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Intercontinental Exchange has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Global Research division's index platform from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The BofAML indices are the second most used fixed income indices by assets under management (AUM) globally, and upon closing, the AUM benchmarked against the combined fixed income index business of ICE will be nearly $1 trillion. Upon closing, the indices will be re-branded as the ICE BofAML indices. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, and the transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2017. The financial impact of the transaction is expected to be immaterial in 2017.
The BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research index platform encompasses more than 5,000 fixed income, currency and commodity (FICC) indices that are relied upon by thousands of investors and market participants around the world. Through ICE Data Services, ICE is positioned to enhance and grow the platform to meet customers' needs across index management, analytics and valuations.
Following the close of the transaction, the BofAML Global Research FICC indices will become part of ICE Data Services, a global leader in proprietary market data, analytics, desktops and connectivity solutions. The ICE BofAML indices will be powered by ICE's award-winning evaluated prices and reference data, which provide high-quality information on more than 10 million financial instruments across all major asset classes, including futures, options, equities and fixed income.
"We are excited to build on ICE's index services, which complement our leading fixed income pricing solutions in serving the demand for indexation as passive investing grows," said Lynn Martin, President & COO of ICE Data Services. "We believe the BofAML Global Research FICC indices will offer customers more choice alongside the ICE U.S. Treasury indices and NYSE equity indices as comprehensive, trusted benchmarks. We look forward to working with our investment management customers to address their requirements for new tools to grow their AUM efficiently."
"As the demand for independent indices rises, we are pleased to monetize this valuable set of benchmarks with a strategic owner," said Candace Browning, head of Global Research, Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "We look forward to working with ICE to continue to provide clients with superior solutions and service."


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Well. Today felt like Temptation knocked and not only did I open the door wide, I invited him in for tea. Grrr...You remember I was planning to get Chandler socks? I also got Cadence night light bulbs because we've been leaving her closet light on and that didn't seem efficient. Then I got a half gallon of milk and Silk. That totaled about 12.50, so we were barely over budget. I remembered I was out of tomatoes and wanted some celery, which reminded me I had a coupon for $1 off $5 of produce. So I bought bananas in advance (the kids like them very ripe) and still hadn't spent enough so I threw in the towel and bought myself raspberries.
If that wasn't bad enough, I was at a friend's the other day and had some garlic hummus from Trader Joe's that was amazing. I've been weighing a couple extra pounds and feel the need for more veggies in my life, which was the motivation behind the celery purchase. But eating it with peanut butter adds so many calories, and that's what would happen without yummy chick pea spread. What tipped the scales completely was having a coupon for something free from Victoria's Secret, which is practically next door. Hummus was bought. That's about when I remembered I needed to pick up a prescription. For 7.67.
On the upside, I wrote words from a Valentines card at Target and put them in a homemade card for Brian. Tonight I got together with a couple girlfriends and instead of going out for coffee or frozen yogurt, I invited them over for brownies. In honor of Gal-entines, we topped the brownies with strawberries and cool whip. We laughed and talked over delicious, free treats. In fact, before they got there, I was driving home from my haircut and saw a shiny car in our driveway. I thought, "They're here already?" No. It was my van that Brian washed in fifty-two degree weather. It was so dirty, I could hardly see out, but even a cheap car wash is a whole day's money. I feel super loved, so I think it counts as a Valentine's gift.
What saved us from going way into the hole, was opting out of the cut at my hair appointment. (I'm growing my hair out.) I'd set aside $100 for it and it only cost $85, so things aren't as dreary as they could be.
Total spent: 30.39
Fun money: -3.97

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Aishwarya Rai has become rather choosy in signing roles that pitch her alongside hubby Abhishek Bachchan, we hear that she has rather recommended Katrina Kaif for a role alongside Abhishek.
May be it's a lesson hard learnt after the super debacle of Raavan, but Ash is wary of another professional faux pas and that's quite evident from the buzz that she's turned down director Vipul Amrutlal Shah's next film that would have paired her with hubby Abhi. Rather, we hear that she's recommended that Shah should go ahead and sign Katrina Kaif for the film.
Ash isn't in a rush to sign new projects with Abhi until and unless the project is unique and creatively satisfying enough to lure her into signing on the dotted line. And this is not the first role with Abhi that Ash has turned down.
She first declined to do Dostana opposite him and also turned down Abhinav Deo's Game with hubby dear.


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S.T.E.M. Club
Meeting Dates Coming Soon!
S.T.E.M. Club
2019 - 2020
S.T.E.M. stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. We have developed the S.T.E.M. club which will allow our students to apply the skills which they have learned in the classroom. The club will hold meetings and discuss academics in these areas with a more hands on approach. A few things club members will be learning and doing are as follows:
- Chemical reactions by flying rockets
- Understanding physical science by small scale parachute experiments
- Understanding weather patterns
- Engineering projects
-Using new technology
-Working as a team
-Using math to solve real life problems
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Title: Perceptions and experiences of trauma within undergraduate nursing education
Category: Changing Nature of Work and Work Environment
Subcategory: Changing Nature of Work and Work Environment
There are several stress-related Canadian studies on nurses but the existing research does not focus on prevention of stress or addresses the issue of nurses leaving the profession because of stress. The Canadian study by Pijl Zieber (2014), determined that nursing students' experiences of making mistakes in clinical settings resulted in "feelings of fear, anxiety or regret, [and] self-disintegration". This study also showed that as students' confidence diminished, they increasingly became overwhelmed with being able to perform skills and tasks competently resulting in a "downward spiral that was difficult to arrest". Another study by the principal applicant and two other researchers published in 2015, explored why new nurses within western Canada left the nursing profession within five years of entry into the workforce. They found that experiences of both trauma and vicarious trauma as nursing students and subsequently as new nurses had significant impact on their decision to permanently exit the nursing workforce.
Work also done by the Manitoba Nurses Union (MNU) and published in 2015, established that the nature of nursing work exposes nurses in Manitoba to the development of post-traumatic stress. Other work done in Canada showed that approximately 43 percent of new nursing graduates report a high level of psychological distress, of which 13 percent intended on leaving the nursing profession.
The objectives of the study are to:
• Identify experiences of trauma within the nursing student population at Brandon University in order to better understand how, when, and under what circumstances nursing students and graduates self-identify as being 'traumatized', and/or act on their experiences and feelings of work-related 'trauma';
• Increase clinical instructor confidence to conduct debriefings in the clinical practice environment to mitigate the accumulating effects of trauma that may lead to new graduate exit from the profession; and
• Develop strategies to foster resiliency and healthy coping mechanisms in undergraduate nursing students and, by extension, new nursing graduates.
Anticipated Results:
The study will also attempt to identify the degree to which there is congruence or discordance between 'trauma' concepts and diagnostic criteria as they are identified by the study's participants and clinical medicine. The exploration of these concepts may reveal significant linkages to the development of PTSD symptomologies within newly-graduated nurses and students as well as in the arena of healthcare practicum. /This study would result in learning more around exposures to trauma early in a nurse's career. The findings could also be significant in shaping identification and prevention of illness. The study could provide evidence that debriefing is an effective intervention tool that could prove helpful in providing a greater understanding of trauma and experiences in the nursing profession. The study has potential to benefit the health and quality of life of new nurses and to prevent work disability caused by trauma.
Kathryn Chachula and Emma Varley, Brandon University
Year Funded: 2017
Budget: $40,873
Funding Agency: WCB Manitoba
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Keywords: workplace trauma, PTSD, nurses, stress, resiliency
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H.R.335 - RAMP Act113th Congress (2013-2014)
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|Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] (Introduced 01/22/2013)
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|House - 01/23/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
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Realize America's Maritime Promise Act or RAMP Act - Requires the total budget resources for expenditures from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for harbor maintenance programs to equal the level of receipts plus interest credited to such Fund for that fiscal year. Limits the use of such resources to such programs only.
Declares that it shall be out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause total budget resources for the Fund in a fiscal year for harbor maintenance programs to be less than the level of receipts plus interest credited to the Fund for that fiscal year.


