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If your business happens to be poultry or eggs, June 30 was a day for doing a big of crowing. On that day, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the size of this year's corn crop will be 92.3-million acres, nine percent more than the average acreage over the past decade and the second largest planting in more than six decades. The estimate drove July corn futures down the maximum amount that futures exchanges allow, to a level about 23 percent below the an all-time high of almost $8.00 a bushel reached a matter of weeks earlier
While prices have since made up part of that fall, the average estimate of analysts, as reported by AgTraderTalk.com, is that corn supplies in August of next year will be 11% higher than the amount estimated for this August, when the harvest is likely to set a record.
Meanwhile, further pressure on corn prices may be in store, if, as now seems likely, Congress acts to reduce federal subsidies for corn-derived ethanol as well as to eliminate a current tax on imported ethanol, such as the fuel made from sugar cane in Brazil. While such actions may not have much impact on corn prices in the short term, they could lower them over the long haul.
Three of the small-cap stocks we cover in Burkenroad Reports (www.burkenroad.org), the program in stock analysis at Tulane University's Freeman School of Business, are likely to benefit handsomely from these developments -- Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States; Sanderson Farms Inc, the country's fourth largest poultry producer; and AFC Enterprises Inc., operator and exclusive franchiser of Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits fast-food restaurants in the US and 26 other countries..
While Popeyes chicken is everybody's guilty pleasure here in New Orleans, Cal-Maine Foods, based in Jackson, Mississippi, is the kind of business that makes most people's eyes glaze over. What could be more mundane than selling eggs, even if one happens to be the nation's largest distributor? Boring though this company may sound, its stock price has been remarkably volatile, in large part because of the price of corn, which averaged $2.28 a bushel between 2000 and 2006 before the subsequent rise that culminated in last month's all-time high of $8.00. With investors anticipating an even greater rise, the stock attracted a high rate of short interest, just as the stock took off from $28.03 on June 7 to over $32 a month later. The fall in corn prices has lately led some observers to predict a short squeeze that could quickly push the stock to $40.
Whether this comes to pass or not, the recent drop in corn prices combined with upbeat harvest forecasts suggest good times ahead for this stock, especially since Cal-Maine is a highly efficient company that has benefited from numerous acquisitions over the years. In this part of the country, corporate acquirers typically target private companies that tend to have a lot more potential than outside investors give them credit for. What these outsiders fail to realize is that high rates of return are definitely not as cherished an objective for mom-and-pop operations eager to avoid big tax bills as they are for public companies. Not only are such privately owned target companies financially stronger than their earnings figure suggest, but, with its seasoned and skilled executive leadership, Cal-Maine has been able to ratchet up the efficiency of these firms dramatically once it has acquired them.
In sum, Cal-Maine stands a good chance during the next 12 months of surpassing $40 a share and a fair chance of reaching its historic high of about $49 that it attained a little less than three years ago. Certainly the company is bigger and stronger than it was then.
In many ways, Sanderson Farms and Cal-Maine are similar companies. Both are based in Mississippi, Sanderson's executive offices being located in Laurel, about 75 miles from Cal-Maine's headquarters in Jackson Not only do both stand to greatly benefit from a corn price reprieve (feed costs accounting for about half of Sanderson's cost of sales), but both companies are models of efficiency (Sanderson Farms being arguably the most efficient producer in the market) and large chunks of both firms rare owned by relatively few families along with top management. These are folks who have put most, if not all, of their eggs in one basket, and they make sure to keep a sharp eye on the basket.
Like Cal-Maine, too, Sanderson Farms has lately attracted a lot of short interest, with shorts likely counting on a continuing rise in corn prices. Instead corn prices have fallen, and Sanderson Farms' stock price has risen about 12% from the vicinity of $41 early in June to over $46 in mid-July. Whether or not a short squeeze is in the offing, the prospects for Sanderson Farms are bright if coming corn harvests prove as bountiful as analysts now predict they will be. Unfortunately, the improved outlook developed after our student analysts at Tulane rated the company "underperform" in March. That no longer seems likely: a target price equal to the stock's historical high in April 2010 of about 60 seems eminently attainable.
Lower chicken prices resulting from cheaper corn would certainly be a boon for this company that is better known by its former name of Popeyes; after all, much of its clientele are people of low income, and it's hard to pass high prices along, particularly in a recession. But brightened prospects for this Atlanta-based company have as much or more to do with four other factors.
One is a marked improvement in management since Cheryl Bachelder, a former top executive at KFC (YUM), took over as CEO in 2007. Popeyes used to be viewed as lacking in skilled management. Stores were not always the cleanest compared to those of other fast-food companies, and Ms. Bachelder has changed that in a big way. AFC has seen its "delighted customer" satisfaction rating increase from 55% to 74% in the past two years.
Second, AFC enjoys an advantage in the fact that 98% of its 2,000 outlets worldwide are franchises, a percentage that greatly exceeds the average for the fast-food industry and that enables the company to avoid the financial volatility that bedevils competitors.
Third (and here the company's origins in New Orleans make me less than objective), in any taste test with other fast-food chicken operations, AFC would just blow KFC and the rest of the competition away. The greatest growth opportunities in this field today are abroad, where 20% of the firm's restaurants are now located, and its products have a distinct edge in appealing to the spicy palates that prevail through much of the world.
Finally, to the deliciousness of the chicken and the company's skilled management, add to the investment equation AFC's potential attractiveness as a buyout target at a time when a lot of restaurants are being scooped up by private equity.
The company's current stock price is about $17. Given its impressive combination of strengths, a price of $25 during the next 12 months should be within reach.
Peter Ricchiuti has taught finance for 25 years and is an assistant dean at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. His views are his own, not Tulane's, and his partiality to "stocks under rocks" may not be appropriate for all investors.


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You've probably heard the above verse about speaking the truth in love. Well this week someone spoke the truth to me...in laughter! It seems my pastor was
Seeing my comment, my pastor watched the video. He commented how the most interesting thing about the video was the "Elvira" beside it. I was confused. I had watched the video but I hadn't seen it. "Not in the video, beside it," he laughed. After I moment, I realized he meant me! Embarrassingly enough, I had changed my profile photo for Halloween to one of me in 1998, where I'd won a costume contest. This is the photo:
When I realized what he was talking about I couldn't help but laugh. He was laughing too, and said he literally laughed out loud at the irony. He than said jokingly, "Hypocrite!" I laughed too, but indeed he was speaking the truth (in laughter).
