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Four days after, most of the Colorado delegation is mum on gun control changes
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said at a memorial service Sunday for the victims of the school shooting in Connecticut that he would put the full force of his office behind trying to figure out how to better protect the nation's children from future attacks.
The Colorado delegation on Monday was mostly non-committal. The Republicans called weighing in on Congressional action disrespectful. The Democrats, with the exception of Rep. Diana DeGette, would only commit to a "real conversation."
Neither Democrat Senator took a stand on the 1990s-era assault weapons ban — something Sen. Dianne Feinstein pledged to introduce in January at the start of the next Congress.
"As a nation, we must have an honest and open dialogue about how to prevent these tragedies in the future," said Sen. Mark Udall, in an emailed statement. "We must not fear the politics of this frank dialogue. All reasonable ideas should be on the table and up for debate."
Sen. Michael Bennet's office put out a similar statement, devoid of specifics.
"The time has come for the country to have a real discussion about finding ways to stop these types of senseless shootings," the office said, in a statement. "We should have a comprehensive and civil conversation about finding the right and most effective solutions."
Rep. Diana DeGette has sponsored for several years a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips. She introduced it again earlier this year, before the massacre in the Aurora movie theater shooting, with Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York and hopes to push it through with some bipartisan consensus this week.
"It's always a hard thing to push through. … but I think you can be a supporter of the second amendment and still realize there are limits to which someone should be able to go," DeGette said. "Having reasonable gun control is not going to stop someone from trying to do something like this, but it will slow them down and stop the terrible carnage we saw both in Aurora and in this school."
A staffer for Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, said he wasn't ready to talk about it Monday, but said "his position has always been that we must update federal gun laws to do everything possible to keep all firearms out of the hands of those who are not mentally competent to have them and from those with criminal records."
Rep. Doug Lamborn called it disrespectful to talk about Congress' role in what would happen now.
"Like many Americans, I remain in a state of shock over what happened last week in Newtown, Connecticut. With the investigation into the murders ongoing, it is too soon to be talking about new federal laws. In fact, it disrespects those who are still mourning," he said. "Until the facts are known, and we get a more complete picture of what happened in that school, I will refrain from commenting on what role Congress might play in preventing such a tragedy in the future."
Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, said he was going to push for closing the "gun show loophole."
"I've long supported closing the gun show loophole nationally, which Colorado has already enacted with the support of 70 percent of voters in 2000," he said. "The loophole must be closed so that someone convicted of a violence crime can't get around the law simply by going to an open air gun show in Texas, where no background check is conducted."
Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, through a spokeswoman, didn't comment.


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I Paint Pictures with a Red Pen
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog paralleling the way an entrepreneur builds a business to the way a designer builds a new product. Writing that blog put me into an artistic mindset, so today I am going to talk about how developing a business is a lot like an artist painting a picture.
An artist starts by seeing a picture, either in their mind or somewhere in the external world, which inspires them. They take a mental snapshot and formulate a way to it turn in into a masterpiece using their creative talents.
An entrepreneur observes a pain in the market and develops a vision. From that vision, they derive a plan to turn it into the next big thing using their business savvy and acumen.
Both have that big picture thinking at the beginning that provides direction and purpose for their efforts. Once that big picture thinking is done though, the real fun begins. For the artist, it begins with the outline or the plan – some light sketching or painting to outline the shapes that will define the picture. For the entrepreneur, this is the business plan, which becomes the blueprint for how the business will be run.
Once the plan is in place, the paint meets the paper. The artist must choose what brushstrokes to put where and what colors to use. The entrepreneur decides how to use its resources; where to spend the money, what tasks to do, whom to hire.
In the beginning, the initial brushstrokes are hard to correlate to the big picture. A series of small strokes gradually formulate small objects on the canvas. The artist is constantly looking and thinking – they observe the piece of art in a different light, or rotate the picture to see it at a different angle. It is all part of a process riddled with mistakes, ups and downs, and reflection. In the end the objective is fulfilled and the picture is painted, it just might not have been exactly as it was originally envisioned.
The entrepreneur goes through, or should go through, the same process. The series of small, but seemingly endless tasks that fill an entrepreneur's day gradually blend together to create a business that's worth something. If an artist started painting off the canvas onto the walls, things would get messy pretty quickly. In the same way, a business caught thinking myopically for a long period of time can find themselves in some tough times.
This is where the red pen comes into play. The original business plan typically becomes obsolete in many ways almost as soon as the business starts, as changes in the internal and external environment affect the original plan; however, the big picture thinking that the business plan helps solidify is constantly required. The entrepreneur needs to look at the picture they are painting and take out a nice, red pen to make the changes that need to be made.
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The company holiday party isn't just a chance to decorate the office and eat one too many cookies; it's an important opportunity to recognize employees for the hard work they've done all year.
As you head into the fourth quarter, it's a smart idea to start planning your office's holiday party. The earlier you begin hammering out the details, the better, as a little prep work nows saves headaches later and helps ensure the festivities are a hit.
Here are four tips for planning your holiday office party:
1. Pick a fun theme
Giving the holiday party a creative theme keeps the atmosphere from being too stuffy and, as online invitations company Punchbowl noted, provides a focus for the event that can simplify planning. An ugly sweater party is a classic theme, but there are lots of other fun ideas you could try, such as:
- North Pole: Transform the space into a winter wonderland complete with Santa's workshop.
- Holidays in Paradise: Decorate with a tropical island theme.
- Roaring 20s: Have a classy, old-fashioned holiday celebration with 1920s-inspired decor and music.
2. Choose a convenient time
Schedule the holiday party for a convenient time to boost attendance rates; the Friday right before many employees head off for holiday travel may not be the best day for the party.
Some companies hold their holiday parties in the evening, after a workday or on the weekend. However, the event doesn't have to be after hours; luncheons are a popular alternative, according to HR consulting firm ERC. They can be held during the workweek, making them likely more convenient for a greater number of employees, and these gatherings can be less expensive than evening parties, offering a great option for smaller budgets.
