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St. Catharines
St. Catharines [10] is a city in the Niagara Region. It has the Welland Canal, a dry-dock for ships, and automotive plants. Two World Rowing Championships have been held here, first in 1970, and the most recent being in 1999.
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The QEW Highway runs right through the city which runs from Toronto to the Niagara Falls border crossing.
Greyhound and Coach Canada operate a bus service from the MTO building downtown located at 301 St. Paul Street. Frequent trips to Toronto, Niagara Falls, and beyond can be arranged.
GO transit train station located just off of St. Paul Street West, not far outside downtown. Most trains are scheduled for a couple of trips Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There are services West to Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Toronto and beyond. There is service East to Niagara Falls. See gotransit.ca for more details.
There is also a GO bus pickup and drop off which may now be operating daily but the schedule varies. The stop is located at the corner of Dawsco Drive and YMCA Drive which is surrounded by Costco, PetsMart and the Fairview Mall. Services East to Niagara Falls or West to the Burlington Go Station for connecting trains. See gotransit.ca for more details.
Via Rail Canada and AMTRAK train station is located with the GO station not far outside of Downtown. Located on Ambrose Street, not far off of St. Paul West. There are services West to Toronto and Beyond and East for Niagara Falls and beyond into Buffalo USA for AMTRAK. Check viarail.ca or amtrak.com for more information.
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St. Catharines has a public transit system of buses that service most of the city. Maps and schedules can be viewed online at www.yourbus.com. Fare is $3.00 per ride including a transfer. You can view maps, schedules and purchase passes at the MTO building Downtown located at 301 St. Paul Street. Tickets for multiple rides can also be purchased at the PEN Centre shopping mall located at 221 Glendale Avenue.
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It is a shame that St. Catharines is overlooked by most tourists visiting Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake as it has a lot to offer. St. Catharines offers better value and quality for food and accommodation than the nearby tourist destinations which are only about 10-20 minutes away.
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Port Dalhousie (pronounced Da-loo-zee) is, as the name suggests, at the mouth of Twelve Mile Creek on Lake Ontario. Not far away is Henley Rowing course. It is the home of Lakeside Park, made famous by the Rush song of the same name. It is a small area, basically one square block, but it hosts more than 10 bars, almost all of which have patio areas. One popular attraction is the old-fashioned carousel, which costs only 5 cents a ride. A very popular place for locals and tourists in the summer time.
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There are two primary bar areas in the city: Port Dalhousie and downtown. Generally, Port Dalhousie is the active bar scene during the warm summer months, and downtown is the prime location for nightlife in the winter.
The downtown area also has its fill of bars, likely more than twenty. Everything from small pubs to large dance clubs fill the area, although almost every bar has a laid back feel (with matching laid-back clothing requirements.) There has been a bit of an upscale trend lately, with the addition of a few martini bars. It's a bigger area to cover than up in Port, but even still it's quite easy to walk from a bar at one end of downtown to another at the opposite end.
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Director Aurora Guerrero sets her minimally plotted slice-of-life film in the almost entirely Mexican immigrant community of Huntington Park, in southeast Los Angeles. Two 15-year-old girls, one a straight-A student, the other a troubled newcomer, form a bond that becomes, slowly and tentatively, something more than friendship.
Both teenagers are, naturally, far too sensitive for the callous, conformist world of high school. (Isn't everyone?) Many details of the girls' lives feel piercingly right, like the ill-fitting bra and chipped nail polish on Mari (Venecia Troncoso), or the way Yolanda (Fenessa Pineda), when she's uncomfortable at parties or with mean-girl companions, goes still, as though hoping a guard dog won't notice her.
Mari conceals her money anxieties and free-floating anger with bad-girl behavior such as smoking joints; Yolanda, adored by her straitlaced parents, keeps her head down and hits the books. Pineda's round face and big eyes record every disturbance as quickly as the surface of a pond. The strikingly gorgeous Troncoso shows how Mari relishes attention for her looks one minute, and fears it the next.
"Mosquita y Mari" leaves an impression of collected scenes, rather than a smoothly knitted narrative. The movie avoids melodrama, content to let the young characters create their circle of two and watch as they try to fend off the world's intrusions. Guerrero's attitude toward the teenagers — understanding and affectionate, without being cloying — is what holds your interest.

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After a long time trying to evaluate why submit or not to NM, I decided to do it. I'm still lost thinking about what should I do to make it happen, but I'm looking for info and probably in a couple of weeks I'll submit.
Meanwhile, I'm working on FSFLA plan and reading lots of docs to be prepared to NM tests.
I'm still trying to organize my trip to Debconf, but as usual...money is the problem. I hope I'll be able to go.


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Men's Soccer plays five of final six regular season matches at home
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (October 13, 2011) – The ETSU men's soccer team returns to Summers-Taylor Stadium this weekend, as they get set to host a pair of Atlantic Sun contests against Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast.
The Buccaneers welcome Stetson to Johnson City on Friday at 7 p.m., before closing out the weekend against FGCU on Sunday at 1 p.m.
ETSU (7-4-1, 1-3-0 A-Sun) currently sits in a tie with Stetson for sixth place in the A-Sun standings with both teams having earned three points thus far. The Bucs will look to use its home field to make up some ground as ETSU will play five of its final six regular season matches at home. Including the two matches this weekend, the Bucs also play three of their last four conference games at Summers-Taylor Stadium, where they are currently 3-1-1 on the year.
Last weekend, the Bucs traveled to Florida for a weekend series against North Florida and Jacksonville. ETSU, having not earned a point in conference play to that point of the season, desperately needed a favorable result and did so with some late game magic.
Down 2-1 in the 89th minute against UNF, the Bucs created a dangerous chance by bringing the ball into the penalty area. Trying to hold on through the final minutes, the Ospreys disrupted ETSU before a shot was taken, but were subsequently whistled for a foul as referee Alex Sorondo thought Josh Ciambella's challenge was too harsh. Ciambella was sent off with a red card and senior Aaron Schoenfeld (Knoxville, Tenn.) lined up for the ensuing penalty kick, burying the chance to tie the match with 1:52 remaining in the half.
Down a man through the overtimes, UNF watched as ETSU constantly threatened for the game-winner. 25 seconds into the second extra session, junior Theo Yang (Lilburn, Ga.) sent in his first goal of the year and the Bucs were off their A-Sun schneid with their first three points of the year.
Sunday's match against Jacksonville saw ETSU take a first half lead on another Schoenfeld goal, his team-leading sixth of the year, but the Bucs could not hold on. JU rallied for two scores in the second frame to defeat ETSU, 2-1, and drop the Buccaneers to 1-3-0 in A-Sun play.
The Bucs head into this weekend with another opportunity for six points, but will have to earn them against two of the league's tougher squads.
Stetson (4-5-1, 1-1-0 A-Sun) boasts a record which is misleading upon first glance. Three of the Hatters' five losses have come against the likes of Ohio State, Furman and FGCU – all teams that have been ranked in a national poll at some point during the year.
Jonathan Mendoza leads the Stetson attack with six goals, 13 points, 30 shots and 16 shots on goal, but has not scored since Stetson's tie against George Washington on September 25.
The Hatters lead ETSU 4-1-0 in the all-time series, but remember all too well their only loss to the Buccaneers. That defeat came in last year's Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship game, when Itode Fubara (Ogbema, Nigeria) scored in the first overtime period to end Stetson's Atlantic Sun championship hopes.
FGCU (5-3-2, 2-0-0 A-Sun) entered the 2011 season with postseason aspirations on its mind. The Eagles joined the A-Sun conference in 2007, but had to wait until this year to gain postseason eligibility.
Last year's A-Sun regular season champion, FGCU is led by Cristian Raudales on the attack. Raudales has scored four goals for the Eagles this season, with his most recent goal scoring performance coming in a, 2-1, win over Mercer. The senior scored twice in the second half, including the game-winner in the fourth minute of overtime for the win.
The all-time series favors FGCU 2-1-0, as the Eagles took the series lead last year when they defeated ETSU 5-0 in Fort Myers.
Live stats for both games will be available courtesy of ETSUBucs.com, and live video will be provided courtesy of ASun.TV.
For more information on ETSU men's soccer please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's soccer links.


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Preparing world-ready leaders is our business.
In the classroom and in the boardroom, UW Oshkosh College of Business students gain the knowledge and skills to prepare them to lead. With a unique philosophy that gives students practical skills–and not just academic theory–College of Business students show what Titans can do to change the world.
College of Business at UW Oshkosh
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh College of Business (COB) is the only business school in the region accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), offering majors in accounting, economics, finance, human resources, information systems, interactive web management, management, marketing and supply chain management.
The UWO COB also offers minors in business, global business, insurance and finance planning, operations research and sustainability management.
Students can also pursue a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from UWO through a two-year evening and online program or a 16-month Saturday only program.