As I mentioned on my blog on Monday, I am conflicted about Halloween. My pastor (who readily admits to being a hypocrite as well) made a great point that if we turn everything over to the devil for evil, then evil abounds. But if we reclaim and redeem things, we can make them for good. Halloween is a controversial subject, and I certainly do not have all the answers! But I am thankful for a pastor who speaks the truth in laughter.
It is a delicate balance to be in the world, but not "of" the world. To be a light to the darkness, we have to step toward the darkness. But we cannot become the darkness, but rather shine the light of God there. And as Christians I think we sometimes get so stuck on Oct 31st, that we forget the evil that is happened the other 364 days of the year. Even in looking at my own life, dressing up for Halloween is one of the least sinful things I have done. I am thankful for a God who redeemed and reclaimed me!
So, when do we stand and fight? When do we redeem? When do we boycott? All we can do is pray for wisdom in our decision making, and mercy when our decisions are wrong.
How do you balance being in the world, but not of it? And who can you gently speak the truth to today, perhaps even in laughter?

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Yellow Never Looked So Good: 10 Sunny Kids Rooms
Yellow has to be one of the harder wall and decor colors to get right. It seems like if you go two shades in the wrong direction you end up with 'Boisterous Banana' instead of 'Blissful Butter'. Maybe that is one reason why it looks so amazing when it is done well. Here are a few rooms from the archives that make yellow look absolutely golden.
You can click through the links above to see more of each room.


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Soup, services and solutions
Sister Maureen Joyce Center in Albany will help fill void in servicing poor
Published 7:45 pm, Wednesday, October 26, 2011
ALBANY -- The soup kitchen in the old St. Patrick's School on Central Avenue often provides the only free hot meal they can find, the most desperate and marginalized people in the city's poorest neighborhood.
The long tables and folding chairs set up in the basement are filled at lunchtime three days a week by homeless mothers with young children, chronic alcoholics and drug addicts, or folks ground down by mental illness.
After 34 years of operation, the numbers had swelled in recent months from about 130 to more than 160 people at each meal. But the rest of the sprawling empty school building had fallen into disrepair and was too costly to heat and maintain.
Now, with the help of a Roman Catholic-Jewish partnership and the generosity of numerous volunteers and donors, ground was broken Wednesday for an expanded soup kitchen and social services center in the former St. George's Church at the corner of Livingston Avenue and Thornton Street in West Hill.
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It will undergo a $400,000 renovation and is expected to open in late-winter, perhaps by the end of February. The old soup kitchen will continue to provide meals until construction is finished. The new facility will bring a range of services under one roof, including a donated clothing thrift shop, medical screening, legal advice and other assistance.
It will be named the Sister Maureen Joyce Center, in honor of the former executive director of Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. She died last year.
"She was so dedicated to the poor and the people in need," said Rev. John Bradley, the program coordinator and pastor at Blessed Sacrament parish, which will continue to run its food pantry at the uptown Central Avenue parish.
The future Joyce Center had been vacant for some time. It had last been occupied by the Black Catholic Apostolate, which moved to Menands, and most recently by the Rev. Peter Young addiction treatment program, which has several other buildings around the city and region.
"The Joyce Center is a wonderful solution to a lot of challenges and it's going to provide much-needed services for many people who need them in this neighborhood," Bradley said.
Bradley has kicked off a fundraising campaign that has raised slightly more than $100,000 so far, with a major gift from the Albany diocese, as well as donations from Temple Beth Emeth, local Catholic parishes and congregations of other faiths.
"I never thought the project would be this big or this complex when we started out," Bradley said. "It's ecumenical and will serve the whole city."
Moving the soup kitchen was necessitated by the fact that the old St. Patrick's School is under contract for sale by the diocese to an entity Bradley would not disclose. "It will be a great asset and will bring a lot of vitality to the neighborhood if the sale goes through," he said.
Bradley is applying for grants to help fund the Joyce Center renovation.
He was joined at Wednesday's ceremony by Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, Mayor Jerry Jennings, Albany County Executive Mike Breslin, Sen. Neil Breslin, Assemblyman Jack McEneny and other church and civic leaders.
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Thoughts on how tweet content is related to instructor credibility
Yesterday I received emails and tweets asking what I thought about the study reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education that examined the relationship between tweet content and student perception of instructor credibility. One of my social media (and life) rules is that I will not comment on a paper that I haven't read. Luckily, through the magic of Interlibrary Loan, I was able to get my hands on a digital copy today.
General impressions
One of the things I liked most about the study was their clever design: they created three Twitter accounts for fictitious instructors and had three groups of students rate the instructor's credibility using a 3-item scale (which unfortunately, was not shared in the paper). The author found that students rated instructors as more credible if their Twitter feed included only social tweets versus instructor accounts that contained only scholarly tweets. There were no significant differences in credibility for the group that was exposed to an account that had both social and scholarly tweets.
The author does a good job of framing their research using studies looking at instructor credibility in the real world. Since I began teaching, I've thought about this a lot. I mainly teach first year students and it's clear that my students are apprehensive about interacting with their instructors– something that doesn't fit with my philosophy of education which is that education is an interpersonal relationship and for me to be most effective, I must know students as people and they must know me. Now, I'm not talking about inappropriate sharing– I'm talking about helping my students know that I'm a real person and approachable. One byproduct of being approachable is that it increases the chances of a student being successful in class (and beyond) because they are more likely to come to the professor with concerns (academic and otherwise) that might impede their learning. They are also more likely to ask questions and engage academically. I believe the same about online social spaces– they give students a low-stress way to see what you are like. I've said elsewhere that my Facebook page is "sanitized for mass consumption" and that while I don't ask students to friend me, I will accept friend requests from students. What they find on my Facebook page might sometimes be surprising because I share much more in the classroom than I do on Facebook. That's just how I roll.
Interesting points
- The most interesting point was that in order to control for extraneous variables, students were rating static Twitter streams. That is, students read a web page with 22 tweets. In real-world use of Twitter in the classroom, there is dynamic interaction between faculty and students. Just like in the real world, when students follow an instructor's Twitter feed, over time they begin to be able to "read between the interpersonal lines" to get a better sense of what the tweeter is like. Imagine having no context by which to make appropriate evaluations of someone– ever receive an email where you wondered if it was a joke or a mean spirited statement? Yeah, there's a paper for that and let me summarize it for you– it's almost impossible to discern tone online without added context. I would have loved to see other conditions– where students read statements made by instructors on paper and another where the students knew the instructors in real life and followed their Twitter feeds (certainly the latter condition would have thrown off their tight controls but would make for interesting data to elaborate on the "between the lines" phenomenon).
