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Conservatives v. unions, rematch
The big outside conservative groups that delivered Republicans a monumental victory in the Wisconsin recall this spring are planning to get out the vote for Mitt Romney in union strongholds on Tuesday — and Big Labor says they're ready for the rematch.
Groups like FreedomWorks, American Majority and Americans for Prosperity say that since Wisconsin they've geared up the key pieces of a grassroots operation that can take on unions at their own game: they are better organized, they've spent bigger on ground game prep than conservatives typically do and they've energized a base of volunteers.
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So while Mitt Romney is down in some polls where they plan to test their operation, like Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida and Michigan, conservative groups say the take away on Election Day will be Big Labor no longer stands alone as a ground game force in national elections.
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"Wisconsin gave us confidence that if you stay on the message and deliver it in a disciplined fashion, you can beat the unions in a pitched environment, and in some ways on their home turf," said American for Prosperity President Tim Phillips.
Phillips said the Wisconsin recall allowed AFP to perfect the technology, learn how to logistically deal with a large number of door-to-door volunteers and also how to message in a competitive environment. The group isn't leaving anything to chance. It's gone so far as to pay volunteers.
"I definitely feel like the tea party movement, FreedomWorks and other groups are 50 times more organized with boots on the ground than we were in 2010," said FreedomWorks' Brendan Steinhauser, director of federal and state campaigns. "In 2010, it was very scattered and we just kind of how supported candidates how we could. Now it's sophisticated."
Nationally, FreedomWorks has done 10,000 door hangers, distributed 30,100 bumper stickers, 33,600 yard signs and 25,000 palm cards that have the "Fire Obama" slogan. In Ohio, they've got 38 distribution offices, held 100 events, put out 562,500 door hangers, 52,400 bumper stickers, 50,200 yard signs and made more than 566,800 phone calls for Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel who is looking to oust Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).
"Even though Romney wasn't people's first choice necessarily there's an urgency that wasn't there in 2008 and 2010," Steinhauser said. "Now it's like volunteers are effectively field staff."
Despite the bravado by conservative groups the unions argue they are prepared and expect Obama to win the day in key states like Ohio and Wisconsin.
"We didn't come out of the Wisconsin recall discouraged about our ground game," AFL-CIO's Jeff Hauser said. "We did have a greater appreciation for why there had only been a couple of successful recalls in the history of governors. Now, we get it."


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The functions of Area Committees are to deal with the following matters:
- leadership and promotion of joint working with community plan partners and other statutory and voluntary or not for profit bodies to support the wellbeing of their communities, through the implementation of Local Community and Area Management Plans;
- overseeing the delivery and effectiveness of local community planning and partnership arrangements; determining the relevant geographical basis for local community planning;
- contributing to the development of, and monitoring the local delivery of the Fife Community Plan;
- receiving an annual report of progress against the local community plan as a basis for continuing dialogue with communities, partners and services on challenges and priorities.
Providing local input as required prior to Council decisions including:
- considering the potential impact of strategic policy proposals and making recommendations to the relevant other committee;
- working with communities to establish priorities and scrutinising the effectiveness of local delivery.
Taking decisions on matters within their local area insofar as these have been remitted by Council or other committees:
- the allocation of budgets and the approval of revenue and capital expenditure insofar as these have been delegated to the committee;
- considering all matters relating to expenditure from common good funds insofar as not delegated to officers and providing a view, as appropriate, to the Executive Committee on issues relating to the common good including proposed disposal of common good property;
- to consider an annual report on the management of the common good;
- the approval of grants to local organisations;
- appointment of members to local organisations;
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- roads adoptions, construction consents and the naming of streets; calling for the attendance of appropriate senior officers, the performance of whose service is being examined;
- tree related matters and tree preservation orders;
- conservation area and conservation management scheme arrangements and reports;
- good neighbour agreements;
- building standards and safety (insofar as not delegated to officers) including the reporting of dangerous buildings which have potential expenditure implications for the Council; and
- rights of way, diversion orders and all other matters dealt with in the relevant planning legislation not remitted to the Planning Committees.
The committee shall be responsible for the scrutiny and review of performance of the functions remitted to Area Committees.
The Area Committees will have the following powers:
- to invite individuals and / or representatives of organisations with expertise or interest in aspects of their remit to attend and / or contribute to meetings, either as regular participants or for a specific issue. Such individuals will not have voting powers;
- to require the Executive Committee member with relevant responsibility and / or relevant Executive Director / Head of Service to attend meetings and respond to relevant questions and / or to submit a report or written evidence on any relevant matter;
- to request other members of the Council and outside organisations to attend meetings and / or give evidence and advice;
- to submit comments and recommendations to the Executive Committee and the Council.
The Knowfife Dataset provides a general profile of the Kirkcaldy Area
Key Publications
- Fife Council Kirkcaldy Area Committee Map
- Kirkcaldy Area Committee Timetable 2017/2018
- Kirkcaldy Area Committee Timetable 2019
- Kirkcaldy Area Local Community Plan
- Kirkcaldy Area Local Community Planning Budget Application Form
- Timetable of Meetings - 2020

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text: So after some debate, I've decided to plan a trip to Seattle in September. As of now I'm tentatively planning to stay at the Kimpton Alexis hotel. I haven't gotten deep into the itinerary yet, but I had a couple questions to start. Is the train/transit from SeaTac to the hotel feasible, or would I be better off taking an accessible taxi or shuttle (I would be arriving around 9 pm, departing 7 am). I'd like to limit a van rental as much as possible, but my thought is to rent a van the last 2 or 3 days (7 day stay), and visit the coastline (recommendations?), and then since I would have an early departure, I would have the convenience of the van the morning of my return flight.


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text: Brana Nikolić studied at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade. He worked professionally as a journalist and cartoonist, while also drawing comic strips and writing western and ninja novels under various pseudonyms. His first comic strip was 'Fudbalko' and it was published in Dečje Novine in 1963. For years he continued to work with the same publisher and gained popularity with his children's comic series 'Mija Siledžija', 'Bendžo Kosta', 'Mate Karate', 'Pastir Hotka', 'Džungla Đole' and 'Tarziko'. He was the editor of the magazines Eks Almanah, Eureka and Karavan.


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We have about zero experience in the graphic arts, so we're not entirely sure if the above is actually useful to anyone, but we feel like it might. It's a ruler that measures in pixels. We think that's pretty nifty, except we're not too sure how it works. Don't different screens have different size pixels? Here's the description the manufacturer gives:
The ultimate tool for responsive screen size sketching. Heavy-duty gauge stainless steel ruler with pixel increments. Markers for mobile, tablet and widescreen (laptop) sizing.
So it says its got a 150ppi scale… Oh. Right, ok, so that means that if your screen is of another density than 150ppi, you can adjust accordingly, right? Or this only works with 150ppi screens? We get that it's meant so that what you draw on paper will have the same size on screen, we're just lost with the scales…
Forgive our ignorance on this particular topic. If you're so inclined, hit the jump and look at more pictures of the $24 ruler and click on the link for purchasing. And if anyone wants to enlighten us, and other readers, let us know in the comments.
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text: Maddie's Mark Foundation is our way of showing the world our Madeline and carrying on her beautiful legacy of love and kindness. We hope for people to enjoy all the good the world has to offer, to enjoy their 'best days ever'. The goals of the foundation are a reflection of Madeline's spirit and outlook on life. All support and donations will be going toward these goals:


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Missouri Man Charged in Fatal Minnesota Crash
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A 22-year-old Missouri man is charged with a misdemeanor count of careless driving in a construction site crash that killed two electricians.
Prosecutors announced the charge against Kirk Edward Deamos of Raymore, Monday.
The complaint says Deamos was driving on Interstate 35W through Burnsville on Oct. 13 when he struck 47-year-old Craig Carlson of Ramsey and 44-year-old Ronald Rajkowski of St. Joseph, killing them.
The complaint says Deamos set his cruise control after he had been cited earlier in the day for speeding in Iowa. He told authorities he looked down to shut off the cruise control, and when he looked up he felt he was too close to a barrier. He then overcompensated and lost control.
Deamos does not have a listed phone number and has no attorney on record.