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We wish a big THANK YOU to Rod Conklen for serving a
full term of 9 years with the Logan County FSA
Committee. We are very grateful for the years of
service to his community by helping perserve
the grass roots system in Federal Agriculture
policy. Rod will be replaced by Dennis Ramlow of
Lincoln, IL.
We also congratulate Dennis Ramlow for his
willigness to serve on the County Committee and
represent LAA #1 (Prairie Creek, Orvil, Sheridan,
West Lincoln, Corwin, and Broadwell Townships).
Landowners and operators are reminded that in order
to receive benefits from USDA, they must be
compliant with Highly Erodible Land Conservation
(HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) provisions.
Farmers with HEL determined soils must apply
tillage, crop residue and rotation requirements as
specified in their conservation plan or approved
Producers should notify FSA prior to conducting land
clearing or drainage projects to ensure compliance.
Landowners and operators can complete form AD-1026
Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland
Conservation (WC) Certification to determine whether
a referral to Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) for a technical determination is necessary.
For more information on Highly Erodible Land and
Wetland Conservation provisions, contact a FSA
County Office or visit the FSA website at
The Logan County Soil & Water Conservation District
is conducting a spring tree sale. Several varieties
of evergreens, hardwoods and shrubs are available.
Prices range from $1.00 – 2.00 per tree. Order
forms are available online at
www.loganswcd.org or call the District
office at 217-735-5508 Ext. 3. Ordering deadline is
March 7, 2014. Delivery of the trees will be in
early April. Customers will be notified of the
exact delivery date in late March.
Please contact John Peters, County Executive
Director, at (217) 735-5508,
firstname.lastname@example.com or for Farm
Loans, please contact Tony Schmillen, Farm Loan
Manager, at (217) 735-5508,
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW,
Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992
(Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local
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It's not official, but the zombie apocalypse is upon us. Face eating is rampant. It's only a matter of time before full bodies are consumed. Music for zombies is just a voice slowly saying "brains" over and over. Those of us who are fighting need a different soundtrack. Stock rock and roll with crunchy guitar riffs might be the obvious choice. Bon Jovi's "Blaze of Glory" plays while we shoot invading hordes and protect our family's gray matter.
There will, however, be those unprepared, unable or unwilling to fight. Some will be old and helpless. Some will not give up flip-flops, vastly limiting their mobility. There may also be others who just want to party and make sweet love until consumed. For them, the music of the Millionaires provides the perfect ambience. There is no future in their songs. The hedonistic now is all we have. We're all gonna die, so just pass the Four Loko already.
Sisters Melissa Marie and Allison Green make up Millionaires, and on Tuesday the Launchpad will host these good-timing Huntington Beach, Calif. musicians. The duo's bratty flow is accompanied by raunchy dance moves with lots of bending over and simulated fellatio. Lyrics about sex, alcohol, haters and freaks lie on a bed of electronic dance beats with catchy, yet somewhat predictable, keyboard lines. The surprises will not come from the stage, but later, in slowly recalling what you did after having too much to drink. Remember, it's all about you.
Some will decry the blatant devil-may-care attitude and unhealthy activities espoused by the Millionaires and the group's ilk. That's because they are jerks who like to tell others how to live. Self-destruction can be high art, like in Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano. Millionaires may be high art to future generations, with a class in crunk history required for all English majors. Then again, we might not make it that far if we keep eating each other.


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A Very Handsome Man
My father, Moshe, was born in 1934, to a Zionist family living in Palestine, under the British Mandate. Relations at that time with the Palestinian Arabs in the neighboring town were distant, and underlined by a thread of suspicion. Nevertheless, my grandfather, a citrus farmer, developed a relationship with one Arab man, named Abdullah, that reached extraordinary levels of trust and respect. My father's relationship with Abdullah was a different and simpler matter. He just loved him. He loved Abdullah completely, as only a hero worshiping boy can love his very own living hero.
My grandfather met Abdullah at a train station, where he was packing oranges into shipping crates. Abdullah, a Palestinian Arab was there with his wife and family - two children, both daughters. He and my grandfather, who spoke fluent Arabic, struck up a conversation, and by the end of it, Abdullah was working for him. He started off as a laborer and night guard for the citrus fields, living in a shack with his family in the fields themselves. My grandfather, Meir, impressed by Abdullah's work and charisma, quickly promoted him, and within in a few years, Abdullah and my grandfather were co-managing the orchard and starting small projects together as business partners.
They were never very social with each other, but they were there for each other in profound ways. Once, while carrying the weekly payroll back to the orchard, my grandfather was shot and robbed by two Arab men. They took the money, of course, as well as my grandfather's watch, and left he badly wounded. When Abdullah heard about the attack, my father says he went to wash himself, dressed in his best robes, and disappeared. A week later, he returned, carrying my grandfather's watch and satchel. The money was gone, but my father is convinced that Abdullah had hunted down and killed the two men who attacked my grandfather to repair the dishonor they had done him by attacking his employer.
Later, as the 1948 War of Israeli Independence approached, Abdullah trusted my grandfather to smuggle his new baby boy across the lines to get the boy's eye infection treated by Jewish doctors. My grandfather took the boy by bus to Rehovot, got him treated, and returned him across the lines to Abdullah - not once, but many times.
Meanwhile, while Meir and Abdullah worked together, and respected each other, my father was in love. For him, Abdullah was the very embodiment of manhood - strong, prideful, and courageous. I suspect that Abdullah was also more effusive with my father. Not having a son of his own at the time, Abdullah doted on my father and brought him into this family. Moshe loved and idolized my grandfather as well, but their relationship carried more of the obligations and expectations that associated with fathers and sons. Abdullah was a man my father could look up to without the weight of responsibility.
My father's relationship with Abdullah did not go unnoticed, and despite their own relationship with Abdullah, my grandparents tried to curb it. It was embarrassing that their eldest son, still just a boy really, preferred the company of an Arab man and his children to that of his own cousins and school friends. My father, however, stuck with Abdullah, even during the summer, when all of his cousins would gather in Tel Aviv to enjoy the beach - my father was with Abdullah, swimming in the orchard's watering holes with Abdullah's daughters.
In 1948, my father was thirteen, and when the Israeli War of Independence began, Abdullah and his family were caught up in what the Palestinians call the Nekba, or tragedy. Just a few months earlier, Abdullah was begging my grandfather to flee to escape the Arab armies that he thought would inevitably destroy the fledging Jewish state and its residents. But in the end, it was Abdullah who fled with his wife, daughters, and very young son. For a time, Abdullah managed to stay in touch with my grandfather via messages broadcast by Radio Jordan. Displaced Palestinians used these radio messages to let family members still in Israel know they were ok. Abdullah used them to say hello to my grandfather.
My father, Moshe, never expected to see Abdullah again, but in 1956, he crossed paths with that very handsome man in the most extraordinary of ways. By then, my father was a young army reservist, a former commando, still hardened to the fight. He was called up to active duty during the 1956 Sinai War, and he was happy to go. Early in the war, but after days of combat already, my father was resting in jeep. He had a pretty good growth of beard at the time, and was now a full grown man in his early 20's. He looked nothing like he did as a 13 year old kid preparing for his Bar Mitzvah.
Despite wanting to close his eyes and rest, my father felt agitated, like someone was watching him. He sat up, looked around, and spied an Arab soldier staring at him through the fence that was corralling hundreds of captured Egyptian soldiers - prisoners of war.
My father stared back, challenging the guy to back down and look away, but he didn't. Moshe got up, and started walking towards the prisoner, ready to let him have it, when the prisoner started calling out to him. "Ibn Meir, Ibn Meir!" That's what Abdullah always called my father, "Son of Meir" in Arabic. My father couldn't believe it. He rushed to Abdullah, and they embraced, crying through wire. The Israeli MPs thought that a prisoner had managed to catch a passing soldier and was trying to choke him. They beat Abdullah terribly while my father screamed, at them to stop, saying over and over again, "That's my father, your beating my father!" As you might imagine, the MPs found this very confusing. They stopped beating Abdullah, but they didn't understand, and they certainly weren't going to let Abdullah out of the POW camp, despite my father's demands that they release him. But my father persisted, told them the whole story, and he got another solder from his hometown to corroborate who Abdullah was. He also got his commanding officer involved, and eventually, Abdullah was released to my father's custody on the condition that Moshe take him home that night and be back the next day to resume his duties. So, my father drove Abdullah to his hometown of Rehovot that night, dropped him off with my grandparents, and returned to his unit by dawn. My grandparents weren't exactly happy to have a captured Egyptian solder in their house, but despite the odd looks from the neighbors, Abdullah stayed with them until the war's end, when he eventually returned to Egypt as part of a prisoner exchange.
That again, might have been the end of my father's and grandfather's relationship with Abdullah. They didn't hear from him at all after the end of the war. Decades later, however, after the refugee experience had shattered Abdullah and his family, my grandmother, found him, a shell of his former self, hiding in her garden. His daughters were gone, taken against their will as wives. His wife also gone, perhaps dead. And Abdullah was now old, and frail. Somehow, he had crossed the border into Israel, and made his way to my grandparents' house. Perhaps they were the closest thing to family he had left. They took him in for a while, and then found him a job as night guard at a local factory, where he could also live.
He and my father, now living in America with his own family, saw each other only once during this time before Abdullah died. I never met Abdullah, and didn't even know this story until I myself was a college graduate. For whatever reason, this was never among the many stories my father told me as a child about his own dramatic childhood. Given my father's right wing politics, and anti-Arab sentiments, this story was shocking, and illuminating of a part of my father I had never seen before.
My father is dead now - more than 7 years gone at this point - so I can't get any more details about Abdullah, his work with my grandfather, or the impressions he made on my father. I do, however, have my father telling the story in his own words on video - made shortly before he was diagnosed with the lung cancer that would eventually kill him. I've attached that video below.


