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It turns out that the replay of the Newcastle vs Manchester United game last Sunday on Fox Sports over here in the US, was watched by an average of 1.7M viewers.
Patrice Evra – after scoring second goal following a corner
Where was our defense?
While that's not very big by normal standards, the tape-delayed broadcast got a rating of 0.9.
That's high for a Fox broadcast of the Premier League, and it was a 40% increase on the average audience, and it also compared to the 0.7 rating and 1.0 million average viewing audience that watched the Liverpool-Manchester United game in September, 2012.
Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch and is affiliated with Sky Sports, and the top football analyst at Fox Soccer is former Newcastle United and England right back Warren Barton, who does a great job for the network – and he's also a huge Newcastle United fan.
And that rating is for the repeat of the game on tape delay, and doesn't count the audience that watched the game live earlier in the day.
And of course Manchester United are a huge draw around the world, but there are good signs that Newcastle are becoming a popular club stateside, and we can see that from the many comments from the Americans on this site.
Maybe an American tour within a couple of years?
Soccer as they call it in the US, is still a minor sport, but it seems the Premier League is starting to catch on, and is watched by a lot of the youngsters, who can see how huge football (soccer) is outside the US.
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11 comments so far
I'm surprised, Newcastle does have some popularity here because of the Goal! movies, but for some reason the country is filled with Liverpool fans!
I like Barton, Eric Wynalda and Christopher Sullivan but I liked Christian Miles better than Rob Stone. They have good chemistry.
luckily there's not enough EPL fans around to mock after a shameful loss like this one vs Man U. Though I suppose I'm used to it being an Oakland Raiders fan.
Morning Ian, hope u r keeping well.
clinath@ed // Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 AM
Made a very valid point on only having 11 purple players, it limits competition.
The solution? We need 15 purple players who have better versatility.
We will therefore need to cut the wage bill down to accommodate these extra 4 players.
I would look at all of the purple players and firstly work out historically how many games they are available per season and look at moving on those prone to injury – saylor, maybe include tiote.
Then who is on the most money – colo? Tiote?
Who is getting old – Guti, colo
But then you need to look at the bigger picture and realise that some of the above are irreplaceable like colo as club captain.
In conclusion we have 3 candidates in saylor, Guti and tiote who could be replace with as joey Barton would say younger cheaper and probably foreign alternatives. A winger/st, midfielder who can play both roles and a defender who can play across te back 4.
As the above are on less cash we can also afford an extra purple player or two.
btw I think an American tour would be very wise. I was actually surprised we're touring Brazil because even though they are football crazy, they are usually only crazy about their home clubs. The culture there is intense but different.
Hopefully Newcastle come stateside, maybe for a friendly vs the San Jose Earthquakes 🙂
@bollance, either the staff is using more trickery or they are ignorant to the fact that there's greater cash rewards for placing higher in the EPL+CL quali. I really hope we don't fall into mediocrity with these transfer policies.
Morning bollance hope you are well too! Some good points you make. I think of all the team the most interesting possition to replace is Colo!!!!! We have missed him badly and what is a worthwhile replacement of his standing likely to cost??? If we are to continue moving forward and grow (8 year planlol) surely we need a solid tried and tested centre back in the spine of the team. I am not sugesting that we go out and pay 20 million or anything stupid but we really do need to start thinking about a successer and a strong challeneger to his possition ………NOW! Over to you Derek the Rat! Oh yeh! Sorry, silly me forgot……..WE CANT AFFORD IT!
Soccer/Footy is a lot more popular here in the US than ED makes out. Yea, yanks look at it as a "wussy sport", but I always respond "maybe, but the Dallas Cowboys couldnt run for 90 mins, you have to be tough". Seattle Sounders get 50,000 solid fans a week! MORE THAN NUFC! Portland Timbers are close by and have a huge following too. Seattle and Portland are basically a Newcastle/Sunderland relationship.
Ed lives in the South. Soccer is much bigger in other parts of the country. In New England & other areas, soccer has been the main Autumn sport, if not year round sport, for kids to play for about 25-years. We just didn't start getting much Prem League tv coverage until 5-years ago, so soccer-playing kids watched the NFL. Interest in European soccer is going to continue to grow here as long is it is on tv & the MLS's quality stays poor. Newcastle is a somewhat popular team to support for those who don't want to be considered bandwagon fans.


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R: Editors and report generators
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There are a number of ways of editing scripts and output files when using R. Have a look at them and add comments to this file.
- R Editor
- The editor that comes with R is convenient. Some issues:
- Commands are executed by typing Ctrl-R which will either submit the current selection or the current line. This feature is attractive except for the problem that the function can not be reassigned to a different key for those who find that frequent typing of Ctrl-R gives them finger cramps.
- If R crashes, the editor crashes and all unsaved work is lost.
- No parenthesis matching, automatic indentation or other forms of code highlighting.
- Tinn-R
- Popular editor tailor-made for R.
- Shortcut keys for code submission can be programmed. Unfortunately one key can't be programmed to submit either the current selection or the current line -- a different key must be used for each.
- Has been known to hog CPU inexplicably -- although this hasn't happened to me in such a long time that I'm tempted to infer that it has been resolved.
- Emacs
- Please comment.
- Relax (http://www.wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de/~wolf/software/relax/relax.html)
- (R Editor for Literate Analysis and lateX) Provides an editor and generates reports in LateX (see below).
- R-WinEdt (http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/Conferences/DSC-2003/Proceedings/Ligges.pdf)
- customizes the LateX editor WinEdt (http://www.winedt.com/) for use as an R editor.


