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The 2013 Westford Blizzard Snow Map
We went around town yesterday with a yard stick and here's what we found.
7:02 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
I found because of the wind I couldn't really tell how much snow I got. At least 2 feet plus but not sure. Within an hour of shoveling my walk it was covered again
7:36 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
Wow -- if you read the map and not the chart, the snow totals look quite incredible -- 22 feet at the 99, 15 at Stony Brook, etc.
For future reference, we usually use a single prime for feet ('), a double prime for inches (").
Andrew Sylvia
8:35 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
Sorry, technical error with the maps. Blame google for this one. Fixing now.
Dawn Matthews
8:46 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
On Providence Road I had 20" when I got up Saturday morning.
And yesterday I measured a 43" icicle outside the kitchen window! It's gotten bigger so will re-measure later
R Gagnon
4:50 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
Be careful of that icicle! They can be very dangerous when the fall. And, if you already have that much ice hanging from your drip edges, you either are using heating wires to let water off the roof or you have insufficient insulation in the attic. I know I have the latter on one section of my house but I didn't have that kind of ice so soon. Fortunately, today's warmer weather will allow whatever water runs out from under the snow to just drip to the ground. Cold weather causes that water to freeze as soon as it is exposed to air at the roof's edge and causes ice dams to build up. That can lead to serious water damage inside the house.
11:25 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
I had measured on my deck on Saturday at 9 am 28 Inches at the end of day the same undisturbed stick read 19 inches, lost 9 inches yesterday in the sun.


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EMC | >7.10, >7.89 and >7.87 |
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I'm not sure how you got here, but I'm happy to see you. No, really! Here are some links that might help you out:About MeMost-used TagsMy Other BlogsIf you came for the artwork, it's all here, and if you came for my webcomic, it's over here!
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30 Day Monster Girl Challenge!
(Ignore the fact they are listed out of order, please.) Some of these are not 100% what I wanted, but that is what breaking your sketchbook in is for! Here are some quick inspirations in case anyone is curious: the harpy is a take on Labyrinth (spot the references!), and the centaur is based on a Tibetan wild donkey known as a kiang. I almost did a deer, but the kiang seemed a lot cooler by the time I got to sketching.
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Venus TransitDate: 8 Jun 2004 NASA's TRACE satellite captured this image of Venus crossing the face of the Sun as seen from Earth orbit. The last event occurred in 1882. The next Venus transit will be visible in 2012. This image also is a good example of the scale of Earth to the Sun since Venus and Earth are similar in size.
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I am not a victim of the collecting craze, and I do not trade or exchange cards from my collection.
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Taibbi writes: "Wall Street lobbyists are awesome ... They always go right to the edge of outrageous, and then wittily take one baby-step beyond it."
President Obama signs the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation. (photo: Getty Images)
How Wall Street's Rolling Back Financial Reform
20 September 12
all Street lobbyists are awesome. I'm beginning to develop a begrudging respect not just for their body of work as a whole, but also for their sense of humor. They always go right to the edge of outrageous, and then wittily take one baby-step beyond it. And they did so again last night, with the passage of a new House bill (HR 2827), which rolls back a portion of Dodd-Frank designed to protect cities and towns from the next Jefferson County disaster.
Jefferson County, Alabama was the most famous case - the city of Birmingham went bankrupt after being bribed and goaded into taking on billions of dollars of toxic swap deals - but in fact it was just one of hundreds of similar examples of localities being duped into suicidal financial deals by rapacious banks and financial companies. The Denver school system, for instance, got clobbered when it opted for an exotic swap deal pushed by J.P. Morgan Chase (the same villain in Jefferson County, incidentally) and then-school superintendent/future U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, that ended up costing the school system tens of millions of dollars. As was the case in Jefferson County, the only way out of the deal involved a massive termination fee that might have been even more destructive than the deal itself.
To deal with this problem, the Dodd-Frank Act among other things included a simple reform. It required the financial advisors of municipalities to do two things: register with the SEC, and accept a fiduciary duty to respect the best interests of the taxpayers they are advising.
Sounds simple, right? But Wall Street couldn't have that. After all, if companies are required to have a fiduciary responsibility to cities and towns, how in the world can they screw cities and towns? The idea was a veritable axe-blow to the banks' municipal advisory businesses.
So what did Wall Street lobbyists and trade groups like SIFMA (the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association) do? Well, they did what they've been doing to Dodd-Frank generally: they Swiss-cheesed the law with a string of exemptions. The industry proposal that ended up being HR 2827 created several new loopholes for purveyors of swaps and other such financial products to cities and towns. Here's how the pro-reform group Americans for Financial Reform described the loopholes (emphasis mine):
For example, any advice provided by a broker, dealer, bank, or accountant that is any way "related to or connected with" a municipal underwriting would be exempted from the fiduciary requirement. A similar exemption would be created for all advice provided by banks or swap dealers that is in any way "related to or connected with" the sale to municipalities of financial derivatives, loan participation agreements, deposit products, foreign exchange, or a variety of other financial products.
So basically, if you're underwriting a municipal bond for a city or a town, and you happen also to give the city or town advice about some deadly swap deal that will put the city into bankruptcy for the next thousand years, you don't have a fiduciary responsibility to that city or town. The banks' view is that being asked to perform the merely-technical function of underwriting a bond is very different from advising someone to take on an exotic swap deal - so if a bank is mainly an underwriter and happens to offhandedly recommend this or that swap deal, it just isn't fair to drop this onerous financial responsibility, this weighty designation of municipal financial advisor, on its shoulders.
Here's how SIFMA describes what that awful burden would have been under Dodd-Frank's original reform:
The consequences of being deemed to be a municipal advisor are very serious. Providing municipal advice without having registered is "unlawful"-i.e. potentially criminal. The highest standard of conduct--a fiduciary duty--is imposed.
God forbid! Thankfully, this new law provides an exemption from that "highest standard of conduct" providing the bank or financial company is not just giving advice, but also performing a merely technical function like underwriting.