3. Consider your booze policy
Give some thought to whether you'll serve alcohol at your party. If you do, it's important to follow safe practices. The Balance has a helpful list of tips for serving alcohol at company events; it includes serving solely beer and wine instead of liquor and limiting the number of hours the bar is open. Only professional bartenders should serve alcohol, too, never employees.
4. Include remote workers
Remote workers shouldn't be left out of the festivities! With the simple-to-use video conferencing solutions available today, companies can get creative with including their remote staff in the party. As The Atlantic explained in an article on the increasing popularity of remote-work holiday parties, telecommuting staff can call into in-office parties via video conference.
With these tips, you can throw a fun and successful holiday party at your company this year.


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How does the ActewAGL ACT Small-Generator Buyback scheme work?
Under this voluntary ActewAGL scheme ActewAGL will purchase energy exported from a customer's generator at the scheme's current feed-in tariff.
This scheme is available for renewable energy generators connected to the electricity network with generation capacities limited to a maximum of 10kW for customers supplied under residential tariffs and less than 30kW for customers supplied under business tariffs. Any changes to the meter or metering configuration will be at the customer's cost.
Separate supply arrangements apply in relation to the consumption of energy at the premises, in accordance with the relevant customer retail contract. Customers connected under this scheme are still required to pay ongoing supply charges.
When does the scheme end?
This is not a government mandated scheme; it is offered by ActewAGL on a voluntary basis. We may at any time vary the rate or withdraw the scheme without notice.
Why is the buyback rate lower than the price I pay for electricity?
There are a number of costs associated with generating, transporting and selling electricity. Retailers continue to incur additional costs when they on-sell a customer's solar generation.
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Does the rate paid increase each year with CPI?
No. ActewAGL may at any time vary the rate or withdraw the scheme without notice.
What's the maximum sized generator I can connect under this scheme?
This scheme is available for renewable energy generators with less than 30 kilowatts of generation capacity.
I have a scheme qualified generator - can I increase its capacity with my generator still remaining qualified for the scheme?
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I've just moved into a property that has a pre-existing renewable energy generator that is gross metered - should I switch it to net metering?
You will obtain the maximum benefit from your solar generator under this scheme if your meter has a net metering configuration. Please note that any changes to the meter or metering configuration will be at the customer's cost, and must be carried out by a licensed electrician.
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Peers call for review into air tax
APD, which is paid by all travelling flying from Britain and has risen by up to 360 per cent in six years, has been blamed for job losses and reduced connectivity, as well as for pricing ordinary families out of air travel.
At a debate in the House of Lords this week the Treasury was accused of "a wonderful piece of misdirection" for failing to launch a review into the implications of the tax.
Lord Palmer, who opened the hour-long debate, described the lack of a consultation as "a wonderful piece of misdirection of which the illusionist Derren Brown would be proud".
He added that there was a growing body of evidence showing the economic damage APD was having and urged the Government to "take this grave situation into account".
Speaking to Telegraph Travel prior to the debate, he suggested that the tax should be scrapped entirely, but said the Government should also address the "ludicrous" banding system which is used to calculate APD contributions. Under the system, those flying from Briton to the Caribbean, for example, pay more in APD than those flying to Hawaii.
Lord Howell, former secretary of state for transport, accused the Treasury of "obfuscation and short-termism at its worst".
"APD in its current inflated form is working against our friends, against our foreign policy goals and against the national interest," he added.
Lord Fowler, former shadow home secretary, called for a review to be done "quickly, before more damage is done and more jobs are lost."
Last week Flybe blamed rising APD for its decision to sack 300 staff.
Ten members of the House of Lords spoke during the debate, all of whom criticised the tax.
Luke Pollard, head of public affair at ABTA, the travel association, said: "Every day more and more voices are backing the call for an independent review of APD and the impact it is having on jobs and growth.
"Member of the House of Lords made it clear they support a review, we know businesses want a review and the public want a review."
Since last summer, more than 200,000 people have written to their local MP calling for APD to be reconsidered, using the website www.afairtaxonflying.org, while a recent Comres poll suggested that four in five Britons want the tax to be cut or abolished.


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Aloe vera is a succulent plant native to Northern Africa which is rich in vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals and has a whole host of medicinal properties ascribed to it. For example, studies have shown that it speeds up wound healing, clears up minor skin infections and sunburn, boosts the immune system, aids digestion and acts as an anti-inflammatory. It may also be useful for leveling out blood sugar and blood lipid levels – two highly desirable properties for diabetes management and heart disease prevention.
In short, aloe vera is extremely versatile and fits a number of the 15 major health and wellness positioning platforms identified and researched by Euromonitor International, including general wellbeing, beauty from within, digestive health, immune support, oral health and cardiovascular health.
Overcoming the Taste Barrier
Despite its impressive array of health benefits and significant potential for giving rise to food and beverage products with multiple positionings, aloe vera has so far failed to make it big as a popular superfood ingredient alongside such high- profile stars as pomegranate, blueberries and cranberries. The primary reason for this is as straightforward as it is unfortunate - the taste of pure aloe vera juice is regarded as downright unpleasant by most people.
Because of this major drawback, aloe vera is much more commonly sold in dietary supplement form.
Aloe vera is available as a juice, but these products are predominantly sold through direct sales companies targeting a select clientele so determined to benefit from its health attributes that taste and enjoyment have slipped way down the list of concerns. This consumer group takes aloe vera juice medicinally, ie as a dietary supplement, rather than consuming it as a soft drink. Key players include Herbalife and Forever Living Products International Inc.
The latter has started to take the palatability issue into consideration with the recent addition of Aloe Berry Nectar and Forever Aloe Bits N' Peaches.
Aloe Vera and Beauty
To reach mainstream health and wellness-oriented consumers, aloe vera's rather challenging flavour needs to be effectively disguised. Playing in aloe vera's favor is the fact that a substantial number of consumers all over the world have already come across this ingredient in skin care products so a widespread association exists between aloe vera and beautiful skin.