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I am the principal software engineer in a research group that operates airborne sampling instruments on a variety of platforms. The instruments include the Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (CIMS) instrument for nitric acid, hydrochloric acid and water, the Single-Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) for black carbon measurements, two Ozone Photometers, a Frost Point Hygrometer for water vapor measurements, and a micrometeorological system for airborne pressure and temperature measurements. The aircraft platforms include those designed for high altitudes (NASA WB-57F and Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)), medium altitudes (NCAR GV), and low altitudes (NOAA WP-3D).
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A Delaware deer survived being struck by a car with such an impact that it was, well, a deer caught in headlights, only to dodge a poacher's gunshots upon release.
Miraculously, the deer was uninjured in both incidents.
A driver struck the lucky buck at about 9 p.m. Saturday on Route 9 near Rodgers Manor, said police. The deer became lodged in the front grill and the motorist drove the deer, still stuck inside the bumper, to New Castle Police headquarters.
Police and the Delaware SPCA tranquilized the creature and removed it from the front of the car. Officers then brought the slumbering deer to the area of Quigly Farm and waited for it to wake up.
Once the deer was awake, police stood by on the dirt road making sure that the deer was alert enough to run into the woods safely. Suddenly a white SUV pulled up to the shoulder of the road, and police heard gunshots "whizzing" past their vehicle.
Thinking the driver of the SUV was shooting at them, police pursued the vehicle and arrested the driver an hour later, said Lt. Adam Brams. In the man's car they found two shotguns, 20 shotgun rounds and three spent rounds, all of which he illegally possessed. The man also had night vision binoculars.
The 31-year-old told police he was trying to shoot the just-released deer -- not the officers, said Brams.
Police arrested Victor L. Bryson of New Castle on charges of two counts reckless endangerment, two counts possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, possession of ammunition by a person prohibited and driving with a suspended license.
Bryson is being held at the Young Correctional Facility on $34,000 bond, pending preliminary hearing.
The deer is prancing around the woods unharmed, pending its next encounter with cars and poachers.


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MACON, Ga. – After putting up 29.5 points per game and shooting 40 percent from the floor, Lipscomb redshirt-sophomore Danay Fothergill has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week as announced by the league on Monday.
The award is Fothergill's first Player of the Week honor of her career.
The Somerset, Ky. native entered the week with two 30-point performances in A-Sun play. On Thursday she added another, dropping 32 points against Jacksonville on the road. She followed that up with a 27-point effort at North Florida on Saturday.
The sophomore was outstanding from the free-throw line, going 14-of-15 against the Dolphins and a perfect 6-for-6 against the Ospreys for a 95 percent success rate. She has now made 33 of her last 36 attempts.
She hit 7-of-20 from behind the arc to give her 26 made 3s on the year; second most on the team.
Fothergill moved to the point position for the road swing and dished out six assists over the two game span. She also added six rebounds at North Florida.
Fothergill upped her team-leading scoring average to 21.2 for the season and is pouring in an even better 25.3 in conference play.


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We've recently looked at builds for protection and retribution, so let's continue that trend and take a look at glyphs. I'm going to review all of them, as we're getting pretty close to Cataclysm, and I'm going to also review them in a more global context instead of talking about what is going to help you on hard-mode Lich King.
The way I've set it up is that everything that you're likely going to want without question has an asterisk next to it; those are pretty much things you'll want to take. If you look through the major and minor glyphs, you'll notice that there aren't very many marked as such. There's a reason for that. We just don't have that many spectacular glyphs that are useful in all situations for those types. That's not to say the other glyphs are bad (well, some are, but we'll get to that), but they're more situational and require some choice on your part.


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In the absence of a reader, a layperson will commonly be blessed to perform the duties of a reader.
An ordained reader has the following duties:
- Read Old Testament readings during services,
- Read the epistle during the Divine Liturgy and other services,
- Chant psalms,
- Chant the verses for prokeimenons, the alleluia, the antiphons,
- Sing other appointed hymns during the divine services.
In addition to this, the reader will usually:
- Construct the services according to the typicon.
- Sing in the choir.
As a member of minor clergy, a reader - according to his abilities - might be entrusted with the duties of:
- Cantor
- Catechist
- Other leadership roles in the community.
Immediately before ordination as a reader, the candidate is tonsured as a sign of his submission and obedience upon entry into the clerical state. This is a separate act, making a layperson into a clergyman, and occurs immediately prior to his ordination as a reader. The ordination itself is, like that of the subdiaconate, through Cheirothesia - literally, "to place hands" - as opposed to Cheirotonia - "to stretch out the hands" - which is practised at the ordination of bishops, priests and deacons.
After being tonsured, the reader is vested in a short phelonion, which he wears while reading the Epistle for the first time. This short phelon is then removed (and never worn thereafter) and replaced with a sticharion, which the reader generally wears thereafter whenever he performs his liturgical duties.
What a reader wears while conducting his duties can vary, however, and many bishops and priests will allow a reader to perform his function dressed only in a cassock or (if a monk) outer cassock (riassa/exoraso). Often, a bishop will decree what vesting practice he wishes to be followed within his own diocese; for an example, see here, section VIII.
The office of a reader subsumes that of a taper-bearer, and the service of ordaining a reader mentions both functions.
In contemporary practice, any layman may receive the priest's blessing to read on a particular occasion.
It is through ordination - not the tonsure - that one is made a reader or subdeacon; this is highlighted by the fact that the tonsure is performed only once and is not repeated before the ordination of a subdeacon. The confusion has arisen by the common reference to a man being "tonsured a reader" which, while widespread, is not technically correct.
In the Pre-Nikonian Russian Church, there existed an additional junior grade of reader called psalomshchik (in Slavonic, Ѱаломщикъ), whose sole function was to read the long Kathisma Psalms, thus permitting the reader and chanter to save their voices. This office survives in those churches that utilise the Pre-Nikonian Russian ritual: Old Believers (both priested and priestless), those parishes under ROCOR or the Moscow Patriarchate. The title of psalomshchik survives in the later reformed Nikonian Russian rite as an alternative, slightly archaic and quaint name for chanter.
This order is higher than the doorkeeper (now largely obsolete) and lower than the subdeacon.
Byzantine icons often show readers and church singers wearing a stikhar-like garment (more loose and flowing than the modern stikhar) and a pointed hat with the brim pulled out to the sides (see here, lower left corner). This distinctive garb is now obsolete.
Readers are permitted to wear a cassock, although many do so only when attending services; this is done as a sign of his suppression of his own tastes, will and desires, and his canonical obedience to God, his bishop and the liturgical and canonical norms of the Church. Readers will generally not wear a clergy shirt.
While reading in church, the reader will generally wear a sticharion; and in some places, will do so when receiving communion.
A reader is usually tonsured by the bishop, though in some traditions, an archpriest or archimandrite may do the tonsure with the bishop's blessing if he is not available. In monastic communities, the ruling archimandrite may tonsure those monks over which he rules.
External links
- Readers, Cantors, and Church Music in Early Eastern Christian Worship, by Andrew Stephen Damick
- Instructions . . . For the Church Reader
- Some material retrieved from Wikipedia article on 'Reader', 4/Mar/2011 revision.
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Case Nos. AVU-E-11-01 and AVU-G-11-01, Order No. 32371
September 30, 2011
Contact: Gene Fadness (208) 334-0339, 890-2712
Rate case settlement results in electric decrease to customers
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is granting Avista Utilities a base rate electric increase of about 1.1 percent and a base rate gas increase of 1.6 percent. However, due to decreases in other rate components, billed rates for electric and some gas customers actually decrease effective Oct. 1.
The overall rate decrease to electric customers is an average 2.4 percent for all customer classes (2.1 percent to residential class) and the average overall decrease to gas customers is 0.1 percent (however, an 0.3 increase to residential class).
While permanent base electric rates increase, the annual Power Cost Adjustment – which varies every year depending on water and market conditions – is a decrease of about 6 percent. Ratepayers also benefit from an increase in a credit given residential and small-farm customers from the Bonneville Power Administration. On the gas side, customers are getting an increase to both base rates and the annual Purchased Gas Cost Adjustment, but they are getting a more substantial decrease due to the reduction in an efficiency rider used to fund to conservation programs.
An electric residential customer using the company's average of 956 kilowatt-hours a month will see a $1.79 per month decrease for a revised monthly bill of $82.02. The overall electric rate decreases from the current 7.9 cents per kWh for the first 600 kWhs of use to 7.68 cents per kWh. For use above 600 kWh, the billed rate decreases from the current 8.8 cents 8.6 cents per kWh.
A residential natural gas customer using an average of 62 therms would see a 20-cent per month increase for a revised monthly bill of $60.96, while rates for customers in larger classes decline very slightly.
Part of the base electric and gas rate increase include an increase in the monthly customer service charge from $5 to $5.25 per month for electric customers and from $4 to $4.25 per month for natural gas customers.
In the base rate electric case, Avista is granted a $2.8 million increase in annual revenue. When Avista filed the case in July it asked for a $9 million increase in annual revenue. Avista sought a $1.9 million increase in gas revenue and is granted $1.1 million.
The commission approved a negotiated settlement between the utility, commission staff and other parties representing industrial customers, the Idaho Conservation League and the Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho, the latter representing primarily customers on low- and fixed-incomes. A key part of the settlement is that Avista agrees to not collect another base electric or gas rate increase before April 1, 2013. (This does not include yearly tracker adjustments such as the Power Cost Adjustment or Purchased Gas Cost Adjustment and energy efficiency rider adjustments.)
The commission said it appreciated the "diligent work" by all the parties to resolve the issues in the case. "We note that the stipulation and settlement represents a significant reduction in the requested revenue increase," the commission said. The company was granted only 31 percent of its original electric rate increase request and 58 percent of its original gas increase request. Further, the commission said, the provision in the settlement to not implement new base rates before April 1, 2013 "provides an extended period of rate stability that otherwise might not occur."
The agreement also provides an additional $10,000 in funding for outreach to low-income customers on conservation measures, bringing the total annual funding for that program to $50,000. This is in addition to the $700,000 already made available for low-income weatherization projects.
The parties to the settlement are also directed to participate in workshops to address updating the cost of service to each customer class, rate design and low-income programs.
Avista serves more than 122,000 electric and more than 74,000 natural gas customers in Idaho.
Here is a summary of all the rate adjustments effective Oct. 1:
ELECTRIC ADJUSTMENTS include two increases and two decreases, for a net overall rate decrease of 2.4 percent.
Base rate increase of $2.8 million, or an average 1.1 percent. (Case No. AVU-E-11-01)
Deferred state income tax increase of $8.7 million. This was previously approved as part of the settlement of the 2010 rate case. Deferred state income tax benefits are no longer available to reduce rates. (Case No. AVU-E-10-01, Order No. 32070)
Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) decrease of $15.5 million or about 6 percent. The PCA is a yearly adjustment to rates based on the always changing costs of power supply. When water is plentiful and market prices for power lower than anticipated, customers typically get a credit. During low-water years or during years of high market and fuel costs, customers typically get a surcharge. Avista's PCA, which is adjusted every Oct. 1, this year is a $15.5 million decrease. (Case No. AVU-E-11-03, Order No. 32375)
A decrease in customer bills as the result of a $2.2 million increase in the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) exchange credit given residential and small-farm customers. The BPA is a not-for-profit federal agency that markets power from 31 federal hydroelectric dams and a nuclear plant in the Northwest. The 1980 Northwest Power Act required that residential and small-farm customers in the Northwest share in the benefits of the federal hydroelectric projects located in the region. Avista applies the benefits it receives, which usually fluctuate annually, to customers as a credit on their monthly electric bill.
NATURAL GAS ADJUSTMENTS include three increases and one decrease for net overall rate decrease of 1 percent.
Base rate increase of $1.1 million, or 1.6 percent. (Case No. AVU-G-11-01).
Deferred state income tax increase of $470,423. This was previously approved as part of the settlement of the 2010 rate case. Deferred state income tax benefits are no longer available to reduce rates. (Case No. AVU-G-10-01, Order No. 32070)
Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA) increase of $776,190 or an average 1 percent. The PGA operates much like the electric PCA, matching anticipated gas supply and transportation costs with actual cost. (Case No. AVU-G-11-04, Order No. 32370)
Energy efficiency rider decrease of $2.4 million or an average 3.5 percent. The rider is used to fund conservation programs that reduce the company's need to buy gas supply at greater cost than the cost of the conservation programs. For residential customers, the decrease in the rider is from about 5.7 cents per therm to 2.7 cents per therm. Avista estimates that during 2010, natural gas efficiency programs resulted in natural gas savings of about 1.9 million therms. (Case No. AVU-G-11-03, Order No. 32366)
A full text of the commission's order, along with other documents related to this case, is available on the commission's Web site at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click on "File Room" and then on "Electric Cases" or "Gas Cases," and scroll down to Case Nos. AVU-E-11-01 or AVU-G-11-01.


