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It's the final week of 2012, so we're wrapping the year up the way movie people are supposed to wrap the year up: Lists! Yesterday, we each gave our five worst movies of 2012. Today, we each count down our No. 6-10 best movies of the year, and Friday, we finish off with each of our top five.
We'll confess to being overly nerdy about our top 10 lists. In fact, we're so weird about them that we won't even show each other our lists until January 14, the day before the Oscar nominations come out. This is a tradition that has gone on since we were sophomores in high school and will surely continue until one or both of us are dead. So as you read our top 10s—we each only hit Nos. 10-6 today—know that neither one of us will be reading each other's. We think this makes this the first blog post that requires spoilers for the people who wrote it.
For the sake of perspective, here are our past top 10s that have been published online:
Top 10 of the 2000s
All right. Here's Nos. 10-6.
10. Holy Motors, directed by Leos Carax.
A movie like Holy Motors makes everything around it, no matter how daring, seem positively dull by comparison. Director Leos Carax's adventurous tale focuses on a Parisian man (Denis Lavant) whose "job" it is to be chauffeured around in the back of a limo and play different characters in other people's lives: a motion-capture performer, a monster, a hit man. The film can be seen as a metaphor for the different seasons of our lives, a commentary on the actor's craft, or a statement about the fluidity of identity. Or you can simply enjoy it for the genre-bending, very funny, oddly touching fantasy that it is. (Original review here.)
9. Amour, directed by Michael Haneke.
Director Michael Haneke's films (Cache, The White Ribbon) often explore the evil lurking throughout society, which is why Amour's tenderness and compassion are so unexpected. The film grippingly examines how the slowly deteriorating health of an elderly spouse (Emmanuelle Riva) impacts not just her but also her relationship to her longtime husband (Jean-Louis Trintignant). Whereas in Haneke's previous works the terror was out there in the big, cruel world, this bare-bones drama suggests that the thing we should most fear is the inevitable collapse of our own bodies. That's a frightening thought, and yet Amour's honesty and superb performances make that realization the basis for a deeply moving film experience. (Original review here.)
8. Detropia, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.
This documentary from filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp, 12th & Delaware) offers up an impressionistic, poignant snapshot of Detroit as it struggles to reverse decades of economic decline. Neither "ruin porn" nor falsely uplifting, Detropia weaves together an Altman-like tapestry of different individuals—everyone from a blues-bar owner to progressive urban planners to a defiantly upbeat Chevy Volt salesman—to take the temperature of a city grappling with the same problems affecting much of America. Detropia has no overarching message, and the film proposes no solutions. But in their commitment to letting their subjects speak their truth without editorializing, Ewing and Grady have delivered one of the most mournful portraits of life during the Great Recession.
7. Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Before it became a lightning rod for a ridiculously simplified "Is this movie pro-torture?" controversy, Zero Dark Thirty was simply a riveting dramatization of the U.S. government's 10-year hunt for Osama bin Laden. Recalling Zodiac in its meticulous attention to the many fruitless hours that often lead nowhere and slowly erode the morale and souls of those on the case, director Kathryn Bigelow's thriller is, if anything, a comment on the limits of "justice." And just like Zodiac, Zero Dark Thirty upends expectations with a finale that refuses to be broadly triumphant, instead producing emotions as complex and unsettled as the War on Terror itself.
6. Room 237, directed by Rodney Ascher.
The year's most fascinating piece of film criticism—and certainly the looniest—came in the form of Room 237, a documentary that collects some of the passionate theories floating around about the "hidden" messages embedded in The Shining. But what makes director Rodney Ascher's film so terrific is how it allows its speakers (whom we never see) their day in court, explaining in dizzying detail why, to use one example, Stanley Kubrick's film is really an indictment of the destruction of the Native American population. Using images from The Shining to compellingly illustrate its theorists' points, Room 237 makes us see that horror classic in several new lights and, at the same time, appreciate the value of the viewer's interpretation of a work of art as part of that work's power. Some of Ascher's subjects' ideas are incredibly farfetched, but not all of them. And even if Kubrick didn't intend any of these radical interpretations, Room 237 is a joyful reminder about why great movies enrapture us so.
10. Argo, directed by Ben Affleck.
There's something almost charmingly old Hollywood about Argo, a tense, expertly made thriller that's nonetheless fun, breezy and reassuringly (if perhaps unrealistically) optimistic about human nature, American wherewithal, and the universality of movies. Ben Affleck still is sort of a drip as an actor—there's nothing wrong with him, but there's an inherent vanity to his performances that keeps him from ever really cutting loose—but as a director of action, as someone who understands basic story structure, he's like an old-time studio professional, the way they used to make 'em. The big payoff doesn't bear much of a resemblance to what really happened, but that's part of the point: The hostages and their keepers all know, deep down, that real life can never quite compare with the movies. (Original review here.)
9. Moonrise Kingdom, directed by Wes Anderson.
At this point, everyone's pretty much decided whether they think Wes Anderson is a genius or they think he's a twee little weirdo who constructs fake worlds around himself so he doesn't have to deal with the real one. Moonrise Kingdom, his best film since The Royal Tenenbaums, makes a solid case for both viewpoints. This one is perhaps the most Hiding In The Dollhouse of all his films, but it also might be his most plainly emotive. Anderson seems to trust what comes out of the mouths of babes far more than the mouths of adults, and it's obvious he believes in his Y.A. protagonists more than anyone else, perhaps more than is healthy. It all wraps up with a setpiece that feels both thunderous and personal, the stakes high and tiny, vivid and quaint, all at once. It might be the purest distillation of the Anderson aesthetic, which means you either went crazy for it, or because of it. I was definitely the former. (Original review here.)
8. The Master, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
The creeping Kubrick-ism of Paul Thomas Anderson's work isn't necessarily a good thing, and I'm still far from 100 percent sure I understand completely what this movie is about, but it's impossible to ignore its power. The Master has less narrative thrust than Anderson's other films, which is occasionally off-putting but also (I think) sort of the point: Like its main character Freddy Quell (played by a nearly vibrating Joaquin Phoenix), it rattles around with the rhythm of life ... that's to say, almost no rhythm at all. Even if the movie didn't look so fantastic—and, boy, does it—it would work fine simply as an acting exercise: It's hypnotic just to watch Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman just go at each other. What one takes from The Master is almost a personal exercise—I find myself thinking more and more about Amy Adams' character each time I've seen it—and while few will consider it Anderson's "best" film, it might be the one that rattles around your brain, maddeningly, the most often. (Original review here.)
7. Killer Joe, directed by William Friedkin.
This is the Matthew McConaughey performance everyone should have been talking about this year. This nasty, hilarious, seriously-though-it's-really-quite-nasty dark "comedy" features as batshit a performance as you'll ever see from a top-shelf movie star, with McConaughey as a Texas lawman who has a side career as a professional killer, something that's about the sixth-most-disturbing thing about him. This is director William Friedkin's version of Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, a late-in-life master pulling out every trick for a ballsy amoral crime thriller. But Lumet never went this far. Everyone's perfect in this, from Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon as a couple that's a little too stupid to be evil to Juno Temple as the unlikely object of Killer Joe's desire, but the movie belongs to McConaughey: He just goes for it, man. J.K. Livin' indeed. (Original review here.)
