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This week Glenn Beck said something I agree with. (Now, there's a line I never thought I'd write.) During an interview on Tuesday with Megyn Kelly of Fox News, Beck reflected on his time at Fox this way:
"I remember it as an awful lot of fun, and that I made an awful lot of mistakes, and I wish I could go back and be more uniting in my language. Because I think I played a role unfortunately in helping tear the country apart. And it's not who we are. I didn't realize how really fragile the people were. I thought we were kind of a little more in it together. And now I look back and I realize if we could have talked about the uniting principles a little more, instead of just the problems, I think I would look back on it a little more fondly. But that's only my role."
That's not exactly a Damascus Road conversion, but it is a meaningful confession.
And I applaud Beck for his candid assessment. That doesn't undo the damage — Beck's list of sins is long, and some of those sins are beyond absolution — but admitting a mistake is always an admirable act.
I hope Beck's confession shines a light on the underbelly of punditry.
Many media personalities are far from noble. As in any field, there are those consumed by ambition and possessed of dubious ethical bearings.
And in an arena where influence is measured by ratings, views and followers, the pressure to increase those metrics can get the better even of men and women with weather vane convictions.
It simply becomes an issue of wealth and power, two of the oldest corrupters in the human experience. Part of the job of opinion makers is to be provocative. One could express it this way: illuminate, elucidate and agitate.
But chasing provocation is a dangerous thing. It often leads you further out on a limb than is wise or safe. Columnists aren't immune to this problem, either.
In his farewell column, my former colleague Frank Rich lamented the pressures of the pacing of column writing, saying, "That routine can push you to have stronger opinions than you actually have, or contrived opinions about subjects you may not care deeply about, or to run roughshod over nuance to reach an unambiguous conclusion."
I agree with his assessment, and most of us try diligently to steer clear of the hazards.
But few columnists, least of all the masterly Rich, have ever or could ever come close to the willful recklessness exhibited by Beck.
Among Beck's greatest hits was his assertion that President Obama is a "racist" who has "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture." This is the same Obama who was born to a white mother and raised in part by his white grandparents.
Beck also joked about wanting to kill Michael Moore, said he had started "hating the 9/11 victims' families" and called some victims of Hurricane Katrina "scumbags."
Beck is in a class all his own.
He built a career out of trolling for attention. It was the media equivalent of twerking with a giant foam finger. There seemed to be nothing too outrageous or spurious. And it worked for him.
The problem is that viewers and readers don't always know that they're being hustled.
Beck and his colleagues at Fox did their viewers and the country a tremendous disservice, not only riling folks up but outrightly misinforming them.
In 2012, the year after Beck left his Fox show (which at the time was one of the highest-rated shows in all of cable news), a Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind poll found that people who watched or listened to no news were better informed than those who watched Fox. According to the report, "The largest effect" of a news source "is that of Fox News: all else being equal, someone who watched only Fox News would be expected to answer just 1.04 domestic questions correctly — a figure which is significantly worse than if they had reported watching no media at all."
(It should be noted that watching MSNBC also had a "negative impact on people's current events knowledge," according to the poll, although it was not as large as the effect of watching Fox.) This study is not the only study that has pointed out that misinformation is consumed by Fox News viewers.
Beck practiced a particular brand of dangerous "info-tainment" that reduced complexity and facts to a smelly chum of hyperbole and invectives that did immeasurable damage. Let's hope he and his fans understand that now.


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Uganda general faces arrest for politics talk
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A general who asked questions about President Yoweri Museveni's succession plans faces charges stemming from the alleged breach of an official code of conduct, a spokesman for the military said Monday, the latest twist in the unfolding saga of a senior army officer accused by some of harboring presidential ambitions.
Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda, the Ugandan army spokesman, said four of Gen. David Sejusa's aides are now in police custody for offenses he didn't specify.
"We are waiting for him," Ankunda said, referring to Sejusa. "We are not intimidating him. But he has to come back, especially if he thinks he has no case to answer."
Police and the military have deployed at Uganda's Entebbe International Airport in anticipation of Sejusa's return from a trip to London. Joseph Luzige, a lawyer for Sejusa, said his client could be arrested on arrival and has told the general to "prepare for anything."
"Certainly they want to arrest him, so we have to prepare for that as well," he said.
Sejusa last month wrote a letter to the internal security service calling for an investigation into allegations that high-ranking officials could be assassinated for opposing plans for Museveni's son to succeed his father as president. Sejusa cited himself and the country's prime minister among those in danger.
The allegations have sparked calls for an inquiry among lawmakers who believe Sejusa knows what he's talking about. A decorated hero of the bush war that brought Museveni to power almost three decades ago, Sejusa sits on the army's high command and directs the country's foreign and domestic intelligence services. He is also a qualified lawyer who represents the military in the country's parliament.
Frank Tumwebaze, a government minister who speaks for Museveni, said in a letter published in the local Observer newspaper Sunday that Sejusa has "clear presidential ambitions" and wants "to create a false wave on whose crest he intends to ride" to the presidency.
"With the international community standing on the side of political dissent, who would dare touch a presidential candidate? This is a trend so ugly that comrades of our political generation must shun and despise," Tumwebaze wrote. "To oppose Museveni or the (ruling party), one need not first allege how he or she is being targeted for murder when it is a known fact that the (ruling party) does not eliminate opponents."
The official army hierarchy has ruled Sejusa out of order, saying he is spreading propaganda that undermines unity in the army. Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, the top commander of the Ugandan military, said last week that Sejusa's leaked letter to the internal security service promotes the "agenda of the radical and anarchic political opposition."
Museveni's son, an army brigadier named Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been rapidly promoted over the years, leading some opposition politicians and analysts to believe he's being groomed to take his father's job. Kainerugaba is now in charge of the country's special forces, an elite unit that protects the president and guards the country's assets such as oil fields.
Museveni is "clearly attempting to ensure" that Kainerugaba or someone from his ethnic tribe becomes his military successor, according to a report in February by the the global intelligence think tank Stratfor. The report predicted that "Kainerugaba will almost certainly be promoted to general within the next two years."
"This places Uganda on another trajectory toward a split —or at least toward significant tensions — between the political leadership and the army," Stratfor's report said. "There are many fault lines where this could erupt."
Museveni, who has held power since 1986, has never said publicly that he sees his son as a political heir.
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Secular Stagnation: A Working Pair of Scissors Needs Two Blades
Crisis Recovery: Flying on a Single Engine
Clogged Metropolitan Arteries
China and Emerging Markets: Riding Wild Horses
Sovereign Wealth Funds Are Coming Home
Followers of this blog have read several recent pieces on the changing landscape of investment finance in developing countries, particularly in natural resource-rich countries. We have approached the rise of development banks partially filling the void left by the retrenchment of international banking. We have also highlighted how less tax avoidance on extractive industries can be obtained and how that would make a huge difference in terms of resources available for local investment in those countries, provided that appropriate policies are put into place. Furthermore, we have pointed out the emergence of new forms and contracts of resource-backed investment finance, including a redirection toward home in asset acquisition made by developing countries' Sovereign Wealth Funds.
I have invited three colleagues who have been studying the subject more closely to write the short piece below. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.


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How is your personal productivity? Are you satisfied with what you are accomplishing? Do you wish you could do more? Is doing more possible? Those are some of the questions a coach would ask. We use the phrase best life coach in the title to accentuate the concept of living one's best life.
When people are happy with how productive they are on a daily basis, they have a sense of satisfaction at the end of every day. They may suffer setbacks. But they realize that setbacks are inevitable.
If they are constantly ending the day with a feeling of disappointment, something is wrong. They might have set goals that are too high, impossible to achieve on a daily basis. Often though, the problem is that they failed to set any short-term goals at all.
Setting realistic goals is important, but not as important as defining personal productivity goals in the first place. If you have yet to define your goals, take some time to sit down and put them on paper.