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Varsity Leader Fast Start
From MeritBadgeDotOrg
Varsity Leader Fast Start is the Varsity Scouting specific Fast Start Training presented as a series of short training videos designed to be delivered immediately after a new leader registers and before he or she meets with any youth team member. This training is taken before This Is Scouting (formerly New Leader Essentials) and then Varsity Coach Leader Specific Training. Varsity Leader Fast Start is available online on the BSA Online Learning Center.
Intended audience
The course is designed for new Varsity Scout team volunteers and is to be delivered immediately after a new leader registers and before he or she meets with any youth member.
Training structure and key points
This course is seven short videos that provide a high-level overview of the organization and program of a Varsity Scout team. The videos summarize Varsity program features, planning and handbooks; highlights the organization of the youth team leadership and supporting adult roles; the youth uniform and advancement; reviews the five areas of emphasis in Varsity Scouting.
Training video content
- Introduction
- Program Features
- Team Meetings and Roles
- Program Fields of Emphasis
- Personal Development
- Leader Support
- Summary
See also
External links
- Varsity Leader Fast Start Videos Online videos found on the the BSA Online Learning Center.


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I have some interesting ideas on how to quilt it. It will be a combo of straight line and free motion. I don't know if it will look good, but it will be good practice. :) Now I just gotta get it pinned and quilted up!
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Valentine's Flimsy
Hello everyone! Just a quick post to show off my Valentine's quilt flimsy. I put on two borders actually, a mottled red and a black with tiny white polka dots.
Posted by Karen at 11:46 PM
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Love. Did you give the pattern or where you got it? Maybe next year for it --for me.ReplyDeleteReplies
I actually made the pattern up myself, so I don't have anything written. Each star/heart block is 18 inches finished. So each square and half-square triangle in the block is cut to 2 inches so that they finish at 1.5 inches. I just used a bunch of scraps, so I don't know how much yardage you'd need form each color. I know I used 4 yards for the back, but that's about it.Delete
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The short answer is not always. However, there are steps women can take to reduce their risk and find cancer early should it develop.
There are certain causes of breast cancer that women can't change, such as advanced age or a family history of the disease. Others, however, are within control:
- Get moving and eat healthily : Obesity is becoming one of the most common risk factors for cancer, including postmenopausal breast cancer, and may overtake smoking as the leading modifiable cancer cause. Following a healthy diet and incorporating regular physical activity may help.
- Watch the wine: The risk for breast cancer may increase with only modest alcohol consumption, so limit intake. In addition, limiting alcohol consumption is beneficial to overall health as well.
- Consider breastfeeding: Women who breastfeed have a lower risk of breast cancer than women who have had children but did not breastfeed.
- Preventive surgery or medication: Women at increased risk of breast cancer (and ovarian cancer) due to a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes should speak with their doctors about removal of their breasts and ovaries before cancer develops. These women, as well as women with a strong family history of breast cancer, may also be candidates for medication to reduce their breast cancer risk.
To raise the chance of finding breast cancer early, when it is more likely to be cured, most doctors recommend that women begin having an annual mammogram beginning at age 40. Those with a family history of the disease may begin screening sooner, and can consider additional imaging tests such as ultrasound or MRI.
The best breast care is provided by a multidisciplinary team at a comprehensive cancer center, like NewYork-Presbyterian. These hospitals are at the forefront of research and clinical trials and offer the latest innovations in care.
NewYork-Presbyterian Cancer Centers provide high-quality, comprehensive cancer care at convenient locations throughout the New York metropolitan area, Westchester and the Lower Hudson Valley and provide a comprehensive program of cancer services in state-of-the-art, comfortable environments. Board certified medical oncologists collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists to provide each patient with an individualized plan of care. To find a location, visit nyp.org/cancerlocations.
NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the largest and most comprehensive hospitals in the nation, ranked New York's No. 1 hospital for the 16th consecutive year, and No. 6 in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report. Affiliated with two academic medical colleges – Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian brings together internationally recognized researchers and clinicians to develop and implement the latest approaches for prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center is one of only three NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers in New York State. NewYork-Presbyterian provides comprehensive cancer care at all of our locations across the New York Metro area, including Westchester County and the Hudson Valley. Learn more at nyp.org/cancer.


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Triathlon Canada Celebrates 25th Anniversary
By Masa Takaya on 01/12/10 at 12:22 am
Olympic champion Simon Whitfield and former ITU and Triathlon Canada President Les McDonald joined Triathlon Canada and more than 100 of its community to celebrate Triathlon Canada's 25 year anniversary at its 2010 Annual General Meeting and Gala in Quebec City on Saturday.
The sport has been growing at a rapid pace around the globe with a dramatic increase in participation of more than 300 per cent in the last five years, Canada's top triathlon leaders, athletes and administrators over the last quarter-century gathered to mark the important milestone in the organisation's history.
Stephen Holmes, president, Triathlon Canada, said:
"It has been an incredible ride for the sport of triathlon since the first recorded event was staged in California in 1974, which led to the formation of national federations and the International Triathlon Union in 1989. Canada has played a critical role in the international growth of our sport, and it is an absolute pleasure to bring together many of our sport's greatest Canadian personalities – from athletes and coaches to volunteers.
"When Simon Whitfield crossed the finish line in Sydney to win the first Olympic gold medal awarded in men's triathlon, it was a day of sweet validation. Not only did a Canadian make history by winning the first event, but Les' baby – the sport of triathlon – was on the Olympic stage following many tireless years of building and guiding its development around the world.
"Triathlon is such a unique sport in that it combines three of the most basic recreational activities we all learn as children into one thrilling sport. It is accessible, it is affordable, and most of all it is enjoyable while encouraging participants to live a healthy and more active lifestyle."
Holmes was also joined by the former presidents of the Triathlon Canada Les McDonald and Bill Hallett. McDonald, who was the inaugural president of Triathlon Canada (1984-1996), and the International Triathlon Union (1989-2008), was the driving force behind the introduction of triathlon into the 2000 Olympic Summer Games programme, which was announced in 1994 at the IOC Congress in Paris, France.


