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Use this search option to obtain a 10 point check-list for trading activity on any of six key exchanges. Includes Canadian exchanges plus New York and NASDAQ.
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The Block Trades page allows you to identify when a large quantity of shares is traded on the Nasdaq, New York, TSE or TSX-V. You can define your own minimum volume and dollar values. Enter a symbol to limit the results to a particular symbol or leave the symbol field empty to see all block trades on an exchange.
The Broker Trade Summary page allows you to generate a report that summarizes the trading activity for all brokers on the TSX or TSX-V, for one trading day. You can see the number of trades, volume of shares and dollar volume bought and sold, for each boker.
This page lists all halted stocks on the exchange.
Here you can isolate stocks that have made a dividend payout in a given time period. Note: dividends are usually paid quarterly and fiscal calendars will vary.
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The participant search allows you to find out which individuals and/or companies are are involved with a particular company and what their participations are. Over two dozen roles including directors, shareholders, private placements, vendors, successor/predecessor companies and consultants.
Your Trade Workstation allows you to see highly detailed broker activity for a specific stock, and shows you all the trades on a given day or in a given date range.
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This analysis tool enables you to combine the functions of:
Trade Workstation for CDN Exchanges
This application lets you search three different ways:
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This application allows users to find companies based on the specific search criteria that they enter. None of the search criteria are required fields, however, many have default values.
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If you find you are getting no results, try submitting the form without entering anything. Then add your parameters one by one.
All data used for this search is updated daily at 3:30pm Pacific time. Search results will only display current data, back data cannot be searched. The year high/low values used are rolling figures for the past 365 days, just like when you get a quote. Market capitalization is the number of shares multiplied by the share price - this is the total value the market is placing on the company.
Here you can generate reports on short positions for stocks listed on Canadian Exchanges. Calculations use the last available close price.
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I am trying to stream media files from my Windows 10 computer. However, accessing the shared folders does not succeed. A username and password are asked. How do I need to setup Windows 10 in such a way I will be able to stream media files from my Windows 10 computer?
Update 2017-10-11:
Due to security reasons, Microsoft has decided to end the support for SMBv1. This results that since the "Creator Update", Windows 10 will no longer work with SMB1 protocol. While this player only supports SMBv1 protocol, it is necessary to apply the following instructions so that you will be able to stream again from your Windows 10 PC / laptop.
A registry tweak will re-enable the SMBv1 in Windows and so it will make sure you can again stream files with the player via your home network.
Please download and unzip the following file:
The following file will be unzipped:
SMB1_enable.reg. Please install the registry tweak and proceed with "Yes"
After you have installed the registry tweak, please restart your computer.
Remark: When you have followed beneath inctriuctions and all of a sudden you experience the same issue, it is because your pc has installed a new build version update for Windows 10. If your PC has installed this windows update then you will have to follow once more the same beneath instructions to solve this problem.
Setting up Windows 10:
- Make sure your computer is completely started and you can see the Windows desktop.
- Click the "Magnifying glass" (next to the start button)
- Enter "Control panel"
- Select "Control panel"
- Click 'View network status and tasks' at 'Network and Internet'.
- Click "Change advanced sharing settings".
- Click the arrow at "Home or Work (current profile)" to unfold this menu setting. Then use the following steps:
- Click "Turn on network discovery".
- Click "Turn on file and printer sharing".
- Click the arrow at "All networks" to unfold this menu setting. Then use the following steps:
- Click "Turn off Public folder sharing".
- Click "Turn off password protected sharing".
- Click "Save changes".
Making a shared folder:
Now you have setup Windows, you need to select a folder, or you need to create a folder. This folder will be used to store your media files. During the next chapter we will explain how to share a folder.
- Use the start menu to select "Computer" and select the system disk (C:-disk).
- Select the the file you want to share, but make sure it is not a Public folder! You can also create a new folder by right-clicking the mouse and choose "New folder". Give this newly created folder a name.
- Right-click this folder and choose "Properties".
- Go to "Sharing" and choose "Share".
- Click the arrow and choose "Everyone". Also, add "Administrator".
- Choose the user rights at "Permission level". Select "Read" or "Read/write". Both available levels can be used.
- Click "Share" to share the folder with the assigned users and corresponding user permissions.
You will now be able to acces the shared folder(s) of Windows 10 using the menu of the media player and choose 'Samba' and then select the Windows 10 computer from the list. If a username and password will be asked, you do not have to fill in anything, but simply continue.

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After DIW's version of March Madness (the worst of op-eds; Duke faculty publications; "news" articles; and soundbites), I had a request to remember the best work of the case. Thursday's post focused on the media outside of the Duke campus; today's looks at the best from the campus along with the best from the political realm.
In this category, one figure is of towering significance: Jim Coleman. (If this point sounds familiar, it should.) In a period of maximum tension locally, when the Group of 88 and the potbangers were still riding high, he conducted a fair and impartial investigation of the lacrosse players. His conclusions showed the bad and the good—the team drank too much, but also the players were good students who treated athletic staff well, had a solid record of community service, and had a good relationship with the women's team.
In the aftermath of the Coleman Committee report, only closed-minded ideologues could accept the caricature of the lacrosse players offered by Nifong, his media allies—the Herald-Sun and the New York Times—and his on-campus facilitators, the Group of 88.
On campus, meanwhile, the Duke Chronicle has provided a combination of news articles, analysis pieces, op-eds, and editorials that has been superb. It would be an interesting test to give a sample—without the bylines—of the Chronicle and the New York Times coverage to 10 people who hadn't followed the case closely. I suspect nine of the ten would guess that the Chronicle was actually "all the news that's fit to print."
Four other categories:
Duke students
Kristin Butler's superb weekly columns have provided one of the few pleasures associated with this case. Whether analyzing Nifong's misconduct, the peculiar state of Duke-Durham relations, the informal press rule against naming the accuser, or the agenda-driven CCI,
Stephen Miller penned one of the most important columns of the case—on April 12, recognizing the extraordinary inappropriateness of the Group of 88's statement a mere six days after the ad appeared. And he's stayed on top of the issue, denouncing the apparent misconduct by Group member Kim Curtis, and organizing a Facebook group with hundreds of Duke students demanding an apology from the Group.
Confronting a lawless D.A. and a Police Department whose official policy was to treat Duke students differently from other Durham residents, the activists in Duke Students for an Ethical Durham responded in a way that would make any educator (except Grant Farred) proud—they organized Duke students to vote, trying to change the system from within.
Student Government president Eliot Wolf was a rare voice of reason on the Campus Culture Initiative. The sole CCI member willing to speak out publicly against the flawed process that resulted in the February report, he has been tireless in demanding a greater student role in shaping the culture in which students will have to live.
Faculty and Coaches
Chemistry professor Steve Baldwin was the only arts and sciences professor to speak out against Mike Pressler's dismissal; and, in October, he was the first Duke professor to publicly criticize the Group of 88. The expected occurred: the next day, Robyn Weigman, head of the women's studies program, attempted to silence him with an accusation of racism. But
Engineering professor Michael Gustafson has done his best to appeal to the better angels among his colleagues. The vision of Duke he has offered in his posts is one where professors actually care about their students, rather than focus on forwarding their personal, political, or pedagogical agendas. Like
Perhaps the most spectacular faculty move came in early January, when 19 professors, 17 of whom were from Economics, published a letter endorsing President Brodhead's call for an inquiry into Nifong's misconduct and affirming that all students—including student-athletes and lacrosse players—would be welcome in their classes. It would have been much easier for the Ec professors to remain silent and thereby avoid the inevitable attacks from the Group of 88. It was refreshing, therefore, to see a group of professors step up and do the right thing—just because it was the right thing to do.
Women's lacrosse coach Kerstin Kimel was the first person affiliated with Duke to speak out publicly on the men's players' behalf. She also a critical person behind the scenes in keeping people on an even keel last spring—a time when the Duke administration appeared to abandon the players, both legally and on campus.
