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I have learned I need these dogs much more than they need me. Tim Bockmon
Yea I think so, I don't know why so many Dallas fans hate Romo. I think he's easily better than half the other NFL teams QB's.
I started the season stumpin on Manning.. I havent ever liked the guy... I think he's a whiney goober..
I have watch a few.... ok,,, Parts...... Ok Most every F'in minut of the games...
It'll prolly be a bit expensive to let himouta his overly paid contract now,,, So,,,,, I spose they should just not bench him fer the rest of the season,,, Like I have been hopin for...
Prolly should let him come back next year too!!
Is there still room on the bus???
It is far easier to spit on the work of others than it is to produce something better yourself.
Brynmoors Prairie Sage JH (Sage) Just a dang fool huntin Dawg
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HR Calypso Zoomin Loosies Mad Hader (Maddi) We loved you baby. R.I.P.
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My Christian Name is Michael Baker..
I have gone by "Gooser" since I was a "gossling"
Wonder what the people in Cincinnati will say about that.Andy Dalton has over 45 TD's in two seasons for a crappy Cleveland team..
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You really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013
get your dog out and TRAIN! caryalsobrook 2013
With all this banter about those juggernauts, the Cowboys and Saints, is there any chance for the Packers???
Do you think the Packers might play the Cowboys or Saints in the playoffs?????
I remember last time they went to Atlanta for a play off game.
That was fun!!!!!
Oh, and is Aaron Rodgers getting old????
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May be the team playing the best football in the AFC are the Broncos. They have won 9 in a row. Peyton is back playing well. And they got a 4th and 6th round pick for a former QB. Speaking of that former QB, it's being reported that circus is leaving NY headed to Jacksonville. The last stop on the line.
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The Maryland General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 7 recognizing the Naval Academy Midshipman Action Group for its contributions to the City of Annapolis.
Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Mike Miller, fall and spring semester MAG presidents Midshipmen 1st Class Brian Colby and Logan Wilk, and Community Relations Director Miriam Stanicic accepted citations from Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch and State Senator John Astle.
"We are very proud to have been part of this community for 168 years," said Miller. "To be part of this fabric of American society is truly an honor for all of us at the Naval Academy."
MAG is a midshipman-managed community service organization that coordinates numerous projects in the Annapolis area and nationwide. Every year, the approximately 500 midshipmen involved with MAG contribute more than 20,000 hours of service through tutoring and mentoring local students, environmental cleanup projects, hosting the Special Olympics and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) outreach.
In 2013, midshipmen collected more than 60,000 pounds of food for the Harvest for the Hungry program in Anne Arundel County and more than 1,000 toys for Toys for Tots.
Throughout the year, MAG partners with the Boys and Girls Club and Big Brothers, Big Sisters to provide companionship to local children and teens. MAG also organizes the Mids for Kids program through which mids devote time during the week to visit eight local schools to tutor and mentor students.
The U.S. Naval Academy has a "real relationship with the community," said Astle. "The mids do their part to help make this community better."
Both the House and Senate also recognized members of the Midshipmen Action Group sitting in the gallery during the proceedings.
"We have here today some of the finest young people in the country," said Busch.
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Thought I would start this thread over here instead of cluttering up the Roar room with non-football issues (ok directly non-football as yes TV can be considered a football topic - you all know what I am getting at!!)
A question about satellite and if it is a viable option:
I have 4 TV's in my house. With cable I have a digital box connected to 2 of those TV's and the other 2 get just basic regular old cable. For the most part I just don't get the movie channels or some of the "specialty" channels that I pay extra for on the 2 TV's that are not on a digital box, which is just fine. The TV in the toy room only needs to get Family channel or treehouse TV at this stage of my girl's life. the TV in my bedroom doesn't get the movie channels but that is fine as it does have a DVD player. So I'm not worried about not getting those "extra" channels. I get all 4 TV's working fine with the channels I need and I only pay the price of 1 cable. In other words I get 4 TV's working for the price of 1.
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A warmer and foggy morning in the Dairy Bush (16C and 88% humidity with fog). Many mosquitos around and some blue jay activity. Someone has discovered the large puff balls that are on the forest floor - but unfortnately they destroyed them!
check out the same week over the past three years:
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I've extracted images from a year of Dairy Bush GigaPans to illustrate the rapid decomposition of the leaf litter in this forest associated with the presence of non-native worms. The forest floor is changing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRRv09_oF5w
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By Tiernan Ray
At a loft space on 37th Street on Manhattan's way West Side this morning, I and other journalists were given a briefing on the much anticipated "Moto X" phone from Google's (GOOG) Motorola unit. Although Google has offered hardware devices before, they have been through partnerships with outside firms such as Samsung Electronics (005930KS) and LG (000660KS). This is perceived as the first real fruit of Google's 2012 acquisition of Motorola.
Google shares today are up $15.91, or 1.8%, at $903.66.
The Moto X is a mid-range model, sleek but not overly so, costing $199 for a 16-gig model on a two-year cellular contract. It will be available starting at the end of this month, through five different U.S. carriers.
It's a touch-screen slab that's similar in appearance to others you've seen, with decent specs for a mid-range device: a 4.7-inch AMOLED screen, 10 megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front facing camera, LTE 4G wireless support, 2 gigs of DRAM, and thickness of 5.6 millimeters to 10.4 millimeters (the case is gently curved). Motorola emphasizes that the display is fairly large relative to the overall dimensions, as the bezel of the unit has been slimmed down to make a decent-sized screen that still fits comfortably in the hand.
It all runs on Qualcomm's (QCOM) dual-core "Snapdragon S4 Pro" application processor running at 1.7 gigahertz.
The two themes of importance in the Moto X talk were chips and manufacturing.
On the latter score, manufacturing, Motorola is going to be making the devices at a facility in Fort Worth, Texas, staffed by about 2,000, where it will assemble each phone for the U.S. market, from the printed-circuit board on up. When I asked why, a company exec said Motorola was already familiar with a facility in the city, which boosted the appeal to the company, and then, too, Fort Worth is near several transportation hubs.
The reason Moto needs U.S. manufacturing is customization.
Motorola has decided customization, like sneakers or cars, is something phones need badly.
The Moto X can be customized with different colors for the back of the device, and for the trim on the side of the phone. You can finally have your pink and orange smartphone. The standard-issue, stock black and white units have a backing made of a composite material, the company says. It has a soft feel to the touch, rather like a rubberized backing found on some other devices such as BlackBerry's (BBRY) Z10. The colored units, by contrast, have a back plate made of a resin.
