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The Teacher Menu Dictionary Manager is where you create and edit dictionaries (most examples are for the latin dictionary), import and export dictionaries to and from disk, and manage sound files which are spoken by frogs.
Teacher Menu | Dictionary Manager
Clicking on the Teacher Menu Dictionary Manager menu item brings up the Dictionary Manager.
Example screen Capture: Hungry Frog Latin Dictionary Manager:
There are three main group boxes on the Dictionary Manager Screen.
'Dictionary' box - shows the words in the currently open dictionary and the 'Delete' control button.
'Create / Edit Dictionary Item' box - shows the definitions and spoken sound file information for the selected word or new defn.
'File Access' box - shows controls for saving, opeening, merging and restoring dictionaries.
The above screen capture sequence shows the 'Achilles' Latin dictionary word being viewed, a new definition being added to it, the new definition being verified, the new definition being deleted, then restored, then a user defined sound file being selected from the file browser which the game will speak aloud whenever the word is assigned to a frog in the course of game play.
Each step is described in more detail below.
This is the simplest group box in the Dictionary manager with just two components.
'Dictionary' word list - this list of words in the dictionary.
'Delete Selected Entry' control button - control button to delete the selected dictionary word
Clicking on any word in the dictionary expands it's data to fill the 'Create / Edit Dictionary Entry' fields (see Create / Edit Dictionary Entry).
Latin Dictionary Viewing a dictionary entry:
The File Access box has controls to allow you to interact with saved dictionaries on your computer.
The 'Open saved Dictionary' control button - brings up a file open dialog to open a previously saved '.frog' dictionary file to replace the current dictionary.
The 'Save Dictionary to Disk' control button - brings up a file save dialog to save the current dictionary to disk as a '.frog' dictionary file.
The 'Merge with Saved' control button - brings up a file open dialog to open and then MERGE a previously saved '.frog' dictionary file with the current dictionary.
NOTE: You can merge dictionaries of different languages together, if you want to mix two languages. Just bear in mind that word spellings may overlap, so if you would like to mix languages together in lessons it is much safer to add words from TWO separate language dictionaries into your mixed lessons using the Lesson Manager rather than creating a mixed language dictionary. In short, if you want to practice French and German mixed together, keep your French dictionary and German dictionaries completely separate but create lessons which mix the two languages together.
Latin dictionary Open saved Dictionary:
Latin Dictionary being edited with a new definition being defined for Achilles:
This is the most complicated group of controls.
The 'Word' textbox - shows the dictionary word or phrase.
The 'Sound File Name (.wav)' - shows the filename of the .wav sound file which will be spoken aloud for the frog of that dictionary entry.
The 'Choose .wav file' button - opens a file open dialog to let you select any .wav sound file to be spoken aloud by the frog of that dictioary entry.
The 'Definitions' list box - shows the list of current and/or pending definitions for the currently edited dictionary entry.
The 'Delete Defn' button - deletes the selected definition from the 'Definitions' box.
The 'New Defn' button - opens up the hidden text field 'New Defn' and the corresponding 'OK' button.
The 'New Defn' text field pop up - appears when you create a new definition by pressing the 'New Defn' button.
The 'OK' button for the 'New Defn' text field - confirms the new definition you are creating.
The 'New Entry' button - creates a new blank dictionary entry for you to edit.
The 'Revert Entry' button - reverts the dictionary entry you have been editing to the last 'submitted' state.
The 'Submit Entry' button - stores the editing changes you have made permanently in the current dictionary.
IMPORTANT: The 'Word' can in fact be any word or phrase. It is not limited to just one word. It must fit legibly on a bug, but otherwise it can be any phrase you like.
IMPORTANT: When you pick a .wav file to be spoken aloud for a dictionary entry when it becomes a frog, use the 'Choose .wav file' button to select the file. It will then be copied automatically for you into your 'mySounds' folder in your 'HungryFrog' folder in your 'My Documents' folder. You can edit the sound file names directly by typing into the 'Sound File name (.wav)' text box, but if you make an error you may not catch it.
Achilles is on the way to a new Latin dictionary definition:
There is now a new Latin dictionary definition pending for Achilles. If you click the 'OK' button now, you will add the new definition to the list of Achilles' definitions.
New Latin dictionary definition for Achilles added:
Now if you click 'Submit Entry' button, you will save the changes to the Achilles dictionary entry in the opened dictionary. If you decide that Achilles is not that big and strong, then you can click 'Revert Entry' and your changes will be erased and the dictionary entry will revert to the last submitted entry for Achilles (in this case the entry with just his name as his dictionary definition).
Now we want to add our own spoken version of his name to replace the game's internal Achilles spoken name as we want to shout it very loud. We click the 'Choose .wav file' button and navigate to our own recording that we saved from our sound editor as a .wav file.
Latin dictionary definition for Achilles choosing .wav file to be spoken aloud:
We had saved our own file names 'achilles.wav' in our folder of sounds called "Hungry Frog recordings for game' and we navigated to that file using the file open dialog and selected the file (which in this case is the only file in the foler). We click the 'Open' button and the file is played aloud for us so we have a chance to hear it, and it replaces the currently selected .wav file and is automatically copied into our 'mySounds' folder in our 'HungryFrog' folder in our 'My Documents' folder on our computer.
Latin dictionary definition for Achilles is now updated with new .wav file:
Finally, we have decided that we made a lot of changes that were all wrong and we want to just to back to the starting dictionary built into the game itself. We click the 'Restore to Default' button. This brings up a dialog warning us that we will lose any changes we have made to the current working dictionary. If we are worried that we really do like our changes, we should 'Cancel' and 'Save Dictionary to Disk' as a precaution before doing the restore to default command.
Restore dictionary to default:
We are satisfied, and click 'OK' to get to the next step.
You are now presented with a choice of built-in dictionaries that are part of the game program itself as back up resources. Depending upon what software you have purchased, you may have more than one from which to choose and/or more than one language from which to choose. In the example, you have a Latin dictionary and a German dictionary available.
Latin German Dictionary picker:
Select whichever dictionary you want, and it replaces the current dictionary. Make any changes, and save to disk often!


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A charity dinner is being held in memory of a Reading motorcyclist who was killed after being hit by a car in Finchampstead.
Robbie Schofield died on Friday, June 13 last year when a car veered onto the opposite side of the A327 Reading Road and struck him
His brother Jack has organised a dinner at Caversham Heath Golf Club for Saturday, November 14 to help raise funds for two charities and help keep Robbie's memory alive.
Jack said: "We were waiting for the right time to do this sort of thing and hold an evening of celebration.
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Robbie, who taught at Little Heath School in Tilehurst and Farnborough Hill in Hampshire, was also a talented musician.
There will be a performance on the night from his band The Retweets.
"They are a fantastic band," said Jack.
"They've been going for more than five years now.
"One of the members lives down in Devon and he is coming up specially for the evening so that's really nice."
Tickets for the dinner cost £25, which includes a three-course dinner, a silent auction - being run by Wonderland - and a main auction a raffle and a photo booth, which has been donated by The Photo Cabin in Reading.
The two charities which the event is raising money for is road-safety charity Brake and the Barrett's Oesophagus Campaign.
"We want to raise awareness of these two charities," added Jack,
"Brake helped us a lot at the time of the accident and Barrett's worked a lot with Robbie, who suffered from the condition."
Jack cycled from London to Paris in September in memory of his brother.
To keep up to date with fundraising events, go to the Robbie Schofield Tribute Page on Facebook here.
More than £18,000 has been raised in Robbie's name, and it is hoped the dinner will push the figure over the £20,000 mark.