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Bono thinks Amy Schumer, Chris Rock and Sacha Baron Cohen are the key to fighting extremism.
The U2 frontman spoke during a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday (12Apr16), the aim of which was to deal with the "causes and consequences of violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance", to plead for more money to be given to refugees.
During his speech, Bono made the bold suggestion that laughter could be an effective weapon against extremist groups such as the so called Islamic State, and that comedians may be the answer.
"The first people that Adolf Hitler threw out of Germany were the dadaists and surrealists," he said. "It's like, you speak violence, you speak their language. But you laugh at them when they are goose-stepping down the street and it takes away their power. So I am suggesting that the Senate send in Amy Schumer and Chris Rock and Sacha Baron Cohen, thank you."
Despite the somewhat bizarre nature of Bono's suggestion, Senator Jeanne Shaheen insisted it was something she has heard before.
"Actually, that's not the first time I've heard experts on how do we counter violent extremism talk about that," she said. "It's one of the things that we're looking at."
Amy is the only member of Bono's suggested team to have responded so far on Twitter, writing: "Holy s**t".
Bono works tirelessly to help fund development and relief programs with his One Campaign, and is doing his utmost to persuade the U.S. government to do more to help refugees leaving the Middle East and Africa.
"The international community is having a lot of meetings about the crisis, and I believe have issued a record number of press releases; what it is not doing is cutting checks," he said.
Bono then suggested putting together an aid package similar in content to the Marshall Plan - that's responsible for helping to rebuild Europe following World War II.
"When aid is structured properly, with a focus on fighting poverty and improving governance, it could just be the best bulwark we have against the extremism of our age," he added.
The rocker wore his trademark tinted sunglasses for the hearing, and admitted that while he has spoken on numerous occasions about the refugee crisis, he was "gobsmacked" to be able to do so before a Senate panel.
"I'm having to pinch myself," he said.
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Less than three months after Joseph and Summer McStay moved with their two young sons from San Clemente to Fallbrook, they disappeared. It was February 2010.
On Friday, law enforcement officials announced an arrest had been made in the family's murder. Charles "Chase" Merritt, a business association of Joseph McStay, was taken into custody Wednesday, authorities said.
It was almost a year to the day since San Bernardino County sheriff's officials announced the family's remains had been found in shallow graves near Victorville.
Here is a timeline of some of the clues that authorities have uncovered and worked since the disappearance.
November: Joseph and Summer McStay, along with their sons, Gianni and Joey Jr., move from San Clemente to Fallbrook around Thanksgiving weekend.
Dec. 4: Someone, presumably Summer, makes email inquiries about purchasing software to learn Spanish, which had been advertised on Craigslist.com.
Jan. 27: Someone uses the home computer to make email inquiries to
About.com regarding travel to Mexico and passports for kids.
Jan. 29: After a soccer game in Aliso Viejo in southern Orange County, Joseph is seen chatting with two men in a parking lot; indication is they were there to talk to him regarding Summer's earlier
Jan. 31: Youngest son Joey Jr. has 3rd birthday.
Feb. 3: Computer inquiry made in the morning hours about creating an invitation to a child's birthday party.
A friend comes to the family's home to help paint and spends half a day, agreeing to return Feb. 6. This is the last known face-to-face interaction Summer and the boys have with someone they know.
Summer uses a credit card to buy about $66 of merchandise from a Ross store in Vista. Purchases include educational toys.
Feb. 4: Summer speaks to her sister in the morning, and makes plans to visit her and her newborn child.
About noon, Joseph leaves home in his Isuzu Trooper for a meeting with an employee in Rancho Cucamonga.
2:36 p.m.: Summer's credit card is used to buy beach bags, infant pajamas and a jacket from a Ross store in Vista.
3:52 p.m.: Home computer is used to search Craigslist for children's toys.
4:25 p.m.: Outgoing call from home phone to Joseph's cell, which pings from Fallbrook tower. This is the last outgoing call from the home phone.
5 p.m. and 5:47 p.m.: Text messages between Joseph and Summer's cellphones.
7:47 p.m.: A neighbor's security surveillance video catches the Isuzu leaving the street. Only the bottom portion of vehicle is visible; occupants cannot be seen.
8:28 p.m.: Joseph calls an employee in Rancho Cucamonga and discusses work. His cellphone pings off a Fallbrook tower.
Feb 5, 6: Friends and family send repeated texts to the couple, get no response.
Feb. 8:
7 p.m.: Border surveillance video shows a couple and two children, possibly the McStays, walking into Mexico.
11 p.m.: The Isuzu is towed from a parking lot two blocks from the U.S.-Mexico border in San Ysidro. Security guards tell police the SUV was likely parked sometime between 5:30 and 7 p.m.
Feb. 10: In response to a request from Joseph's business partner, a San Diego County sheriff's deputy checks on the family's welfare. No one answers the door, and there are no signs of foul play.
Feb. 13: Joseph's brother Mike McStay comes to the house, crawls in through an open window and finds no one home.
Feb. 15: The brother reports the family missing. Deputies do a quick sweep inside the home.
Feb. 19: Detectives obtain a search warrant for the house, cars and computers.
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April 9: San Diego County sheriff's detectives decide the evidence indicates the family traveled to Mexico of their own free will. The case is turned over to the
Nov. 11: A motorcyclist riding in a desert area near Victorville finds skeletal remains about 10 a.m. and alerts the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
Nov. 13: The Sheriff's Department announces four people were found at the site in two shallow graves.
Nov. 15: San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon says dental records confirm the bodies of Joseph and Summer were in the graves, and investigators believe the two smaller bodies found belong to their sons.


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Fire crews battled a blaze early Monday at a commercial building in Huntington Park.
The fire was at a building in the 6700 block of Alameda Street. Smoke was visible from the 110 Freeway during the morning commute.
The fire started at about 5:30 a.m. Alameda Street is closed between Florence Avenue and Gage Avenue. At about 11 a.m., fire officials said flames in the building still prevented firefighters from entering the structure.
U.S. & World
"We've tripled the original amount of resources since the fire began," said Capt. Mark Savage. "It just wasn't safe to have our firefighters charge in. Our priority, obviously, is firefighter safety. We need to become aware of what hazards might be involved with this facility."
Savage said his crews talked with people who are familiar with what might be inside the building before firefighters were allowed to enter the structure.
The building houses a food processing plant called Windsor Foods. Fire officials said one of the combustible elements in the fire was soy bean oil.
"Anytime a fire burns through the roof, it's extremely dangerous for firefighters" because of the threat of collapse, said Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Don Kunitomi
About 150 firefighters were at the location, said county fire Inspector Matt Levesque.


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Temp housing required - Mar.12, 2016
Hello to all my journal followers.
At this point, with no housing lined up yet for after my son and I (and our little Bengal) vacate my condo on April 1st, we will need temp rental in the greater Vancouver area. The soonest that we would be able to take possession of something on the Island would be May 1st. So we would likely need a temp rental for 1 month (April 1 - May 1), until we can finally make the move into our next home.
If anyone knows of a possible rental for us in the Greater Vancouver area, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I greatly appreciate any help or referrals that you may have.
Andre Prevost, began his work in theatre in the late 70s after completing his studies at the Banff School of Fine Arts, and in his iconography in 1980, and having a large body of work in each. He has since been based in Western Canada; North Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and now back on the West Coast.
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The future of the peanut patch immunotherapy treatment is uncertain after a Phase 3 trial failed to meet its main statistical goal.
DBV Technologies, the French company that developed the Viaskin Peanut patch, announced in October that while 35.3 percent of patients responded to the immunotherapy treatment after one year, the difference between the treatment arm and the placebo arm of the study didn't meet a statistical measure that was set out by the FDA.
The result is a disappointment to the allergy community, which has been waiting anxiously for an FDA-approved treatment for peanut allergies. But DBV says it still plans to apply for approval with the federal agency for its technology that allows small amounts of peanut protein to be absorbed through the skin to promote desensitization.
"There was contact between the FDA and DBV once that result was known and the FDA provided encouragement about proceeding as planned," says Dr. Todd Green, vice president of medical affairs at DBV. "There is precedent with other drugs getting approved for other situations where they didn't hit that number, but were close, and the drugs were still found to be safe and efficacious."
Investors are less certain, however. DBV shares fell sharply the day the results were announced, while Aimmune Therapeutics, considered a competitor because it is developing an oral immunotherapy product for approval with the FDA, saw its stock price go up. "While the company has stated expectations to proceed with their planned BLA [biologics license application] filing, the failure of this trial represents a major setback and could affect whether the FDA is willing to accept the filing," wrote one financial analyst.
Dr. David Fleischer, the principal investigator for the Phase 3 study, dubbed PEPITES, says the statistical analysis doesn't tell the whole story. He points to the 35 percent of patients who did respond to the treatment after 12 months, tolerating an average of 900 mg (or about three peanuts), as proof that the therapy does work. The data also show, like previous studies, that the treatment is safe.
The 35 percent is also a bit misleading. While the placebo-controlled portion of the study is only one year, previous studies have shown that the patch is more effective the longer it's worn. Results from a Phase 2 study first released in released in March and recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that 83 percent of kids aged 6 to 11 were able to tolerate 10 times the amount of peanut after three years on the patch.
"We need more than oral immunotherapy," says Fleischer, who is an associate professor of pediatrics and allergy at the University of Colorado. "You have to balance out what's going to work best for which patient."
Previous studies of Viaskin, as well as studies looking at oral immunotherapy, have shown that the younger the patient is at the time of treatment, the better. Fleischer says the FDA required a certain number of 4- and 5-year-olds to be included in this study, and the results for those patients will be looked at closely.
Another Phase 3 trial in kids even younger, aged 1 to 3 years is underway, as is a Phase 3 study looking at using Viaskin Peanut in clinical practice, rather than a double-blind trial.
Dr. Robert Wood, chief of allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, one of the PEPITES study sites, is cautiously optimistic Viaskin will win FDA approval. "While I was hoping to see more conclusive results, I still believe that this treatment will prove to be worthwhile as additional studies progress," he says.
Fleischer suggests people stay tuned for more information. "We just got the full dataset. We will analyze it and start writing and submit the final results to a journal."