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The 2014 Obamacare tax wave
Tanning salons, colonoscopy scopes and prescription drugs like Xanax — they're all items hit by taxes in recent years to fund President Barack Obama's health care law.
Starting in 2014, the Obamacare tax man is coming for insurance companies — who contend a good chunk of these costs will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums.
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And with those now in effect, almost all of the taxes that will be used to offset the cost of Obamacare are in place.
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
The new levies include a multibillion-dollar assessment on insurance companies based on their market share, a fee that will be used to compensate insurers who take on the most costly policyholders and a penalty for individuals who decide to remain uninsured. A tax on so-called Cadillac health plans, set to begin in 2018, is the last major provision to kick in.
This is also the first year wealthier Americans will feel the Affordable Care Act tax squeeze from several levies that began in 2013 but won't be paid out until the upcoming tax filing season a few weeks away.
Of course, the flow of tax dollars goes both ways under the president's signature health care law. Starting this year, low-income Americans can begin receiving tax credits for their insurance costs — a process that will be closely watched following the botched rollout of the Obamacare website.
( PHOTOS: 12 Democrats criticizing the Obamacare rollout)
What follows is an overview of the 2014 ACA tax-and-fee wave.
Take a HIT and pass it on
This year, insurers will collectively pay an $8 billion health insurance tax known as HIT, a fee that will vary based on a company's market share. Annual collections will increase to $14.3 billion by 2018, and more than $100 billion will be brought in over the next decade.
The million-dollar question is how much of this cost insurers will pass on to consumers.
Insurers have been sounding the alarm that the tax will lead to an increase in premiums, but the law's supporters argue the industry is just trying to protect profits and build support for repealing the tax.
Insurers point to a study done by international consulting firm Oliver Wyman a few years ago that found the tax would increase premiums by more than $2,800 per person and $6,800 per family over a decade. The study was paid for by the industry's leading trade group, America's Health Insurance Plans, which is lobbying hard to get the tax repealed.
( PHOTOS: Sebelius testifies on Obamacare rollout)
Obamacare supporters say those warning of higher premiums because of the tax on insurers and other levies are crying wolf.
Topher Spiro, of the left-leaning Center for American Progress, said these taxes could easily be "offset by additional revenue that the health insurance industry will get over the coming years" because of the law's requirement that most people get insurance.
But some independent analysts said that while insurers are most likely inflating the impact the tax will have on premiums, consumers can expect to bear some of the cost.
"Typically, the costs of a tax are split between the seller and the buyer," saidBob Williams, a fellow at the center-left Tax Policy Center and a former deputy assistant director for tax analysis at the Congressional Budget Office.
For instance, the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation said premiums will increase 2 percent because of the tax — about $350 to $400 per family by 2016.
"The fact that the statutory incidence of the health insurance fee is on the insurer does not alter the economic incidence of the tax, which is the same regardless of who writes the check to the government," the JCT wrote in a 2011 letter to former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.).
With the tax now going into place, the debate will move from theory to reality, and it may soon become clearer to what extent the tax bump contributes to higher premiums.
A pain in the bellybutton?
A temporary, three-year tax on insurers, which will redistribute the money back to select health care providers as a sort of financial safety net, also officially kicked in Jan. 1.
Some politicians call it the bellybutton tax — because it also applies to a policyholder's spouse and dependents — while policy wonks know it as the "reinsurance fee."
By either name, it's basically insurance for the insurers that spreads out risk. This year, insurers will owe Uncle Sam $63 per health insurance recipient — about $12 billion. The program will then hand over the money to insurance companies that find themselves taking on the most costly patients, those with severe health problems.