In a quiet, unstressed setting, think about where you want to be in 10 years. Then move backwards in time. Think of it as if you were planning a car trip. What are the paths you will take to reach your ten-year goal?
A business coach would tell a company owner to do the same thing. 10 years is not the longest period of time that can be chosen. It is just an arbitrary number.
An individual might want to think in terms of retirement. "I want to be able to retire in 20 years with ample income from my investments to support me for the rest of my life." That's an example of an individual long-term goal.
Companies have different goals. There are profits to be made. Sales goals need to be defined. Plans for expanding may be a consideration.
There are many different things to consider. A business coach might talk to owners about their own personal productivity. The owners may want their employees to be more productive. While we often talk about looking at the big picture, it is important to look at the smaller parts. Those smaller parts combine to make up the big picture.
A business coach is helpful because of the unbiased viewpoint. A person inside of an organization has preconceived notions. He or she might think that it is the person down the hall who needs to be more productive.
An unbiased person can look at the scene and see something completely different. Think your personal productivity is good? Ask someone else to take a look.
Blog Post Courtesy of Henry Barbey, Business Adviser.


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Abbotsford, BC Luxury Hotel Lodging Accommodations
Sweet Dreams offers luxury, romantic elegance and hospitality in the most intimate of settings. Whether your travel is for leisure, business, or a romantic getaway, there is a perfect room for you at our Abbotsford, BC luxury hotel. The magnificence of the nature that surrounds the inn can be accredited to some of Abbotsford's pioneers, whose dedication to the early development of the city is also attributable to the clearing, cultivation and preservation of this property. Thus, each of our four suites have been named in their honor.
All rooms include: King beds, private baths, double-sided fireplaces, sitting area, TV, WiFi/WLAN, A/C, telephone with voice mail, daily house keeping, complimentary in-room snacks, plus a gourmet farm fresh breakfast served each morning.


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Child Care
"Publicly funded child care" is the care of infants, toddlers, preschool children, and school children under age thirteen by an eligible provider. Publicly funded child care is paid, wholly or in part, with federal or state funds.
PFCC benefits are available if a caretaker is participating in one or more of the following approved activities:
(a) Paid employment on a full-time or part-time basis.
(b) A training or education activity that prepares the caretaker for paid employment.
(c) Requirements set forth as a result of participation in Ohio works first (OWF) or the
supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP).
The family must meet the income requirements:
(a) Initially, a caretaker may be eligible for publicly funded child care if the family's gross monthly
income is at or below one hundred thirty per cent (130%) of the federal poverty level (FPL).
(b) On-going eligibility may be maintained if the family's gross monthly income is at or below
three hundred per cent (300%) of the FPL.
For further information on program eligibility please call 330.740.2600 extension 8795.
The application process shall be considered complete when the caretaker has submitted:
(a) The JFS 01138 with the caretaker's name, address, signature and all information about the
caretaker's household completed.
(b) Verification of citizenship or qualified alien status for children in need of care.
(c) Verification of income for all household members pursuant to rule 5101:2-16-34 of the
Administrative Code.
(d) Verification of a qualifying activity for all caretakers.
(e) The name and address of an eligible provider chosen for each child in need of care.
Applications may also be mailed to the Mahoning County Department of Job and Family Services or faxed to 330-884.6165.
Provider Program
A resident of Ohio who wishes to become a licensed type B home provider shall contact the county department of job and family services (CDJFS) in the county in which he or she resides to request a JFS 01643 "Application for Licensed Type B Home" (rev. 1/2014). For more information on this program you may contact 330-740-2600 extension 8795.
NET (Non-Emergency Transportation) provides transportation to medically necessary appointments, such as renal dialysis, chemotherapy, radiation, as well as routine doctor appointments. Transportation must be for non-emergencies and to a Medicaid provider.


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Article below was published by The Observer (Dunkirk, NY).
Zhuojun "Georgie" Fu, the recipient of numerous awards and accolades throughout her career at SUNY Fredonia, will become the first international student to receive the prestigious Lanford Presidential Prize.
Fu, from Shanghai, China, will be given the 2012 award of the Oscar and Esther Lanford Endowment at the morning Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12, by SUNY Fredonia President Dennis L. Hefner. She will graduate summa cum laude with dual majors in Communication-Public Relations, with minors in Leadership Studies and Applied Mathematics, and Computer Science, with a concentration in Applied Mathematics.
The award, generously created and endowed by the late President Emeritus Oscar E. Lanford and Mrs. Lanford, recognizes a member of the graduating class who has exhibited balanced achievement and exemplifies SUNY Fredonia's ideals. It was established in 1995.
Fu, daughter of Yufei Fu, has held leadership positions in several campus organizations and been active in many programs. She was president of SUNY Fredonia's Chinese Club as well as the campus chapters of the Golden Key International Honour Society and the American Red Cross.
She has also served as an intern in the Public Relations and Sports Information offices and Campus Host Program, a tutor at the Learning Center, a volunteer with the Campus and Community Children's Center, and a student coordinator with the LuWan Exchange Program for the College of Education.
Her list of honors and awards is equally impressive. Fu has received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, L. Michael Dimitri Scholarship, Golden Key International Honour Society Scholarship, Feng Chiang Scholarship, Fiat Lux Scholarship, President's International Scholar Award, Public Relations Society of America Buffalo Niagara Chapter May C. Randazzo Scholarship, SUNY Fredonia President International Scholar Award, SUNY Fredonia Scholar Award, Golden Key Regional Student Leader of the Year, Educational Development Program's Tutor of the Year and Golden Key International Student Leader of the Year.
After graduation, Fu will pursue a master's degree in international affairs with a merit fellowship at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
Also nominated for the 2012 Lanford Presidential Award were: Michael P. Baker, geology, Walworth; Marissa A. Carmello, communication disorders and sciences, Dunkirk; Lindsey Farrell, communication disorders and sciences, Lancaster; Kathleen Grace Fiori, musical theatre, Pittsford; Steven Gangloff, biology, Amherst; Keriann Ketcham, international studies/Spanish, Fredonia; Jessica Martorana, elementary inclusive education, Penfield; Maggie C. Oliver, communication-audio/radio and TV digital film, Redfield; Kristen Paler, communication disorders and sciences, Fredonia; Leonard Smith, exercise science, Brooklyn; and Jennifer Zelasko, business administration and economics, Cheektowaga.
About Golden Key
Golden Key is the world's largest collegiate honor society. Membership into the Society is by invitation only and applies to the top 15% of college and university sophomores, juniors and seniors, as well as top-performing graduate students in all fields of study, based solely on their academic achievements. As an international honor society with more than 400 chapters at colleges and universities around the world, Golden Key is committed to a high standard of scholastic achievement, and an ethos of integrity, innovation, respect, collaboration and diversity.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A type of pain medicine long believed to be relatively safe for older adults appears to come with more risks than other, supposedly riskier, painkillers, new study findings report.
The authors found that people on opioids, a class of pain drugs that includes morphine and codeine, had a higher risk of fractures, cardiovascular problems such as heart attack or stroke, hospitalizations, and death relative to other types of pain medication, including over-the-counter drugs.
And even though doctors have long believed that all opioids have generally the same risks, the authors, led by Dr. Daniel Solomon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, found some appeared to carry higher risks than others.
"People have somehow believed opioids to be safer," Solomon told Reuters Health. "Our data suggest that is not always the case."
Ironically, doctors have often prescribed opioids instead of less powerful pain medications out of concern of side effects. For instance, pain drugs known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are associated with stomach problems such as ulcers and cardiovascular disease.
When scientists discovered one subset of NSAIDs, the so-called selective COX-2 inhibitors, the hope was they would lower the risk of ulcers among chronic users of NSAIDs, such as people with rheumatoid arthritis.