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Entertanto, voltámos ao uso excessivo de () dentro de (). Digam lá que não tinham já saudades! :P
The majority of the time I know what I like and what I want to buy. When it comes to clothes, it's very rare to feel undecided. But this skirt left me in doubt. At the time, when I was trying, I shared on stories on Instagram and I asked for you opinion. I received many messages saying to buy it. But at the end, I didn't buy. I needed to be sure :P
I sent a picture wearing it to my mother who told me that I looked like I was leaving a ranch followed by a "I would never imagined you wearing something like that Adriana!" My sister said something similar. And my boyfriend too! (But now he changed ideas. See? We can never trust in guy's opinions!)
The thing is that this skirt was on my head even after a couple of days! I imagined it with so many looks! Since stubbornness is something that I have a lot, I went back to the store to bring it home. Embroidery is so in right now (another great trend for this spring!), so I thought it would be the perfect addiction to my closet!
It may seem like it's not a versatile skirt, but on this day I tried it with another top with another color (without being white or black) and I loved the result (I ended up not using it because it was crumpled and ironing before leaving the house is something that I don't like to do!) :P
Well, all this to tell you that the opinion of people around you counts a lot, but deep down, if you have a feeling about a piece of clothing (or another thing) take the risk it will be worth it for sure!
I hope you like it! :)


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MESA, Ariz. – Whiteville is a small city in the southeastern corner of North Carolina that, through the years, has seen its share of times both good and bad. The same, it's probably safe to say, could be said about just any other town of roughly 5,500 souls located anywhere else in the country.
This town is distinct, however, in that it is home to Whiteville High School, which boasts a baseball program that has won seven North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) state championships in its history, including two of the last three Class 1A titles.
More than 35 years ago, back in the mid-1980s, the school went on a run similar to what it is on now, and won two NCHSAA Class 2A championships in three years. Those teams were led by former big-leaguer Tommy Greene and Patrick Lennon, both of whom became first-round picks in the MLB Amateur Draft in consecutive years (1985-86); in 1985, ABC News and the now defunct Sport Magazine named Whiteville "Baseball Town USA."
"There's a lot of history there," Whiteville High School senior-to-be MacKenzie Gore told PG Saturday morning. "It's a small town and everybody loves baseball, and there's been a lot talent coming out of there. That's the goal every year, to win a state championship, and we got it done my freshman and sophomore years; we just came up a little short this year."
Gore was speaking Saturday from one of the backfields at the Cubs Baseball Riverview spring training complex where he is wearing the uniform of the nationally prominent EvoShield Canes and competing at the equally nationally prominent 17u Perfect Game World Series.
Perfect Game recognizes Gore as the No. 41-ranked prospect (No. 1 in North Carolina) from the high school class of 2017. He's a 6-foot-2, 170-pound, hard-throwing left-hander who is playing in his fourth PG national championship event with the Canes in the last two summers.
An East Carolina University commit, he was named to the all-tournament team at the previous three: the 2015 16u PG WWBA National Championship, 2015 16u PG World Series, and 2016 17u PG WWBA National Championship, all played in the north Atlanta suburbs.
Gore has a couple of more important engagements this summer. He will be at the MLB-sponsored East Coast Professional Showcase Aug. 1-4 in Tampa before taking part in the premier amateur baseball all-star event of the year, the 14th annual Perfect Game All-American Classic Aug. 11-14 in San Diego.
"It's really a big honor," Gore said of being invited to the Classic. "I really didn't think I was going to get in it, but it should be fun and good experience. I've watched it on TV and I always thought that was something I'd like to (be a part of)."
On Saturday, Gore was at an event that demanded more of his immediate attention than the PG A-A Classic some three weeks hence. The powerhouse Canes won the first two of their five scheduled pool-play games at the 17u PG World Series, and it was Gore's responsibility to do everything he could to make sure they won their third. Only the four pool champions at the exclusive 24-team tournament advance to Monday's final four with a chance at winning the championship.
"I've never been to Arizona before, and it's been fun so far," Gore said before EvoShield Canes director/head coach Jeff Petty handed him the ball to make the game-three start against BPA Rawlings. "I like getting out here with all these other guys, and you can learn from them. They've got the same goals that you do and they want to be just as good as they can. They're all going to big schools to play Division-I baseball, and they're all really good."
Gore is a part of an EvoShield Canes roster brimming with highly ranked prospects, almost all of whom have made D-I commitments. Some of the other top guys include No. 120 Ashton McGee (a North Carolina commit), No. 154 Bobby Kennedy (North Carolina), No. 176 Austine Jeremy Arocho (Maryland), No. 185 Ward Hacklen (Clemson) and No. 199 Tanner Morris (Virginia).
The Canes have won some non-PG tournaments this summer, including the Metropolitan Baseball Classic played last week at Citi Field in New York City. They went 7-1-0 at the 17u PG WWBA National Championship in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago after rolling through pool-play only to lose a second-round playoff game to the Southern California Bombers, who are at the 17u PGWS this weekend.
"Obviously, this (tournament) has been circled on our calendar all year; this is a big one," Petty said Saturday. "We've won this one before (2013) and we know what it's like to walk out of here feeling pretty good about yourself. We'd love to win this one again and this team's got the talent to do it, there's no question."
EvoShield opened play here on Thursday with a 4-3 win over the Nevada-based Chicago Cubs Scout Team and then dismissed the Texas-based Academy Select Sun Devils by a 7-0 count on Friday. Its games Saturday were with SoCal-based BPA Rawlings in the morning and the Arizona-based Tucson Champs in the afternoon.
A full contingent of scouts gathered behind home plate on Field 5 at the Cubs Baseball Riverview complex to watch Gore perform, and he didn't let anyone down. He delivered a complete-game two-hitter without allowing an earned run in the 3-1 victory, while striking out eight and walking three; his fastball sat consistently at 88-91 mph.
"We've had a really good summer and this is a great group of kids," Petty said. "Obviously, we have two ballgames today in a lot heat (the forecast high temp was 115-degrees); it's going to be a challenge and we'll see what happens. These tournaments are tough, and you could have one bad inning and that will determine your fate. … These things are like that. You beat really good teams and you could be cruising and the next thing you know you have one bad inning and you're going home."
Gore is coming off a junior high school season that was phenomenal by anyone's standards, and one that ended just short of perfection. Whiteville was seeking its third straight Class 1A state championship, this time against Cherryhill, and at one point in the championship game Gore had totaled 81 1/3 innings without allowing an earned run. The Cherryville hitters changed that in inning No. 82, and went on to beat Whiteville for the championship.
Despite that, Gore finished his junior season at 12-1 with a 0.08 ERA and 174 strikeouts in 83 1/3 innings of work. "I thought about it after I gave up that earned run in the state championship," Gore told the Wilmington, N.C., Star News newspaper of finishing with a 0.00 ERA. "I kind of wanted it and if I would have had a zero ERA we probably would've won that game. But it was still a good year."
"MacKenzie is a winner. He's won a lot in his life … (and) he loves competition and he loves to win," the Canes' Petty said. "The first time I ever talked to him on the phone before this summer started, he said, 'I can't wait to get out there and just help you guys win.'"
Gore credits current Whiteville High School head coach Brett Harwood and legendary North Carolina high school coach Linnwood Hedgepeth for this development. He has an offseason program that he follows – because of his spring and summer workload he has done no throwing in the fall or winter – and the increases in his velocity have come in 3-4 mph increments each of the last three years.
"I still have a long way to go but I'm all right where I'm at right now," Gore said. "I've gained about 4 mph (on my fastball) since last year and it seems like I keep getting better; that's the key. … I've gotten a lot stronger and I've gained some weight but I really don't know (where the velo increase came from).
"I've been playing with this great team and I've gotten a lot better this summer," he continued. "I feel good about heading into my senior year."
Largely because Gore threw so many innings during the spring high school season, Petty and his assistants used him almost exclusively out of the bullpen before he made his start here Saturday, and he had no problem assuming that role; he loves having the ball at the end of the game.
He also gives a great deal of credit to his parents, Evan and Selena Gore, for helping him become an even better young man. His humble, easy-going nature is a direct reflection of his small-town North Carolina upbringing, and even though he will have traveled to Georgia, California, New York and Arizona before he heads back to Whiteville High in the fall, he has remained, in Petty's words, "… just a really good kid, a well-rounded kid. And he has great parents."
The 17-year-old Gore has done a lot of growing up in the little more than a year he's been with Petty and the Canes, but he remains – and it's easy to guess always will be – a small-town North Carolina boy at heart, and one with deep roots.
He's already traveled from coast-to-coast, got to experience Phoenix for the first time this week and will be in Tampa for the time in a couple of weeks. After that, he'll be away from Phoenix's blazing 115-degree temperatures and Tampa's high heat and humidity, and land in temperate San Diego, where on Aug. 14 he will step out onto the field at the Padre's Petco Park alongside 51 of the other top high school seniors in the country.
The situation won't be too big for him, Petty said, but people involved with the game will sense at once just how much the humble Gore values being invited to the party in the first place. He'll soak it all in while making dozens of new friends from other cities big and small while never forgetting he's the only player in attendance that calls "Baseball Town USA" his hometown.
"So the one thing I think you're going to see out of him is that he will just really appreciate everything that event offers," Petty said, "but as far as when he gets out on the mound he's just so locked-in he's going to fit right in. He's that much of a competitor." The good folks back home in Whiteville should be very proud.


