Browning threatens to take out DJ and Cody. At Rygaard, Gabe gives his greenhorns an ultimatum: shape up or ship out. At Pihl, Melvin and Leland face-off in a fight for the yarder seat, and down south, Jimmy's first dive may be his last.465428293
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Episode 1: AlaskaThe fourth season of Ax Men returns and this year, the s...Dec 12, 2010
Episode 2: Sink or SwimRygaard tries to tame two monsters at the same time-- th...Dec 19, 2010
Day from Hell
On the edge of America's final frontier, it's every logger's worst nightmare: one of Papac's men has disappeared into thin air. Logging country is rattled to its core when logger Van Huffman goes missing in Alaska's remote wilderness.635130274
At Papac, time is running out for missing logger Van Huffman. At Rygaard, Gabe gambles on a helicopter... and loses. At Pihl, rigging slinger Eric Davis is rushed to the hospital after a gruesome fall. In Louisiana, Shelby pulls an all-nighter to save his dog Piss Willy. And in Florida, Collins puts the Smith boys in their place.496931209
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Episode 1: Ax Is BackIt's a new season of Ax Men and a new battle for "king o...Jan 8, 2012
Episode 2: Damage ControlSwamp Man Shelby Stanga is hired to remove a log from pr...Jan 15, 2012
No Pain, No Gain
Jimmy Smith is smitten with his new assistant, while rivals Uncle Buck and Swilley push their equipment to the breaking point. Shelby Stanga scouts his newest log order with his darling wife Donna. Big Gun Logging faces an uncertain future when owner Levi Brown is admitted to the hospital. And at Rygaard and Papac, the chainsaws bite back.752336271
Hell Hole
At Papac Alaska, the site is turned upside down when the yarder operator walks off in the middle of the day. In Florida, Swilley's determination to beat S&S in the Suwannee River Log Off leads to a life threatening mistake. With their leader still in the hospital, Big Gun Logging loses control of the Ole Keasy site.677826217
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Episode 1: All or NothingAn all-new season of Ax Men starts with a bang. Swamp Ma...Dec 9, 2012
Episode 2: We're Not AloneThe season has only just begun, and already, things are...Dec 16, 2012
It s week three and logging country is falling apart. In the swamp, Shelby must rely on niece Stephanie and cousin Belinda to do his dirty work. At Rygaard, the rigging guys formulate a plan to get rid of DJ.31022191
Put Up or Shut Up
As the season picks up speed, not everyone can keep up with the pace. At Rygaard, odd man out DJ Jeremiah is pushed to his breaking point.718648173
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Episode 1: Axes and AlliesAn all-new season of Ax Men explodes on to the scene. Sw...Nov 10, 2013
Episode 2: Pain in the AxCraig stops by and gets an unwelcome surprise of his own...Nov 17, 2013
Burying the Hatchet
It's week three and the surprises keep on coming. In Washington, Gabe's king of the mountain title is in the hands of a novice crew, until he gets some help from an unlikely family member. Down in the swamp, Shelby's log buyer stops by for a surprise visit and things aren't looking good for the Swamp Man. On the Withlacoochee, the Kraken and Katelyn find that logging without Capitan Clint might not be as easy as they thought. At Chapman the newest member of the team fights for his life.83934983
Out on a Limb
It's week four and the season is already running off the rails. On the Olympic Peninsula, Gabe runs a hung-over greenhorn into the ground but Jason disagrees with Gabe's management style. In the swamp, Belinda is too hurt to log so she's brought in a new assistant who almost drowns Shelby's dream of rebuilding his logging empire. Up in Alaska, Mike Papac decides to shake things up and brings in a long time family friend to help in the rigging. The battle for river supremacy rages on in Florida as the Chapman team fights amongst themselves and the Dreadknots divide to ...658948113
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Episode 1: Logged and LoadedThe crews of Ax Men are back and the race for green gold...Nov 30, 2014
Episode 2: Falling FastIt's only the second week into the logging season, but i...Dec 7, 2014
Failure to Communicate
It's week three, and the loggers are feeling the pressure to produce. In Alaska, Coatsy's still out of commission, so Papac institutes an extremely dangerous process called Shotgun Logging. Over in Wyoming, the Zitterkopf men are taking the Bear Ranch site by storm. At Rygaard, the team has doubled the yarders to up production, but they've also doubled their trouble by crowding an already tight landing. Up in Canada, Triack Resources are on a roll using a logging method called "chucking", but getting the loads out is proving a major challenge. And in Florida, poor ...24403788
The Swampman Cometh