6. Looper, directed by Rian Johnson.
I'll confess a bit of initial skepticism for the pre-release buzz on Looper. I was a big fan of Johnson's first film Brick, but the excitement for Looper made it seem like a sci-fi kid's dorm wet dream rather than, you know, a movie. Boy was I wrong. Johnson delivers the goods—the movie is full of film nerd fist-pump moments—but not only do the holy-shit moments progress logically from the story, the film has an unexpectedly big heart. Johnson makes sure to invest the story in real people, with real stakes, which strips away any gimmicks and cuts to a universal story that would move anybody. It's almost insanely ambitious, jamming in everything without feeling overstuffed, never obscuring the film's sneaky secret: It's an existential thriller, about a man seeing who was and lamenting his errors, and a man seeing who he will become and wondering what went wrong. The struggle is between the two men trying to change each other, themselves, and everything. (Original review here.)
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Tribolube-16 is a wide temperature range grease especially useful in vacuum and other systems where nonreactivity with chemicals, strong acids and oxidizers, fuels, and solvents is required. Although this lubricant is very inert, newly exposed rubbing surfaces of aluminum and magnesium may react with the greases under certain conditions.
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This grease is suitable in applications including small and large diameter ball, roller, needle, and plain bearings, electrical contacts, threads, valves, gears, contacts, splines, ball screws, and screw actuators. It is compatible with most elastomers and plastic seals, gaskets and O-rings.
Function of Lubricating Greases
A good quality lubricant reduces friction and wear, dissipates heat, keeps out dirt, and prevents rust formation. It must provide good "boundary layer" lubrication, and be thin enough to get between moving parts, and once there, it must be thick enough to separate them with a slippery oil film. This oil film must be strong enough to provide full-film "hydrodynamic" lubrication between moving parts such as bearings, screw actuators, etc. It must also act as a kind of floating seal, filling in the microscopic imperfections in moving surfaces with a thin film of lubricant.
If it is too thin, under shock or extreme loads it will not separate moving surfaces. If it is too thick, it cannot squeeze between the moving parts to provide proper lubrication. If either extreme exists, friction and wear occurs; accumulating wear debris escalates wear until failure occurs.
Heat is generated between moving parts in machines, even though they are lubricated. Some greases can reduce the operating temperatures of bearings , gears, or other moving parts by having better EP and anti-wear properties thereby reducing the metal to metal contact and the associated heat. Grease lubricants also work as a seal, keeping out dirt and other foreign matter, thus preventing damage to the bearing and contact surfaces. The effect of rust or corrosion on unprotected metal can readily be understood. A lubricating film on moving parts protects them from this damage by preventing contact with air, moisture or other corrosive agents thereby increasing useful life.
Properties of Synthetic Lubricating Greases
In general, a grease is an oil that has been thickened by a solid or semisolid dispersion, commonly a clay or a soap, in a petroleum or synthetic lubricating fluid, plus the desired additives used to enhance grease performance properties.
All of the grease components affect the physical and chemical properties. Standardized testing must be used to provide useful information about the properties of grease lubricants. Such information can then be used to compare and select a grease for a specific application. Some of these tests are described in following sections.
Purpose of Synthetic Lubricants
Demands placed upon lubricants have become increasing severe with advances in industrial machinery and equipment design. Higher operating temperatures, speeds and gear and bearing loads are stressing the capabilities of conventional petroleum-based lubricants. The OEM's have increased demands for "sealed for life" applications. Such applications require synthetic lubricants.
Synthetic lubricants were developed to meet demanding requirements which exceed the operational limits of conventional petroleum based lubricants. Because they are man made, synthetics can be better tailored to their role as a lubricant by meeting predetermined physical and chemical properties. Formulated from pure hydrocarbons, synthetics do not contain the impure components that adversely affect the physical and chemical stability of petroleum based lubricants.
Synthetic oil and grease lubricants have been solving demanding lubrication problems by replacing petroleum lubricants in applications that exceed their environmental, operational, or service life limitations. In such applications, synthetics pay for themselves many times over in reduced component failure, repair costs, warranty costs, down time, and increased service life.
Synthetic vs Petroleum Lubricants Performance Both oil and grease lubricants made from syntheticbased fluids have a much wider operating temperature range and are more thermally and oxidatively stable than lubricants made from petroleum-based fluids. Low Temperature Performance
At very low temperatures, most petroleum-based oil and grease lubricants thicken and are usually limited to temperatures no lower than -20ºF unless high temperature performance is sacrificed. In contrast, synthetic oil and grease lubricants have good low temperature viscosity and fluidity characteristics down to as low as - 140ºF, and are still capable of operating at temperatures as high as 600ºF.
High Temperature Performance
Lubricants are susceptible to failure at high temperature, especially in thin films after long term exposure. Recent research in boundary lubrication confirms the primary role of high temperature in lubricant degradation. Increasing temperature rather than increasing shear load has been found to induce most lubricant failures. Petroleum-based oil and grease lubricants have an upper temperature limit of about 250ºF to 300ºF. Above these temperatures they become fluid and volatile. If grease lubricated machinery is operated above that temperature limit, the lubricant breaks down and may melt or form hard carbon deposits. Some synthetic grease lubricants can operate up to about 600ºF without melting.
Oxidation Stability
Oxidation is the primary breakdown mode of most lubricants, leading to the formation of sludge and other corrosive compounds. When lubricants are exposed to air, oxygen, or other strong oxidizing chemicals, petroleum- based lubricants deteriorate and break down easily, especially at high temperatures. Many chemicals can attack petroleum-based lubricants resulting in gummy deposits. Lubricant failure may result in corrosion of parts, deterioration of seals, stuck or worn bearings, and product contamination. This results in frequent equipment down time for relubrication, replacement of parts, cleaning, and maintenance. The thermal and oxidative stability of synthetics often makes them the only alternative for very cold, extremely hot, sealed for life applications, or harsh operating environments.
Dust, dirt, and other debris can create additional problems for petroleum-based lubricants. These lubricants tend to attract contaminates because they are naturally occurring compounds which have unreacted molecular end groups. These end groups produce electrical charges at the surface, so when a charged dust or dirt particle comes near, they are attracted to the surface of the lubricant. The dust particles can be abrasive and damage parts and machinery. It is this characteristic of petroleum-based lubricants that create problems in dusty and dirty applications such as paper and textile mills, printing plants, and metal-forming operations. This situation leads to frequent machine down time for cleaning and relubrication. Because synthetics are man made, they are fully reacted chemicals and do not have the unreacted end groups which attract dust and dirt. Wear of moving parts can thus be reduced in dusty environments.