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Number of imprisoned journalists increases in Turkey
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
AP photoThe number of imprisoned journalists in Turkey rose to 105, according to a written statement issued yesterday by the Platform of Solidarity with Imprisoned Journalists.
Most lately, Aziz Tekin, the Kurdish-language newspaper Azadiya Welat's eastern province of Mardin representative, was arrested in Kızıltepe, Mardin in an operation against the Kurdish Communities Union(KCK) alleged urban wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Jan. 28.
"Turkey has the highest number of arrested journalists in the world. With this last detention, Turkey strengthened its position on the top of the list. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is abusing the anti-terror law," the platform said in the written statement.
The group also reminded Turkey's step backwards in press freedom rankings losing 10 places to rank 148th out of 178 countries in the Reporters without Borders' (RSF) World Press Freedom Index for 2011.
Meanwhile, the release of 13 journalists including Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener was denied by a court in Istanbul, despite both pleading against charges leveled in the OdaTV case on Jan 27. The case was postponed to March 12.
Şık and Nedim flatly denied the charges leveled against them during the 10th hearing of the Oda TV probe, which began after law enforcement officials conducted a search of the offices of the online news portal in February last year as part of the ongoing Ergenekon investigation.
Ergenekon is an alleged ultranationalist, shadowy gang accused of planning to topple the government by staging a coup initially by spreading chaos and mayhem. It is also thought to be an extension of or a different name for the "deep state," which is an alleged unofficial organization of bureaucracy and military operating behind the scenes of the official state structure.


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Market Impacts of Planned Outages During Refinery Maintenance Season
ByBrett Wetzel
October 25, 2018
In a price environment largely driven by geopolitical risk, supply-demand complexities, and economic principles, the operational variables that influence market prices often fly under the radar. Achieving transparency into all upstream and downstream drivers of transportation fuel spend creates a competitive advantage in your supply chain, with refinery maintenance season being one example of a market influencer that can create distortion in the marketplace.
Refinery maintenance occurs multiple times over the course of a calendar year – typically following periods of high demand and in preparation for operators switching seasonal product blends – and adds an element of intricacy to refined product price behavior. Refining units that go offline during each maintenance season impact both the crude oil and refined product side of the marketplace. Crude oil inventories likely expand as the lower demand for oil inputs into refineries create an inventory buffer in the oil market, depending on other upstream variables that also impact oil metrics. Similarly, the offline production capacity often penetrates the supply-side of the refined product industry, creating increased likelihood that price volatility in spring and autumn is often influenced by supply uncertainty. Though maintenance schedules, longevity of the offline refining processes, and magnitude of the supply loss vary each year, the overarching theme of supply-demand complexities stemming from the offline output affects numerous aspects of the crude oil and refined product supply chain.
Specifically focused on the fall maintenance season, the dark blue line shows inventory levels of distillate fuels – such as diesel – in September, as this is typically one of the last months of conducting normal operations before maintenance schedules take form in October and November. Inventory stockpiles are often leveraged to minimize large-scale and/or extended windows of upward price pressure for refined products. As evidence, the chart below highlights declining US distillate inventories in October and November, before a re-build occurs in December with the resumption of standard operations. While annual inventory levels vary, a strong correlation of lower inventories as maintenance seasons advance is evident.
Refinery utilization rates, loosely defined as the volume of crude oil inputs relative to the overall refining capacity, share a direct correlation with refinery maintenance schedules. As straightforward as it may seem, offline refining operations remove production capacity from the refining landscape, while also increasing the risk of additional operational issues surfacing during the shutdown period. Large volumes of refined products, in turn, are unavailable to consumers, making maintenance season an interesting time for supply-demand fundamentals and price uncertainty.
The chart below shows a historic view of refinery utilization rates in the United States dating back to 2010. Similar to the chart above, September and October are points of emphasis, as these months reflect a "before-and-after" perspective of fall maintenance season for US refiners. Aside from 2017, October refinery utilization rates are noticeably lower than September, emphasizing the notion that less production capacity is readily available in the refining landscape. When Hurricane Harvey hit the US Gulf Coast refining region and caused a substantial portion of the US refining infrastructure to go offline in September 2017, petroleum product prices were impacted on a national scale. Though this loss of production capacity was an anomaly in terms of magnitude and market impact, a more subdued affect is experienced during refinery maintenance season, depending on geography, longevity of the outages, and current market tendencies.
Market events at the refinery level, whether planned or unplanned, set the stage for price behavior of petroleum products that fuel your global transportation supply chain. To discuss refinery operations and other drivers of price behavior, and to gain visibility into the numerous variables that play a role in the crude oil and refined product industry, contact the Applied Knowledge team directly.


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Jordan was already in 2025 in 2005.
"But after you've finished a project the best sign is if people come and actually use the space, often in ways you hadn't envisioned in the design process. Skaters are particularly good at this." If this were a tired and wired meme, the former would be Malmo, and the latter Tartu, Estonia ;) Jk, but you should read this interview with the woman reshaping the northeast European country's approach to multi-faceted public space.
Marcus Pulvermacher has a fun new winter edit featuring Genesis, Caleb, Max Palmer, et al.
Already a big 2019 for Baltimore crust: A big crew put together a montage entirely filmed at that spot from The Wire. (See also: Weekend Viewing — Yardsale's East Coast Video.)
Solo has an awesome interview with ledge GOAT Javier Sarmiento about the early history of skating in Barcelona, his Powell days, growing up in a situation where terror attacks are normal, Catalonia's political situation, and a bunch of other stuff.
Pete Spooner uploaded Jeremy Murray's half-New York part from Skating Is Easy.
Hotel Blue has a new montage with a mini Juan Virues part at the end. Even after a decade of unrepentant "Summer Trip to New York" coverage at every possible spot in the Financial District, that "lump to pole" by Rector Street has to have one of the slimmest trick lists in all of Lower Manhattan. Front big spin was sick.
The researchers at Krak compiled one of those "spot history" things for the Baker / Deathwish team's favorite New York skate spot.
Bill Strobeck is the latest guest on The Bunt, and Alexis Sablone is the latest guest on the Mission Statement podcast.
Skate Jawn posted up a timely photo feature from the Dime Glory Challenge.
YouWillSoon (!) made a Vimeo remix of the new bro cam Fred Gall footage that surfaced online a few weeks ago.
Theories has all the raw files of Luke Malaney's Look Left part.
Jenkem tried to extract as many possible answers as they could regarding the Transworld acquisition, and the future of the magazine.
News 12 New York did a segment with Tyshawn and his mom re: Taste So Good.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week: Maybe the second time a college basketball highlight has made Play of the Week, but yeah, what else. And for a Duke player, of all things! (Idk shit about college ball, just know that we're supposed to not like Duke because everyone I know from North Carolina is a UNC fan.)
Quote of the Week: "I'm O.D. good at nunchucks." — Andre Page
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April 11, 2017 – Warning of increasing risk of mass deaths from starvation in many countries in Africa and in Yemen due to worsening drought and conflict, the United Nations refugee agency has called for international support to prevent the repeat of the 2011 tragedy in the Horn of Africa that claimed more than 260,000 lives.
"An avoidable humanitarian crisis in the region, possibly worse than that of 2011, is fast becoming an inevitability," Adrian Edwards, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told journalists at the regular bi-weekly media briefing in Geneva.
"A repeat must be avoided at all costs."
According to estimates, some 20 million people are living in areas hit hard by drought. About 4.2 million among them are refugees and the number of the displaced is rising as a result of consecutive harvest failures, famine and insecurity.
Worst affected are children and lactating mothers.