The details of this law are pretty hairy, but the basic idea is simple: provided a bank isn't dumb enough to only provide advice, or to ask for separate compensation for advice, it doesn't owe anyone any goddamned fiduciary responsibility. So they can keep screwing cities and towns as much as they'd like.
On the whole, this reminds me a lot of an episode of the classic British spoof show Brass Eye, which describes the sale of dangerous drugs as completely proscribed by law - unless the sale is conducted "through a Mandrill."
This bill passed last night with the support of both parties and Barney Frank. Are you proud to be an American yet?
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It looks like things are really working against the people.
Why would anyone step right up in full confidence to a roulette wheel in Vegas?
When even the House will tell you that Roulette has the odds heavily stacked in favor of the House ? And that is true even when the House is playing totally clean !
Cities are desperate, and, like people who can't afford home mortgages, Cities are willing to listen to "experts" who are totally blowing smoke.
The Republicans gutted Federal Revenue Sharing with the States. This, of course caused the States to curtail Revenue Sharing with the Cities.
All this amid a religion of no new taxes, and your "chickens" are ready-made for the plucking - everyone's broke, and they can't increase revenue by raising taxes, bcuz they now have Republican Controlled Legislatures.
Although the modern Robber Barons dress this up in arcane language, stealing is still stealing, and it's still pretty inelegant, no matter what else you might try to call it.
But the "genius" here is to have created the "crisis" that forced your "chickens" to call begging the fox to come guard the hen house in the first place.
See a book by Naomi Klein called "The Shock Doctrine".
--This book should be required reading for every citizen in my opinion. Before I read it, I THOUGHT I "knew"...it was an eye-opener.
you take a bunch of ignorant f'ing yahoos who have a football ideology of the world but no brains or commons sense, you give them power, and they get these grandiose, outdated rightwing fascist ideas. They meet some hood in a pinstripe suit and a violin case, and soon your town is turning tricks for her wall street pimps to the that 2000% interest loan.
The proposed first step to achieve that objective is to file multiple class-action lawsuits seeking to reverse two absurd Supreme Court decisions: Santa Clara ("corporations are persons"), and Buckley ("money is speech"). Success will require one of the five conservative Justices to again step forward and go down in history as a true American patriot, as did Chief Justice Roberts recently in upholding Obamneycare.
As the cases advance toward the Supreme Court, widening public awareness of them will propel a tsunami of public pressure, outcry, and support from the over 80% of American citizenry who are disgusted with the legalized corruption of our politicians by the obscene amounts of money-in-politi cs. Past Supreme Courts have been responsive to public opinion.
Once those decisions are reversed, the liberated Congress would be enabled to enact legislation in the public interest, such as to provide for public financing of elections, free airtime for candidates, universal health care, raising needed revenue from those who can best afford to provide it, and exerting world leadership in preventing and mitigating global warming.
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Please, everybody, let's come up with some answers. Rooting out corruption in campaign financing is probably THE most pressing problem for us today!
Why is Barney Frank in on this?
Because Barn is a politician, and that's what politicians are paid to do. He is helping to gut the same laws that he once proposed.
Political Theater, anyone ?
Dodd-Frank is watered down pro-Wall Street BS.
What is the Obama White House going to do if Wall Street violates this faux reform?
Maybe, ask for more contributions??
Re-imposition of FDR's Glass-Steagall firewall between Wall Street gamblers & Main Street bankers would be a real reform.
But Obama and Geithner oppose FDR's reform--slightl y more violently than does Bain's Romney.
Investing in AMERICA'S Wall Street is like aiding and abetting criminals.
I gotta say...there's as much cognitive dissonance on the left as on the right these days.
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Even in fiscal crisis, Democrats won't cut spending
- By Senator Jim Demint
Democrats on the so-called "Super Committee" have demonstrated why their party is disqualifying itself from any rational discussion when it comes to cutting spending.
The deficit committee was tasked with reducing the deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next ten years, but Democrats refused to make any kind of deal unless it included more than a trillion dollars of tax increases. One of their proposals, that remember is supposed to cut spending, contained billions of dollars in new stimulus spending! Despite the overwhelming evidence that the stimulus didn't work, they are committed to funding more boondoggles big and small, like Solyndra and research for exotic ants and monkeys.
It is stunning. To meet their meager target, the Super Committee didn't even need to cut a single penny from the budget, but only slow the rate of increase in spending by a fraction. Rather than letting the country rack up $23.4 trillion of debt by 2021, the Super Committee only needed to to keep it rising to $21.3 trillion. Still Democrats refused. $6 trillion in new deficit spending wasn't enough for them. To Democrats, the answer of when to cut spending is simple: never.
The federal government is now $15 trillion in debt, the country is mired in recession, unemployment is at record highs, but Democrats believe taxpayers must sacrifice more so Washington doesn't have to. Even on the brink of fiscal collapse, Democrats want to take more from American families and businesses so the government can spend more, not less. That, in a nutshell, is why the Super Committee failed and why Washington is incapable of making any of the necessary reforms to get the economy moving again. read more »
Socialists in Dems clothing
I think I have discovered the real reason Occupy Wall Street exists
This will be short, as night has fallen and it's time for me to retire with my latest reading material and the dog.
Earlier, I was watching the Occupy Wall Streeters on the national news again, listening to them and reading signs, and I finally saw one sign that was "out of the closet," so to speak. It read, "Join Socialism."
Straight and to the point.
No cries of the poor, or of being bottom feeders of the 1%. No caterwauling about wanting to destroy Corporate America or Capitalism. No nothing, except honesty--which in this case is offensive to my sense of patriotism.
The Wolves in Sheeps' Clothing are none other than the Dems, trying to hide their Socialist mantle and yet affect the masses with their faux rhetoric, or not. One needs to look no further than the fecal mess and scattered trash on private park property to know the stand they take is solely for themselves, so that their idea of government will evolve to see to their every need, no matter how slight.
After all, how could they afford to take a month off work to protest, if Corporate America wasn't paying their way?


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Incentives in South Africa
Did you know?
?You can tour Cape Town's central business district on a horse-drawn carraige and enjoy horse and carriage rides in the Cape Winelands at Rhebokskloof Wine Estate in Paar.