Load and Wear Performance
Synthetics lubricants can provide increased wear protection over petroleum-based lubricants due to better viscosity-temperature properties. Tribolube Synthetic Lubricating Oils and Greases are specially formulated to function in applications or environmental conditions where standard "general purpose" lubricants will not perform or will perform only marginally. Tribolube lubricants outperform conventional lubricants under conditions such as hard vacuums, low and high operating temperatures, oxidizing environments, high rotating speeds, extremely high load conditions, applications where little wear can be tolerated, high radiation levels, extremely corrosive environments, and where long life is mandated.
What are the Pay Offs?
The failure of petroleum lubricants to give adequate performance is making greases and oils formulated from synthetic hydrocarbon fluids increasingly attractive. Reduced maintenance costs for manpower and replacement parts, and reduced downtime with associated production loss, make synthetic lubricants cost effective in most applications. The demand for lubricant stability over increasingly wider ranges of operating conditions exceeding the capability of petroleum lubricants is making synthetics mandatory in many OEM applications. The failure of petroleum lubricants to give adequate performance is making greases and oils formulated from synthetic hydrocarbon fluids increasingly attractive. Reduced maintenance costs for manpower and replacement parts, and reduced downtime with associated production loss, make synthetic lubricants cost effective in most applications. The demand for lubricant stability over increasingly wider ranges of operating conditions exceeding the capability of petroleum lubricants is making synthetics mandatory in many OEM applications.
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Looking for relatives of Hannah Watson, my grandmother born 1885 Ballarat Victoria Australia, died Bendigo Vic Aust. 1960.
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STOCKTON - President Barack Obama's administration brought to bear $300 million in federal help to the bankrupt city of Detroit on Friday in a move that sparked a blistering response from a Stockton lawmaker.
STOCKTON - President Barack Obama's administration brought to bear $300 million in federal help to the bankrupt city of Detroit on Friday in a move that sparked a blistering response from a Stockton lawmaker.
Congressman Jerry McNerney, a Democrat, sent a two-page letter to the White House pointing out the president's glaring oversight of Stockton's bankruptcy and rocky recovery of the city he calls home.
Until Detroit filed for Chapter 9 protection this summer grabbing national headlines, Stockton for more than a year had held the dubious title as the country's largest bankrupt city.
"Stockton has been left behind and ignored by the White House," McNerney wrote. "Your inaction and neglect of the San Joaquin Valley remain a common theme."
Councilman Michael Tubbs sent his own letter raising similar questions, and he said one will soon come from City Hall.
McNerney said in his letter that Stockton has led the nation in home foreclosures and struggles with high unemployment. The city was the nation's 10th most dangerous last year, and far too many live in poverty.
Yet, the president has not set foot in Stockton, despite McNerney's invitations to see first hand some of its problems. McNerney again in Friday's letter invited the president to tour the region.
"In your State of the Union speech in February, you promised to help the country's most economically depressed cities," the letter said. "Regrettably, Stockton was bypassed."
Stockton filed bankruptcy June 28, 2012, and city leaders have embarked on plans to exit from Chapter 9 protection. It proposed paying some creditors cents on the dollar and retired city employees now pay their own health care.
Residents in the Nov. 5 election will be asked to raise the city's sales taxes to help fund the fight on crime and pay Stockton's way out of bankruptcy. State and federal authorities have offered no help.
By contrast, the Obama Administration on Friday unveiled a $300 million strategy including federal and private help to fight blight, improve Detroit's struggling bus system and boost public safety.
"We are listening," Gene Sperling, the head of President Obama's National Economic Council, told the Detroit Free Press. "We are going to do everything that we are capable of."
A slate of officials from Obama's cabinet - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Attorney General Eric Holder - met in Detroit on Friday with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and the city's emergency manager Kevyn Orr, the Free Press reported.
The White House did not respond to The Record late Friday seeking comment on McNerney's letter.
The administration issued a statement noting that the assistance to Detroit was not a "bailout." Rather, federal authorities were helping the city more quickly access grant money already available.
The same gesture has not been made to Stockton, which is due millions in federal flood control projects and housing grants, McNerney wrote.
"Despite these broken promises and clear evidence that Stockton is in need of economic revitalization, your administration is focused solely on Detroit," McNerney wrote. "This is not a time for favoritism."
McNerney was not alone. Tubbs sent his own letter Friday to White House officials he worked under in an internship during his junior year at Stanford University.
Tubbs' letter went to Cecilia Mu�oz, Assistant to the President and Director of Domestic Policy, and David Agnew, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs.
"What differentiates the crisis in Detroit and the crisis in Stockton?" Tubbs wrote. "The federal government has the tools to act, and begs me to question what does Stockton need to do to garner some of this action?"
Contact reporter Scott Smith at (209) 546-8296 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/smithblog.


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Give the gift of magic. The gift of performing a trick that leads to oohs and ahhs. Of learning a new sleight of hand and dazzling your dinner guests. Of adding fun to parties, delighting coworkers, completely bowling over your friends.
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The book is Magic: The Complete Course—"Finally, a book that brings the art of magic into the 21st century!" (Rick Merrill, 2006 World Champion of Magic)—which combines expertise, full-color photographs, and step-by-step directions for more than 100 amazing tricks. Each trick is broken down into the Effect, the Secret, the Set-up, and, most important, the Performance, with lessons on what to say, how to direct the audience's attention, where to keep your hands, and more. The DVD demonstrates 35 tricks, showing both how to do them and how to perform them convincingly.
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Today is a bonus day. I find myself in the position where, if I don't take a vacation day, I will lose it forever. Which brings me here. I have nothing planned today, no appointments, no obligations, no deadlines, no nothing, so I actually get to decide how to spend my time. What a luxury…
So I decided to begin my day visiting my long neglected blog. I want to use it to look back on the last three months since I posted our holiday letter thingie to remind myself what's been happening so when I forget what happened, it won't be lost forever.
Let's start with last night. Greg Hartle came for dinner. He's a guy with a very interesting backstory who is now touring the US with ten dollars and a laptop to see how people and communities are changing as a result of the Great Recession. After a serious health crisis, which was resolved by a kidney donation from his mom, he cast off his former crazy-ass-go-for-broke-get-rich-quick-everything-is-competition lifestyle, rid himself of his possessions, save for $10 and a laptop. He started in Washington in January, Oregon is his second state. He connected with me through a combination of people and the web, so I invited him to sample Ric's delicious cooking and come over for a chat. You really should follow his updates and watch for him when he comes your way.
We really enjoyed conversing with him and learned a lot from him. Here's just one gem to ponder: being fit is not the same as being healthy.
I've been on a major quilting jag lately. I would say more but then you would expect to see photos and I haven't taken any yet. Quilts are really really hard to photograph. For one thing, they're so big! When I figure out how to do it better, I will show them to you.
Along those lines, a very happy piece of work-related news is that Meyer Memorial Trust now offers sabbaticals to staff members who have been there more than seven years. And I believe I just reached the end of my 15th year there! Longest place I've ever worked by far! So I will have four weeks off in August. Do I hear a wOOt?! I'm so excited!
We had to submit a plan for how we would use our sabbaticals – in both professional and personal realms – and get them approved. One of my personal promises is to plan a show of my quilts! And of course you are all invited. More on that in future months.