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TrendMicro releases 2013 version
Every fall, industry releases its new "year" of models; we see new cars, new appliances — and new security software. Many (but not all) PC, Mac and smart device security software publishers typically allow the user of a 2012 version to upgrade to the 2013 version, often at no charge, for the balance of the original license period. Taking advantage of this policy, I recently upgraded the TrendMicro Titanium Maximum Security (Premium Edition) 2012 installed on all of the PCs in my house and on my Android smart phones to the newly released 2013 versions of the security software.
Few industries are as dynamic and competitive as the computer security industry. There are several publishers of fine security software, both freeware and commercial, that offer a wide selection of "models" that vary in price, protection, features, benefits and the number of devices (licenses) that a single purchase may be installed on. After having tried several of the leading free and commercial security products on my computers and other smart devices over the years, I have settled on the TrendMicro Titanium Maximum Security three-device license pack. Late last year, as the security licenses on my family computers were approaching expiration, I started shopping around for a new set of security software, as it is often cheaper to purchase new software than it is to renew licenses on currently installed software. I was very happy with the 2011 build of the TrendMicro Titanium Maximum Security, so I purchased the 2012 "Premium Edition" for three devices when I saw it on sale. The 2012 version uninstalled the prior version, and installed itself on my computers; I also used two of the available licenses to protect our Android cell phones, one of the available options.
Early in September, I saw that TrendMicro released the 2013 versions of its software, which included several powerful security enhancements, so I downloaded the 2013 version of the Maximum Security (64bit) from the TrendMicro Web site (downloadcenter.trendmicro.com), and installed it on all of my PCs; it picked up the license key from the 2012 version, and shows that it is active for the remainder of my original 2012 license period.
While I have experimented with several of the major and minor security products over the past several years, I keep coming back to a TrendMicro security suite. Since it became available a few years ago, I have been using the Titanium Maximum Security suite on all of my computers. For 2013, there were several improvements and security enhancements that recognize what users really do with their computers, and addresses the different security risks imposed on each of those uses. Research has shown that on a daily basis, 88 percent of computer users check e-mail, 75 percent browse the Internet or conduct Web searches, and 69 percent utilize social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Cyber criminals are aware of these statistics and typically target their malware and other threats to take advantage. The 2013 versions of all of the TrendMicro security products explicitly protect from threats transmitted via these vectors. TrendMicro is also well aware that users often connect to the Internet through a variety of means, including direct hard-wired connections (Ethernet) and wireless "WiFi" hotspots.
TrendMicro added several new features to all of its 2013 versions, from the most basic TrendMicro Antivirus to the most comprehensive Premium Security. These new protection benefits include automated security ratings and warnings about search engine results (cyber criminals often manipulate search engine ranking to place their purloined Web sites at the top of the rankings); security validation for WiFi networks and hotspots; protection from much of the spam e-mail that we all receive, which often contains malware or links to dangerous Web sites, as well as protection from phishing (identity theft) scams; reinforcement for the integral Windows firewall, strengthening it substantially, both inbound and outbound; malicious link blocking in e-mail and instant messaging (IM) chats; a "Rescue Disk" utility that can create a bootable CD/DVD or USB drive that can be used to detect and remove difficult malware and rootkits; and a variety of features to greatly enhance security, safety and privacy while engaged on almost all of the social networking services. In most social networking services, "friends" often appear to post links that are illicit and dangerous. TrendMicro 2013 will alert the user; the user can then notify his "friend" to delete the questionable post and check his or her machine for security issues. One feature that I like in the 2013 products is the "Facebook Privacy Scanner," which identifies Facebook security and privacy settings that might leave your personal information vulnerable.
Most of the 2013 products (except for the basic Antivirus product) include "Parental Controls" that can filter the content accessed by a child; allows the parent to set a schedule that restricts the child's use of the computer to designated times and limits; controls which applications the child can access (like games); and provides the parent with detailed activity reports about what the child does on the computer. The Maximum and Premium security products also contain a security feature TrendMicro calls "Online Guardian" which monitors the child's social networking activities.
The TrendMicro Internet Security 2013 offers all of the features of the more basic Antivirus product, but includes the Parental Controls mentioned above, a "System Tuner" that may improve hardware and software performance, "Data Theft Protection" to help protect from online identity theft, and a "Secure Erase File Shredder," which can securely delete files and render them virtually unrecoverable. There is also a build of Internet Security explicitly for Mac users (single license).
The TrendMicro Titanium Maximum Security 2013 offers several additional features over the less comprehensive Antivirus and Internet Security products, including 5 GB of "SafeSync" secure online data storage; "DirectPass" secure password manager to store and access the many different passwords that we often find difficult to memorize; the "Online Guardian" (mentioned above as a Parental Control) to protect a child while online; and the "TrendMicro Vault," which stores sensitive personal files in an encrypted folder on the hard drive such that they cannot be accessed by unauthorized individuals, even if the computer is lost or stolen, a real risk for laptop owners. The license included with Maximum Security allows it to be installed on any combination of three devices, including desktop and laptop PCs, Android smart phones and tablets, and Mac computers (including Mountain Lion and Golden Key).Trend Micro Titanium Premium Security is virtually identical to Maximum Security, except it includes 25 gigabytes of "SafeSync" remote storage, and licenses for five Windows, Android or Mac devices in any combination.
System requirements for all of the 2013 TrendMicro security products is minimal, allowing it to run effectively on all eligible devices. The Titanium products are also certified for use on the upcoming release of Windows 8.
While no security software is perfect, I have been very satisfied with TrendMicro Titanium Maximum Security. The new 2013 version offers significantly improved performance, malware detection and malware remediation.
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The question cracked by my ear like the round from the Arisaka rifle fired at me by the famed Japanese sniper nicknamed "The Fox."
"Why did you attack Japan in World War II?"
My wife Judy gasped, though I was not totally surprised. We were attending a luncheon in the Shrine of Mito City hosted by World War II Japanese veterans of the 2d Infantry Regiment Association, and in attendance were Japanese historical revisionists as well as those Americans who sought to compromise the B-29 atom bomb exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
One question for which I was unprepared was posed to me the day before in the auditorium of the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. "Do you think the United States accomplished its objectives in World War II as did Japan?" I might have made a belligerent response had not our interpreter, Isao Ashiba, whispered, "Watch out, Mr. Wagner, it's a loaded question; take your time to think about your answer." That day, Mr. Ashiba became my friend.
If "like the crack of a bullet by my ear" was an apt metaphor for "Why did you attack us?" then the question whether "the USA accomplished its goals in World War II as did Japan," could be likened to the great dismay caused by the large mortar shell dropped among us several hundred yards inland from our Orange Beach landing zone at dusk on D-day of our invasion of Peleliu. Instead of a deadly explosion, green vapor seeped out to envelop us. "Gas!" yelled a panic-filled voice. A handful of troops beetled back toward the beach to retrieve gas masks, which most of us had discarded to lighten loads. When clearer heads prevailed, the crisis was resolved; the shell had been a marker signal. Similarly, with a moment to evaluate the question at the symposium, I felt my answer come clear.
Those first several days inland from Orange Beach could be described only as the cruelest nightmare. Our men and equipment were becoming casualties at a terrible rate from a nearly invisible enemy who had zeroed-in over previous months on all elements of the island's terrain. The heat and humidity soared. A dreadful pre-invasion logistical error had caused our supply of drinking water to be pumped into oil-contaminated containers. At times more men were going down from heat exhaustion than gunfire. Those first few nights we expected but did not receive the typical Japanese mass suicidal attacks from unknown numbers of fanatical defenders hiding in coral caves and ridges.
Also unknown to us during the first 48 hours of the landings, our northernmost flank was in jeopardy of being wiped out and the whole of our White Beach sector rolled up and overrun. Were it not for the heroic defense from K Company of the 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment at "The Point," this salient flank cut off from the main body of 1st Marines could have proved disastrous. Though whittled down from 235 to 78 effectives, K Company gave a superb account of itself and held to close ranks, causing an estimated 800 Japanese casualties.
My close call with The Fox came along the West Road adjacent to Deadman's Curve, so named for his lethal marksmanship. He was reputed to have dispatched some 90 1st Marine Division assault troops during the month following our 15 September 1944 initial landings. Even allowing for the exaggeration factor, which so often fills moments of boredom in war, he was an effective killer, and his tools were stealth, patience, and accuracy. This pattern indicated The Fox pulled the trigger to put a bullet through the chest of Colonel Joseph Hankins, the highest ranking Marine to die at Peleliu.
When the jungle covering was peeled back by the onslaught of a massive pre-invasion bombardment from sea and air, though causing few Japanese casualties, it revealed this tiny two-by-six mile island in its naked form unknown previously to our intelligence people. Exposed was an impenetrable backbone of ridges perforated by networks of natural and engineered caves presenting a veritable limestone fortress which, commanded by the brilliant defensive tactician, Colonel Kunio Nakagawa, prolonged the duration of the battle predicted to require only three days by the 1st Marine Division's commanding officer, General William Rupertus, to nearly three months. How prescient was the code name "Stalemate" assigned to this impending military operation.
After the beginning of the war, the Japanese high command fortified a honeycomb of natural and artificial caves throughout the island into hidden interconnecting tunnel strongholds. The men of the 1st Marine Division hurled themselves at this Japanese coral fortress defended primarily by the crack 2d Regiment of the 14th Manchurian Division. After three weeks of combat, our 1st Division infantry units became ineffective as a fighting force and they were relieved by units of the Army's 81st Wildcat Division. But these Marines had broken the back of the 12,000-man Japanese force skillfully led by Colonel Nakagawa and driven the survivors into a defensive tunnel bastion just as skillfully engineered.
A few Japanese escaped to Koror, capital of the Palaus 30 miles to the north, and approximately 150, mostly Korean laborers, were taken captive. Casualties for U.S. forces numbered 10,000, with 2,000 dead.
At battle's end, the Japanese senior officers—Colonel Nakagawa and Major General K. Murai (who was serving as an adviser to Nakagawa)—committed seppuku, ceremonial suicide, in their last command post, a large, well-shaped vertical cavity positioned naturally in the China Wall, a limestone-serrated ridge among the Umurbrogol Mountains. Japanese resistance officially ended there on 25 November 1944 with the code message, "Sakura, Sakura"—"Cherry, Cherry"—meaning, "it has ended here," sent through the underwater telephone cable to military headquarters at Koror.
In U.S. newspapers, the front page articles were of General Douglas MacArthur's advances in the Philippines and of the massive Allied airborne attack on Arnhem, Holland, resulting in defeat for trying to take "A Bridge Too Far." News of the grueling victory on Peleliu was relegated to the back pages, if covered at all.
Now shrouded in jungle-green, what evidence of the battle of Peleliu remains? There are memories for a dwindling few. There are artifacts of war overlooked in the past by souvenir and scrap-metal hunters, now protected by the Republic of Palau which has designated Peleliu a historic site and national shrine. There are shrines and mementos to the men of war. And yes, there is much more.
For some who served on Peleliu the sorrow of buddies lost and the nightmares weigh too heavily ever to return. For others, the mystique of the place draws them back. And the lure is not limited to age or veterans of Peleliu.
Three other veterans, not of Peleliu but Vietnam, wrote to me in 1993 after being attracted by a magazine article I wrote in 1991 describing my unsuccessful search for the site of the last Japanese command post. They joined me in a three-day expedition to find it. What we found was rampant jungle that seemed bent on covering up the past.
One of the veterans, Ed Underwood, is a retired Army major and highly decorated Vietnam veteran currently in civil service as an exercise and training specialist with the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Headquarters U.S. Army Pacific. During his combat tours he served as a psychological operations adviser to the Armor School of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, as an Aero Scout platoon leader, and as a regimental aviation officer with the 11th Cavalry Regiment.
Ed's friend, retired Colonel Lee Harmon, readily joined our search, for he had trudged over the old battlefields of Europe, Asia, and the Pacific and had whetted his intellectual appetite for studying historic war terrain and the tactical maneuvers that occurred there. Like Ed, he was highly decorated for his Vietnam duty. In one engagement while serving in the armored cavalry, he was wounded six times.
The third veteran to join me was Lieutenant Karl Beilan, then-senior investigator for the Kwajalein Police Department in the Marshall Islands. Karl was a Marine Corps enlisted man for an aviation support role in Vietnam. In the past he had trekked former battle zones of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Eniwetok, Saipan, and Peleliu alone to come to terms with himself and to ponder whether he could have withstood the horrors of World War II combat.
After two sweltering days reconnoitering Wildcat Bowl, Death Valley, and Bloody Nose Ridge, we relocated the actual last Japanese command post at the north end of the China Wall. Behind its jungle cover, Lee identified it first. We found the vertical sub-cave entrances to the command post, living quarters, and the communications center, all with protective snipers' ports above. The entrance to the living quarters was filled with rubble blasted loose, probably by Army grenades or charges.
The place was a time capsule of 1944; there was no evidence that anyone had entered it since. Lee found an old aluminum panel and scratched the date and our names on it and placed it in the sniper's post above the communications cave.
Realizing there was yet another mystery to be solved with possible humanitarian implications, Ed and Lee returned to Peleliu and the last command post two months later with a friend, Colonel Ray Barrager. They labored for two days clearing away some of the rock rubble blocking the cave entrance to the living quarters of General Murai and Colonel Nakagawa. They discovered six U.S. Army detonated concussion grenades which had greatly changed the configuration of the chamber. Ed was confident that the human remains they found belonged to Murai and Nakagawa. He then contacted Mr. Bune Fukuchi, Director of the South Pacific Memorial Association of Japan with a detailed message of the discovery and closed with his hopes that this would clarify the ultimate fate of General Murai and Colonel Nakagawa, and their remains could be properly blessed and honored.
Appreciation for Ed's efforts and our discovery swelled among Japanese military and historian circles, and Colonel Nakagawa's widow expressed her hopes to attend the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Peleliu scheduled there for 15 September 1994.
Judy and I returned to Peleliu for these ceremonies and were met by Ed, Karl, and Ray. Though this had not been "their war," these men had returned to assist in guiding the veterans and improving the trails, particularly to the last Japanese command post. They also had led six returning Japanese veterans to the site. Sadly, Colonel Nakagawa's widow could not return for the ceremonies. At 92 years old she was just too frail to attempt it.
Along the tricky jungle trail Ray led us to rope railings he, Ed, and Karl had installed to help us veterans up the China Wall and to the large V-shaped crevice that opened into the command post. Looking down on the floor of this 50-foot-diameter well-shaped vertical cavern, we saw groups of U.S. veterans, media people, and family members observing and conversing in hushed tones as six Japanese probed and dug in the living quarters of General Murai and Colonel Nakagawa. The same reverential aura and sense of sanctuary lingered about this place; Judy felt it, too, despite the number of people, despite the array of military artifacts symbolizing death and destruction.
So, how did I answer the question that began this tale? "Why, Mr. Wagner, did America attack Japan in World War II?" After gathering my thoughts, I replied: "When we were attacked at Pearl Harbor, we naturally retaliated to keep freedom alive for our country and the world. Both countries believed in what they were fighting for and fought valiantly for their objectives."
Like old warriors parting, the meeting ended with respect for one another.