South Africa is an incentive paradise. Those who experience incentives in South Africa leave forever changed, enriched by the unforgettable journeys they've had.
You'll be seduced by the warmth of our people and their fascinating cultures, by the call of the wild and the breathtaking scenery of our beautiful land.
Whether you're looking for the ultimate adrenalin rush, a wildlife safari experience deep in the African bush, or want to get involved in social responsibility and conservation projects, almost any kind of experience is possible on a South African incentive tour.
You can learn about our history, explore our fascinating political past, delve into our ancient cultures and discover the origins of our human ancestors.
Go stargazing in Sutherland, hunt for fossils in the Free State, search for San rock art deep in the caves of the Drakensberg mountains, cage dive with great white sharks, track spoor with the San, dine inside the trunk of a large baobab tree or free fall on the world's highest bungee jump. South Africa will excite you and motivate you to be better and do better and surpass your expectations as an incentive destination.
Each of our 9 provinces offers its own uniquel experiences and has a flair for the unusual. Green incentives are also possible with a host of environmentally-friendly accommodaton options and activities available.
Cape Town was voted Best Incentive Destination on the UK's Conferences & Incentive Travel magazine's 2009 Hot List - and for good reason. Its winning combination of scenic beauty, top hotels, pulsating night life, magnificent beaches, unique shops, outstanding restaurants, top-notch meeting venues and endless activities is hard to top. The splendour of the Cape winelands, just a stone's throw away adds to the Western Cape's allure as a top incentive destination.
If it's wilderness and wildlife you're after, unforgettable experiences await you. You can walk with elephants, cuddle lion cubs or swim with dolphins.
Many of our natural landscapes have been awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status. In the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park with its stunning scenery, there are opportunities for hiking, birding, abseiling, rock climbing, white water rafting, san rock art exploring and much more. In the iSimangaliso Wetland Park you'll find the highest sand dunes in the world, golden beaches, coral reefs, wetlands, mangrove swamps, woodlands, coastal forests and grasslands - offering diverse adventures and experiences.
Our cities and township offer fascinating insights into South Africa's history and struggle for liberation. You can visit Robben Island near Cape Town, where former president Nelson Mandela was incarcerated; explore struggle history at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg; and visit the Hector Pieterson Memorial and the Mandela House Museum in famous Vilakazi Street in Soweto.
For a cultural incentive experience, enjoy an evening at a township shebeen listening to African jazz and sampling African cuisine. Or visit one of South Africa's many cultural villages where you can learn about the traditions and way of life of South Africa's indigenous people.
One of the best things about incentives in South Africa is that even on a reduced budget, a top-quality incentive tour can be organised. Our very attractive exchange rate makes it very affordable for international incentive travellers to enjoy luxurious accommodation, fine dining, touring and South Africa's top attractions at rates they can only dream of back home.
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Call For Papers
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- What are we doing when we say we are doing hybridity?
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As California Republicans address the "Pension Tsunami" Lungren enjoys lavish LRS Pension
ELK GROVE, CA - On Saturday August 21, 2010, the California Republican Party is hosting their fall convention, which will feature a workshop on "The 'Pension Tsunami Facing California." The agenda for the workshop states that it will address the issue of lavish pension packages:
"How excessive are the pension packages given to government employees – and how you can best communicate with the public by using concrete examples of lavish pension packages" (California Republican Party web page, "Convention Info: Workshop Series," http://www.cagop.org)
If California Republicans are really looking for "concrete examples of lavish pension packages," they could look to one of their own: Rep. Dan Lungren. In 2009, Lungren received $55,697 in pension income from the California Legislators Retirement Pension (LRS) for only eight years of service as attorney general. The following table details the pension income that Lungren has reported on his financial disclosure statements since he began collecting an LRS pension:
(Financial Disclosure Statement, "Schedule I: Earned Income," United States Clerk of the House, Dan Lungren)
Lungren's LRS pension has far exceeded the pension income earned by the average state employee in California. According to calculations by the Orange County Register, under the pension plan offered to typical state employees, an 11-year employee would be eligible, at most, for $40,738 annually. (Orange County Register, 8/13/10)
Moreover, Lungren enjoyed a significant spike in his pension payments due to a 25.9% salary increase he received during his final month in office, which increased the maximum amount he could collect on his LRS pension by $11,546.40. If LRS pension payouts are calculated using 40% of an individual's maximum salary, then Lungren's LRS pension would have only been $44,553.60 based on the $111,384 salary he received in 1998. However, after Lungren received his 25.9% pay raise, the maximum pension benefits available to him increased from $44,553.60 to $56,100, based solely on the salary he received from December 7, 1998 until January 4, 1999. (California Citizens Compensation Committee, "Salaries of Elected Officials," www.dpa.ca.gov, Orange County Register, 8/13/10)
A few years after Lungren took advantage of this form of "pension spiking," it was outlawed. In 2007, the Senate and the Assembly passed SB 221 unanimously, which changed the pension benefit structure to close the payout loophole enjoyed by Lungren. Pensions are now based on the highest average salary during a 12-month period. Lungren continues to draw a pension based on a salary he made for only a month. (SB 221, 2007; Sacramento Bee, 7/18/2007)
Additionally, Lungren's $55,697 LRS pension package is not the only government benefits package he will be eligible for when he retires. He will also be eligible to receive an estimated federal pension of $64,662 for the 15 years he's served in Congress, courtesy of the American taxpayer. Although Lungren has yet to begin collecting a federal pension, an estimate was calculated based on his congressional salary over the last three years and the Civil Service Retirement System pension formula provided by the Congressional Research Service. This year Lungren accepted a $174,000 taxypayer-funded salary in addition to his lavish LRS pension. (U.S. Senate web page, "RL30631: Congressional Research Service Report for Congress: Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress," www.senate.gov; TheCapitol.net web page, "FAQ: Pay and perquisites of Members of Congress," www.thecapitol.net)


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NORTH Tamworth began and finished Tamworth Minor League grand final day with a win while West Lions and Collegians also scored titles on Saturday.