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I'm calling these two eggs "freestyle" because they were lightly fried to so-called "over-easy" level, but very uncooperative when I attempted to flip them with my spatula. The eggs are accompanied on this plate by purple ("red") onions sautéed in butter with serrano chile peppers, and a bit of labneh (strained yoghurt) which is sprinkled with cayenne pepper. Adding a freestyle shake of Himalayan salt, I consider it a low-carb, highly-nutritious breakfast. ©M-J de Mesterton
Vitamins: Serrano peppers are a good source of vitamin A. You can get almost 20 percent of your daily recommended vitamin A intake from a 100 g serving. The vitamin A that you get from serrano peppers helps with the synthesis of red blood cells along with helping to support your immune system. Vitamin C is also important for the function of your immune system and 100 g of serranos provides about 74 percent of your daily vitamin C requirement. Vitamin B6 is another important vitamin that helps your body to produce neurotransmitters as well as to ensure that it metabolizes fat and protein properly.
- Minerals: A 100 g serving of serrano peppers provides 4 percent of your daily iron and 5 percent of your daily magnesium. Iron is important for making the red blood cells in your body that transport oxygen. Magnesium is important for neural function, muscle contraction and for the coagulation of blood among many other processes.
- Dietary fiber: Serrano peppers contain 3.7 g of dietary fiber per 100 g serving. Dietary fiber has health benefits that include controlling both blood sugar and cholesterol. Fiber binds with low-density lipoprotein thus preventing its absorption by your body; similarly, it slows your body's absorption of sugar and this helps with the control of blood sugar levels.
Capsaicin is the compound responsible for the heat in hot peppers. It has numerous health benefits despite having no nutrients. While serranos are far from being the hottest peppers, they still offer an abundance of heat. The Scoville rating for these peppers is in the range between 10,000 and 23,000, which makes them up to 10 times hotter than a jalapeño (comparing the mildest jalapeño to the hottest serrano). The higher the Scoville rating, the hotter the pepper and the greater the concentration of capsaicin.
You can use serrano peppers to treat and prevent health conditions like:
- Heart disease: Capsaicin's cholesterol-lowering benefits allow serrano peppers to be beneficial for heart health. Chile peppers also prevent the contraction of arteries, which restricts the flow of blood to the heart.
- Intestinal issues: Research has shown that capsaicin can help with the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. There is also evidence that it can help to kill the H. pylori bacteria that is a factor in stomach ulcers.
- Cancer: It's believed capsaicin has the ability to treat cancer. Studies have shown that it is effective for fighting prostate and breast cancers in that it stops the spread of cancer and induces apoptosis in cancer cells, which means that it causes them to self-destruct.


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New lifejackets with built-in GPS trackers are being offered as part of the first national safety campaign for the fishing industry.
Over the last 10 years, there have been 53 deaths of fishermen in Irish waters out of a total of 3,500 workers.
Bord Iascaigh Mhara or BIM is aiming for a target of no deaths in the fishing industry, after four people drowned just last year.
David Massey was a crew member on board a fishing boat that sank last April off the coast of Wicklow.
He was wearing a lifejacket with a built in locator beacon, and activated it once he was in the water.
"There's a little seal you break off when she inflates, and it's broke the seal and the aerial pops out of her and you press the button - send a signal to the coastguard and a signal to the lifeboat," he said.
"They knew straight away within minutes - they were in the helicopter and had a bearing on us in the water.
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It takes a brave man to take on the might of America's National Football League (NFL), but that is exactly what Dr Bennet Omalu, a Nigerian-born forensic pathologist did starting in 2002 after examining the body of former Pittsburgh Steelers centre, Mike Webster.
Concussion tells the true story of Dr Omalu's (played by Will Smith) research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is brought on by repeated trauma to the head, and the struggle he went through for the NFL to recognise his work.
He teams up with former Steelers doctor, Julian Bailes (an effective Alec Baldwin), in order to take on "a corporation that owns a day of the week", as one character says. But this is a film that is held up by the immense skill of leading man Smith, who puts in a sensitive and wholly believable performance as the Nigerian immigrant; so much so that you sometimes forget you are watching one of the world's most charismatic action stars.
The script can be a little self-indulgent at times, wandering close to lecturing territory, but on the whole, Concussion offers a fascinating insight into an issue that is all too often swept under the rug.
Alvin, Simon and Theodore (voiced by Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney respectively) are back on the path to accidental destruction. Their second outing sees them attempting to foil any attempt by Dave, their legal guardian) (Jason Lee), to propose to his girlfriend on a road trip. The humour is far from intellectual, but it's just the kind of thing that is likely to appeal to youngsters as Alvin and co move from one scene of mayhem to the next. If you can stand the grating voices of the furry little critters then feel free to take your kids along.
Leaving behind a grim and grey town in the south of Ireland, Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) sets out for pastures new in 1950s New York. As she finds her feet in the community, she begins a tentative courtship with the Italian-American apprentice plumber Tony (Emory Cohen), but is frequently plagued by a longing for home. There is no shortage of films about immigrants moving to America for a new life, but the approach taken by Brooklyn is emotionally intelligent, old fashioned (in a good way) and the romance will send shivers down your spine by its denouement.
The sea can be an unforgiving mistress, but a small coast guard crew braced freezing temperatures and 20-metre waves to rescue the crews of two stricken and rapidly sinking tankers back in the winter of 1952. The Finest Hours tells their against all odds story and stars Chris Pine, Holliday Grainger and Casey Affleck.
Twenty-six years is a long time to wait for a sequel, but the answer to 1990's Ghayal is finally here, in the form of Ghayal Once Again. Sunny Deol is back in his role as Ajay Mehra, who emerges from prison to start a newspaper that quickly gains popularity. Four of his fans unwittingly record a murder that implicates important figures and it falls to Ajay to save the group before it's too late.


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Here's what's recent in SNAP policy & public opinion.
[Content notes: Syrian refugees,bureaucratic spending, junk food,diabetes,obesity-hunger paradox,health care, Maine,Georgia,Chicago, child hunger,NYC,food banks,soup kitchens,Indiana,Hawaii, Ruth Riley]
Department of Agriculture: Syrian Refugees Must Be GivenFood Stamps – Following Georgia Gov Nathan Deal's executive order instructing state agencies to not comply with refugee resettlement plans, the Dept of Ag said "No,man. That's not how we do things here." As refugees who have been in the US for some time are telling their personal accounts of the process, one thing that stands out is that the amount of time those with refugee status are allowed SNAP. It isn't long. Those states who are refusing to help refugees are under the impression that those people will require long term support and that just isn't the way it is.
Food Stamp Bureaucrat Living Swanky on Taxpayer Dollars – Check this out. Robin Bailey is the regional administrator in Atlanta for the Food and Nutrition Services, the dept that oversees SNAP. His office decor cost taxpayer's $22,226.64 (the drapes alone were over $3,000).
I'm also annoyed that the USDA pays someone $56,632 to put positive stories in the news. I'm assuming positive news about SNAP usage? Uh,hey. I'm doing that for free. Write me a check,please.
Maine to SNAP Recipients: No Soda For You – LePage's newest SNAP policing is to ban "junk food". (more on LePage: Maine to institute asset test ) despite all the input from nutritionists and food advocates that say not to do this.
The Cost of Hunger – $160 Billion – and It's Not Just for Food – It turns out hunger is expensive. The health care industry spends $160B on hunger related issues caused by poor nutrition and lack of food. CN in this article: discussion of obesity but in relation to obesity-hunger paradox explaining why people gain weight eating on a low budget.
mRelief uses technology to help Chicago's needy – This new program is hoping to help reach the underserved people who are eligible for services but have accessibility issues. Around 25% of eligible people never even apply for various reasons (I know that not being able to take time off work to go to the DSS office is a big one).
Census Bureau: 21.6% of US Children—15931000–on Food Stamps in 2014 – That number seems atrociously high,doesn't it? The US is second only to Romania in child poverty. "Of the approximately 73,623,000 children under the age of 18 in the United States in 2014, 15,931,000—or 21.6 percent—were in households that received food stamps". That's bad enough but then when you start to consider that there are families with children who are eligible but not applying or JUST barely qualify leaving those children unserved… not to mention families made ineligible in states with restrictive policies…. I think we have an even bigger issue on our hands here.
Food Bank of NYC: 9 out of 10 food pantries, soup kitchens say they're serving more people – Since SNAP budget cuts, food pantries and soup kitchens have felt the burden. In NYC, 36% had to turn away hungry people this past September because they ran out of food.
Indiana reinstates SNAP requirements -18,000 people are without benefits now
Hawaii awarded for improved processing of food stamp applications – FYI: States can be fined for not processing applications in a timely manner. Hawaii was awarded $660,000 for raising their processing time to 94% since 2010.
Ruth Riley helps break down myths, misconceptions about food stamps – Ruth Riley is an Olympic gold medalist and WNBA player who was raised on food stamps. "I often joke that when I was growing up, I was tall, lanky and uncoordinated," Ruth Riley testified before Congress in late October. "But looking back, I can't have imagined what my path would have been like if I was tall, lanky, uncoordinated and hungry.