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Some boys and girls are good at drawing. Others love rhythm and music. Some have a gift of gab and can talk a mile a minute. Some are little business persons. Every one is very good at something. Find out what you are cut out to do and go to it. Let me give you a secret: You will never be really happy until you are doing not only what makes you happy but what makes others happy, too.
Kent was a superb athlete but to earn his living he was also an unusual fine young business man. He not only became owner of video stores but he trained young people who were eager to become good in business. He helped them grow. His interest didn't stop with his own stores. He gave leadership in the community to see that those in business served people.
I think down in his heart the most important and precious of all was his family. Kimberly was in every way a partner in business as well as in the home. Then came Erik and later Logan - two lovely boys. Although you might think Kent was so involved in his business and in the community he would not have time for his family, that was not so. Time after time during a busy work day I found him at home, doing a bit of rough-house or playing games with the boys. They were tiny then. One of the very sad things is that they were so young they probably will not remember Kent, but he put love in their hearts before he died. He was a great father. He shared so much of his life with them. If they do not remember anything else they may remember the way his smile light up his face as he told them how much he loved them. They will carry that throughout their lives.
Kent did not live long enough to see his boys grow up. One day he found a sore on his leg that turned out to be worse than he thought. It didn't hurt. But when Kimberly's brother, who is a doctor, came and saw Kent's sore, he told Kent to get to a hospital quick and get treatment. The whole family did all they could to help Kent get better. His father and mother and Kimberly's family all tried to help him, but the sore could not be healed and Kent died when he was only 34 years old.
There was a memorial service for Kent. His father and I were two of twelve people who spoke to let others know what kind of a person Kent was. Each of us spoke of his remarkable manhood. The memorial service was a true celebration of his life. We rejoiced that he had been such a fine fellow. The service reminded all of us that everyone is given a chance to make the world better and at the same time find joy and happiness all the days God gives us to live. How I loved Kent. How greatly he was loved by so many. In his 34 years how wonderfully he touched so many for good.
I want you also to remember Christy. She was only 26 when she died, but those 26 years were wonderful - not all of them easy, but last Christmas I never saw her more at peace. She bubbled over as she came home to be with her family. Then shortly after she returned to Memphis, Tennessee where she had her horses, she died. She died quietly and peacefully one afternoon after she returned to her apartment and after she had finished her day's work.
Kent was a good business man. Christy would have found business boring but she was superbly good at what she learned to do.
When she was only a very little girl her parents noticed how she loved dogs and cats and other animals, and the animals seemed to respond to her. Her father was also very fond of animals and always had dogs and horses to satisfy his interest. It may have been he who discovered Christy's special attachment to animals. Both her parents encouraged her.
When she was only 4 or 5 she began riding her little pony, Midnight, not only riding it but taking care of it. When I first saw her ride in a meet she seemed so very tiny perched on the back of Midnight. On that occasion she was riding what they called "western style." Up and down the course she would ride going full speed and at the end, with dust flying, she would swing the horse around the barrel and race back to the starting post. She was always among the winners.
That was the beginning. Her father, Dick, had a very large horse, Buck. Buck was so restless it was difficult for Dick to mount him. Sometimes when Dick had to be away he asked me to exercise his horse. Frankly I was somewhat afraid of it. Buck would shy at almost anything and I was constantly afraid that when he pranced around he would land on top of me.
One day I went to find Christy. No one seemed to be at home. As I came out the door I heard a little girl talking. I followed that voice and found Christy. She was in the horse stable, lying on the back of Buck, talking to the horse. The horse looked around at me as if to say, "Get out of here, we're having a good time."
Only the other day my neighbor who lives across the street talked to me about Christy. When I told people the same story he told me, they looked at me as if they didn't really believe me. But now he told it to me not knowing I had seen it myself many times.
Christy was only about as high as Buck's stomach. Yet she could lead or ride him wherever she wanted to go. It was even more remarkable that when she wanted to get up on Buck's back he would lower his head. Then in a way she had learned she would step on the reins and hold them against his head, and he would gently lift her and swing her around until Christy grabbed the mane and pulled herself up on his back. He was as gentle and as patient with her as any horse could be.
That was only the beginning. All the horses she ever rode or trained seemed to feel a oneness with Christy. She could get them to do remarkable things. Christy became a champion rider - winning trophy after trophy and ribbon after ribbon. She must have a thousand ribbons and countless trophies, each one telling of a ride in which she competed with others. That was what earned her a national reputation as a rider and as a trainer of horses. She was still at it the day she died.
Christy's whole family shared her enthusiasm. I have never seen her mother, Betty, more excited than when they were leaving for a meet - whether in Vermont or Madison Square Garden or places in between. Betty would drive a large motor home with the horses in a trailer behind, up and down the eastern seaboard. Memories of those eventful years still animate Betty as she celebrates Christy's life. Christy was a national champion at age 14 and that was just the beginning. The strenuous hours of training, the joy of her triumphs are all part of what made Christy famous and what remains a matter of pride and joy to Betty and Dick.
The family asked me to arrange for her memorial service. I was glad to make it a time of celebration. Christy was my granddaughter. She had become a very lovely tall and beautiful girl, so full of enthusiasm. But she was not privileged to live out her years. How eventful those years had been. She found genuine joy in her work with horses and people. She was so graceful as she jumped high over the barriers in meets, the horse holding its head high and seeming to share her enthusiasm. I think the horse had as much delight in winning as Christy did.
Our memories went back to her early childhood. She was born with a heart condition that at times sent us racing to a doctor so he could control her rapidly beating heart. Each spell was life- threatening. But by the time she was four she seemed to have outgrown it. In all the years of her strenuous participation the condition had not returned until the last few months immediately before her death, then her heart began to give her concern. But she did not think it serious enough to inform her parents. Then one day her heart gave out. No one was there to help her get the treatment that would have saved her. Her heart must have stopped suddenly for when she was found there was no sign of distress.
Now as I sit at my computer and write these words I cannot understand why Kent and Christy were not given a longer time to live. Such understanding is hidden from me. We know death is a part of life. Both Kent and Christy lived life to the full during their brief journey. We are grateful for the ways they showed us how a brief life can be both exciting and have meaning. Knowing this we will treasure our own days even more. I hope you will find the special gift God has given you so it will be said of you as it has been said of Kent and Christy - You lived all your days bringing happiness not only to yourself but to all those whose lives you touched. [by James E. McEldowney, Spring 1997]
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There's limited seating capacity though, hence the long queues. Basically, the queueing system is this. Queue to get your number and place your order with the outside counter. Wait till your number is called at the counter outside. Pay up, get in the restaurant and they give you this buzzer. When it buzzes, collect the food (see people collecting food) at the inside counter. I suppose this is a smart way of freeing up space inside this pretty cramped restaurant. But hey, it's good fried chicken, so whatcha complain' about?
Overall, this is one instance where an establishment really lives up to its hype — reasonably priced, excellent food. Definitely a good reason for why it has lasted the past 30 years, and hopefully, this formula will stay the same in the next 30 as well.
Classic, old-school fried chicken done brilliantly. A throwback to an era where the Big Mac was really big, the nuggets came with unlimited sauces and the fried chicken tasted so much awesome because it was so much cheaper (yeah, I'm talking about you, KFC).
Thank you Arnold's for giving me a piece of my childhood back.
Last order at 9.45PM
810 Geylang Road
City Plaza
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A people's betrayal
(2/22/08) I'm in the frigid Ching Tan Room at the University. A few rows ahead sits one-time senatoriable Sonia Roco; somewhere in the back sits Dr. Fernando Zialcita of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology. My program boasts of a pixelized photograph of the EDSA shrine above the words describing this whole event: An Intellectual Discussion. Former Bukidnon representative Neric Acosta, who is currently a teacher of mine, would later joke that the very concept of an intellectual discussion might've scared off a lot of the students from attending. Indeed, as I look around the room, I notice I'm one of the youngest—in fact 1 of only a handful of students.
"Both EDSAs betrayed us," says Dr. Acosta. He's 1 of the 4 panelists who are to discuss whether People Power was a success or a failure. He's the only politician of the lot, but few politicians have the kind of academic understanding that comes w/ a doctorate degree in Political Science. Even while waiting for his turn to speak, Dr. Acosta briskly takes down notes like a student before a presentation or a teacher before a lecture (depending on how you look at it). In front of him next to his leather-bound planner are loose sheets of papers & today's Inquirer.
He speaks of institutions breaking down, how based on global standards and indexes for good governance the Philippines is a "regressing democracy." He says, "We failed in memory." Earlier this year both GMA & Erap said that we should forget about EDSA; w/ this, says Dr. Acosta, the 2 presidents essentially called for the end of the fight for reform & for a government that works. True enough, Martial Law lives on in spirit under the Arroyo administration. And according to the PCIJ, there are only 11 new family names in Congress.
Having been in his class over the past semester, I know Dr. Acosta feels strongly about trust, his current bible being Francis Fukuyama's book about it. Today, he declares that social trust has vanished in our country. Exemplifications aren't hard to find: NGOs and government act now like rivals instead of working together. The government is messed up, say the NGOs. The NGOs don't know what they're talking about, says the government. Civil society then chooses sides, or just ignores everything altogether—nation-building relegated to mere abstraction. Survival of the fittest: the only law held dear.
"There's something sad & almost surreal about singing Bayan Ko again." Dr. Acosta is alluding to the mass for Jun Lozada in La Salle Green Hills last Sunday. There's something to be said here about what he calls "immanent victories"—that we failed in attaining them after '86. Echoing Rizal, Dr. Acosta warns that if we don't flush out the residuals of the system we disapprove, all those things about it we despise will come back. There was no complete cleansing after '86; the ills have returned. (Or did they even leave us?)
Someone taps my back; I turn to see Meynardo Mendoza from the Deparment of History, a former teacher of mine. "Nagsalita na ba si Fr. Intengan?" "Opo." The Jesuit had spoken earlier, delivering a talk entitled "People Power 1: Great Expectations, Scanty Harvest," preceding a talk w/ similar views by Dr. Zosimo Lee of UP, who used the criteria of justice in proving EDSA's failures.
Fr. Luis David, also a Jesuit, took on another perspective & received a lot of attention & quite a few raised eyebrows. Unlike the other panelists, he didn't even bother to ask if he may begin; he jumped straight into reading his paper w/ his accented English & the kind of laid-back disposition that can only come from confidence (because well-written papers need no extemporaneous explanations), quoting the likes of TS Eliot along w/ a myriad of political & philosophical minds. He insisted on how contestations & dissent are integral in a democracy. "I'd much rather have a politicized armed forces than a passive 1 w/c blindly follows authority." He used Trillianes' successful senatorial bid as exemplification. Trillianes was not noted for necessarily being a man with much sense; "sometimes it seems like he can't put 2 thoughts together," but his victory speaks of a dissent Fr. David considers healthy for a democracy.
Dr. Acosta weighed in using his naturally deep voice, saying the rallying, masses, & noise barrages we see today are "encouraging realities" w/ regard to expressing disapproval. But he had also said earlier that "maybe it's not about the streets or the streets of EDSAs" anymore. He expresses the importance of the youth & their involvement in new technologies—cyberspace being the new streets thru w/c we rally.
Still, Dr. Acosta asserts a need for a return to concrete benchmarks for success based on clearly defined standards similar to how other democracies are assessed. The question remains for Dr. Acosta: "Where are we now 22 years later?" He calls for a return to paying attention to strengthening our institutions. "It's not a matter about housekeeping but what kind of house we have."
It had been an insightful discussion, but, you see, I get a little wary when moderators open floors up to questions from the audience, knowing that more often than not my fellow Blue Eagles make manifest the perception of apathy that clouds over us. After all, we are a student populace who have now elected a student body president who campaigned independently, insisting on more outward social involvement w/out sharing how nor realizing that, w/ regard to national issues, forces centripetal in nature is what will truly enliven this carcass of a student body. Thankfully, this audience in the Ching Tan Room is mainly from the adult intelligentsia, leading to more interesting points.
Fr. Intengan is asked to explain the involvement of the Church in all of this. He says that the Church had failed in using symbolic power in EDSA. He says the Church fumbled the opportunity to contribute to nation-building considering its wide reach. The Church could've led in developing a civil code of ethics accepted by all faiths & w/c encouraged unity; it didn't.
"Many clergy went into miracle mode," says Fr. Intengan. The intellectual substance of EDSA was lost. EDSA was secular; still, we insist otherwise. "Institutions monopolized the event," making it Catholic. There was a "poor deployment of symbols," says the Jesuit. Even today in commemorative celebrations, Fr. Intengan cannot quite understand the persistence of English liturgy & middle-class taste in entertainment. "Many poor people were for Cory."
On an even more secular note, Fr. Intengan criticizes how politics too quickly became too pragmatic—missing a sense of purpose. A "national ideology" was never developed; the Church failed in aiding with this. "I hope the Church becomes more insightful."
Another interesting question brought the concept of EDSA into today's pressing concerns: "Do you think GMA has learned enough from the past to suppress an EDSA uprising against her?"
Dr. Acosta says that such speculation has been confirmed informally. Consider the fact that now you need permits from 3 separate government agencies to rally. Dr. Acosta admits to feeling torn between 2 stands: giving GMA credit but also realizing that she essentially bungled something like the Lozada incident at the airport.
In answering the question as such, I think Dr. Acosta brought forth the kind of stance we should now have amid a nation on shaky ground: we must be wary of & give due consideration to the complexity of our problems, but we must also be vigilant & intelligently aggressive in holding people accountable, seeking justice, wanting change. After all, it is this lack of vigilance that has allowed for intellectual discussions to still be centered on an event 2 decades now into our past. It is this lack of vigilance w/c has allowed for the intellectualized dissection of what should've simply been kept a romantic victory; still, we ourselves have allowed it to become a concrete symbol of betrayal.
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Birthdays: Julio Julongbayan celebrated his yesterday w/ Yellow Cab Pizza & sisig. My cousin Kathy is currently celebrating w/ Gin. A very Happy Birthday to both!
Some said they never saw it happening; maybe it's in the clothes. (Photo taken during Heights open mic last week.)