My dear friend Joyce and I took in the nation's largest sewing show in Puyallup a few weeks ago. So much fabric. Not enough time. In a bizarre side note, I found myself being drawn to Japanese quilting fabric at the expo, buying some for the first time. A few days later, the horrible earthquake/tsunami happened. I'm so sorry.
Have you done what you can to help them? I need to do more.
I've been crazy busy at work, hatching a HUGE project, this after I promised myself I would never have any big ideas ever again, and if I did, I would keep my mouth shut. So of course I violated all those rules, but rest assured, I am being suitably punished. But I just know it will result in a really COOL thing that will really HELP people get shit done, as they say in the vernacular. As Joyce would say, it's populist and involves technology. What else is there?!? When all is fit to print you will be among the first to get the scoop.
Ric made some seriously major improvements to our long suffering kitchen, triggered by a nasty ant infestation. The kitchen is better now. We hope the ants are not.
Would you believe that our hens have all been laying some days? Three eggs a day sometimes! Before spring began even! They are such productive little hens, as if they existed to create chicken embryos. Oh wait. They do.
Our yard is threatening to burst forth, the daphne and michelia fragrance is intoxicating and the white camellia flowers are opening. I dread discovering all that we lost in the harsh winter freeze though. We could all use a little sun and warm temperatures, that's for sure.
I'm quite worried about my wayward adopted son, Rev Phil. He's taking his bike porn tour across country lines and was detained at the border. Fortunately, he is channeling Hunter Thompson and has lived to tell. I know this makes no sense to many of you, and it is far better that way. A mother worries though. And seriously hopes he drops his plans to include Turkey in his European tour.
On that enigmatic note, I shall close this chapter and strive to remember anything else that has happened in the past three months. The well has run dry for now. I must go do something else unplanned.
Keep the faith. Sometimes that works.


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After remaining largely unscathed by the global financial and eurozone debt crisis, the Cypriot banking sector succumbed to pressure in 2012 triggered by huge losses from investments in Greek sovereign and corporate bonds. The depressed economic environment led to a sharp decline in employment levels, leading to erosion in consumer confidence and spending. The recessionary economic conditions eroded demand for life insurance products with the segment's gross written premium falling by 7.1% in 2012. The life segment accounted for the largest share with 39.7% of the written premium of the overall insurance industry in 2012.
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Market Survey-Reinsurance In Cyprus, Key Trends And Opportunities To 2017
The Cypriot reinsurance segment registered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1% during the review period (2008–2012). The primary application of reinsurance in Cyprus is to manage exposure to weather-related events. Although not particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, Cyprus is highly exposed to floods, storms, extreme temperatures and earthquakes. The majority of reinsurance revenues are generated from the non-life segment, which ceded an average of 35.0% of its written premium during the review period, compared with 11.8% and 24.8% for the life and personal accident and health segments.
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New Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub likes his move from Chicago, in part because he thinks a 3-4 defense gives him a better cast of players to work with.
But the guy who replaced him in Chicago has taken the opposite approach, saying he's grateful the Bears are keeping a 4-3 scheme.
"I have worked in both systems now and I would much rather be in a 4-3 system because of the fact that you really have some speed at the linebacker position," Bears special teams coach Joe DeCamillis said, via Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune. "Most of the time, 3-4 you are playing with bigger people. And, I think the 4-3 is gonna be something that is going to help us and it's helped this team in the past."
DeCamillis worked with 3-4 personnel in Dallas, but because of injuries that hit their defense like a plague, he was often working with third, fourth and fifth-option types of players in the kicking game.
Toub voiced the prevailing sentiment among special teams coaches, that a 3-4 gives him an advantage because of the extra linebackers that are part of the game-day active roster (since few defensive linemen have the speed required to play a big role in kick and punt coverage or return teams).
"You will have eight and sometimes nine linebackers active," Toub said. "Every time we played a 3-4 team I always thought it was rough for us matchup-wise because they always had more linebackers than us. I always thought a 3-4 was the best special teams situation you can be in.
"That is why in a 4-3, when you run special teams, you always have to have a defensive end like Izzy [Idonije] or Corey Wootton. You have to have one of those guys be a good special teams player. In a 3-4 you don't because you've got more linebackers. That is the difference."
While either system can work, the biggest thing a special teams coach needs is health among the starters on defense. Since the majority of his unit will be the backup linebackers and defensive backs, injuries to those areas on defense can strip away his "starters" and force new guys (which are sometimes signed off the street once the season starts) into new roles.
That instability, more than any schematic decision, can spell doom for a special teams unit.


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In April 2012, we invited the public to provide input at a series of focus groups designed to assess customer satisfaction with our county park system and identify potential partnership opportunities and strategic planning issues, as well as to supply feedback about the community's recreational needs. This needs assessment process was initiated and conducted by the Parks and Recreation Division, in conjunction with the consulting firm GreenPlay.
The original 15 focus groups involved approximately 225 participants, including both Parks staff and community stakeholders. It was followed by a statistically valid survey that had 400 respondents, along with an open, Web-based survey that drew responses from more than 100 participants. The process was supplemented with individual interviews with key staff members.
Then we reported back on GreenPlay's initial findings from the focus groups in two more public forums – "findings/visioning workshops" held in mid-July at Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium in Lauderhill and Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek – and began to shape our vision for the future. A final meeting in September, also at Central Broward Regional, invited one more round of feedback before GreenPlay prepared a draft of the final report.
Now the Needs Assessment for the Parks and Recreation Division is available in its final form, and the Division is already in the process of determining how its recommendations will be put into action. The report includes key issues facing Parks, along with recommended strategies for addressing these issues.
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Visiting Ushaka and the Durban ice ring.
The weather, environment and places of entertainment.The people as well.
Ushaka Marine World.
The beaches, warm weather and nature.
Shopping and uShaka Marine.
Shopping at Gateway Shopping Centre.
Absolutely scenic.
The My City bus service with a day pass ticket,that is bought once per day to be used throughout the day with different stops, on and off the bus. We went to different venues and places of interest throughout the day for the entire duration of the tour.
We went to the harbour & took a cruise. We ate tasty fish & chips at the restaurant close to the OR Tambo Drive next to the bus stop. I recommend everyone going to Durban to go buy at fish & chips.
The weather in Durban.
Durban , in KwaZulu Natal , is a modern city on a beautiful beach on the Indian Ocean on the East coast of South Africa . It is in the midst of sugar cane plantations , situated on a large natural harbour , and surrounded by rolling green hills, gorgeous scenery and beaches.
Durban was built on a gorgeous bay with a narrow entrance , a natural protected harbour, along an exquisite coastline with lush tropical vegetation , and long bronze beaches overlooking the sparkling turquoise sea.
Durban is a popular Holiday destination for millions of South Africans, a city with 15 kilometres of golden sands, warm sea and year round good weather.The climate is wonderful, hot, humid and sub tropical with pleasant warm dry winters . In summer there are evening showers. The gardens and trees are glorious; flowers and shrubs thrive in the warm moist weather .