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Three Pantry Powerhouses for Your Portfolio
Since 2009 B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) has raised its dividend annually by 14%, and its stock has soared 562% thanks to a lean and strategic business model. Its brand portfolio has doubled, and the company is committed to at least a 50% return of free cash flow to shareholders--if not 70%--with every new accretive acquisition. And every buy is expected to be accretive right out of the box..
Enviable business model
Maybe baked beans, pickles, and hot cereal don't sound exciting, but B&G Foodsis one of the most dependably-growing food companies around. Three year revenue, earnings per share, and dividend growth rates are 8.27%, 31.60%, and 18.09%, respectively. The dividend yield stands at 3.60% and was raised 10% in July.
Also in July, B&G Foods acquired popular healthy snack brand Pirate's Booty for $195 million. It acquired healthy nut snack bar brand True North in May. In 1996 B&G Foods was basically just a pickle company eking out $82 million in sales. The company now has 33 brands, almost wholly in the US and Canada, and earned $633.8 million in net sales in 2012.
It's an enviable business model; the company takes shopworn food brands, shines them up, and trots them out again with a little marketing and promotion. B&G Foods either acquires these brands for a song from food giants, such as Pillsbury or Nestle, or takes over small independents. B&G's target acquisitions usually earn less than $100 million in sales annually before the company snaps them up.
At the Barclays Back to School conference, B&G Foods' CFO Bob Cantwell explained that this strategy keeps competition low for the company's bids. Even better, it's been buying brands that tap into multiple consumption trends: Hispanic foods, crock pot cooking, and healthier food alternatives.
This feisty little company has less than 1,000 employees and is committed to keeping costs down, having saved $15 million in 2011-12. Cantwell added, "... our EBITDA of 26.5% of sales equates to 25% free cash flow after CapEx as a percentage of sales." Those capital expenditures come in at a very low 1.6% of sales. A gross margin of 37.40% and net profit of 6.80% are higher than the company's own historical and industry average.
So that's what's right about the company. What isn't right is its valuation has gotten out of hand--it now trades at over 40 times trailing earnings. Its five year P/E low was 8.00, with the yield over 6% at that time. B&G's price to sales at 2.89 is higher than rival Pinnacle Foods (NYSE: PF) at 1.20 and the industry average of 1.50.
A "brand" new rival
Pinnacle Foods debuted in March and has a business model that's almost identical to B&G's. The exception is not all of Pinnacle's acquisitions make shelf-stable products..
You're probably familiar with Pinnacle's 25 brands, which are found in 85% of US households. The company's leadership brands are Mrs. Butterworth's syrup, Vlasic pickles, Duncan Hines, Mrs Paul's, Birds Eye, and Aunt Jemima. These brands had a net sales compound annual growth rate of 2%, 30% gross profit margin, and generated 74% of 2012's gross profit dollars. Ten of the company's leadership brands hold the No. 1 or No. 2 position in the US market. Of note, the company's Vlasic pickles hold the No. 1 market share, competing with B&G's pickles.
Pinnacle estimates long term organic growth of 10%-12%, with accretive acquisitions accelerating growth even faster. They presented this estimate at both their IPO roadshow and the Barclays Back to School Consumer conference in September.
The company pays a dividend with a 2.70% yield. However, it has a lot of debt; $2 billion remains after the $667 million of the IPO proceeds earmarked for de-leveraging when Blackstone took Pinnacle public. Blackstone still owns 70% of the common stock after buying Pinnacle in 2007.
Pinnacle is more richly valued at 43.40 times trailing earnings, although the forward earnings multiple comes down to 15.53. The company calls its business model "Reinvigorating Iconic Brands," and it generally buys and then makes over well-known brands. Pinnacle recently purchased Wish-Bone Brand salad dressings for $580 million, which should be accretive to 2013 EPS by $0.01-$0.02. This expected accretion was why Pinnacle raised guidance for the back half of the year.
Pinnacle now has two earnings releases under its belt. Year to date EPS comes in at $0.03 with revenue of $1.18 billion. Both Pinnacle and B&G Foods disappointed on second quarter earnings, but competitor Treehouse Foods (NYSE: THS), a private label manufacturer of pickles, salad dressings, and hot cereals, reported better than expected earnings.
Treehouse grows by acquisition, and it most recently bought Associated Brands, a maker of powdered drinks, specialty teas, and sweeteners, for $180 million.Although Treehouse Brands trades at a lower trailing multiple of 29, it has no yield.
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The Foolish takeaway
Pinnacle Foods may be larger and have more iconic brands than its competitors, but it debuted only recently. Its iconic brands also cost more to acquire, and attract more competitive bids. B&G Foods is not an undiscovered gem anymore, but it will help your profits grow as it expands its own brand portfolio.
The retail space is in the midst of the biggest paradigm shift since mail order took off at the turn of last century. Only those most forward-looking and capable companies will survive, and they'll handsomely reward those investors who understand the landscape. You can read about the 3 Companies Ready to Rule Retail in The Motley Fool's special report. Uncovering these top picks is free today; just click here to read more.
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MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) -- An explosion and fire that destroyed a historic church in Dunn County has been traced to a gas tank.
Fire investigators say there's nothing suspicious or criminal about the LP gas explosion that left the 99-year-old church near Colfax a charred pile of rubble.
A passer-by called the Dunn County Sheriff's Department Saturday about 9 p.m. to report the fire at St. John's Lutheran Church.
The 60-member congregation is worshiping at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in nearby Ridgeland.
TOWN OF GRANT, Wis. (WEAU) -- It was a terrifying Sunday for a local church as a shocking explosion and fire destroyed their beloved historic building.
Fire crews were called to St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Dunn County around 9 p.m. Saturday night, battling the blaze well into the morning.
For the past 99 years, St. John's Popple Creek has been a big part of people's lives in the area.
"Most of us were baptized and confirmed here, some were married here. It's been a big part of our families for generations," said Bruce Winget, President of the St. John's Church Council.
Winget said that's why so many were horrified to hear the news that the historic landmark had exploded and burned to the ground.
"I looked up and could see the flames," said Dave Gaunky, a witness to the fire.
Seeing the incredible site from his home nearby, Gaunky and his wife called 911, rushed to the church and snapped pictures of the fire.
"I headed up as close as I could get safely to the fire and yelled out to see if anybody was there. The flames were just pouring out of the building, " Gaunky said.
Six local fire departments assisted Colfax in battling the holy inferno.
"It was really hard to watch that church blow up," Gaunky said.
But most of the damage had already been done.
The explosion was so powerful it blew off the church's roof and crumpled it up in the churchyard cemetery.
Sunday afternoon, investigators from the Dunn County Sheriff's Department and the State Fire Marshal's Office were on the scene trying to determine a cause.
"It was an explosion. Natural gas, some type of gas exploded," said Matthew Feeney, a Fire Investigator with Dunn County.
Pastor John Toppe told WEAU that the last time anyone was in the build was sometime Saturday afternoon but he doesn't know if anything was left on.
"At this time nothing appears suspicious," Feeney said.
Though St. John's is a total loss, fortunately, no one was hurt.
"It could have happened today during our church service, but it didn't," Winget said.
The church said it's taking things one day at a time and is looking for a spot for its 75 members to come together once again.
"We still have our congregation. We still have our faith, and you can't take that away from us," Winget said.
The fire is still under investigation.
COLFAX, Wis-- Colfax Fire Department was called to a fully involved fire at St. Johns Lutheran Church in the town of Grant eary Sunday morning. Fire Fighters had to be rotated because of the cold weather and crews continued to monitor the scene to look for hot spots in to the afternoon. The church is considered a total loss. The fire is under investigation.