Political Figures
Beth Brewer was the spokesperson and leading activist for the Recall Nifong-Vote Cheek effort. At a time when more experienced figures shied away from challenging the seemingly omnipotent DA, Brewer was outraged at Nifong's misconduct and devoted hundreds of hours to the campaign. While the Cheek line didn't prevail, no one did more to ensure that Nifong could not claim support from a majority of
Jackie Brown could have sat out the fall election, thereby not risking going against normal allies in groups like the People's
There's little political benefit for a Democratic presidential candidate to endorse a federal inquiry—even though, of course, prosecutorial misconduct disproportionately affects minorities and the poor. So Hillary Clinton remained silent, as John Edwards hired a blogger who gleefully proclaimed the players guilty in January 2007. Barack Obama, meanwhile, stood up for principle, and called for the Justice Department to open an investigation.
Liestoppers obviously has been the key player in this regard. John in Carolina has been relentless; Bill Anderson's columns have ranged widely and persuasively; Johnsville News has provided a useful clearinghouse; LaShawn Barber's forays into the case have been timely; Betsy Newmark and Craig Henry have brought their talents to the case.
Three sites, however, occasionally have gotten overlooked for their critical role in the case:
Jeralyn Merritt at Talk Left saw through Nifong almost from the start--from the perspective of a well-connected criminal defense attorney who was nationally known for her effective defenses of Bill Clinton during the impeachment trial. Alas, over the summer, the TL discussion forum got hijacked by a handful of Nifong enablers who reveled in others' misery and appeared to operate under the belief that an accused was guilty until proved innocent beyond all reasonable doubt. But that shouldn't set aside the many Merritt posts in April--when virtually no one was challenging Nifong--pointing out the DA's procedural shortcomings.
Kathleen Eckelt at Forensics Talk was probably the most helpful blogger for me in terms of information, because her posts explained--in terms a layperson could easily understand--the function of the SANE nurse. Since this was an area about which I knew nothing ten months ago, this blog could not have been anywhere near as effective without Eckelt's contributions. She convincingly showed the flaws in nurse-in-training Levicy's actions in this case, but she also persuasively pointed out the procedural flaws in the handling of medical evidence by Nifong and the police.
Finally, Duke Basketball Report is, without a doubt, the unsung hero of the internet and the case. DBR editors correctly understood that this was in part a sports issue--Nifong went after the players in part because they were athletes, and his enablers in the media and the Duke faculty seized on anti-athlete stereotypes to make their cases--but that the case was mostly a moral issue. DBR commentary was consistently first-rate regarding both the political and the legal elements of the case.
Reader Suggestions
Some appropriate additions, suggested by readers.
Provost Peter Lange, the only member of the administration wholly untainted by the affair, whose response to Houston Baker's race-baiting screed represents one of the high points of the administration's response to the case.
On the blogger front, Jon Ham and Right Angles, whose coverage has been great; and Ham's daughter, Mary Katherine, who produced my favorite video of the case.
Jason Trumpbour and Friends of Duke--which fell between my two categories (on and off campus), and has been perhaps the most significant grassroots organization of this case.
Over the past 12 months, most of my posts have tended to be critical. Lots of people have betrayed their professions in how they handled this case, ranging from Nifong to the Group of 88 to journalists such as Duff Wilson. But it's worth remembering that--both on campus and off--lots of other people ensured that the overall story was not an exclusively negative one.


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Question 1: In a fallen, dangerous, post-apocalyptic world, what would you do to preserve the state from tyranny?
Question 2: In a difficult independent theatre landscape, what do you do to get a production of a Shakespeare classic mounted, and available to the broadest audience you can?
Answers: If you're setting William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in that theoretical post-apocalyptic world…well, if you're reading this blog and listening to this podcast, you probably have a good idea of what happens…
…and why not bring together two Shakespeare-focused companies, What Dreams May Co and Queens Shakespeare Inc., to answer the second posited query, joining forces to bring this new and unique take on the classic to audiences.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears and listen in as director Chris Rivera, along with actors Jonathan Emerson (Mark Antony), Christina Sheehan (Caius Cassius), Serena E. Miller (Julius Caesar), and V. Orion Delwaterman (Marcus Brutus) discuss sangria, imagining New York City as the only place in the world, talking with your young fans after the show, keeping up your stamina for a longer indy theatre run, and where this play meets Highlander (hint: there can be only one).
"When we set these pieces in a modern world, sometimes there's a lot of creative work we have to do to make it fit. Not in this case. If you look at the political landscape that we're in, these sort of things happen all the time…"
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Judges of the Civil Court are elected and serve terms of 10 years. There are 120 Civil Court Judges, of which approximately 50 sit in the Civil Court. The rest of the judges elected to the Civil Court sit in various other courts, including Criminal Court and Family Court. Many judges sit as Acting Supreme Court Justices. A judge elected in one county may also be assigned to sit in another county.
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Lichens and algae could be the first life forms we find on Earth-like exoplanets, by looking for their light signatures in a planet's distinctive colouring.
Astronomers have found several rocky worlds in the habitable zone, the region around a star where liquid water can exist on a planet's surface, and many more are thought to exist. As telescopes get more sensitive, we should be able to collect light reflected off such planets and look for clues to their surface conditions.
Seen from space, Earth gives off a large amount of near-infrared light, which is reflecting off the chlorophyll in plants. We might see a similar "red edge" on distant exoplanets if they also host green vegetation.
But Siddharth Hegde and Lisa Kaltenegger of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, think it is possible that many rocky worlds will have extreme heat, dryness or acidity, and that hardier life forms will dominate their surfaces. So what would these organisms look like from a distance?
Patterns of life
To find out the pair looked at the light reflected by some of Earth's more extreme life forms: lichens in arid regions, bacterial mats in very hot water and red algae in acid mine drainage. They calculated that seen from afar each type of organism would create a unique colour pattern. Lichens, for instance, appear more yellow than the algae or bacteria.
Finding these patterns wouldn't necessarily mean life is present, but it could be a step towards narrowing down exoplanets for more detailed searches, the authors say.
It's an attractive idea, says Nicolas Cowan of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and it is far more likely that a given planet would contain microbial life than trees. But the work has its limits, he cautions. For instance, atmospheres on other planets may be very different from our own and could scatter light in ways we wouldn't expect.
"Nature may be more creative than our little corner of the cosmos would have us believe," Cowan says.
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Near the qualitative behavior depends upon whether or not there is a ``resonance'' there. If there is, then can begin with a complex component that attenuates the propagation of EM energy in a (nearly static) applied electric field. This (as we shall see) accurately describes conduction and resistance. If there isn't, then is nearly all real and the material is a dielectric insulator.
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Bypass sensor
In this case, the measurement is taken using the bypass principle.
A laminar flow element in the main channel generates a slight pressure drop, which drives a small proportion of the full flow through the actual sensor tube. Two heating resistors are wound on thin stainless steel tubes and are interconnected to form a measurement bridge. When the medium passes through the tube, heat is transported in the direction of the flow and this misaligns the previously balanced bridge.
Sketch of a bypass sensor block


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Whitney Cummings Interview Wins Stereotype Bingo
LatestIf the ads promoting Whitney Cummings's eponymous new sitcom are in any way indicative of the quality of the show itself, it will be at best mildly irritating and at worst a parody inviting but dismaying indicator of a lack of creativity in television, a harbinger of a new Dark Age in scriptwriting. An indicator that the future of the female TV character is offensive things Charlie Harper says about women on Two & A Half Men if they attained human form, sentience, and some cute cardigans.
While it's never surprising to be disappointed by a sitcom, it's surprising to read an interview with a female sitcom star that, in 2011, resorts to an impressive number of female stereotypes. It's even more surprising to read such an interview in the New York Times.