text: Some great catches at the Loch today , with best catch going to the Hamilton lads at the first fence with 18 rainbows, and over 30 for the two days Ferry flyfishers had 24 on boats fishing Fast glass lines, long leader with fabs , soldier palmers and olive buzzers. great sport with over 50 for the two days. Patna angling club managed 50 rainbows along left shore on bait, Potters Angling Club mini group finished with 9 rainbows from the right hand car park jetty on bait, Far Travelled Campbell town anglers managed 9 rainbows for their short visit to fad fishing from boats.


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Remember The Visiting, the $50 million sci-fi movie starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig that shot here for several months two years ago? Today it opens nationwide under its original title, The Invasion. And do you still recall Rocket Science, the $6 million high school comedy that filmed here right before The Invasion and closed the Maryland Film Festival in May? It opens a week from today, on a tide of positive reviews from New York and Los Angeles.
Entertainment-page readers know that for financial and publicity reasons, big studios such as Warner Bros. often rush the completion of movies to make a release date. So movie fans have come to recognize that a slow arrival for a genre film such as The Invasion signals a troubled production. And that's the case with this fourth version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which went through additional rewrites and shooting more than a year after it wrapped in Baltimore. Not surprisingly, no one from the production or from Warner Bros. would comment on the delay.
There's a happier story behind Rocket Science, the first dramatic feature from Jeffrey Blitz, director of the beloved spelling-bee documentary Spellbound. Even though it shot here even earlier than The Invasion, its dawdling return to town is part of a strategy common to independent pictures. Bob Berney, the president of Picturehouse, the film's distribution company, said in a phone interview Wednesday that it came down to a hope that many an individualistic American movie shares: that into its fragile life a little ray of Sundance could fall.