But most COX-2 inhibitors ran into safety issues a few years after their approval, and now only Pfizer's Celebrex (celecoxib) remains on the U.S. market. Other NSAIDs include naproxen, ibuprofen, ketoprofen and aspirin.
The latest findings now suggest opioids may not be any safer — and may even be more harmful.
To compare the safety of opioids to NSAIDs, Solomon and his team looked at data collected from 4,280 elderly people receiving opioids for arthritis pain, 4,280 matched patients who were prescribed over-the-counter NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, and 4,280 given a prescription for a COX-2 inhibitor.
They found opioid-users had more than four times the risk of fractures compared to people using over-the-counter medications, and a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, hospitalization, and death.
Specifically, during the study period, 105 developed cardiovascular problems on over-the-counter pain medicine users, versus 196 among opioid users and 208 among COX-2 inhibitor users.
People taking opioids experienced more than 160 fractures, which occurred less than 50 times among both users of COX-2s and over-the-counter drugs.
They were also equally likely to report stomach bleeding, a sign of ulcers, as those taking over-the-counter medicines, the drugs normally linked to stomach problems.
To compare various opioids to each other, Solomon and his team reviewed data collected from an equal number of older adults (more than 6,000 in each category), each taking one of five opioid drugs for pain.
People on codeine had a 60-percent higher risk of cardiovascular problems within half a year of getting the prescription, experiencing nearly 130 such events. Relative to people taking hydrocodone, among whom 255 fractures occurred, those taking the drugs tramadol and propoxyphene had a lower risk of fractures, reporting only 64 and 162, respectively.
People taking oxycodone and codeine had more than twice the risk of dying within 30 days following the prescription, also relative to hydrocodone-users.
Both sets of findings appear in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
This is not the first indication that opioids come with risks — last month, the company that makes the opioid propoxyphene pulled the drug from the market because it can cause fatal heart rhythms.
Despite the risks, Solomon said he continues to "carefully" prescribe opioids, while explaining the risks that come with these prescriptions to patients.
These medicines still do have use, agreed Dr. Patrick O'Connor at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, who wrote an accompanying editorial. Because they are much stronger than NSAIDs, they will likely remain invaluable to people with particularly painful conditions, such as a compression fracture of the spine.
But even here, people should proceed cautiously, perhaps selecting first the least potent opioid — such as tramadol, associated with a lower fracture risk — and be monitored.
"When a pain medication is selected, it needs to be done thoughtfully, with a detailed discussion" of the benefits and risks of any given drug, O'Connor told Reuters Health.
SOURCE: link.reuters.com/muz32r and link.reuters.com/nuz32r Archives of Internal Medicine, December 13/27, 2010.


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After the whirlwind of Christmas decorating, it can be hard to muster enthusiasm for Valentine's Day. But a pretty little pillow is a fast and easy way to add a touch of romance. Today's banded bow pillow blends petite florals and sweet stripes. The muted pastels are a softly nostalgic combination that would make a beautiful bedroom accent. We add a light interfacing to the bow, which allows you to sculpt it into the shape you like best: flat against the band or puffed into traditional loops.
Today's pillow was originally made in fabrics from Verna Mosquera's Pirouette collection for FreeSpirit Fabrics, an older collection that can be hard to find. The newer Vintage collection by Annette Tatum for FreeSpirit Fabrics has similar sweet florals, charming wallpaper stripes and soothing pastels.
Tanya Whelan's latest Sunshine Rose collection for FreeSpirit Fabrics is another great choice with a lovely variety of soft florals, ticking stripes and damask.
We spotted a nice selection of both Vintage and Sunshine Rose at Fabric.com.
Sewing Tools You Need
- Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome Horizon Memory Craft 8200 QC)
Fabric and Other Supplies
- ¾ yard of 44-45" wide fabric for the pillow body: we used Subtle Blooms in Flamingo from Verna Mosquera's Pirouette collection for FreeSpirit Fabrics
NOTE: ¾ of a yard is just enough depth for all the cuts. If you want to fussy cut your panels or worry about your cutting precision, get a full yard.
- ¾ yard of 44-45" wide fabric for the accent bow: we used Vintage Ticking in Flamingo from Verna Mosquera's Pirouette collection for FreeSpirit Fabrics
NOTE: Again, ¾ of a yard is just enough. If you want to fussy cut your panels, are using a highly directional print (such as our stripe) or worry about your cutting precision, get a full yard.
- 1 yard of lightweight fusible interfacing; we used Shir-Tailor® by Pellon
- TWO 1-1½" buttons; we used vintage-look 1" buttons purchased locally
- ONE 12" x 20" pillow from; we used a feather/down pillow from Fabric.com
- All purpose thread to match fabrics
- See-through ruler
- Iron and ironing board
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Fabric pen or pencil
- Straight pins
- Seam gauge
- Seam ripper
- Hand sewing needle
Getting Started
- From the fabric for the body of each pillow (Subtle Blooms in Flamingo in our sample), cut the following:
ONE 13" high x 22" wide rectangle for the front panel
ONE 13 high x 16" wide rectangle for one back panel
ONE 13" x 13" square for the second back panel
- From the fabric for the flange accent and bow (Vintage Ticking in Flamingo in our sample), fussy cut the following:
ONE 23" long x 11" high strip for the bow
ONE 22" long x 11 high strip for the front ribbon strip
ONE 16" long x 11" high strip for one back panel strip
ONE 13" long x 11" high strip for the second back panel strip
ONE 4" x 5" rectangle for the center faux knot
NOTE: All our bow pieces were carefully fussy cut to center the stripes in the same position from piece to piece. If you are new to this technique, see our fussy cutting tutorial.
- From the fusible interfacing, cut the following:
ONE 23" x 5" strip
ONE 22" x 5" strip
ONE 16" x 5" strip
ONE 13" x 5" strip
At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board
- Match up each of the fabric bow strips with its corresponding interfacing strip (the lengths are the corresponding dimension).
- Following manufacturer's instructions, fuse the interfacing to the wrong side of each fabric strip. The interfacing strip should align with the fabric on each end and be centered within the width of the strip - 3" from the top and 3" from the bottom.
Create the bow loops and ribbon strips
- Find the 23" x 11" fused strip. Fold it in half lengthwise, right sides together so it is now 23" x 5½". Pin in place.
- Using ½" seam allowance, stitch together, creating a tube.
- Turn the tube right side out. Roll the seam to the center back and press the tube flat.
- Fold the sewn tube in half, right sides together (meaning the seam is to the outside), aligning the raw ends. Pin in place.
- Using ¼" seam allowance, stitch across the ends. Your tube is now a loop.
- Turn the loop right side out so the seam in on the inside as are the raw edges of the ends.
- Repeat these same steps with the 4" x 5" faux knot piece. It's exactly the same, just much smaller.
- Find the 22" x 11", 16" x 11" and 13" x 11" fused strips.
- Follow the same beginning steps as above to create a pressed tube with the seam running along the center back. But do not sew these tubes into loops. These three tubes remain flat; they will become the ribbon strips.
- Find the 13" x 22" front pillow panel. Place it right side up and flat on your work surface.
- Place the 22" ribbon strip across the center of the panel. It should be 4" from the top and 4" from the bottom, and the ends of the strip should be flush with the sides of the panel.
- First pin the strip in place along its centerline.
- Then pin the strip in place along both ends. Machine baste the strip in place along the left edge of the panel only, staying within the ½" seam allowance.
- Find the bow loop. Flatten the bow so the front of the bow loop is clean and the seam is centered at the back. Align this centered back seam with the centerline of the ribbon strip. Pin through all the layers.
- Find the faux knot.
- Un-pin the RIGHT end of the strip (this is why you only basted the left end in place).
- Accordion fold the right strip and the right side of the bow loop so they will fit through the faux knot loop.
- Slip the bow and strip through the loop.
- Adjust the knot and the bow until the knot is perfectly centered and the two ends of the body form the wing shapes of a traditional bow.