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Durban , in KwaZulu Natal , is a modern city on a beautiful beach on the Indian Ocean on the East coast of South Africa . It is in the midst of sugar cane plantations , situated on a large natural harbour , and surrounded by rolling green hills, gorgeous scenery and beaches.
Durban was built on a gorgeous bay with a narrow entrance , a natural protected harbour, along an exquisite coastline with lush tropical vegetation , and long bronze beaches overlooking the sparkling turquoise sea.
Durban is a popular Holiday destination for millions of South Africans, a city with 15 kilometres of golden sands, warm sea and year round good weather.The climate is wonderful, hot, humid and sub tropical with pleasant warm dry winters . In summer there are evening showers. The gardens and trees are glorious; flowers and shrubs thrive in the warm moist weather .
Durban is a dynamic, fast moving city. It is the closest sea outlet for landlocked Johannesburg and Gauteng and most of the country's interior.
Durban attracts global International Tourism too.The New York Travel Magazine put it on the list of Top 10 Must See Cities in 2015. The Durban Beachfront City was one of the Top 7 Wonder Cities of the World, voted from 1200 nominated cities, the only city in Africa. It is one of the cities that represents " global diversity of an urban society."
As well as a tourist destination, it is a manufacturing and industrial centre and handles the shipment of South African goods . The harbour deals with containers and there are usually about 25 ships lined along the horizon of the sea, as it is a busy port. It is the biggest city on the East coast of Africa.
Things to do
Durban is a Beachfront City and people can almost surf in the city! There are great surfing spots right on the main Durban beach in town. Most visitors intend to get to the beautiful warm beaches as soon as possible, as Durban is all about relaxing, with the wonderful climate and the sea never under 20 degrees. The beaches have shark nets to ensure safe swimming and are watched by life guards.
The Golden Mile along the Durban beachfront is lined with multi-story hotels, restaurants, pubs and clubs.There is a vibrant night life in Durban, and also the Suncoast Casino for gambling.
The International Conference Centre caters for businesses and the central business district is within easy reach.
Durban has a strong Water Lifestyle culture, with many facilities for all water sports - swimming, diving, surfing, body boarding, kite surfing, jet skiing, wind surfing, kayaking, water skiing, pier fishing and paddle boating.
Shaka Marine World is a beautifully landscaped amazing place to stroll around and explore. Built on over 16 hectares of beachfront property, it is the biggest theme park in Africa. Totally focused on family entertainment, this amusement park keeps children happily occupied for hours. There are slides, tubes, water tunnels, gigantic aquariums, snorkeling lagoons, swimming pools, 2 amphitheatres, impressive dolphin shows , and restaurants . The enormous aquariums have sharks, seals, dolphins, penguins and tropical fish.
The vintage Umgeni Steam Train Railway has a timetable and calendar of events for wonderfully entertaining scenic trips through the picturesque Valley of 1000 Hills.
Boat cruises go around the harbour every day, and fun river trips are available too.
The Umgeni River Bird Park in an old converted quarry, with huge walk through aviaries, thousands of birds, and waterfalls, is also fascinating for children to visit.
There are many Golf courses in Durban, with at least 10 nearby clubs. The lush vegetation, with its profusion of indigenous and exotic trees and flowering shrubs, is a great environment for golf courses.
There are often concerts at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, where there is also the highest and widest bridge swing in the world.
Nature reserves, parks and gardens are all across the city. The Durban Botanical Gardens and the enchanted Makaranga gardens in Kloof are definitely worth visiting.
The town centre is full of shops and malls, and all along the beachfront are superb Zulu crafts, baskets and beadwork , gorgeous hand made articles at a ridiculously reasonable price.
Where to eat
Durban has superb places to eat. A wide variety of restaurants, hotels and take away food shops are all along the Golden Mile, within easy walking distance.
Afro's Chicken is a favourite chicken hamburger restaurant on the beachfront.
The Surf Rider's Food Shack and Caffe Java are comfortable casual coffee houses with straightforward food.
For a bistro on the beach there is California Dreaming, and also Circus Circus for light food and salads.
For cafes, there is the Freedom Cafe in Greyville, and Parc Cafe in Glenwood; both excellent .
A popular Italian restaurant is Remo's Fratelli in Umhlanga Rocks, with another branch in the Mount Edgecombe Country Estate.
The best Indian food is Mali's in Morningside for classic South Indian food, and Palki for real authentic Indian cuisine, in Berea.
Cafe Abyssinia has Ethiopian African cuisine In Musgrave, and perhaps the best Asian food is The Greedy Buddha on north beach.
The African Peninsula Restaurant on Marine Drive on the Bluff has beautiful views over the ocean, especially for breakfasts and lunches, so as to enjoy the spectacular setting.The 9th Avenue Bistro is a classic and elegant bistro in Morningside with superb reviews.
The gorgeous Oyster Box hotel in Umhlanga has the Ocean Terrace, which has wonderful views over the sea, as well as a curry buffet and grill room.
Where to Stay
There is a vast array of accommodation available in and around Durban, catering for all requirements, from businessmen to families. High rise apartments stretch all along the Golden Mile beachfront with expansive idyllic views. Many self catering apartments are available.
There are numerous luxury hotels, holiday homes, self catering apartments, guest houses, and B&Bs.There are guest houses with views of the sea in the outlying suburbs for those who wish to stay out of the city centre.
Durban has an excellent freeway network and is about 35kms from King Shaka International Airport. Be prepared however, as the driving is wild. There is also the Rickshaw, or the City Tour Bus for touring around the city.
It is only about 30 minutes drive to the Valley of a Thousand Hills, and there are more scenic drives up both the north and south coast.The south leads to the Sapphire coast, 40 kms of lush coastal forest and glorious golden beaches, and north to Umhlanga and the Sugar coast.
There are several game reserves to drive to from Durban and also 2 World Heritage sites - the St Lucia Wetlands and the Drakensberg Mountains.
The N3 leads directly to Johannesburg.
Did you know
Durban began as a British colonial outpost in 1824 when a contingent of 25 soldiers sailed into the bay. A beautiful sight met them as they sailed into the harbour, a paradise with birds and wild life, a heavenly coastline with lush tropical vegetation, and long bronze beaches overlooking the sea.
A few more settlers arrived in 1835 and rather valiantly announced they were going to build a town. They named it Durban after Sir Ben D'urban, the Governor of the Cape then, who was recalled shortly afterwards for rather anti social behaviour, having been a soldier too long. He never saw Durban and probably didn't know it was named after him anyway.
Durban is important architecturally as it has one of the largest number of Art Deco buildings in the world. Along the harbour are many Victorian warehouses with fine architectural detailing.
The Durban Municipality is embarking upon a huge renewal program of Durban City "to restore it to its former glory" as it is so important to international tourism.
Holiday Homes offer the ultimate in private accommodation. A private home converted for holiday use, you can stay under your own rules and with no outside interference. With all basic amenities they often include wifi, cleaning services and facilities to Dstv. Holiday Homes are fairly common and often affordable means of accommodation. Another great option to consider if you have a family to take care of. Being converted from private homes, you can find them in all shapes and sizes to suit your needs.