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2013 Competed in six meets for UMass Boston during his senior season … Closed out the Emmanuel College Saints Invitational on October 18 with a season best time of 32:07.00 … Earned his second fastest time of the year, 32:15.75, at the Little East Conference/New England Alliance Championship meet on November 2 … Closed out the season opener, which was a 5K race, with a time of 20:38 at the Emmanuel College Fens Classic on August 31 … Was one of three Beacons to compete at the NCAA Division III New England Championship meet at the University of Southern Maine, in which he recorded a time of 32:31.74.
2012 Finished the year having competed in a total of five meets, which was second most on the team … Recorded a season-best time of 31:03.00 on October 13 at the Connecticut College Invitational … Would post a final time of 32:09.85 at the Little East Conference/New England Alliance Championship meet on October 27 … Finished the UMass Dartmouth Corsair Invitational on September 15 with a final time of 32:57.00 … Notched a final time of 33:25.18 on October 7 at the NEICAAA Championship meet … Started the year off with a time of 34:45.00 at the Greater Boston Invitational on September 23.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Hull High School in 2010 where he was a member of the football and lacrosse programs … Named an All-League selection in Football … Served as team captain for both the football and lacrosse teams … Transferred to UMass Boston from Endicott College in Beverly, Mass. … Boron on July 25, 1992 … Son of John and Mary Miller … Has two brothers, Jake and John and one sister, Natalie … Plans on playing on the UMass Boston men's lacrosse team this spring … Majoring in Exercise and Health Sciences.


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Less than a week after receiving one of the most favorable schedules in the NFL, the Raiders received even more good news Wednesday when defensive end Jared Allen was traded out of the division to the Minnesota Vikings.
That means when the Raiders visit Arrowhead Stadium in Week 2, Allen won't be on hand to terrorize the Raiders as he has in virtually every game except last season's game in Kansas City.
That game, in which Barry Sims effectively controlled Allen, was the exception rather than the rule.
At present, Kwame Harris is penciled in as the Raiders left tackle. Harris was considered a poor pass blocker but a solid run blocker with the 49ers. The hope is the zone blocking system employed by the Raiders will enable Harris to reach the potential which made him a first-round draft pick out of Stanford.
Allen has six sacks in eight career games against Oakland and has applied near constant pressure.