After a season of hard work and hopefully lots of fun, the eight lucky grand final sides met at Minor League Park with the under 9s clash kicking off the day with a close contest.
North Tamworth Black built a handy lead thanks to tries to Anthony Rawiri, Liam Woolfe, Rhys Davis and Zac Lace, but Kootingal stormed home to give the Bears a scare.
It finished four tries all, with Mitchell Henderson (2), Mitch Worth and Noah Clark scoring Kooty's.
But the Bears booted all of their goals and won it 24-20.
They had been minor premiers but found the Roosters a worthy opponent.
"We were the best two sides all year," North coach Ray Lace said.
"We've always had close games.
"We had to forfeit one game because we had to field two sides.
"Otherwise we were undefeated."
He said Tai Reiri, Rhys Davis, Anthony Rawiri and Liam Woolfe were the standouts for the Bears.
The under 10s decider wasn't as close, as West Lions ran away with it against Collegians.
The Lions won 36-6 after Jack Davis, Tyrone Nean and Caleb Bergan all scored a double.
Brayden Reid scored Collegians' only try just before halftime.
It was West's second title in a row.
"We've got a good side," coach Paul Davis said.
"We're lucky to have a couple of really strong individuals in the team.
"The majority of them have been together for five years now and this is our second premiership.
"But this is the best we've played this year.
"Every player played their best."
Collegians had another chance in the under 11s and this time they were
The dominant Collegians Blue side took on Dungowan and made it three wins in a row.
It was 6-all at halftime after Lyle Johnson and Nathan Watts traded tries but in the second half Collegians wore the Cowboys down.
Tom Sharman scored after halftime and Collegians went further ahead when Kendel McTavish and Nick Taggart crossed.
Dungowan scored last through Hamish Fauchon but Collegians ran out 22-12 winners.
"I said it was going to be tough and it was," Collegians coach Aaron Mitchell said.
"That's three in a row for us now.
"We've got a really good defensive side."
The last premiership decided for the year was in the under 12s and North Tamworth ensured it went its way.
Prop Tom Hardcastle was almost unstoppable as he ran in five tries for the Bears in a 42-8 win over Werris Creek.
"Tom Hardcastle had a great game today," North coach Mick Woods said.
"But they all played well.
"They've trained hard and played well all year.
"We came second. (Creek) were minor premiers but we really improved."


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When you get advice from a four-star general, you'd better sit up and take notice, right?
But did you ever expect to get health and diet advice? From General Colin Powell? (I didn't think so.)
I didn't either, but through Laura J. Wellington's new book "The Four-Star Diet: Based Upon the Wisdom of General Colin Powell & Other Ridiculously Brilliant Leaders," that's exactly what I got.
Laura created an entire way of looking at food and health from a Powerpoint by General Colin Powell entitled, "A Leadership Primer." I can only imagine the power that his original presentation had with its audience, and the book is bound to have a similar impact on readers.
Each chapter extracts a quote from Powell's slides and builds it into a lesson on self-care, health, discipline, nutrition, or some other aspect of overall wellness.
It's pretty remarkable that his words have such a versatile appeal.
- It's a quick and easy read, easily digestible *ahem!* by chapter.
- The author's delivery is friendly – you'll feel as if your next-door neighbor is talking to you in the front yard.
- The book makes some excellent points about the "battle" against excess weight and poor health — and calls on readers (mainly targeted at moms, it seemed to me) to be the leaders toward good health in their families.
- Laura herself is quite an inspiring leader. She was widowed young, with five children to raise — but that didn't stop her from founding six companies of her own and consulting with dozens of others. Just knowing that a hardcore mom's brain was behind the book was a giant plus for me.
- The Four-Star Diet isn't any kind of eating plan at all. You won't find a recipe here – not even a recommendation to cut out or increase any certain type of food. It's much more strategic than that. It's about crafting your viewpoint on health in a way that enables you to make the choices that work for you and your family.
- I enjoyed the way each chapter opened with the Powerpoint quote directly from the General, then the author's brief translation of it, and finally a broader story to round out the lesson.
Here's one of my favorite Powell quotes from the book: "Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted, the leader must be doubly vigilant." The second I read this, I realized its connection to the benefits of meditation. A leader must keep a sharp, focused mind — the kind of trained mind that comes from regular, disciplined mediation.
- I was lucky enough to have been given an advance reading copy for review, so I have every confidence that the typos and other minor glitches (hello! grammar nerd here!) have been worked out before final printing.
- Health connections to the leadership quotes can sometimes be a stretch. I only felt this for one or two of the 20 chapters, though — and after all, stretching is good for us!
Another of my faves, which I think can be extrapolated to parenting overall — probably to all of life: "Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world." WOW. Isn't that so true?!


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The Scheinberg Family and Poker Stars
Isai Scheinberg and Family
Isai Scheinberg (pictured to the right) founded Poker Stars on March 11, 2001. Isai and his two brothers continue to operate the now highest grossing online poker site with an estimated $800 million annual revenues (2009). See here for more on the history of Pokerstars.com.
The Israeli family currently live and work out of the Isle of Man as multi-billionaires with 75% stake ownership in the company. The rest is said to have been given to the employees of Pokerstars. The value of the poker site was $2 billion in 2006.
A large majority of the remaining 25% is said to have gone to Lee Jones who used to be the face of pokerstars as the "Cardroom Manager". Dan Goldman is the VP of Marketing and has been for many years and would surely own a large chunk as well. Other possible names that come up as having a percentage are Tom McEvoy (1983 WSOP Champ) and John Harkness (Investor and friend of Isai).
Isai Scheinberg founded Poker Stars while living in Richmond Hills Ontario, Canada. Pokerstars originated in the Costa Rican jurisdiction.
As did his rival, Anurag Dikshit, a Party Poker founder, Isai also came from a background in programming and computers. He originated as an IBM programmer for the US based company, and ironically is now wanted by the Department of Justice of the United States of America for what they believe to be "illegal internet gambling". Isai, with the advice from his lawyers believe they are operating in compliance with the law, but due to fear of prosecution, will likely never set foot on American soil again. Mr. Scheinberg runs the poker site under the company name Rational Entertainment Enterprises Ltd using their own proprietary software.