In southeast Ethiopia, for example, acute malnutrition rates among newly arriving Somali refugee children aged between 6 months and five years is reported in the range of 50-79 per cent. Similarly, in South Sudan, children account for the majority of the refugees (about 62 per cent).
Nearly all refugees, including these children, are dependent on food assistance, such as those provided by the World Food Programme – the UN's emergency food relief agency – but with lack of funds to buy food rations are being cut. Worst hit are those in Uganda where rations have been cut by up to 75 per cent. Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Rwanda (by between 20 and 50 per cent) and Djibouti (by 12 per cent) are also witnessing this decrease.
"Many refugees are without full access to livelihoods and agriculture or food production and their ability to take matters into their own hands and help themselves is limited," noted Mr. Edwards.
Almost five million children could be out of school
The severe food insecurity is also causing many students, such as those in Kenya, to drop out of school. Some 175,000 students in drought areas in the country have stopped attending school and almost 600 schools have closed in Ethiopia.
In all, some five million children could see their educations being disrupted over coming weeks and months.
Drastic situation turning worse in countries
The daunting humanitarian scenario has been further complicated by a range of challenges including new displacement, economic hardships, crop failure and conflict.
In Somalia, of the half a million people displaced since November, 278,000 were displaced in the first quarter of this year and the country continues to see a complex situation of both outflows and returns, mainly from Yemen.
Furthermore, in famine hit parts of South Sudan, increase in fighting, insecurity, lack of access to aid and a collapsing economy have left 100,000 people facing starvation and a further one million people are now on the brink of famine.
The humanitarian situation in Yemen, too continues to decline. Already the world's largest humanitarian crisis, food needs are being cited as the lead factor in displacement at three quarters of all locations across the war-torn country where there are internally displaced people.
UN efforts scaled up but resources extremely scarce
Responding to the growing crisis, the UN refugee agency and its partners have been scaling up their efforts.
However, UNHCR operations in these countries are facing considerable constraints due to limited funding.
"It is now urgent that the shortfalls be addressed," underscored the UNHCR spokesperson.


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EHS implements new final grade calculation for 2019-20 school year
April 22, 2020
After Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced on April 9 that all schools would be closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, EPSD administrators were left to determine how final grades would be calculated. On April 20, Emmaus High School moved into "Phase Three" of its Continuity of Learning Plan. This entails mandatory participation in online instruction for all students.
"Weekly attendance is being taken based on student participation," a newsletter sent out to EHS families stated. "This means that students who submit assignments by the due date are considered 'present,' while those who do not submit assignments are considered 'absent.'"
The start of "Phase Three" also marks the start of the fourth marking period. In this marking period, assignments will be entered into PowerSchool as 'complete' or 'incomplete,' and teachers will provide feedback for students who may resubmit work based on this feedback.
For final grades, the first, second, and third marking periods will be 30 percent of a student's grade while the midterm exam will be 10 percent. For the fourth marking period, students who complete 60 percent or more of their assignments will receive a 'pass' and if they complete less than that, they will receive a 'fail.' The pass or fail grade will appear on report cards, but will not be factored into the final grade, nor will it appear on transcripts.
In order for students to receive credit for work completed during the fourth marking period, they are eligible to earn as much as five percentage points towards their final grade. These points will be given based on a rubric.
"The amount of additional credit awarded will be based on their submission of assignments, active participation, and achievement of learning objectives," the newsletter said.
For .5 and .25 credit classes in the second semester, the final grades will be pass/fail. These grades will not be factored into one's GPA; however, students will still receive credit for these classes.
When creating this plan, EHS principal Dr. Kate Kieres and other members of administration communicated with the PA Department of Education and other districts throughout the Lehigh Valley to ensure EHS uses the best possible final grade calculation method.
" [We] selected this plan because it ensures that students' final course grades will not be adversely affected if their current circumstances negatively impact their ability to participate at the level that they would under normal circumstances," Kieres said. "It also allows students an opportunity to improve their final grades if they complete assigned work and achieve the learning objectives established by their teachers, considering the fact that their year was cut short, and along with that, their ability to improve their grades during MP4."
In a Twitter poll of 36 students, 53 percent said the new grading system was good; however, 47 percent said the grading system could be better.
Senior class president Mark Magee recognizes the negative and positive aspects of the new grading system.
"I think the new way to calculate grades may make it more difficult to achieve a certain grade in a class," Magee said. "If you were right on the cusp and had one bad marking period that was an outlier it now holds much more weight now due to the new system. For a majority of people who aren't in the scenario, I think it makes classes much easier and less stressful while still teaching the material that we will need to know for college classes next year."
Josh Fritz and Erin O'Neil, class presidents of the classes of 2021 and 2022, respectively, believe that, given the circumstances, the way grades will be calculated for the remainder of the year is fair.
"Most of the teachers are trying their best to put forth all the necessary work that is needed for us to complete the rest of the courses which is great," Fritz said. "Even though this may not be the most ideal way of learning, everyone is doing the best they can in regards to COVID-19. We are all in the same boat and all we can do from here is hope for the best."
O'Neil also recognizes that some students may have trouble learning through nontraditional methods, and grading the fourth marking period on participation avoids this issue.
Fritz sees his peers responding in different ways.
"Some of my classmates are thinking that since what teachers are able to do is so limited, that the grading is the best way to make sure the students don't feel overwhelmed," Fritz said. "Other students still seem to be stressed out about this new grading and way of learning. Overall this pandemic is a learning curve for everyone and will definitely take some getting used to."
For all students, the last day of school will be Thursday, June 11.
"Our goal between now and the end of the school year is to help our students continue with sequential, meaningful instruction in a way that is as equitable as possible and responsive to the needs of students and families," Kieres said. "We want to be fair in recognizing that not all students have the same access to their education right now, and many students and their families are experiencing hardship and trauma during this difficult time."


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Summer is here! It's official–and its freakin' hot already! If you're like us, school is wrapping up and I am looking at the next two months wondering how we will keep cool, keep our sanity, and keep busy. I did some research on some free (or super cheap!) things you can do this summer with your kids that go beyond just throwing popsicles at them.
Free Bowling
Sign up to receive up to two free games per child–every week! You will have to rent shoes but otherwise, this a great indoor activity that you can count on each week.
The Library
The local library offers so much to do! Every summer we do their summer reading program, which can earn you free perks like amusement park tickets! We also attend story time and other programming. The first week school is out, our local library has three different programs for kids!
Toy Stores
Charlotte still has old school toy stores like Toys and Company that have lots of toys on display. Lakeshore Learning Toys also has a location in Matthews which offer fun, interactive activities for kids. Local LEGO stores often offer building classes, too.
Our go to "free day" is a trip to the park–and we always pick one with a splash pad! We bring a change of clothes, bathing suits, and a picnic lunch and it lasts for hours. Many of them have shaded coverings which really helps on scorching hot days. Bonus point if you bring cups and buckets to add to the water fun.
Scavenger Hunts
We often go online and print out free resources like this to guide outdoor play. Finding shaded wooded areas helps keep kids cool and the guided play keeps them entertained longer.


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Investigation on balancing of a high-speed rotor
Ghasemi, Hamed (2017)
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Balancing is an effective way of reducing vibration and reaction forces in rotor's bearings. Two main approaches of modal balancing and influence coefficients method have been used for this aim. However, by considering specific balancing procedure for each rotor and addressing and detecting many of the unbalance sources in manufacturing and assembly this reduction can be ensured in earlier stage. This thesis provides the theories and backgrounds, in addition of a step by step guidelines for rotor balancing. Then applies those theories and guidelines in order to balance a sample flexible rotor, supported by magnetic bearings, in high-speed. Possible unbalance sources are considered in the text. A simulation analysis featuring the effect of variation of the arrangement in a part of the system components is provided. The results of the study indicate that the performance of influence coefficient method was great for the magnetic bearing supported rotor. The other imperative result approves the need for accurate assembly procedure of the components to reduce initial unbalance of the rotor.