- In addition to missing the digital context between tweets, students in this study were missing real-world context of experiencing a professor in the classroom. Presumably (and as cited in some of the studies in the introduction), instructors are also sharing personal information in the classroom.
- There may be a gender interaction effect– the majority of the participants were women and all of the Twitter accounts portrayed female instructors, who may have been rated as more caring and credible. This was cited as a limitation by the author.
- An interesting finding that wasn't reported in the Chronicle article was that older students were less likely to believe that instructors should have Twitter accounts. They didn't provide an explanation of this but maybe it's because once students have acclimated to college and have engaged with faculty, they are "over" that and would rather be more business like. It could also be due to Twitter penetration rates– Pew Internet and American Life Project data show that younger adults are more likely to be on Twitter than older ones and therefore, the younger students may have a better understanding of what it means to be on Twitter.
Final Thoughts
It's been clear through my own research that student comfort level with faculty use of social media depends on the faculty member's reason for doing so. If you ask students if they want their professors to use Facebook or Twitter with them, many will say "no." However, if you ask them – or better yet, encourage them to use Facebook or Twitter for educational purposes, they take right to it. One study found that 47% of students said that using Facebook in their courses would be "convenient" and 27% stated they would welcome the opportunity to connect with faculty and other students on Facebook. Preliminary qualitative analyses of a study we are currently conducting show that when given a choice, students are much more comfortable using Facebook as part of a large lecture course than other technologies (including the institution's Learning Management System). Furthermore, the richness of discussions on the course Facebook group wall and in the group chat are unparalleled when compared to other technologies. This makes sense– students spend a lot of time on Facebook and are very familiar with the platform. Build a space that's not a creepy treehouse, give students a nudge, and watch them engage in collaborative learning and take ownership of their education.


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In August of 2008, Superintendent Paul Fitzgerald (Chief of the Bureau of Intelligence and Analysis for the Boston Police department) and his wife Leigh Anne faced the news that their daughter, Caroline, then 8-years old, had type 1 diabetes. She became a patient at Joslin Diabetes Center following her diagnosis.
The care that Caroline received at Joslin inspired the Fitzgeralds to start the Field of Dreams Wiffleball Tournament in 2010. This year's Field of Dreams tournament will be held on Saturday, May 10 at the Boston Athletic Club, 653 Summer St., South Boston.
The tournament began as a way to promote diabetes awareness and raise money for research and clinical care. "We aren't doctors, but we want to do what we can as a family to support the diabetes community," said Fitzgerald. "The Boston Athletic Club opened a new indoor facility for wiffleball and we came up with the idea of Field of Dreams- we have the field, and now everyone can come and support the dream of curing diabetes."
During the first year, the tournament raised $32,000. Each year since, they've been able to raise more and more, and last year they hit a total of $65,000. One hundred percent of the proceeds from this all-volunteer event go to Joslin Diabetes Center.
The event consists of two different tournaments- youth teams play in the morning, followed by adult teams in the afternoon. To support the event, you can visit the website to register a team, purchase raffle tickets or donate, or you can go and enjoy the event.
In addition to the wiffleball tournament, Field of Dreams will have activities for everyone, including face painting, food, music and a petting zoo.
The Fitzgeralds have shown their commitment to helping find a cure for diabetes through their efforts putting on the annual Field of Dreams tournament. Throughout the year, Paul and Leigh Anne work tirelessly to make sure it is a fun family day and successful event for a cause that is important to them.
"Awareness is a big part of what we do," said Fitzgerald. "We want to get awareness of the challenges that people with diabetes face and do our part to find a cure."
For more information, to register a team, or to donate to this event, please visit www.joslin.org/fieldofdreams.


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The following is an excerpt from an interview with Dave Fleet, Vice President of Digital at Edelman's Toronto Office that appeared on FreshGigs.ca. FreshGigs is a Canadian jobsite, which often profiles leaders in marketing, communications and creative jobs.
Dave, you've worked in both the private and public sectors in Canada. From a marketing and communications view what are the big differences when working in private vs. public?
From my perspective, communications principles are the same regardless of where you work. I've taken a lot of lessons from my time in the public sector and applied them to the work I do in agencies, especially when it comes to considering the needs of myriad stakeholders (something that is central to the life of government communicators).
With that said, there are certainly differences. While government communications requires you to get in-depth on a relatively limited set of topics, agency life generally you to work more broadly. Some people like that variety; others prefer to sink their teeth into a smaller set of topics. Agency life is also much faster-paced and high-pressure. Again, some people like that (I thrive on it) but it's not for everyone.
Dave, you are the VP of Digital at Edelman in Toronto. What does your typical day look like?
I work with a team of about 30 people, split between Canada and the US. Fortunately they're all smarter than me, so from my perspective my role is to help to set the right direction for them, provide whatever support they need and stay out of the way so they can do their jobs.
My days are generally a mix of providing input on proposals, plans and reports from the team, participating in client calls on any number of topics, administration (hiring, finances, 1:1s with reports etc) and generally acting as a clearing house for information for the team. Sometimes I'll get more heavily involved in specific projects, but one of the things I love about this team is that 99% of the time they're more than capable of kicking butt without my involvement.
Read the complete interview with Dave Fleet on FreshGigs.ca.
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Dannielle Tegeder
My work explores systems in drawing, painting, installation, sound, and animation.
The images shown are from a long term drawing project entitled "The Library of Abstract Sound" from 2009. It is a multi-media installation of two hundred drawings that are enclosed in a room installed on shelves. Each drawing acts as a score and there is a one to three minute long audio piece that accompanies each piece. The audio was created through a program that was written for this project that scans the piece and translates it into sound. The installation also includes a colored wall, mahogany shelves, different frames for each drawing, and a rug all inspired by early modernist interior design. The second room of the installation reminiscent of a modernist museum includes glass mobiles, and large drawings and acts as a contemporary homage to the tradition of abstraction and sound such as Kandinsky, and to the overall sensibility of that time.
Dannielle Tegeder received a BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase, and a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dannielle has participated in artist residencies including Yaddo, The Marie Walshe Sharpe Studio Program, and Smackmellon Studio Residency. Her work has been shown at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY; Xippas Gallery, Paris, France; The Brooklyn Museum, New York, York, NY; Bronx Museum, New York, NY, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY; John Connelly Presents, New York, NY; Jette Rudolph Galerie, Berlin, Germany;Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City; Suzanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, CA among others. Reviews of her work have been published by The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, and The Chicago Tribune. Her work has recently been included is in the Museum of Modern Art's Drawing Collection.A complete overview of my work can be found on www.dannielletegeder.com.