- Re-pin the right end of the ribbon strip, making sure the strip lays completely flat across the front panel. Machine baste the right end in place as you did with the left end.
- Hand stitch the knot in place from the back side with a few large stitches. This is to insure the loop will not slide out of position.
Pillow Back
- Find the two back panels (13" x 16" and 13" x 13") and the two remaining flattened ribbon strips.
- Lay the two back panels right side up and flat on your work surface. Using the same method as you did above with the front panel, place the 16" ribbon strip across the center of the 16" panel and the 13" strip across the center of the 13" panel. Each strip should be 4" from the top and 4" from the bottom, and the ends of each strip should be flush with the sides of each panel.
- Take the extra time to make sure the motifs of the ribbon strips are an exact match when placed sided by side. When the pillow is completed and the back panels overlap and button closed, you want the motif to look continuous - one continuous set of stripes in our sample. If they do not match perfectly, you can adjust one or both by rolling the back seam one way or the other, then re-pressing from the front. Pin the strips on both ends, making sure the strips lay perfectly flat against the panels.
- Staying within the seam allowance, machine baste both ends of both ribbon strips to secure them in place during the remainder of the construction.
- On the 13" x 16" piece, make a 1½" double fold hem along the 13" inside edge. To do this, fold back the edge 3" and press to form a crease.
- Unfold the piece wrong side up so the crease line is visible. Fold in the raw edge so it aligns with the center crease and press. Then re-fold along the original crease and press again.
- Topstitch in place 1" from the folded edge.
- Following the manual for your machine, create two vertical buttonholes within this hemmed edge. Each buttonhole is approximately 1" from the top/bottom of the ribbon strip, and there is approximately 1" between the button holes.
- When you cut the buttonholes open, cut in a little from each edge towards the center. This is better than trying to cut them open with one action, which often leads to cutting into the buttonhole stitching.
- On the remaining back panel, follow the same steps as above to make a ¾" double turn hem along the inside 16" edge, but do not make any buttonholes.
- Find both finished panels. With both facing right side up, overlap the panels and adjust them to yield the correct finished width and height (to match your front 13" x 22" panel). The buttonholes should be on top; the narrow hem on the bottom.
- Pin the two panels together.
- Working as close to the raw edges as possible, tack the overlap together to secure and create one piece. It will be easier to work with one piece instead of two later when you stitch front to back.
- Place a pin at the exact center point of each buttonhole. Make a mark on the opposite panel at this pin point. These points are where you should sew on the buttons.
Assembling the layers to finish
- Find your front panel with the bow stitched in place and your back panel with the two pieces tacked together to act as one.
- Make sure the back panel is unbuttoned.
- Place the finished front panel on your work surface right side facing up.
- Place your finish back/button panel on top, right side facing down. The ribbon strips and bows are sandwiched between the layers.
- Carefully align all the raw edges and pin in place.
- Stitch together through all layers around all four sides, using a ½" seam allowance. Go slowly and make sure your layers stay flat. Pivot at all the corners.
- Clip all the corners at a diagonal, but be careful to not cut into your seam.
- Turn the pillow cover right side out through the back button opening. Use a long, blunt-end tool, such as a knitting needle or chopstick to smooth out the corners.
- Insert your pillow form through the button opening and fluff it out into the corners.
- Button the pillow closed.
- The bow on the front can lay flat or can be shaped open. We liked it open.
The coordinating projects shown above were also originally created with the Pirouette collection:
Woven Braid Patchwork Pillow
Pinwheel & Pom Pom Pillow
Quilted Sugar & Spice Throw
Project Design: Alicia Thommas
Sample Creation and Instructional Outline: Debbie Guild


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A Professional Guidance Statement of the American Meteorological Society
(Adopted by the AMS Council on 3 January 2011)
As a professional organization whose members are keenly aware of environmental issues, AMS strives to be in the forefront of environmental stewardship. AMS places a high priority on using natural resources responsibly in conducting meetings and scientific conferences, in accord with the AMS Green Conference Guidelines (adopted September 2007). The purpose of this statement is to help AMS members involved in meetings and conferences minimize their negative environmental impacts and thereby maximize their societal benefits.
The green1 meetings guidance herein addresses a wide array of meeting types and sizes and is not restricted to AMS-sponsored events. Helpful suggestions are offered, not hard-and-fast rules, because circumstances vary. While some choices are clearly greener, others are more ambiguous. The suggestions are based on a 2010 survey of industry-wide guidelines and represent current best practices. However, they should be reviewed and revised as technologies, understanding, and options continue to develop.
This statement is organized to cover a variety of aspects of professional meetings: scoping and planning; working with contractors and vendors; exhibiting; and participating as an attendee. As this statement addresses only some of the myriad decisions associated with meetings that have environmental impacts, a list of Web-based resources is included for further information and ideas.
The statement focuses on traditional, face-to-face meetings. However, as meeting agendas are being considered, an evaluation should be made as to whether other, less resource-intensive, options for interaction among colleagues (such as video/telephone conferences and Web-based remote meetings) may meet the group's needs.
Suggested Green Practices and Actions
Meeting Planning
Working with Contractors and Vendors
Inform all parties providing meeting services of the meeting's environmental goals. Include language in contracts stating vendors' commitment to comply with environmental requests. Some suggested requests are listed below.
Conference Site:
Food Service:
Attending the Meeting
Information Resources and Tools
The Oceans Blue Foundation offers tips for planners and suppliers.http://www.bluegreenmeetings.org/index.htm
The Convention Industry Council provides recommendations on best practices.http://www.conventionindustry.org/projects/green_mtgs.htm
The Netherlands recommends a short check list for green meetings. http://www.holland.com/meetings/uk/green-meetings/green-meetings-checklist/
The Green Meetings Industry Council offers a collection of resources. http://www.greenmeetings.info/Default.aspx?pageId=724957
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The National Recycling Coalition's Green Meetings Policy has ideas on working with exhibitors.http://www.nrc-recycle.org/greenmeetingsp.aspx
The Nature Conservancy and the Environmental Protection Agency offer tools for estimating personal carbon emissions associated with travel, food choices, etc.
The American Geophysical Union offers general policies and tips for attendees.http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/green-initiatives/index.php
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Sustainability Office offers resources for UCAR meetings. http://www.fin.ucar.edu/sustainability/greenoffice.html
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First, a relatively easily answerable question pops up.
Typical response to this: two/three people respond to such a question within the same minute, often with very similar/close answers. The accepted answer can only be only one, unfortunately.
And then the edit war begins.
Each answerer realizes that minor details start to make significant impact to the decision of getting his/her own answer accepted. A minor remark is added (e.g. "this was mentioned in book X"). And then another one a minute after. And another one. Semicolon is fixed in the code. A method call is added to help the asker. Well, I'm sure you know the story.
This is one of the my most hated features on SO. Why?
- In order to get better chances for my answer to be accepted, I need to constantly monitor the answer and see if someone else added a (relatively minor) comment so I can add another just to keep up with competing answers. In other words - I have to take active participation in this war;
- in order to get points, you know you are very, very time limited. Unless you answer within seconds (especially involving popular tags), your answer is useless;
- some people submit an answer within first few seconds by providing bare bone answer (just to put other people off) and nail-polish it within next 20 edits;
Does this contribute to the overall question/answer quality? Maybe.
Does this encourage non-alpha-geeks to answer questions? No.
- deliberate delay for first X minutes before answers show up (not very good idea apparently);
- per question/per post edit limit;
What do others think?