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Chris Coy stars in Jason Reitman's The Front Runner and in his already impressive career appearing in some incredible projects, he seems to have picked up great friends along the way. Check out some of the names that pop by his Instagram for proof of this, and it's not lip service either. He has appeared in The Deuce, Treme, The Walking Dead, Detroit, Edward Zwick's Trial By Fire (with Jack O'Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade and Jade Pettyjohn), True Blood, Castle Rock, Justified, Banshee, Homeland, Halt and Catch Fire, and the list just goes on and on.
In The Front Runner (which had its world premiere at TIFF this past September), Coy plays Kevin Sweeney, Gary Hart's 29 year-old press secretary. In our phone interview, the accomplished actor spoke a great deal about the gravity that comes with such a project, but also about his place within the acting landscape.
The following is a condensed and edited version of our interview with The Front Runner's Chris Coy.
Brief Take: What was your TIFF experience like with The Front Runner?
Chris Coy: Surreal, for many reasons. Toronto itself was beautiful and so much fun, and I think that most of us weren't ready for how late Toronto stays open. [laughs] The first night we were there, we were out and like "let's close this place down, what time do you guys close?" and she was like "we're a bar and it's the Toronto International Film Festival, we don't close". Beyond the city itself, a dream come true, I'm at one of the greatest film festivals in the world and I'm there with one of the most talked about movies that's being included, and that movie stars, well I would say that I could only speak for myself, but I can speak for all of us, I know for a fact that Hugh Jackman already was a hero of ours going in, and then he just proved that to a staggering degree. He's such a good man; a hard worker and great actor and such a nice person, and so to be there with him, in a movie that Jason Reitman directed, and on top of that I'm surrounded by a bunch of my buddies, they're all living the same dream I am, is just…surreal and incredibly positive, it was bananas! To be honest with you, we were all just like "is this shit happening?". [laughs]
BT: You're in the era of the seventies on The Deuce and the eighties in The Front Runner. In which time period do you feel the most at home?
CC: [laughs] I gotta say that I enjoyed both of them. The Front Runner was fun for me because I was born in the eighties, but I didn't get to experience it because I was born in '86, so I was a baby. But it was fun to be "oh, I'm the same age right now that my mother would have been when she had me, and so this is the clothing and the style." Just beyond that, Jason and his team spent so many hours and put so much attention into detail with making sure that world lived and breathed as it did in the time. I'm really lucky with the period pieces that I've worked on and the people in command of those ships care so much about the truth and representing it accurately. What person doesn't want to travel in time, especially one that was raised on the Back to the Future franchises?! Getting to bounce between those two projects while I was making them, and then now, when The Deuce Season 2 has just finished its airing right as The Front Runner is coming out, it's like I'm getting to experience both of them again from a viewer's perspective. Again man, it's just the dream. I'm just so so happy.
BT: We had the chance to speak with your Front Runner co-star Mark O'Brien recently.
CC: He's a good dude and he's become a really dear friend. That was a really great movie in terms of fusion and bonding amongst the cast. I have to give credit where credit is due, a lot of that is Jason Reitman, he really encouraged us to get together and would organize things where it was easy for us to all get together. It was one of the most fun filming experiences I've ever had. The camaraderie – not only are we pretending that we're supposed to be one unit with a singular vision, but we actually are. Because we're all making a movie together and we all want it to be a good movie, and we all want to tell the story right, it's really conducive to making good friends. We all seem to be lifelong friends too. There's a text chain that we're all on, and have been on for a full year since filming this, and there's rarely a day that goes by without it being active.
BT: One thing that Mark O'Brien said to us in our interview is "don't hire assholes". What has helped guide you on your acting journey to some truly great projects?
CC: I wish that I had more of a guiding hand or more control over any of that, or could take any credit for it. I've been tremendously lucky in the jobs that I've been able to acquire, and it's been rare. I'm still very much just a working class actor who hasn't afforded himself the opportunity to be really picky. It's just that the ones that I've been able to book or who have wanted to hire me have turned out to be great projects full of great people. You know, Mark O'Brien is the only asshole I've ever worked with. [laughs] He would love that, if that goes into press. If you try to be a good person yourself, if you're always looking inward and maintaining a positive core, you're honest and you treat people the way that you want to be treated and you work really hard, you acquire some sort of magnetism which hopefully draws like-minded, similar people to you. If I can attribute it to anything, it's got to be something like that. Not to get too metaphysical, but you're right, I have ended up on project after project with fantastically talented and good-natured people. I'm in my car and I wish I had a piece of wood to knock on, because I hope that never ends.
BT: As a person of influence, do you feel like you have a responsibility to speak up against injustice?
CC: Yeah, a huge responsibility that I feel the pressure of at all times, especially the pressure of in prep, especially when it's stories like these ones that are true stories. We examine moments in our own lives and in our country's history where maybe we didn't do things exactly the way we should have, so we can hopefully learn from those moments. Jason Reitman with The Front Runner has said "this isn't a movie where I'm answering any questions for us. I'm asking them and I'm saying these are the things that I'm wondering" and "what do you guys think?". I think that's a bold and admirable move for a director to make. Often times, because you want your film to be successful, we can be caught up in the idea that it has to be easily understandable or it has to be something that makes people feel good. And the fact that he went into this consciously knowing they're not going to leave the theatre feeling good, they're hopefully leaving the theatre thinking, and I think that can be a scary thing to do as a director. And he did so fearlessly and with precision too. That guy's a sniper when it comes to storytelling. We should be telling stories that encourage progressive thought and ask us to reexamine ourselves. Shakespeare says that "the purpose of playing…is to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature" (Hamlet: Act III, Scene ii), which I've always interpreted as "to take a look at ourselves, who are we, what are we, and how can we be better?".
The Front Runner in now playing in select U.S theatres and in Toronto and Vancouver. The film will open wide in Canada and the U.S. on November 21st.


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In September and October of the 2013 regular season, the Houston Astros starting pitchers were 17th in Major League Baseball with a 3.91 FIP (fielding-independent pitching). Hey, that's almost middle of the pack! A small-sample size, yes, but the latter stages of 2013 were certainly better than the 4.42 FIP posted for the entire season.
Many of those late season components are back, but none are proven and the 2014 spring training competition could go at least 10 arms deep with the rotation picture likely remaining unclear for most of March. The players mentioned as possible rotation candidates here are from the current 40-man roster only. Then from that list, Matt Albers, Kevin Chapman, Jose Cisnero, Jesse Crain, Luis Cruz, Darin Downs, Josh Fields, Chia-Jen Lo, Chad Qualls, Raul Valdes and Josh Zeid were eliminated from any starting rotation contention.
That leaves us with 12 pitchers who have even the smallest chance of making the Astros starting rotation to begin the 2014 season. The Astros coaching staff and front office likely have a smaller list of rotation possible pitchers, but let's have some fun.
Note: No math equations were used in creating the percentage chances for each pitcher.
The Shoo-In - Scott Feldman
Happy early birthday to Mr. Feldman, who will turn 31 years old on Friday, as he gets ready for Spring Training with a 3-year, $30 million dollar deal that he signed with the Astros earlier this offseason. Feldman has been a 2+ WAR pitcher the last two seasons, who should at the very least be able to eat up innings. The former Rangers hurler won't strike out many people, but it is encouraging to see that he posted a career-best 49.2 groundball percentage in 2013. Partially because of the money, but mostly because he's had MLB success makes Feldman the only pitcher on Houston's roster who definitely has a spot in the starting rotation.