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Verbatim Europe announced that it is now shipping its blank Blu-ray Disc Rewritable (BD-RE) Dual-Layer (DL) 50GB media.
For more information visit: www.verbatim-europe.co.uk
Unedited press release follows:
High Definition Recording with Verbatim's new Blu-ray Dual Layer 50GB rewritable up to 1000 time
Verbatim's new BD-RE DL 2X offers 50GB capacity, making it ideal for day-to-day backup, beta-testing for video and software applications or short-term recording for home video and and video content for professional broadcast. The Hardcoat Scratch Guard protects against scratches fingerprints, dust, oil and water, and the proven SERL technology (Super Eutectic Recording Layer) ensures excellent recording compatibility and excellent rewritability up to 1000 times. With this additional new BD-RE DL 50GB 2X, Verbatim is now offering all Blu-ray formats available on the market. The new Blu-ray disc is available in stores now in a 5 Pack Jewel Case.
• New format BD-RE DL 50GB 2X
• 50GB storage capacity, offering up to 10 times the capacity of a standard DVD-R
• Excellent playback performance
• Hardcoat Scratch Guard Protection against scratches fingerprints, dust, oil and water.
• SERL technology (Super Eutectic Recording Layer) ensures excellent recording compatibility and excellent rewritability again and again up to 1000 times
Blu-ray media is getting more and more attractive to consumers – both for home and professional use – to record and archive data. Verbatim meets this demand with its new Blu-ray disc BD-RE DL 50GB 2X which offers up to 10 times the capacity of a DVD-R, guaranteeing reliable and safe short-term-backup of files, from home photos and videos to office documents. It offers excellent playback performance and thanks to its Hard Coat protective layer it can be rewritten up to 1000 times without loss of quality due to its proven Verbatim SERL Technology.
Verbatim´s Hard CoatTM technology – a special scratch protection layer – protects the disc from scratches, fingerprints or dust, thereby helping to avoid recording or playback problems. "Thanks to the hard coat protective layer and recording technologies developed by our parent company Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, customers can be confident they have media of the highest quality," says Torsten Leye, Marketing Manager Optical at Verbatim EUMEA.
The new Verbatim Blu-ray rewritable disc with 50GB capacity is compatible with the current Blu-ray drives and compliant with Blu-ray Disc Alliance specifications. Verbatim/Mitsubishi Kagaku Media is a contributing member of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) and as a leading brand in CD-, DVD- and Blu-ray media, maintains close relations with the largest manufacturers of optical players and recorders. Verbatim works with the hardware manufacturers by providing them with media to help test and optimise hardware being developed. This means that consumers can be assured that Verbatim-branded media will always have very high levels of compatibility with hardware from the leading brands. As with all Verbatim CD, DVD and Blu-ray media, the discs are supported by a lifetime warranty.
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There is always a massive air of confidence around Premiership clubs on the eve of a new season, and quite rightly so.
Last week's news of a 17 per cent increase in season-ticket sales confirms that the Zurich Premiership is heading in the right direction, and it is not just that the marketing boys are strutting their stuff. The general upbeat feeling which is emanating from clubs is that there is very little difference between any of them on the field, except for Leicester, who again are favourites to claim the Zurich Premiership - for the fifth consecutive time.
Gloucester, Sale, Northampton and Wasps have genuine claims to challenge the Leicester supremacy, yet they are all aware that the consistency of performance they are seeking will have to last for nine months, and not just the first six weeks of the season.
All 12 clubs will tell you that pre-season preparation has gone well and, judging by the way they have been flexing their muscles in warm-up fixtures around the world, they all seem to be in pretty good shape.
The pre-season, or honeymoon, period is a good time for clubs, conditioning for the ensuing marathon of matches which covers a multitude of aspects of the sport from nutrition and exercise physiology to the distribution of kit - or "stash", as it is affectionately known - which always brings smiles to the faces of exhausted players.
Changes in coaching staff at several clubs have meant a change of preparation and probably working hours, as the message is clear to all teams that they will need to hit the ground running this weekend. More than just reputations are at stake. Failing to do so will put them firmly on the back foot, as Bath discovered last season.
In fact, with 14 matches of the league programme to be completed by the new year, it will be very difficult to recover from a lacklustre start. That probably explains the plethora of warm-up or friendly fixtures which have been played this month. I thought we were trying to reduce the number of matches for players, but one can see the necessity for these games.
What has been interesting is the diversity of pre-season preparation in the clubs. Some prefer to slip away to training camps in France, Lanzarote or Poland, while others go for the good old-fashioned tour and a couple of games to boot. Some other clubs, however, have not moved from their training grounds, apart from the odd sortie across the Channel for a game.
So it would appear that there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to pre-season training, apart from the need to bond and team-build. So many have asked the question: "Why go overseas and add even more pressure to the straining budget, especially as these professional squads are full-time and have all day to train together. What can they possibly achieve overseas that they cannot address at home?"
Even the weather in July and August lends some credence to their argument, as conditions at this time of year are perfect in England for pre-season training.
Yet most directors of rugby are adamant about taking their teams away from their normal training environment. Even if there have been few changes to their squad from last year, the need for players to be away from familiar surroundings is seen as paramount in the team-building process. The primary function is to build a squad of players who can depend on, trust and relate to each other when the going gets tough, as it surely will for all 12 teams in the Premiership at some stage in the season.
Sadly, it has never been in doubt that the training facilities on offer in other parts of Europe are better equipped to deal with the needs of a sports team than those in England.
And if that is not enough to appease the bean counters or the doubters, then simply the threat of a disastrous start to the season is enough to allow the exercise to proceed.
Pre-season preparation will obviously play a large part in the results of the early Premiership games, yet all directors of rugby and coaches know only too well it will be the injury count that will ultimately decide their, and their team's, future in the competition.


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How has the vision and mission of the University evolved?
Chancellor John Pugh
Over the last 25 years the university has evolved into a small public liberal arts institution that provides degree programs in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences as well as professional degrees in business, nursing, and education.
In addition, UAS provides workforce development programs and training to prepare individuals for specific jobs in our local communities. The university is committed to excellence in their teaching, research, and service to the community.
What are the funding and capital improvement priorities for the University?