Beverage manufacturers have already been taking advantage of this, particularly in Asia Pacific, where aloe vera drinks (although not pure aloe vera juice) are much more common than in other geographical regions. For example, Alo Youth, launched in 2009 in the Philippines by RFM Corp, one of the country's biggest food and beverage manufacturers, is still enjoying success.
The product contains fragments of natural aloe vera, promoted as helping regulate blood circulation and repair damaged tissues, collagen to enhance skin elasticity, the antioxidant vitamin E as well as L-carnitine for weight management. Most importantly, both Alo Youth's brand name and the packaging very effectively convey the promise of youthful skin, affording it a clear positioning which appeals to female beauty-conscious consumers.
In China, where the selection of drinks available through retail and foodservice is as vast as the flavor combinations are mindboggling, consumer foodservice supplier Happy Lemon International Ltd offers Happy Lemon Yogurt with Aloe, a soft drink marketed as "good for health and skin".
Aloe vera's ascribed skin health, anti-aging and, to some extent, detox benefits all play strongly to the beauty from within prime positioning platform. This category was the second most dynamic over the 2005-2010 period across the 32 markets in which Euromonitor International conducts its in-depth health and wellness research. Value sales of food and beverage products leveraging beauty from within as their prime positioning platform doubled over the review period, and aloe vera's potential in this realm remains largely underexploited.
Despite existing consumer awareness, much work remains to be done and industry players are hoping to extend aloe vera's success in cosmetics and skin care into the food and beverages arena, particularly in markets outside the Asia Pacific region.
Equally Good for Digestive Health and Immune Support
Digestive health and immune support are two further positioning platforms harboring much promise for aloe vera ingredients. According to Euromonitor International statistics, the digestive health prime positioning focus ranks third in value, behind general wellbeing and weight management. In 2010, digestive health accounted for 10% of total health and wellness product sales, amounting to $63.2 billion across the 32 markets. Immune support is a much smaller category (partly due to the fact that the 2010 statistics exclude infant formula positioned in this manner), accruing total value sales of $2.4 billion in 2010. However, the category performed very well, increasing its value sales by 45% over the 2005-2010 review period.
At present, both these positioning platforms are heavily dominated by products containing pre- and probiotic ingredients, and one of the challenges the industry faces is scouting out the next generation of functional ingredients which credibly convey digestive and immune health properties. Aloe vera is one of the contenders fitting the bill.
Possible Applications in Oral Care
Aloe vera's impressive versatility opens up plenty of other positioning opportunities worthy of exploration. For instance, its soothing and healing effects on the mucous membranes can be harnessed in the treatment of mouth ulcers, a very common and painful ailment. In fact, aloe vera gel has long been used as a topical treatment for mouth ulcers and cold sores.
Aloe vera soft drinks, dairy drinks and even yoghurts are in a good position to leverage an oral health positioning, a health and wellness platform which has so far been almost exclusively dominated by gum. Value sales of oral health prime positioned products amounted to $16.7 million across Euromonitor International's 32 health and wellness markets in 2010, achieving a respectable 39% growth rate over the 2005-2010 review period. In order to broaden its target group, it may be advantageous to add probiotics to aloe vera products. Certain strains of probiotic bacteria are known to combat the development of caries and gum disease, and a number of manufacturers, such as Frutarom USA, are working on oral health promoting probiotic ingredients intended for the food and beverage industries.
Furthermore, there is a small amount of research supporting aloe vera's positive impact on the health of the urinary tract.
General Wellbeing Platform Not To Be Overlooked
Being highly versatile, aloe vera lends itself perfectly to profiting from the most appealing health and wellness positioning of them all, namely that of general wellbeing which managed to accrue value sales of $296 billion in 2010 in the 32 researched markets.
A number of players, even those outside the Asia Pacific region where aloe vera ingredients regularly feature in soft drinks, are already employing aloe vera in this way. Germany's ruling discounter Aldi, for instance, includes Peach-Aloe Vera flavored water in its Well&Activ private label range, while Engel Foreign Food BV, a Dutch importer of health and wellness products from around the world, offers aloe vera soft drinks in various flavors, including Tropical Aloe Vera Thai Taste, under the Tropical Aloe Vera brand. Its latest addition, featured at Anuga 2011, is Aloe Vera & Green Tea Peach Drink, containing 25% aloe vera and 5.5% green tea.
Despite its burgeoning potential in so many areas of health and wellness, there is still work to be done if aloe vera is to become a key ingredient in mainstream health and wellness beverages, and, indeed, in packaged foods. Besides more research into specific benefits and an ongoing effort to publicize these in the media, manufacturers need to demonstrate to consumers that products containing aloe vera actually taste good. Extensive sampling initiatives will be paramount to pave the way for aloe vera's entry into the realm of mass-market health and wellness offerings.
About the Author
Ewa Hudson manages the research program for the global Health and Wellness industry at Euromonitor International, which she joined in March 2003. In her current post, she has direct responsibility over the content and quality of Euromonitor's Health and Wellness Food and Beverages research. She is also responsible for working with the international client base of Euromonitor's online database, Passport: Health and Wellness Foods and Beverages. Before joining the London office of Euromonitor International, Hudson worked as a senior analyst for Snapshots International overseeing consumer market research for Eastern Europe, UK and US. She has a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Poznan, Poland and has also studied postgraduate Marketing at the University of Westminster in London.


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We took Rio back to the animal hospital and the Vet removed his tube, vest and collar as his jaw is growing, and best of all growing straight.
He told us to take the splint off when he is being fed. This pleased Rio immensely and he ate a full large tin of rice pudding without lifting his head from the dish. He has continued to eat and eat and eat, and he has gained 7lbs in weight in two weeks. He has now worked out that after eating, his splint goes back on and has decided that puppy activities are better without it. I can only say that I can probably now lasso a steer in full flight quite easily.