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We took the hobi cat out today. The original plan was to try our hand at sailing ourselves. But the wind was gusty and fickle and it seemed like a better idea to let Juan Carlos man the tiller and sail.
He took us all the way out to the sand bar right before the reef. The sand bar looks like an electric blue band of ocean water, sandwiched between dark, navy blue water. The colors of the Carribean waters are so amazing. I can see what quilters love to make the Storm at Sea pattern. The fabrics in the whole spectrum of blues and greens would be fantastic to work with.
Returning to shore was super fast. Juan Carlos says the current is very strong. Gary and I spent the afternoon snorkeling just off the beach. I wish I knew all the fish we saw. I can recognize Angel Tangs that swim up to my fingers, and Sargent Majors. But the best was following a sting ray as he rippled over the sea grass.
Of course it was Mexican food for dinner with Mexican Coffee, flamed at our table. I wish I could remember all the ingredients. Kalua, tequila, sambucca maybe? A small dollop of whipped cream and coffee. Moi delishious!


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It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape." Author Christopher Benson
How true are those words? When you think about it why do you read? Other than to enjoy a story or feel a connection with a character we want to escape from our reality. With what happens in the world and in our personal lives we look for some way to escape.
My way used to be with movies and TV shows. While I still have mine that I like and watch regularly I don't get the same feeling I used to. I liked movies and TV shows because they were more visual and I didn't have to think, it really was something 'mindless' to do. I could visually see the superhero fly across the screen or the bad guy hit someone and the blood appear. I could visually see someone shape shift into someone or something else. It was a way to spend some time pretending to be someone else, be somewhere else, and be a part of a different world.
The thing we have to realize and help others to realize is that reading can let us do that too. Reading can let us be someone else, feel romance, action, fear, laughter or any other emotion that we feel like we could need more of or are missing in our lives.
If we can find the right author to always go to or the right book in general then it isn't so hard to escape. We try to find that book that describes things just enough for the story to start playing out in our minds. We want that ability to feel like a fly on the wall while the story is playing out.
Now I can have a short attention span sometimes and have found it a little hard lately to find a book that I can lose sense of time with. I can go with my old favorites Ted Dekker and Frank E. Peretti, in the last couple of years I added Stephenie Meyer, but I want to find others that can make it feel like a movie playing out while I read. In the last several months I got to add Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures), Jennifer Murgia (Angel Star) and Julie Kagawa (The Iron King).
Julie Kagawa's The Iron King actually got me thinking. In these books Kagawa's main characters are faeries, some of which are from the story A Midsummer Night's Dream. There is both a Summer Court and Winter Court. Kagawa added a new kind of faerie known as The Iron Fey. The Iron Fey thrive off technology and basically deny any fantasy, any make believe, any jokes.
Technology has become a very big part of who we are. We all use computers, cell phones, PDAs, some kind of technology. Even in the book world we have blogs like this one, ways to buy books online to the nook and other e-readers. How often do we do something that doesn't involve technology somehow? How often do we take a break from all things technological?
Do you remember as a kid playing make believe? Playing house, doctor (even though really we hated going), teacher, princess, etc… It was all without technology; it was all in our heads, what we could think up on our own. Even now we try to find some way to escape our reality, some way to feel like our troubles and worries don't exist, a place were we are a part of the world even if it is fairies, vampires, princess, some place in history (if you are into historical fiction).
The way that some authors build worlds, develop characters, describe the world around them make it easy to see the world in your mind. They can make it easy to feel what the characters feel, like when you are reading a romance scene where he touches her cheek and you're able to feel the slight touch of the hand and the blush raising to the surface.
So, what do you look for in a book? Why is reading important to you? What keeps you interested and invested in a story? How often are you really able to escape reality and lose all sense of time? What kind of world do you look for in the book to be a part of?
Thanks for the great post! Those are some great questions April. I'm going to answer a few and I'd love for you guys to comment with answers below as well.I really am pulled by a good plot line and if there's fantasy or paranormal elements, I'm destined to pick it over realistic fiction any day. So I look for a good plotline and the genre I love when I pick up a book.Reading is important to me because it keeps me going.
I always loved reading and only had a few years time between reading consistently. I love a good story and it beats the horrible tv shows we have (minus True Blood and Vampire Diaries.. ). It's my source of entertainment and I love it so much, I could never give it up.I always say, the way to keep a reader reading is to keep them thinking. I love my plot to twist and turn and surprise me.Also, if the book is good enough, I will be pulled into that world and never want to leave, even when the book is over. I like what you would call realistic fantasy, fantasy I can picture that is still fantastical but there's something about it that could make it real. I just love fantasy worlds and would love to live in one. :)Now your turn, answer one or all of the questions below, both April and I are curious for your answers.