The University of Alaska Board of Regents (BOR) requested an increase of $27.2 million general funds for the Fiscal Year 2009 operating budget of the university. This is a 9.3 percent increase.
Of this overall request, $13.3 million is for maintaining the existing programs and services at the university. This includes compensation, benefits, utilities, and maintenance of the university buildings.
In addition, the BOR requested $13.9 million for programs that prepare Alaskans for jobs in health, engineering, construction, and fisheries; for research related to climate change impacts, transportation and energy issues, and health sciences; and for programs that enhance student achievement.
Governor Palin's operating budget included all of the $13.3 million for maintaining the existing programs and services at the university and $5.8 million for preparing Alaskans for occupations in health, engineering, and construction and for research into the impacts of climate change. The Governor also included some funding for enhancing our services for students in vocational/technical programs throughout Alaska.
UAS appreciates the Governor's support for the university. The maintenance funding is critical for our ongoing efforts to provide quality higher education in the southeast region. The funds for preparing Alaskans for jobs in health, engineering, and construction will provide much needed teaching positions in the health sciences, pre-engineering, and underground mining.
UAS will continue to work with the Legislature to try to increase the budget to cover other important areas such as programs for fisheries and research in transportation, energy, and heath sciences.
The Board of Regents 2009 Capital Budget request included priorities in major renewal and replacement and new facilities. The Governor's Budget included $40.5 million for major renewal and replacement projects. UAS' Anderson Building remodel for $10.2 million is included in the Governor's Budget. It is the UAS top priority.
How's enrollment?
The UAS student enrollment has been fluctuating over the last two years. The Fall 2007 Semester full-time headcount for the southeast region is right around 1,000 and the part-time is close to 2,000.
Students seeking degrees have continued to increase despite lower overall enrollments. Applications for the UAS high need programs in business, teaching, and health have lead the surge in degree seekers. In addition, the UAS graduation numbers have increased 35 percent during the past five year period. Last year UAS graduated 282 students throughout the region.
UAS also continues to serve the Southeast communities by providing much needed workforce training. For example, in Juneau, UAS has partnered with the Alaska Department of Labor and the mining companies to develop mine safety training as well as more advanced training opportunities.
UAS is working on a new plan to develop an Underground Mine Training Center to serve the needs of southeast and, hopefully, the entire state.
In Ketchikan, UAS works with the local shipyard to provide appropriate training for the workforce.
In Sitka, UAS has focused on providing health science coursework to the smaller communities of Alaska. Last year Sitka developed a distance delivered Certified Nurses Assistant Program.
What is the progress on the Auke Lake Trail Project?
The Auke Lake Trail improvement project is a partnership between the City and Borough of Juneau, the University of Alaska Southeast, and Trail Mix.
The project not only makes improvements to the existing trail on the east side of Auke Lake but creates a connection between the UAS Campus and the trail by placing a bridge across the outlet to Auke Lake and developing better access along the Glacier Highway.
The project will provide increased educational opportunities for K-12 elementary and high school students, for university level students, and for community members in the study of the history of the area as well as the ecology of Auke Lake. It also will enhance the recreational opportunities for the UAS Campus, the community and our summer visitors.
The budget for the Auke Lake Trail Project is $1.325 million. Recently, the university celebrated its success in raising $1.1 million for the project. This $1.1 million together with CBJ's $230,000 gives us the budget to begin construction of the project.
In January of 2008, the City Planning Commission unanimously approved the plans for the Auke Lake Trail Project. Marc Matsil, CBJ Parks and Recreation Director, George Schaaf, Executive Director of Trail Mix, and Keith Gerken, UAS Director of Facilities have indicated the project will start as soon as the snow clears this spring.
How does the Auke Lake Trail Project fit with the University's mission?
The mission of a small public liberal arts university is to provide a broad range of educational opportunities for students. These opportunities should go beyond the classroom to engagement in the community which includes our natural environment.
The Auke Lake Trail will enable students to engage in biological and geological studies of the ecology of the lake, in historical and anthropological studies of the area, and in outdoor recreational studies and activities.
This fits with the goal of educating the whole person.
In addition, the trail will connect the campus to the surrounding neighborhood. This connection will strengthen the university's ties to the local community, hopefully, enhancing student engagement in activities that benefit both the university and the Auke Bay neighborhood.


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Mary McLeod Bethune was one of a formidable generation of leaders who arose in the early 20th century within the African American community to confront racism and segregation, and to claim the community's rightful place in the American dream. "What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants opportunity to make real what the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights say, what the Four Freedoms establish." Mary McLeod Bethune founded Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida and served as an advisor on African American affairs to four presidents. She founded the National Council of Negro Women to address the problems of the black community. Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site is a three-story Victorian town house that was Mary McLeod Bethune's last Washington, D.C. residence and the first headquarters of her organization.
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- What food tempts you to say yes to just one more bite?
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In "The Bible Meets Life" on page 20 of the PSG, we learn that temptations are often based on deceit. They promise good things, but in the end they fail to deliver.
- How have you found temptation to be the ultimate "bait and switch?"
Question #4
So far, we've discussed the process that temptation follows as well as gifts God provides to help us live righteously. Consider the following quote from Martin Luther: "Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair."
- Do you agree or disagree with Luther's thoughts on temptation?
- When it comes to averting temptation, how successful are you?
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Troy Container Line (TCL), has strengthened its global presence by opening a new regional office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The new regional base adds in-depth operational expertise needed to meet growing customer demands in the South Atlantic region.
Thanks to the solid reputation TCL built for itself since 1984 from its headquarters in Red Bank, New Jersey, the new Charlotte office is already running ahead of even the most optimistic company forecasts since opening its doors October 1, 2008. At the helm as vice president is longtime employee, Chris Hellow, who began his career with TCL 11 years ago and went on to hold several senior positions with the company.
'Charlotte has become one of the top three hubs of transportation for the South,' said Hellow. 'The new office allows us to handle more volume and gives us a wider scope for sales.'
It also enables Hellow and TCL to better respond to customer issues on the spot and provide a consistent, high-quality service on a global basis. With a growing staff of five employees handpicked by Hellow, TCL plans to offer direct European services out of the south by the end of the second quarter.
'The Charlotte office has superior support and partnership from the city and state, and serves as a central location for the transportation business.' said Michael Troy, President and CEO of TCL. 'We are confident that our investment and growth in the Southeast will benefit our colleagues and advance our goal of creating opportunities in global commerce for our customers.'


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Who will survive in America?