Undaunted by precedent or the retirement status of outdated lady related generalizations, NYT's Andrew Goldman makes himself sound like Mad Men's Pete Campbell on one of his extra drunk and petulant days in his interview with Cummings, which is ominously titled "There's No Escaping Whitney Cummings." Over the course of the dozen or so questions showcased from his interview with the sitcom star, Goldman manages ask her if she slept her way to the top like her friend Chelsea Handler, if she has a career because people find her attractive, if she's really "too dumb to own a car," and what she wore to meet the creator of Sex & The City.
Cummings, to her credit, handles the questions with grace and manages to come across as charming and poised. She even gets a few barbs of her own in, at one point saying,
I don't think I'm funny because I'm young and talking about penises. Just deal with it. Saying women aren't funny is now like saying Asians can't drive or saying black people have bad credit.
Clothes, boys, being bad at driving, and being dumb. If only he'd asked her if she's bad at math, if she talks too much, or if she currently has PMS. But seriously, Whitney, tell the New York Times all about your dream wedding and the babies, babies, babies you yearn for. And what about your secrets to staying slim?!
There Is No Escaping Whitney Cummings [NYT]
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With Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez recovering from surgery, due to what may be terminal cancer, it's easy to forget that this weekend will mark a handful of key regional races throughout Venezuela, including a gubernatorial race in Miranda state that pits Chávez's former presidential rival against Chávez's former vice president.
Although the attention this week has been mostly on Chávez's health, his departure to Cuba for surgery and, perhaps above all, his speech last Saturday night indicating that his preferred successor is former foreign minister and vice president Nicolás Maduro, the results of Sunday's races will establish the backdrop for the leading figures of both Chávez's Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV, or United Socialist Party of Venezuela) and the broad opposition coalition, the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD).
Indeed, with rumors flying of complications after his surgery, the weekend's races have counterintuitively become more important as Venezuela prepares for the possibility, at least, of a new early presidential election if Chávez resigns or dies in office.
In their own right, however, because 20% of the federal budget is (theoretically) allotted to state governments, governorships provide the MUD and other opposition candidates a platform for government, notwithstanding the centralization of Venezuela's federal system under PSUV rule.
The key race that everyone will be watching is the governor's race in Miranda, where the incumbent, Henrique Capriles, recently finished his unsuccessful presidential campaign against Chávez as the MUD's standard-bearer — although he lost by 9 points, Capriles won 45% of the vote, making him Chávez's most successful political opponent in his 13-year reign. Miranda state is likely Venezuela's most developed state and its second most populous, bordering (and in some cases including) the broad Caracas metropolitan area. Chávez actually won this state in the October presidential race by a squeaker — with 49.96% to Capriles's 49.52%, and Capriles won the 2008 election with just over 52% of the vote.
His opponent is the somewhat humorless former vice president, Elias Jaua, and although one poll has shown Jaua with a five-point lead against Capriles, other polls have shown varying Capriles leads and it's certainly difficult to believe Capriles is an underdog. By all accounts, the fresh-faced Miranda governor has been a more-than-capable administrator in the past four years, bringing a dose of good government to Miranda after the corruption of his predecessor, Diosdado Cabello. Furthemore, Jaua's record as a colorless Chávez yes-man makes it seem like he's less than likely to sweep to victory, although if Chávez's health takes a serious turn for the worst between now and Sunday, Jaua may yet benefit from a vote of sympathy.
Capriles defeated Cabello, the governor from 2004 to 2008, in the prior election, and Cabello, who's since become the leader of Venezuela's PSUV-dominated National Assembly, would temporarily take over as president in the event that Chávez resigns or dies after he is sworn in for his next term (set to begin January 10), with a snap presidential election to follow within 30 days. Despite Chávez's speech anointing Maduro as his preferred successor, Cabello has long harbored presidential ambitions, he, along with Jaua (especially if Jaua wins) may try to become the PSUV's presidential candidate in any such election instead.
Of course, in the event of such a rapid election, Capriles is very likely to lead the opposition against Maduro, Cabello or whomever the PSUV runs. But that could change if Capriles doesn't win Sunday's vote in Miranda handily — given his narrow loss to Chávez and the very short 30-day window for a new presidential election, Capriles may nonetheless still be the main opposition candidate. But it would open the door for another candidate to emerge, likely from among the other six states where opposition governors are currently in power.
That brings us to Zulia state and with 3.8 million people, it's Venezuela's most populous. Nestled in Venezuela's far northwest bordering Colombia along the Caribbean coast, Zulia's oil and agricultural wealth makes it, like Miranda, one of the country's wealthiest states. Pablo Pérez (pictured above, top), who widely lost the MUD's presidential nomination to Capriles by a 2-to-1 margin way back in February 2012, is running for reelection in what should be an even more solid opposition win for Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT, a New Era), the centrist party that was founded in Zulia in the late 1990s and which has controlled the governor's office since 2000 (until 2008, under Manuel Rosales, who lost the 2006 presidential election against Chávez by a 25-point margin). Pérez is running against the PSUV's Francisco Arias Cárdenas, governor of Zulia from 1995 to 2000, though Pérez is heavily favored. Capriles did better in Zulia than he did nationwide in October, winning 46.27% to just 53.34% for Chávez. Both Chávez's national government and Pérez's UNT regional government have spent large sums on social programs in the state, and a win for the PSUV would be quite a staggering victory for chavismo.
If Capriles falters in Miranda, Pérez, who lies politically to the left of Capriles, could well become the next consensus opposition presidential candidate.


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Too many people believe that to achieve great things we must make brutal sacrifices, that to succeed in work we must focus single-mindedly, at the expense of everything else in life. Even those who reject the idea of a zero-sum game fall prey to a kind of binary thinking revealed by the term we use to describe the ideal lifestyle: "work/life balance." The idea that "work" competes with "life" ignores that "life" is actually the intersection and interaction of four major domains: work, home, community, and the private self.
From years of studying people in many different settings, I have found that the most successful people are those who can harness the passions and powers of the various parts of their lives, bringing them together to achieve what I call "four-way wins" — actions that result in life being better in all four domains. My research has shown that there are ways for everyone — from the managers of sales teams, to executives in government agencies, to computer engineers, to florists, to coaches — to achieve professional success without always having to sacrifice the things that matter in their personal lives.
And yet as someone known as "the work/life balance guy," I get pushback just about everywhere I go, especially from high achievers. "Stew, it's nice to try to balance it all," they say to me, "but in the real world, c'mon: How can you have a substantial impact without making major sacrifices in your personal and family life?"
So in writing my new book, I set out to find well-known people who have practiced, wittingly or unwittingly, the skills for integrating work and the rest of life and who could not only show that it can be done, but help teach us all how to do it. In the end, I settled on six people. I'd argue that these six people are successful at their work not despite having full lives outside of it, but precisely becausethey do:
- Tom Tierney is the cofounder of Bridgespan, the best-known advisory firm for nonprofits. Throughout his career, he has sought creative ways of fitting the different domains of his life together, including learning from his children about what really matters. He has built organizations that encourage personal growth by rewarding results — not "face time" — and by motivating people with a vision of contributing to a greater good.
- As COO of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg has been redefining what it means to be a leader. Her candor about the challenges she faces in resolving conflicts among different parts of her life — as an executive, a catalyst for social change, a friend, a wife, a sister, and a mother — and about the non-traditional means she employs for doing so, has made her a persuasive role model and an outspoken voice on women and leadership.
- Eric Greitens, humanitarian, author, and non-profit founder, attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and completed his doctorate before becoming a Navy SEAL. For his service in Iraq he was awarded a Purple Heart and went on — after a difficult search for a meaningful next step to take in his life — to found The Mission Continues, an organization that helps heal wounded war veterans by guiding them to be of service in their communities.
- Michelle Obama, the 44th First Lady of the United States, explains that she considers her daughters to be her first priority, even if this stance rankles those who would have her do more in seeking broader political and cultural change. In making sure her own children were receiving the most nutritious food possible, she began to advocate for better nutrition through the national initiative Let's Move!. Her policies have won national acclaim.