He has also been reunited with his sister for short periods of supervised play. They were very pleased to be back together, so pleased that all they want to do is knock one another over. Obviously these periods have to be rather short, and consist of much catching of puppies in full flight. You can see what I mean from the photograph of them.
We take him back to the hospital again on Friday and are all hoping he can have the splint off for longer periods of time.
He is not at all frightened of the big dogs and barks as best he can at them from the other side of his baby gate, or pulls their fur through the gate. Juno is fascinated by him and spends hours lying near him.
We went to the printers yesterday and took Juno with us, he had a lovely time on the beach at Saltburn away from his puppy watching activity.
I have finished my French Grey cat, which was one of the reasons for visiting the printer, he made an excellent job with the prints. So here is 'Shades of Grey'
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Ryan joined the Global Resilience Institute in September 2017. He is currently pursuing a PhD in network science through Northeastern University's Network Science Institute. His research leverages tools and theory from network science, natural language processing, and communications to study the emergent phenomena of networked social movements and community resilience. Prior to joining the Institute, Ryan earned his Master's degree in mathematics at the University of Vermont, where he worked with the Computational Story Lab through the Vermont Complex Systems Center.


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How to Determine If You Need Farm Insurance
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Farm and ranch insurance protects you, your home and your agricultural or livestock operation. It is a combination of a standard homeowners policy and a commercial insurance policy, since farmers and ranchers often live and work on their property. A loss in that circumstance can be more than personally devastating, it can be financially crippling as well. This guide will help you determine if you need farm or ranch insurance by walking through three factors, and then explaining how to obtain the policy.
Should I Get Farm Insurance?
The first step in determining whether you need farm or ranch insurance is knowing if you live on one. A standard homeowners insurance policy might not give you adequate coverage if you do. To help you decide if you need a farm or ranch policy, we've broken down some determining factors. If you answer "yes" to any of the questions below then you likely need a farm insurance policy.
Additional structures: Are there additional structures on your property, other than a pool or a garage? If so, you might need a farm insurance policy. Typically, additional structures that would be covered by a farm policy include barns, sheds, stables and other buildings. If you are using a small building, such as a garage or greenhouse, to grow crops or plants for sale then you should consider a farm insurance policy. However, if the revenue from the commercial activity does not surpass the incidental income limit of your homeowners insurance policy, you do not need a farm or commercial insurance policy.
Types of animals: Have something larger than a dog or cat? Many people have pets or animals but what types you have, and especially what you do with them, helps determine if you need a farm insurance policy. For example, even stabling a few horses for someone can create a business exposure to the policyholder - a situation that might call for farm insurance.
You probably don't need farm insurance if you you have only a few hens or a pet pig. Again, even if you were selling the eggs the hens were laying or planned to sell the pig for slaughter, it's unlikely the revenue would surpass the incidental income limit of your home insurance policy. Once you scale it to a larger business, however, then farm or ranch insurance should come into play if you're looking for protection. You could purchase a pet health insurance policy if it were especially important to you - dogs, cats or other animals, including pet pigs are insurable.
Workers on the property: Does anyone work on your property? According to the 2012 U.S. Census, the average farm in the country spans 434 acres. That can be a lot for a single family to manage so, not surprisingly, many farms employ people to work at them. Whether they are harvesting agriculture or tending to livestock, workers are a liability if they are performing job tasks on your property. Some states even require there to be a workers compensation policy in place if there are two or more workers.
How to Buy or Get a Farm Insurance Policy
Once you've determined you need a farm insurance policy, you'll need to speak to an insurance agent about purchasing one. Unlike many other insurance policies, you cannot get an accurate quote for farm or ranch insurance policy online. Most companies won't even calculate a quote online - in fact, they urge you to speak to an agent shortly after you begin entering information online.
Farm policies are customized for each individual policyholder because of how greatly their needs vary from one another. An agent should visit the farm or ranch and survey it entirely to help you build a policy that is right for you.
Insurance companies customize farm and ranch policies to keep premiums low. If there were a general farm or ranch policy that covered everything, it would be astronomically expensive and provide coverages that many farms and ranches would not need. For example, one farm might not have any animals at all and another might have hundreds of animals. Those two farms would need very different insurance coverages.
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Automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are revolutionizing the workplace, and redefining what a 'job' means.
This report contains a series of challenging and thought-provoking recommendations for action by all stakeholders.
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90210 Season Premiere Review: "Senior Year, Baby"Matt Richenthal at .
School was back in session on the season three premiere of 90210. We don't simply know this because Dixon and Teddy kept yelling out "Senior Year, Baby!" - but because someone took an eraser and wiped many of the show's storylines clean.
The series started from scratch in a lot ways, manufacturing brand new developments that added to 90210's fluidity problem, yet may prove to be promising if the drama can actually stick with certain developments and see them through.
For instance, I certainly didn't see the death of Javier coming (and the show made him a major jerk in about 10 minutes so we'd forget about his demise quickly) but it opens up an intriguing internal dilemma for Adrianna.
Can anyone of us truly say we wouldn't have done the same thing as she did? Or at least thought very seriously about it?Then there's Teddys' knee injury. We all know where this character's storyline is going, so it's more worth noting how uncomfortable he looked in front of Naomi's half-naked body than it is to focus too much on the likely end of his tennis career.
Truth is, the show put Teddy and Silver together far too quickly and there's no chemistry between the pair. I don't care that he's gay and I don't care when they fight. Do you?
I do like Ivy and Dixon, however, which is why I wish the series would let this relationship actually marinate for a bit before coming up with a random obstacle for the two to deal with. Suddenly, Ivy has a male BFF... and she fantasizes about him... and he's sleeping with her mother?!? Ummm... okay. Just seems like a random person to insert into a relationship that I was rooting for to slowly develop.