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2008 is ending with the release of The Spirit, and the next three years will see the release of at least 12 major movies based on comic books. Next up is Watchmen, based upon the 1986-1987 groundbreaking miniseries by Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons that many consider the masterpiece of the medium. Pictured here is the Comedian, whose death is the center of the epic's story (and that's not really a spoiler because it's in the trailer).
Best known in America as an anime TV series, Dragonball Z has its roots in a Japanese manga comic book. Despite the popularity of both anime and manga, there has yet to be a great live-action movie based on either, possibly due to the fantastic artwork and extremely long storylines. Dragonball: Evolution is going all-in, complete with the wacky hairdo sported here by Justin Chatwin as Goku.
In the comics, Wolverine didn't get his origin story until 27 years after his first appearance, but movie fans can't wait that long. In addition to a planned prequel for the entire team called X-Men: First Class, 20th Century Fox has their eyes on a possible franchise of X-Men Origins movies, with the next one being about Magneto.
In X-Men: Wolverine, we'll find out how Logan got his adamantium skeleton, and see the movie debuts of several fan favorites like Gambit, Deadpool and the Blob.
Although the character is still relatively obscure in the United States, the plucky boy robot called Astro Boy is one of the most cherished characters in all of Japanese culture. Starting as a manga comic book in 1952, Astro Boy has also appeared in a series of anime TV series over the years. Astro Boy's star-studded cast includes Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell and Scarlett Johansson.
After years of letting other studios adapt their characters to the big screen, Marvel Studios started making their own movies with Iron Man, and the result was one of the most entertaining and faithful superhero movies ever. It's no surprise then that Iron Man 2 will be in theaters almost exactly two years later, though fans were surprised when they learned Don Cheadle will be replacing Terrence Howard.
Although The Green Hornet technically got his start not in comic books, but in radio, and his most popular version was in the 1960s TV series (pictured, left) co-starring Bruce Lee as Kato, there have indeed been Green Hornet comic books. Who will no doubt draw fans to the movie, however, is Seth Rogen and kung fu funny man Stephen Chow as Kato in this comedic reimagining of a superhero movie.
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Over the next few weeks we will be focusing on the classes in our Tell the Community Team threads. In keeping with that theme, we want your help. If you could give one tip to a new player about playing the Captain class, what would it be?
Over the next few weeks we will be focusing on the classes in our Tell the Community Team threads. In keeping with that theme, we want your help. If you could give one tip to a new player about playing the Captain class, what would it be?
In a fellowship, always use your shield-brother skills.
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in groups: dont try to be primary DPS, focus on buffing/healing with some DPS thrown in
solo: plan ahead, know your skills and bring potions
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2 tips...
put banner (victory/war/hope) skills on quikslot for faster herald summoning or banner planting along with the herald(s) you like to use.
also...use banners in a fellowship not heralds in most situations.
Alternate defensive strike every other skill, so you will not run out of melee skills and be auto-attacking.
Once you have the ability to use banners, use them and trait "Strength from Within" so that Muster Courage gives you the self-heal.
Don't worry that the traits disables Heralds. Heralds are practically useless, and they're not worth the frustration over trying to get them to path like someone who doesn't ride the short bus to school.
Do not expect to be doing top-tier DPS. It's not your job.
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Its hard to beat just going Hands of Healing 100% of the time, you can eventually wear down most anything and your very survivable.
2h's are generally better then sword nd board, but since the weapon speed generalization in mirkwood sword nd board can be viable.
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As you level, be sure to use your revealing mark before you go into battle. When you are fighting a difficult opponent, let your herald do most of the work of DPS, only throwing an occasional heal on him to keep him up. If you have multiple enemies, you can send your herald in first to get the aggro of one, then fight the other yourself.
Pressing Attack is generally going to give you more chances to use your Rallying Cry, as it has double the hits. However, against a single target, it does less damage and has the same chance, so keep that in mind.
Don't be afraid to run. You can throw your noble mark on a target and just kite it around until it dies.
For new captains, I highly recommend figuring things out for yourself and not going to the captain boards immediately for advice (e.g. "tell me what traits to use"). Guides can be useful, but can also be outdated and subjective. The best way to learn all your skills is to study them after training and trying them out in different situations.
Take any advice that states an absolute (e.g. "you must always have this legacy no matter your traiting or the situation") with a grain of salt and decide for yourself.
Because if you can't figure out how to effectively play the captain (to your playstyle as well) without a lot of handholding and frustration, the class was not meant for you. Hybrids are a challenge to play to their full effectiveness. Don't be afraid of this truth.
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Like a Lore Master, you have many facets in group play. Be the General on the field, monitor the flow of battle, and fill the role that your group currently requires. Healer falling behind on heals? Drop back and help them out. DPS a little low? Jump in the fray, toss up Oath Breakers and catch them up. Group going down fast? Toss out In Harm's Way and ready Last Stand, if someone goes down pop off a rez. You can pull them back from the brink!
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Level 65 Hunter // Level 65 Warden // Level 65 Captain // Level 65 Lore Master // Level 65 Champion
Level 65 Minstrel // Level 65 Burglar // Level 65 Rune Keeper // Level 50 Guardian
Ongbúrz Tracker says, "Stop hittin' me, you slug!"
When you activate Last Stand, tell the healer. It keeps them from 1) having a heart-attack and 2) tossing unnecessary heals on you.
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The first 20-30 levels of the Captain will be rather dull because of our limited skills. As the captain levels up, they gain a wider variety of skills to use and become much more enjoyable to play.
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Captains are at thier strongest in fellowships. Always keep your fellowship buffed and healed as much as possible. Always shield-brother whoever pulls the most or 2nd most aggro. Depending on the instance, it is sometimes best to shield brother different classes from what you normally do. Most of all, be flexible and willing to assume different roles. Sometimes you will need to be the tank or off-tank, and sometimes you will need to be the minstrel or runekeepers' backup healer.
If you are going to play with a herald, learn to micro[manage] it well.
Start by changing the AI to passive, and not guard or aggressive. Agressive works well in skirmishes (herald will behave exactly like a soldier) and some other situations, but generally should not be used. Guard AI is simply to unpredictable and lets the herald leeroy into a pack of stuff.
Knowing when to toggle Assist on and off, and how to target and have the herald attack with assist toggled on.
Also, be sure to RIGHT CLICK the skills to turn them on to auto attack. This helps the herald hold agro on a target better.
You can also click and drag skills to you main hot bars for ease of use. Suggested skills: Attack, Follow, and Lend Will. Lend Will will morph into the skill that increases evade and helps the archer live longer when you switch from herald to archer.
Also, slotting Strength from Within will turn off the herald, so have a full complement of banners if you are ever have that trait slotted.
My advice is this:
Remember that everyone plays a captain differently.
I play a support role (healing, buffing, etc.) and use a herald.
My friend plays an off-tank role (grab the extra dude that gets past the guardian) and uses a standard.