When the price of bootstraps is rising,
When the federal minimum wage is 7.25 an hour,
The national savings rate is below 5%,
And the incarceration rate
For adult African American males is above 5%.
And still, the price of bootstraps is rising.
You can, however, buy a bootstrap on layaway,
The down payments aren't cheap,
But now they come with low, low financing,
Provided you put up collateral,
You know what they say,
Gotta spend money to make money.
The price of bootstraps is rising,
So they took bootstrap financing debts,
Your neighbor's, your cousin's, your pastor's,
And bundled them into a structured security,
Collateralized bootstrap obligations,
Which they put little ratings on,
At the big three ratings agencies.
A/A2, Ba1/BB+, or junk bonds, CCC
The price of bootstraps is still rising,
But the money in your 401K,
Is invested for maximum yield,
In riskier of the bootstrap-backed debt vehicles,
And with a simple credit default swap,
You've invested your future in, of all things,
You and your neighbor's ability,
To maintain financial stability,
To make the ever increasing payments,
On bootstraps,
And bootstrap parts replacements,
And bootstrap upkeep.
But the price of bootstraps is rising,
Possibly because of the war,
Or bootstrap-related jobs shipped overseas,
And you can't pay the new price,
Or the one from before,
So your bootstraps are repossessed,
And your neighbors are no more blessed,
So when the payments go into default,
That 401k that was sat in a vault,
Dries up like a slug drowned in so much salt.
They tell you,
The bootstrap industry is too big to fail,
It would cripple the economy,
And attempts at bootstrap regulation,
Unduly stifle corporate autonomy,
Pull yourself up Black America, pull yourself up.
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Arrangements of popular film and TV songs that beginning players will love to learn. Primer Level.
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- I Just Can't Wait To Be King
- If I Only Had A Brain
- It's A Small World
- Oompa-Loompa-Doompadee-Doo
- Part Of Your World
- Scooby Doo Main Title
- The Candy Man
- The Merry-go-round Broke Down
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
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For Wilderness Lovers, This Year Could Deliver a Sweeping Victory—or a Big Disappointment
Siskiyou Illinois headwaters, Oregon. Photo by Rolf Skar, Courtesy Siskiyou Regional Education Project
Right now, a sweeping and long-awaited package of bills that would conserve hundreds of thousands of acres of new Wilderness and other special public lands is working its way through Congress. If passed, the omnibus lands act, would provide the greatest expansion of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 14 years.
So much work has gone into making these wilderness-friendly bills a reality, but with the end of the legislative year, many larger, controversial national issues have taken attention away from passing the legislation.
We've been pushing Congress to move forward on this monumental legislation soon, because once the year ends, it's back to the ole' Congressional drawing board. A huge opportunity to lock in permanent protection for very special places will have slipped away. Should Congress fail to act, there is not guarantee that the omnibus lands act will reemerge in the 111th Congress. There will be newly elected officials who have not before seen the bills of the current package; and some of the bill's authors are retiring this year.
Recently, good news arrived when Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., reported the legislation would be brought to the floor in a post-election session. If the bill is indeed passed and signed into law, wild areas in eight states would gain the government's highest level of protection!
Old-growth coastal forests in Oregon, legendary trout streams in West Virginia, rugged desert landscapes in California, and many others, would be permanently protected.
America's newest conservation system would also be given formal recognition. The National Landscape Conservation System was established in 2000 to encompass the crown jewels of the public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The 26 million-acre system includes the BLM' s National Monuments, Conservation Areas, Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers and National Trails.
One bill in the package is not good news, however: a land exchange proposal that would de-designate permanently protected Wilderness in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in order to allow a road to be built. The Wilderness Society strongly opposes the Izembek bill and we are working hard to have it removed from the public lands package before any floor vote. It is an unnecessary and harmful proposal that will fragment and permanently damage a wilderness resource that provides critical habitat for hundreds of thousands of the world's migratory birds, as well as for other wildlife.
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Ron Glodoski is a living example of why we should Leave No Child Behind.
An author and remarkable motivational speaker, Ron is an inspiring example of personal transformation.
His book, How To Be A Successful Criminal: The Real Deal on Crime, Drugs, and Easy Money has received national acclaim by parents, educators, administrators, judges, police officers, counselors and social workers.
Larger than life - Ron has been featured on The Sally Jesse Raphael Show and has received national media coverage.
A passionate and dynamic speaker, audiences find his message inspiring, insightful and provocative. People leave his presentations with strategies and skills they can use immediately
The vast number of schools, which annually hire Ron to work with their students, teachers and parents, reflect the desperate and urgent need to help our nation's youth. Ron provides a fresh, new perspective on how to effectively connect with kids. Every week Ron is reaching thousands of educators and students in schools and detention centers across the country. The endorsements speak for themselves.


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There is always something going on at Whitlow's, no matter what day of the week it is. There are always half-priced specials during lunch hours, happy hour drink and food specials, live music and dancing at nights, and a pub quiz on Sunday nights, as well as many other special events throughout the year. In other words, this place is perfect for relaxing with a large group of friends on the...
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We stopped here on our arrival into DC and were so happy we stumbled upon this spot. Monday was half priced burgers and they were DELICIOUS! Our server was really great. A wonderful place to eat!
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Karen Russell's highly acclaimed 2011 novel Swamplandia was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2011, and a recipient of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. Her other work includes the short story collections St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and her most recent, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, praised by NPR as "one of the most innovative, inspired short-story collections in the past decade." Russell has been honored in the New Yorker's list of the 20 best writers under the age of 40, Granta's Best of Young American Novelists, and by the National Book Foundation's "5 Under 35" program. Three of her short stories have been selected for the Best American Short Stories volumes. Her stories have been featured in Best American Short Stories, Conjunctions, Granta, the New Yorker, Oxford American, and Zoetrope. She is the recipient of the Mary Ellen von der Heyden Berlin Prize and was a spring 2012 fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. The Janey Lack Readings are curated by the MFA students in creative writing in the Helen Zell Writers' Program. UMMA is pleased to be the site for the Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from UM alumna Helen Zell('64). For more information, please see http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/mfaeve.asp.