By far, though, the worst handled storyline involved Annie (big shocker there, right?). We're meant to believe she literally didn't speak to Liam all summer long? She didn't even know about Jasper and his blown-up boat?!? Come on. This was clearly an attempt to manufacture tension in order to build up that supposedly hot kiss between her and Liam. It may be sad but true: that hit-and-run, which went absolutely nowhere, has ruined the character of Annie forever.
Any guesses on what that internship lady is up to? Who did she call and what did they discuss?
Finally, we get to Naomi. Let's give props to 90210 for giving itself such an ambitious topic to handle as rape. Will it be able to pull it off with the respect and gravity it deserves? We can't judge just yet, but it's making a point of hitting viewers over the head with the messages its trying to send.
For example: In case the striptease was not enough for us to understand that Naomi is in major denial and going to the opposite extreme to compensate for what happened, we got that speech about how sex is just a physical act. It's not hard to see how this will play out: Naomi will come clean at some point, no one will believe her, but then Mr. Cannon will eventually get what's coming to him.
I have no problem with a somewhat predictable storyline, as long as those involved make me care enough about their struggle. I'm sure AnnaLynne McCord is perfectly nice, but my job is to strictly go by what I see on screen - and she just can't pull this role off. She's a terrible actress.
What did you think of the episode?
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Step outside on cool October mornings to the earthy aroma of fallen leaves, honks of passing geese, and mist rising slowly from ponds. It's easy to find simple pleasures outdoors, the gifts of this season. Easy, that is, away from the concrete.
If you have children—or even if you don't—"No Child Left Behind" is something you've often heard as schools try to meet national testing needs. In response to that, there's a new phrase: "No child left indoors." The great thing is that it doesn't take an act of Congress.
Richard Louv's book, Last Child in the Woods, describes problems created by children's lack of contact with nature. Effects of this "nature deficit disorder" include obesity, attention deficit disorders and more. Seeing the problem is one thing, though; creating solutions is quite another.
Helping Missourians connect with nature is an important goal for us. However, children spend less and less time outdoors. They're also likely to learn more about a rainforest than a Missouri forest. At the same time, teachers and administrators work to create meaningful learning experiences, but they face the burden of mandatory testing and working with limited funds.
"What," we asked ourselves, "can we do about it? How can we help teachers bring fun and learning about nature in our state and local communities into the classroom? And even better, how can we get Missouri children outdoors?"
Our answer is "Learning Outdoors," a new school program we're piloting this year in about 30 schools across the state. We hope to expand it to many schools in the years ahead. You may have noticed in September's magazine that it's one of the actions in The Next Generation plan. In "Learning Outdoors" we:
Our first unit covers water and the life it supports in Missouri. It targets 6th–8th grades. After the pilot year, we'll be ready to provide it to more schools. The next unit will target grades 3–5. It will focus on wildlife and the habitats they need, and be ready for schools in 2008. We're also starting to develop variations on a "Conservation 101" unit for high school science and agriculture education classes.
Another program we offer to schools, especially 6th–12th grades, focuses on lifelong skills related to the outdoors. From a menu of five key skills, schools can choose teacher training in archery, map and compass, fishing, shooting sports, and camping/outdoor survival. Though this isn't a new program, over the next year we're going to make the offerings even better and easier to put into action.
Connecting to nature and the outdoors may be one of the most important things we can do for our children and ourselves. We're eager to help make it happen. But you don't have to wait for a school program to get started. Just step outside with those you love today to enjoy the gifts of the season.
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I think the advantage of inserts are that a dull insert can be changed in seconds and the program can be run immediately without recalibrating the bit. Collets don't wear as fast because the bit never leaves the collet, and once you're past the intial investments the cutters are relatively cheap, and diameters always stay true.
Disadvantages are they are not very good at plunge cutting, go slow and ramp on the infeed, and feed rates will be slower then spirals due to the straight cutters. I had no problems with cutting phenolic with them. When they got dull, I simply popped out the cone, loosened two screws and turned the cutter over, replaced the cone and went back to cutting.
I have to disagree with the last post on the use of straight-sided carbide instert tools on Phenolic. I have never had good luck with them. The problem seems to stem from the fact that they are straight-sided. I have found that a standard helical end mill or router bit will give you a much longer life between cutter changes.
The "trick" to cutting phenolic is to make chips, not dust. When you make a lot of dust it's a signal that the cutter is doing a lot of rubbing. That rubbing is doing nothing but wearing the edge of the cutter, and once you wear that "razor edge" off of the carbide it starts to wear at an excellerated rate. So the answer is to slow the spindle down and increase the feed rate. This sounds a little "backwards", but if the spindle speed is too high you are going to get too low a tooth load (not enough material cut per tooth per rev.) and too much rubbing.
Here are a few things you should do. Make your setup with some extra depth to it, that way you can use all of the flute length availible on the cutter. Write a second, third, fourth, etc program and simply use your resharpended cutters (or use cutter comp. if you have it). Don't spend money on "quality" cutters--quite honestly you won't see any difference in their life. You will get more done with 10 $27.95 1/2" dia carbide spiral flute router bits than with a lesser number of "quality" tools.
I'm not in the woodworking business, but in the plastics business, and in the last 30+ years I have machined literaly tons of Phenolics (all of the different grades).
You might want to try a zero flute bit as well.
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Isaiah 62:6-12
Psalm 97
Titus 3:4-7
Luke 2:8-20
As we embarked on our Advent journey, I offered the simple story of how my children used to mark their birthdays with the words:
The earth goes round the sun,
The earth goes round the sun,
Three hundred and sixty five days a year
the earth goes round the sun.
Well, three hundred and sixty five days have passed since we last remembered the story of God entering our story; our life, our days, our death in human form.
For three hundred and sixty five days, the sun has come up each morning; banishing the darkness and offering the gift of a new day – full of new opportunities, new beginnings.
But this is the morning, the day that we celebrate the angel greetings: "Don't be afraid.
I'm here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide:
A Saviour has just been born in David's town,
a Saviour who is Messiah and Master.
This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and lying in a manger" (Luke 2:10-11).