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A win like this in which Jacksonville was forced to rally could help the Cardinals as they continue their quest for the Coastal 3-A Conference soccer title.
A win like this in which Jacksonville was forced to rally could help the Cardinals as they continue their quest for the Coastal 3-A Conference soccer title.
And coach Dave Miller didn�t dispute that Thursday night after Jacksonville came back from a 2-0 first-half deficit to defeat Havelock 5-2.
�I think it helps,� Miller said. �Any game where you are pushed, it�s a character check and it�s a gut check. I thought the girls responded pretty well in the second half.�
The conference-leading Cardinals (14-3-2, 11-1) did after falling behind two goals against a Havelock team that lost 6-0 to Jacksonville on March 26.
Sophomore Leah Oswalt recorded a hat trick as Jacksonville netted five unanswered goals en route to the victory over the Rams (12-7, 7-5).
�It definitely was a tough game,� Oswalt said. �The goalie did a great job and she made some great saves. I think both teams really played a great game, but I think we had the heart and every missed opportunity made us want the next one even more.�
Goals by senior Meredith McCarty and Oswalt allowed the Cardinals to tie it.
Oswalt then put Jacksonville ahead 3-2 with 24:53 left when she scored off an assist from Taylor Leyble. Kristina Stevenson started the scoring chance by delivering a pass up the field to Leyble, who then crossed the ball to the middle from the right corner.
Oswalt was there to tuck it away.
She then scored her third goal with 11:17 left to make it 4-2.
�Leah has good presence, has good size and great speed,� Miller said. �She is able to get separation from defenders and that helped her tonight.�
Oswalt, though, credited Cassie Padilla for helping her score. Padilla assisted on Oswalt�s first and third goals.
�Cassie is such a great midfielder,� Oswalt said. �She tries so hard and she does a great job of setting me up for nice shots.�
Jacksonville took a 5-2 lead with 10:17 left when Leyble scored off an assist from Rachel Owens to complete the Cardinals� rally.
The Cardinals simply looked like a different team from the midway point of the first half until the game�s end.
�We didn�t come out and play very well, and they were all over us in the first 15 to 20 minutes and we really couldn�t get anything going,� Miller said. �It was sloppy all the way around. The girls finally settled down � and we did a much better job in the second half.�
Havelock struck first when Dominique Martinez scored just 8:49 in. The Rams then extended the lead to 2-0 about 10 minutes later on a goal by Natalie Johnson.
�The whole first half the girls were hustling,� Havelock coach Jeff Harris said. �They were winning balls and were winning the midfield. Every ball was challenged. There was no lack of intensity on either side, but in the second half Jacksonville came back out with a little bit more intensity. They started winning the midfield.�
McCarty helped turn things around for the Cardinals when she scored with 18:30 left in the first half to cut the Rams� lead in half at 2-1. McCarty played a corner kick from Jordyn Hayden and put it past the goalkeeper.
�It did lift our spirits up,� Oswalt said of McCarty�s goal. �Normally once we get our first goal, we are good to go.�
The Cardinals certainly were ready after they had two shots hit the cross bar in the first half.
It didn�t take long in the second half for Jacksonville to score again as Oswalt found the net just 3:21 into the half after Padilla delivered a throughball toward the goal.
�We just tried to fix some things we weren�t doing in the first half,� Miller said. �I thought for the most part we did a good job with that in the second half.�
But while Miller was happy with the win, he knows the Cardinals will have to play better if they are to defeat D.H. Conley and White Oak next week and win the conference title.
Jacksonville was called for 10 offsides penalties against Havelock.
�We have to step it up and play a little better from the start,� Miller said. �We need both wins. They are going to be two big games.�
Jacksonville goalie Krysten Stenclik made five saves.
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Here's a creative approach to the theme song of Super Mario Bros. song. Try beat boxing. I think it would be cool to use this as a ringtone.
His name is Hikakin, A beatboxer from Japan. I never heard of him and I thought it was pretty insane. Beatboxing feels like almost sounds the same to me, I guess im gonna have to take a better look on this.
Check out his blogpage for more stuff other than this.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
The Super Mario Bros. BeatBox!!!
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Perfectly Spiced Pumpkin Scones Recipe
How to make our spiced pumpkin scones inspired by Starbucks. Jump to the Pumpkin Scones Recipe or watch our quick recipe video showing you how we make them. These always get rave reviews!
These pumpkin scones are the best. We just love them. We add lots of pumpkin and fall spices to the dough and they have not one, but two glazes. One is a simple white glaze and the other, a pumpkin spice glaze that gets drizzled on top.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Our copycat Pumpkin Spiced Latte recipe. It's inspired by Starbucks (just like these scones). Once you make it at home, you'll never go back.
How to Make Our Perfectly Spiced Pumpkin Scones
These scones are easy to make and worth the effort (they are so delicious). The scones are fantastic warm and at room temperature. You can make them with or without the glazes — we like both options.
Before we get to the glaze, let's talk about how to make the best scones.
The trick to making the best scones is cold butter — if it isn't cold, you're done before you even get started. It's the cold bits of butter in scones that makes them tender.
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It's also important to not overwork the dough — the same goes for biscuits.
To make the scones, we combine dry ingredients with lots of fall spices. Then we "cut" in cold butter. Do this by hand or by pulsing everything in a food processor.
When it resembles coarse crumbs, add the wet ingredients. This is where the pumpkin puree comes in. When mixed, you've got your dough. Pat it into a rectangle and then cut into whatever shape you like — we go for triangles.
By the way, do you see all those specks of butter? That's what makes these rise, tender, and delicious!
After baking, you can glaze them. I mentioned above that you could actually leave these plain. You could also just use one glaze. If you're going for it, though, both glazes are perfection. Highly recommended.
The first glaze is simple — just half and half and powdered sugar. The second starts the same, but we also add pumpkin puree and extra spices.
Once glazed, you're done! Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy.
For more ways to use pumpkin, check out our Easy Pumpkin Cupcakes from Scratch, our Chocolate Orange Pumpkin Bread (it's utterly delicious), these Easy, Homemade Pumpkin Pancakes and our incredibly popular Pumpkin Pie.
If you try this recipe, let us know! Leave a comment, review it, and don't forget to tag a photo #inspiredtaste on Instagram. Happy cooking!
Recipe updated, originally posted October 2012. Since posting this in 2012, we have tweaked the recipe to be more clear. – Adam and Joanne
Perfectly Spiced Pumpkin Scones Recipe
The inspiration for this pumpkin scones recipe was a popular treat from Starbucks! I know it looks like a lot of ingredients, but trust us, the recipe is easy to make. There are two glazes shared below. The scones are delicious with both, but you could use one or leave the scones plain. We've had them all three ways and loved them all.
You Will NeedPumpkin Scones
2 cups (280 grams) all-purpose flour
1/3 cup (65 grams) brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
8 tablespoons (115 grams or 1 stick) cold unsalted butter
1/2 cup (115 grams) pumpkin puree, see our homemade pumpkin puree recipe
1 tablespoon molasses (we use Blackstrap Unsulphured Molasses)
3 tablespoons half and half or cream
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extractSimple Sugar Glaze
1 cup (125 grams) powdered sugar, sifted
1 to 2 tablespoons half and half or creamPumpkin Spice Glaze
1 cup (125 grams) powdered sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon pumpkin puree, see our homemade pumpkin puree recipe
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 to 2 tablespoons half and half or cream
- Make Dough
- Bake Scones
- Make Glazes
- To Finish
Center a rack in the middle of the oven and heat oven to 400ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Or use non-stick cooking spray.
Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg together until blended.
Cut the butter into small cubes then scatter over the flour mixture. Use two knives or a pastry cutter to "cut" the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal with a few pea-sized bits of butter, about 5 minutes. (You could also use a food processor for this – if using, add flour mixture to the bowl of a food processor, add the cold butter cubes. Then pulse three to four times until the mixture looks like coarse cornmeal or crumbs).
In a separate bowl, whisk the pumpkin puree, molasses, half and half, egg and vanilla extract until blended.
Stir the pumpkin mixture into the flour and butter mixture until a soft dough forms. Transfer the dough to a floured surface. Knead three to four times until it comes together.
Pat the dough into a 10-inch by 7-inch rectangle (a rolling pin can be used here). Cut the rectangle in half lengthwise then cut into 4 even pieces crosswise, making eight rectangles. Cut each rectangle into two triangles, making 16 scones.
Transfer scones to the baking sheet then bake 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
For the simple sugar glaze, add the sugar to a medium bowl then add one tablespoon of half and half. Stir then judge the consistency. If when you pick a spoon up and out of the glaze it slowly drizzles back into the glaze, it is fine. If it is too thick, add a little more half and half (a little goes a long way, here). If it is too thin, add a little more powdered sugar.
In another bowl, make the pumpkin spice glaze. Combine the sugar, pumpkin puree, spices then add one tablespoon of half and half. Stir and check consistency. Adjust the same way as you would the simple glaze.
Dip each cooled scone directly into the simple sugar glaze then place glazed side up back onto the cooling rack.
Use a spoon to drizzle a zigzag pattern of the pumpkin spice glaze across each scone. Wait 15 minutes or until the glaze has set then enjoy!
Store baked and glazed scones covered with plastic wrap. We recommend storing in the refrigerator if storing them for more than a day. They will lose a little moisture, but will still taste great.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Molasses: This adds a backbone to the flavor of these scones. If you do not have any and do not wish to buy a whole bottle for 1 tablespoon, you can leave it out. The scones are still delicious without it.
- Make Ahead Tip: You can freeze unbaked scone dough. Chill cut scones in the freezer until firm, and then transfer to resealable plastic bags. Keep up to a month. Bake in a 400ºF oven straight from the freezer. (They may take a few extra minutes).
- Nutrition Facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA Supertracker recipe calculator to calculate approximate values.
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February 7, 2019, 4:56 pm
These look delicious (and easy)! Can't wait to try them.
January 4, 2019, 7:34 am
These were absolutely delicious!! My kids practically inhaled them!!
November 29, 2018, 12:05 am
This is the second time I have made these. The twist is that I needed them to be sugar free. I substituted the sugar with Slenda Brown Sugar, sugar free maple syrup for the molasses,and added 2/3 cup raisins. The sugar content is much lower for us Diabetics and the taste is heavenly!
November 12, 2018, 6:17 pm
So delicious. I tried other copycat recipes and NONE compared to this recipe! Molasses is definitely a secret ingredient for the wonderful dark color of the dough and extra flavor. My entire family enjoyed them. Saved it and will be using it many more times.
October 23, 2018, 11:27 am
These were great with a cream cheese frosting. My teenager have me the biggest hug!
October 19, 2018, 12:10 pm
These are seriously good! I have made them several times. I add a 1/4 of cardamom and use half olive oil. YUMMY!!!
October 9, 2018, 12:03 pm
Best scones ever, add pumpkin and they are magnificant and so easy to make.
5 + 100 *****
September 23, 2018, 8:16 pm
These were pretty good.
January 16, 2018, 1:18 am
Amazing scones. Can the dough be made overnight and kept in the fridge and baked in the morning?


