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Gold Winner ReFound Shop
Silver Winner Plan B Merchants' Co-op (now closed)
Bronze Winner Urban Cottage Antiques & Collectibles
The search for a second-hand gem is much like a treasure hunt, whether it be patiently sifting through the digital depths of Kijiji or strolling the endless aisles at Value Village. ReFound Shop, a destination for for hand-picked antique and vintage household items, makes that quest for the perfect antique item much more accessible. Originally an estate and liquidation company, ReFound Shop has morphed into a group shop, says owner Mike McKenna. Business has grown exponentially this year since the shop has welcomed new vendors under their roof, he says, "They all have their own little space."
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Gold Winner Phat Luong, Phat's Barbershop
Silver Winner Jeremy Naugler, Oddfellows Barbershop
Bronze Winner Ashley Hawkes, Lucky Cat Barbershop
Try to avoid a conversation once you walk into Phat Luong's barbershop. You're in for a fight if you don't like talking. Luong dances a fine line between hairstylist, stand-up comic, therapist and life coach. His easygoing demeanour and non-stop banter turns a simple haircut into an experience. The self-described "bullshit barber" makes everyone a regular, even if it's their first time. This repeat gold for being Halifax's Best Barber certainly isn't his first win. This is his sixth first-place finish and seventh time on the podium since 2010.
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Gold Winner Cyclesmith
Silver Winner The Bike Pedaler
Bronze Winner Halifax Cycle
Some things you never forget: how to ride a bike is one of them, and according to voters, your most dependable bike store is another. Andrew Feenstra, owner of Cyclesmith, attributes the store's longtime winning streak to the business making thoughtful choices. "Whether it's selling the right bike to the right customer, or repairing the bike the way it's supposed to be, or the customer service," he muses. "There are just so many facets to a certain point, but it's always about doing the right thing."
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Gold Winner Portland Street Honda
Silver Winner Hillcrest Volkswagen
Bronze Winner Colonial Honda
Despite being surrounded by three other dealerships, Portland Street Honda stands out as unique. In effort to do so, it's making serious waves. Portland Street Honda has just opened a brand-new spa to their customers, which will offer everything from manicures to Botox. You can add this to the list of other bougie stuff at the dealership, like their giant lounge area and bistro. "We're not worried about the Hondas, we're proud of those. So for us, it's how can we go above and beyond?," explains Stefano Andriani, marketing manager at the dealership. Discuss the price of your new whip over a haircut, or eat a scrumptious meal while waiting for your oil to get changed? Sold.
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Gold Winner Phat's Barbershop
Silver Winner Sailor Bup's Barbershop, downtown
Bronze Winner Lucky Cat Barbershop
Even with the rise of trendy old-school barber shops, the kind that wrings together straight-razor nostalgia with iPad payment options, it's Phat Luong who once again reigns supreme over Halifax's clipper competition. There's nothing inauthentic about Phat's Barbershop on Windsor Street. An establishment in the true sense of the word, this community staple has kept its cash-only clientele coming back for award-winning service decade after decade. There's no bullshit here; just satisfied customers. Be prepared for a lineup.
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Gold Winner Strange Adventures, Dartmouth
Silver Winner Cape & Cowl Comics & Collectibles
Bronze Winner Giant Robot Comics
The folks at Strange Adventures refer to the Dartmouth location as a sidekick, or as owner Cal Johnston likes to say, "the plucky younger sibling" to Strange Adventures Halifax, which was inducted into the Hall of Fame last year. When Johnston opened a location on the
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Gold Winner The Apple Store
Silver Winner Mac East
Bronze Winner MysteryByte Computers
Anyone who owns an Apple product knows the horror of when their dependable machine stops working. Whether you get too many cookie crumbs in your keyboard or dropped your laptop on its face, the Apple Store has a way of swooping in to save the day. Book your appointment at the Genius Bar online or roll up to the store in shambles and sweatpants and you'll usually leave feeling at least a smidge better.
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Gold Winner Atlantic News
Silver Winner Jubilee Junction
Bronze Winner Triple A Convenience and Pizzeria
Atlantic News might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of corner stores in Halifax, however it is a store on a corner and it sells a surprisingly huge variety of convenient goods. While magazines are its main thing, Atlantic News also has eggs, coffee, stamps, toilet paper, imported candy, 40-cent licorice and wayyyy more. Co-owner Michele Gerard says "there literally is something for everyone." She likes to think of Atlantic News as the "mini-but-mighty" neighbourhood corner store.