Light dawns …
… the Light
from which all life dawned:
the Great Let-It-Be
who christened the vast expanse of space
with millions upon millions upon millions
of stars
as signs of God's strength
to do the impossible
for us
and with us
and through us
now nestled
in a manager,
in a stable,
in an obscure town;
too busy and too full to notice
the Great I AM
whose hands laid the earth's foundation,
gripping tightly to his mother's finger –
a reflex
– surprisingly solid, firm –
rehearsed within the virgin's womb;
Dependable God
now dependent
on a nothing, from no-where really,
who gazed in wide-eyed wonder
at those who came to see
and marvel
at how God completes God's promises.
Light dawns …
… the light of our salvation.
Named Jesus (God saves),
Immanuel – God with us –
that we might be re-named:
Holy People,
Light dawns …
… the light of realisation:
such mystery,
such wonder,
such love,
such joy,
such peace,
such promise,
such hope of eternal life
is too much for us to make sense of
through the Christ-child,
within our grasp.
This Christmas,
may light-seeds be planted
in us,
and in all people;
the Light of Life
alive in us.
Light dawns ….


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The girl in Amsterdam had never tried magic mushrooms before. I knew this, because she had been slurring at me for most of the night: "I've never tried magic mushrooms before."
But tonight was clearly her night, and she planned to do it properly. That's why she ran off to find a coffee shop that sold them. That's why when the guy behind the counter told her to just eat a few of them she ignored him and monstered the entire box.
That's why about an hour later she was throwing up on my shirt as I tried to drag her out of the coffee shop and get her some help. And that's why she has no memory of the time she went crazy on magic mushrooms during a night in Amsterdam.
The girl probably wouldn't have done it at home, but Amsterdam tends to do that to people. I don't know whether they save up their crazy for the Dutch wonderland or the city just brings it out in them, but I've seen plenty of people do things they wouldn't normally do when they get to the 'Dam.
Sex shows. I've been to a lot of sex shows. As a former employee of a European tour company, it was my job to escort the passengers to a sex show each time we stayed in Amsterdam.
There's always a bit of audience participation in these shows, and it's usually the quiet ones who take you by surprise with their willingness to get involved.
I saw a very meek and mild American guy practically run onto the stage for the privilege of lying on the floor with his shirt off and having a naked girl write "BAD BOY" on his chest with a texta that wasn't being held in her hand.
That quiet American guy didn't shower for days.
But that's the thing about travel, and it's not just confined to Amsterdam: people do things they wouldn't normally do. They take chances when they travel, they let their hair down, they go wild. Maybe they're emboldened by the anonymity, or maybe they've just chosen now, on this trip, to do all of the things they've always wanted to do. Whatever it is, they go nuts.
A few weeks ago there was a video released of a tourist in the Spanish party resort of Magaluf, performing certain acts on men in a nightclub in order to get a few free drinks. It was shocking, sure – but not so shocking for people who have been on the road for a while and seen how other travellers behave.
The village of Vang Vieng in Laos used to be a haven for Westerners who wanted to do silly things. Getting drunk and swinging off ropes into a river isn't the smartest thing to do, but plenty of us did it there during the years of tubing.
I saw an employee initiation ceremony there once that involved a whole lot of probably late-teen kids having an entire bottle of Lao whiskey poured down their throats. I've seen people leap into murky water right near signs that say "do not jump – people have died here" just for the hell of it.
There's almost a feeling of invincibility when you travel, that nothing can touch you, that the normal rules of good sense and gravity don't apply once you've been stamped out of Australia. Do whatever you want! You'll be fine.
People ride on the roofs of buses because it's fun, and nothing will go wrong. Probably. They take rides in dodgy boats, because what choice do you have? They hang out of train doorways, they cling to the back of taxis. They do all these things that they wouldn't do at home because overseas you can, and you want to, so you do.
They take crazy risks. There's this guy I know – let's call him Ken Brownwater – who bought marijuana in Malawi. From a stranger. And it came wrapped in leaves from a corn cob. And it was a huge amount.
The wisdom of this purchase is not questionable, but non-existant. Who wants to tangle with the Malawian justice system just for the chance to smoke a bit of weed? But this Ken guy did it, and plenty of people he was travelling did it. And people still do it.
You take risks when you travel. But you also let yourself go, like that girl in the nightclub in Magaluf.
Want to witness tourists gone wild? Try working for a European tour company for a while. I heard of drunken passengers who managed to have a threesome in a tent.
I witnessed what would infamously be known among one group of passengers as "glowstick night", an evening on a tour in Croatia when pretty much everyone on the tour hooked up with… Pretty much everyone on the tour. (The role of the glowsticks will have to remain a mystery.)
People go crazy when they travel. It's what's so great and at once so bad about the whole experience. My only advice if you're going to do it is: look after yourself. And don't eat a whole box of mushrooms.
Have you seen people go wild when they travel? Have you done something overseas that you wouldn't normally do at home?
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We are organised into three classes:
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Weekly routine
P.E. will be on Monday (Class 8 and Class 6) or Tuesday (Class 7), and then on a Friday. While the weather is good we will go outside, so the children will need pumps or trainers which they can keep in their P.E. bags along with a blue jumper. For health and safety reasons it is important that long hair is tied back and that earrings are covered over with tape.
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The children will be given a personalised SMIRF target. The SMIRFS are key facts that the children need to know off by heart, so any help with learning these at home would be extremely beneficial. In order to move onto the next
target, children will need to be able to recall their target accurately and quickly three times at school.
Times Table Tuesday!
Every Tuesday afternoon the children will be tested on their Times Table and Division facts. They will have 4 minutes to complete 40 questions. If they have demonstrated they can recall the facts, they move on to the next Times Table. Here is the order in which we will test the table facts: BRONZE x10 and x5 , SILVER x2, x4 and x8, GOLD x3, x6 and x9, PLATINUM x7 and DIAMOND x11 and x12. Children are rewarded for their effort and achievement with a special metallic sticker and a certificate to bring home on completion of the Diamond test. A record of your child's progress can be found in their Partnership Book alongside the Time Table chart.