- Julie Foudy is a soccer champion who, in 1991 as a member of the U.S. national team, won the first Women's World Cup. She was also part of the iconic U.S. soccer team that garnered Olympic gold in 1996 and again in 2004. She has since led an array of organizations that promote athletics for young people, empower young women, and advocate for social causes. Foudy's success is an outgrowth of her ability to fuse all the important parts of her life — her soccer teams, her family, and her advocacy for worthy causes.
- While it may seem counterintuitive to think of a rock and roll hero as an exemplary leader,Bruce Springsteen has said that he creates music "to make people happy, feel less lonely, but also [to be] a conduit for a dialogue about the events of the day, the issues that impact people's lives, personal and social and political and religious." With his hard-won clarity of purpose, derived from years of painful self-scrutiny, it follows naturally that he makes clear what he expects from the people around him, whether they're members of his band or members of his family — he's called "The Boss" for a reason.
Lest you think that their success derives just from great luck, think again. Not one of them was born into a life of high privilege. They have strived to achieve their own kind of greatness and, one way or another, to make themselves into who they are now. Each has suffered disappointment (half of them are on second marriages), frustration, doubt, and loss.
But in each of their stories I found naturally occurring illustrations of people who did great things by discovering — usually through trial and error — ways to integrate the different parts of their lives to reinforce and enhance each other. They show how accomplishment in a career is achievable not at the expense of the rest of your life, but because of commitments at home, in the community, and to your interior life.
Each has identified a life's work that is important to them, and each both draws on and gives back to their families and communities in order to make that life's work succeed. They exemplify how one can cultivate a life in which values, actions, social contribution, and personal growth exist in harmony. It's a life in which disparate pieces fall into place, not every single day — that's the impossible myth of "work/life balance" — but over the course of a lifetime.
Yes, these six people are extraordinary – but they use skills that all of us can use to make ourselves a bit more extraordinary, too.
Start by considering three principles: be real, be whole, and be innovative. To be real is to act with authenticity by clarifying what's important to you. To be whole is to act with integrity by recognizing how the different parts of your life (work, home, community, self) affect one another. All this examination allows you to be innovative. You act with creativity by experimenting with how things get done in ways that are good for you and for the people around you.
Doing this means thinking and talking about what truly inspires you, whatever that might be. It requires figuring out how to take incremental steps that are under your control and that move you in the direction you want to go, while bringing others along with you. It's not easy (and I never said it was). But like these six people, you can attain significant achievement in a way that fits who you are. As these leaders show, your own way is the only way that will work for you.


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Part of the Gerstacker Business Institute's belief is that some things cannot be learned in a classroom. There are aspects of character that cannot be put on a résumé but will be recognized instantly during a job interview. The Gerstacker Business Institute helps students to learn these skills.
Etiquette Dinner
Although job interviews often occur in offices and conference rooms, many business meetings also take place during a meal. How you present yourself in this type of social setting may make or break an employer's decision to hire you. What do your table manners say about you? This workshop teaches the finer points of dining etiquette and prepares students for success in these situations.
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The best way to acquire interview experience is to practice in the safety of your own institution. The mock interviews workshop is a daylong event in which hiring representatives from more than a dozen Michigan firms come to campus to give practice job interviews to Gerstacker students. Each student goes through a minimum of three interviews and is given feedback after each one. This allows them to identify and build upon their current strengths, as well as identify aspects of the interview process they need to work on.


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text: This quick TED talk entry is courtesy of TED.com. Roman Mars is obsessed with flags — and after you watch this talk, you might be, too. These ubiquitous symbols of civic pride are often designed, well, pretty terribly. But they don't have to be. In this surprising and hilarious talk about vexillology — the study of flags — Mars reveals the five basic principles of flag design and shows why he believes they can be applied to just about anything.


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A. General Provisions
I. Conclusion of Contract
1. These General Conditions of Sale and Delivery of VETTER Industrie GmbH will be used for all contracts of purchase, work and services as well as labour and materials between VETTER Industrie GmbH and companies, legal entities under public law and public-law special funds within the meaning of Art. 310 Sect. 1, German Civil Code. Deliveries, services and quotes by VETTER Industrie GmbH shall be made exclusively based on these conditions. These shall therefore be applicable for all future business dealings, even if they are not expressly agreed upon again. These conditions shall be considered to have been accepted at the latest when the goods or services are received. The present Conditions of Sale and Delivery are an integral part of all contractual relationships between us and third parties. Conflicting General Terms and Conditions or Terms of Business of the client's that deviate from these General Conditions of Sale and Delivery shall be objected to. They shall not become part of the contract. The same shall apply for other pre-formulated legislative codes such as the VOL (official contracting terms for award of service performance contracts – translator's note).
2. Our quotes are non-binding. A contract is concluded – if no special agreements are made – with the written order confirmation by us.
3. We reserve proprietary rights and copyrights for all drawings, calculations and other documents. They may only be disclosed to third parties with our express prior agreement in writing.
4. Our Sales Conditions shall also apply for all future business dealings with the purchaser.
II. Prices and Payment
1. In the absence of special agreements, the prices shall be ex works including loading at our premises but exclusive of packaging and unloading.
2. Our invoices are payable within 30 days from the invoice date due net, unless agreed otherwise.
3. The purchaser shall have the right to withhold payments or to offset them against counterclaims only if his counter-claims have been legally established and acknowledged by us and are undisputed. Furthermore, he shall only be entitled to exercise his right of retention if his counterclaim is based on the same contractual relationship.
4. The statutory provisions on payment default shall remain unaffected.
5. The quoted prices are net prices. The statutory VAT shall be added to them.
6. Subject to deviating agreements, we reserve the right to adjust the prices based on the respective contract which are essential for the price calculation at reasonable discretion until the delivery of the goods if the costs for i.e. the supply of energy, raw material or primary material increase.
III. Reservation of Proprietary Rights
1. The goods shall remain our property until full payment has been received including ancillary claims, claims for damages and encashment of cheques and drafts. The reservation of proprietary rights shall also apply when individual claims of ours are included in an open account and the balance is struck and accepted. If the reserved goods are processed by the purchaser into a new moveable object, the processing is done for our benefit and without any obligations arising on our part from it. The new object shall be our property. In case of processing, mixing or blending with goods that are not our property, we acquire co-ownership of the new object in the proportion of the invoice value of the reserved goods to the total value. The purchaser is only entitled to resale, further processing or insertion of the reserved goods by taking into consideration the following provisions and providing that the claims are really transferred onto us in accordance with our General Terms and Conditions.
2. The purchaser's power to sell, process or install reserved goods in the ordinary course of business shall end with our revocation as a result of an enduring deterioration of the purchaser's financial situation, at the latest, however, with his default or with the application for or the initiation of insolvency or composition proceedings. The purchaser shall then transfer the outstanding debits with all ancillary rights from the resale of the reserved goods to us – including possible account balance claims. If the goods were processed, mixed or blended, or if we have acquired co-ownership of them in the amount of the invoice value, we shall be entitled to the outstanding purchase price in proportion to the value of our claims to the goods. If the purchaser has sold the outstanding debits as part of non-recourse factoring, our claim shall become due immediately and the purchaser shall transfer the claim towards the factor that takes its place to us and redirect the profits to us directly. We already accept this act of transfer. The purchaser is authorised to collect the transferred outstanding debits as long as he fulfils his payment obligations. The collection authorisation terminates in case of revocation, at the latest, however, in case of default of the purchaser or with a considerable deterioration of his financial situation. In this case, the purchaser already authorises us to inform the buyer of the transfer and to collect the outstanding debits ourselves. The purchaser is obligated to deliver an exact list of the outstanding debits due to the purchaser on our request with the names and addresses of the buyers, the amounts of the individual outstanding debits, invoice dates etc. and to give us all the information necessary for the assertion of the transferred claims and to authorise the verification of this information. If the value of the existing securities exceeds all claims by more than 20%, we are obligated to release securities of our choice to this value on request of the seller or a third party that is affected by the excessive securities. The reserved goods or transferred claims must not be pledged or otherwise used as collateral. In case of attachment, the purchaser has to inform us immediately, giving us the bailee's details. If we take the delivery item back, based on the reservation of proprietary rights, this only constitutes a cancellation of the contract if we expressly declare this. We are entitled to satisfy our claims from the private sale of the reserved goods we have taken back. The purchaser shall store the reserved goods for us free of charge. He must insure them against common dangers such as fire, theft and water to the customary extent.