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Not 'just' a teacher – becoming a teacher every day.
First off a big 'wow, gee, thanks' to Edmodo for giving an Aussie the opportunity to be a featured blogger! I thought this post would be a great opportunity to introduce myself to other Edmodians (is that the collective noun for edmodo users? I think it was coined by Thomas Scheeler a long distance Edmodo colleague. If it's not the right term, I think it high time someone told me what it is – or else time we create one!)! Whenever I am asked a tricky question about a particular online digital tool, program or techie device, I often find myself saying, 'What would I know? I'm just a teacher'. I've even introduced myself online and at conferences as 'just an English teacher'. I'm constantly told by people to stop saying 'just a teacher' because it sounds as though I am excusing my professional status. And it's funny because I know I've never said it as a means of criticising my profession. Call it a case of Orwellian 'false modesty', but definitely not a criticism of the job we do.
Yet I can see where my colleagues are coming from when they correct me. I guess it's a bit like mothers who say 'I'm just a mum', attempting to excuse some perceived social failure by not having 'become' a professional something-or-other. But just imagine if the majority of women decided that there were too many barriers to becoming a mother: the hours are long, the pay terrible, the working conditions can be poor and the job stressful. Imagine that they decided to do a different job with greater social currency. Society would be in a bad way, wouldn't it? Now here's a little thought experiment for you: replace the word 'women' with 'high school graduates' and the word 'mother' with 'teacher'. Society would be in a bad way, wouldn't it?
When I was studying to become a teacher we were given an assignment to reflect on our experience of being a prac student (this is what in Australian we call pre-service teachers when they teach for a few weeks as part of their teacher-training). This one assignment I remember well because it was the first time I acknowledged that you can never actually 'be' a teacher, instead you are always 'becoming' a teacher. Our profession is dynamic because life is dynamic and it is our responsibility to educate the citizens of the future. This idea that our profession is constantly evolving can be quite daunting. And to be honest it's an evolution that is resisted by many – most often not by the teachers themselves but by the systems within which they work. It takes a determined effort to resist the traditional teacher-centred model simply because it is a model that our colleagues and more importantly our students have come to accept. To sit quietly and face the front, to have a workbook and a pen in hand, to listen to teacher and take notes, these are the expectations of our students. Bringing digital technologies into the classroom – especially mobile devices such as mobile phones, ipads, laptops, netbooks and iPods – simply makes retaining a traditional classroom organization and teaching-style both impractical and ineffective.
It's taken teachers one decade into the 21st century to realise that true change (at the risk of sounding like a self-help propagandist) must come from within. Big changes are made more easily by individuals than by big organisations. Before real changes can happen, a teacher must acknowledge there is a need to change their practice in order to better serve their clientele – the young learners in their classes. And, for me, this is where my conviction lies. I must keep evolving as a teacher – keep 'becoming' a teacher – if I am to best serve my students now and in the future.
So that's my introduction – I'm an English teacher at a public high school in Australia. I'm not a head of department, a deputy principal or a principal. I am a passionate classroom teacher working within the public education system agitating for changes to the traditional teacher-centred education model. That's what I'll be blogging about for the next 10 or so weeks. If you're reading this post, I'm going to assume that you're a passionate educator working hard for change too – I hope my posts inspire you in some way to keep up the good fight.
I know I have raised some contentious issues in this post, and please feel free to respond to any or all of them by posting a comment below.
Yet I do have one final question for you to consider: In what practical, self-directed ways are you agitating for changes that will directly benefit your students?
Bianca Hewes teaches high school in New South Wales, Australia. The opinions shared in this entry are her own.
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Great entry…I've been fighting the good fight for 22 years…it is worth it because you are advocating for students. Look forward to reading more posts.
Great blog, and I think you have correctly identified the role of the teacher to lead the change, opposed to the 'institution'. The integration of technologies in the last three years has altered the landscape in many schools. My own school has invested over $300,000 on Interactive Smartboards and now my KLA (History) is able to create a learning environment suited to modern learners through the resources provided and learning support sites, such as edmodo. I am proud to say that now many of my staff have classrooms where there is no longer a 'front of room'. The word revolution in DER, represents your point, a revolution is led by the people, in this case the staff, and can occur without directives. As more staff engage students through the effective use of technology, many other staff feel compelled to amend their pedagogies to 'catch up'. This is an essential and productive process as; once competent in a range of ICT skills, initially resistant staff begin to realise the amazing potential of ICT. Resistance to change will always occur; however, digitally aware staff will always be able to enjoy a 'shared' learning relationship in their classrooms.
Hi Bianca,
What a thought provoking post. I wonder if Mums continue to become Mums because they really do not understand the job conditions until it is too late! Just joking…I had 5 delightful darlings. I believe that it is much the same with teaching. You become a teacher despite the job conditions and pay-you do it for the reward of making a difference to the students, just as the delightful child a Mother moulds, is her reward.
At my school I have strived over many years to create an awareness of the engaging nature of digital technologies that are being introduced into learning programs. I have campaigned successfully for many new technologies to be introduced and modelled for our staff the use of many new learning technologies. I am very excited to be introducing Edmodo this term.
How apt for me to read this just as the date ticks over to Mother's Day! I marvel at your humble voice that contains such power underneath! I totally agree with the notion that we continue to become teachers. I only hope I successfully teach something to someone as I become a better teacher! Its so great to know that you are being so active as a teacher, vying for change. Keep up the good fight!! And somewhere…take time out for you! It is hard to do it all and be innovative, rolling with the evolution!! Happy Mother's Day!


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Cupertino teen helps put shoes on the feet of poor children in Africa
A few polite inquiries from Cupertino resident Shawn Esmaili put shoes on the feet of poor children in Tanzania.
Esmaili, 18, a junior at Saint Francis High School, was recently honored by K2 Adventures Foundation for his work in donating hundreds of shoes to poor children in the African nation. He received the foundation's first junior humanitarian award in 22 years.
Esmaili worked with K2 to get shoes sent to an orphanage in Tanzania that cares for roughly 600 children struggling with blindness. He said he was surprised to learn that the soil competition causes children to suffer from foot fungus, which cause their feet and even stomachs to swell.
"They said they needed shoes really badly. This is the only thing they wanted," he said. "I had no idea just how much these shoes would impact their lives."
Esmaili contacted major shoe companies such as Reebok, Puma, Converse, Adidas and Vans. Over a period of three months last year, he secured more than 700 pairs of shoes.
Esmaili said he was surprised that a few inquiries to the shoe companies would result in such positive feedback.
"I never would have expected to get so much support from these organizations. That was the really surprising part," he said. "I have them to thank for all of this. If it wasn't for their generosity, it would not have happened."
Esmaili's philanthropic ways began when he was 12 years old and traveling in Iran. He visited an orphanage for gifted and talented middle school-age children and heard their life stories. He said he was inspired to help poor children immediately after chatting with some of the orphans.
"I realized how fortunate I was, how much I had and how much they did not have," he said. "These kids were very bright; they were first or second in their class. This is when I found that this is what I want to do. This is the day I changed my life."
Last summer, Esmaili was in Haiti with Global Family Philanthropy, and it was there that he made connections with K2. The 10-day trip was an eye-opener for him, and he has since been continuing aid efforts for the earthquake-ravaged nation.
Esmaili was honored in Scottsdale, Ariz., late last year at K2's headquarters. The shoe donations even inspired him and K2 to sell the shoes at discount prices at makeshift "pop-up" stores in Scottsdale earlier this month.
The money from the stores is going toward medical equipment in Haiti. To date, the effort has raised $12,000, with a goal of reaching $25,000.
Esmaili has his own nonprofit, Youth Against Poverty, which works to connect his fellow teenagers with groups that work to help poor and impoverished children around the world. The organization is working to get official nonprofit status.