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Bug Club is our whole school individual reading programme which children can access both at school and at home. Each child has a library of engaging and interactive books, which have been allocated by their class teacher.
This is a fantastic and motivational online maths programme that supports your child's learning in all areas of maths. The children can choose from a variety of games to play to practise their maths. Each child has a log in which can be found at the front of their Partnership Book.
As your children become more independent we encourage them to change their books themselves when they need to. Please sign their Partnership Books when they read at home and enjoy the books they bring home with them as regularly as possible. The children can also read books online on the Bug Club website. A perfect way to read on the go if you have a laptop or tablet device!
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Viticulturists are scientists who study the growth of grapes. Though they often work with vineyards and winemakers, they can also be found working with grapes grown for juice, raisins, and other grape-related products. They are often horticulturists, who are trained in the science of growing other fruits, as well, but those who enjoy the culture of winemaking often stick to viticulture in vineyards.
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Brews News: Storm Stayed taps into neighbourly noshing
Maritime weather bombs? Wind chill and whiteouts? Great Lakes snowsqualls?
None faze Justin Belanger, a Prince Edward Island native and co-owner of Storm Stayed Brewing Company, one of the newest arrivals on Southwestern Ontario's craft beer scene.
Justin and partner Michael Naish named their brewery in honour of winter storms and the neighbourly need to sometimes stay over instead of travelling risky roads.
They've cleverly incorporated the feel of refuge from a storm and a mood of bonding through conversation with the clean, minimalist design of the Storm Stayed taproom and have quickly become a gathering place in West of Wharncliffe (WOW), a London neighbourhood champing at the bit for a place just like Storm Stayed.
What strikes me first as I walk in is the unusual table configuration — the taproom is dominated by a long, 30-person table with a few four-seat spots off to the side. It's not necessarily to accommodate large groups (although that, too, is welcome) but to encourage Storm Stayed patrons to meet and chat with each other, church supper style. Or should that be tucked in a Strathroy arena while waiting for Highway 402 to reopen style?
There's no TV to present a distraction, although there is free Wi-Fi to encourage fact-checking, beer trivia or even academic pursuits for any Western University students who discover this off-campus refuge of alumni pedigree.
The drill is to order at the bar and take your flights or glasses to any table filled with friendly faces, new or old. And those glasses you'll carry? No ordinary shaker pints here. Storm Stayed chose smart-looking 16-ounce Rastal Craft Master glassware, well-suited for blondes, IPAs, or stouts.
Storm Stayed poured its first beers Dec. 3 during a soft opening attended by family and friends from both the east and west coasts of Canada. An official grand opening is Saturday when they'll be leaning on the number 13, laughing in the general direction of unluckiness.
That means starting the celebration at 1300 hours (1 p.m.) with 13 taps dispensing Storm Stayed's own remarkable recipes and guest brews.
In the months ahead, Storm Stayed will settle into a 5-5-5 tap offering, meaning five mainstay beers including Daybreak Blonde and Moonshadow Berliner Weisse, five seasonal or experimentals, and five guest taps featuring friends from the Ontario craft beer world.
It's Daybreak Blonde, a most pleasant post-workday beer, and the sour wheat Moonshadow which have proven to be Storm Stayed's big hits during its first six weeks. Cans of Daybreak will be rolling off a contracted portable canning line mid-January followed in the weeks ahead by The Hunter American Porter. In the meantime take-home patrons have the choice of 32-ounce crowler cans or bringing in another brewery's growlers to be filled. Storm Stayed does not provide its own growlers, firm in the belief that cans are the best vessel because there's no damaging light or oxygen.
Tweeking and experimenting with adjuncts fitting for the seasons will be a hallmark of Storm Stayed. For example, over the holidays flights of Moonshadow were offered with intriguing syrups: pomegranate and clementine, fig and demerara sugar, chestnut and vanilla, and — why not? — candy cane. Beer purity law purists, I know you're cringing. But this isn't 1516. Just wait til you see what Storm Stayed offers for Valentine's and St. Patrick's Day.
On the food side, Storm Stayed is host to a business-within-a-business as the Gathering Plate offers a menu of appetizers including soft pretzels with cheddar ale dip (pair it with Daybreak Blonde and sandwiches including a roast beef that Justin suggests pairing with Red Dawn India Pale Ale. "The malty notes of the beer work well with the meat's protein," he said.
Storm Stayed is at 169 Wharncliffe Rd. South in London.
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We've enjoyed beer and cheese pairings as well as beer cheddar brought home from Wisconsin and beer cheese sauce from Kentucky. But beer cream cheese? Look no further than La Noisette, a four-year-old bakery at 900 Oxford St. East in London.
Owner Tabitha Switzer, after toying with flavours for her cream cheese, settled on using Anderson Brown to provide a flavour punch. While the recipe is a work in progress up for tweeking, Anderson Brown Cream Cheese is available at the bakery. Recommended serving is on La Noisette's homemade New York-style chocolate chip bagel.
Wayne Newton is a freelance journalist in London.


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Posted on 1-Oct-2003 22:46
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The Dose-a-Day calendars are the latest toy from DataViz - tear off yearly calendars, currently available in Dilbert and Golf themes. The major difference of course – these are for your PalmOS or PocketPC PDA. As Mauricio is currently Palmless, I was lucky enough to get the chance to go over the Palm OS offering.
I almost fell out of my chair when I discovered the download was an entire 17Mb. This isn't so ridiculous once you see what it contains – 8Mb of 160x160 images and 30Mb of 320x320 images, 366 in each resolution. Luckily the application uses a conduit to sync only a limited number to your device, however this does leave Linux and MacOS users out of luck. Installation was straightforward, and after an initial synchronisation I was dissapointed to receive a obtuse error message stating that not all components were installed and that I should attempt to HotSync again. Another sync triggered the now-installed conduit and the images were installed to my Palm, resolving this error. It would not be amiss to either make the error message more clear however, or to do the initail sync as part of install.