Shelby the Swampman uses an airboat to search for a treasure trove of century old logs in a legendary lost canal. In Washington, Rygaard tries to haul out the biggest log on their site--a mammoth six-ton cypress. In the Wyoming wilderness, while David Zitterkopf delivers the first load of logs to the mill, his sons struggle to hold down the fort. In Alaska, Adrianne steps up and takes a shot at working on the landing for the Papac crew. In British Columbia, the most rugged section of the Britannia site puts Triack to the test. And in Florida, the Dreadknots are firing...223047151
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Episode 1: Shelby Strikes BackSwamp Man receives an order from furniture designer Bran...Nov 22, 2015
Episode 2: Shelby Gets SchooledAfter stumbling upon a rare historical artifact, Shelby...Nov 29, 2015
Life & Limb
The Ax Men are back to take on North America's deadliest job. Gabe Rygaard faces the toughest challenge of his career as he struggles to keep the family operation in business without his father Craig, who suffered a career-ending injury last season.29441591
Sloppy Joe
The already shorthanded Rygaard crew fights Mother Nature as temperatures climb and a massive forest fire burns just over the mountain. Joe is still reeling from his injury, and what should be easiest site of the job could already be too much for the Papac crew.29282384
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According to S.M. Entertainment, "Taemin Showcase – Want" will take place at the Gyedang Hall of the Sangmyung Art Center in Seoul on Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. It will be aired on V Live in real time.
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Taemin will perform the EP's lead track "Want" at the event for the first time. He will also share stories related to the making of the record, along with updates on what he has been up to recently.
The album consists of seven tracks, including "Want," "Artistic Groove," and "Shadow." It will be released via worldwide music platforms on Feb.11 at 6 p.m.
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In every place we visit, there are a lot of attractions that we can go to. However, not all locations have child-friendly sights where the children can enjoy. If you are traveling with the kids, the best place to go is Vernon because of all the kids' attractions where they can have a lot of fun. Here are the attractions that your children will love. Check it out and book the fun.
1. Atlantis Water slides
Children love to play around with water and slides, and they can do both in Atlantis Water slides. It is the top destination for kids during summer where they can spend a whole day of unlimited fun. If you think that your child is still small to indulge on big slides, there is nothing to worry about because there are kiddie slides available just for the little ones. The place is also famous for the River Riot where the kids can ride and slide through the tubes.
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They're finally building a Costco in Rochester. That's probably bad news for me. Diabetes. Costco has delicious cakes and pies that aren't actually delicious and may or may not really be cakes and/or pies. Anyway. I just received the leftovers that my mom brought back from DC - red velvet cake. I love red velvet cake but I think I prefer German Chocolate. That mix of chocolate and coconut is just too hard to pass up.
Honorable mentions; peanut butter pie, key lime pie, lemon meringue pie, and apple pie. It'd be un-american not to give apple pie a shout out.
What is your favorite cake or pie? You can pick either or, and cake people, let's be civilized to pie people ok? I don't want a repeat of the great dessert war of 2012.
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M&A activity on the upswing
By Lisa Singhania, Associated Press writer
NEW YORK — With price tags as high as $63 billion and $58 billion, the merger business is awakening from the bear-market hibernation that made corporate marriages a tough sell the last few years.
Some 2,052 U.S. M&A deals were announced in the first quarter, up slightly from the 2,031 recorded in the last quarter of 2003, according to Thomson Financial. They were the first back-to-back quarters of 2,000-plus deals in nearly three years.
"It's a sign of strengthening corporate earnings and economic growth," said Richard Peterson, chief market strategist for Thomson Financial. "When M&A was down in 2001 and 2002, the economy was in recession. Now that the economy is in a period of growth, M&A activity is resurging."
The total value of M&A transactions is also climbing, to $226.8 billion in the first quarter from $216.4 billion in the final three months of 2003. The last time the quarterly tally was bigger was back in the fourth quarter of 2000, when announced deals added up to $346.3 billion.
So far this quarter, there have been 770 deals worth $72.4 billion, according to Peterson's calculations.