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If you are a provider of Entertainment services on this platform and if you use the 'payment (billing),general platform services ' provided by (hereinafter: SNV )please consult this Performer's Agreement.
This Performer's Agreement describes the general terms & conditions that apply when you offer and sell your services on an SNV technical Platform or if you use the services provided by SNV, namely:
A. General Platform Services
B. SNV Payment Service (Billing)
This Agreement constitutes a legally valid contract determining the relationship between you, as the Performer, and SNV.
Before you can offer and sell your services on the SNV technical Platform you need to carefully read and accept all the conditions and stipulations of this Performer's Agreement, including the documents and policy rules that are part of the Agreement.
1.1 This Agreement replaces all previous agreements between the Performer and SNV with respect to the SNV technical Platforms and the available 'payment (billing), General Platform Services' offered by SNV.
1.2 In the case of questions about this Agreement the Performer can consult the FAQ page (Frequently Asked Questions) or contact SNV via the online contact form of SNV.
1.3 SNV has the right to make changes to the Performer's Agreement. SNV will notify the Performer of such changes by means of placing the new, amended Performer's Agreement on the SNV technical Platform, by means of an e-mail to the registered Performer upon request, or by other means. Changes will take effect 14 days after being announced, or at another time if this is stipulated in the notification. If the Performer is unable to agree with the changes the Performer's Agreement will terminate.
2.1 SNV refers to registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 122760, with its offices at , E-Commerce Park Vredenberg, unit 23, Willemstad, Curacao and to the companies and Partners affiliated with
2.2 Performer's Agreement: these general terms & conditions that apply to the Performer.
2.3 Effective Date: the date on which the Performer accepts this Agreement.
2.4 User: a person who purchases Webcam Entertainment Services from the Performer via a Website connected to the technical platform of SNV and who may or may not use the SNV Payment Service (E-Wallet).
2.5 User Account: the User's personal registration on the SNV technical Platform.
2.6 Performer: a natural person who offers Webcam Entertainment Services to a User on an SNV technical Platform. Wherever the word 'Performer' is used this may also be read as 'you'
2.7 Performer's Account: the Performer's personal registration on the SNV technical Platform and/or the web page of the Performer on the SNV technical Platform containing the information of the Performer and the Performer's Payment Account.
2.8 Your Information: all the information you, as a Performer, put on the SNV technical Platform and/or on the Performer's Account, including registration details, pictures, videos, feedback and all other communications.
2.9 Performer's Profile: the full personal and physical description of the Performer.
2.10 Performer's Name: the name under which the Performer is registered on the SNV technical Platform. Also the name that, in combination with the personal password, gives access to the Performer's Account.
2.11 Website: A website linked to the technical platform of SNV.
2.12 General Platform services: the services SNV provides to the Performer for the use of the Platformin return for payment.
2.13 Payment Instruction: the authorisation the User gives SNV to deduct the payment of the Performers Fees from the virtual balance in the User's E-Wallet; this amount is automatically and instantly credited to the Payment Account in the Performer's Account.
2.15 E-Wallet: virtual balance registered by SNV upon transfer of funds by the User. The User's E-Wallet is stored in the SNV computer system. The E-Wallet is not an account but a virtual balance. All funds still available in the E-Wallet are owned by the User.
2.16 Webcam Entertainment Service: a service offered and sold by a Performer to a User.
2.17 SNV Payment Service: the crediting of the Performer's Payment Account by deducting an equal amount from the User's E-Wallet, for payment of the entertainment services the Performer has provided and sold to the User.
2.18 Billing Fees: the fees SNV charges to the Performers for the SNV Payment Service.
2.19 Financing Transaction: the transaction by which the User deposits funds into his/her virtual balance (E-Wallet).
2.20 Login Details: the combination of Username and password SNV provides to the Performer for accessing the personal Performer's Account.
2.21 Payment Account: the Performer's personal current account with SNV, to which SNV credits the Performers Fees..
2.24 Transaction Fees: the costs associated with the Payment Transaction.
2.25 Payment Transaction: the transfer of funds from the Performer's Payment Account into a personal account of the Performer.
2.26 Payment Day: the 1st or 16th day of each calendar month. If this day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Curaçao, the Payment Day will be the next working day.
2.27 Reservation Requirement: the amount that SNV reserves temporarily in accordance with the Performer's Agreement to cover possible payment cancellations by Users.
2.28 Performer's Fees: the fees due by the User to the Performer for the purchase of the Webcam Entertainment Services by the User from the Performer.
2.29 General Platform Fees: the fees due by the Performer to SNV for the providing of the General Platform Services.
2.30 Affiliates: third parties with whom AC Webconnecting NV has concluded agreements to provide and offer marketing services to the Performers.
3.1 The Performer must be a person who is legally competent and authorised to sign binding agreements and must be at least 18. If the legislation in the country of the Performer differs from this rule the Performer must be at least 21.
3.2 The Performer cannot be a person whose Performer's Account has been temporarily or permanently suspended for legal reason.
4.1 In order to complete the registration the Performer will select a Performer's name and password.
4.2 The Performer is personally responsible for all actions involving the Performer's name and password. The Performer can only access the SNV technical Platform with the personal Performer's name and password.
4.3 The Performer's Agreement takes effect on the date the Performer registers and accepts the Performer's Agreement (Effective Date).
5.1 SNV acts exclusively as a technical platform that enables the Performer to offer, provide and sell its Webcam Services anonymously and enables the User to purchase Webcam Entertainment Services anonymously directly from the Performer.
5.2 SNV does not check or monitor the services provided by the Performer and SNV is in no way involved in the services provided by the Performer.
5.3 SNV has no control over the quality, safety or legality of the Webcam Entertainment Services offered and sold by the Performer, the Performer's competence to offer and sell the Webcam Entertainment Services and the User's competence to purchase the Webcam Entertainment Services. SNV does not guarantee the Performer that the User will pay for the purchased service and SNV does not guarantee the User that the Performer will provide the Webcam Services to the User.
6.1 SNV on the one hand and the Performer on the other are independent parties; each party acts only in its own name and on its own behalf.
6.2 It is not the purpose of this Performer's Agreement to establish an agency, mandate ship, partnership, joint venture or any other form of collaboration, an employer-employee relationship or a franchisor-franchisee relationship. The Performer's Agreement consequently does not create any of the above.
7.1 Only a registered Performer can offer and sell his Webcam Entertainment Services on the SNV Technical Platform.
7.2 The Performer is responsible for the choice of classification under which the Webcam Entertainment Services are offered.
7.3 Actions and transactions are not approved and/or validated by SNV. The Performer is personally responsible for the legality of his/her actions and offered Webcam Services..
7.4 The Performer determines the price of the offered Webcam Services.
7.5 You are supplying entertainment services to your customers which also means that you have to comply with the applicable VAT rules in this respect.
7.6 By selling your services via the SNV platform you are considered to be an entrepreneur. Depending on the applicable rules of your country of residence, you may or may not be obliged to charge VAT over your services rendered to your clients. We advise you to consult your local accountant to inform yourself about your particular VAT status in this respect. If your services are subject to VAT, you are personally responsible for your VAT declarations in this respect.
8.1 There is no charge for registering as a Performer.
8.2 In connection with the sale of the Webcam Services by the Performer to the User, SNV provides to the Performer :
General Platform Services
SNV Payment Service (Billing)
8.3 The amount of the Payment Transaction is based on a range between 50% of the turnover of the Performer. The remaining amounts of the Performers Fee are retained by SNV to cover (1) the payment of the invoices of SNV due by the Performer for the General PlatformServices (46%), which amount represents the General Platform Fees and (2) the Billing Fees (4%).
In case the Marketing Services are been provided by an Affiliate under a contract in this respect with AC Webconnecting NV, SNV will on behalf of AC Webconnecting NV retain from the Performers Fee the fee of that Affiliate . The Performer has the right to download at any time from his Personal Performer Account the invoices which have been paid by retaining amounts from the Performers Fees as set out above.
8.4 When transferring amounts from the Payment Account to the Performer's (personal) account SNV doesn't charge any Transaction Fee in case of use of XLC card, or SEPA wire. In all other cases SNV will charge transaction fee.
8.5 SNV is entitled to change the fees the Performer is due to SNV that is the fees for the
General Platform Services and/or the fees for the SNV Payment Service and/or the Transaction Fees.. Changes will take effect 14 days after the change has been announced on the SNV Technical Platform, unless stipulated otherwise. If, in the 14 days after this change, the Performer notifies SNV that he/she does not accept the changes in question the Performer's Agreement and the right to use the General Platformand Billing Services will terminate immediately upon receipt of this notification.
9.1 The Performer is obliged to provide complete, up-to-date and correct registration information and information about his/her (personal) account and to update this information on a regular basis to keep it current and correct.
9.2 The Performer agrees that:
a. the sale of the Performer's Webcam Services constitutes a transaction between the Performer and the User; SNV is not a party to this sale.
b. SNV is not responsible for and has no influence on the completion or the payment of the Performer's Fee for the Webcam Services purchased by the User.
9.3 If a Financing Transaction is reversed for whatever reason (cancellation) SNV is entitled to recover the payment from the Performer by debiting the previously credited amount back from the Performer's Payment Account.
9.4 SNV has a Reservation Requirement of 5 percent of the amount of the Webcam Services the User has purchased from the Performer. The Reservation Requirement is a temporary reserve (180 days) to cover potential payment cancellations by the User.
9.5 SNV can suspend a Payment Transaction if SNV, at its own discretion, suspects that the Transaction:
is based on a factual error;
is fraudulent or is made using a fraudulent or invalid method of payment;
is a possible case of money laundering.
9.6 SNV will notify the Performer about the suspension of any Payment Transaction.
9.7 SNV is entitled to deduct all payment obligations that SNV may accrue under this Performer's Agreement from the Performer's Payment Account, in addition to all other rights and legal means available to SNV pursuant to this Performer's Agreement.