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A person having the correct knowledge and gift of gab is of great help in life. Often in our day to day life after facing some tough situations we tend to lose confidence in ourselves. This is the reason why most among us desires to be with a person who has got the ability to understand all kinds of feelings. This lets us get the chance to converse with that great individual. This way one human shares his emotions with another and feels a little stress-free. Throughout the globe there are hundreds of religions which preach communal harmony and world peace in various ways. A common man leads a life with some other kinds of challenges. Every day they come face to face with situations where that have to fight their way out. To remain motivated often they take resort to religious books or other philosophical documents. But, the truth is only inner peace can make an individual feel at home all the time. This is why most of the modern eras mass prefer to share their heart's agony with the person of confidence. Unlike many other situations a motivational speaker is always great person to be with. This is the one who has got the capacity to turn any dull occasion into a sparkling session of self-rediscovering with all the experience sharing sessions. A person who is knows throughout the world for doing this does possess the quality to make any person think twice about the wrong doings of their life. If you are thinking about hosting a party in your house and want to make it awesome, then hiring the service of a reputed motivational speaker is best idea.
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Port St. Lucie police responded to a fatal crash that occurred in a daycare parking lot Monday morning.
Officers say that around 10 am today there was a multi-vehicle crash at the Children's Gardens Academy at 2602 SW Port St. Lucie Blvd.
Police scene say that a 65-year-old man was driving a 2002 Dodge Van west on SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard.
The man suffered a heart attack, according to the PSL PD, which caused him to veer off the road into the daycare parking lot.
The Dodge van, according to investigators, struck three cars in the parking lot, before coming to a final stop.
Police say there were no other injuries and no children were reported to have been in the parking lot at the time of the crash.
The 65-year-old man was pronounced dead at St. Lucie Hospital a short time later, according to investigators.
This crash was a result of a severe medical condition and no further action will be taken by the Port St. Lucie Police Department.


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Listening to his voicemail makes me smile everytime. Whether he's asleep or at work, I love calling just to hear his voice. It gives me butterflies. No matter how many times I hear it. (: <3
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I've been single for about a year,and I wanna date again, but I just get this feeling that I'm not ready? I really want to like this person, but something inside me keeps telling me that I can't? I feel like I can fix this somehow and that it's just in my head, how do I fix it?
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I wish the man I want most in my life werebeside me right now. I enjoy his presence so much, indulging in each other's company. He is being avoidant right now though.
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Ill say it now. There's something about yourguy's voice that makes u that much more attached to him, and makes you go ahhhhhhh and become all gooey inside. His tone, is a dream of sorts, all u wanna hear in a day. Lol, i thought it was just me, but I asked other people and some friends and i learned they all felt same way...
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It Makes Me DreamWhen I hear his voice saying I am his love, The word love turns into a lance, That fast invades my mind, Going through my inner, Staying in my heart as a hot coal. When I hear his voice saying cuddle with me, It touchs me Till the bottom of my heart It...
I heard his voice for the first time yesterdayand OMG his voice matches his good looks and personality and that oh so sexy accent :P is to die for. I dont think i deserve him.He is just so perfect in every way. Whereas my voice is just so bleh and othing special about my " weird" accent. I think he is the most perfect human...
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*sigh*I can listen to it forever.... :)
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his voice makes me smile .. he has a loud quick "alo" he has a cute "mmmmmm" even though his voice is deeeeeep he talks with extremely caring and cute way i listen to his voice from recorded msgs i love his voice
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when im upset i ask him to sing to me.so soothing.
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Not heard it since Thursdayand it's not fair :(
I love to hear him say "I love you." And laugh. And tell me dumb jokes. He's perfect.
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Accent <3The sweet bass in his roughly accented voice, his deep beautiful laugh makes me feel like I'm flying, no matter how terrible my mood he can always make a smile appear on my face, its hard to go to bed at night without hearing his sweet I love you 's and hard to wake up in the...
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He Had Me At Good MorningHe has a smile that crinkles up his eyes, this look of intense concentration when he is working that I adore so much... But I have only recently discovered how much I love listening to his voice. He speaks quietly, saying what he wants to say in a confident yet...
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It's All I Had.Me and my boyfriend were always long distance, so all I had, besides webcam, was the sound of his voice. Now, while he is at basics for the Air Force, all I have is his voice in my voicemail, and it gets me through the day. <3
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I love his voice so much he makes meso much laugh and makes makes me so happy like no one else could before. he transports me to another world full of happiness he makes me forget everything and everyone! I just really do love him so so very much!!!
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Oh...his Voice... What a Voice It Is!Before my guy and I ever met in person, we had created chat wavs for each other. A mutual friend of ours said "His voice could melt an ice queen!" LMAO And though I don't deny that his deep, Southern voice and accent are incredibly sexy, it's more...
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I Love His VoiceIt calms me, makes me smile, relaxes me, helps me sleep and so much more. His voice it just.. lovely, and I use that word a lot when it comes to him, but it is so true. I miss him every second, yet I haven't met him yet, as soon as he has to go I miss the sound of his voice. I...
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He's been the person that's been putting methrough hell yet, the person who has been able to make me happy in these troubled times. I can only eat/laugh/sleep with him. Prior to last night... I hadn't eaten anything in three days given popcorn at the movies and about 3 wedges from KFC are an exception. Stress is vicious...
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ESPECIALLY WHEN HE JUST WOKE UP FROM SLEEPaaaaahhhhh 😻😻😻😻💋💋
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My Singer....My HopeToday has been the most frustrating day in years. I get up, full of joy, planning for an upcoming trip to NYC. My tap breaks in the bathroom, my cat has the sneezes and my passport photos were not in the mail as promised. I am running out of time to get my affairs in order. My...
TheRealWoman 31-35, F 9 Responses 3 Oct 19, 2008
The man I love, thinks I'm merely infatuatedwith him, he simply doesn't understand that after being in a strong, God lead, marriage for nearly 17 years, I know what real love is. I no longer need to question myself when I feel it in my heart. I only need to to know that the other person is suitable and knows what it takes...
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did u know when u hear the voice of the one ulove all ur sadness despair .
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At this moment .. All i want is to hear yourvoice again . And ' this moment ' seems like always
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I Miss It.It's not exotic or mysterious. It's not sexily deep. It's nothing special, really. It has its flaws. Sometimes it cracks. But every time I hear it, I feel so weak. My knees give way, I get this funny grin on my face... Especially now. Now that I can't really see him, now that...
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He has one of the most amazing ,cute , calming . Charming , relaxing, sweet voice When i first introduced him to my cousin , that was the first thing she noticed about him ' his voice is so nice' Although i often tell him that i like his voice but he thinks i do only cause its His voice Now my cousin proved...