Isai is not much of a poker player, only having two cashes in live noted poker events. His first cash was for a mere $3,337 at a World Series of Poker Event in 1997, 4 years before starting Poker Stars. More recently he placed 8th at the EPT Monte Carlo in 2008 for a prize of $14,491. While most every online poker player knows the brand, Poker Stars, Isai can set foot in just about any major poker event and go unnoticed.
Schienberg and family announced they were going to offer an IPO in 2006. This did not happen and was probably one of the smartest moves by Mr. Schienberg. At this time in 2006 the website was set to bring the family $2,000,000,000. It grew to over four times that size in just a little over 3 years. In 2006 its peak player volume of real money players was approximately 9,900 and in the late quarter of 2009 it neared an average of 38,970. Poker Stars approximate value is now set at more than $10 billion.
The dramatic increase in size was due in fully majority of the a United States law (UIGEA) which made it illegal for banks to transfer funds to and from gambling sites. Pokerstars continues to operate in the US market with little interruption as a privately held company.
An employee of Poker Stars said the Sheinberg family are extremely friendly people and continue to work at the Isle of Man location despite their enormous accumulated wealth.


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The bench press is one of the most well known exercises to athletes and strength coaches around the world.
It doesn't always transfer to the playing field, or the court but a strong performance in the bench press can really give elite athletes an edge when it comes to scoring high in combines or other tests to determine their future as college and professional athletes.
When one puts the above scenario into perspective it is not hard to imagine that one of the most common questions that strength and conditioning coaches most often get asked is "Hey Coach, how do I improve my bench press?"
My answer may shock you, because it does not involve any additional bench pressing, however it will transfer greatly to your overall performance in this fundamental strength movement.
Without further ado, here are my five tips to make your bench press blast off:
Many athletes are unaware of this, but the harder you squeeze the bar when you bench press, the more muscles you will recruit, and the stronger you will become.
Here are a few exercises to improve your grip strength:
If you have weak triceps, you will limit the amount of weight you can lift when you bench press. With that in mind, you must maximize your tricep strength if you want to improve your performance in the bench press.
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If you increase your back strength, you will not only blast off your bench press, but you will help to prevent injuries. If you want to have great posture, power, and a noteworthy bench press, you would be crazy not to improve your back strength.
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Semper Fi
Yes, yes, and yes. Any time, any circumstance where things get dicey for the ladies, they will always go where ladies always go; accusations of rape, harassment, fraternization, jumping chain of command to resort to her sweetie with the oak leaf (happened to me), and when they get a few stripes...look out, you will always lose.
You can bet that the Obama and his crew do not care what those marines say or do, as with them gone, it will be easier for the Obama crew to whittle the USMC down to size.
I don´t believe 31% of female Marines want to be in combat. I´d like to see some independent studies.
I think a few more women than we think may want those combat positions. Perhaps that 31% stat is baloney but I think the liberal brainwashing of women is pretty far down the road. I say good for the men! Quit rather than be subjected to the stuff #2 mentions...
I just read the US Marine Corps is downsizing by 20,000. Perhaps this is part of the 17%?
Allowing women in combat positions is not as bad as it sounds because they will not be allowed in front line infantry positions.
Pelosi will demand day care at the front line. Feinstein will want more feeling and accommodation for the special needs of women. Doesn´t society have to always attend to those special needs? Men on the other hand -- no one cares about them.
Holding down what is administratively defined as a combat billet is completely different from actually engaging in sustained ground combat with a determined enemy, a la Iwo Jima, Pork Chop Hill, Hamburger Hill, or al Fallujah.Remember Obama intends to stop the current war in Afghanistan on a day certain next year, and after that, if the liberals have their way, it will not be long before the USA will no longer have the military expeditionary capabilities to again fight on the ground in large scale foreign wars. Hagel will be expected to be Obama´s yes man on that front in the Pentagon.So what the liberals are actually doing is giving women who say they wish to serve in a combat billet a way to punch their ticket to go on to the higher ranks of the US military.In a few years, if the liberals remain in power, we will probably see women commanding the 1st Marine division and the 82nd Airborne division. Don´t worry, be happy, it´s just part of the liberals transforming America, and showing that elections do have consequences!
#8 made be laugh, but sadly, it´s probably true.
I invented a portable changing table and breast pump station that fits securely in any regulation size foxhole. $$$
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These are a few of my FAVORITE things!
One of my favorite things : Wedding SHOES! Are shoes one of your ALL-Time loves? What shoes are you going to wear for your wedding? I know... hard choice, huh!
I love how brides are really showing their personality in their shoes- colorful shoes, boots, tennis shoes, etc. They are also pulling in their wedding theme with their shoes. This will give you some great ideas... 58 of them to be exact!
What shoes are you going to wear on your wedding day?
This mountain wedding is unique and beautiful. It was photographed by Pepper Nix Photography at the St Regis Deer Valley Resort, which is perfect for a local or destination wedding -- just 35 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah.This wedding has that modern rustic feel which so many of you are wanting to incorporate into your own weddings. Warning- this is breath-taking!
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I am going to show you a few of my favorite things. Today I have gathered my top 100 wedding centerpieces I love and show them to you all in one place. Most of these table decorations are from 2013 and the latest wedding trends. You will see a lot of green, gold, rustic and vintage themes. What spectacular masterpieces the brides and event cordinators have come up with! These pics will help you get ideas and now you can decide how to create the perfect centerpieces to fit your wedding theme and colors!
I could look at these all day- can you tell?! The hardest part would be coming up with just one! I'm going to wish you all good luck right now!
Thanks to all the incredible photographers that send me their work so I can blog! Do I have the best job ever or what?
More of a few of my favorite things coming up- the next "favorite" is awesome because it talks about girls ALL-TIME love!
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Fertile Emptiness by Darlene Muschett
This phrase of Tilden Edward's has been spinning around inside of me for the past year. What does it mean? How can emptiness be fertile or productive? Doesn't emptiness imply a nothingness, a lack of anything? And how can anything fertile be empty since the word "fertile" denotes fullness and fruitfulness? Surely "fertile emptiness" is impossible... or is it?