The back plates are not user removable, which means there's not swapping out colors over time. Moto will give users 14 days to return the unit if they pick a color and later are unhappy with their choice. The company will cover the cost of shipping back the unit in such an event.
Each unit is built to order in Fort Worth, and can be shipped to the customer in four days or less. Having assembly in the U.S. versus overseas allows Motorola to cut down ship times to an acceptable wait.
The centerpiece of the customization process is "Moto Maker," a Web site where you can click through a menu of color swatches. You can also type in a message that can be stenciled on the back of the unit via an ultra-violet digital printer. "Tiernan's Nice Phone," or some such. The company spent about a year working on Moto Maker, refining the experience. They hooked up test subjects to heart monitors to measure their elation and their anxiety as they tried to use different menu systems to design their phones.
The factory floor in Fort Worth is considered by Moto to be very state of the art. Each assembly line can switch over from making the stock black or white models of Moto X to the custom units with a flick of the switch that directs workers to pick the custom parts from the right bin — a system known in the trade as "pick to light," because a bank of lights directs the worker where to reach for parts. It takes about 2 hours to assemble a custom phone, a Motorola employee told me. At the end of assembly, a computer system scans the assembled unit to make sure the colors and the stenciled message match exactly what the customer ordered.
AT&T (T) has gotten an exclusive, at least initially to carry the custom models in the U.S. All other carriers will initially carry just the stock black or white units. Motorola will be offering a special purchase card at AT&T locations that lets one buy and activate the phone at the store, and then go home, scratch off the code covering like a lottery ticket, enter it into the Moto Maker Web site, and start customizing the phone. The card thus separates the in-store purchase from the free play of spending hours picking one's perfect combination of features, colors and stencil message, as Moto sees it.
Moto plans to really go to town with customization. On display at the talk were some units of prototypes with backs made of wood. There was a bamboo model, a rosewood model, an ebony model, and a teak model. All were rather intriguing. One wonders how they'd stand up to frequent use. Moto hasn't said when the wooden units will be available. It is still testing many wood types to understand which fare best in terms of cooperating with the electronics signals, etc.
The other side of things are chips: The Moto X uses the same "X8" technology that Moto unveiled two weeks ago for the new line of "Droid" phones being sold by Verizon Communications (VZ). The X8 tech uses two discrete semiconductors, a "contextual computing" processor, and a natural language processor.
The chips allow the phone to do a lot of neat things in a low-power mode by not requesting anything of the main apps processor.
For example, when you whip the phone out of your pocket, it turns on the display in a lower-power mode that shows mainly a black screen with a simple time display, and a small notification if you have new texts or missed calls and such. You can swipe an inch up the screen with your thumb to peek at who it's from, without fully unlocking the screen.
The low-power functions also allow you to use the "Google Now" voice commands when the display is off, and from several feet away, by uttering the phrase "OK, Google Now." There's a very brief, very simple training session involved that just asks you to record the phrase three times. (Like clicking your heels to go back to Kansas, I suppose.)
Moto has made some other nice refinements. By torqueing you wrist twice, in a screwdriver-like motion, you can activate the camera. That makes it easy to snap pictures. The interface of the camera has been stripped down so that there's almost nothing on screen. But sliding one's finger from the left edge of the screen brings up a rotary menu of the usual camera options.
Moto says that the low-power context and language chips allow the Moto X to do things like listen constantly for your speech commands all day and still maintain standby time of 24 hours between charges.
Note that yesterday I posted an analysis from Goldman Sachs yesterday regarding how the Moto X might affect Apple (AAPL), as well as Google's partners Samsung and others.


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Internet users' attention was focused on House and Senate antipiracy bills as Internet companies raised a national outcry, claiming the bills' legislative approaches to cracking down on foreign rogue websites would damage the Internet. In reviewing the play-by-play of the so-called PIPA and SOPA bills since Jan. 12, it is worth remembering that the targets of the bills are the copyright infringing foreign websites. Copyright owners want legislation passed this year to provide new law enforcement tools. Internet companies insist they support the goal and only question the methods; however, delay and inaction support their current business practices, so cries to hit the legislative brakes are partly motivated by commerce. Both sides enjoy bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress. Regulation to build the best functioning environment for both consumers and commerce almost always comes in fits and starts. As an example, it took decades for the automotive industry to accept regulations requiring seat belts. Foreign rogue websites are the present-day challenge. Below is an outline of the battle over what will be done, and if it will be done sooner or later.
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Last year was challenging for Jaguar dealers. New-car sales for the brand slipped 2 percent to 12,011, after an 8 percent drop in 2011.
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Jaguar now offers all-wheel-drive and a V-6 on its 2013 XJ model, features sorely missing from its 2012 product line. It also retooled its TV commercials, increased its online presence and urged single-point dealers to consolidate to create more stores that combine the Land Rover and Jaguar British luxury franchises.
It also changed the way dealers' concerns get to the factory.
Levitan chairs the Jaguar Land Rover Retailer Cabinet, created Jan. 1 by a merger of the Jaguar Business Operations Council and the Land Rover Business Operations Council.
Levitan says the role of the cabinet is to represent dealers' concerns and be a sounding board to the factory. He says dealer profitability, vehicle quality and raising awareness about Jaguar are top concerns.
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GLORY and the Underdog Story Conundrum
- Written by Dave Walsh
Few narratives in sports make for compelling entertainment like the classic underdog story does. We all know it by now; there is a clear favorite going into the showdown, but the underdog is able to overcome the odds and walk away as the champion while the world is shocked. For GLORY we've seen this happen a staggering number of times in the last few months. In fact GLORY 10, GLORY 11 and GLORY 12 all featured this exact thing happening in their respective tournaments.
At GLORY 10 American kickboxer Joe Schilling went into the tournament confident that he'd not only meet Artem Levin in the finals, but that he'd defeat him. Fans who know Schilling were pulling for that, but the rest of the world saw Levin walking away as the champion yet again. Of course, Schilling was able to pull off a dramatic victory over Levin and completely reshape the division, taking his place as the top guy in the Middleweight division.
GLORY 11 saw a similar Cinderella tale happen as Gokhan Saki was defeated by Rico Verhoeven (bad down or not, Rico still won the fight), spoiling an anticipated rematch between Daniel Ghita and Gokhan Saki that everyone was expecting. In fact, Rico Verhoeven was able to defeat the great Daniel Ghita and walk away as the champion in the Heavyweight division.