IV. Place of Fulfilment and Jurisdiction
The place of fulfilment is Burbach the place of jurisdiction for both parties is Siegen. We are also entitled to sue the purchaser at his general place of justice.
B. Fulfilment and Delivery
I. Delivery Period
1. The term of delivery starts with the date of our order confirmation, not, however, before complete clarification of all details of the order. The same shall apply for the delivery date.
2. The observance of the term of delivery is subject to correct and timely self-supply.
3. If the purchaser does not fulfil his contractual duties on time – including his duty to cooperate or collateral duties – such as the opening of a letter of credit, the supplying of German and foreign certificates, the making of an advance payment or similar, we are entitled to extend our term and date of delivery appropriately – without prejudice to our rights from the purchaser's default – according to the requirements of our production process.
4. For the observance of the terms and dates of delivery, the time of dispatch ex works is decisive. If the goods cannot be dispatched on time through no fault of ours, the terms and dates of delivery shall be considered observed.
5. If the non-observance of the delivery period is due to force majeure, industrial action or other events which are beyond our control, the delivery period shall be extended appropriately. We shall inform the purchaser of the beginning and the end of such circumstances as soon as possible.
II. Dispatch, Transfer of Risk
1. We designate the forwarding agent or carrier. Other agreements require the written form.
2. If the shipping and forwarding of goods is delayed for a reason for which the purchaser is responsible, we are entitled, at the expense and risk of the purchaser, to store the goods at our reasonable discretion, take all measures considered suitable for the preservation of the goods and to invoice the goods as delivered. The same shall apply if goods that are ready for dispatch are not called forward within 4 days. The legal stipulations on default of ac-ceptance shall remain unaffected.
3. In case of damages in transport, the purchaser needs to arrange for an ascertainment of facts to be carried out by the responsible department. Possible return transports are arranged by us.
4. With the handing over of the goods to the forwarding agent or carrier, no later, however, than when the goods leave the factory or warehouse, the risk shall be transferred onto the purchaser.
5. Part deliveries are admissible to a degree that the purchaser can be reasonably expected to accept.
III. Warranty
1. If the delivered goods already reveal a defect of quality before the transfer of risk, we shall remedy the defect at our discretion or deliver goods that are free of defects (sup-plementary performance). The purchaser has no further claims with the exception of the claims in Section C (Liability). Parts that have been replaced become our property.
2. The purchaser has to give us the necessary time and opportunity for carrying out all the rectifications of defects and replacement deliveries that we deem necessary; otherwise we are free of liability and the consequences arising from it.
3. The period of warranty is 12 months from delivery. This is based on single-shift operation. The period of time is reduced proportionally for multi-shift operation.
4. The purchaser has to give us the opportunity to satisfy ourselves of the defect and especially to make the rejected goods or samples of the same available. Any necessary return transports are organised by us. Any additional costs that arise due to non-observance of the above will be charged to the purchaser. If any notification of defect proves to be unjustified, the costs arising will be charged to the purchaser.
5. No warranty shall be accepted especially in the follow-ing cases: unsuitable and improper use, faulty assembly or commissioning by the purchaser or third parties, natural wear and tear, faulty or negligent treatment, improper maintenance, unsuitable operating equipment, faulty construction work, unsuitable building ground, chemical, electrochemical or electrical influences – unless we are responsible for them.
6. If the purchaser or a third party carries out repairs in an improper manner, we shall not be liable for consequences arising therefrom. The same all apply for changes to the delivery item that are carried out without our prior consent.
7. After an agreed acceptance has been carried out, any notification of defects that could have been made during this acceptance shall be excluded.
C. Liability
1. We shall only be liable for damages if:
a) if the liability is legally obligatory under relevant law, such as e.g. in accordance with the Product Liability Law or in cases of injury to life, limb and health.
b) we have culpably breached an essential contractual duty (cardinal duty) or a warranty or
c) the damage was caused by gross negligence or intent on our part.
2. In all other cases, our liability for damages is excluded, independently of the legal basis. In particular, we do not accept any liability for indirect damages, loss of profit or other financial losses of the purchaser.
3. In any case, our liability is limited to those damages which we were reasonably able to foresee or should have been able to foresee due to circumstances and facts accessible to us at the time of the conclusion of the con-tract. This limitation to the liability shall not apply in the cases described in Section 1, Subsection a, Clause C (Liability)
4. The exclusion and/or limitation of liability in accordance with the above paragraphs shall also be applicable for the personal liability of our employees and subcontractors.
D. Other Provisions
I. Export Certificates
In case the goods are to be delivered to another EU country, the purchaser has to advise us of his VAT ID under which he pays the tax on imports within the EU before the sale is carried out. Otherwise, the purchaser shall have to pay the statutory VAT amount that the seller is due to pay for the deliveries.
II. Applicable Law
The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply, i.e. excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
III. Important Notes
1. The products must only be used in accordance with the "Accident Prevention Regulations", the "Guidelines for the Intended and Proper Use of Industrial Trucks" and the user manual and inspection instructions by the lift truck manufacturers.
2. If the purchaser, the operator or the user carries out any changes to the delivered goods (mechanical adaptation, welding etc.), no matter of what nature, all warranty, liability and guaranty shall become invalid.
3. If any welding/drilling needs to be carried out on the products, we shall refer to the relevant regulations which we shall forward to you on request. For the dimension-ing/calculation of screw-fastened forks, the cross-section reduction and the notch effect have to be taken into ac-count.
4. Custom-made products are non-returnable. No refund is made.
5. The purchaser is obligated to document the distribution and the destination of the products after their delivery to the end customer in a way that enables us to carry out a product recall if necessary.
6. If necessary, documentation in German is included in the scope of delivery. In case of resale to other countries, the responsibility for the documentation in the relevant language of the country lies with the purchaser.
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For Immediate Release
February 6, 2012
Press inquiries to: Megan Morris (913) 426-0002
Breaking News: Cardinal Raymond Burke Encourages Catholics to Sign Online Petition to Stop the Birth Control Mandate
San Diego, February 6, 2012: Cardinal Raymond Burke, Cardinal Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, sent a written message of support to St. Gianna Physician's Guild over the weekend encouraging Catholics to sign the organization's online petition (www.StopTheBirthControlMandate.org) to protest the assault on religious liberty that is happening under ObamaCare. The petition has steadily gained momentum since its launch last August seeing the number of signatures more than double since January 20th. This is after the Department of Health and Human Services released a statement confirming that the mandate would go into effect as scheduled on August 1, 2012. An extension of one year was given to Catholic institutions and other entities to comply. This mandate does not provide a conscience clause for institutions and others who believe contraception and sterilization are immoral.
Stop the Birth Control Mandate petition asks that the Obama Administration and Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, withdraw immediately all references to contraception and contraception counseling from the "Guidelines for Women's Preventive Services" under The Affordable Care Act. Moreover, it petitions the administration to provide a conscience clause to protect the religious freedom and beliefs of Catholics. In his letter Cardinal Burke declared:
I wholeheartedly express my solidarity with the Stop The Birth Control Mandate petition promoted by St. Gianna Physician's Guild protesting the recent decree by the Department of Health and Human Services of our federal government. I encourage Catholics to sign the petition and thus unite their support of Holy Mother Church by protesting the most grievous violation of the right to religious liberty for Catholics in the United States.