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Modern studies on green technologies for transportation sector are attaining attraction among the research communities from diverse parts. In this wake, Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have a bright future because of their battery system and charging facilities from the traditional power system. Numerous investigators have demonstrated that a great amount of decreases in greenhouse gas emissions and the growing reliance on oil could be accomplished by the transport electrification (Caramanis & Foster, 2009). Although road transportation is not considered as the leading source of greenhouse-gas emissions, but it contributes the major part of the emission. Transportation in recent days are the major unsustainable source of energies, depend on the liquid fossil fuels. Research suggest that the transportation sector at present consume over 55% of oil and emit around 25% of CO2 in total (Howey, 2012). With the introduction of Electric vehicles technology marked a considerable amount of carbon-free transportation in current market trend. By keeping a close consideration of the research on electric vehicle technology, where the main idea was to in cooperated electrically charged battery supported vehicles i.e. PHEVs came into the current market trend. We scale out our domain to study their potential introduction from an integrated perspective. Furthermore, we extend our domain to observe its interactions between technology and economic behavior and its market diffusion influence. Several studies and analysis are extended by taking major confirmations and verifications from Western Europe and North America and Asia in general. On the contrary, the analysis of energy implications is also being kept in close consideration throughout the world. However, Figure 1 displays the energy implication around the world.
Energy implication around the world
The current marketing trend suggests that the transport sector is accountable for over 27% of total energy utilization. In the wake of future growth, it is expected to increase by 50% possibly by 2035 (Tran, Banister, Bishop, & McCulloch, 2012). Keeping in mind overall 94% dependency on oil fuel, passenger vehicle considered to be another source of CO2 emissions weigh up to 6.3 Gt or over 24% in general of the total, on the other hand electricity generation (40%), industrial usage (16%), building usage (12%), agricultural sector and other usage (8%) (Tran et al., 2012). Figure 2 shows the statistics.
Greenhouse gas emissions by sector


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Barnsley company plans to bag Europe
29 April 2014
A Barnsley company which manufactures food packaging used in major supermarkets is looking to increase its European exports.
PBS Packaging, which makes seven million plastic bags a week, has just translated its website into Polish and Russian, and is working with business support programme Enterprising Barnsley to move into other countries, such as Germany and Sweden.
The company, which has its headquarters at Wombwell, wants to increase overseas sales from ten per cent of its turnover to 40 per cent. It already has markets in several European countries, including France, Italy, Holland, Malta and Poland, where it has a factory.
Turnover is up from £3m last year to £4m this, with a projected target of £5m for the coming year.
The plastic bags, called wicketted bags, are specially designed for the automated packing of food, including sliced bread and fresh produce. Clients are mainly bakeries and food growers, with the bags found on the shelves of major supermarkets and other high street chains in the UK.
PBS Packaging is also looking at moving into supplying bespoke postal bags for mail order companies and online retailers.
Director Howard Fearnley, who set up the business seven years ago, said: "These really are exciting times for the company. We have built a solid market here in the UK with the food bags and now we can move into new markets and new products.
"There is so much potential in Europe. I have just come back from visiting Sweden and Germany, and Russia could also be a massive market for us too. So we are really looking at a very bright future."
Enterprising Barnsley helped PBS Packaging find their premises at Waterside Park, Wombwell, after the company outgrew a unit at Shortwood Business Park, at Hoyland. They have also helped with branding and marketing advice and have given staff export coaching.
"The help from Enterprising Barnsley has been tremendous. They have identified what we need to do to grow and like a chess player they have put the pieces in the right place," said Howard.
Shaun Higginbottom, from Enterprising Barnsley, said: "The company has some big plans for the future and these are built on a very solid business base. It just shows with the right support businesses can grow, even in difficult economic times."
Enterprising Barnsley is delivered by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and offers a wide range of free business support to small and medium-sized businesses of all sizes with growth potential.
The programme is supported financially by the European Union and has attracted £2,259,511 investment from the European Regional Development Fund as part of Europe's support for the region's economic development, through the Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme.
Photograph shows Howard Fearnley with examples of wicketted bags.
To contact PBS Packaging please email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Enterprising Barnsley programme is part financed by the Yorkshire and Humber European Regional Development Fund Programme 2007 to 2013. The Department for Communities and Local Government is the managing authority for the European Regional Development Fund Programme, which is one of the funds established by the European Commission to help local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support local businesses and create jobs. For more information visit www.gov.uk/browse/business/funding-debt/european-regional-development-funding
For more information about Enterprising Barnsley go to www.enterprisingbarnsley.co.uk or contact Martin Beasley on 01226 772648 or at firstname.lastname@example.com
Additional media contact: Kate Betts on 01226 766900 or 077927 64891 or at email@example.com
This press release is produced by Capital B Media. You can find out more about our PR services here.


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Rad American Women A-Z
An A-Z of great women spanning several centuries, multiple professions, and 26 diverse individuals. There are artists and abolitionists, scientists and suffragettes, rock stars and rabble-rousers, and agents of change of all kinds. American history was made by countless rad—and often radical—women. By offering a fresh and diverse array of female role models, Rad American Women A-Z reminds readers that there are many places to find inspiration, and that being smart, strong and brave is rad.


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An Extensive Open Source iOS Easy Form Creation Library
Last month I mentioned a couple of nice libraries to aid in iOS form creation –FXForm for quick table view based form creation, and BPForms form creation that has a number of nice dynamic features.
Here's an extensive open source iOS form library from Xmartlabs called XLForms that has a number of very nice features.
Some of these features include:
– A simple buy powerful dsl for defining forms
– Rows for easily inputting different value types, numbers, urls, passwords, names, text
– Rows with automatic action sheet, alert view or table view based selectors
– Date/time rows that automatically bring up the UIDatePicker
– Switches/Checkmarks
– Multivalue rows in which the user can add/delete rows
– Easy ways to dynamically update the form through
– Basic validations
– Several nice examples included
Here's an image showing XLForm in action:
You can find XLForm on Github here.
A nice extensive form creation library with a good number of included examples.
Submit A Resource
Have you created a useful tutorial, library or tool for iOS development that you would like to get in front of our 300,000+ monthly page views from iOS developers?
You can submit the url here.
The resources we feel will appeal to our readers the most will be posted on the front page.


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Pursue your dreams
By: WC
Tupac Shakur was quoted saying "I'm not saying I'm gonna rule the world or change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world."
So I'm in my thirties and I grew up listening to Tupac Shakur and many others. While some might think he was arrogant, I think he was pretty inspirational. Now by no means am I saying he was perfect or anything along those lines. He lived a pretty fast & reckless lifestyle and is no longer around because of it. What I am saying is he believed he had the ability to help change the world through the power of his music.
Last night I talked about dreams and stepping out in faith. Living the life you always wanted. You can have the life you've always wanted! You can achieve your dreams! But you must be willing to do the work to get them.
Life can be discouraging sometimes. We feel like we just can't keep trying because we keep coming up against roadblocks. But that's life!!! Martin Luther King Jr believed in equality of all men. No one just laid down and let that happen. I'm sure it was quite discouraging at times. But ultimately he had the courage to pursue his dream.
I know you may be tired. It may seem like life is unfair sometimes and you'll never achieve your dreams. But I challenge you tonight to keep going, even when the road seems checkered by failure. I'll leave you with this.
Life has two rules:
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You're welcome! How in the world is it you don't have a belly button? I sure have one, it's (oddly) an inch deep, no lying! :) I've named all of my future children, too!ReplyDeleteReplies
I have Gastroschisis. Haha how funny! I love picking out cute names! xxDelete
thanks doll! thats so nice of you! I've been really uninspired with my blog recently but maybe doing this little post will get me back in the saddle as it were. I also wish I was a disney princess, i genuinely believemy dream job is snow white at disney land! happy new year! xxReplyDeleteReplies
No problem darling! Aww yeah, i love your blog and would love to see you post again. Haha, aww i'd love to be aurora (even though she's blonde, she was always my favourite!) Happy New Year to you too! xxDelete
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Thank you so much for choosing me! How truly sweet! I've really enjoyed looking at your blog & the others you chose! There are so many great ones out there! xoxo, TinaReplyDeleteReplies
No problem! I love your style and your blog! Thank you! Yes, there really are! xxDelete