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Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Agricultural Extension Service Reports
Archives 80
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- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Title
- Agricultural Extension Service Reports
- Archives 80
- Date [inclusive]
- 1917-1942
- General Physical Description note
- approximate 7 items 2 linear feet 2 containers
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Bound volumes of annual conference reports.
Scope and Contents note
These bound volumes contain the minutes from annual conference reports of the Washington Extension Service during the interwar period at Washington State College (later Washington State University). These reports, papers, and transcripts from both state and regional conferences detail the activities of the State College of Washington's Agricultural Extension Service for the first half of the twentieth century. Contained herein are lists of all members for each year conferences were held in addition to the key items up for discussion, particular resolutions of regional branches, and general detail about the organization and operations of the Extension Service program. In addition to conference reports there are individual lectures on cattle initiatives, committee correspondence, and a wealth of information on the development of Washington State Agriculture in coordination with professors and administrators at the State College of Washington.
Arrangement note
Bound volumes of annual conference reports.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Librarieshttps://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
Conditions Governing Access note
The Collection is open for research use.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- State College of Washington. Extension Service.
- Washington State University. Cooperative Extension Service.
- Washington State University. Extension Service--Archives
- Washington State University. Extension Service--Records and correspondence
- Agricultural extension work--Washington (State)--Administration--Archives
- Agriculture
- Agriculture--Research--Archives
- Colleges and Universities
- Washington (State)
Collection Inventory
1917-1932 4.0 items
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Fancy tamagoyaki bento
Oh my, this one is both a looker and tastes amazingly! :-) This bento idea is based on the basic tamagoyaki recipe, so feel free to use your favorite ingredients: champignons or chanterelle mushroom, herbs, different kinds of onion, bacon bits, ham shavings etc. Go crazy! :-) It's also a very good side dish!
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VERY VERY Shakespeare Rock Show Gets Two Concert Readings at Gibson-Baldwin Showroom, 3/4
Brooklyn artists Jay Leibowitz (STNJ, TAC, Shakespeare's Who's on First), and Zac Lasher (U-Melt, Brooklyn Sound Lab, Bebe Buell Band), will take the stage with their company of 18 professional performers and musicians in two live concert readings of VERY VERY - an exciting new vision of Shakespeare's As You Like It, re-imagined as a contemporary rock concert, on March 4, 2013. The show, which will get its world premiere in NYC later in 2013, will be presented at The Gibson-Baldwin Showroom and is sponsored by Gibson NYC. Jason King Jones (Olney Theatre, STNJ, TAC), will stage the exclusive event.
Created by Lasher, Leibowitz, and Jones, VERY VERY features 28 original songs adapted from Shakespeare's text in this sexy reinvention of a classic comedy of rebellion, love, freedom, and redemption.
The Gibson-Baldwin Showroom is located at 421 West 54th Street.
Members of the Industry who wish to reserve a seat at the free event can do so easily at VeryVeryRockShow.com. Alternatively, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (917) 364-3050.
An ambitious and exciting new work, VERY VERY tells the story of Rosalind and Orlando, two young lovers who flee the tyranny of home only to reunite in a sexually charged and confusingly passionate exile. Songs feature a modern rock vocabulary from various genres blended together in Zac Lasher's unique compositional style and Jay Leibowitz's lyrics, which cleverly deconstruct Shakespeare's original text. Quick scenes written in plain and playful stage banter bridge the moments between the music.
VERY VERY has been in development since April of 2012 and will receive its world premiere in NYC later in 2013. Two live concert readings of the show featuring a talented company of 18 musical artists will be held on March 4th, 2013 at the Gibson-Baldwin Showroom in midtown Manhattan.
Jay Leibowitz has been a favorite of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey since 1999 and has performed in critically acclaimed productions of The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Othello, Around The World In Eighty Days, The Grapes of Wrath, Enrico IV, Pericles, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Romeo and Juliet, That Scoundrel Scapin, A MidWinter Night's Dream, Grapes of Wrath, and Life of Galileo, for which he composed and performed original music. Jay is also a veteran of The Acting Company's 2008 US Tour of The Tempest and Orson Welles' Moby Dick (Rehearsed). Jay directed the 2006 award-winning short film, Coulrophobia, and he is the primary author of Who Doth Inhabit the Primary Position? a YouTube famous sketch also known as Shakespeare's Who's On First, available through Playscripts.com. Jay's first independent solo rock album, Pedestrian Life, was produced by Brooklyn Sound Lab and released in April 2012. Songs from that record were featured in the indie film hit, One Fall, from Compass Entertainment. Jay studied with world-renowned classical voice coach, Kristin Linklater, at Emerson College, where he earned his BFA in Performing Arts.
ZAC LASHER toured the nation from 2003 - 2010 as the keyboardist, lead singer, and principle songwriter for the progressive rock band U-Melt. They released three full-length albums, The Unbelievable Meltdown (2004), The I's Mind (2006), and Perfect World (2009, Harmonized Records), and performed hundreds of shows at premiere music venues and festivals around the country. Since disbanding the group, Zac has functioned as a session player, sideman, producer, arranger, composer, and ghost writer, lending his trademark style to many different projects and artists in New York City. In 2010, he composed the score to the short film A Feline Between Love and Hate, winner of the 48 Hour Film Festival (NYC). Also that year, Zac was tapped by rocker, best-selling author, and celebrity mom, Bebe Buell, to man the keys for her live band and to perform on her latest release, Hard Love (2011, Niji Records). Most recently he has been seen backing up Emin, a Russian pop sensation who's single "Baby Get Higher" is climbing the Billboard charts. Zac earned his BFA from Emerson College, where he studied music and performing artsJASON KING JONES is currently the Director of Education at the Olney Theatre in Olney, MD, and the Director of The National Players. He's an Artistic Associate at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, where he has directed critically acclaimed productions of The Comedy of Errors, The Servant of Two Masters, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Merry Wives of Windsor, and The Grouch. Also, Of Mice and Men (National Players); A Number (Whistler in the Dark); Murdering Marlowe (In Actu Theatre); Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Center Los Angeles); The Women of Lockerbie and The Good Daughter (NJ REP); Lysistrata and True West (Michael Chekhov Theatre); A Doctor's Visit (Vital Theatre); The Rainmaker and The Brothers Karamazov (12 Miles West); Antony & Cleopatra (Expanded Arts); and Master Harold ... and the boys (Public Theatre of Kentucky). As a Guest Artist, Jason has directed The Rivals (UAB), Pride and Prejudice (Fairleigh Dickinson), Women of Troy (Purdue), The Caucasian Chalk Circle and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Nebraska Wesleyan). He has taught courses at Boston University, New York's TVI Actor's Studio, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Missouri State. Jason was the 2004 and 2007 Staff Repertory Director with The Acting Company, and he is a proud graduate of Boston University School of Theatre.
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Friday FIVE 4.22.16
ONE. Croatia
I'm headed here on Monday. I'll be traveling with my parents and my friend, Sue. It's a long story, but I'm packing today and getting pretty excited! I'll be posting to Instagram and doing some Periscope too!
TWO. New shoes
Can you imagine anything more perfect to experience world travel in? I haven't been this happy about a shoe purchase in a LONG time. I am so giddy about my new Hot Chocolate Design Mary Janes. Now I just need to decide which design I will get next!
THREE. Edi Rama at TED
Seriously awesome for anyone who believes in the power of color to inspire and transform. Watch this talk and then go buy some paint! My favorite quote, "Compromise in colors in gray and we have enough gray!"
FOUR. Inbox Joy
Truly, there are very few emails that I read anymore, but this is one of them. This is how I know that TODAY is JELLY BEAN Day, and how I knew that I needed to make banana brownies on Wednesday, in honor of Banana Day. The Days of the Year website almost always gives me a reason to celebrate something with my family and that has got to be a good thing!
FIVE. Rx Bars
These are my new GO TO bars. As you can see, the ingredient list is boldly featured as part of the design. LOVE that. Nothing but real food. Coconut, pumpkin and chocolate sea salt are my favorites. I discovered these on Instagram, when I was doing Whole30 in March. RxBars are Whole30 approved. YUM.
Talk to me.
Have you been to Croatia?
Worn Hot Chocolates before?
Crave color?
Love silly holidays?
Eaten an RxBar?
I want to know!


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Kalkhoff develop and produce city, urban and trekking bikes with the utmost care in their very own factory in northern Germany. Working together, experienced engineers design the frames and ensure that the materials used are of a high quality. The trekking frames, for instance, are made to be particularly stable, lightweight and sophisticated.
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Canadian author and genealogist Dave Obee recently opined on his Facebook page, "I've been hearing about the pending death of the book for several years now. One of these days, the prediction might turn out to be true."
Obee's comment kicked off an interesting online conversation. For many genealogists, the surge in online books can sound like a threat to the paper tome. But, as with all things, the market drives business and innovation, and the convenience and flexibility of digital books is very appealing. Here are some Tech Tips to help you dive in and reap the benefits of this growing phenomenon:
Get Started
Allison Stacy, editor of Family Tree Magazine, made this great video for getting started with Google Books.
See How Other Genealogists Use Google Books
Miriam Robbins Midkiff, author of the popular genealogy blog AnceStories: The Story of My Ancestors was featured in this video produced by Google.
Search Within a Book
After conducting your initial search and selecting a particular book, you can search within that book by simply typing specific keywords in the search box found in the column on the left side of the book's page. This box searches only the book currently being viewed and makes quick work of finding a desired surname on individual pages of a large volume. (Find this tip in my new book The Genealogist's Google Toolbox.)
Keep Up To Date
The Inside Google Books blog is a great way to keep up to date on the latest news at Google Books. Add the RSS feed to your iGoogle page or favorite reader by simply clicking the Feedburner button found in the column on the right.
Google eBooks
Have you noticed that the Google Books homepage looks different these days? That's because they have introduced the Google eBookstore to the offering. Here's a terrific little video that explains the benefits of online books in a fun and simple way:
Google eBooks
Don't skip Google eBooks just because they offer books for sale. Try this handy tip to unearth free gems:
1. Go to Google Books.
2. Click blue Go to the Google eBookstore Now button
3. Type family history in the search box and click the Search All Google eBooks button.
4. Click the Free Only link in the light blue box at the top of the page.
5. You'll get a results list full of free books, many hard to find self-published family histories.
Look Elsewhere
When it comes to digital family history books, Google Books isn't the only game in town Check out the Family History Archive, then watch the video below to learn more about how to use this robust resource.
I've had such a great time sharing Tech Tips with you these last 2 months. Thanks for reading, and I hope you'll join me at the free Family Tree Magazine podcast and Genealogy Gems podcast for more lively conversation about genealogy!
—Lisa Louise Cooke