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Twitter Rally Picks Up Steam
It's a happy holiday for Twitter investors. The stock has been on a tear, up more than 170% since its early November IPO, now the best U.S.-listed IPO for companies that raised more than $100 mln this year. Steven Russolillo joins the News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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... the ... Twitter shares at nearly tripled since their initial public offering ... just last month making the social media darling one of the best performing certainly will most talked about IPO's of twenty thirteen what's behind the momentum to join us to talk with ... my MoneyBeat compatriot Steve Russolillo Stephen morning tendency to get this ... idea I think one story on our new colleague Maury fast to the combined for this one ... while once I it's been a wild ride and really it's picked up steam over the past few days now Twitter's of ideas in a row ... looks like a hundred seventy six percent since its IPO in these numbers are just incredible ... I'm really right there haven't been any major announcements here is a lot of height and a lot of excitement ... around this may mean ... that a good thing that I mean this is not profitable company yet I mean this is ... indeed they still have a lot to prove here in the public markets the rate now ... people to see a lot of potential and their own money into an anti EU marine you guys working the phones yesterday talking a lot of investors but he's speaking ETF on what were they telling you what's your sense of ... the Twitter investor brain ... Yes of that there's ... a couple different types of investors that are driving the Swiss hearing that there's a lot of big momentum hedge fund players that are out there that are just sort of playing around with and now cross again that there's a lot of we tell us a lot of mom and pop investors that are out there that aren't ... buying Twitter the seat and and they range from all ages people miss twenties and thirties people's immense sixties and seventies there buying sweater ... I'd talk to one guy who said that he's never even use Twitter but ... he is he's just fascinated by how many people are on an athlete's actresses whatever and ... he's like the Hessey something there they're going to make money eventually so an inning get in and out now he says he's not a long time or by any stretch ... of art as seen on a long-term investor Bangladesh imagination he says once it goes down a little he's going to be out ... and today it's actually are set to drop a little bit odd ... but a debt downgrade by ... a firm called Lardy so ... the stock is the will the market now saw Mexican Apollo Clifton C feedbacks to get the Sarah ... P Howell how much does this say these investors up for a fully on the stock is ... Jägermeister richly valued to put it diplomatically they'll make money they have not reporting as a public company ... does this in the stock of that he stumble is going to to create a stampede it seems that that's certainly a possibility and I think that you know there is only set up because there's been so much excitement about when the company does report quarterly results which is expected ... probably in January ... you know if if there is sort of this public there's something that doesn't quite meet expectations considering the big run up you could have a big drop on on the other end but I think that rate now this is so much momentum behind this thing into the wee seen this week seeking this all year long that these momentum and thinking go a lot further than you think they will ... but then they can also


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Jordan White, the founder of StreetPass NYC (a 3DS meetup organization) sends along these four Mii QR codes from Wreck-It Ralph, which released on Friday. If you want to trick out your Mii like one of the film's characters, there's Ralph and his adversary Fix-It Felix, plus Sgt. Tamora Calhoun from Hero's Duty and the kart racer Vanellope van Schweetz.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas wrapped up its preseason camp with a mock game closed to the public inside Reynolds Razorback Stadium on Friday night.
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas wrapped up its preseason camp with a mock game closed to the public inside Reynolds Razorback Stadium on Friday night.
It also ended a three-week stretch spent largely behind closed doors.
Arkansas' preseason proved to be the most secluded in recent memory. The public was allowed inside on Aug. 5 for a 107-play scrimmage in Razorback Stadium, but practices were closed the rest of the three-week stretch.
Arkansas coach Bret Bielema believed it was imperative as the Razorbacks prepared for their first season under his watch.
"As I get more and more comfortable with our guys, I would let more and more people see what we're doing," Bielema said. "But I firmly believe that as coaches and players, we needed this time to ourselves. Just kind of grow and experience it."
A poll of Southeastern Conference beat writers shows Bielema's philosophy did make Arkansas one of the least accessible preseason camps across the conference the past month.
A few other examples of limited access:
• Kentucky — which has a first-year coach as well in Mark Stoops — limited the public to its Fan Day practice before allowing the media inside for a 40-minute viewing period on Saturday afternoon.
• Florida opened three practices to the media and fans, then held an additional workout open to students.
• Auburn — led by another first-year coach in Fort Smith native Gus Malzahn — allowed the media to observe 20 minutes during each of its first five practices. The Tigers then allowed donors, former players and staff to observe a light scrimmage during camp.
Others have been more open. The first two weeks of Vanderbilt's preseason camp were open to the media with the public allowed to attend one of the workouts. Two weeks of Ole Miss' practices were wide open as well. Every scrimmage and the early portions of practices have been open to the media at Missouri.
Bielema's former team — Wisconsin — went a step further with a wide-open approach under new coach Gary Anderson. Nearly every practice and scrimmage was open to the public. There was a consequence: Someone in attendance recorded an entire Wisconsin scrimmage and posted it online.
"I don't like it, but that's his deal," Wisconsin athletics director Barry Alvarez told the Wisconsin State Journal about Anderson's practice policies. Alvarez also told the newspaper Bielema was much more cautious with the Badgers.
"Bret was overly paranoid — just like (former Iowa coach) Hayden (Fry)," Alvarez told the Wisconsin State Journal. "Bret, he's worried about who's up there (in the stands) painting and all that stuff."
Bielema's closed approach to preseason camp this fall was much different than his predecessors at Arkansas. Former coach Bobby Petrino opened practices for roughly two weeks to start preseason camp. It was a policy that continued last fall, when John L. Smith was in charge of the program.
Zack Higbee, who is Arkansas' assistant athletics director for media relations, said practice policies largely depend on the coach. But shrinking access has become more common in the new media age, where videos, photos or news from practices can make their way online in seconds.
Bielema made it clear early he wanted practices as controlled as possible while Arkansas coaches and players settled into their new environment together. Most of the Razorbacks' spring practices in April were closed as well.
"He's not trying to make anybody's job difficult," Higbee said of Bielema. "He understands the role of the media more than any coach I've ever worked with."
Bielema also said he had an objective in opening one scrimmage, then closing the next. He wanted to expose players to different scenarios they might face this fall with fans cheering for them at home and getting very little applause on the road.
"I wanted to simulate us being on the road," Bielema said. "I didn't want anybody in the stadium but us. I had no music going. It was just dead quiet. And I wanted them to understand when you're on the road it's all about how well you respond."
Bielema originally scheduled a third scrimmage that would've been open to the public, but canceled plans because of key injuries that occurred in camp. The coach indicated the possibility of opening more practices in the future, too.
It wouldn't be the first time. Florida's Will Muschamp closed practices his first season with the Gators. There were a few open practices this month.
Still, having one open practice only adds to the curiosity surrounding the Razorbacks as they prepare for Saturday's season opener against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Bielema acknowledged it during his team's kickoff luncheon on Friday.
"You're going to see some people come out of nowhere," Bielema said. "You're going to see some people playing for us next Saturday that you may have never heard of until they make a tackle, until they make a catch or until big play on a special teams."
Ultimately, Bielema said the thing that mattered most is the fact Arkansas accomplished everything it needed to behind those closed doors.
"There wasn't anything on my checklist we didn't get to," Bielema said.


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How to Make a Business Trip into a Family Vacation
Are you or your husband heading to one of these top convention cities? Let the kids tag along — and turn work into a mini family vacation.
San Francisco
With its zigzagging avenues, funky neighborhoods, and colorful street performers, eclectic San Francisco buzzes with excitement.
Sights to see: Start your tour by driving down one of San Fran's famous byways, either Lombard Street, with its hairpin turns, or Filbert Street, where stairways ascend to hidden houses, lush gardens, and wild parrots. For a new twist on sightseeing, try a Segway tour; a guide will narrate the city's history while you twist and turn through the streets on an electric scooter (electrictourcompany.com, $70). Fisherman's Wharf is worth a stop, but skip the arcade and wax museum and head to the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, where antique schooners, tugs, and square riggers — many of which you can board — line the pier.