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Gold Winner Christmas At The Forum
Silver Winner Halifax Crafters Society Winter Market
Bronze Winner The Dartmouth Makers
Just like it's never too early to start blasting Michael Buble's Christmas album; the time is always right for perusing holiday crafts, hot cocoa in hand. That's where Christmas at the Forum comes in! It's the longest-running holiday craft event on the east coast, which features over 200 exhibitors across three jubilant days at the Halifax Forum. From sweet treats to festive gifts to ornaments to Santa's lap, Christmas at the Forum has it all. Look no further for Christmas in November.
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Gold Winner Dapper Dogs
Silver Winner Jollytails Inc.
Bronze Winner Adorable Dogs Grooming Spa
Let's be honest, one of the best parts of having a dog is looking at it. Why have a dog if not to appreciate how freakin' cute it is? Luckily groomers like Dapper Dogs help our pups look their best. This is a first time gold win for Jennifer Keddy, owner of the Bedford grooming shop. As you can probably guess, her favourite part of the job is being around animals. "We're very lucky to be able to do that...just help them look and feel their best," she says.


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Every so often, I receive in the mail appeals to become a member of the California State Parks Foundation.
There are different levels of membership, from $25 (with the discount coupon enclosed in the mailing) all the way up to $1000, with the money going to support state parks and with members receiving certain benefits in return. You probably have seen this bit of mail in your home too.
The timing, and content, of the last appeal was startling. It arrived last Thursday at my Southern California home -- in the middle of ongoing reports about $54 million in funds turning up unexpectedly in state parks accounts. The money appears to have been hoarded away for a decade or more; investigation continues.
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The letter, however, didn't mention this. It also didn't mention that Gov. Brown and the legislature had made budget moves to prevent state parks from being closed. So, essentially, the foundation was asking for money for a parks program that had a $54 reserve, and begging to help avoid parks closures that could have been avoided.
A foundation spokeswoman said this was an honest mistake. Mass mailings are done well ahead of time, and this one was prepared and sent to the post office before the latest budget news or the discovery of the $54 million.
The foundation's president, Elizabeth Goldstein, has followed up with a letter on the web site that reacts to recent news -- and a spokeswoman assured me that the letter was being sent out to Californians around the state as well.
The bad timing here is understandable. But one wonders what effect this recent news will have on future efforts to raise money for the state parks, both through the foundation and through community groups and others that have rallied to save particular parks.
Some of those donors want the money they've already given back. Will those donors give again?
Because the parks will continue to need private fundraising, even if the discovered money stays with parks. The state parks are very vulnerable in California's budget system because they don't have the special initiative or constitutional protections of other programs -- which makes the parks much easier to cut.
So future cuts to parks are a certainty. And so are future fundraising appeals.
But will the public respond generously after the recent news? It may be a hard sell.
Which is why the discovery of more money in the state parks may not be such good news for state parks.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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A Chicago Police office is being credited with saving the life of a teen who was being attacked by a pit bull today on the south side.
It was the dog's second attack of the day. The first one alerted 7th District Police, who were looking for it. And it's a good thing they were.
16-year-old Tyrell Henry was walking to school at Urban Prep, when he says the vicious dog came out of nowhere. The attack left the teen with 19 staples in his leg.
For 63-year-old Gerald Myers, it was a relentless attack near 60th and South Eggleston earlier in the day, which left him with 11 stitches. The 90-pound pit bull pulled him to the ground and dragged him down the street. Gerald did everything he could think of to fight the dog off.
"He switched legs and got on my right leg. And that's when I stuck my fingers in his eyes and he let me go," he said.
That first attack raised the alarm. A police sergeant set off in search of the animal and found him, still in the area, in the middle of mauling Tyrell. Distracting the dog and getting a clear shot, he quickly shot and killed it. If not for that, the teen says: "I'd probably, like, be dead."
No word yet on who owned the dog or let it run loose.. Police would like to find out so that person can be charged.


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February starts off with a theatrical bang this weekend as not one, but two shows will have their world premieres on downtown stages.
The first is Nancy Giles' autobiographical show, The Further Adventures Of The Accidental Pundette, at Dixon Place. You might recognize Ms. Giles from her appearances on CBS News Sunday Morning where she has voiced her opinions on everything from politics and pop culture to the conspiracy of high heels for the past ten years (she was also part of the ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed TV series China Beach). But that is just her day job. Ms. Giles has been a downtown theater fixture for years, honing her craft at Dixon Place and other experimental spaces.


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Students at the UT Health Science Center have never been shy about letting us know what they need to improve their experiences in the library. When possible, we do our best to "make it so!"
More Whiteboards!