Then the impossible happened for a third time at GLORY 12 New York where everyone was expecting another meeting between Giorgio Petrosyan and Robin van Roosmalen, the two top fighters in the Lightweight division, only for Andy Ristie to dash their plans, knocking both men out and taking the crown. That meant that there was turnover in both of Kickboxing's historically strong division, Heavyweight and Lightweight, within the matter of a month.
I've been saying this for a while now, but Kickboxing is going through a transition period at the moment, where the old guard is starting to filter out while new stars are taking their place. Heavyweight and Lightweight are the divisions that have carried over from K-1 and have long-been rather stable divisions with the same few names up top with only minor turnover in the top ranks. Within the last few years though we've seen things changing, as Semmy Schilt, Peter Aerts and Remy Bonjasky weren't going to be the top Heavyweights forever and stars like Badr Hari never won their big championships and sort of fizzled out.
At Lightweight we've seen Masato retire, Andy Souwer start to slow down and taking less and less fights against the tippity top of the division while Buakaw Banchamek has been embroiled in legal problems or just fighting endless streams of winnable bouts in Thailand. Giorgio Petrosyan has been the torchbearer for the Lightweight division in the interim, but his left hand seems to not be able to hold up long enough to allow Petrosyan to really shine as the best in the world that he is.
For GLORY this awkward time in history happens to be when they are making their big push into new markets, notably the United States. GLORY has chosen to do so by promoting four man, one night tournaments on every card and as we've seen over the last three, they are unpredictable. While these tournaments have been exciting for fans and have made history, for a promotion like GLORY that is trying to sell its product and its champions to new, hard-to-tackle markets it is a bit of a nightmare.
Three times in a row on American soil we've seen a division change hands in a tournament, with the Champion being upset and a new Champion rising up the rankings. While the lack of stability is exciting to hardcore fans who have been following for years now, for newer fans it becomes a game of trust and it is difficult to trust that someone is the best in the world in their division if the first time that you see them you see that fighter beaten. Imagine being told that Anderson Silva is the best in the world only for the first time you see him fight is the Chris Weidman bout. Imagine the first time you see the GOAT Fedor Emelianenko it is the Dan Henderson fight. It would be hard to continue believing that these fighters truly are the best if your first impression of them is seeing them laid out on the mat with their opponents standing over them.
It's starting to become clear why K-1 is looking to move away from the tournament format for each division, as while it can lead to excitement, the unpredictability makes it difficult to build up stars and to market them to fans when who the top guy is continues to be in flux. While I'm not ready to tell GLORY to just give up on the tournament format altogether, tournaments on each event are taking up a lot of the television time and seem to be presenting Kickboxing as an ever-changing atmosphere, when the reality is that most of these divisions have been static for years.
I have no doubt that all of these divisions will eventually even out, but they sure are having a lot of transitions during such a pivotal time for the sport. I'd love for new stars to be born from these tournaments, but the one night tournament format leaves a lot of this in question for the time being, especially if there is only one tournament per weight class a year.


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Two weeks before Christmas Imogen's room was finally re-plastered, I'd wanted it done for years so I was relieved, but the mess and disruption it caused was catastrophic especially as we had the hall and upstairs landing done at the same time! Imogen has had her mind set on a pink ballet themed bedroom for quite some time and what Imogen wants, she normally gets!
Despite my best efforts her room isn't quite finished but I just had to share the bedside table I made for her, not having a crafty or artist bone in my body I'm a little bit proud of it.
My inspiration was taken from this beauty I spotted on Pinterest a while back.
Here's how we made our own.
You'll need:
A round table (I used an old Ikea side table)
Net fabric (about 10 times the diameter of your table)
A staple gun
Ribbon (about an inch wide and 3 times the diameter of the table)
- Double sided sticky tape
Start by gathering a small section of fabric and staple it into place at the top of the table and then carry on gathering as much or as little fabric depending on how full you want the skirt of the table.
It took me about 20 minutes to go around the whole table and this is what it looked like.
To cover the staples, stick ribbon around the circumference of the table using double sided sticky tape and tie into a big loopy bow at the front. Here's the end result in Imogen's room, she's thrilled with it and so am I! It's a fabulous start to what promises to be a very girly and ultra pink bedroom for my little girl, it's only taken three years.


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Archive: 2007
Ms Roslyn Packer AO generously assists 25th Anniversary
acquisition of 2nd century Seated Buddha
Ron Radford AM, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, announced the acquisition of an important stone 2nd century Seated Buddha. The acquisition of Seated Buddha is in celebration of the National Gallery of Australia's 25th Anniversary and has been made possible though the generous assistance of Ms Roslyn Packer AO.
The Seated Buddha, is the earliest Buddha within an Australian collection and is a key work of the Art of the Indian Subcontinent Gallery, the first in an Australian public gallery devoted to the display of Indian art.
Created during the Kushan dynasty (1st - 3rd century) the distinctive mottled red sandstone of this Buddha image is typical of the Mathuran region of northern India. Buddhism flourished in India during this time and it was during the Kushan dynasty that the representation of the Buddha, with his characteristic features of a cranial protuberance and extended earlobes became the enduring iconography for the depiction of Buddha.
The Seated Buddha is a superb early example of this key development in Asian art. Several of the 32 marks of a Great Being are present on the work of art – the tuft of hair between the eyebrows [urna], a broad chest, wheels on the soles of the feet, folds of flesh at the neck and elongated earlobes. Seated in the meditation posture with his legs crossed the Seated Buddha's presence is palpable and powerful, reflecting the artist's skill in depicting corporeality.
The acquisition is the fourth major work of art to be acquired as part of the 25th Anniversary Gifts Program. Ms Roslyn Packer AO will visit the National Gallery of Australia at 11.30am on Tuesday 28 August to be photographed with the acquisition, Seated Buddha.
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That's my jacket!
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I was planning on going trade-only. Until today, I was only aware of two comic shops in the area (in Redlands and San Bernardino). Both of them treat you like crap if you have a kid or two with you. I've been actively ignored more times than I can count at those stores. I gave up on Regeneration One when I went in on release day and the clerk treated me like a half-wit and acted like I was making up Diamond's shipping list or something. (In fairness, I have been treated decently in Redlands, but it seems like the exception rather than the rule.) A friend has been sending me RG1 from Michigan, of all places.
I did discover today there is a comic shop in Hemet (who knows where in Hemet, and, even though it's not far, I try to avoid that city), as well as one that opened last year in Palm Desert (further, but with better stuff nearby, including The Living Desert). When I get a chance to check them out (probably toward the start of May), I might switch to floppies if they seem reliable enough.
When you read the time travel story, let me know. I think I got it, but want to clarify the order things happen in without going to the Wiki (and risking spoilers for future stories).