Another guy I know plays a DPS role (ignore all the fancy stuff and just do as much damage to a single target as possible)
They're all valid and useful. If you can keep track of what all your skills do, you'll be able to find out what you like and how to do it.
A few tips for new people:
-You have some skills that are gray until an enemy dies. Keep them on your screen where you can see them so you know when to hit them.
-If you send your herald in first, then they'll kill him instead of you. Send him in by selecting a bad guy and clicking the attack button (which I drag to my quickbar for this purpose).
-One of the marks you'll eventually get does damage. This is a great way to start combat without having to run up close to the bad guy.
-Captains can't really heal themselves. If you're in a group where you're supposed to be healing people, make sure that someone else is watching to make sure you don't die.
-If you use a herald and he dies, you can immediately equip a standard and drop it on the ground. Drag one to your quickbar for this purpose.
-You'll eventually figure this out, but it's not immediately obvious that you can put some buffs on heralds, loremaster pets, guys that you have to protect for quests, skirmish soldiers, and (as of the current patch) even rune-keeper rocks. Just try whatever you have and see what works. -->Special Note: Click F1 to select yourself, F1 again to select your companion, etc. to cycle through all your dudes. F2 does it for the next person listed in your fellowship and so forth. This makes locating and buffing companions a lot easier.<--
Always trait at least four deep into Lead the Charge, and use Grave Wound every time it's up.
Besides this,
- Use banners once you can. Heralds are annoying for you and your group.
- Don't forget to buff!!
- Always try and help the minstrel out. Don't just say, "So-and-so needs heals", heal them yourself. You are more than capable.
As a Captain your primary duty is watching the big picture, even if you're not actually the fellowship leader. Keep people buffed; be ready to support the Minstrel or RK in healing duties (or be ready to heal them!); contribute to DPS when you can; if you're not using a banner, have your herald do something useful (they make great off-tanks both when solo-ing and in groups); and above all, watch the overall state of the battle. If it looks like things are taking a turn for the worse, be ready to fire emergency skills like IHW/LS and your in-combat rez.
Don't take anyone else's advice too seriously... properly played, a Captain can often make the difference between a wipe and a success, but it's up to you to figure out precisely how and in a way that works for your style.
"Good luck!"
Solo captains keep your gear as up to date as possible.
DPS is generally low, so the bigger the sword, the faster the fight, but you're always going to take punishment, so get that shiny armour too.
"Can't we all just get along?"
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You're the awesomest class in the game, you must look the part! Image is everything, everything else is for show.
In groups don't try and get aggro. We heal others much better than ourselves.
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We are the BEST class for leading raids in pvmp, but not for soloing.
-You must be close enough to rez ppl using the instant rez (cry of vengence)
-Put the banners in your hotbar like your skills
-Revealing mark is your friend for soloing elites or sigs
-If the instance/encounter has enough death responces, HoH legendary is useless and rallying cry is awesome!
- Don't be afraid to you In Harms Way skill, you DO NOT have to use Last Stand with it to survive.
-Muster courage cures FEARS, those purple icon items below your name. (believe me i had no idea what 'fear' was until i reached lvl 50...the good old days)
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Careful. These are addictive. They've got that sweet-salty dynamic, but also a hint of rosemary, a savory touch that might lead you to eat ten of them, as you would a cracker. Try not to do that.
Man these are so good. I'm never crazy about breaking out the food processor — so many parts to clean and all — but this machine makes this recipe effortless. It literally takes five minutes to prepare.
If you're like me, you won't want to share these with anyone, but they would make a wonderful gift. According to Melissa Clark's NY Times article in December 2005, these shortbread cookies are her all-occasion go-to gift:
"A friend's birthday? A box of shortbread cookies wrapped in colored tissue. A colleague's dinner party? A hostess gift of a vintage tin filled with shortbreads. The holidays? Many, many bright-hued bags filled with shortbread and tied with ribbons."
Yesterday, feeling inspired, I fashioned a little package out of parchment paper and cooking twine. Then I tucked two squares inside, made a cute little tag, and wrapped it all up. Later that day, I opened the package and ate the treats. As I said, I didn't want to share these with anyone.
Mmmmm … shortbread. These treats would be perfect with a cup of tea in the afternoon, but are delightful any time of the day really. What's more, they stay fresh for days though they'll likely be gone before showing any signs of age. Holiday season is rapidly approaching — practice making these pouches now, and you'll be golden come December.
I love parchment paper. Have you ever tried to tape it, however? Nothing sticks to it. To make this package, I improvised with a hole punch and some cooking twine. Just fold up a piece of parchment paper to the size of your liking, punch holes in the sides, thread any sort of ribbon or string through the holes and make knots on one side. Ta-da! With some cute ribbon, these packages could be really darling.
With this recipe, you just have to be careful not to over pulse the dough. This is about what it should look like:
The dough is still very crumbly when you pat it into the pan.
Rosemary Shortbread With Variations
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 16 pieces
Source: Melissa Clark of the NY Times
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 scant tablespoon of finely chopped fresh rosemary (see photo above)
- 1 teaspoon plus 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted cold butter, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 1/2 tsp. honey
- Heat oven to 325ºF. In a food processor, pulse together flour, sugar, rosemary and salt. Add butter and honey, and pulse to fine crumbs. Pulse a few more times until some crumbs start to come together, but don't overprocess. Dough should not be smooth.
- Press dough into an ungreased (or parchment paper-lined for easy removal) 8- or 9-inch-square baking pan. Prick dough all over with a fork. Bake until golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes for 9-inch pan, 45 to 50 minutes for 8-inch. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Cut into squares, bars or wedges while still warm.
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Wal-Mart's leaked emails could be just the beginning of bad news for the retail industry.
The emails, leaked by Bloomberg, revealed that Walmart executives were freaking out because people weren't shopping as much.
But there's a fundamental problem that seems to be spreading throughout the discount industry as a whole: customers are broke.
Thanks to the recent payroll tax hike, the poorest are running out of money entirely, reports Renee Dudley at Bloomberg.
"It's not Wal-Mart specific," David Strasser, an analyst for Janney Montgomery Scott LLC told Dudley. "Anyone with any low-end exposure is going to feel this. That customer runs out of money every day as it is. Now they're really going to run out of money."
Family Dollar, Target, and grocery stores are experiencing a similar problem, Strasser told Bloomberg.
When the payroll-tax break expired at the end of last year, Americans started paying 2 percentage points more in Social Security taxes on their first $113,700 in wages, Dudley reported. That's $60 a month for someone making $40,000 a year.
Walmart shoppers are the "barometer of the U.S. consumer," Brian Sozzi, chief equities analyst at NBG Productions, told us. If the world's largest retail is struggling, other businesses definitely are.
"There's no reason to be optimistic," Sozzi told us.
The Wal-Mart emails "could indicate a broader issue," Dudley reported.
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This year the Club worked with The Salvation Army's Culinary Training Program and enlisted the assistance of two prominent chefs in town to act as mentors. Chef Agostino Gabriele from Vincenzo's and Chef Geoffrey Heyde from the Village Anchor offered guidance to the training chefs.