Percentage chance of making the 2014 Opening Day starting rotation: 99.9 percent
The Regression Candidate (via @MDavidColeman) - Jarred Cosart
Hey Astros fans, stop me if you've heard this before: "Jarred Cosart is going to reg-" Yeah, you know the story. Even Jarred himself has had enough of the regression talk.
Am I gonna regress from a 1.95 era? Most likely check anyone's stats lol some people are idiots. Is it spring training yet
— Jarred Cosart (@JarredCosart) January 29, 2014
Astros fans can only hope the chip on his shoulder helps the young righty pitch like he did in 2013.
Cosart almost has to regress from the 1.95 ERA he had in 10 starts last year. Well, anything's possible and it would be awesome if he had a sub 2.00 ERA in his first ten starts of this year, but it's unlikely. Cosart's 4.35 FIP illustrates the more realistic picture of a pitcher who walked (35) more batters than he struck out (33). Still, it's hard to ignore how well he pitched through trouble in 2013 as he stranded a staggering 85.9 percent of runners he allowed to reach base. The name of the game is still not to allow runners to cross home. Cosart would have to pitch pretty poorly in the spring to miss the rotation.
Percentage chance of making the 2014 Opening Day starting rotation: 85 percent
The Lesser-Discussed Regression Candidate - Brett Oberholtzer
Like Cosart, Oberholtzer was outstanding in his 10 starts as a member of the Astros in 2013. His 2.24 ERA, again like Cosart, was impressive despite not striking out many people (5.64 per nine innings).
And that's where the comparisons stop.
Oberholtzer went about his starts by attacking the strike zone, throwing more than twice as many strikes than balls in a little over 1,000 MLB pitches thrown last season. He won't blow you away and his groundball rate at the Major League level, 35.9 percent, won't exactly have you jumping for joy either.
Helping Obie's case is that he's left-handed and if he's going to walk less than two guys per nine innings, Astros fans will enjoy watching him pitch more than others on this staff (We'll get to you later, Lucas Harrell).
Percentage chance of making the 2014 Opening Day starting rotation: 85 percent
Don't You Dare Forget About Me, Tags - Dallas Keuchel
I don't see my name... Weird "@brianmctaggart: Cosart, Appel, Lyles, Alex White, Thurman, McCullers, Foltynewicz, Peacock, Velasquez, etc
— Dallas Keuchel (@kidkeuchy) July 13, 2013
Also known as: The Sleeper
Don't worry, Dallas, TCB hasn't forgotten about you. Actually, Keuchel has been mentioned so many times as a sleeper during internal discussion with TCB that we would be pretty darn disappointed if the lefty doesn't put together a good season.
Simply stated, it appears that it's about time for Keuchel's efforts to turn into pleasing standard numbers. The 26-year old has a career 5.20 MLB ERA in 38 starts, but his 2013 was encouraging. He was very reliable, tying with Harrell to lead the Astros in innings pitched. Keuchel induces groundballs at a solid rate, while also throwing a lot of strikes which led to his xFIP (3.58) looking a lot different than his ERA (5.15) in 2013. Like many Astros pitchers, you'd like for him to strike more guys out, but he does have good control and should be reliable again in 2014.
Percentage chance of making the 2014 Opening Day starting rotation: 80 percent
Here To Stay - Brad Peacock
Many people, including myself, forgot that Mr. Peacock actually made the starting rotation to start the 2013 season. Which makes him one of two pitchers on this year's Astros who accomplished that feat. (Hold on, Harrell! We're getting to you!). Of course, the results were disastrous and he was sent down to AAA where he apparently learned a slider, or at least got better at the one he already had. Anyway, his time in the minors appeared to help as he returned to the majors with 10 strikeouts in seven innings in his first start back.
He kept that momentum going as he struck out 54 batters in 54.1 innings following his recall. The key for Peacock is to avoid the gopher ball. The righty allowed 15 of them in only 83.1 innings as a Major Leaguer in 2013. Peacock is beginning to show once again why he was such a highly regarded prospect three years ago in the Nationals' system, but this is a big season for the pitcher who turned 26 this past Saturday. Happy birthday, Brad!
Percentage chance of making the 2014 Opening Day starting rotation: 75 percent
The Wild Card - Asher Wojciechowski
It was mildly surprising that Wojo didn't pitch for the Astros in September of last season, but a rough August with AAA Oklahoma City likely was a major influence on the Astros ending the 6'4" righty's season. Like Peacock, Wojo isn't getting any younger. The Citadel product turned 25 in December and will certainly pitch for the Astros this season. It's just a matter of when.
The Astros have plenty of pitch-to-contact pitchers and Wojo is no different. Control and changing speeds are his calling cards, and as evidenced by the .268 batting average on balls in play in AAA last year, Wojo can at least induce some weak contact. Regression could also becoming for him, even at the AAA level, but he still has a real chance of making the rotation.
It seems likely Wojciechowski will start in AAA, but with a great spring coupled with the stumbling of some favorites listed above and we could see a little Wojo in early April.
Percentage chance of making the Opening Day starting rotation: 30 percent
Mr. Bounce Back - Lucas Harrell
Finally, Harrell, we get to you. Harrell has the most to gain with new pitching coach, Brent Strom. That's partly because it can only really go up for Harrell after his 2013 season. And really, his impressive 2012 rookie season is the likely reason he is still an Astro. How can he get back to his 2012 form?
Well first, bring the walks down. He went from 3.62 per nine innings up to 5.15 per nine in just one year's time. Harrell's groundball rate also dropped drastically from 57.2 percent down to 51.5. An attitude adjustment could also be in order as Harrell made it pretty clear that he does not like pitching out of the bullpen. Does he get one more chance? The chances could be higher than many people think.
Percentage chance of making the Opening Day starting rotation: 35 percent
The Long Reliever - Paul Clemens
Also known as: The Legend
Clemens does have 73.1 innings of MLB experience, including a couple solid starts to end the season. There just isn't a whole lot of excitement surrounding Clemens' 5.40 ERA and 5.69 FIP from a year ago. He doesn't strike out many batters, allows home runs too often and has uninspiring control.
With the already muddled pitching staff, Clemens could be ruled expendable after a rough spring.
Percentage chance of making the Opening Day starting rotation: 10 percent
The Forgotten - Rudy Owens
Not by lack of talent, but more by lack of opportunity in 2013. The lefty threw only 17 innings in April before having surgery on a stress fracture in his left that cost him the rest of the season. But the 2013 year itself was not all for naught as Owens headed to the Dominican Republic for winter ball where he impressed.
The Chandler-Gilbert Community College product lasted only 3.2 innings while allowing six earned runs in his first Dominican League start. From there on, Owens did not allow more than two runs in any of his next nine starts to finish with a 2.68 ERA in 53.2 innings. The odds have to be low for Owens mostly due to lack of mound time in AAA during 2013, but Owens has already thrown 180 innings at the minor league's highest level is his time with the Astros' and Pirates' organizations. He'll make a start for the 2014 Astros, just not right away.
Percentage chance of making the Opening Day starting rotation: 10 percent
The Comeback Kid - Alex White
Also known as: The Token TJ Surgery Undergoer
The former top 100 prospect will be just about a year removed from Tommy John surgery when the 2014 season gets started. What he lacks in momentum, he does make up for with MLB experience in this competition. White has thrown the fifth-most career innings among the potential starting pitchers in 2013 with 149.1 innings pitched.