Cardinal Burke has long had the reputation of providing guidance in areas of faith and morals through his willingness to make public statements to encourage the Faithful.
"The petition sends a clear message to the Obama Administration that this contraception mandate is wrong, discriminatory and violates the religious rights of Catholics all across America," stated the Guild's President, Thomas McKenna.
McKenna noted that already more than 150 Catholic bishops across the country have written letters decrying the mandate. "It is inspiring to see the bishops speaking out with such determination and moral clarity in encouraging the faithful to oppose the mandate. St. Gianna Physician's Guild applauds their leadership," McKenna continued.
The petition has provided Catholics and people of all faiths an outlet to express their outrage in what many feel is an act of government tyranny. The petition was posted on the Archdiocese of Denver's web site and has resulted in parishioners collecting signatures after weekend Masses.
St Gianna Physician's Guild (www.StGiannaPhysicians.org) was founded to unite and encourage Catholic physicians, as well as others in the health care profession, to promote and defend Catholic principles in a public way and to inspire sanctification in their lives. The petition can be signed at: www.StopTheBirthControlMandate.org


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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 provides a rich collection of cursors you can easily use in your application. You can apply them to any control as you wish. To support cursors, the .NET Framework provides two classes. One of the classes used for cursors is called Cursors. This sealed class mostly contains a list of available cursors as properties. Another technique consists of using a cursor not listed in the Properties window. A cursor is based on the Cursor class. Both the Cursors and the Cursor classes are defined in the System.Windows.Forms namespace that is part of the System.Windows.Forms.dll library.
A cursor is primarily represented in Microsoft Windows as a (resource) file. This means that, to get a cursor, you can design one. Fortunately, Microsoft Windows and the .NET Framework provides many cursors ready to be used. Otherwise, you can create and design your own. To create a cursor, you can use use Microsoft Visual Studio. To start, on the main menu, you can click Project -> Add New Item... In the Templates list, you can click Cursor File, give it a name, and click Add. A cursor is a Windows file that has the extension .cur.
There are two main ways you can use a cursor in your application. The easiest cursors are listed in the Cursor field of the Properties window for the control whose cursor you want to change. The available cursors are: You can select one of these cursors in the Properties window and assign it to a control. These cursors are defined in a class called Cursors. This simple class mostly contains only a list of available cursors as properties. All these cursors are represented as Shared properties. Therefore, to use one of these cursors, call the name of the class, Cursors, followed by the class access operator ".", followed by the name of the cursor as it appears in the above list. The Cursor class provides four constructors. One of them allows you to specify the path where the cursor is located. This constructor has the following syntax: Public Sub New(fileName As String) The argument passed to this constructor is the name or the location of the cursor as a file. After calling this constructor to initialize a Cursor variable, the cursor is ready. You can then use it as you see fit. For example, you can assign it to the Cursor property of a control. When the cursor of a control has been changed, the control fires a CursorChanged event. This event is of type EventArgs.
Besides showing the current position of the mouse, depending on the application, at one time, the user may need to click. Because a cursor is primarily confined to a rectangular shape, a cursor must specify which one of its sections would lead the clicking. The area that directs or holds the clicking on a cursor is referred to as its hot spot. The person who designs a cursor must also specify its hot spot. This means that the hot spots have already been specified for all the built-in cursors of Microsoft Windows and the cursor that ship with the .NET Framework. If you are visually creating a cursor, to specify its hot spot, on the Image Editor toolbar, you can click the Set Hot Spot . Then, on the cursor, click the point that will act as the hot spot. On an existing cursor, to know the coordinates of the hot spot, access the value of its HotSpot property. The Cursor.HotSpot property is of type Point.
A cursor is a picture of size 32 x 32 pixels. To know the size of an existing cursor, you can get the value of the Size property of the Cursor object. The Cursor.Size property is of type Size. To specify the rectangle in which the cursor much be confined, you can create a Rectangle object and assign it to the Clip property of a cursor. To know the rectangle in which a cursor is confined, get the value of its Clip property. The Cursor.Clip property is of type Rectanble.
While the user is moving the mouse on a control, the cursor moves also, which, by its purpose, is designed to show the current position of the mouse. In some application, at one particular time, you may want to know the coordinates of the mouse position. To provide you with this information, the Cursor class is equipped with a property named Position. The Position property is of type Point, which gives you to left (X) and the top (Y) coordinates of the mouse. Here is an example that displays the position of the mouse on the title bar of a form: Private Sub Form1_MouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) _ Handles Me.MouseMove Text = CStr(Cursor.Position.X) & _ ", " & CStr(Cursor.Position.Y) End Sub
If at any time you want to hide a cursor, you can call the Cursor.Hide() method. Its syntax is: Public Shared Sub Hide To display the cursor again, you can call the Cursor.Show() method. Its syntax is: Public Shared Sub Hide Show |
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The lovers of La Bohème
By Danielle D'OrnellasThe lovers (Mimì/Rodolfo & Musetta/Marcello) in the COC's La Bohème share their thoughts on their roles, the music, and the beauty of Puccini's most popular opera.
Phillip Addis –Marcello/Schaunard
The music of La Bohème completes and enhances a simple but beautifully sad story. The text isn't complicated, keeping with the distilled nature of the characters, but Puccini's rich score gives fullness to the drama, suggesting everything that is left unsaid and simply felt from the heart.
Eric Margiore – Rodolfo
As an actor, it is a tremendous joy to bring Rodolfo to life through the interactions with his best friends and with his love, Mimì. My favourite moment of La Bohème is when we first see Rodolfo and Mimì falling in love. In the music we hear all the modes of a new love, from the nervous fumbling through the ardent palpitations and declarations. There is a moment in the duet, "O soave fanciulla,"when both voices come together in a truly climactic explosion of passion that everyone in the theatre will experience!
John Caird directs a new Bohème
By Danielle D'Ornellasby Suzanne Vanstone
Whether you are an opera neophyte or a seasoned aficionado, chances are you have experienced La Bohème's beautiful music and heart-wrenching tale in some fashion – be it with a full production, excerpted highlights, or perhaps that aria on the radio that you can't quite name, but know intimately. A repertoire staple since the company's inaugural season in 1950, the COC is thrilled to bring a brand new Bohème to its stage under the direction of Tony-award winning director John Caird.


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Pistol-packing acclaimed South African western "Five Fingers for Marseilles," a thrilling tale that takes its place alongside classics such as "Once Upon a Time in the West" and contemporaries like "The Proposition" and "No Country for Old Men," stares down the barrel of a national theatrical release September 7.
From filmmaker Michael Matthews and screenwriter Sean Drummond comes a thrilling western set against the backdrop of post-Apartheid South Africa.
"Five Fingers for Marseilles" takes place in a small town "governed" by dubious local officials, living in fear of a lawless mob; when an exiled outlaw returns home in search of solace and redemption, brotherhood and loyalty are fused with vengeance.
The residents of the colonial town of Marseilles are under the thumb of police oppression and only the young rebels known as the Five Fingers are willing to stand up to them.
Their battle is just, until Tau kills two policemen and flees the scene.
The remaining rebels disband while the banished Tau resorts to a life of crime.
Twenty years later, now known as feared outlaw The Lion of Marseilles, he is released from prison.
He returns home, desiring only peace and to reconnect with those he left behind.
The battle for South Africa's freedom has been won, and former comrades-in-arms are in prominent positions as mayor, police chief, and pastor.
But it quickly becomes clear to Tau that Marseilles is caught in the grip of a vicious new threat — and he must reconstitute the Five Fingers to fight frontier justice.
Standing against former allies and new enemies, the re-formed Five Fingers saddle up and ride out, and put their lives at risk to save their beloved Marseilles.