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TitleHP - 17623A Interactive Graphics Tablet
Catalog Number102704284
TypeStill Image
PublisherHewlett-Packard Company (HP)
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Says that under City Council Member Randi Shade, Austin had the "highest city debt per person in Texas."
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on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
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"Under Randi Shade," Austin has "had the highest cost of living of any large Texas city."
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Four Quadrants of the Economy
In order to better understand the way the primary sector fits into the economy, it is recommended that one is also familiar with the other three sectors. The primary sector deals mainly with the extraction, production and manufacturing of raw goods and materials. The Secondary Sector refines these materials and distribution. The tertiary sector is a service/labour intensive sector of the economy, meaning that it includes medicinal and law services. The quaternary sector encompasses that which is informational and technological, which can deal with anything from computer software to the researching of new satellite technologies.
The Primary Sector
The primary sector of an economy includes businesses that maintain processes that take natural resources and convert them into primary products which are most commonly known as in the form of raw materials for other industries. Agriculture, fishing, foresting, mining and agribusiness are all considered to be major primary sector businesses. The process of taking natural resources and turning them into product usually means that the raw item at hand must be manufactured to be considered suitable for sale. Usual raw materials will have to be in the same location that the business is so that transportation costs of materials can be maintained at a low, feasible level.
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January 9: This Day in The Bold and the Beautiful History
Friday, January 9, 2014 – Episode #6990
Form upstairs Maya notices Caroline's car as she's getting ready. She reflects on all the times Caroline put her down.
Upstairs Othello calls Maya. She admits to being a bit intimidated. She tells him about Rick replacing Stephanie's portrait. Othello tells her that if it were Rick he'd take it down and put it in storage. Othello tells her that Rick has made some bad choices in women over the years finally he's made a good one he tells her.
Caroline Sees Maya's Portrait
Caroline realizes that he brought her here just to see the portrait. Ridge was always Stephanie's favorite son, her Marone bastard she tried to pass off as a Forrester. Rick doesn't' want to be reminded of that every time he looks at Stephanie's disapproving eyes. Caroline tells Rick not to do this – you don't love her.
Face reality. You betrayed me and now you are suffering the consequences. Caroline admits seeing the portrait hurt her. But she doubts that he's gotten out of it what he wants. They are married. They've hurt each other, but they can get through his. Break up with Maya, take that thing down, and come home. Please Caroline asks. Rick simply walks out then Maya walks into the room.
Maya admits to Caroline that she was stunned by her portrait over the mantle in the mansion. She did ask rick to take it down. What about Rick's reputation Caroline asks. He's a married man and he replaced Stephanie's portrait. Caroline tell Maya that Rick insisted that they talk here. He's lashing out at her, Caroline says. Maya thinks all her dreams are coming true, but Rick will have no use for her when Rick is over getting back at Caroline. What do you think will happen then Caroline asks.
You fooled around with his arch rival. Yeah, he wants to hurt you, Maya agrees. She isn't worried about where she stands when his anger goes away. Maya is loyal and supportive everything Caroline wasn't. Rick has earned the right to put up a photo of the one woman who supports him. Maya tells Caroline that it's not all about her. Life on this planet isn't all about Caroline Spencer. The picture proves that Maya is on track to be the next leader of this family. Her actions and devotion to Rick as a partner and wife will make her the next Forrester matriarch, Maya rubs in to Caroline.
Ivy and Liam
In the office Liam brings Ivy coffee, but she's more interested in the cute delivery boy. Liam's asks if she's heard from Wyatt in Italy. They wish they knew what was going on. Liam notices Ivy is preoccupied. Ivy tells him about what Rick has done hanging Maya's portrait replacing Stephanie's.
Liam tells Ivy that she wasn't there when maya and Rick first met, they had a sweet, genuine connections. He's not defending Rick's rebound behavior, but there is more to Maya and Rick's relationship than Ivy realizes and unfortunately Caroline realizes.
Rick walks into he office and asks how Caroline is settling in. Rick tells Ivy that he would really like it if they can all live in harmony. Kicking her and Ally out of the house for the first night wasn't a good start Ivy says. Moving on so quickly, moving into the mansion and hanging that picture tells her something. It tells her he still wants to be with Caroline.
Liam weighs in. He's married and those feeling s don't disappear. He can call a couple of kisses cheating but he did worse to her. Rick says that Caroline is so clueless to his needs that she turned to "that" man. Maya believes in him and is loyal. Maya is what he needs Rick says.
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Owning our own home is a dream of very Melbournian. There is nothing as relieving as enjoying parties and quality time with near and dear in our home. Reasons for purchasing a home can be many, but building a new home is not an easy cake-walk, instead it's a big financial and emotional investment. Plaited with big and small tasks a perfect home improvement needs proper planning, timely execution, and assistance of professional luxury home builders Melbourne. Luckily, there are many home builders in Melbourne that are ready to make the process easy for you.
Luxury or a custom home builders in Melbourne will assist you from start to finish and will let you pick up your own designs, layout, and other facilities. They will carry out all the construction work that is needed for the development of a home according to owners wish and specifications. Having a custom builder by your side ensures that your home will be build according to your specifications and desires. You will have the control over the style, layout, material, colour and appliance of the house.
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Grant Tregellas
Johannesburg, South Afica
Grant is an extraordinary musician and his interpretation of a very wide variety of genre's has earned him an excellent reputation amongst top South African headline Musicians for whom he is a much sought after session and live musician.
Some of the Acts that Grant has done recordings with;
Mailaka Lira
Leon Shaw Proverb
Some of the bands that Grant has performed with:
Garth Taylor Band – for 18 months and toured Thailand with him and performed on various television shows.
Leon Shaw – performed the KKK Festival and many Club gigs with him nationally
Lira – toured extensively internationally with Lira and recorded 3 albums/DVD's
Having started as a "one man band" playing pubs in his native Cape Town for 5 years, he started getting seriously involved with the music scene at the age of 25. Grant moved to Johannesburg in 1999 and spent until 2001 playing a residency at Sun City as part of a duo. He then began doing solo shows at venues throughout Pretoria and Johannesburg for another 3 years, culminating in a 2 month solo stint at Indigo Bay in Mozambique.
Grant's first album, released in 2012 titled "That's What I Thought" was a resounding success and he is in the process of releasing his second solo album, titled *"Music People Like Vol1" These albums are available at Grant's live performances, which you can keep track of through his website www.granttregellas.com
Grant has performed residencies for; Montecasino
Silverstar Casino
Emerald Casino
And too many Corporate and private events to mention !
He has performed at every South African National Festival including the Cape Town International Jazz Festival – twice ...
He has performed internationally in the following Countries; Namibia
US Virgin Islands Thailand
Currently, Grant is spending his time in studio, working with a wide range of musicians producing and doing session work for them, when he is not in studio, you are sure to find him performing live and of course he continues to work with his loyal Corporate Clients and residencies who trust him implicitly.
The music that you can expect from Grant solo, is mostly acoustic based, either unplugged with Nylon and steel stringed guitars, vocals and often with backing tracks – reading audiences well allows Grant to change genre's and


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I love the combination of flavors in this dish, which makes a great accompaniment to just about anything. Served glazed , it is perfect for a special occasion meal.
Orange-Spiked Braised
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Serves 6
- Medium (approx. 4 quart) slow cooker
- 12 carrots, peeled and sliced 12
- 2 tbsp melted butter or olive oil 25 mL
- 2 tsp finely grated orange zest 10 mL
- 1⁄2 tsp salt 2 mL
- 1⁄2 tsp cracked black peppercorns 2 mL
- 1⁄2 tsp granulated sugar 2 mL
- 1⁄2 cup dry vermouth 125 mL
- 2 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice 25 mL
- 1. In slow cooker stoneware, combine carrots, butter and orange zest. Stir well. Place a clean tea towel, folded in half (so you have 2 layers), over top of stoneware to absorb moisture. Cover and cook on High for 1 hour.
- 2. Add salt, peppercorns, sugar, vermouth and orange juice. Cover and cook on Low for 4 hours or on High for 2 hours, until carrots are tender.
- Variation
- I particularly enjoy these carrots in a slightly bumped-up version. After they are cooked, transfer the contents of the slow cooker, including liquid, to a gratin dish. Sprinkle with granulated sugar and, if desired, a bit a cinnamon, to taste. (I've also used vanilla sugar, which produced excellent results.) Place under a preheated broiler until the sugar glazes.
- One advantage to this is convenience - you can keep the carrots on Warm in the slow cooker and finish them off (adding the sugar and placing them under the broiler) when the timing suits you.
- Tip
- If you are halving this recipe, be sure to use a small (approx. 11⁄2 to 2 quart) slow cooker.
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In Taylor Creek Park
Nikon F4S, 20mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
Kodak TMax 100 film, developed in Rodinal
Trains always look like they are moving, even when standing still (which this train is doing in all but one of these images, taken at Heritage Park in Calgary).
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Update on Fields (Two Cancellations!)
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Games being played today (January 31st) at Katz Elementary and Johnson Middle School are now cancelled due to field conditions and closures. As of now, these two fields are the only cancellations at this time. Please stay tuned to our Facebook Page and here on our website for more updates. Thank you!
Super Earlybird Registration ends tonight!
January 23, 2015, 0 Comments
Super Earlybird Registration Ends Tonight
Tonight (Friday, Jan 23rd, 2015) our super earlybird pricing for our Spring 2015 season will end at 8:00PM. We get asked a lot about how to save money on registration and this is number one reason in our answer. The earlier you register for sports, the easier it is for us to find you a team, calculate season numbers, and more, so we're able to pass on that administrative savings to you. Don't miss out! If you're not able to register today, our Earlybird pricing will be in place until February 13th.
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Winter Uniform Pass-out Starts Wednesday!
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Winter Uniform Pass-out begins tomorrow, Wednesday January 7th, at 12:00PM in both offices. Our offices will both be open until 6PM on Wednesday and Thursday for jersey pass-out and additions. If you have any questions, please send us an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please send one team representative to pick up the jerseys for the team. Hope you're all ready for Winter to get kicked off! You can find schedules online now by selecting your area at the top and then Schedules in the menu bar.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Sweeney Todd Dressing Room
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is being presented by Clandestine-ARTs at The Venue, 511 Virginia Drive, Orlando, Fl, through January 19th. This compact production is directed and produced by Derek Critzer. I have read reviews that Ginger Minj who plays Mrs. Nellie Lovett is spectacular in the role. With that in mind, I hoped to get a sketch in the dressing room on industry night to watch his transformation at the dressing room mirror.
The dressing room at the Venue is at most ten by ten foot square and the entire cast of over 20 actors had to use the space. I did my best to try and stay out of every one's way. Only one actress was in the dressing room when I arrived. She had on a bright pink skirt. She was happy to be early and she had plenty of time to get ready. It was only later, when I saw the show that I realized this was Monica Titus who plays Johanna Barker. She was perfectly cast for the roll. I was quite swept away. Monica's rich soprano voice has a warmth and range missing from the film adaptation. Her natural auburn hair was later covered in a wig of golden curls.
Derek came in and started steaming some pants. Stephan Jones, who plays Sweeney Todd, shouted out that it was a furnace in the tight dressing room. Even off set, there was a menace to his voice. Derek got some flack for shooting steam into the already sweaty space. Ginger Minj arrived and quickly transformed. He powdered his face first and let me know he would have to let the powder set for five minutes so he went off for a smoke.
It seemed like the rest of the cast arrived on mass and suddenly the room was buzzing with activity. Lips were painted a sickly blue on insane asylum patients whose eyes were also dark and hollow. Actors quickly stripped and put on costumes. Actors joked that I shouldn't sketch any nudity and I honored that. Even so, it would have been hard to catch the quick flashes of flesh. The pure energy and excitement in the tight space was quite palpable. Ginger was the last actor in the room, adjusting the large hair buns on her head. I followed her down to the theater. The evening's performance was sold out. The reviews I had read were spot on. Ginger Minj brought a quick wit to the part and stole every scene she was in. She eyed Mr. Todd with a lurid look as if she might devour him. I was surprised at how often she made me laugh out loud despite the dark sinister humor.
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Hoey B A (2008) American Dreaming: Refugees from Corporate Work seek the Good Life. In E. Rudd and L. Descartes eds. The changing landscape of work and family in the American middle class : reports from the field. Lanham, MD, Lexington Books. 117-139.
The economic restructuring and corporate downsizing that has come to define the contemporary working world has made contingent, part-time, and temporary work a part of the American social landscape. In this chapter, life-style migrants describe challenging taken for granted assumptions of the American Dream as a framework, a moral horizon that orients and promises future reward for present day loyalty, hard work and self-sacrifice. The decision of how to live one's life is made of more than simply economic choices, they are also moral. The case of life-style migration shows how people may attempt to be true to an emerging sense of an inner, authentic self, by using a notion of quality of life as a kind of personal moral compass. It involves seeking refuge through migration to new places that are believed to resonate with and support a life-style commitment. This chapter examines the relocation stories of life-style migrants to show how their attempts at work/family reorientation take place not only within culturally informed moral space of questions about what constitutes "the good," what is worth doing and what is not, but also how it is bound up with their actual physical bearings in the world, with place itself.