Geez, maybe I shouldn't have looked that up. This potential rotation is ridiculously inexperienced.
Back to White. He carries a career 6.03 ERA at the Major League level with all but 15 innings coming with the Colorado Rockies. As you the informed reader likely knows, pitching for the Rockies isn't wonderful for your statistics. White is right up the Luhnow Alley as he thrives on keeping the ball on the ground. White will rely heavily on his splitter to get outs. White could be a long reliever for the 'Stros or he could head to OKC to get some starts at the AAA level before getting a shot at the MLB level once again.
Experience does help his case, though.
Percentage chance of making the Opening Day starting rotation: 5 percent
The Blogger - Collin McHugh
McHugh is a MLB-caliber pitcher, which means he's definitely better at pitching than everyone at TCB. Well, it turns out that McHugh is better than us at writing too! If you haven't checked out McHugh's blog, do it now. And after reading a couple posts, he quickly becomes a guy you root for - a down to Earth guy who is chasing his dream.
Unfortunately for McHugh, the road hasn't been smooth thus far. The 26-year old has made nine MLB starts over the past two seasons and has lost eight of them with an 8.94 ERA. He allowed 11 home runs in 47.1 innings that all came with the New York Mets. McHugh's most notable blog post discussed his discomfort with not being able to settle down anywhere due to being called up and down regularly. Unfortunately for McHugh, the future is far from clear with Houston. Talent-wise, he is on par with much of the current Astros' roster, but there are plenty of arms progressing quickly.
Percentage chance of making the Opening Day starting rotation: 5 percent
2011 Version Needed - Anthony Bass
Bass posted an impressive 1.68 ERA in 48.1 innings with the San Diego Padres in 2011, but his 4.62 xFIP predicted regression. The regression happened.
A 4.73 ERA in 97 innings (15 starts) in 2012 was followed by 5.36 ERA in 42 innings exclusively as a reliever in 2013. Astros fans should be informed of Bass' last two seasons as an example of what could happen with Cosart.
The Astros will roll the dice with Bass and see what happens, but it appears he will be destined for the bullpen.
Percentage chance of making the Opening Day starting rotation: 5 percent
The beautiful thing for all of these candidates is that on a rebuilding team many guys get a chance to prove themselves. In 2012, 10 different pitchers made starts for the Astros. Ideally, the five that get the season started keep their spots due to good performance. But that's just not likely. Is it April yet?
Statistics courtesy of fangraphs.com and mlb.com.


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Chapter 7-2: The Broken Family
Aim: In this 30-minute lesson, you will go over the part 7-2 of the book. Go over comprehension questions after each paragraph, and practice using new expressions.
After saying hello, read the following part of the book out loud with the tutor.
"Make us a cold drink," cried Daisy. As he left the room again she got up and went over to Gatsby and pulled his face down kissing him on the mouth.
"You know I love you," she murmured.
"You forget there's a lady present," said Jordan.
Daisy looked around doubtfully.
"You kiss Nick too."
"What a low, vulgar girl!"
"I don't care!" cried Daisy and began to clog on the brick fireplace. Then she remembered the heat and sat down guiltily on the couch just as a freshly laundered nurse leading a little girl came into the room.
Describe Daisy's behavior. Would you say she is a thoughtful, responsible person?
"Bles-sed pre-cious," she crooned, holding out her arms. "Come to your own mother that loves you." The child, relinquished by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly into her mother's dress. "The Bles-sed pre-cious! Did mother get powder on your old yellowy hair? Stand up now, and say How-de-do."
Gatsby and I in turn leaned down and took the small reluctant hand. Afterward he kept looking at the child with surprise. I don't think he had ever really believed in its existence before.
Just after Daisy kisses Gatsby "on the mouth," who walks in? Why is Gatsby so surprised?
"I got dressed before luncheon," said the child, turning eagerly to Daisy.
"That's because your mother wanted to show you off." Her face bent into the single wrinkle of the small white neck. "You dream, you. You absolute little dream."
"Yes," admitted the child calmly. "Aunt Jordan's got on a white dress too."
"How do you like mother's friends?" Daisy turned her around so that she faced Gatsby. "Do you think they're pretty?"
"Where's Daddy?"
"She doesn't look like her father," explained Daisy. "She looks like me. She's got my hair and shape of the face."
Daisy sat back upon the couch. The nurse took a step forward and held out her hand.
"Come, Pammy."
"Goodbye, sweetheart!"
How old is Pammy? What does she represent?
With a reluctant backward glance the well-disciplined child held to her nurse's hand and was pulled out the door, just as Tom came back, preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice. Gatsby took up his drink.
"They certainly look cool," he said, with visible tension. We drank in long greedy swallows.
"I read somewhere that the sun's getting hotter every year," said Tom genially. "It seems that pretty soon the earth's going to fall into the sun–or wait a minute–it's just the opposite–the sun's getting colder every year.
"Come outside," he suggested to Gatsby, "I'd like you to have a look at the place."
I went with them out to the veranda. On the green Sound, stagnant in the heat, one small sail crawled slowly toward the fresher sea. Gatsby's eyes followed it momentarily; he raised his hand and pointed across the bay.
"I'm right across from you."
"So you are."
Our eyes lifted over the rosebeds and the hot lawn and the weedy refuse of the dog days along shore. Slowly the white wings of the boat moved against the blue cool limit of the sky. Ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding blessed isles.
"There's sport for you," said Tom, nodding. "I'd like to be out there with him for about an hour."
We had luncheon in the dining-room, darkened, too, against the heat, and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale.
Describe the mood in the room. Which imageries help create a sense of boredom and stillness?
"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon," cried Daisy, "and the day after that, and the next thirty years?"
"Don't be morbid," Jordan said. "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."
"But it's so hot," insisted Daisy, on the verge of tears, "And everything's so confused. Let's all go to town!"
Her voice struggled on through the heat, beating against it, moulding its senselessness into forms. "I've heard of making a garage out of a stable," Tom was saying to Gatsby, "but I'm the first man who ever made a stable out of a garage."
"Who wants to go to town?" demanded Daisy insistently. Gatsby's eyes floated toward her. "Ah," she cried, "you look so cool." Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table.
"You always look so cool," she repeated.
She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little and he looked at Gatsby and then back at Daisy as if he had just recognized her as some one he knew a long time ago.
"You resemble the advertisement of the man," she went on innocently.
"You know the advertisement of the man—-"
"All right," broke in Tom quickly, "I'm perfectly willing to go to town. Come on–we're all going to town." He got up, his eyes still flashing between Gatsby and his wife. No one moved.
"Come on!" His temper cracked a little. "What's the matter, anyhow? If we're going to town let's start." His hand, trembling with his effort at self control, bore to his lips the last of his glass of ale. Daisy's voice got us to our feet and out on to the blazing gravel drive.
"Are we just going to go?" she objected. "Like this? Aren't we going to let any one smoke a cigarette first?"
"Everybody smoked all through lunch."
"Oh, let's have fun," she begged him. "It's too hot to fuss."
He didn't answer.
"Have it your own way," she said. "Come on, Jordan."
What does Tom notice? What does he decide to after he realizes that Daisy loves Gatsby?
- After staring at Gatsby for a moment while at lunch, Daisy breaks the gaze and then says, "You always look so cool". How does Nick translate this remark? What effect does it have on Tom?
- Daisy compares Gatsby to an advertisement of a man. Think of what the qualities of an advertisement are and then explain why Daisy thinks of Gatsby this way.
- The Buchanan family is broken in many ways. What do you think is the root cause of dysfunctional relationship? Share your thoughts with your Cambly tutor!