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I typed a command in my terminal but I wanted to run another command before executing the line that I just typed without loosing the information in the current line.
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git commit -am "Unit test for scenarios A, B and C"But I was not sure if I was committing just the scenarios A, B and C that I have changed, I would like to run a git diff before committing but also without losing my committing message...
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# git commit -am "Unit test for scenarios A, B and C"It transform the line in a comment, so that I could hit enter without executing the commit and that line went to my history so that I could recovery it.
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A nationwide sign that goes by the nicknames "The Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory", and also "The Star-Spangled Banner", the American flag is one of the very identifiable signs in the globe today. The American Flag is the third oldest of the National Standards of the world – older than the Union Jack of Britain or the Tricolor of France.
Who designed the American Flag?
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Who designed the American Flag?
According to popular stories, the very first American flag was made by Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress that was an acquaintance of George Washington. In May 1776, so the story goes, General Washington as well as 2 representatives from the Continental Congress went to Ross at her furniture store as well as revealed to her a rough layout of the flag.
In 1777, the Continental Congress passed an act that provided our country an official flag. In those days, the flag was not the same as we see it today. Instead of the 50 white stars in the field of blue, there was a circle of 13 white stars to stand for the 13 colonies. The act stated, "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, standing for a brand-new constellation."
Exactly what does the American Flag represent?
The flag initially flew over thirteen states along the Atlantic seaboard, with a population of some three million people. Today it flies over fifty states, expanding across the continent, and also over multiple islands of the 2 oceans; as well as many owe it obligation.
The flag includes 13 alternate red as well as white horizontal stripes representing the very first thirteen British communities that stated self-reliance from the Kingdom of Great Britain, as well as became the initial states in the US. A blue rectangle in the canton shows 50 little, white stars representing each state. The stars are set up in 9 horizontal rows offset of each other. This blue location of the flag is called the Union.
The meaning of the Flag, as stated by Washington: "We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, dividing it by white red stripes, therefore revealing that we have divided from her, and the white red stripes will decrease to posterity standing for Liberty."
It incarnates for all the human race the spirit of liberty and also the glorious ideal of human liberty; not the liberty of unrestraint or the liberty of license, however a distinct principle of equal opportunity permanently, freedom as well as the search of happiness, safeguarded by the stern as well as lofty principles of responsibility, of righteousness and of justice, and attainable by obedience to self-imposed regulations.
It embodies the significance of patriotism. Its spirit is the spirit of the American country. Its history is the history of the American individuals. Decorated on its folds in letters of living light are the names and popularity of our heroic dead, the Fathers of the Republic who devoted after its altars their lives, their fortunes as well as their sacred honor. Twice told tales of national honor and magnificence cluster thickly regarding it. Ever before triumphant, it has arised victorious from eight fantastic nationwide conflicts. It flew at Saratog, at Yorktown, at Palo Alto, at Gettysburg, at Manila bay, at Chateau-Thierry, at Iwo Jima. It demonstrates to the immense growth of our national limits, the advancement of our natural deposits, as well as the fantastic framework of our civilization. It prophesises the victory of popular government, of civic and spiritual freedom and of national sanctity throughout the globe.
Why is the American Flag important to American community?
The American flag is really essential because it signifies the independent government as described under the United States Constitution. The flag additionally represents the various achievements of the country as well as the satisfaction of its individuals.
This national icon advises individuals, not just in the Connecticut state, but throughout the whole USA concerning the different important elements of the Declaration of Independence. It is not just a simple icon, which means the freedom and legal rights of Americans. Drifting from the soaring pinnacle of American optimism, it is a sign of enduring hope.
It is the indication made visible of the solid spirit that has actually brought liberty and success to individuals of America. It is the flag of all us alike. Let us accord it recognize and also commitment.
Where can I buy American Flags?
You possibly already seen this, yet there are a great deal of areas where you can get American flags. However, it is essential to keep in mind that the flag you are about to buy need to be "Made in United States of America".
Based on stats, Americans invest over 5.3 million US dollars on imported flags each year – the majority of which are made in China. Possibly much more upsetting is that during 2001, in the wave of patriotism that washed over America after 9/11, Americans acquired $52 million dollars in imported flags. The flag must represent the blood, sweat, as well as tears of American people that brought this country into existence, not our indebtedness to China and also the fatality of the American production industry.
The flag represents national independence and popular sovereignty. It is not the flag of a reigning family or imperial house, however of the millions free people bonded into a country, one as well as inseparable, united not just by community of passion, however by important unity of view and also purpose; a nation distinguished for the clear specific perception of its citizens alike of their responsibilities as well as their privileges, their responsibilities and also their civil liberties.
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DayZero Team Wins SECCDC Regional and Heads to National Collegiate Cyber Competition
Posted on April 10, 2017 by Aldyn Miller
Recently, members of the DayZero cyber competition club emerged victorious at the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (SECCDC), which was held at Kennesaw State University on April 5th and 6th. The team earned the top spot among 8 teams from the Southeast region, which were selected from 33 universities covering Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina. USA's DayZero team scored above several well-known teams in a very tight competition, including the University of Central Florida which has been the national champion several times. The team also won the Best in Business award among the other teams. The competition itself pits students who are managing real computer systems and networks in a corporate business environment against a red team of attackers that is trained to infiltrate those systems.
The team is now headed to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, which will be held in San Antonio, TX on 13-15 April. As winners of the regional competition, each team member received a plaque, a Raspberry PI model 3, and an all-expenses paid invitation to the national competition. As a result of the win, USA and the DayZero club also received a team trophy, a $500 check from Palo Alto, and $19,200 in training courses from EC-Council (partnered with Simeio Solutions). The DayZero advisors, Dr. Todd McDonald and Dr. Todd Andel, are extremely proud of the team's accomplishments and believe it represents the outstanding skill of our students as well as the growing maturity of the cyber security training and education opportunities offered by the School of Computing.
DayZero is a USA student organization dedicated to furthering cybersecurity knowledge and skills through participation in regional and international cyber competitions and capture the flag events. For more information about the club, see http://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/soc/dayzero.html.
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To prepare experienced business advisers and change facilitators to use the PROBE best practice benchmarking tool to enhance and support their work with organisations, focusing on opportunities to enhance sustainable excellence and to achieve financial and other benefits.
By the end of this course, participants will be familiar with the PROBE methodology, and will have practised facilitating PROBE assessments. They will be equipped to use the 'Lite', 'Standard' and 'Advanced' versions of PROBE, in an appropriate range of variants including Business Excellence, Sustainability Excellence, Manufacturing Excellence, Service Excellence; suitable for businesses and organisations of any size or type.
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Familiarity with business excellence and sustainability is helpful, but support to broaden knowledge can be provided.
If you intend to deploy PROBE for Sustainability Excellence, knowledge of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development ('The Natural Step Framework') is helpful – we can recommend relevant e-learning or face to face training opportunities on request.
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...from Sarah
Roast Leg of Lamb with Tarragon-Mint Butter
Golden Potatoes with Caper Brown-Butter Crumbs
Pea Salad with Radishes and Feta Cheese
Ramp and Buttermilk Biscuits with Cracked Coriander
Buttermilk Spice Cake with Pear Compote
I'm working on all of the above...with my own adaptations....no orange peel in slits in the lamb....I like garlic.
No pears for a compote, I have raspberries and red currants in the freezer from the CSA last summer...I'll make a compote with those.
Sarah's arriving with the pea shoots and fresh radishes. (my store only had radishes in a plastic bag)
It'll all come together sometime later this evening! Photos to follow.
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Buying glasses
As in the ones that help you see better, not the ones you drink out of. Here is my dilemma: I have seen a few pairs online that I like the look of, but I'd like to try them on first. I've phoned around the stores that sell them through their websites, but none of them have those particular models in stock. I doubt they'd want to order them in for me just to try on. Is there a good reason for me *not* to buy a few pairs online, then send back the ones I don't want? Could that backfire in any way I haven't anticipated? Alternatively: other solutions? Like a high-street shop that sells every pair of glasses in the world?
most online shops selling glasses
give you the option of trying them before buying and will send you a few pairs, you send back the ones you don't want. easy peasy.andyvine this'd this
The only one I've found that offers that option is Glasses Direct, unless the rest are just hiding it away somewhere so no one will take advantage.
... i might have gotten mine from there
This is kind of true, when I first got my own place I got like 4 x mugs, 4 x wine glasses and 4 x tumblers,
but when I just moved this was about a quarter of my glass collection. God knows where they all came from.
i don't understand it at all
i know sometimes when i am in a pub and it is last drink time i walk home while i'm finishing my last drink. but that can't account for all of it
I have 20-20 vision, so can't help you out, unfortunately
however, I was playing football tennis with some guys the other day and some chump forgot to take his glasses off, went for a diving header and BOOM - £250 glasses smashed to bits. cool story, bro
in this day and age
who pays £250 for glasses, utter madnessandyvine this'd this
he's a PHD dick
so yeah, he aint street wise. still nailed the header, tho.
Why? If you wear them every day for 3 years its a small price to pay.
My glasses cost about £250, youmad?TheWza this'd this
fair enough
I only wear mine occasionally so I don't hold them in the same regard, just that you can get them ridiculously cheap online even with all the scratch resistant, UV protection stuff slapped onZapsta this'd this
This is true.
Some parts of the glasses industry are also quite big rip-offs too (sunglasses especially, not sure about prescription). Be careful out there.
- _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
So these glasses you're after
what are they like then?
got a link?
I think I've narrowed it down to one of these:
Black around the lenses doesn't suit me. Wanted these: http://d26hhearhq0yio.cloudfront.net/content/misterspex/produkte/grafiken/10-310074-0008-01_a2.jpg but they've been discontinued <///////3
none of those would suit me
I think the 3rd one is best though but it all depends on your FACE I guess
mine are round and hornrimmy
The third are the ones I'm leaning to
but as you say, it's impossible to know without trying them on. Guess I'm going to have to buy them all... :(
have you got the funds to buy* them all?
*then send back the ones you don't want ... cos I'd do that
glasses are the trickiest fucking purchase - you don't want to alter your physog for 3-5 years without being sure
I was worried that mine made me look too Jewish but I don't think they do/don't care anymore
Yeah, I do
but I'd rather avoid it if I can. Irrationally worried that they'll find some piece of small print to catch me out with, and I'll be stuck with 3 pairs of glasses that are a pain in the arse to eBay because they need prescription lenses.
i gotta get my first pair of glasses soon :(
this is the end of that story.
If you're still looking around
I just got an email from these guys, they're doing a 2-for-£49 promo at the moment, might be worth checking out:
just go to boots and try them on
its funthis'd this
actually no it isn't fun
but if you have a small head you can get kids' glasses, i got a pair for £20 when my £250 adult pair broke, the worst thing is that they were almost identical
I bought two pairs of new glasses today
Suffering some pretty hardcore buyer's remorse after realizing that I prefer my current frames and will be wearing contact lenses much more often now that I'm less likely to melt them onto my eyeballs at work.
Should have just got new lenses put in my old frames after getting a weeks supply of contacts, but I was mesmerized by the ridiculously attractive "optical consultant" who was staring deeply into my eyes.
you have to try something on before ordering some with actual lenses in serious
like glasses have a size and if those ones up there are all too big for your face all of them are going to look shit
go to a shop and try some until you find some that look the right size at least (total width and across your nose) then look on the inside of one of the sides until you find a number like 53x17 or something like that. That's the eyesize and the distance between the lenses for the frame. Then go for something that is only a mm or two around that from the internet
It is actually incredible how about 4mm can change everything and make you look like you have a melon head.
And the nose thing is so important. If that bit is too narrow they're going to be sitting up too high.
That reminded me of this, for some reason:
I have actually tried some glasses on, and I found a pair that looked *right*, so I can compare to those. Thanks for the advice :))))
Two are 53-17, one is 53-18
Still ordering them all, huh.
Cheers buddy
Any update on your future location btw?
not yet!
going to start looking for jobs in the next couple of weeks.
Finally went through with this because I've been getting headaches all the time
and thought it may be connected to the fact I've been squinting all the time. 3 pairs. Spectacularly anxious. Hurrah!
All of which will be made by Luxottica
Fuckers. Will try Warby Parker for my next pair...
Good luck to crystal clear vision, Zapsta! Even if your frames *are* Made in Italy. :)