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While touring around Petersburg Battlefield last weekend, I took some time to get re-examine one of the park's rare artillery pieces. Quiz of the week – Name the make and model of this Civil War field gun:
Looking at the profile, one might guess James 14-pounder Rifle. It is definitely bronze. Very smooth lines. The breech is almost hemispherical. The barrel tapers smoothly, without any reinforce steps, to the muzzle. Well there's one problem…
Look, smoothbore. Well those well acquainted with Civil War field guns will note the James used the "ordnance department" profile, which was not only used on Iron 3-inch Rifles, but also on a set of 6-pdr Smoothbores produced by Ames Manufacturing. But this piece is not of U.S. manufacture.
Looking at the trunnion faces, this piece's origins are clear.
This weapon was made at Brierfield Arsenal, from Selma Alabama, in 1963. A stamping on the upper muzzle face denotes the weight measurement of 982 pounds. The length of the piece is right at 77 inches. Muzzle diameter is close to standard 6-pounder sizes (I measured it at a shade under 3 and 3/4 inches). Trunnion measurements are similar to regulation 6-pounder also. By comparison, the very similar looking Ames smoothbores mentioned above are 68 inces long, weighing about 860 pounds. (Examples of those Ames smoothbores can be seen on Matthew's Hill at Manassas National Battlefield Park.)
Brierfield, sometimes spelled Briarfield, was not exactly a prolific producer of ordnance. The arsenal was first established in Columbus, Mississippi, but relocated to Selma by early 1863. This lone example at Peterburg, displayed at the Battery No. 5 exhibit near the Visitor Center, is the sole survivor of the arsenal's work. While one might think there should be is some connection to the Brierfield Iron Works in Brierfield, Alabama (also known as the Bibb Furnace), none is apparent. The ironworks provided iron to the Confederate Arsenal some 45 miles to the south (in Selma of course). At any rate, the Brierfield Arsenal's sole example is a bronze piece.
This piece seems to leave a lot more unanswered questions. Why would the Confederates continue to produce 6-pdr smoothbore bronze guns at a time when most field officers were urging the production of 12-pdr types similar to the Federal Napoleons. Perhaps the manufacturing facility only had boring equipment for the 6-pdr caliber? (Not withstanding that 12-pdr lathes for field howitzers of that class existed elsewhere in quantity.) In fact, it would have logically followed that Brierfield, after producing this advanced looking field piece, would switch to Napoleon production later in the year.
There's probably more to the story of this gun than meets the eye. Like nearly all the old 6-pdr, and particularly the Confederate types, it survived calls for melting down to more adequate pieces during the war. It survived storage for many years as a "trophy." Even while at Petersburg, it survived scrap drives and the weathering of time. Now it stands as the only known example of an obscure Confederate gun founder.


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President Obama officially kicked off his presidential campaign this weekend, and with it, the virtual character #Julia, a non-descript, fictional "everywoman" to communicate to women what government can do for them.
The online, viral slideshow "the Life of Julia," follows the fictional woman from age 3, to 67, and shows her taking advantage of government policies under an Obama administration, from Head Start to Medicaid.
Reaction, which erupted on Twitter and Facebook, has been mixed. Supporters think it's an effective way to breakdown complex policies and show how they'll impact average people's lives, while some Republican detractors were quick to pounce on what they saw as a "cradle to grave" mentality –- a lifetime dependent on "government handouts."
Will Romney turn #Julia into the latest version of the welfare queen? Meanwhile, by replacing its old campaign slogan "change" with "forward," the Obama campaign is trying to focus this race on the future rather than make it a referendum on the past. A new poll out from Politico today shows President Obama and Mitt Romney in a close tie.
Do you think #Julia's story sends an effective message? How do you think Obama's emphasis on the future and Romney's emphasis on the past will play out this election cycle?
Rachel Van Dongen, deputy Politics editor for POLITICO
Darry Sragow, attorney, Democratic political strategist
Lisa Schiffren, senior fellow, Independent Women's Forum, a conservative think tank