That's my jacket!
Anyone playing the Transformers Legends mobile device game?
I just started today now that it's available for iOS devices.
I read RID vol 3's first story, RID #10, and to be honest I really didn't like it much. Not only is the expression of the time jumping concept too labored for the medium, but I very much disliked the art style. As for the story, what little there actually was, I think I got it but it required A) knowing too much backstory to speak for itself; and B) accepting that it wasn't so much of a story as a bridge to another story. Read here to see stuff that seems familiar and yet not entirely what you think happened: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Syndromica_%282%29
I haven't read vol 3's Annual story yet, but it looks... interesting.
I did however read MTMTE #16, and it also unfortunately contains art I don't care for, but it's on top of a very linear story dealing with the aftermath of things that I won't spoil. It's a fanboy controversial issue for sure though, and I think it's too bad the fans can't just grow up about this one as it's cliche but not dishonest, just foreign to the way things have been in TF before. Not a great MTMTE issue but not terrible, like a MASH episode that's more somber and introspective.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I haven't been. I didn't come in early on and I'm so confused by the RID vs Spotlight vs regeneration vs Mtmte titles. Feels like too much to catch up on. Plus, i got burned by the dreamwave era, so i'm not inspired to jump back in.
If there were a simple to follow guide as to which books relate to which continuities, i might start with a few TPB's to see if I like it.
The original Marvel continuity is Classics, UK Classics, Regeneration One, and the first volume of G.I.Joe/Transformers. (Look for the newer versions of the Classics trades, though; the originals couldn't reprint any issues with Spider-Man or Circuit Breaker.)
The paperbacks for the IDW-verse are a bit complicated, but not too terribly bad (not as bad as G.I.Joe, which restarts at #1 every year). The first chunk is anything written by Simon Furman with a title ending in "-ation," along with all the Spotlight trade paperbacks and Stormbringer. The New Avengers crossover fits in here, but skip it. It's OOP, overpriced, and awful. The "-ations" paperbacks go in a particular order, with Stormbringer after the first ("Infiltration," IIRC), and the Spotlights fill in holes and add detail to characters. I wouldn't skip them, though. There's also Megatron: Origin, which was a Dreamwave leftover that was tweaked to fit in IDW.
The first soft reboot comes with All Hail Megatron. It was messy as hell, and they had to include four issues called "All Hail Megatron: Coda" and a miniseries called Maximum Dinobots to make it fit (mostly) in place.
After that is the ongoing series, which lasted about two years, and the Bumblebee and Ironhide paperbacks. (The paperbacks for the ongoing include a Galvatron miniseries as well.) Last Stand of the Wreckers and Drift fall in this period somewhere, but it's not too important to pin down exactly where. Somewhere in here is the IDW crossover, Infestation, which I would say skip, but it has some important developments for two main characters.
The second soft reboot ends the war (we think) and sees the RiD and MTMTE ongoing series. The Spotlights have been restarted, and are being collected, but the paperbacks are under a different name for some reason.
If you're interested, I can cross-check all my paperbacks and give you the proper reading order. Or IDW seems to be taking some of the older trades out of print (they're still easily available, except for the New Avengers one) and releasing thicker ones called The IDW Collection or something like that.
Dreamwave's stuff is still in limbo, but Vols. 2-3 of G.I.Joe/Transformers contain the four crossover volumes from Devil's Due. (I'd assume a fourth would come out if the rights to the Dreamwave-published series ever work out.)
JT, they apparently do pull lists... but not for someone getting only a couple of titles.
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
This 32-island chain has been a hot spot for celebs in the past, but it's becoming more accessible to all, thanks to the new airport opening at the end of this year on the main island of St. Vincent: no private charter or helicopter required.
Best bite: The sweet, saucy slice of lobster pizza at Goatie's Bar at Petit St. tastes even better with your toes in the sand and your gaze set to sea.
Sundown sojourn: Join regulars like Tommy Hilfiger for rum cocktails at Basil's Bar, a breezy thatched-roof watering hole lofted on stilts above Mustique's shoreline.
Choice transport: Spend a day on the water aboard one of Barefoot Yacht Charters's sailboats, which can be chartered bareboat or fully staffed.
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Many people will walk in and out of your life, But only a true friend will leave paw prints on your heart.
Many people will walk in and out of your life, But only a true friend will leave paw prints on your heart.
To Duke:
You were the best mutt a farmkid could ever have hoped to enjoy a slice of life with. From the first day I saw you in that corncrib I knew you would never leave my side. You always had an uncanny ability to know where I was and got there quicker than anyone else. Your feats are legendary amongst all my friends and family. You survived everything from trucks to coyotes. Duke, your hunting ability was incredible. How you knew exactly what to do will always amaze me. The impact you had on everyone who came to our house was profound. The day you passed, I got more calls than I had on my birthday. I will miss coming home from college and tackling you, rolling around the yard. I will miss you being by my side. Laying by the fire with you the last night I was home will forever be with me. When Anna, my 2 year old niece, visiting Mom and Dad she began crying and could not be consoled by the absence of your presence. I feel the same way every day. I am glad you went quickly and were not in pain. I am glad that Dad got home in time to hold you on your last breath. I wish I was there like you have been for me. I will miss you. I will never be able to replace you. I wish I knew what to do now, whether to get another dog or not. All I know is you will not be forgotton.
Much love, Duke
Genesis 27:3 Now then, get your weapons--your quiver and bow--and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
"You get too fond of a dog. Not until after his death do you realize how much he meant to you. I sometimes wonder if the pleasure in owning a dog is worth the misery caused by his death." J. A. Hunter, 1952
"I have never owned a dog like Buff, before or since....You get too fond of a dog. NOt untill after his death do you realize how much he meant to you. I sometimes wonder if the pleaeur in owning a dog is worth the misery caused by his death." J. A. Hunter, "HUNTER" 1952
I wrote this for my friend and hunting partner of 14 years, a day before the vet came to my house to put him down.
Your Head on My Lap
For Kane - 4/3/99 - 11/10/12
Second pick, from a litter of eight,
there were three black males, I
could hardly wait!
Holding you gently on your back
with my hand, you kicked, licked
and struggled, your energy was
"He'll be a lot of dog," was the
breeder's insight. Not long and I
realized, he was absolutely right!
A pro trainer I was not, so I
purchased a book. We joined a
retriever club, we did what it took.
To make you a gun dog, a pet and a
friend, was my goal that first year,
much time we did spend.
I made some mistakes, and patient I
was not, but with your big heart and
desire, through my deficiencies you
At eight months of age, you
retrieved your first bird, that
pheasant was big, but you wouldn't
be deterred.