At some point during the last two decades of my life God has awakened me to a deeper life within: to a place where my ego doesn't constantly need to keep holding on to a frenetic drive to achieve, to gain accolades and acclaim. Even now, in transition from full-time parish ministry to part-time ministry, I sense God's invitation just to be: to be empty of the need to justify my own existence by accomplishment and productivity. I experience God's drawing me into a kind of inner emptiness and I frequently resist. I fight "tooth and nail." For who am I if I cannot define myself by goals, plans and achievement? Where will "I" go? Where, indeed, if not to God?
John the Baptist once said, "I must decrease that He (Jesus) may increase." I sense God's Spirit calling me into the emptiness of more "I-less" living. But what can grow in those rare moments of boundary-less, defense-less being? Who can grow in such a state? Who, if not God?
God's love deepening within, strengthening for greater love...God's compassion etching deeper into my awareness-teaching me the way of the Holy One-is more fulfilling than ego needs to be constantly achieving. God's peace-deep within-assuring me that I can trust this holy invitation to be empty and open for God. And so I pray: Holy One, give to me and all who seek you the courage to be empty so that our sprits may be fertile ground for whatever You want to grow there. Amen.
Darlene Bowden Muschett, a graduate of Shalem's Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats Program, has been a Lutheran (ELCA) pastor for 30 years, serving most of that time at Christ the Good Shepherd in Rochester, NY. She retired in 2005 from full-time parish ministry and now serves as Director of Children's Ministries at Lord of the Mountains in Dillon, Colorado. Her doctoral thesis was called "One Pastor's Journey into Burnout—And Beyond," and she has written devotions for ELCA publications for many years. She is wife to Doug, mother to Scott, daughter to Eloise and a most grateful child of the Holy One.


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Guy on bicycle leads cops on 60 MPH chase
4/4/2012Watch Czech cops tail this wickedly reckless biker as he dodges between cars on this rain-slicked highway. The odometer hovers around 100 km/h, equal to about 60 mph. But is it real? Gizmodo commenter Philip Han doubts the vid is kosher, getting into all kinds of technical lingo: "Imagine pedaling up and down 360 times per minute with a 4:1 / 1:4 gear ratio... That's insane." But Jarrod Ray Moore argues, "You are failing to consider that this rider has probably skitched a ride on the vehicles around him, and then probably drafted behind them with very little energy expended on the riders part." Either way, it's pretty cool.
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If you missed today's Strikeforce: "Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" weigh ins, which went down earlier today(Jan. 11, 2013) at the Chesapeake Energy Center in Oklahoma City, OK, worry not, because we've got the full video replay right here, right now.
The Strikeforce: "Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" weigh-in event took place this afternoon (Fri., Jan. 11, 2013) from the Chesapeake Energy Center in Oklahoma City, OK, where all 22 competitors tipped the scale to make their respective bouts official for tomorrow night's mixed martial arts (MMA) event on Showtime.
Welterweight Champion Nate Marquardt and his counterpart, Tarec Saffiedine, who meet in the main event, stole the show with an intense head-to-head stare down.
Despite Strikeforce only airing live weigh-ins for the main card bouts, all 11 fights scheduled to take place on the card are featured in the video above, courtesy of MMA Fighting.
For complete Strikeforce: "Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" weigh in results click here, and for the head-to-head staredown pic click here.
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by Free Britney at .Jessica Capshaw and Christopher Gavigan welcomed their third child this week.
The Grey's Anatomy star, 35, gave birth to daughter Poppy James Gavigan, on Wednesday, June 20, her rep confirms. "Our hearts are just bursting with love and gratitude upon the arrival of our baby girl," the couple said.
Poppy joins elder siblings Eve Augusta, 20 months, and Luke Hudson, 4½.
"I don't really think about what the challenges are going to be," the stepdaughter of Steven Spielberg said of raising three. "For me, it's not about the challenges."
"I keep thinking about how lucky we are. For some reason, even with the third one, it really never, ever is lost on me that every single baby is a miracle."
Pretty special thing to say. Congratulations to the family!
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You bet there was pressure my siestr was the only one of my siblings to have kids so my mom was begging for at least one grandchild from us, plus a few friends asked the day OF the wedding when the babies would be coming. Now here we are 3 years married and I'm 17 weeks pregnant! I hope Khloe is successful in getting pregnant, it's so very frustrating when it doesn't happen right away (took us 2 years) and other people around can get pregnant at a glance.
don't blame ann curry for low to-day show ratings. she is doing an excellent job as she has been for many years there. i love watching her. i find her much better than overrated katie couric or meredith viera


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I need to send flowers to a hospital. What do I need to do?
If you order flowers to be delivered to a hospital, it's helpful to have the following ready when you call your florist: The name of the hospital, the patient's name, the room number (if possible), when you want the flowers delivered. It is also good to know if the hospital has a policy regarding flowers. For instance, most urgent care and intensive care units do not allow flowers. Sometimes hospital rooms have certain display areas for flowers, but they must be a specified size. We know all about the hospitals in our area so feel free to leave that up to us.
What are some creative flower ideas for my wedding ceremony?
Adorn the ceremony entrance with flower-filled urns that can later be moved to the reception. Use flowers and candlelight at different levels to give dimension to design. Use a single rose to mark the seats of both the groom's and the bride's mothers. Attach flower petals to a large ribbon for an elegant decoration piece.


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Dr. Lawrence Davidson: Does International Law Have a Future?
Dr. Lawrence Davidson
On May 12, 1996 some of the horrible consequences of this policy were revealed when the CBS news program 60 Minutes reported that roughly half million Iraqi children had died as a consequence of U.S. imposed sanctions. This led to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's infamous answer to the question, "is the price worth it?" Her reply was yes "we think the price is worth it." Albright later apologized


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It's Our Turn: Commencement, cockroaches and chaos
The cockroaches and I learned to keep separate spaces – except the time they invaded the inside of my microwave. I noticed one day I couldn't read the numbers on the clock. Cockroaches had gotten in the holes in the back of the microwave and grew so large inside – no doubt sharing my Hot Pockets – that they couldn't get out. Those little fellas found their new abode had relocated to the Dumpster.By: Crystal Dey, Alexandria Echo Press
Graduation - the beginning of a new adventure in a person's life.