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8. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Manuel Neuer is still the best goalkeeper in the world, though the ageless Gianluigi Buffon isn't far behind. Still, the 31-year-old Neuer is the benchmark for modern keepers as his run for club and country over the last seven years has been incredible.
Bayern has won five straight Bundesliga titles with Neuer as its backstop, and Germany took home the 2014 World Cup with him in net. Along the way Neuer has won UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year four times (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015), IFFHS's World's Best Goalkeeper four times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), a World Cup Golden Glove (2014) and three-straight Bundesliga Team of the Year selections. He also finished third for the Ballon d'Or in 2014, an amazing accomplishment for a keeper.
Neuer is incredible with the ball at his feet, as a distributor and his reaction time is also unbelievable. A modern "sweeper-keeper," the German has ideal size at 6'4″ and should age gracefully.
He's the best in the world at what he does, his inclusion on this list was a must.
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7. Marcelo (Real Madrid/Brazil)
The second-highest defender on this list, Marcelo's selection is sure to create some controversy. But there is no better playmaker in the world coming forward from the back line. The 29-year-old just finished his 11th season at Real Madrid, capping it off with his fifth La Liga championship, third Champions League title and was named to the Champions League Team of the Season for the second-straight year.
As far as individual awards go, Marcelo was on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2014, the FIFPro World XI three times (2012, 2015, 2016), the ESM Team of the Year the last two seasons, and La Liga's Team of the Season for 2015-16. While his aggressive, attacking approach from the left back spot can get him in trouble defensively, the magic he produces on a regular basis outweighs those problems.
Real and Brazil can always rely upon him both going forward and defending. The guy shows up to every match and makes something happen. He's almost certainly the most skilled defender in the world. While some may claim I'm overvaluing him, what he did during Real's march to the Champions League title last season was nothing short of spectacular.