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Sunday Sweets: Modern Chic
When I got married way-back-when, wedding cakes were hardly the sleek, chic masterpieces they are today. Back then, all the hip cakes featured things like light-up fountains, fake ivy, plastic staircases from tier to tier, and rampant tulle abuse. Those were different times, kids.
Nowadays, couples have so many super stylish options to choose from, it's really quite unfair.
Submitted by Debra H. and made by Cakeaholic
You don't know how good you have it, whippersnappers!
Sure, there are still plenty of wedding cakes with frills and fluff, but today we're taking a tour of sleek modern cakes that make my heart bleed with lust. Like so:
Sub'd by Jennie S., made by Some Crust Bakery
Seriously, I call a wedding do-over. I would have loved this monochromatic cake at my wedding. So simple and striking!
Or maybe this sophisticated number with its immaculate appliques:
Not a pair of plastic doves in sight! Oh, how far we've come!
This couple's cake was inspired by the paintings of artist R.N. Allen, which played a significant part in their early courtship:
Sub'd by Rikki C., made by Gateaux Inc.
My wedding cake's most notable characteristic was a wad of fake purple flowers. See? So unfair.
But even wads of flowers can look amazing these days:
Sub'd by Kaitlin M via Beyond Beyond. Made by Janet Mohapi-Banks; photo by Sugar & Spice Photography.
...if it's gorgeous graduating layers of edible roses, that is.
And this single flower makes quite a statement, with its petals gently descending down the cake amid declarations of love written in French.
Sub'd by Marie-Eve P., made by Sugarplum Cake Shop
Le sigh!
Speaking of France, how great is this Parisian-themed beauty?
By Sucre Coeur
I love how it tells a story, and I'm amazed by the workmanship on the Eiffel Tower topper. (And not just because I've been playing a lot of Draw Something lately, and have learned that it's, like, REALLY HARD to draw a recognizable Eiffel Tower).
Here's a modern twist on the 'dandelion clocks' wallpaper designs of the '50s.
Good thing no one is making wedding cakes inspired by wallpaper designs of the '90s, because those would probably feature geese wearing bonnets and baskets of dried flowers. That's what I seem to remember, anyway.
Of course, black and white is so classic I'm pretty sure this couple's grandkids will never look through their wedding album and snicker at the cake.
Sub'd by Brook S., made by The Yummy Cake Company
Not that I've ever done such a thing to my relatives, of course. Especially not certain relatives who used stalks of wheat as a cake topper. Bwa ha ha!
Ahem. Sorry. That was a totally a made-up example. Any resemblance to real relative's wedding cakes, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
I just love the colors on this next cake. It's so happy and fun and summery!
It makes me want to get divorced so I can get married again! I'm sure I could maybe talk my husband into that plan ...
I could even offer up this cake as a compromise:
Sub'd by Jess W., made by Shockley's Sweet Shoppe
Half for the bride, half for the groom, and everybody wins! Especially the wedding guests.
I love how the intricate design on this next cake wrap around the edges of these square tiers - no, wait ... are they hexagons?! No way. That shape wasn't even invented back when I got married.
Sub'd by Kate K., made by Sweet & Saucy Shop
So unfair.
But I'm feeling really hip right about now, because I have succulents and gray chevron decor in my home, and this lovely would fit right in:
Sub'd by Kate K., made by Sweet & Saucy Shop
Would it be weird to display a wedding cake year-round on my coffee table?
(You don't have to answer that.)
Hope you enjoyed today's Sweets, guys! And as always, feel free to send in your nominations (whether you made the cakes or not!) to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com.


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The Irish Vanguard: Stories of the first Irish convicts transported to NSW
Event Information
7 Jul 2010 7:30pm - 9:30pm
- Botany Bay Family History Society, 123 Flora St Sutherland
- Sydney
- New South Wales
Other Information
- Cost: Free to BBFHS members
- 0427 285 126
- Botany Bay Family History Society
The Irish Vanguard: Stories of the first Irish convicts transported to NSW
The 1790s saw 912 Irish men and women sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay. At a time of great political and social upheaval in Ireland, the authorities were convinced these unwanted citizens would be better off out of sight, out of mind. Barbara Hall has spent the past 20 years researching their stories, from their convictions in Ireland, to the lives they carved out in the penal settlement and the contributions they made to early Sydney society.
Barbara's editor, Cassie Mercer, will speak about some of the fascinating stories they've uncovered, the research process, and challenges they've encountered along the way. Learn about early rebels, horse thieves, bride thieves, vagabonds, swindlers and petty crooks, and hear how they tried to forge a new life in the colony.
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Symantec plans layoffs as sales fall short
Ill wind blows forecasts off course
Symantec has announced plans to cut its wage bill by 4.5 per cent in a move likely to means hundreds of people will lose their jobs with the security and storage software firm.
Chief financial officer James Beer also detailed previously announced plans to outsource work done by its IT and finance departments during a conference call discussing disappointing financial results.
Symantec's revenues rose to $1.52bn in the quarter ending 3 October, but this fell short of the $1.54bn analysts were expecting. These problems are likely to persist with Symantec predicting revenues of between $1.45bn to $1.5bn in Q3 against earlier Wall St estimates of $1.61bn.
Shares in the software giant slipped from around $15 to $12.20 on the news.
A Symantec spokesman said layoffs would occur across its global business. Staff affected can expect to be notified starting next month.
During its Managed Fusion event in the Netherlands earlier this month, Symantec boss John Thompson said that it wasn't immune if the economic slowdown creates tough times for its customers, adding that the depth of Symantec's portfolio would help it weather the storm. ®
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Rupert Murdoch was accosted during today's hearing by someone with a plate of shaving cream.
Twitter is reporting the assailant is someone named @JonnieMarbles of UK uncut.
He didn't get very far before Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng leapt up and bitch-slapped him. AMAZ ING.
The Telegraph's Jame Kirkup was in the room and writes:
First, she swung a slap at her husband's attacker. She followed up by picking up the plate and trying to strike him with it. And then she moved back to her husband. Sitting on the table before him, she started to clear the foam from his face, sometimes embracing him, holding his bald head in her arms.
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- ecoMOD3: A 'seamly' offering off Dice Street
ADDRESS: 223 4th Street
NEIGHBORHOOD: Midtown
ASSESSMENT: construction not assessed (land only $43,500)
SIZE: 1,236 fin. sq. ft.
LAND: 0.09 acres
CURB APPEAL: 8 out of 10
LISTED BY: Roger Voisinet ReMax Realty Specialists 974-1500 (cell) 981-3357
ecoMod3– the word itself represents the house it describes. The combination of lower-case eco and all-cap MOD embodies the essence of this oldNEW house in three parts on 4th street behind the fire station on Ridge.
A joint endeavor of UVA and the Piedmont Housing Alliance, ecoMod is a multi-year project of "interdisciplinary teams of architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, historic preservation, business, environmental science, planning and economics students" at UVA, according to the agent's website. The point is to design and build a series of modular "green" houses at affordable prices.
This house, as the "3" snuggled up against MOD indicates, is the third in the series: there's one built, sold, and inhabited over on 7-1/2 street off Cherry avenue, and the second is holding its own somewhere on the Mississippi Gulf coast. This third one is a combination of original modest house and contemporary modular addition with a detached studio apartment at the back.
The main (front) section of this property– known to local preservation/history types as the "Smith Reaves house" but known to the UVA worker bees as the "SEAM" house (something about the juncture between in and out, old and new)– is thought to have originally been a one-room slave quarters that morphed to four square rooms over the late 19th century. This part (the traditional house) has been renovated using ecologically sound building practices and sustainable materials.
The front door opens to a stairway leading to an attic/loft that takes up only about two thirds of the room, so the "living room" part of the first level on the left has a roof-high ceiling. The very small kitchen is the original room of the house.
Exposed weathered timbers everywhere attest to the history– and if that's not enough to remind us that we're walking in the past, in the upstairs loft/office, a large beam has been cut away to hold a series of little busy boxes containing artifacts found on the property and in the house as the renovation progressed. While this might not appeal to a Forest Lakes or Cory Farm sensibility, the whimsical objects in the cases will probably warm the heart of anyone else who would seriously consider buying this house.
Also in the original part of the house is one bedroom with the original roof serving as the ceiling, and former exterior walls exposed– it's a close approximation of sleeping outside while actually being inside. A very large bath/laundry with lots of pretty tile and a pocket door is fully handicap accessible, as are all the doors/openings and counter heights in the house, making this an interesting choice for someone with elderly parents– or someone handicapped who wants a modern convenient house for him or herself.
The Thermasteel addition at the rear has a cork floor, large double casement windows, a strange little pop-out window seat that seems to be a hallmark of these houses (there's one in the 7-l/2 street house, too), and a green roof growing with sedum. The house is designed to be "nature neutral," which means the deck is treated with something called Boraid instead of creosote or everyone's favorite, good old poisonous chromated copper arsenate.
It also means that the water is solar-heated by roof-mounted panels, and when heat or AC is necessary, it's powered by individual Mitsubishi heat pumps on the walls of individual rooms– and operated by remote control to eliminate ductwork. Windows are placed to maximize light and limit reliance on electricity.
A courtyard separates this part of the property from an entirely self-contained module at the back. This little gem is designed to be a rental unit or in-law space, but from our point of view it's the primo place to park a futon and stereo system and hunker down.
This completely contemporary part of the house, assembled by the students at a UVA workspace at the Milton airport (who knew?), is the most energy-efficient of the three segments, with on-demand hot water, another sedum roof, and a great deck with cabling to provide a trellis for summer shade plants. The beautiful full tile shower here is another plus, and the kitchen, while of course decidedly minimalist, has a nice window over the sink looking out to the side yard.
The house is subject to income guidelines dictated by PHA: a future buyer (owner must occupy) family of two can't earn more than $76,900, and a family of three or more mustn't list a penny more than $90,000 on the IRS 1040.
One of the most interesting things about the house is the students' emphasis on its "deconstructability." What has architecture come to, when a major selling point for a house is the fact that it can be easily "disassembled"?
What does it say about our world view, our outlook on the future, that our most inventive and creative young people are building things that can disappear in the wink of an eye? What do they know that we don't?
Each week, a brave local seller invites the Hook to provide an impartial, warts-and-all look at their real estate listing. E-mail yours today!