I don't know who was more proud -
you or I. You delivered to hand,
and in the blink of an eye....
You were hunting again, and so it
went for years. Pheasants, ducks
and geese, and some blood, sweat
and tears.
The time has now come, Kane, for
me to let you go. Our years in the
field have taken their toll.
As I reminisce over the past
fourteen years, it seems like a blur,
or is that just my tears?
Great memories of hunting - too
many to comprehend, but in the
end what will stand out was that
night you were my friend.
Five years ago and a feeling of
despair, on the floor and in tears,
life seemed unfair. Quietly you
walked up, awakened from your
nap, you nuzzled my chin and laid
your head on my lap.
So tomorrow my friend, we must say
"goodbye". You will feel no pain in
that field in the sky. I will be with
you as you take your final nap,
holding onto you tight, your head
on my lap.
Kane died yesterday on that same kitchen floor where I was sitting when he comforted me five years ago. I will miss him.
Where to start…
The beginning is usually the best place I guess. It begins, as it was told to me, in April of 2000 in suburbia Dallas when a small yellow puppy was thrown over the backyard fence of a young couple with two very young boys. They had no idea where the puppy came from, but she was all alone and was so adorable that they just had to keep her. So they did, and they named her Sophie.
Shortly thereafter, this family moved to the Phoenix area and through a series of events I was asked if I wanted to adopt Sophie, a now 2-ish year old Yellow Lab. When Holiday and I met her, she was still just a pup really. Super excited to meet new people and trying to figure out if this big new guy and his big black dog were cool or not. She must have made up her mind pretty quickly because, before we knew it, Holiday and I had Sophie loaded up in the back of our SUV with all her gear and we were headed home. We broke the news to Scooby (our human roommate) that we had another dog in the house and he almost immediately coined her "Sophie-Doo".
Sophie and Holiday became fast friends. Their demeanors were quite different from each other. Sophie was a pretty cautious dog, where Holiday was not. Sophie was social when she felt comfortable, whereas Holiday became quite aloof. Holiday was the embodiment of Alpha and Sophie was the Omega, but they made a good pair for that reason. Holiday was big and fast, Sophie was lighter and quicker on her feet. It made sending them after the same bumper a real affair as Holiday would get to it first but slide past it by a few feet, allowing Sophie to snatch it up and play keep away from Holiday until Soph could eventually get the bumper back to me. But there seemed to be a real kinship between them. Sophie was somehow able to smooth some of Holidays "rough" edges and Holiday, in turn, looked after Soph and made sure she was safe when I wasn't around. They reminded me a little of Old Dan and Little Ann from the novel Where the Red Fern Grows.
About a year into it, we all decided we needed a change of scenery and moved up to Flagstaff. It was a breath of fresh air (literally and figuratively) for all of us. Lots of wide open spaces for us all to play and more friends (two and four legged) to play with. We lived in an apartment at first, which was tough; nowhere to run while Dad was at school/work. But it was adjacent to a large piece of USFS land; lots of room to run when Dad got home. Once, Soph and Holiday got out of the front porch area and were picked up and taken to the pound. I was none too pleased about the whole thing, but when I went to pick them up I remember Soph being SO scared about what was going on. She was shaking and drooling all over the place. I couldn't stay upset with her for long. Holiday was indignant about the whole thing so I blamed her for them getting arrested anyway. J
Soph and Holiday went everywhere with me; Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and all over Arizona. There is a photo somewhere of the three of us standing on three of the Four Corners. We went camping, swimming, snow shoeing, chased squirrels, and drank beer. I took care of them and they took care of me.
Late in 2005 Soph and I took a big hit. It was time for Holiday to pass on. We both took it pretty hard but none harder than me. Soph really helped me out during that rough time. Somehow she understood that we were all each other had at that time. Much like she did with Holiday, Soph helped smooth out some of my rough edges. It was little Soph that helped soften ornery old Holiday and me a little bit.
Life moves on as it often does. Soph and I got another year older. I graduated college. We moved a few times to what seemed like all corners of Flagstaff. Some places good. Some bad. Sophie was not shy about letting me know when we moved into a place with terrible people and/or terrible dogs. Things were good for me and Soph. She had the fortune of being my second dog, which meant I had some experience in being a dog "owner". She also had the misfortune of being the first dog I had ever tried to "train" in any official sense of the word. But as usual, where my patience dwindled, she remained ever "Sophie" and helped teach me lessons that will be valuable for the rest of my life.
Somewhere in that year I was at Pay N Take, drinking beer, and watching the Yankees play (surprise, surprise). I met a nice girl who was there doing some exact same thing with some friends. This little scenario happened a couple more times when eventually this girl and I decided to go out on a real date. But just to make sure I had this Yankees loving, beer drinking, girl on the hook…I took her to meet Sophie. Six years and one baby boy later we still sit and watch ballgames and have a beer together. Thanks Soph.
There is more to this part of the story though and may be the most important year of Sophie's life. Amy loved Sophie so much. Soph became her dog…not mine really anymore, as that love was reciprocated back to Amy ten fold. I had just brought Phobos home and was spending a lot of time training her to hunt. Amy decided that she and Sophie were going to do some training of their own and become a certified therapy dog team. And certified they became. Amy and Soph would eventually visit local elementary schools on a routine basis where 1st and 2nd graders were learning to read. Soph would sit with the kids and let them read to her. It was almost as if the kids were teaching Soph to read, which gave the kids a real boost and made Sophie a happy dog. Nothing I ever do with any of my hunting dogs will come close to comparing to what Amy and Soph did that year. I was, and still am, very proud of both of them for their courage and inspiration.
Time has not been so kind to Soph the past couple of years. Somewhere along the way she tore both her ACLs. Doc told us that other than that, she was in great shape. Still, it made our walks a bit shorter and a bit slower than they used to be. She developed bumps here and there like most old dogs do, but Doc said she would die with them rather than fromthem. Muscles become tired and joints start to ache and pop. Just getting up and down the stairs was becoming hard.
This year has been the roughest for Soph. Oral meds and monthly injections have helped manage the pain, but the grasp of Father Time is inevitable. It became increasingly clear to Amy and me that Sophie's time was fast approaching. It's never an easy question to answer though. I waited too long to make "that call" with Holiday and I swore I would never make the same mistake again. Soph spent some time with my folks a couple of weeks ago and somehow my Dad knew it was time as well. I was convinced she would make it back for Thanksgiving…my Dad never said a word. Shortly after getting her back up the hill it was apparent that it was time.