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Editor Picks for September.
International Dragon Boat Festival, Treasure Island, Sept. 20–21.
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Powerful Paddling in the Bay
International Dragon Boat Festival, Treasure Island, Sept. 20–21
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If you happen to see a few dragons skimming through the San Francisco Bay around Treasure Island, do not panic. You're not witness to Nessie's American cousin or a scene out of Pacific Rim 2. It's the San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival. More than 3,500 dragon boat paddlers are expected to race close to 130 dragon boats in 300- and 500-meter competitions while drake devotees cheer them on from the shore.
Along with the races, the free festival offers a wide array of food vendors, a health and fitness pavilion, vendors selling everything from handmade crafts to Chinese cultural gifts, and live entertainment such as Taiko drumming, live music, lion dancing, and martial arts demonstrations.
For the little hatchlings, Dragon Land offers free kids' activities including face-painting, arts and crafts, roving magicians and dragons, and carnival rides and games. Plus, keep a close eye on the dragon boats, and you may spot Daenerys Targaryen.
8 a.m.–5 p.m., free. Treasure Island, San Francisco, www.SFDragonBoat.com.
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Sports Tourneys
For fame, for glory, for fun.
Go the distance—blasting "Eye of the Tiger" or "We Are the Champions" is optional—and show what you're made of with two Alameda sports tournaments that'll have you swinging for the fences and other sports metaphors.
The 101st annual Alameda City Tennis Tournament (www.AlamedaCA.gov) declares Love-Love all around when it kicks off Sept. 5 and runs through the weekend. Amateurs and pros alike are invited to compete in men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles tournaments at Fairfield Tennis Courts in Washington Park.
If you enjoy swinging, but prefer the ball stationary, try the second annual Play for the Parks Annual Golf Tournament (www.AlamedaCA.gov) at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex on Sept. 15. This low-key, fun tournament between friends and families supports recreation and wellness programs throughout Alameda. Following the tournament, head to the proverbial 19th hole for dinner and an auction.
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Highlights of the sporting season.
Oakland A's vs. Houston Astros. Sept. 5–7, O.co Coliseum, Oakland, Oakland.Athletics.MLB.com.
Cal Women's Soccer vs. Texas Tech. Sept. 12, UC-Berkeley, Edwards Stadium, Berkeley, www.CALBears.com.
Volleyball! Molten Classic. Sept. 13, UC-Berkeley, Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, www.CALBears.com.
Oakland Raiders vs. Houston Texans. Sept. 14, O.co Coliseum, Oakland, Oakland.Athletics.MLB.com.
Oakland A's vs. Los Angeles Angels. Sept. 22–24, O.co Coliseum, Oakland, Oakland.Athletics.MLB.com.
Cal Men's Water Polo vs. Navy. Sept. 26, UC-Berkeley, Spieker Aquatics Complex, Berkeley, www.CALBears.com.
Oakland Raiders vs. Miami Dolphins. Sept. 28, O.co Coliseum, Oakland, Oakland.Athletics.MLB.com.
Date Night
Star Trails and Cocktails
Star Trek 2 and local, handcrafted cocktails pair well at Parkway.
Khan Noonien Singh. Sorry, Zachary Quinto, no one can yell his name like Shatner. The New Parkway proves this when they journey to Ceti Alpha VI—or is it Ceti Alpha V?—for a special screening of Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn as part of their Nerve Wrackin' Theater series. Before you cheer on Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise as they battle an old foe for control of a galaxy-threatening weapon, stop around the block at Mua for a pre-show drink, such as one of Mua's handcrafted cocktails. The Saint—Bulleit rye, Hennessy, blood orange liqueur, and bitters—pairs nicely, thematically, with Dr. Carol Marcus' brilliant but deadly Genesis Project. Careful though; receive blessings from more than a few Saints and, tomorrow morning, your head will feel like it's full of Ceti eels.


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Laboratory Testing Services in the US
The Laboratory Testing Services industry comprises companies that help businesses and manufacturers perform tests on items ranging from consumer and food products to industrial materials. In an increasingly regulated society, pressure on operators to ensure the safety and quality of their products is higher than ever. A greater number of government safety regulations and consumer lawsuits have led to rigorous testing of manufacturers' goods prior to sale. As companies accommodate stricter environmental regulations and invest in new products over the next five years, demand for laboratory testing services is expected to grow.
Companies in this industry perform physical, chemical and other analytical testing for commercial purposes. Such testing may occur in a laboratory or an on-site facility (i.e. where the product is manufactured or developed). Most results from industry-led tests are checked against government regulations and environmental, industrial and product standards. This industry excludes medical and veterinary testing labs.
This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors. Also included are five year industry forecasts, growth rates and an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.
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Trip To The Hill Part 2
Trip To The Hill Part 2
BY: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPM
Springtime in DC and that means it's time for the 11th annual IREM/CCIM visit to Capitol Hill. Due to our control and ownership of a significant amount of property within the areas represented, we have been awarded the opportunity to communicate directly with our elected officials to educate them on the foremost issues concerning the commercial real estate industry.
This is my second time participating in the event. You can read my blog summarizing last years event by clicking here: http://www.nicholasdunlap.com/2010/05/my-plea-to-congress.html
This year we will be meeting with a number of new and old faces on the Hill. Our meetings include: Ed Royce ( a former tenant of ours), Loretta Sanchez, Dana Rohrabacher, Gary Miller and Darrell Issa to name a few. We will be advising them on policies such as: mortgage liquidity, covered bonds, increases in credit union lending as well as new incentives to encourage energy efficiency in the operation of commercial properties.
Additionally, I will be presenting each of the aforementioned officials with a copy of my book "The Four Benefits: Commercial Real Estate Investing & You".
Stay tuned for a complete summary of events and occurrences on the Hill.