It was May 2003. I had just graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead. It only seemed fitting, being the gypsy that I am, to move to a far away land and discover life anew.
So, where to? I'd already experienced Minnesota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. I started researching places I always wanted to visit. New Orleans was on top of the list - but too expensive and as misfortune would have it, the destination for a vicious hurricane named Katrina.
A year later I was finally ready. In October 2004, I set out for the land Ponce de Leon scoured in search of the Fountain of Youth - Florida. I was tired of snow and had never lived in the "South" before. I learned quickly that Florida isn't considered part of the South; it's kind of its own territory.
Over the river, through the woods, across cornfields, up and down mountains and thousands of miles of asphalt I was on my way to sunshiny Tampa. My first palm tree sighting was in Georgia. Next stop - home.
Home turned out to be in the ghetto. Odd, Avalon Village looked so nice online. How bad could it be? I checked in with the office, took the grand tour and signed the lease committing to a year in what locals called "Little Mexico."
As I was marveling at my new surroundings, while simultaneously unloading the U-haul, a woman approached. My hopes of making a friend were quickly dashed when she said, "You picked the wrong hood girlfriend," and kept walking.
Hmm, maybe it was the North Dakota license plates on the U-haul that made me look like a honky. I hadn't realized I even picked a "hood" prior to my arrival. But, I'm an Iron Ranger and Rangers can live through anything so I kept unpacking - until I encountered something we Rangers don't see every day.
The song "La Cucaracha" started playing in my head from third grade music class. There were cockroaches scurrying throughout my kitchen cupboards!
I, as calmly as I could, walked over to the apartment office to inform the manager of the obvious problem. Not so obvious I found out, as she pulled two bug bombs out from underneath the desk, told me to set them off and leave the apartment for a few hours.
So I did. I went to Walmart to pick up some Rubbermaid containers I knew I'd need to keep the cockroaches out of my kitchenware. As I stood in line hearing chitchat, but not understanding a word of it, I realized everyone was speaking Spanish and I was suddenly very aware of my pasty-whiteness.
I highly recommend the experience, not the cockroaches, but the getting out of your element part. It puts life into perspective.
Back to that life. I returned to Home Sweet Home and cleaned everything possible with bleach water. I didn't even want to know what the crunch under the carpet was or the tick-tick-tick in the walls at night. I was living an adventure every day.
At night I had live music and entertainment outside my apartment door. I think I saw an episode of C.O.P.S. through my living room window once and the squatters who lived downstairs were very polite.
The cockroaches and I learned to keep separate spaces - except the time they invaded the inside of my microwave. I noticed one day I couldn't read the numbers on the clock. Cockroaches had gotten in the holes in the back of the microwave and grew so large inside - no doubt sharing my Hot Pockets - that they couldn't get out. Those little fellas found their new abode had relocated to the Dumpster.
I'll always remember the people I met, the friends I made, the beach on my birthday in February, Crabby Bills crab-shack and the day that guy looked at me in my bikini top and shorts and said "Da-haam!" I am pretty sure it was how the sun reflected off my whiter-than-the-sand skin that evoked his response; he was that beautiful Caribbean mahogany shade.
So, while I did pick up a few things living in Tampa like "ya'll" and "soda," they can keep the cockroaches. I'll take my Minnesota mosquitoes and bug dope.
Graduates, I leave you with this: Take a chance on your own adventure but beware of the $99 move-in specials. Sometimes the swimming pools turn out to be cesspools.
"It's Our Turn" is a weekly column that rotates among members of the Echo Press editorial staff.
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The 2013 Toyota Land Cruiser is a 4WD full-size SUV powered by a 5.7-liter V8 engine that produces 381 hp and 401 lb-ft of torque. A 6-speed automatic transmission paired with full-time 4WD enables the Land Cruiser to achieve an EPA estimated 13 mpg city and 18 mpg highway. New features consist of LED running lamps, revised tail lamp design, new wheel options, and a brand new hard drive based navigation system. Options include voice-activated touchscreen navigation, 14-speaker sound system including subwoofer, backup camera, 6-disc CD/DVD changer, hands-free phone capability and auxiliary audio jack. Safety is comprised of vehicle stability control, active traction control, anti-lock brake system, electronic brake force distribution, brake assist, driver and front passenger advanced airbag system, seat-mounted side airbags, second row seat-mounted airbags, side curtain airbags, knee airbags, tire pressure monitoring system and front/rear parking assist sonar. The Land Cruiser is backed by a 3-year/36,000-mile warranty.
The 2013 Toyota Land Cruiser is an off-road icon, and over decades it's grown into more of a well-rounded--and still very rugged and off-road capable--large luxury SUV. Compared to other large luxury sport-utility vehicles, the Land Cruiser is less showy and glamorous, yet it strikes a great balance between family utility, highway comfort and off-road ability. For a family that needs towing ability on the weekends, in a luxurious vehicle, it's a good choice, with excellent safety (including ten airbags), has three rows of seating.
The Toyota Land Cruiser gets updated exterior styling for 2013, with a new grille and HID headlamps; new taillamps with LED running lamps; and redesigned outer side mirrors. Fenders have also been enlarged for a more rugged look.
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A graveside service will be held at Bensalem Presbyterian Church in Eagle Springs on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at 4 p.m., with the Rev. Wes Brandon officiating.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at Phillips Funeral Home, 216 South Main Street in Star.
Elsie was preceded in death by her husband John David and eldest son David Kenneth. She is survived by son Charles Timothy (Helen), daughters Carolyn Monroe-West (John) and Laura Monroe Harris (David), grandchildren Elizabeth Lariviere (Josh), Sarah Monroe (Kurt), Katherine Harris, Matthew West, and Amanda West, and the light of her life: great-grandson Monroe Lariviere. Her family was her cornerstone and after the loss of her brothers and sister, she maintained a close loving relationship with their children. Aunt Elsie was a favorite of her nieces and nephews.