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Trader Joe's Lemon Ginger Echinacea 100% Juice
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Maybe this would be a ideal choice for cold medicine. Instead of nasty syrups and use that and warm up. Since it got lemon & ginger and you mentioned that Sonya said it is sinus clearing so it is ideal for colds.ReplyDeleteReplies
I would gladly use this as a cold medicine!Delete
I love this stuff. To me it tastes more like a lemony drink with ginger and honey, not so much as a 'blast' of ginger. No need to be ill to drink this!ReplyDeleteReplies
I always drink this hot, it sure soothes a sore throat in the winter!ReplyDelete
I would also call it a bit medicinal-tasting, but I love this!ReplyDelete
It's great iced or hot, and whiskey goes well with both options. :D
Is this the same stuff?
It was offered today to sample and I LOVE it! I brought a bottle home and I guarantee it won't last long in the fridge! YUM!ReplyDelete
Expensive for long-term consumption.ReplyDelete
Has anyone seen a recipe for it? One is noted on pinterist but I can't see the recipe there.
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DELICIOUS! I mix it with water or sparklingReplyDelete
water or just from the bottle,love the flavor, sometimes I add more lemon juice and grated ginger. Thank you TJ'S 😋
I usually mix it with 1/2 peppermint tea and 1/2 this, it lessens the GINGER and helps soothe.ReplyDelete
This juice is very soothing to your throat especially when served hot.My Mom introduced this to me & now I've passed it along to friends sending the photo & where to buy it - Trader Joe's of course! This juice works 100%, you have to nip it in the bud, as soon as you feel your throat starts to itch (or starting a cold or cough), you have to start drinking this juice & you'll start feeling better, no cough or cold will progress or continue. It's my miracle juice, especially in cold months.ReplyDelete
I LOVE GINGER IT FEELS GOOD AND IS GOOD FOR YOU I LOVE THIS DRINK IT GIVES YOU A CALMNESS AND GIVES YOU ENERGYReplyDelete
Too much sugar!ReplyDelete


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The holiday meal features their own take on several holiday dishes and includes:
- Stuffing Breaded Tenders - White meat chicken tenders hand-breaded with a sage and herb stuffing breading and deep-fried until crispy. It comes served with Savory Chicken Gravy.
- Sweet Potato Waffle Fries - Waffle-cut sweet potatoes tossed in a sweet waffle batter and deep-fried until crispy.
- Toasted Onion Coated Green Bean - Inspired by green bean casserole. Crisp green beans coated in a toasted onion breading fried to golden brown.
Hardee's new Thanksgiving in a Box goes on sale from November 13, 2019 to December 3, 2019 in Jacksonville, FL area, while supplies last. The suggested price per meal is $6.99.
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Unless you already track your sugar intake and know exactly what types and how much sugar you consume, I bet you eat far more tablespoons of sugar per day than you think! Food manufacturers are sneaky and add in sugars for foods like orange juice and ketchup.
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Real Estate developers create a legal corporation known as a Homeowner's Association (HOA) when they are ready to manage and sell the homes they built for residential communities. Each such corporation needs HOA governing documents to enforce the rules for homeowners. So, what kind of documents are we talking about? That's a good question. Luckily, we've got four good answers.
Reason #1: Articles of Incorporation. The Articles of Incorporation create the HOA as a legal entity, a non-profit corporation. The Articles are formal, written, and usually reserve voting rights and privileges for the developer to run the project during its beginning stages. The corporate articles also provide the legal avenue for the developer to turnover the project and the legal and financial responsibility to homeowners once the developer sells a certain number of units (usually around 2/3 of the units). The Articles are where you will find details on the Board of Directors composition.
Reason #2: By-Laws. The By-laws, also in writing, are the operational guidelines for running the HOA. They determine operational issues such as notice requirements, how many times a year the Board meets, how many Board members will serve, elections of board members, roles/responsibilities of Board members, how often membership meets, and what constitutes a quorum for the Board.
Reason #3: Declarations, Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions (DCCR). These are the written rules that set out the restrictions and conditions on the use of the property covered by the HOA. Homeowners agree and accept the DCCRs as a membership condition in the HOA. They flesh out the details behind the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws with policies and procedures for enforcement by those higher authorities.
The Declarations are where you look for the stated goals and purpose of the HOA as well as the governing and managing infrastructure. Declarations lay out the common and limited common areas. They allocate the responsibilities for maintenance and repair between the owners and the HOA community. They describe the budget process and assessments of HOA fees as well as the protective standards and use restrictions. Here is where you find the process for handing off the community governance and financial responsibilities from the developer to the association.
Examples of HOA governing policies are similar to the policies you would expect to see for general corporations and their Boards of Trustees:
- records retention;
- collections of delinquent dues assessments;
- enforcement of covenants;
- how the Board conducts meetings;
- Board minutes and resolutions;
- adoption of policies;
- reserves and investments thereof; and
- arbitration or other alternative dispute resolutions.
A few examples of HOA rules, regulations, and restrictions are:
- whether the community allows pets and any restrictions on breed or size
- restrictions on building colors, height of fences (if allowed)
- restrictions against barbecues, outdoor clothes lines, backyard pools
- parking spaces (how many for each unit and whether assigned)
- ages of residents
- architectural restrictions on changes
- other conditions that affect homeowner use and enjoyment of the property.
The HOA Board enforces the various covenants/restrictions or homeowners may bring legal action against violators. DCCRs "run with the land" which means all subsequent buyers take the land subject to the same adopted restrictions. In most states, the HOA files the DCCRs with the County Recorder of Deeds and provides them to prospective buyers so they understand them before they buy.
Note: The rules and regulations cannot conflict with higher level authorities.
Reason #4: Hierarchy of the governing documents. We have listed the governing documents below in order of the high to low authority level. The higher levels have more authority than the levels beneath them and are dispositive when provisions are inconsistent between varying levels of authority:
- plat (The map, or plat, provides the physical layout of the community. It describes the areas that are common areas and where the units lie. It also indicates where easements exist and may have notes.)
- articles of incorporation
- bylaws
- rules/regulations
- resolutions. (Resolutions are the formal documents -- outside of the Board minutes -- that address official Board actions taken during meetings and noted in minutes.)
To learn how important the governing documents are when communities have Master Agreements and sub-HOAs, read the Heraldextra.com's article entitled "Eagle Mountain Ranches HOA lawsuit decision of $14M in damages brings both sides to the table.


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It can be a question if you are not aware about the power of Social Media. We know that there are millions of people active on such sites they share their views, ideas, reviews about the services and products, share new product launch and service offered and etc. It is a big platform to promote the business with investment or without investment.
For a successful business run many of the business owners are hiring various social media marketing companies in order to achieve the desired results from these platforms in the minimum time and efforts required.
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What do you need to consider before going for Social Media Marketing Companies in Calgary:
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I know that a lot of Monkeys that I have spoken to throughout the year have benefited a lot from the 2011 advice and have enjoyed a great year in 2011 and now they have a great year in 2012 to look forward to, so read through the information for this year and reap the rewards. Please check the annual and monthly updates and maybe even consider our Tong Shu Almanac Software for planning for the whole year. This will be a year of romance, career, wealth and many other exciting opportunities, all sounds too good to be true? There will be a few drawbacks that you need to be aware of and providing you take my advice you will enjoy a good year.