Family fun: Set sail for Alcatraz — a.k.a. the Rock — from Pier 33 and learn about the history of the island famous for housing notorious criminals. Tickets often sell out so book them before your trip (alcatrazcruises.com). Then celebrate San Francisco's unique modes of transportation on the F-line, a fleet of vintage streetcars from around the world. Follow the waterfront route, getting off at the Ferry Building Marketplace for a fish taco, garlic fries, and a hand-scooped milk shake at Taylor's Refresher.
Off the expense account: The sunny Hotel Del Sol in San Francisco's Marina District is a stylishly refurbished motel that offers a children's video library and a walking tour of the area led by a Golden Gate Greeter (reservations required). Rooms from $119. Info: 415-391-2000
Washington, D.C.
A visit to the nation's capital brings history to life. Museums house art and memorabilia — showcasing everything from sculptures to spaceships — while nearby parks and plazas provide open space to picnic or relax.
Sights to see: The National Mall stretches from the Capitol steps to the Lincoln Memorial and affords picturesque views of the Washington Monument. Most of D.C.'s landmarks and museums are free, including the impressive United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, America's thought-provoking memorial to the victims of Nazi Germany. (The permanent exhibits require timed-entry passes, so get there early.) Then head to Georgetown to stroll through Georgetown University's campus and browse the clothing stores that line the area's European-style streets.
Family fun: Beat the heat — and the crowds: Go on a nighttime bicycle tour with Bike the Sites (from $35 for adults, $25 for children). Or, on weekends from September through April, the National Theatre has free Saturday morning programs; families can catch spooky Halloween stories or classics like A Christmas Carol.
Off the expense account: The funky Hotel Helix is near Logan Circle and features bunk-bedded rooms (Mom and Dad get a king bed), free board games, and packages that include a pizza dinner with ice cream, from $179. Info: 202-789-7000
Situated on Lake Michigan, the windy city is known for its fantastic shoreline, amazing architecture, and legendary musical spirit.
Sights to see: Skyscrapers were invented in this "city of steel"; the best way to learn about their history is by floating in a boat down the Chicago River. The Chicago Architecture Foundation offers tours that are educational for adults — and entertaining for kids ($26; April through November 18). One of the city's top attractions, the Museum of Science and Industry, features a U-505 submarine exhibit (the only German sub captured by the U.S. Navy in World War II) and robots that make and assemble customized toys ($11 for adults, $7 for children 3 to 11; msichicago.org). Window shop along the Magnificent Mile or head to the Lincoln Park Zoo, free and open every day of the year. From November to March, rent skates for $7 and glide around the McCormick Tribune Plaza and ice rink in downtown Millennium Park, the city's new architectural jewel, where works of art and sculpture by renowned artists, including architect Frank Gehry, are on display.
Family fun: Chicago is famed for its music clubs. One of the best, Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase (jazzshowcase.com), has a family program every Sunday at 4 p.m. For more local flavor, try the Gospel Brunch at the House of Blues, featuring an unlimited buffet and enthusiastic performers (hob.com).
Off the expense account: Just a few blocks from Michigan Avenue, the Red Roof Inn Chicago Downtown has budget-friendly rooms in the heart of the action starting at $119. Info: 877-244-2246
Nashville is recognized as the home of country music, and the tunes are accessible to everyone: Free country performances are held on the Opry Plaza before Grand Ole Opry tapings for the Great American Country channel.
Sights to see: Families will love the Frist Center for the Visual Arts' ArtQuest, where 30 interactive stations on changing themes teach kids about art, color and drawing through applied activities. Save some time to explore Nashville's popular downtown area, "the District"; the restaurants, shopping, and entertainment options appeal to tourists and locals alike.
Family fun: Hobnob with country stars of yesterday and today while enjoying a breakfast of biscuits and gravy at the Loveless Cafe, a Nashville favorite for more than 50 years (lovelesscafe.com). Then visit the Country Music Hall of Fame, where collections devoted to legends such as Willie Nelson adorn the halls. The museum also offers programs like weekly instrument demonstrations and songwriting demos as well as Q&A sessions with up-and-coming artists (countrymusichalloffame.com).
Off the expense account: The Gaylord Opryland Hotel has 9 acres of indoor gardens and canals that wind through the grounds. From $129. Info: 800-657-6910
The Big D, as locals call it, does things in a big way — from its skyscrapers to its hats.
Sights to see: Look but don't touch the waterworks at Fountain Place downtown, which has 172 bubbler fountains that shoot water in different patterns. Then check out Pioneer Plaza Cattle Drive, with its larger-than-life bronze sculptures of steers and cowboys, before moo-ving on to the West End Historic District for world-famous barbecue at Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse (sonnybryans.com).
Family fun: Treat the kids to an overnight at the Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park, opening in Grapevine in late 2007. Then continue on to Dallas' twin, Fort Worth, just 30 minutes down the road. Explore the Fort Worth Stockyards, which has art galleries, clothing stores, and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Twice a day you can see the Longhorn Cattle Drive, when drovers round up a herd through town. On Fridays and Saturdays don't miss cow-roping and trick-riding at Stockyards Championship Rodeo (fortworthstockyards.org). Before you leave, stop for a bite at Bonnell's Fine Texas Cuisine, where chef-owner Jon Bonnell uses ingredients from nearby farms and ranches.
Off the expense account: Kids get a kick out of riding 50 stories up the exterior glass elevator at the Hyatt Regency Dallas. At the top is a revolving restaurant (from $119). Info: 214-571-1000
Southern hospitality — and history — keep this contemporary metropolis charming.
Sights to see: The Georgia Aquarium is the world's largest, teeming with more than 100,000 animals, such as African penguins, beluga whales, sea otters, four massive whale sharks, and oodles of jellyfish, in 8 million gallons of water. (Buy tickets in advance at georgiaaquarium.org; entry times often sell out.) A new local attraction is the World of Coca-Cola, which celebrates the global growth of Atlanta's hometown soda. Be sure to stop in the sampling room, where visitors can taste-test different Coke-made beverages from around the globe (woccatlanta.com).
Family fun: Housed in a former school building, the Center for Puppetry Arts is a unique interactive museum that lets you get your hands on — and in — some of the museum's 350 ancient and contemporary puppets from around the world. Then spend the afternoon relaxing among the blooms at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, next to Piedmont Park. When hunger strikes, head over to Mary Mac's Tea Room. An Atlanta institution since 1945, Mary Mac's serves authentic Southern cuisine like chicken and dumplings, and fried green tomatoes (marymacs.com).
Off the expense account: A package at downtown's Atlanta Marriott Marquis includes four tickets to the aquarium — which is only five blocks away — and breakfast, from $189. Info: 404-521-6600
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Have any of you techs come across this mess before. I have no clue why someone would do this.


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Russian Socialist Movements Statement on the Proposed Constitutional Reforms and the Change of Russian Government
Daniel was profoundly internationalist. (
) [He] ensured the historical continuity of open, non-dogmatic, revolutionary Marxism and adaptation to the changes of the new era, with the perspective of revolutionary transformation of society always in his sights.
Emmanuel Macron repeated it in his New Year speech: he wants to push through his pension reform. Against all the arguments of common sense, he decides alone. The balance of forces is the only possible language with this government. Strikes and demonstrations will therefore be essential.
Trumps assassination of Iranian General Oassim Suleimani on Iraqi soil is an escalation of his desire to destroy the Iranian regime. Since he came to office Trump has plotted to pull the U.S. government out of the nuclear agreement signed by several European countries and Iran. Following that he has imposed sanctions that have made the average Iranian civilians life much more difficult. Given that a quarter of the worlds oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, on Irans shore, U.S. military maneuvers there also inflamed tensions between Washington and Tehran.
After French Prime Minister Edouard Philippes announcement on Wednesday, 11 December which only confirmed what we already knew about the attack on pensions, and despite the continuation of strikes and the success of the mobilization day on 17 December the government is putting on the pressure to put a stop to the strike movement by the end of the week. Adopting belligerent and contemptuous postures which only goes to show how they are vacillating after this weeks resignation of national pension administrator Jean-Paul Delevoye President Emmanuel Macron and Philippe do not know what to do. We must figure out how to take advantage of their indecision!