Elsie was born in Bladenboro on Sept. 7, 1925. She was the fifth of six children, who have all preceded her in death with the exception of her younger sister, Thelma Pate Sanford of Raleigh. She spent her early years in Laurinburg and Wagram, where she graduated high school in 1942. Elsie married David Monroe on Dec. 27, 1946 and moved to Biscoe, where together they built Foundry Service Incorporated. She was active in her community, volunteering as a "Gray Lady," Women's club member, and the committee to save the old Biscoe School. Elsie was a lifelong Presbyterian and a member at Biscoe Presbyterian Church and Bensalem Presbyterian Church, where she was active until recent years. An avid lover of handwork, her family has a lasting legacy of beautiful embroidery, crocheted, and knitted memories to share.
Elsie was passionate about current events, history, and politics in particular. Anyone who knew Elsie knew her to be opinionated yet informed and not shy about sharing her thoughts. As a great lover of animals and with a profound abhorrence of cruelty, she admired the work of the Humane Society, so in honor of her and in lieu of flowers, the family would like donations sent to: The Montgomery County Humane Society, 1150 Okeewemee Road, Troy, NC 27371 or hospice of your choice.
The family would like to thank the caring staff of Sandy Ridge Memory Care and FirstHealth Hospice for their love and support during this trying time. They are indeed the angels among us.
Online condolences may be made at www.phillipsfh.com.
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Awhile back there was an announcement from Lee, at Lees Razors saying he was carrying a new line of brushes. As I recall some of them were geared toward soap, while others were intended for cream. I don't recall seeing a single post about Lees Brushes since. Has anyone bought one, was it any good, were there problems?? Darn it all, I'm curious; just not curious enough to spend my own money to find out.
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Board to vote on tax exemption
CLINTON — The East Feliciana Parish School Board is expected to vote Thursday on whether to exempt six parish businesses from charging their out-of-state customers sales taxes on equipment repair work.
School Superintendent Henderson Lewis announced the 5 p.m. special meeting after more than two hours of discussion about the sales tax exemption before the board's Finance Committee on Monday.
With only Finance Committee Chairman Richard Terrell and member Paul Kent participating, the committee did not take a position on exempting the taxes.
Board members Olivia Harris and Beth Dawson, who are not on the Finance Committee, also attended the meeting. Terrell said he had hoped more board members would attend to hear the pros and cons of the tax exemption issue.
Representatives of several companies said the firms plan to move their operations if the exemption is not granted.
Tommy Kurtz, of Louisiana Economic Development, said the state agency would be forced to help the businesses that want to leave East Feliciana find locations in Zachary or other areas of the state, rather than lose them to Mississippi.
The state does not collect its 4 percent sales tax on equipment brought to Louisiana from other states for repairs, and state law authorizes East Feliciana to exempt such repair work from local sales taxes, 3 percent for the Police Jury and 2 percent for the School Board.
The parish has granted the exemption since the summer of 2007, but the exemption expired three years later and no one realized it until recently.
Two issues remained unresolved: whether the School Board should continue the exemption and what should be done about the two years the tax apparently should have been collected from the vendors' out-of-state clients.
Police Juror Louis Kent said Tuesday that the jury reinstated the exemption going forward but is awaiting legal advice on what to do about past taxes.
School Board tax attorney Robert Rainer said the uncollected taxes are a debt owed by the vendors, and the state constitution prohibits public agencies from forgiving debt.
Lisa Shaffer, of Screening Systems International in Slaughter, said her family is "tired of fighting sharks" such as the threat of the tax being reinstated. She said the company's main competition is not required to collect taxes from its customers.
"Our biggest competitor is in Monticello, Miss.," she said.
"Our buildings are paid for; that's the only thing that keeps us in the parish," Shaffer said, urging the board to work with business owners to resolve the issue.
"I'm not making threats, because I don't want to do this, but we'll have to go to Mississippi," she said.
Richard Harkrider, who owns a company that repairs ambulances, said most of his business comes from out-of-state clients. He said he would move to Zachary if the tax is required.


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4% of families face severe hardship
Around 24,000 Scottish families are thought to be severely disadvantaged, research has suggested.
A report by the think tank Demos, called A Wider Lens, said that 4% of the total population of families with children (around 600,000) face severe hardship.
Researchers analysed 28,000 households across seven areas: low income, overcrowding, worklessness, ill health, no educational qualifications, mental health problems and poor neighbourhood.
Those facing four or more are considered "severely disadvantaged", according to the report.
Glasgow is the worst affected area, with 11% of families facing severe disadvantage, almost three times the national average (4%). Over half of the country's households with children (53%) face none of the specified disadvantages, the report found.
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The region with the largest inequality gap is South Lanarkshire, as the proportion of families there with either four or more disadvantages (7%) or none (58%) were both higher than the national average.
North Lanarkshire and Fife also have levels of severely disadvantaged families which are above the Scottish average at 5%. Grampian is said to be the least disadvantaged area, with only 2% of families classed as "severely disadvantaged" and 62% facing none of the seven specified struggles.
The report was commissioned by Quarriers, which aims to provide services and support for disabled or disadvantaged children and families.
Paul Moore, chief executive of the charity, said: "This research paints a truly bleak picture of what life is like for thousands of families across Scotland who experience multi-disadvantage every day. This is why Quarriers is launching Scotland's Family Appeal.
"The charity has been supporting these families in Scotland for the past 140 years - and it is clear from the findings in this report they need our support more than ever. Multiple disadvantage has a compounding effect, creating a perfect storm of complex, interrelated hardships that feed off each other and are incredibly difficult to overcome."
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We're sure you've all heard of these "Krampus" dunk highs by now as they've had people going crazy for some time. They've already been quoted to be one to remember when speaking of the latest & greatest dunk designs of recent memory.
We'll have a decent size run of them available at the 2NTR Mamroneck shop tomorrow.
Shop opens at 11am & as usual, it's first come, first serve.
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