Your success this year all depends on how hard you want to work for it. As long as you can apply yourself to your work in 2012, this year offers many rewards for the Monkey in the work place. It will work to your advantage if you make sure that you are constantly in the know of recent developments so that you can use your skills and apply them to this. Unemployed Monkeys may find themselves in a great position in a new work place this year if they stay determined and keep a positive attitude in interviews. Those born in 1944 & 1992 should have a wu lou or similar good quality round metal object placed beside their bed in 2012.
All Monkeys need to take extra care this year with finances as there is a risk of loss of wealth in 2012 for the Monkey. It is a good idea to avoid unnecessary purchases throughout 2012 where possible and save the money instead. Having good Feng Shui is not just about placing Buddha's and three legged Toads, just be aware of potential problems and you will avoid them.
Romance is promising this year for the Monkey. Relationships should be good for single and committed Monkeys and this is not just for romance it also relates to career and business. Increase this by making sure you enhance the southwest of your home or bedroom. Be careful with your diet throughout the year as it is possible for the fast paced Dragon year to pass by too fast for the Monkey to notice a decline in their health so make sure you get lots of exercise and eat healthily in 2012.
You may feel the last few years have brought some ups and downs but remember "smooth seas do not make skilful sailors", you need some of the experiences you have been going through in the last few years to build who you are today, very soon all will be well. My favourite saying is "why cant life's problems hit me when I am eighteen and I know everything anyway"
You are in affinity with the Snake. For your protection, you should have a key chain pendant of a Snake.
To improve prosperity, luck, business and career for the Monkey in 2012:
One of the most powerful and important Feng Shui cure and enhancer in 2012 is called a Ba Gua Shi Master cure and can only to be used in a yang water Dragon year, the last time this powerful cure would have been used was in 1952 which was a Ren Chen year.
This specialist cure is only known to a few Feng Shui consultants and years ago you would need to employ a Feng Shui Geomancer to call at your home and the Geomancer would spend many hours carving the undisclosed engravings onto an earth plate shaped in a eight sided piece of slate or marble, which would have been placed in the west of the building and then placing the quartz crystals, i-ching coin and the arrow head placed on the earth plate that would have a design on it displaying the arrow has to point towards the southeast as this is where the 5 yellow star along with Grand Duke Tai Sui is situated in 2012 and because of this you must have protection against loss of wealth in 2012.
The old Feng Shui Geomancers claimed that when placing this commanding talisman you must hold the two crystals and i-ching coin (not the arrow stone or earth plate) in your right hand and close your eyes and visualise exactly what you would like to achieve in your life. You must not be greedy and only positive and good thoughts so you cannot use it for vengeance or anything bad.
This is one of the most influential and powerful cure and enhancers for wealth, health, relationships and protection and because this cure is very important for wealth in 2012 include it in all our 2012 cures and enhancers kit. If you want to improve finances even more please follow this link you will find full details 2012 flying star analysis follow this link.
You should also place a five elements aspiration enhancer (Yuan Zeng Jin) to act as a catalyst to enhance wealth in 2012.
To improve romance and relationships for the Monkey in 2012:
Romance and relationships can be improved in the west and east of your home, click here for additional details on how to activate these two lovely areas. Whilst these stars are very auspicious, without cures this #4 star can bring unwelcome passionate prospects to the home if the cures are not put in place.
Having a door in the east with the cures can bring in new openings and plenty of travel opportunities. To enhance romance and career in 2012 place some dark blue objects in the east, you can introduce these colours with a doormat, rug, cushion cover, sofa throw, curtains or similar. Just use your imagination on what you can use to introduce these colours.
Be cautious if your main entrance door, bedroom or office or any other important room is located in the southeast, southwest or north this year 2012 and make sure you follow the 2012 Flying Star (Xuan Kong) recommendations.
If your office or bedroom is located in one of the directions stated, please be aware that in the months of February, April, July & October 2012 you should make sure you at least place a set of six Chinese coins tied in a row with red ribbon for the month.
If you would like to be informed in advance of the monthly, annual and fixed flying stars for the rest of your life giving you the ultimate control of your home or business, you should consider our 2012 advanced Feng Shui software; it is used by thousands of Feng Shui Masters, consultants and students throughout the world.
To diffuse the undesirable effects in 2012 you should hang a set of six Chinese coins tied with red ribbon and a salt water cure in the southeast and north of your home or office this year to control the #5 and #2 stars. For full details on2012 flying star analysis follow this link.
The 2012 Dragon year annual Feng Shui Afflictions:
The Three Killings – is a direct paraphrase from the Chinese 'San Sha'. This yearly affliction is mainly located in the south (142.5º to 217.5º) in 2012. It is vital that you do not commence any form of noisy renovations or re-decorative work in the south part of your house or office between February 4th 2012 and February 3rd 2013.
Neither should you interrupt the ground by digging holes or carry out any maintenance work with any noisy equipment in this area inside or outside your property or garden. Once disturbed, this affliction could bring about three types of bad luck, financial loss, sickness and disputes. This is the most horrible out of all the annual afflictions and should be treated with respect in 2012.
Apart from not unsettling the ground in the south, there are two other rules you should follow concerning the Three Killings. Firstly, if you are repositioning your desk this year, never sit with your back to this south direction. Secondly, it is better to face the south in 2012 although only if it is one of your personal min gua directions.
If your main door faces the south in 2012, place a pair of Fu Dogs just inside the house looking outwards as protective guardians for the year. You must also place a golden coloured Pi Yao in the south looking towards the north.
If you have to carry out work or emergency repairs in the south place a six hollow metal rod wind chime between the building and where the work is being carried out. Please remember that the wind chime must be removed after the work has been completed.
Tai Sui (The Grand Duke of Jupiter) resides between 112.5º – 127.5º southeast. Do not take this affliction casually. Do not disturb the ground in the southeast at all costs. Southeast facing properties with front doors to the southeast must be careful not to allow the doors to slam and do not renovate or dig in this area in 2012.
With the very inauspicious #5 star also visiting the southeast palace in 2012 you need the best cure available in the southeast in 2012. You need a special cure – this special cure comes standard with all our 2012 annual cures and enhancers kits.
Sui Po the year breaker occupies the 15 degree mountain directly opposite Tai Sui Grand Duke, which for 2012 is northwest (292.5 – 307.5). You must treat this area with the same respect as the other annual afflictions with no ground-breaking work, renovations or noisy activities.
If disturbed this area can and normally cause health problems especially for the elderly or sick so please be very careful. If you have to carry out work or emergency repairs in the northwest place a six hollow metal rod wind chime between the building and where the work is being carried out.
The annual five yellow flies into the southeast (112.5 – 157.5) in 2012 and because the southeast is associated with wood energy, combined with the earth energy of the # star this is not good and the reason why so many dedicated cures are needed in 2012.
It is suggested you do not disturb the southeast with noisy activities, restorations or maintenance work. Buildings with gardens or driveways in the southeast of the property should avoid disturbing the ground with major digging or building work. When disturbed, the Five Yellow can bring calamity, illness, legal issues and loss of wealth so please be very careful in the southeast in 2012.
Please do not worry if your living room, bedroom or office is located in the southeast, just start preparing to place your 2012 cures and enhancers kit to help guarantee a untroubled year, and of course make sure you sign up for our free monthly newsletter so you are kept up to date with the monthly flying stars giving you even more control of your destiny. To give you even better control use our advanced Feng Shui 2012 software as this gives advanced Feng Shui analysis of every home or office facing any direction in any part of the world.


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Once again, I am a free agent in this game. As of last week, I will no longer be writing at Dodgers Nation. In my first episode of Pine Tar Podcast, I talk about all of that.
I mix in some Dodgers talk at the end. In the future I plan to talk about all things baseball on a show that will run several times weekly.
Right back where I started, build it brick by brick once again.