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Winter stays on Mull are worth considering, especially with lower ferry fares and fewer visitors. Mull is perhaps at its most beautiful in the Autumn and Winter. After the more restrained spectrum of Summer greens, the bracken turns a rich, chocolate brown, the grasses take on a bronzy hue and the Mountain Ash bursts with bright red berries.
The quieter months from October through to March are often some of the most rewarding – so why not make a "great escape" to Scotland's wild west? Check 2018 availability
Wildlife fans are well-catered for throughout the year as island regulars including seals, eagles, red deer and otters are always here. However, an autumn or winter stay on Mull also feeds the soul for walkers and anyone just wanting to relax in beautiful, wild surroundings.
And with clear skies on crisp winter nights, you might even see the Northern Lights!
Winter stays offer
• Stunning, crowd-free beaches
• Miles of scenic coastline
• Incredible starry skies
• Snow-capped hill hikes and a Munro to climb
Take a look at our Autumn & Winter Photo Gallery for inspiration
Cosy, comfy, good value accommodation
Traigh Mhor holiday cottage, on the south western Ross of Mull, offers good value rentals and comfy, cosy accommodation throughout autumn and winter starting at £475 for a week's stay – although we welcome shorter stays too.
As the nights draw in, the cottage really is cosy with A-rated double glazed windows and central heating. We have comfy sofas, feather duvets, hot water bottles and a lovely open fire to nurse a glass of whisky by. Ready for a digital detox? Then you can cosy up with a good book after a day in the great outdoors, get out the Rummikub or challenge the family to Gin Rummy. But if going cold turkey on facebook or a week without EastEnders is a step too far, we've got TV and wifi if you want it.
Book your Wild West week in the Hebrides now and see what the BBC Autumnwatch presenters have been raving about for years! We can't guarantee an eagle fly-by or a rain-free stay but if you're after a great escape, Mull could well be your perfect destination.
Check 2018 dates and rates at Traigh Mhor
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Friday, 11 October 2013
Its Never Too Late To Learn.....
1. If you write an angry e-mail to the editor of a newspaper, take the trouble to find out his or her name first. As a press officer - sorry 'Director of Communications' - one would have thought you would know that as a matter of course, but apparently you don't.
2. If one votes against a motion to reject a legislative proposal, one is effectively voting for that proposal. I really do not know how I can simplify that, sorry. It is actually very easy to understand, at least for most people.
3. Switch on the spellcheck function on your computer - you do need a little help in that department.
4. When sending out a press release, do try to get it right first time. Sending out an 'amendment' to a press release 20 minutes after it has gone out is not very professional, although it does give the press corps a good laugh!
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I want to preface this post by saying I'm not here to judge or condemn and I would ask the same from you. I am simply voicing my struggle with this particular subject. I appreciated the sermon that our pastor preached this past Sunday from the passage in Romans 14. He was addressing the subjects of grace and legalism.
Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person's faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
This week, every year, my anxiety level goes up. I question my convictions. I feel isolated and at times, guilty for the choices we've made. I feel left out from the crowd and I find myself feeling awkward as I explain to people… we don't celebrate Halloween.
I was telling my husband that I struggle every year for a couple of reasons. First of all, I grew up celebrating Halloween. I have fond memories of it. It is one of the few times I remember my brothers investing time in me and taking me trick or treating. I remember my dad stepping away from work and watching sports on TV to carve pumpkins with me. The second reason is this… I believe that God laid in on my heart before I even met my husband to abandon the practice of celebrating Halloween. I wrote more about that in a POST a couple of years ago. That conviction was confirmed when God brought a man into my life that felt the same as I did about the subject. But I will confess, it is hard to go against the grain. I don't mind being counter cultural when it comes to being a Christian… but to be counter cultural in my own church has proven to be a struggle for me.
I feel left out (at times) because we don't celebrate Halloween and we don't watch shows about zombies and we don't read Harry Potter or a number of other books that involve sorcery.
I'm not out to change your mind about Halloween. I'm really not. I'm also not asking for you to tell me the value on handing out tracts to trick or treaters or how I should use the "holiday" as a time for missions. I'm just expressing some thoughts here on what it's like to have made a decision that is in the minority… even within the church body.
I asked my kids the other day if they ever felt like they were missing out because we don't celebrate Halloween. I asked if they understood why we've made the choice not to participate. Big Sis said it's hard because Halloween is a holiday and she likes to celebrate. I told her that I totally understand. We are a family who loves to celebrate. We discussed the different holidays that we do celebrate like Christmas and Thanksgiving and Easter. We talked about how those holidays point us to Jesus. Those holidays cause us to reflect on our Savior. I explained that Halloween not only doesn't point us to Jesus, it points us to evil.
I have been reading the book, Six Ways to Keep the Good in Your Boy. One section put into words how I feel about Halloween and so many of the books that are marketed towards our children that feature witchcraft, zombies and mysticism…
"Avoid books that blur the lines between good and evil…There are "good" vampires for our daughters to lust after and "good" witches for our sons to idealize. Be careful! The Bible says witchcraft is evil and is opposed to a proper dependence on God Himself…. We should never take anything to do with witches, vampires, or darkness lightly, especially if it is not clearly spelled out that it is evil.
In my opinion, Halloween takes what is evil and blurs the lines. At the library today, there was a "friendly" mummy poster encouraging my children to read. In the children's museum, there were smiley ghosts and witches all about. A sweet lady invited the kids to story time. I asked if the book was about Halloween and she said. she would check. She reported back that it was just about pumpkins… and there were a couple of witches and ghosts, but no, it wasn't about Halloween. The lines between good and evil are blurred … and I think Satan likes it that way.
I struggle because I hear the arguments that this time of year is just fun or a great time to reach out or really not that bad if you don't dress up in the evil costumes. I just can't make sense of it though. I just can't bring myself to be okay with it. For the next week, I will struggle. I will wish that I could put my decision aside and join in. I will wonder what my kids will say and do when they grow up. I will wonder if we've made the right decision. I will blush when people ask my kids what they are dressing up like for Halloween. I will receive awkward stares when they tell people that we don't celebrate.
I came across this post from What's the Bible… it contains several different opinions/ approaches to Halloween from well known Christian bloggers. You might find it interesting.


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Cherry makes every shoot a challenge for both her and anyone tying her up. She has been in almost every bondage position and rigged by the best in the biz, so The Pope takes it to the next level. every scene, Cherry is in a partial or a full suspension.
Suspensions are some of the toughest bondage to endure. The method behind basic suspensions, are slow and agonizing torment. The initial discomfort turns into grueling pain; pushing some to madness. We didn't keep her in the tie long enough for that to happen, but her suffering is very evident from the time she does spend.


text: Owning a camera, you anticipate "once in a lifetime" events and visual phenomena, waiting for those perfect shots. One of the things I've learned recently is that it's the details that make up your story. We are presented with countless opportunities for memorable moments every day. The shame is that we often overlook those while anxious for the next big event. Are you capturing those little moments and cherishing them? Here's my attempt at capturing a few. It's one of my goals this year to make this a habit to capture those moments, not just in my photography, but in my everyday life.


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A Navy sailor who has been having a rough couple of years was shocked and humbled when a complete stranger spotted him in uniform in a restaurant, where he was out celebrating his young daughter's birthday, and anonymously paid the dinner bill.
Lt. Commander Bashon Mann works at the Pentagon, and before he and his wife brought his little girl to dinner for her sixth birthday, she asked him to put on his Navy uniform because she thinks it's "fancy."
Someone in the restaurant also liked seeing the outfit -- and told the server to pay for the sailor's meal and not tell who was footing the bill.
Mann was so touched by the gift that he decided to write an open thank-you letter on his Facebook page.
He said that things had been very rough the past couple of years -- he did not state specifically why -- and that his mother had offered to send him a check for the girl's celebration. Mann continued:
Things have been difficult the past couple of years and it's a longer story than you probably have time for ... You don't know my inner struggles, and I don't know yours. Perhaps that is how it is meant to be; perhaps that is the blessing inside the blessing -- one I shall just have to accept and learn from. That despite heaviness, strife and anguish it is the openness of ones heart that allows for the good to spread, for healing to be felt. It has been hours now and I have not stopped thinking about the profoundness of your actions Wednesday evening at Mi Rancho. And, I suspect it is going to take me some time to figure out how I shall properly respond. How do I take your action and create an equally compelling and forceful reaction. How do I pay it forward? ... You presented me with hope and faith; you were a blessing tonight at Mi Rancho and I will not soon forget your overture. I need you to know that I won't block the flow of generosity; I won't halt your abundance of goodness.
Aww, Mann was truly touched and humbled by this act of goodness. How sweet. And how nice that he wants to pay it forward, though perhaps if things have been financially difficult for him lately, he will want to do that in another way than by paying for someone's meal.
Mann has also recorded 40 letters in 40 days, in which he gives "moral lessons" to his young daughters. Hopefully word will get back to the Good Samaritan about how grateful this sailor is so that the kind-hearted stranger will get his or her well-deserved thank-you.
Have you ever done anything for a stranger or had one do something for you?
Image via Bashon Mann/Twitter


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