Starring Vuyo Dabula, Hamilton Dhlamini, Zethu Dlomo, Kenneth Nkosi, Mduduzi Mabaso, Aubrey Poolo, Lizwi Vilakazi, Warren Masemola, Dean Fourie, Anthony Oseyemi, Brendon Daniels and Jerry Mofokeng, "Five Fingers for Masrseilles" opens September 7 -across the US via Uncork'd Entertainment.
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Randy Travis
Country Singer
Date Of Birth:
4 May 1959
Place Of Birth:
Marshville, North Carolina
Best Known As:
Country-Gospel singer of "Three Wooden Crosses"
Name at birth: Randy Bruce Traywick
Randy Travis is a country and gospel music singer whose distinctive baritone and traditional style have made him a star since the 1980s. As a child, he performed around Charlotte, North Carolina with his brother as the singing Traywick Brothers, but then he dropped out of high school and spent his reckless youth getting into scrapes with the law. In the late 1970s he began making demo tapes and recorded a few singles, and in 1981 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee. After a few years as a cook and singer at night spot, he released an independently produced live recording to capitalize on his increasing fan base. Renamed as Randy Travis, he recorded his first record on a major label, Storms of Life; it was released in 1986, and Travis toured the United States on the strength of the hits "On the Other Hand" and "1982." Since then he has sold millions of records and won numerous awards, including Grammys for Best Male Country Vocal Performance (1987 and 1988), Best Country Song (1988's "Forever and Ever, Amen") and Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album (2004's Rise and Shine). Randy Travis is known as a country crooner in the style of Lefty Frizell and George Jones. In later years he has recorded bluegrass and gospel albums that have had great success, including the hit and 2003 CMA Song of the Year, "Three Wooden Crosses."Extra Credit
Randy Travis has a bit of experience as an actor; his films include The Rainmaker (1997, with Matt Damon) and Texas Rangers (2001, with Usher)… A record company executive is the one who changed Randy's surname from Traywick to Travis.
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English martyr, born in London, 1548; suffered for treason at Tyburn, 11 January, 1584. Son of John Carter, a draper, and Agnes, his wife, he was apprenticed to John Cawood, queen's printer, on Candlemas Day, 1563, for ten years, and afterwards acted as secretary to Nicholas Harpsfield, last Catholic archdeacon of Canterbury, then a prisoner. On the latter's death he married and set up a press on Tower Hill. Among other Catholic books he printed a new edition (1000 copies) of Dr. Gregory Martin's "A Treatise of Schism", in 1580, for which he was at once arrested and imprisoned in the Gatehouse. Before this he had been in the Poultry Counter from 23 September to 28 October, 1578. He was transferred to the Tower, 1582, and paid for his own diet there down to midsummer, 1583. Having been tortured on the rack, he was indicted at the Old Bailey, 10 Jan., 1584, for having printed Dr. Martin's book, in which was a paragraph where confidence was expressed that the Catholic Faith would triumph, and pious Judith would slay Holofernes. This was interpreted as an incitement to slay the queen, though it obviously had no such meaning.
GILLOW, Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath., s.v. Carter, Williams; Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ. (London, 1905-), I, 60, 65; II, 228, 229; III, 4,15; IV, 129, 138; V, 8, 30, 39.
APA citation. (1912). Ven. William Carter. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15630b.htm
MLA citation. "Ven. William Carter." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15630b.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Michael T. Barrett. Dedicated to the martyrs of England.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. October 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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With the addition of the all-new 2015 Pioneer 500™, Honda adds a heavy dose of fun to its line of side-by-sides. The Pioneer 500 carries two people to off-road adventures, is perfect for chores on the farm or a relaxed trail ride out in the country and it's packed with Honda's famous quality and durability at a suggested retail price of $8,499.
"My first drive in the Pioneer 500 was an eye-opener," said Lee Edmunds, Manager of Motorcycle Marketing Communications. "It's really fun to drive, and the paddle shifters bring a whole different kind of experience that helps make it a blast. If you've been thinking about a side-by-side purchase, the Pioneer 500 will definitely put a grin on your face.
Only 50 inches wide, the Pioneer 500 fits on trails that impose width restrictions, as well as in the bed of a full-size truck. A modest 73.1-inch wheelbase helps return responsive handling and a tight turning radius of only 13 feet.
Designed by Honda R&D in Ohio, and built at Honda South Carolina (HSC) in Timmonsville using domestically and globally sourced parts, the Pioneer 500 is powered by Honda's proven 475cc four-stroke engine. This powerplant pumps out plenty of low-end torque along with a smooth, fun-to-use powerband. The five-speed gearbox with reverse uses an electric shift system featuring paddle shifters mounted on the steering column.
Thoughtful touches include a door/net setup that opens together as one unit—an ingenious and simple design. Inside, there's a roomy and comfortable bench seat for the driver and passenger. The Roll Over Protection Structure (ROPS) meets OSHA requirements, and driver and passenger have three-point Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) seat belts.
There's also a full line of more than 40 Honda Genuine and Signature Accessories that allow owners to configure their Pioneer 500 to meet their specific needs right off the showroom floor.
With many people entering the growing side-by-side market, Honda now offers an all-new option to its Pioneer line. From long-time off-road enthusiasts to new side-by-side drivers, the compact, fun and affordable Pioneer 500 will become an instant favorite.
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About American Honda
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. was established in 1959 and is the sole distributor of Honda motorcycles, scooters, ATVs and side-by-sides in the U.S. The American Honda Motorcycle Division is responsible for the sales, marketing, and operational activities for these products through authorized Honda dealers. For more information on Honda products, go to www.powersports.honda.com.


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FROSTPROOF (FOX 13) - Deputies in Polk County say they've arrested a sex offender and chronic cop impersonator who tried twice to join their investigation at the scene of a Frostproof traffic crash.
The sheriff's office said they were looking into a vehicle-versus-livestock crash Thursday evening when a Ford Crown Victoria pulled up to the scene and activated a set of red and white emergency lights.
The man inside offered to help, but deputies declined and he drove away. Moments later, deputies in Highlands County warned their counterparts that they had been tailing the man, whom they suspected was impersonating police. So when the man returned to the scene -- with lights flashing -- they arrested him.
Detectives say Thomas Manning Hook flashed a gold "Private Investigator" badge with "chief" engraved on it and also identified himself as a fugitive recovery agent. They say there were multiple cards in his wallet that identified him as a everything from a private investigator to a member of the clergy to a retired major in the Marine Corps.
The vehicle itself was equipped with emergency lights in the front and back windows, a spotlight, a push bar, and even a prisoner cage with bars over the rear windows.
Deputies say Hook later admitted that he was not any of the things the cards in his wallet indicated and he said he'd never been in the military.Court records and various media reports show Hook has been impersonating officers for at least 23 years. He's been charged with the crime in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says in Florida, Hook has been charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer in Pinellas and Polk counties.
Hook has several previous arrests in Florida and has even spent time in state prison, deputies said, and he has a history of impersonating law enforcement in several southeastern states. The 48-year-old has been charged 13 times for impersonating a law enforcement officer.
Hook is also a registered sexual offender due to a 1992 conviction in South Carolina.
"Thomas Hook is not a law enforcement officer, he is a fraud," Sheriff Grady Judd said. "Hook is currently in jail where he belongs. We urge anyone who may have had any interaction with Hook representing himself as a law enforcement officer to contact us."
Hook remains in the Polk County Jail where he will face a judge Saturday morning.


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Wayne and Garth meets Chermayeff & Geismar.
Self described as "Wayne and Garth meets Chermayeff & Geismar," Post Typography, from Baltimore MD, was originally conceived and founded in 2001 as an avant garde anti-design movement by Nolen Strals and Bruce Willen. They specialize in graphic design, conceptual typography, and custom lettering/illustration with additional forays into art, apparel, music, curatorial work, design theory, and vandalism.


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Kool & the Gang, officially launched in 1969, after performing for five years under various band titles, has influenced the music of three generations and, at the age of 49, the band has become true recording industry legends.