Once installed, the engine takes about 210Kb of storage. The killer is the images – each image is 90Kb at 320x320. By default, 11 images are synced (today's, plus 5 each side). This can thankfully be adjusted in the conduit settings for those without much memory. Further, any saved favourites will take an extra 90Kb each. It does not appear to support storing the images on a memory card at present, so you'll need ~1300Kb of RAM for a default install. For those very limited with space, the Golf version claims to be much smaller. On the upside, the image quality is excellent – all the images and text are nicely anti-aliased and look great at 320x320.
A daily dose of fun
This application adds a few bonuses over your paper calendar. As the screen isn't wide enough to display the entire strip you can scroll by dragging with the style, or using the 4 way controller on PalmOne devices. Left and right scroll the strip, while up and down move you forwards and backwards through the installed strips, although you cannot view future strips until their date has passed.
If you come across any strips you particulary like you can save them as favourites. You are able to give favourites a name of your choice, and can view them any time via a menu option. Again, you can scroll through the favourites using up and down, before returning to the date view via the menu. It could be nice for less PDA savvy users to have a visible element to switch between the views, but this is a minor criticism.
Bookmark favourites to laugh later - again
The application also features a few useful options to have in automatically start. You can set it to start on power up, on the first power up of the day, at a specific time each day or just when you run the program. You also have the option to display automatically when in the cradle, however I had problems with the application starting automatically when out of the cradle with this option enabled. The other options, however, functioned perfectly and it provides a nice way to start your day.
This is a very nice package, although I wonder if it is worth the full cost. DataViz are selling it for US$19.95, compared to ~US$12 for the current tear-off calendar. Further, the strips I have seen so far are all from 1998 – you won't be getting the latest stuff from Scott Adam's pen I'm afraid.
Apart from these minor misgivings, it is a nicely polished program and a fine addition to anyone's PDA. I'm sure the minor niggles I've mentioned will be ironed out in the near future (this is version 1.0 after all), and you can always use your Geekzone discount at Handango to cut the cost a little. It's certainly nicer to open your PDA to Dilbert than the Today screen, and the strips are as funny as ever.
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After such a thorough review I can't add much. The Pocket PC version is exactly like the Palm version. A brilliant example of cross platform software.
Dose-a-Day interface on Pocket PC is very similar to Palm OS
The download for Pocket PC (13MB) is smaller than the Palm version. The program and data use a little more than 2.8MB of storage on a Pocket PC, but I'm using the sync as 5 days before and 20 days after (which is a little bit more than James is using on his Palm). Perhaps because I fear having to go out on a trip without my daily Dilbert and without time to go back home and synchronise?
An important point to consider is that different from the paper calendar this one starts from the day the program is installed - your year of fun starts now, no need to wait for 1st January
One interesting thing to add is the freebie PDF file installation. The introduction and chapter 1 of "The way of the Weasel", by Scott Adams is included with this download.
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Once the initial feelings of euphoria surrounding your engagement are over we know that these feelings can quickly turn to sheer panic on how on earth to start planning your wedding! So, after chatting with lots of different couples that have already been there and done that, we've come up with this (hopefully very handy) month by month guide with suggestions on what to do when. Happy planning!…
12 months to go…
- Decide on your budget and establish roughly how many guests you will invite
- Decide on a time frame for your wedding date, narrow it down to a few weekends
- View reception venues and book one as soon as you find one you love
- Don't forget to make sure that your date is also available with the church minister or civil ceremony registrar too!
- Decide on your bridal party: bridesmaids, ushers, best man etc.
11 months to go…
- Start dress shopping!
- Send save-the-date cards to your guests
- Book your photographer and videographer
10 months to go…
- Make a final decision on your dress
- Book a caterer, DJ and/or band if required
- Start researching your honeymoon
9 months to go…
- Buy your bridesmaid's dresses and suits for the groom, best man and ushers
- Find a florist and set a meeting to chat through your ideas on flowers
- Go for a menu tasting with your caterer and also decide on drinks
8 months to go…
- Make decisions on music and readings for your ceremony and check that the church or venue doesn't impose any restrictions on these
- Make decisions on invitations, place names and menu cards and place orders if necessary
7 months to go…
- Start thinking about how you are going to personalize your wedding with table names, wedding favours and seating charts
- Book your wedding transport
- Order your wedding cake (don't forget you can have tastings for this too!)
6 months to go…
- Choose gifts for the wedding party (usually the bridesmaids, best man and the mums!)
- Pick and order your wedding rings
- Confirm the order of service with your priest or registrar and have them printed up
5 months to go…
- Buy your wedding shoes and accessories
- Decide on a hairdresser and makeup artist and book your trial appointments
4 months to go…
- If you're changing your name, renew your passport now or you can always wait and do it after your honeymoon
- Make sure your hen and stag do's are being planned!
- Go honeymoon clothes shopping
3 months to go…
- Have your wedding dress altered
- If you're having a gift list, now is the time to start writing your wish list!
2 months to go…
- Send out invitations (traditionally sent 6-12 weeks before the day) and keep a list of acceptances
- You might need to organise a rehearsal for a few days before the big day so decide on a date and inform those who will need to be there
1 month to go…
- Arrange a final fitting of your wedding dress and remember to take with you any special underwear, shoes and accessories
- Reconfirm arrangements with all of your suppliers
- Chase up any guests who haven't responded to your invitation
- Confirm your final numbers with the caterers and venue and create your final seating plan
- Order your honeymoon currency
- Have your final haircut and colour
1 week to go…
- Have the wedding rehearsal
- Pack for your honeymoon
- Wear-in your wedding shoes
- Have your final beauty treatments
- Find your 'something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue'
- Create a list of all of your wedding suppliers, their contact details and the times they're meant to arrive on the day and then pass this over to someone in your bridal party so that they have it if the need arises!
1 day to go
- Try to relax, don't work and have fun!