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Thanks To The Technology!Always love the sound of his voice, i even have it taped so whenever i want to, i can play it all over again :)
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My Friend's Voiceand i love the sound of his voice, it almost like giggling cause both of us probably were not sure what to say lol 4 minutes and that's all! ^ ^ enough to remember to the end of my life lol when i read someone's writing it feels sometimes like i can hear this person but to...
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His voice... Yes I miss your voices.I miss then way you speak to me. But I guess... That doesn't matter anymore.
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Even From All the Way Over There...His voice soothes my soul, it's so calming. It makes my spine tingle and my heart leap, even if it is only over the phone. Hearing it is enough to brighten my day, no matter how difficult it has been. Now, to see how it will affect me in real life...
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The key to a successful tiered storage strategy is defining the requirements of your business data. Before you can design your new storage tiers you need to understand your application catalog and how your business uses it. This requires looking beyond the traditional IT metrics of RTO and RPO. Focusing on a broader set of key business drivers will allow you to use your storage tiers to offer the appropriate service levels to your business units while reducing overall costs. Lesson two of Tiered Storage School helps you align your business goals with your storage goals.
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I thought that site was Renaissance Tai Chi, but the site I remember is very different from what's there now. Some pics of a hot chick being terrible at taichi and bagwork:
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An East Midlands Chamber of Commerce chief has described the Chancellor's budget as encouraging for business in the area.
Commenting on yesterday's Budget announcement by Chancellor George Osborne, Chris Hobson, Head of Representation at the Chamber of Commerce for Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, said: "There were some encouraging measures in today's Budget, which business will take heart from.
He said: "What we need now is to see these policies - and those made in previous announcements - having a meaningful impact on the ground.
"An emphasis needs to be placed on the UK being a place where we make, build and sell to others. The first indications that this is happening will come from the East Midlands – the spine of the UK's manufacturing and engineering industry.
"As we look to secure the economic progress to date – which has been hard won by businesses operating in difficult times – we welcome those initiatives which look to support increased investment and reduce the cost of doing business.
Mr Hobson said he welcomed the focus on reducing high energy costs for businesses – an issue which was highlighted by members as being a primary concern, but added: "We'll need to see more detail about how this £7bn package of energy reduction measures will work in practice."
He said doubling the annual investment allowance to £500,000 and keeping it available until 2015 could help to support the growth of those businesses on the verge of making big investment decisions.
Doubling the level of export finance lending to £3bn and cutting interest rates on it by a third would support smaller businesses looking to enter new markets, while extending the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers will also enable more firms to recruit young people as apprentices.
The announcement about investment in new start-up routes at regional airports was also welcome, although the chamber awaited to see the detail on this policy.
The Chamber had long believed that the playing field needs to be levelled to help the regional airports compete with the major hubs in the South East.
He said: "The OBR revised its growth forecast for 2014 by 2.7 per cent and is anticipating growth of 2.5 per cent by 2018. While these figures are low by historical standards, they remain above expected inflation and give businesses a solid platform to which to build. They now require the right support from Government to do so."
Commenting on specific announcements within the Budget, Chris Hobson said:
On youth unemployment: "The Chamber told the Chancellor very bluntly that he needed to extend the Apprenticeships Grant for Employers if he wanted to see companies creating enough apprenticeship places to meet demand.
"His actions demonstrate that he was listening, to the benefit of businesses and young people alike. Helping companies take on apprentices is one of the best ways for a Chancellor to invest limited resources in Britain's future."
On business investment, he said:
"Consistent allowances help companies invest with confidence. Given that business investment remains far below its pre-recession level, it is fantastic that the Chancellor has responded to our call to extend the Annual Investment Allowance, and that he has doubled the amount covered to £500,000 from 2015.
"That will give many growing and medium-sized companies the confidence to push ahead with investments they've long wanted to get off the drawing board."
On exporting, he added:
"Export finance problems stop many companies from getting their goods and services into new markets. To support our exporters, Britain's export finance support must match that of our global competitors.
"The moves made by the Chancellor to increase the support available, and to lower the interest rates charged to companies, are a big step in the right direction.
"Ensuring awareness of this support amongst the growing and medium-sized firms that stand to benefit is crucial, however, to this policy's success. Chambers of Commerce will continue to work closely with UKEF to help businesses get their goods into market with the best possible finance support.
"While finance for international transactions is important, so is the level of support for businesses looking to expand into new and fast-growing markets. Moves to improve international transport connections through regional airports, and to simplify Air Passenger Duty, are a good start.
"Yet we could do even more, particularly through the Overseas British Chambers and business groups that the Chamber and UKTI are linking together to form the first-ever global British business network."
Regarding the subject of energy, he added:
"The Chancellor's Budget clearly recognises the damage that unilateral measures can do to the competiveness of British businesses. Our members will welcome the cap in the Carbon Price Floor, which will help all companies, and the extension of compensation for energy intensive industries.
"Furthermore, by taking forward all the recommendations contained in the Wood Review of Offshore Oil and Gas, the Chancellor has made a significant step toward maximising oil and gas recovery in the UK as part of a diverse energy mix.
"Looking ahead, it is crucial to ensure that energy does not contribute ever further to the rising cost of doing business in the UK – so continued attention and investment are required."
On infrastructure, he said:
"The Chamber has long called for more funding for road maintenance – a key bugbear for so many businesses – and welcomes the new pothole fund announced in the budget.
"Incremental support for other capital projects and flood defences are also positive. Yet, as ever, infrastructure projects both large and small are judged on how quickly they are delivered on the ground. Infrastructure delivery is the key business priority, so the government must move swiftly from announcement to action, on road repairs, house-building, flood defences and more."
Referring to the change in pension rules, he addded:
"The unexpected and radical modernisation of pension rules and ISAs will be welcome news for many businesspeople and their employees. Greater flexibility and choice, combined with an end to some of the arbitrary and punitive tax rules that undercut prudent savers, favour aspiration, enterprise and long-term planning."


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Last year's British Academy of Film and Television Rising Star award nominees were dominated by only actors. This year, actresses are taking the upper hand, with 4 out of the 5 nominations going to women.
Previous women who received the award include Eva Greene (2007) and Kristen Stewart (2010). The winner will be announced during the EE British Academy Film Awards on February 10.
Here are the women nominated. You can find a full list at the link below.
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene, Silent House
Juno Temple – Atonement, Notes on a Scandal
Alicia Vikander – Anna Karenina, A Royal Affair
Andrea Risenborough – W.E.
Elizabeth Olsen, Juno Temple Among Nominees for U.K. Rising Star Award (The Hollywood Reporter)