Today, Wednesday, October 24th, 2012, we let Sophie go. Amy and I thanked her for bringing us together, helping us both find a family. I thanked her for taking care of me…for teaching me patience. For putting up with ALL THE CRAP that Phobos perpetually put her through. For being the best damn dog ever. I asked her to remember who Holiday was. I told her that Holiday was waiting, with Teal, and to go find them. Find them and go play with Holiday again. Maybe they would take her hunting if she wanted to…something I regrettably never did. I let her know that Amy and I would be there someday because I subscribe to what Will Rogers said, "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
There are so many things I am forgetting here. How do you sum up 10 years of living and growing and loving with the same animal in just a few paragraphs? So many people whose lives Sophie touched. So many times I heard the phrase, "I'd get a dog right now if it could be like Sophie." Or after Soph and I would hang out with some folks for a while I'd here, "Let's look into getting a Yellow Lab." And then they would, and realize that there is only one Sophie-Doo. So many kids' lives Sophie touched, whether by helping them learn to read, being a blocker from other dogs (Funny story, ask Serena if she remembers Sophie at Randy's Superbowl party), or just letting them stroke her ears that were the softest you will ever touch. So many adults whose lives she made better…none more than Amy and mine. I want to write about all that she's meant to so many people but can't find a way to express what that is. Nor do I have a grasp on the extent of what that meaning is.
I will miss her more than any words can describe. There are so many clichés about the ties that bind humans and dogs. All of them are true. So many stories about the pain of dealing with the death of a family dog. All off them gut wrenching.
Love you Soph. See you when I get there.
Smackwater jumpin jac chance - 4/24/1999 - 3/4/2013
one more day, one more time, one more sunset,
maybe i'd be satisfied.
But then again, i know what it would do,
leave me wishing still for one more day with you.
Rest in peace my dear and loyal friend...
It is what it is....
Black Kettle's She's a Pistol - 2009
Twolabs Her Chance to Dance - 2012
Twolabs Yancy's Fancy Pants - 2012
Dusy its been 2 years today that you left me, I miss you so much
Rip Croppers Gold Dust
Hannah, I am sorry we didn't go out on a walk in the woods last weekend. I had no idea you were sick. When you were acting lethargic Monday evening we just assumed you had eaten something you shouldn't have. On Tuesday morning you couldn't walk. By Tuesday afternoon you were gone. Only 7 years old......WAY too soon.
You had more talent than I knew what to so with. All of the successes you had we're directly attributable to you. All the issues you had were directly my fault.
The house is too quiet without you. The chair in my office doesn't seem right without you in it. The spot next to me on the couch is too cold without you.
You will be missed but not forgotten, friend.
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The BowlSo there it sits...mocking me. Tears roll down my face and I think..."It's only a THING! An object! " Yet my tears, they do not stop.
I look at this ceramic object and reflect...
How often did I fill it? ....Not nearly often enough. I could have continued to happily fill it for years to come.
How many times did I clean it? ....I'd gladly do it, even one more time.
How often did it cause you happiness, when I picked it up? What I wouldn't give to see you dance for joy because THIS signaled one of your favorite times of the day!
How sad it is...to see a dog dish that has outlived it's owner.
....with a heavy heart, and tears that continue to stream down my face, I pick it up, and gently tuck it away...forever.
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By M. Scott Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
TODAY, THE DAILY JOURNAL CONTINUES its year-long "State of Our Schools" series with this month's focus on literacy. The fifth and final installment of a five-day look at the state of literacy education in Mississippi looks at adults who never attained a high level of literacy and are taking advantage of programs that will help them catch up. Next month's installment of "The State of our Schools" will examine teacher preparation, quality and efforts to make the profession more attractive to top students.
Click here to view the entire series
School wasn't Milton Wardlow's highest priority when he was a kid. His family raised hogs and cows, and he was expected to do his part around the farm.
"I didn't go to school that much," the 62-year-old Tupelo resident said. "I had to take care of my family. I was the oldest."
Wardlow made a life for himself without an education. He got married and raised two children. Though he wasn't able to help with their homework, he encouraged them along the way.
"I told them to keep learning," he said. "When they graduated high school, I was proud. I wished it was me, but it wasn't."
According to an estimate by the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, Wardlow is one of the 16 percent of Mississippi adults who lack the ability to read newspaper stories, brochures or textbooks. Most adults take those basic literacy skills for granted, but not Wardlow.
"It's been hard," he said. "I had to have people to help me."
The common path to adult literacy travels from kindergarten to 12th grade, but that doesn't always work.
"Everybody has a different story. You can't really say it's one thing," said Georgia Shocklee, adult basic education and GED instructor at Itawamba Community College's Belden Center. "These are people who slipped through the cracks of public school."
Reasons include untreated learning disorders, such as dyslexia or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Some students experience severe test anxiety, which turns a fundamental part of school life into torture.
"They're often fairly sharp," Shocklee said. "When they come to (ABE) classes, they move up pretty quickly to the higher levels."
As with Wardlow, the lack of parental support can be a powerful barrier to education. As the saying goes, parents are their child's first educators, but not every parent is equipped or willing to perform that role.
"If you have parents who are not educated, who don't stress it at home, that goes to the children," Shocklee said. "It's not encouraged."
Thea Williams-Black, coordinator of master of literacy programs at the University of Mississippi, said an ideal world would include training for parents in how to steer their children toward learning at an early age.
"If parents aren't reading newspapers or books or the Bible to their children, they will come to school with a lower vocabulary than other students," Williams-Black said. "They need to learn how to interact with their children at home. Simply driving a car and saying, 'That's a McDonald's sign. That's a stop sign,' is literacy."
Teachers also need training in how to spot kids who need extra help. Williams-Black said sometimes quiet children have been left to fend for themselves, as teachers focus on squeaky wheels.
"The testing we have now is designed to catch those children," she said, adding that some school districts employ literacy coaches to work with kids who need extra help. "The goal is to catch them before they fall too far behind."
Lecreesha Saxton, 22, of Tupelo, said she had a different sort of teacher problem. It came down to a personality conflict.
"I stayed in trouble with one teacher in high school," Saxon said. "She didn't really like me. She pushed me, so I decided I was going to quit."
Guntown resident Austin Braddock, 19, isn't exactly sure where school went wrong for him.
"I was just bored," he said. "I just wanted to do something else."
When the traditional route is no longer an option, some barriers remain.
"The big issue you find with adult literacy is embarrassment," Williams-Black said. "They don't want anyone to know they can't read."
Saxton knew how to read, but didn't have a diploma. For her, finishing her education at ICC's Belden Center was a dollars-and-cents decision after she learned that her job prospects weren't nearly as bright as she wanted them to be.