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As with all marketing channels, email marketing is only effective if it reaches its desired audience. For email, that means reaching the inbox.
But 21% of opt-in emails fail to reach the inbox. Deliverability and reputation are crucial to reaching the inbox. A major component of reputation is keeping a clean list.
List hygiene can be considered a "pruning" process. And just as one prunes a tree to make it stronger, you should prune your email list to ensure good deliverability. Let's look at how to do that.
1. Cut the Dead Weight
Remove Duplicates
Depending on what platform you're using to send your email, duplicate email addresses can create issues—namely, some of your subscribers can receive the same email multiple times. These duplicates can create customer disconnect and cost you both time and money.
De-duping your list is a must. Fortunately, most email service providers will de-dupe your list for you upon uploading it into their system. That's because they use the email address as the "unique identifier" for records in their system, and they'll update information attached to email addresses, but not allow said email addresses to be in the lists more than once.
If your system doesn't do that for you, or you have multiple, different email addresses for individuals, you'll want to do some manual list management and de-duping yourself. You can do it manually (hello Excel or Google Sheets!) or have an email list verifier tool (like BriteVerify, Kickbox, or FreshAddress) do it for you.
In Excel, in its simplest form, you can:
- Select/highlight your column or row (most likely a column)
- Click on the Data tab
- Then click on Remove Duplicates and follow instructions
In Google Sheets, according to BetterCloud.com:
- Select the cell where you would like the de-duplicated info to begin
- Enter the function =UNIQUE(
- Select the cells you would like to pull data from
- Close the parentheses. Your function should look something like: =UNIQUE(B:B)
NOTE: Most ESPs require that you upload your list saved as a .CSV file (or comma delimited).
Remove Bad Email Addresses
Bad email addresses increase your bounce rates and negatively impact your sender reputation. Regularly removing these hard bounces and unknown users is one way to help ensure great deliverability.
Here are ways you can combat bad email addresses further:
- Never purchase email lists. Purchased lists are typically chock full of invalid and other bad email addresses. (In the US, this is technically not illegal. In many other countries, it is illegal.)
- Employ double opt-in / confirmed opt-in procedures. Requiring subscribers to confirm their email addresses can help ensure bad email addresses don't end up on your list in the first place.
- Ask subscribers to update their contact information. Periodically, send an email to subscribers asking if they still want to hear from you. Bonus: You can use this opportunity to gather additional subscriber information for segmentation purposes later.
2. Separate Actives and Inactives
If you continually mail your entire list, subscribers who never engage can bring down your reputation and affect delivery to your most active customers. Therefore, separating your active subscribers from your inactive subscribers is an important step toward protecting yourself from reputation harm.
To start this separation:
Define "Active" and "Inactive" Users
Generally, your "active" subscribers are those who demonstrate continual engagement with the emails you send—they open, they click, they even convert. In terms of "inactive" subscribers, the definition can change dramatically depending on the industry you're catering to.
An obvious "inactive" may be a subscriber who joined the list two years ago and has never opened or clicked on an email you've sent. When you get more granular than that, it's a bit tougher to define.
For example, if you're a daily deals site, you may define an "inactive" user as someone who hasn't engaged with your emails (or engaged with your website) in 30 days. If you're a traditional retailer, maybe you push the time frame out to 90 days. And if you're selling a once-a-year purchase, maybe your time frame is even longer than that.
However you wish to define inactivity among your subscribers, it's important to not just consider email engagement, but also engagement with your website as a whole. Perhaps email engagement is zero, but those subscribers are still purchasing from you. Would you stop email? Not necessarily.
For example: Perhaps you get zero engagement with an email whose subject line is "Your bill payment is due." If the bills are getting paid, is that email unsuccessful? Maybe not.
Find the definition that makes the most sense for your brand, your industry, and your product lifecycle—and be sure to test different definitions over time as well.
Segment Actives from Inactives
One term for this is "engagement-based filtering." Essentially, create two lists or segments (depending on how your ESP works), one for active subscribers and the other for those you deem inactive.
3. Let "Sleeping Dogs" Lie… Temporarily
Remove inactives from your normal mailing schedule—let them "sleep." Continually mailing this group only drags your reputation down. So, give them a break from your regular emails and drop them into a special winback/re-engagement program (below).
Trigger a Winback/Re-engagement Program
For inactives to re-engage, clearly you need to do something different. (What's that thing about the definition of insanity?) A special, automated email campaign specifically targeting inactives could be the ticket to re-engaging these dormant subscribers.
You can try:
- Special incentives (that they wouldn't see in your normal campaigns) that are specifically designed to garner action out of these subscribers
- A special service message asking for more information, how you can do things differently, etc.
- A direct request for activity or an unsubscribe (perhaps with an assumption of an unsubscribe as well)
Whatever you try, it needs to be different content than what they've been seeing—and ignoring—for months on end.
4. Prevent Inactivity with Relevant Content and Proper Frequency
File this under "Easier said than done." Relevant content with attractive offers that are sent continually at the "right" times is the best way to prevent inactivity and list churn.
To ensure your content is relevant, match your messaging to what you promised at opt-in. Sync up this content with known subscriber preferences and data, and make sure your email copy and CTA are in perfect harmony with your subject line and preheader text. Finally, make you're your emails look good on all devices (mobile, tablets, and desktops). No matter how good or "relevant" your content is, if it looks bad, folks will dismiss it.
Email frequency is another major factor in preventing inactivity, yet is incredibly difficult to gauge. Why? Because what's "too much" for one subscriber may be the perfect amount for another. Use your segments and test different cadences. Odds are, your most engaged subscribers will be fine with receiving more emails while your inactive group would prefer to see fewer emails from you in their inbox.
Unfortunately, in both cases, you'll just have to learn what works best for your subscribers. There's no "silver bullet" frequency or content. There's no "best time" to send. Every brand and every mailing list are different.
5. Decide What to Do with Your Truly Inactive Subscribers
In the email marketing industry, this is a major point of contention. Some will argue that once a subscriber is inactive, they should be deleted from your list. Others will argue that every subscriber is sacred and should never be removed until they specifically tell you to remove them (with an unsubscribe, a spam complaint, and an email laced with 4-letter words…).
Here's what you can do:
- Do not delete, but monitor how your inactive segment performs.
- Reintroduce the inactives back in to your regular mailing schedule and see if any wake up on their own.
- Delete the subscriber.
If you think your deliverability is suffering, lean toward any path of action that removes potential harm. So, if you think your deliverability is bad, delete inactives. If your delivery is strong, perhaps you can hold on to them a little bit longer.
Switching ESPs Doesn't Solve All Delivery Problems
If you're having delivery issues on your email service provider, switching ESPs for that sole reason may not fix your problem. If you're going to keep your same, potentially bad practices, you'll find very quickly that your delivery tanks on your new provider.
That said, if you are planning to switch to a new ESP, plan the move well in advance. You'll need to move over your unsubscribe list and make sure your lists are clean and up to date. Your IP address reputation may not follow you, but your domain reputation will.
Another word of advice here: Start sending on your new ESP's IP address only with your active subscriber list. Their engagement will build up your reputation, perhaps even to the point where you can open the flood gates up a bit more. But, patience is key.
NOTE: Good ESPs will remove bad email addresses from your list (aka hard bounces) after your first mailing. Others will allow you to set rules in terms of how to handle "soft" bounces and other list issues. However, if your list is full of bad email addresses and a host of other issues, your account will likely be flagged by your ESP and you'll be put into their "penalty box" for a while, or even kicked off altogether.
What Does Your Current Email Service Provider Do For You?
- How AWeber handles undeliverables: AWeber will continue to send messages to a subscriber that returns an undeliverable message (hard bounce) three times. After the third undeliverable response, they will automatically unsubscribe those email addresses.
- AWeber will close down abusive accounts (this helps everyone using AWeber for email marketing).
- AWeber has a Director of Deliverability who maintains relationships with the large email providers. This high-level line of communication helps to ensure compliance with all the major email providers.
AWeber recommends going through your lists and looking for people who haven't read an email in recent months. They suggest that you run a re-engagement campaign to those people. For the people who don't respond, you should remove their email addresses and delete them from your AWeber account. These email addresses are taking up space on your account which costs you money.
- Meet Omnivore – MailChimp has developed an internal technology that compares more than 61 trillion data points to predict abusive behavior before a campaign is ever sent. The idea is to prevent the "bad apples" that also use MailChimp from spoiling the fun for everyone.
- All MailChimp users automatically get free authentication when they sign up for an account. Authentication is a really helpful method to make sure emails get accepted by large email providers.
- MailChimp groups hundreds of IP addresses into different reputation levels. This way, they can nurture individual IP addresses to become better at deliverability over time.
Constant Contact
- Like MailChimp, Constant Contact offers authentication for all accounts.
- If a Constant Contact IP address is placed on a blacklist, their team quickly jumps on it to reassign accounts to "good" IP addresses or "de-list" them.
- Constant Contact works with their competitors to forge industry best practices.
Here's a detailed page of tips to fix bounces if you're using Constant Contact.
Closing Thoughts
As cluttered and competitive as it may be, the inbox is still the goldmine for email marketers, and you can't get there without having your delivery ducks in a row. A clean list is a requirement for good delivery. So spend the time to clean your list.
Then the subscribers who want to hear from you, will. And those who don't, won't. It may seem dull, but if you're marked by spam filters and ISPs, you'll wish you'd done it.
About the Author: Scott Cohen is the VP of Marketing at InboxArmy, full-service email marketing agency. He has been living and breathing email marketing since 2007. With both agency and client-side end-user experience, Scott brings a unique perspective to email marketing that combines best practices with real-world-tested strategy and tactics. Check out Scott's email marketing tutorials and articles on Email Marketing Blog. He has recently published an eBook on "Your Email Creative" that discusses at length the rendering challenges and some actionable tips to overcome them. Download Now!
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Watch our latest episode below, enjoy some of our favorite quotes, and let us know what you think. And tell us who you would like to see on WE LOVE SOAPS TV next.
Kristian Alfonso: I love that Hope is in the thick of it all, and I love, also, the stories that are being written, and I love how everyone gets to work with one another. For the last couple of years, there's been, like, groups of people... now, we're all working together. And I love that.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: We love that [Hope] is always tenacious, and stubborn...
Kristian Alfonso: And she's getting that back! She really lost that. I mean, the last two years have been... it was a difficult two years, because I wasn't recognizing the character that I had played for so many years... We're getting back to basics.
Kristian Alfonso: You can't wait until the end of September to watch, you have to start watching now, because all of the changes are slowly taking place...you are definitely going to see Hope in action, you're going to see Hope discover a lot of things, a lot of mysteries... Okay, I'll tell you different characters that Hope will be working with. You're going to see some Hope and Stefano scenes--there's a huge mystery there. A lot of it also revolves around: Frances [Reid]. Alice Horton.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Can you tell us anything about your jewelry business, and what you've been working on?
Kristian Alfonso: Actually, this is a preview of a new pair of earrings (shows the earrings she's wearing), which are not available quite yet--but will be.
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The bulk of the Talmudic texts contain analysis of Biblical verses and Torah law, but it's interspersed with everything from medical advice to stories, from folk sayings to fabric dying tips.
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This commentary on the Mishnah is labeled "Gemara," but this does not seem to have always been the case.
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When you look at a masterful painting, do you only see the art, or does the art lead you to think about the artist? When you enjoy a beautifully prepared feast, do you focus on the food exclusively, or does the taste and aroma lead you to think about the chef?
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Our sages established that we drink four cups of wine at the Seder, recalling the four expressions of redemption
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