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Section 8
The name of a federally financed housing assistance program, in which the government helps low-income tenants with rent payments. Typically, the government pays about one-third of the rent, and the tenant pays the balance. Landlords who choose to participate in the Section 8 program must have their properties inspected, and must agree to use the lease addendum issued by HUD, which obligates the landlord to a rental term of no less than one year, and specifies allowable reasons for termination.


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When Allyson Felix crossed the finish line first in the 200 meters at the Olympic Stadium Wednesday night, there was not a single fist pump, nor was there a visceral scream of vindication. There was just her smile, broadening in the realization of what she had finally accomplished, and three words not even spoken aloud: "Thank you, Lord."
For Felix, that constituted a victory celebration.
No matter that this was the biggest moment of her professional career. No matter that eight years of her life had been singly focused on this one achievement. No matter that an Olympic gold was the one missing piece in a résumé that has seen her heralded as the greatest female 200-meter sprinter of her generation.
When that moment of fruition came, it was still the same Allyson Felix – the woman whose rapturous stride is only the most obvious expression of an inner grace.
The daughter of a preacher and a third-grade school teacher, Ms. Felix was raised to recognize that there is more to life than sprinting. Motivated by strong faith, Felix often says her sprinting is "a gift from God," and that she does it to praise Him. She downloads sermons to listen to when she is on the road, and before every race, she and her mother say a prayer – even if it's over the phone.
Speaking of the Scottish missionary and Olympic sprinter whose life was chronicled in "Chariots of Fire," she told ESPN the Magazine: "Eric Liddell said that when he ran, he felt the joy of the Lord through him. I always think, 'It cannot just be you'.... That's not all there is."
After turning pro at age 18, Felix still got a degree from University of Southern California, doing the work between and sometimes on the way to events. Before Beijing, she agreed to be part of a program by the US Anti-Doping Agency called "Project Believe," in which 12 athletes agreed to increased testing in an effort to help the agency improve its methods for catching drug cheats.
"When you get to know Allyson, you would want her to babysit your children," her coach, Bob Kersee, told the Chicago Tribune.
But for the past four years, she has struggled and made no attempt to hide it. "Anything besides winning is utter failure to her," brother and agent Wes told ESPN, and for two consecutive Olympic Games, she had not won.
First there was Athens, and Felix was the up-and-coming 18 year old who sprinted to an unexpected silver – the youngest track and field medalist at those Games. Under the stadium and away from the cameras, she still cried, crushed at losing.
Then came Beijing and another silver – again coming second to the same woman, Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown. When she saw her parents in the crowd after crossing the finish line in Beijing, she dissolved into tears right there on the track.
But on Wednesday, those tears became something more than a bitter memory. They became part of a journey that, while perhaps not the one that Felix had imagined, led to someplace that was sweeter for the struggle.
"The moments that motivated me were losing on the biggest stage," she said after the race Wednesday. "Now I am able to say that I embrace that journey because that's what brought me here."
That journey has included three world championships (though she once quipped that she'd be happy to exchange all three titles for one of Campbell-Brown's gold medals). It also included the debacle of the Olympic trials, when Felix thought she had failed to qualify for the 100 meters, then found out she had tied teammate Jeneba Tarmoh and had to race a runoff, and then finally that she had made the team because Tarmoh pulled out.
In the 100 meters here, Felix posted a personal best of 10.89 seconds, finishing fifth. But really, the 100 meters was all about making her faster at the start of her 200 meters.
Felix is, by almost universal consent, beautiful to watch run. For the track and field purist, Felix is Tennyson in track shoes – her stride something transcendent in its grace – a long, lissome sweep of the legs between bounds. While many sprinters appear to be churning their legs like Saturday-morning cartoons, Felix hangs in the air between each footfall like an antelope in full flight.
But that stride has been "blessing and curse," Felix said Wednesday, noting that it takes time to find that signature rhythm, and by the time she does, others have sometimes put her too far in the rearview mirror. Wes added Wednesday: "If you look at all the races she's lost over the past few years, she's lost them in the first 60 meters – she let the others get too far ahead and couldn't catch them."
On Wednesday, she didn't need to. Running the 100 "was huge for me," she said. "It helped me to be aggressive and know that speed would help in the 200 – and it did."
When she crossed the finish line in that joyous serenity embodied in her craft, she looked for her parents.
"Tonight, I saw them and it was just complete happiness," she said.
Tomorrow, she will receive her gold medal in the Olympic Stadium, and the loudspeakers will play the music from "Chariots of Fire," as they always do during the medal ceremonies for the London Olympics. It could hardly be more fitting for a woman who, like that Scottish missionary, found her fulfillment in the glory of something greater.
"It was all for a reason," Felix said. "It kept me motivated and made this moment so special."


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Free Cashflow is the amount left over a company can use to pay down debt, distribute as dividends, or reinvest to grow the business.
This ratio is similar to Price to Earnings, but omitting purely "paper only" expenses.
Some companies report high profits, but they can't turn those profits into cash! A company can't survive without cash, and if it can't generate it internally it will have to go to outside investors to support it, resulting in either share dilution or increased borrowing.
Free Cash Flow is calculated from the Statement of Cash Flows as Cash From Operations minus Capital Expenditures. Unlike earnings, it omits purely paper only "expenses".
Free Cash Flow per share should be compared with Earnings per Share in order to understand whether a company is able to turn its earnings into cash or not! Ultimately every company needs to make cash to survive and without free cash flow a company will have to go begging to shareholders or resort to borrowing. The best companies are 'cash machines' - you should look for companies that make more free cashflow than earnings.
N.B. Cashflow can be very 'lumpy' as capital expenditures are not consistent from year to year. Also growing companies may have to invest heavily ahead of cashflow to keep up with demand.
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Unlike the Slater PEG Ratio or the Rolling PEG Ratio, this version does not use rolling PE ratio and growth rates, or incorporate the additional restriction that a companies must have 4 consecutive growth periods.
The PEG is a valuation metric used to measure the trade-off between a stock's price, its earning, and the expected growth of the company. It was popularised by Peter Lynch and Jim Slater. In general, the lower the PEG, the better the value, because the investor would be paying less for each unit of earnings growth.
A PEG ratio of 1 is supposed to indicate that the stock is fairly priced. A ratio between 0.5 and less than 1 is considered good, meaning the stock may be undervalued given its growth profile. A ratio less than 0.5 is considered to be excellent.
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Sales growth is important because, as an investor, you want to know that the demand for a company's products or services will be increasing in the future.
It is important to distinguish however between organic sales growth and acquisitive growth. Growth rates differ by industry and company size. Sales growth of 5-10% is usually considered good for large-cap companies, while for mid-cap and small-cap companies, sales growth of over 10% is more achievable.
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Market Capitalisation only takes into account the value of the company's shares (equity), it ignores the amount of debt a company may have taken on and therefore isn't the best indicator of the company's size. The Enterprise Value adds the net debt to the Market Cap and is a better indicator of the minimum amount that an acquiring company may have to pay to buy the firm outright.
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