Thanks to iconic songs like Celebration, Cherish, Jungle Boogie, Summer Madness and Open Sesame, they've earned two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, 25 Top Ten R&B hits, nine Top Ten Pop hits and 31 gold and platinum albums.
From Nairobi to Newark, Kool & the Gang has performed continuously longer than any R&B group in history and their bulletproof funk and jazzy arrangements have also made them the most sampled R&B band of all time. A reviewer recently called their performance "a 24-karat show" and every year, even after a half-century on the road, yields a non-stop schedule of shows across the globe.
The heavily-in-demand band has continued to tour the world, appearing most recently alongside Kid Rock, Dave Matthews Band, Elton John and The Roots and performing on a recent, 50-city tour with rock legends Van Halen.
In 1964, Ronald Bell and his brother, Robert "Kool" Bell, joined Jersey City neighborhood friends Robert "Spike" Mickens, Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Ricky Westfield, George Brown, and Charles Smith to create a unique musical blend of jazz, soul and funk. At first calling themselves the Jazziacs, the band went through various names – The New Dimensions, The Soul Town Band, Kool & the Flames – before settling on their famous moniker.
Over the next several years they solidified their musical chemistry on the rough-and-tumble East Coast music scene supporting acts like Bill Cosby, Ritchie Havens and Richard Pryor. Their self-titled 1969 debut album introduced their signature instrumental sound and fierce horn arrangements and spawned their first Billboard R&B charted single, Kool & the Gang.
In 1969 Kool & the Gang released their self-titled debut album/ It was the introduction to a theme, music is the message, that Kool & the Gang stands by today. The instrumental album was an expression of their deep love of music. It was also an introduction to their signature sound and the fierce horn arrangements created by Khalis, Dee Tee, and Spike. Their debut album spawned their first Billboard R&B charted single Kool & the Gang and later Let the Music Take Your Mind.
In 1970, their audacious sophomore set Live at the Sex Machine peaked at #6 on Billboard's R&B chart and yielded three hit singles: Funky Man, Who's Gonna Take the Weight, and I Want to Take You Higher. Next came The Best Of Kool & the Gang Featuring The Penguin, Kool & the Gang Live at PJ'S, Music Is The Message, and Good Times, all of which helped solidify a sound that wowed not only fans but such contemporaries as James Brown and Nina Simone.
The band's stellar reputation grew with each album, but 1973's gold disc Wild & Peaceful took Kool & the Gang to another level (#6 R&B, #33 Pop), spurred by the immortal party anthems Funky Stuff, Hollywood Swinging and the platinum smash Jungle Boogie. Hits like Higher Plane (#1 R&B), the classic Summer Madness (featured on the Grammy-winning movie soundtrack Rocky) and LPs Spirit of the Boogie, Love & Understanding and Open Sesame followed. The latter's title track was featured on the top-selling movie soundtrack of all time, Saturday Night Fever, earning the group their second Grammy.
In 1979, Kool & the Gang unveiled a smooth new sound with Ladies Night. Produced by the legendary Pop/Jazz musician Eumir Deodato, it became their first platinum album. The #1 R&B title track reached #8 at Pop. It was followed by Too Hot (#3 R&B, #5 Pop). The 80's would see them dominate the mainstream, starting with the double platinum-selling album Celebrate (driven by the international monster hit Celebration, which spent six weeks atop the R&B chart and became a #1 Pop single).
Celebration, which played as the American hostages returned from Iran, remains de rigueur at joyous occasions worldwide. The smashes Get Down On It, Take My Heart, Let's Go Dancing, Joanna, Tonight, Misled, the #1 R&B, #2 Pop giant Cherish and the #1 R&B anthem Fresh (these last three from the multi- platinum LP Emergency) solidified the group's international stardom. Kool & the Gang landed global commercial endorsements, supported countless charitable causes and were the only American group to participate in Band Aid's 1984 Do They Know It's Christmas project for famine victims in Africa.
With the explosion of hip-hop in the 90's, Kool & the Gang's incredible catalog of grooves made them DJ favorites. They were second only to R&B icon James Brown as sources of rap music samples.
Today, the group enjoys global fame and recognition and a following that spans generations due in part to the groups widely sampled catalogue. Kool & the Gang's drum beats, bass, guitar and signature horn lines lace the tracks of numerous artists including the Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Cypress Hill, and P. Diddy. Kool & the Gang is the most sampled band in hip-hop by far. Their music is also featured on the soundtracks for Rocky, Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, Wreck-It Ralph and countless others.
In 2014, they were honored with a BET Soul Train Lifetime Achievement Award and in October 2015, in the town they sing about in one of their earliest hits, "Hollywood Swinging," Kool & the Gang was honored to take their place as American musical icons with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2016, they released a single, "Sexy (Where'd You Get Yours)," which rose to #15 on the Billboard Adult R& B chart. The song signifies a modernization of Kool & the Gang's unmistakable sound, down to the dance floor-tailored bass grooves and the perfectly timed horns. It was their first airplay chart hit in a decade.
More new music is due out in 2018.
Kool & the Gang's 50th Anniversary is just around the corner. Here is how they have begun to celebrate the milestone:
- Induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
- In a touching tribute, a street they grew up on in Jersey City has been renamed in their honor: "Kool & the Gang Way."
- "Celebration" was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame
- Kool's bass is displayed at the new Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.
- Artifacts from the band's archive have recently gone on display, next to Count Basie, at the newly- opened Grammy Museum Experience in Newark, NJ.
- Induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
Kool & the Gang continues to delight fans around the globe with their timeless hits and amazing live performances.


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Carole Baskin's Missing Husband's Family Airs Commercial During Her 'DWTS' Debut
During the season premiere of Dancing With the Stars Monday night (September 14), a commercial aired about missing 60-year-old millionaire and animal sanctuary owner Don Lewis, who was married to Tiger King's Carole Baskin — a contestant this season — at the time of his disappearance in 1997.
Don Lewis was declared legally dead in 2002, but his disappearance became a hotly debated topic and his case was reopened after Tiger King gained popularity on Netflix earlier this year.
"Don Lewis mysteriously disappeared in 1997, his family deserves answers. They deserve justice. Do you know who did this? Or if Carol Baskin was involved?" John M. Phillips, the Lewis' family attorney says in the commercial.
"$100,000 reward has been funded," Lewis' oldest daughter Donna added.
Tiger King's Joe Exotic alleged that Baskin fed Lewis to her tigers at Big Cat Rescue, but she has fiercely denied the allegation. The other theory is that Lewis may have fled to Costa Rica in a plane.
In a recent interview with People, Baskin claimed, "I am not at all the person I was portrayed in Tiger King."
"I am not the money grubbing, gold-digging, murderous person that they portrayed. I am the type of person who will come after any person who is abusing animals. I am relentless. I just won't stop until I find some legal way to make it stop," she continued. "From that perspective, I think they got me right. Me as a person, that was a total assassination of my character for nothing other than whatever money they could get for selling that to Netflix."
During Baskin's Dancing With the Stars debut on Monday (September 14), she wore a tiger-print outfit and did the paso doble to "Eye of the Tiger," of course. Baskin's dance earned 11 points out of 30, the lowest score of the night.


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316 Grade Stainless Steel Cable Ties 4.6mm x 1100mm - 100 Ties (1 pack)
316 Grade Stainless Steel Cable Ties 4.6mm x 1100mm - 100 Ties (1 pack)
316 Grade Stainless Steel Cable Ties are available direct from stock, but for large orders we can also supply in many other sizes, please contact us with your requirements.
- Width: 4.6mm
- Length: 1100mm
- Material: 316 Grade Stainless Steel
- Colour: Silver
- Max Bundle Diameter: 310mm
- Tensile Strength: 59Kgs
- Working Temp Range: -80 to 538 degs Celsius
- Total Ties: 100pcs
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