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Lost treasure is where you find itMonday, March 14th, 2011
Lost treasure is where you find it, and you never know where that might be!
On a recent job just inside the Alabama border we met our client's neighbor who had come to naysay our recovery efforts. She and her husband own two small farms 50 miles away. She mentioned they were thinking of remodeling one which meant filling in an old well on the back porch.
"Don't do that until I check it," I told her. "Back in the day, folks often hid their valuables in wells. You might cover up a fortune and never know it."
She was skeptical. It just happened I was heading for another job a few hundred miles north of her place so I arranged a detour. She met me at the gate and on the drive to her place she asked why anyone would hide anything in a well.
"In this area, there was one big reason," I said. "It was called the Civil War. When soldiers, especially Yankee soldiers, were in the area people would hurry to hide anything of value. The family silver, gold coins, anything that water wouldn't ruin could be tied in a table cloth, dropped down the well and fished out later. For one reason or another, not all of it was recovered creating a whole genre of lost treasure. You'd be surprised what we've found."
"I'll never be that lucky," she said.
Unfortunately, she was right about the well. I told her to fill it and enjoy her new porch. "While I'm here, give me a tour of the other farm," I suggested. "We have time before I have to get to the next job."
The second farm didn't appear as old as the first. The house was built about 70 years ago. Several hundred yards down the road in a field was an abandoned low roofed, clapboard, two-room shack. "What's that," I asked.
"This farm originally had hundreds of acres. It was share cropped. That's one of the share cropper's cabins," she explained as we pulled into the drive.
"Let's take a look at that. There could be a fortune in hidden lost treasure under the floor."
Still not believing, she laughed and said, "The kids have been all over this place with a metal detector. If you need rusty horse shoes, window weights, or wire, you're in business."
"A metal detector only reaches down about 15 inches," I explained. The equipment we use for Underground Discovery leaves standard metal detectors and the lost treasure they never find in the dirt. No pun intended." It only took a few minutes to set up the Long Range Gold Detector. Bingo!!! We got a hit. "Just for the fun of it, let's see if there's any silver out there, too." Double Bingo!!! Another hit.
We shooed a couple of mules out of the way as we walked through the pasture trying to pinpoint our target. It was ten feet in front of that share cropper's shack. We found a quart mason jar filled with gold and silver coins buried three feet deep under an old post that had once been part of a hitching rail (commonly referred to as a "post bank"). Another lost treasure found!
The jar we found may have been small but it held some valuable coins. How valuable? Let's just say my new friend is enjoying her back porch…at her new vacation home in Belize. Underground Discovery has another "believer" to verify our results.
Buried treasure or hidden lost treasure is truly where you find it. In most cases there are no surviving stories of treasure or treasure map to direct you to the cache. In this case the "unbeliever" might have sold the farm and the treasure without ever knowing of a lost treasure. Before you sell the family ranch or just want to know if you are sitting on buried treasure, e-mail us using the form below or call for a free consultation 480 463 7464.
Underground Discovery's equipment was able to search the 60 foot open well without diving equipment, cameras or claustrophobia.
There were only 4 gold coins in this cache, however one had a date and mint mark that made it extremely valuable.
FYI – one $20 gold piece is valued at about $1800.00 today, spot price (metal only) Read another Treasure Hunt.
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Angoid wrote:This could have one of two main causes:
1. You received a PM, but you only get the notification by pop-up when you first visit the forum. It doesn't persist when you surf from page to page, and it stops once you visit your Inbox.
2. You have some "malware" on your computer, and if you get pop-ups on other sites that don't usually give pop-ups, then this will almost certainly be the cause.
Free pop-up blockers such as the Google toolbar and the Yahoo one will block those from bad sites as a general rule, but you'll still get the notification from the pop-up blocker.
Let us know .... we may need to take a closer look at that system using a diagnostic program from the Internet.
Angoid wrote:You're right, it does
But are you getting pop-ups on other sites, especially sites you use that do not normally deliver pop-ups?
I'm trying to ascertain whether there could be something nasty on your computer - in which case we need to look at removing it
Angoid wrote:I may be able to help you with this, Killiney
Take a look at this here and follow th instructions for posting a HijackThis log. That should give us some clues as to what's causing this. Let's do one computer at a time to save on confusion.
Once the computer has rebooted, you will be presented with a Notepad screen containing a log of all the files removed from your computer. Examine this log, and when you are done, close the Notepad screen
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As I write this letter, I am getting ready to depart for our Global Leadership Team Summit in Andorra where the Executive team will meet with our top leaders to discuss our Forever businesses. This time is critical for us because we get the opportunity to talk through the issues, concerns, expectations and realities of what is happening in the field.
These conversations always get me excited about the future. While they may not always be highlights of the wins, they are crucial building blocks for our continually growing company. The key to why these conversations get me so amped up, despite some being difficult conversations to have with our leaders, is because in the end we find solutions, positivity and progress.
Often as business owners do, we find ourselves so bogged down with the present. We think about all the things that may be wrong or that need fixing. But, that type of thinking doesn't progress us toward our goal. It only sends us into a spiral of more negativity and doubt.
Instead, the moments I have with the GLT that really get me energized are the ones that inspire something exciting and new for our FBOs. The ideas that come out of intense conversations and giddy brainstorming help us think of creative ways to invigorate the business and continue growing into our 40th year in business. These discussions help guide us toward new places and unexplored territories.
I've had many discussions with FBOs in the past and one thing I realize is that there are only two ways to think about something – negatively or positively. The negative thinking always ends in a complaint. Whether it's something not working for the individual or something they don't like, the outcome of the conversation ends without action. But, when an FBO approaches me with a solution, that's when my mind really blossoms.
That positivity is the charge that leads us to more opportunity. Progress is born. When I meet with the GLT, I will take my best outlook and positive mindset into our discussions. What can we do more effectively? How can we make this business even better? It's not about what's wrong with things now, but only about how we can improve our future.
As I do this, I encourage all of you to put this same mentality into practice. Develop this mindset and watch your business grow.
Keep Smiling,
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The UMBC volleyball team extended its win streak to eight matches, following a pair of victories on Saturday at the Gold and Blue Players Challenge hosted by West Virginia University. Senior Ali Goc (Oshawa, Ontario/R.S. McLaughlin) posted a pair of double-doubles and led all Retrievers with a combined 30 kills and 31 digs as UMBC took three of four sets in its weekend opener against Liberty (25-17, 24-26, 25-18, 25-23) and battled back to earn the five-set victory versus Georgetown (25-18, 22-25, 25-27, 25-21, 15-10) inside WVU Coliseum.
The reigning America East Setter of the Week Mallory McIntyre (Winnipeg, Manitoba/St. Mary's Academy), tallied 45 helpers versus Liberty and followed up with a season-best 55 assists against the Hoyas. Classmate Emily Witsaman (Medina, Ohio/Medina) added double-digit winners in both sets, tallying 12 versus the Flames and 15 against Georgetown.
With Liberty (1-11) out to a 5-2 advantage in the opener, UMBC rattled off 11 of the next 13 points, including seven straight, to jump out in front 13-7, a lead it would not relinquish in the set. The Flames would trim their deficit down to four, 15-11, but Witsaman and Goc would respond with three consecutive kills. Liberty would try for one final push in the frame on a pair of kills and a block from Kendle Rollins, but Witsaman would again start the Retrievers' rally with one of her five kills in the set, as UMBC would go on to score seven of the final nine points in a 25-17 opening set victory.
In a back and forth second frame, UMBC looked to be in a good position to take a two set lead over Liberty, as the Retrievers found themselves up 24-21 following a block from McIntyre and sophomore Krystal Mlemchukwu (Baltimore, Md./Western Tech), however, the Flames closed out the set with five straight points for the 26-24 win.