Still, the mood in the M&A business is relatively subdued as companies, facing greater scrutiny from their shareholders and boards of directors, seek to avoid a repeat of the excesses of the 1990s, when the surging stock market led to sometimes exorbitant prices. The sky-is-the-limit attitude common in investment banking four years ago is no longer a given, analysts say.
"People have gotten used to idea of low-premium deals," said Michael A. Plodwick, a banking analyst at Blaylock & Partners. "Back in the 1990s, you would have assumed you would have to offer a 30 to 40 percent premium" of a company's stock price or value "to get the deal done"
He noted that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s planned acquisition of Bank One Corp. for $58 billion in stock, gives Bank One shareholders roughly a 14 percent premium, conservative by '90s standards.
Also, SunTrust Banks Inc.'s nearly $7 billion stock-and-cash acquisition of National Commerce Financial Corp. had a premium of roughly 5 percent to NCF shareholders — although that was on top of a 13 percent run-up in NCF's stock before the deal was announced.
That leads some to question how long the cautiousness will last.
"Yes, there's more cautiousness to pull the trigger, because of [the scandals at] Enron and Tyco," said Judy Radler Cohen, editor of Thomson Media's Merger and Acquisitions Newsletter. "But some of that bad stuff, is starting to fade in our collective memory, and companies haven't lost their desire to grow through acquisitions."
Indeed, there have been a few, high-profile, pricey indications that suggest companies are willing to pay more. Bank of America Corp. last year agreed to a more than 40 percent premium in its $42 billion acquisition of FleetBoston Financial Corp.
Cingular Wireless's decision to pay nearly $41 billion in cash to buy AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to create the nation's largest mobile phone company involved a 50 percent premium, by some measures, although that deal involved an auction format, and aggressive bidding by Vodafone PLC helped drive up the final price.
Other highlights of this year's M&A activity include two health care deals: The $63.2 billion cash-and-stock planned merger of drug makers Sanofi-Synthelabo and Aventis SA and UnitedHealth Group's $4.9 billion cash-and-stock deal to acquire Oxford Health Plans Inc.
Even with its more cautious tone, the merger business is gathering momentum. Not even the increasing likelihood of higher interest rates or the continued volatility in the stock market is likely to stop it, Peterson said.
"Yes, higher rates are going to raise the cost of borrowing, but I don't think it will be a significant deterrent to M&A. One of the reasons rates are going to get higher is because the economy is getting better, which is good for M&A," he said. Put another way, "if you look at 2001 and 2002 when rates were declining, the economy was struggling and so was M&A."
Credit Suisse First Boston, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup were among the financial institutions that recently reported improvements in their investment banking business. The telecommunications, health care and financial service sectors are among those most frequently mentioned as candidates for M&A activity, but experts say deals in other sectors are also possible.
Of course, not all attempted mergers succeed. This year's most notable failed deal was Comcast Corp.'s $54 billion offer for Walt Disney Co. The cable TV operator withdrew the bid, rejected by Disney as insufficient, as Comcast's own investors worried that the deal would dilute the value of their shares. Still, Comcast chief executive Brian L. Roberts has said future acquisitions are a possibility, though no specifics have been offered.
Even though Comcast was unsuccessful, analysts were still encouraged by its bid.
"The fact that a company the size of Disney, even if it's not at its best right now, was regarded as a plausible acquisition candidate by Comcast means there are other companies considering this kind of activity," said Sam Schulman, a managing director at DeSilva& Phillips, a media investment banking firm. "Even though it didn't work out this time, Comcast was properly opportunistic."


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"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." ~ John 3:36
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Disturbing infographic shows how plastic is clogging our oceans
With an estimated 6.4 million tons of plastic getting dumped in the ocean annually, build-up has become a huge problem that merits serious attention.
We have a serious plastic problem here on Earth. In less than a century, plastic has permeated every aspect of our lives, creating tremendous amounts of waste that does not degrade. Much of it ends up in the oceans – an estimated 6.4 millions tons annually – which wreaks havoc with marine wildlife. From entanglement to ingestion, sea animals are suffering as a result of our obsession with plastic and reluctance to switch to reusables.
The following infographic is called "Spiraling Out of Control: Plastic Buildup in Our Oceans" and comes via CustomMade. It provides an excellent overview of the insidious cycle of plastic use that's causing such damage. You will never want to accept another plastic shopping bag again after reading this.