"I'm going for my GED," she said. "It's something I'm doing on my own."
That "something else" that Braddock said he wanted to do instead of going to school led to burglary charges. He's taking ABE classes at Belden Center as part of his sentence, but he said he sees the value in education now that he's seen more of his options.
"I am trying to better my future," he said. "I want to go to college, but if I get my GED, I'll be satisfied because then I can get a good job."
Another barrier to adult education has recently lifted for a specific group of people. Hispanic immigrants started signing up for ABE classes last year after President Obama signed an executive order to prevent illegal immigrants from being deported if they came to the U.S. before age 16 and are no older than 30. In order to qualify, they have to have a high school diploma or a GED, or serve in the U.S. military.
"Several have enrolled," Shocklee said. "I enjoy them. There is a definite work ethic with that group."
Adult literacy classes start where the students are. Some walk in below kindergarten level, and others just have some catching up to do to get back on the traditional path that will take them on to college.
Of course, not everyone will earn a GED or go onto higher education, but there's still something to be won by adult students, said Deanna Duckworth, who teaches ABE classes at Belden Center.
"Any education is going to help them have a better quality of life and let them be able to do more than they can now," Duckworth said. "That's what a lot of it is about."
At 62, Wardlow isn't thinking about getting a good job or going to college; he's thinking about himself.
"I'm trying to get me an education" he said. "That's what I need."
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Well I done (maybe) with my vintage collection. I received the last item I needed/wanted today. A quick over view of my collection:
100 figures, the 96 carded figures plus blue Snagg and Rebo Band. No Droids or Ewoks figures. And to the best of my ability to tell all have original accessories.
22 vehicles. No mini or body rigs. I don't have the Battle Damaged X-wing, original TIE Fighter or Ewok Battle Wagon and at this point am not planing on getting them.
15 playsets. I don't have the POTF version of Jabba's dungeon. I might get the Palitoy version of the Death Star, but that's the only European version of a playset I would buy.
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...comes a post I wish I was enough of a wordsmith to have written.
The American Dream ended last Tuesday.
The second term of Barack Obama will be the final nail in the coffin for the legacy of the white Christian males who discovered, explored, pioneered, settled and developed the greatest Republic in the history of mankind.
A coalition of Blacks, Latinos, feminists, gays, government workers, union members, environmental extremists, the media, Hollywood, uninformed young people, the forever needy, the chronically unemployed, illegal aliens, and other fellow travelers has ended Norman Rockwell's America.
The US Constitution has been replaced with Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and Chicago shyster David Axelrod, along with international socialist George Soros, will be pulling the strings on their black puppet to bring us into the New World Order.
The Republicans ran two candidates who couldn't even win their own home states, while circus clown Chris Christie helped Obama over the top with a glowing post - Sandy tribute that elevated the phony Commander-in Chief to Mother Teresa status.
People like me are now completely politically irrelevant; I will never again comment on or concern myself with the aforementioned Republican coalition, which has surrendered our culture, our heritage and our traditions without a shot being fired.
You will never again out-vote the people who gave Obama four more years. It will take individual acts of defiance and massive displays of civil disobedience to get back the rights we have allowed them to take away. It will take zealots, not moderates; zealots who will never reach across the aisle to RINOs, to right this ship and restore our beloved Country to it's former status.
Those who come after us will have to risk their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to bring back the Republic that this generation has timidly frittered away due to white guilt and political correctness
Atlas has Shrugged, and John Galt has left the building.
And, let me add...Humpty Dumpty has fallen, and all the messiahs horses/men/unionistas/gays/SFN/OWS groupies/czars/ will ever be able to put him together again. You fools have no clue what you have allowed to happen.


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Writing Linear Equations
This chapter covers linear equations in slope-intercept form and point-slope form, standard form for linear equations, equations of parallel and perpendicular lines, and problem solving using linear models.
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Linear Inequalities
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This chapter introduces students to linear systems of equations and inequalities as well as probability and combinations. Operations on linear systems are covered, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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Exponential Functions
This chapter covers exponent properties involving products and quotients, expressions with zero, negative & fractional exponents, scientific notation, and geometric sequences.
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This chapter covers addition & subtraction of polynomials, multiplication of polynomials, special products of polynomials, solving simple polynomial equations by factoring, and factoring quadratic expressions.
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Quadratic Equations and Quadratic Functions
This chapter covers graphing quadratic functions, indentifying the number of solutions of quadratic equations, solving quadratic equations using the quadratic formula, and finding the discriminant of a quadratic equation.
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Algebra and Geometry Connections
This chapter covers graphing and comparing square root functions, solving radical equations, using the Pythagorean theorem and its converse, using the distance formula, and making & interpreting stem-and-leaf plots & histograms.
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Rational Equations and Functions
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Avatar is a 7, sig is a 10. Majora's Mask>OoT
O God please let the person below me like Lady GaGa
Avatar is a 7, sig is a 10. Majora's Mask>OoT
O God please let the person below me like Lady GaGa
i don't like lady gaga, but i don't hate her so what the hell hehe
8/10 avatar
9/10 sig
i like the way of that look on that worgen
10/10 for both, I love you for remaking this thread Treann ^.^
Death would be a welcome embrace.
aaaahhh the remi's avatares and sigs
9/10 av
10/10 sig
10/10 avatar, pirates FTW.
10/10 for sig too. :>
Yeah Resentful's avatar thread lasted months before it finally died haha
Oh hi Digglett :P
10/10 on Avatar as usual, I think that's the insane chick from Soul Eater right?
10/10 on Signature, suits it quite well
Avatar: 10/10
Signature: 10/10
Dark Brotherhood!
Avatar: 8/10 I remember the days of standing in line to play the original arcade game.
Signature: 1/10 I don't think you tried to be honest. :/
4/10 for the avatar. Not too fond of human ones.
7/10 for sig
Death would be a welcome embrace.
Worgenite...we meet again.
Avatar 7/10, it's hillarious. But I cant give you more because I am one of the haters ^_^
Signature 5/10. Nothing special
I dont even think I have a signature, hmm i need to make one when I can be bothered.
Looks like you are right, I didnt even know. Now I need to change it!Hmm, not sure if thats a logo you've got as an avatar, but I'll give that a 6/10
I just wanted a decent looking snake avatar, so just found something :P
Thumbs up for Nemi avatar yourself ^^
Avatar is boring, and you don't have a signature.