In addition to the delicious food tastings, hors d'oeuvres and drinks there were eight up-scale vendors selling services and goods during the evening. They were Architype Gallery with fine handcrafted handbags, Cellar Door Chocolates (absolutely to die for!), Jenkins Eliason Interiors, Daffodils Fine Stationary and Gifts, Yudofsky Furriers, Summer Eliason Jewelry, Moss Hill Bath & Body Collection, Massage Envy Spa and Ming Wang, a fashionable dress designer from NYC.
Toward the end of the evening there was an auction of delightful vacation packages, University of Kentucky basketball tickets and other treasures.
Debbie Marr and Janice Mueller were the co-chairs of the successful event, and are they a breath of fresh air.
Proceeds from the Extravaganza will benefit the Heuser Hearing & Language Academy (75 percent) and the Salvation Army Culinary Training Program (25 percent). "And a good time was had by all.â€
BirthdayJack Roby celebrated an unmentionable birthday last Friday evening. Corky Sachs gave a dinner party in his honor. He called from a vacation in France and gave her the date, the guest list and the menu. (One thing about Jack, you never are left guessing, which is probably why he is so loved.)
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- Share the course objectives, competencies, and mastery levels required in an area with secondary or post-secondary partner. The secondary instructor reviews and compares the secondary coursework and objectives to the LCC course and objectives.
- Submit the Articulation Task List to the Department of K-12 Relations for review. Students must meet at least 80% of the LCC Student Learning Outcomes listed on the course syllabus.
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It is really no surprise that the group called "Missionaries of the Gospel of Life" selected Amarillo as the home for an expansive and expensive facility dedicated to protecting the sanctity of life.
Amarillo's strong conservative reputation and tradition would seem to welcome such a facility, which will serve as a training ground for religious leaders in the ongoing pro-life movement.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were Thursday for the two-story, 38,000-square-foot building project, which will include as many as eight buildings.
Obviously, the group's leaders, which include Amarillo Catholic Diocese Bishop John W. Yanta, wanted to place the group in an area that recognizes the importance of life and how the protection of life must be a priority.
Just as importantly, Amarillo recognizes law and order, civility and the protection of individual rights.
Organizations that can be described as pro-choice are battening down the hatches, fearing the worst as the abortion debate could take center stage in Amarillo. We hope - and believe - that such drastic steps as bulletproof glass and security doors at Planned Parenthood of Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle are not necessary. Not that the abortion debate has anything to do with racism, but Amarillo proved it can conduct a civil - albeit a loud and rowdy - public debate when the unwelcome Ku Klux Klan staged a downtown "rally" earlier this month.
While Amarillo is a conservative bastion - and that includes on the abortion issue - we think the religious leaders who chose to make this area their new home made a good choice for another reason also.
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Offensive lineman Adam Snyder returns to 49ers on two-year deal after a year away with Arizona
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The San Francisco 49ers have signed guard Adam Snyder to a two-year contract, bringing him back to the franchise after a year with the Arizona Cardinals.
The NFC champion Niners already have a steady offensive line intact to protect quarterback Colin Kaepernick, so Snyder might be fighting for playing time in his return.
Arizona released the 31-year-old Snyder last Monday after taking two players at his position in the draft. He started 14 games for Arizona last season.
Also Monday, San Francisco hired former NFL wide receiver Ronald Curry as an offensive assistant coach. He played for the Oakland Raiders when 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh was an offensive assistant with the team.


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The Homeless Education Program of Lenawee County and all the families and students we serve, would like to say thank you for the success of our recent Pajama Rama event. During the month of October our community donated new socks, underwear, personal care items and monetary contributions to assist homeless students in our public schools. The Pajama Party at the Adrian Mall on Nov. 3 wrapped up a very successful effort to make life a little easier for families during one of their most difficult times in life.
These donations have made it possible to purchase motel stays for families sleeping in their cars, clothes for students who have lost all their belongings in moving, as well as food for families in desperate situations. One elementary school student put on a coat that had been donated. He pulled it tight around himself and said "I am going to be OK." Another small child hugged a pack of socks she was given and said "It is just like Christmas." A senior in high school purposely didn't get measured for cap and gown. "I don't have money for that," he said, "They will still give me my diploma if I don't walk at graduation." Pajama Rama funds rented his cap and gown. He now plans to attend graduation. All of these students, as well as the hundreds of other homeless families these donations will assist, would like to say thank you.
Thank you to all of those who made donations both in new items and monetarily. We would like to recognize our partners: WLEN, Adrian College, The Adrian Mall, United Bank and Trust, TLC Credit Union, Blissfield State Bank, Lenco Credit Union, First Federal Bank, Onsted State Bank, Key Bank, Lenawee Community Foundation, McDonalds, The Centre, Midwest Energy, Great Start and Lenawee County Mission.
I would also like to thank the "Pajama Rama Squad" of Amy Sedlacek, Brenda Knapp, Carla Ayers, Kathy Williams, Kay Barber, Stacey Gamel, Gina Helminiak, Kari Brogan, Shelly Jeffrey, Dawn Bales and Lisa Eack.
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Lot 113 Timber Shores, Arkdale WI 54613 $29,900
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- School District: Adams-Friendship Area
- High School: Adams-Friendship
- Body of Water: Castle Rock Lake
- County: Adams
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- Listing Company: Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group
Property Description for Lot 113 Timber Shores, Arkdale, WI 54613
Lot 113 Timber Shores, Arkdale, WI 54613 - Timber Shores Is A Castle Rock Lake Neighborhood Located In Strongs Prairie, Wi. Lots Include Boat Slips With Access To Castle Rock Lake, Municipal Sewer, Over 9 Miles Of Beautiful Private Nature Trails, And A Private Swimming Pond. Golf Nearby At Both Sandy Valley And Northern Bay. Family Activities Including Boating On Wisconsin?s 4th Largest Lake, Atving, Snowmobiling, Picnicking, Hiking On The Many Trails And Parks In The Area.
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A new study reveals that when your appetite is whetted, you're more likely to impulse buy, reports EurekAlert. Scientists have discovered that a delectable aroma can make you purchase something you can't really afford: Female study participants in a room with a hidden chocolate-chip cookie scented candle were much more likely to make an unplanned purchase of a new sweater — even when told they were on a tight budget — than those randomly assigned to a room with a hidden unscented candle (67% vs. 17%). What is it about the human brain? Do yummy smells put us in such a good mood that we're willing to throw caution to the wind? And, just for a moment, think about what retailers could do with this information: Will Gucci start baking brownies?
Will Wal-Mart start pumping the scent of French-fries into stores? Will all of Las Vegas reek of Bundt cake? Stores really need to do something to lure shoppers in: According to the Wall Street Journal, MasterCard is reporting a surge in online sales, especially in luxury goods. But the next time you're shopping online — from the comfort of your own home — ask yourself: Do I really want that YSL bag, or do I just smell that dinner's almost ready?
Stimulating the appetite can lead to unrelated impulse purchases [EurekAlert!]
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