UMBC would respond in the third frame, opening up the set with a 7-2 advantage, with four different Retrievers recording kills during the span. With the Flames within three points, UMBC would claim six of the next seven, including two of Goc's six spikes in the set. The black and gold would roll on to a 25-18 victory.
UMBC spotted Liberty the first seven points in the final set of the match before a Witsaman kill got the Retrievers on the board. The Flames would go on to take a 10-3 lead, but Mlemchukwu would get the black and gold going, contributing a trio of winners and adding a solo block to bring UMBC back within four, at 12-8. Liberty tried desperately to preserve its lead, but attacking errors plagued the Flames, allowing the Retrievers to jump out in front 22-20.
Liberty would not go down without a fight, battling back to tie the contest at 22-all. Following a Goc spike and a Flames' attack error, LU's Monica Johnson would again bring Liberty within one, at 24-23, but sophomore Sherelle Walker (New Freedom, Pa./Susquehannock) would put the match away with her 12th kill.
In the Retrievers' second match of the day, Casey Griffith (King of Prussia, Pa./Upper Merion) matched her season-best with 25 digs, while Goc added a season-best 21 digs to go along with a match-best 17 kills.
The Retrievers allowed Georgetown to get out to a 5-1 lead in the opener versus the Hoyas, but recovered to knot things up at seven apiece. UMBC would hold the Hoyas to a .050 hitting percentage in the frame and would allow them to post back-to-back points just once more in the set en route to capturing a 25-18 victory.
UMBC squandered a 5-1 lead in the second set, allowing the Hoyas to record six straight points, to place the Retrievers in a deficit it would not be able to erase. Later in the frame, UMBC would rally after being down 23-16, coming within two at 24-22, but it was not enough as GU would claim the 25-22 win to even things up at one set apiece.
Georgetown would gain control of the third set, taking a 13-7 advantage over the Retrievers, but UMBC would stick around, cutting its deficit to three, 15-12, after a kill from newcomer Elise Adamson (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll) and a service ace from Paige Miller (Reading, Pa./Schuykill Valley). Later in the set, the Retrievers would score five consecutive points to take a 25-24 advantage, but couldn't put the set-winner down, allowing GU to score the final three points for the 27-25 victory.
With the set tied at 17, the black and gold would finally force some separation, tallying three consecutive points to pull out in front 20-17. Although Georgetown was able to pull within one, UMBC would score four of the final five points of the fourth frame to force a fifth and deciding set.
Walker and Witsaman combined for the first three points of the final set for the Retrievers, but the Hoyas were able to respond to knot it up at three apiece. With the set tied at four, Mlemchukwu's kill would give UMBC the lead for good as the black and gold would cruise to a 15-10 deciding set victory.
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WALTHAM, Mass. -- In a marathon match that lasted more than seven hours, the Brandeis women's tennis team, ranked 23rd in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III poll knocked off 29th-ranked Bates College, 5-4, in the Gosman Athletic Center today. Both teams now own a 3-4 record.
The Judges and Bobcats split the top two doubles matches, with Brandeis senior Faith Broderick (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) and rookie Maya Vasser (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) taking an 8-4 decision at No. 1 and seniors Kristen Doerer and Nicole Russell winning at No. 2 for Bates. In third doubles, the Bobcat tandem of junior Lucy Brennan and sophomore Audrey Grauer got a late break of serve against Brandeis sophomore Dylan Schlesinger (Miami, Fla./Palmetto) to hand Schlesinger and rookie Sarita Biswas (Bedford, Mass./Bedford) a 9-7 loss and take a 2-1 lead into singles.
Broderick wasted little time in evening the match at No. 1 singles with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Bates's Elena Mandzhukova. The Bobcats responded with the next two wins, as Brennan topped Vasser, 6-2, 6-0, and Russell topped Schlesinger, 6-1, 6-2.
Meanwhile, the longest match of the day took place at No. 2 singles. Brandeis junior Alexa Katz (Philadelphia, Pa./Abington Friends) and Bates senior Ashley Brunk lasted more than three hours. The match, which ended after the fourth singles match that hadn't started until another court came free, went in thhe Judges' direction, as Katz won the second set in a tiebreaker, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).
That put the match in the hands of two rookies who have seen limited action for the Judges. At No. 5, rookie Emily Eska (Princeton, Mass./Wachusett Regional) played just her second match of the season. She took a tiebreaker from Grauer in the first set, 7-6 (7-4), then rolled in the second, 6-0, to tie the match at 4-4. At sixth singles, Hannah Marion (Hillsborough, N.C./Cedar Ridge) made her varsity debut and made an early break in each set hold up for a 6-4, 6-3 win over Doerer to complete the comeback.
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Mar 16, 2013 at Waltham, Mass. (Gosman Athletic Center (Indoors))
|Singles competition
|1. Faith Broderick (BRWTEN) def. Elena Mandzhukova (BATES) 6-2, 6-2
|2. Alexa Katz (BRWTEN) def. Ashley Brunk (BATES) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)
|3. Lucy Brennan (BATES) def. Maya Vasser (BRWTEN) 6-2, 6-0
|4. Nicole Russell (BATES) def. Dylan Schlesinger (BRWTEN) 6-1, 6-2
|5. Emily Eska (BRWTEN) def. Audrey Grauer (BATES) 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
|6. Hannah Marion (BRWTEN) def. Kristen Doerer (BATES) 6-4, 6-3
|Doubles competition
|1. Faith Broderick/Maya Vasser (BRWTEN) def. Ashley Brunk/Elena Mandzhukova (BATES) 8-4
|2. Kristen Doerer/Nicole Russell (BATES) def. Alexa Katz/Marissa Lazar (BRWTEN) 8-5
|3. Lucy Brennan/Audrey Grauer (BATES) def. Sarita Biswas/Dylan Schlesinger (BRWTEN) 9-7
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|Bates College 3-4; National ranking #29; Regional ranking #13
|Brandeis 3-4; National ranking #23; Regional ranking #10
|Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,3,4,2,5,6)
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AJGA alumni had strong showings the final weekend of July. On the major professional Tours, Scott Piercy, Inbee Park and Ben Kohles won tournaments.
Scott Piercy earned his first PGA TOUR win of the 2012 season at the RBC Canadian Open in Ancaster, Ontario. After setting a course-record with his first-round, 8-under-par 62, Piercy posted three straight 67s to finish 17-under-par 263. Based on his performance, the two-time PGA TOUR champion was guaranteed a spot at the WCG-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone, Aug. 2-5.
Piercy played in 19 AJGA events from 1992-1997, placing in the top-10 six times, before playing collegiate golf at BYU and San Diego State.
At the Evian Masters presented by Société Générale, Inbee Park won her first LPGA tournament of the season and second of her career. Finishing 17-under-par 271, Park prevailed over fellow AJGA alum Stacy Lewis who was one of the co-leaders at the start of the fourth round.
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The 2008 honorable mention Rolex Junior All-American competed in six AJGA events before playing college golf at Virginia. The former Cavalier was named ACC Player of the Year as both a sophomore and a junior and holds the record at Virginia for most individual career wins.
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Oregon State rising junior David Fink prevailed in a five-player sudden-death playoff to win the 46th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Ore. Fink birdied the fourth playoff hole to capture the victory over Taeksoo Kim (Boise State), Michael Anderson (Washington State), Anton Arboleda (UCLA) and Oregon State teammate Matt Rawitzer.
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Ariya Jutanugarn of Bangkok, Thailand, led wire-to-wire to win the 99th Royal Cup Canadian Womens Amateur Championship by five shots at the Lethbridge Country Club in Lethbridge, Alberta. Jutanugarn turned in a final-round, 1-over-par 73 for a tournament 14-under-par 274.
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