3/10. :>


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The Candidates, the World, and CFR.org's Foreign Policy Journey in the 2008 Campaign
When CFR.org started blogging on the U.S. presidential campaign back in May 2007, the foreign policy terrain appeared relatively uncomplicated. The war in Iraq looked to be the dominant issue. Under the surface, of course, were many simmering issues related to foreign policy and a surprising number emerged as flashpoints during the ensuing campaign – and provided rich mining for our blog – including immigration for the Republicans and trade for the Democrats. The assassination of a Pakistani prime minister and the outbreak of war between Russia and Georgia during the course of the campaigns brought concerns about U.S. policy toward Islamabad and Moscow to the fore. But the main surging issue turned out to be the economy. Like so many of the other issues there were cross-sections for domestic and foreign policy here, as underscored in this CFR.org Issue Guide.


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You'll probably want to make more of the Parmesan walnuts than you need just so you have extras on hand to toss with pasta, rice and other grain dishes.
Look for curly endive with the other lettuce varieties in your supermarket. Pronounced "ahn-DEEV," this curly green grows in loose heads of lacy, green outer leaves that curl at the tips. Its leaves have a prickly texture and slightly bitter taste.
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By Shuli Ren
Nothing good comes out India these days.
HSBC's Manufacturing PMI for the month of August showed India's manufacturing sector contracted for the first time since March 2009. This finding comes on the heels of last Friday's second-quarter GDP data, which showed that India's growth slowed to the weakest since the first quarter of 2009.
A Macquarie report dated August 30 hit my mailbox this morning. It is about the most optimistic one on India that I have seen in a while, so I figure I should flag it to my readers. Analysts Rakesh Arora and Arjun Bhattacharya think the Indian market is starting to look cheap:
Valuations are now very attractive: The Indian market is below [Great Financial Crisis] levels on P/B and at a14% discount to the 17yr average on PER. Also relative to [developed markets] and other [emerging markets] it is now at a 10year low on P/B. On an absolute level, it is factoring in a GDP of 4.5%. Correlation with INR points to downside up to 4500 on the Nifty if the rupee depreciates to 70/USD, but these levels may not last long.
OK, there might be value in large-cap stocks. But small-cap companies are likely to be value traps. Their liquidity levels are now at ten-year low:
If investors already hiccup on India's expanding current account deficits, you think they would enjoy this chart?
Relatively, U.S. investors who bought large-cap Indian companies have fared better. WisdomTree Trust India Earnings Fund (EPI), which holds profitable, large-cap Indian companies mostly, has lost (only) 28% this year. This is really not bad, considering 1) this ETF is denominated in dollars; 2) the S&P BSE 100 Index lost 23%; and 3) Indian rupee lost 20%. By comparison, the Market Vectors Small Cap Index ETF (SCIF) lost 48% this year.
I have to admit: I am risk-averse. I do not buy based on relative valuations alone, because I am afraid of value traps. Personally, I prefer to sit on the sidelines altogether till I see something concrete – no, not cement concrete, and definitely don't buy cement – comes out India.


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Urrgh. Keeping this thing up to date is work :)
Trying to decide what I want to do with my life, a la the classic-but-cheesy Twisted Sister video. I'm trying to listen to Neil Peart and not "give in to security" in order to "experience to extremes", but my current situation is comfy and pays ridiculous amounts of money. I guess this is where I find out if I really am a "lazy stupid American". *sigh*. Ok, enough, I'll leave the angst to the X-Men.
Saw "Almost Famous" last night. Highly recommended, and not just because it features talented View Askew regular Jason Lee. Any human being who loves music should see this film ASAP - if the theater I went to is anything to extrapolate from, Cameron Crowe's probably getting the Mallrats call this morning, so see it while you can. It's too big of a movie (even though it's only 1.85:1 ;-) to see only on TV, 16:9 or otherwise.


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Indiana school district compensation models
One hundred seventeen compensation models effective for 2012-13 were collected by the DOE and may be viewed on the Compensation Models page. Not all compensation models listed are compliant with IC 20-28-9-1. In order to avoid inadvertent errors or omissions, districts are encouraged to follow the Compensation Checklist for compliance with IC 20-28-9-1 found on this page.
In order to assist districts as they move toward the start of formal bargaining on August 1, here are some common mistakes—noted during the review of the 2012-13 compensation models—to avoid:
- The compensation model is not included in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA)
- MOU or other prior agreement (including prior base salaries) is referenced but not incorporated and attached
- No redistribution provision
- No explanation whether increases are stipends or raises
- No explanation as to how the compensation model is applied
- Lack of consistency between the number of compensation points possible and the number of points indicated in the compensation model language
- Compensation model is incomplete
- No provision for how newly hired teachers are treated in the model
- No eligibility requirements for increases specified
- Training and experience factor exceeds 33%
*Also, some of the compensation models include a "salary schedule" for individual teachers; others include the model that will be applied for determining individual salaries. The DOE makes no judgment as to the preferability of either format.
The DOE will continue to collect and review compensation models for the 2013-14 school year. If you have questions, please feel free to email Risa Regnier at email@example.com.
Performance Pay Compensation Systems
Through collective bargaining and local decision making, Indiana school corporations create pay structures based on a locally determined combination of four potential factors: annual performance evaluation results, instructional leadership responsibilities, academic needs of students, and a combination of experience and education.
The resources and tools on this page are designed to support teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders as they develop performance pay compensation systems.
Guidance Documents
- Compensation Guidance: Compliance Checklist - Coming Soon via IEERB
State Model Salary Schedules
Update: The State Model Salary Schedule version 3.0 is now available!
Public Law 90-2011 (I.C. 20-28-9-1) required the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) to publish a model salary schedule. The 2015 General Assembly amended I.C. 20-28-9 to require local compensation models to include salary ranges.
You may access IDOE's model in the documents below. An example with directions for the model as well as general information on performance pay are included below as well.
- Compensation Model Diagram 2015 (Version 3.0) - UPDATE 7/1/2015
- Compensation Diagram with Example (Version 3.0) - UPDATE 7/1/2015
- Compensation Plan FAQ
- Questions about the grant may be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com


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Colville tops East Valley for first place in GNL
The Colville volleyball team continues to dominate, even after moving up a classification to 2A. The Indians took over sole possession of first place in the Great Northern League with a straight sets win over East Valley on Tuesday.
The defending 1A state champs improved to 5-0 on the season, 4-0 in league play with a 25-16, 25-19, 25-17 win over an East Valley team that had started the season 4-0 in the GNL.
Next up for Colville is Clarkston on Saturday. The Knights try to rebound against Deer Park.Colville tops East Valley for first place in GNL