9.8 SNV is not liable to the Performer or third parties for any loss suffered by the Performer as a result of imposed transaction limits, Reservation Requirements, payment cancellations or other refund demands.
10.1 The Performer agrees that:
a. the Performer's Payment Account may not be a deposit account;
b. SNV is not required to pay the Performer interest on any balance in the Performer's
Payment Account.
10.2 The Performer agrees and acknowledges that SNV is not a party to and is not responsible for any dispute between the User and the Performer.
10.3 Any dispute with respect to the SNV Payment Service must, in the first instance, be reported to the SNV online support team.
11.1 Each party declares and guarantees that he/she/it is legally competent and authorised to sign this Performer's Agreement.
11.2 The Performer guarantees SNV that he/she is at least 18. If the legislation in the country of the Performer differs from this rule the Performer must be at least 21. For this purpose the Performer will supply a copy of a valid ID.
11.3 The Performer guarantees SNV that:
a. the Performer will comply with all the laws, regulations and bylaws that apply to the provision of his/her Webcam Services or are otherwise related to the Performer's use of the SNV Payment Service;
b. the Performer will not attempt to initiate or receive a Payment Transaction that is illegal or fraudulent or that conflicts with the applicable legislation and regulations;
c. the Performer will pay all taxes, levies and commissions which will be due for the Performer in respect of the use of the General PlatformServices and/or the SNV Payment Services and/or the SNV Technical Platform.
11.4 Irrespective of whether the Performer is a natural person (private individual) or legal entity (company), certain taxes, social insurances, or other levies or charges may apply in connection with the Webcam Services offered and sold by the Performer. The Performer is liable for all such amounts that are or will be owed by the Performer in their own country of residence or any other country.
11.5 SNV guarantees the Performer that the SNV Payment Service will be provided with reasonable care and professionalism.
11.6 SNV does not guarantee that the SNV Payment Service will meet all of the Performer's requirements or that the SNV Payment Service will function uninterruptedly, be virus-free, safe or error-free.
12.1 This Performer's Agreement is drawn up in the English language. In the event of a conflict between the English version and a version in another language the English version will prevail.
12.2 The Performer agrees that SNV can send the Performer electronic messages that relate to the Performer's use of the SNV Payment Service or any other matter.
13.1 The Performer is solely responsible and liable for the Performer's Information placed on the SNV Technical Platform. The Performer is obliged to comply with all the applicable national, European and international regulations relating to the activities and services offered on the SNV Technical Platform.
13.2 This information and any actions on the part of the Performer cannot:
a. be incorrect, inaccurate or misleading;
b. be insulting, threatening, damaging or defamatory;
c. infringe copyrights, privacy or other rights;
d. break the law or violate any other regulations;
e. breach public order and/or public morals;
f. be obscene or inappropriate or contain child pornography;
g. create liability for SNV or cause the (full or partial) loss of the services on ISPs of SNV;
h. cause the SNV Technical Platform to suffer interruptions or damage, function less efficiently or be influenced in such a way that its effectiveness or functionality is in any way diminished.
13.3 The Performer gives SNV a non-exclusive, worldwide, uninterrupted, irrevocable,
royalty- free and transferable (via several third parties) license to exercise the copyrights,
trademarks, publicity and database rights with respect to the Performer's Information
(always including pictures, videos and online images) placed on known and as of yet
unknown media, to the extent that this is necessary to provide the Marketing Service to the
14.1 Without prejudice to any other legal remedy, SNV can suspend or terminate a Performer's Account if actions on the part of the Performer cause SNV to reasonably suspect or give the impression that there is any form of involvement or association with fraudulent activities on the SNV Technical Platform.
14.2 If the Performer commits fraud or deliberately or as a result of gross negligence fails to comply with the stipulations of the Performer's Agreement with respect to the Performer's Account, the Performer is liable for all loss suffered in relation to the unlawful transactions.
15.1 Without prejudice to any other means available to SNV, SNV has the right to send the Performer an immediate warning, suspend or terminate the Performer's Account temporarily or indefinitely and refuse to provide services to the Performer if:
a. the Performer violates the Performer's Agreement or the documents that form an integral part of the Performer's Agreement for reference purposes;
b. it proves impossible for SNV to verify the correctness of the information provided by the Performer; or
c. SNV suspects that the Performer is engaged in, will be engaged in or is in any way involved or associated with fraudulent activities on the SNV Technical Platform;
d. SNV feels that by his/her actions the Performer will or may cause damage to SNV.
16.1 The services offered and purchased on the SNV Technical Platforms are not validated by SNV. The Performer is solely liable for the lawfulness of his/her actions. SNV accepts no liability whatsoever associated with a potential risk or deficiency of the Webcam Services offered on the SNV Technical Platform that can affect physical or mental health.
16.2 SNV can never be held liable for any direct or indirect damage or (consequential) loss, including but not limited to :
any loss or falsification of data;
loss of profits (suffered directly or indirectly);
loss of turnover;
loss of goodwill or reputation;
loss of opportunity;
or for indirect, incidental, additional or any other damage, irrespective of whether the loss or damage is attributable to any change SNV has made to the SNV Technical Platform or the SNV Payment Service, or due to a permanent or temporary interruption in the SNV Technical Platform or SNV Payment Service, and irrespective of any negligence or other cause.
16.3 SNV's liability to the Performer – irrespective of the circumstances – is in any case limited to the total of the amounts the Performer has received from SNV in the 6 months preceding the legal action that gives rise to the liability, with a maximum of €150.
17.1 The Performer will compensate SNV and protect SNV against any entitlement or claim whatsoever - including reasonable solicitors' fees - on the part of a third party and that is attributable to or arises from a violation of this Performer's Agreement or the documents that form part of the Agreement for reference purposes, a violation of any law or regulation whatsoever or the infringement of the rights of a third party by the Performer.
17.2 If the Performer has an entitlement or claim against or a dispute with a User as a result of the use of the SNV Technical Platform the Performer indemnifies SNV against any claims, liability, damage, loss, costs and fees, including legal fees, known or unknown, that are associated with such an entitlement, claim or dispute.
18.1 Declarations, notifications and other announcements from SNV to the Performer can be made by post, e-mail, via publications on the SNV Technical Platform or by any other reasonable method.
18.2 All announcements intended for the Performer will in principle be sent to the e-mail address the Performer provided to SNV upon Registration.
19.1 SNV reserves the right to formulate policy rules that have the objective of complementing the general terms & conditions and/or flesh out or reformulate the existing stipulations. Policy rules form an integral part of the Performer's Agreement.
19.2 SNV can change the policy rules from time to time. Important changes will be announced on the SNV Technical Platform.
19.3 After notification the Performer can, in the 14 days after a change, notify SNV of the refusal to accept the changes in question. After this notification this Performer's Agreement and the right to use the General Platform Services and the SNV Payment Services will terminate immediately upon receipt of the notification.
19.4 The SNV Privacy Policy rules form an integral part of this Performer's Agreement
20.1 The Performer's Agreement will remain in place until such time as it is cancelled by the Performer or by SNV, as outlined below.
20.2 If the Performer wishes to terminate this Performer's Agreement with SNV the Performer can do so at any time and free of charge by closing the Performer's Account.
20.3 SNV can terminate the Performer's Agreement with the Performer at any time without prior notice if:
a. the Performer has violated an essential stipulation of the Performer's Agreement or has made it clear by his/her actions that he/she does not intend to comply or is not capable of complying with the essential stipulations of the Performer's Agreement; or
b. SNV is legally obliged to do so.
20.4 The termination of this Performer's Agreement does not affect the legal rights, obligations and responsibilities the Performer and SNV have used, that have applied to the relationship between the Performer and SNV, or that arose in the period that the Performer's Agreement was in effect or for which it is stipulated that they remain valid for an indefinite period.
20.5 Upon termination of this Performer's Agreement or any other termination of the use of the SNV Payment Service by the Performer the Performer remains responsible for all cancellations and recovery costs.
21.1 Curacao law applies to this Performer's Agreement. Any disputes that arise or may arise between the Performer and SNV as a result of this Performer's Agreement or subsequent agreements or other actions in relation to this Performer's Agreement will be settled by the compentent courts in curacao.
21.2 In the event of a conflict between the English version of this Performer's Agreement and a version in another language, the English version will prevail.
22.1 The General Platformas well as the SNV Payment Service (Billing) referred to in this Performer's Agreement are supplied by SNV.
22.2 The Performer agrees that SNV can freely and by operation of law transfer the rights and obligations arising from this Performer's Agreement and from all the documents that apply for reference purposes in the event of a merger, division, takeover or other restructuring.
22.3 The titles of the various sections of this Performer's Agreement are indicative only and do not necessarily give an exact indication of the content of the articles to which they refer.
22.4 If SNV fails to act in respect of a violation of this Performer's Agreement by the Performer or by others SNV does not automatically waive the right to act in respect of later or similar violations.
22.5 If SNV does not exercise or enforce a legal right or legal remedy referred to in this Performer's Agreement (or to which SNV is entitled in accordance with the applicable law) this cannot be considered a waiver of the rights of SNV. Neither can it be considered a waiver of the right to act in respect of later or similar violations. SNV can and may always use its rights or legal remedies.
22.6 The provisions in the following articles: '13. Information and actions on the part of the Performer', '16. Limitation of liability SNV', '17. Indemnity', '18. Announcements and notification', '21. Applicable law' and '22. Other' and any other provision insofar as applicable continue to exist after the termination or expiry of this Performer's Agreement.
22.7 This Performer's Agreement, accompanied by the documents and policy rules included for reference purposes, constitutes the entire agreement between the Performer and SNV.


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