Every group study room has a whiteboard. The study rooms on the 5th floor have whiteboards that cover two-thirds of one wall, providing a large writing area. Often, we find them covered with equations or diagrams that are so impressive that our staff are reluctant to wipe them down. Since the number of group study rooms is limited, students asked for portable whiteboards that they can use in the open seating areas. After consulting with members of the Student Government Association, we have purchased large rolling whiteboards for the 3rd and 5th floors.
Erasers are magnetically attached to the boards and students can help themselves to markers from the bucket that resides at the Circulation Desk. We just ask that students return the markers so others can use them.
Study Room Reservation Schedules
When we migrated to a self-service group study room reservation system, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Students were able to log in and reserve rooms for up to 4 hours at a time without having to call or stop at a service desk to request a reservation. However, everyone did not honor the reservations and we often received complaints that people were occupying rooms that had been reserved by other groups. We investigated ways to make it easier to find non-reserved rooms and then reserve them on the spot using a mobile device. This screen, located across from the entrance on the 3rd floor, shows up-to-the-minute availability and provides a scan code for quick access to the reservation system.
These improvements are a collaborative effort between staff from the Library Services, Administration and Library Technology divisions. We look forward to receiving suggestions for ways to assist in the success of our students.
Jonquil Feldman
Director, Library and Outreach Services
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Best Free Summer Concerts in Tri-Cities
Have a blast all summer long with free concerts! Click the links for more information and upcoming events and artists.
Friday Fix Concert Series Jun. 14-Aug. 16
Listen to live music every Friday at Keewadin Park in Kennewick starting on June 14. Artists like Too Slim and the Traildaggers, Brewer's Grade, The Village Musicians, Kate Turner and everal more will play live. Visit Your Friday Fix to see who will be playing next!
Tumbleweed Music Festival Aug. 30-Sept 1.
The 17th annual Tumbleweed Music Festival will begin Aug. 30 and continue through Sept. 1. Enjoy free acoustic music from local bands and artists at Howard Amon Park from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Evening events will be by admission only. For more information visit tumbleweedfest.com
Barnard Griffin Winery Concert Series Every Friday and Saturday
Barnard Griffin Winery and Bistro will have live music every Friday and Saturday Starting a 7 p.m.
Hamilton Celars Concert Series Every Sunday
Hamilton Celars in Richland will have live music on Sundays from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Featured performers include: Gabe Knutzen, Jamie Nasario, Wayman Chapman, and Doug Rice.
Thomas O'Neil Cellars Concert Series Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Thomas O'Neil Cellars will host a variety of live music performers Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays throughout the summer! Performers include: Stevie Mac, Bent on Blues, Gary Winston, and Many more! See their music and Events calendar for more details and performers.
Tagaris Winery Concert Series Every Saturday & Sunday
Tagaris Winery has a lined up concert series every weekend starting at 7:00 p.m. Ryan J Smith, The B Side, Tri-City Big Band, Seatown Rhythm, Matt Brown Trio and many more will perform.
Sea Song Sing Along Jun. 8, Jul. 13, Aug. 10
On June 8th, July 13th, and August 10th, there will be a Sea Song Singing Session. Local folk musicians, maritime music enthusiasts, casual and professional sailors, and music lovers will get together to play and sing old and new songs about the life of mariners [sailors]. You even sing along! Great for all ages. Event will be at the Richland Round Table.


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Thanksgiving has long centered on sharing a delicious meal with family, friends and those who mean the most to us. It is a time when we give thanks for the companions in our lives for which we are the most grateful. When the list of favorite friends comes to mind, dog lovers automatically include their four-legged companions. And what better way to show our appreciation for our pets' devotion than with turkey and the fixins?
Preparing a traditional Thanksgiving meal that is satisfying, delicious and digestible for most everyone (canine companions included) is easier than you might think. My family will be sharing a little of several dishes, including turkey, with our chocolate Lab and our neighbor's Lab. A dog's digestive system is similar to ours, with some variation. For the purpose of preparing this meal, think of your pet as a lactose intolerant celiac with high blood pressure (i.e., needs to watch his or her salt intake) and with allergies to onion and garlic.
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If your companions' routine diet doesn't include human food, please keep a few things in mind.
Sharing a meal with your pet for the first time is a lot like taking your mother to a new ethnic restaurant—a little goes a long way. When introducing any new food into your dogs' system for the first time, do not exceed more than 25 percent of his or her normal total food intake. For example, if your dog regularly eats 4 cups of dog food per day, on Thanksgiving, he or she would get 3 cups of dog food and one cup of assorted Thanksgiving dinner.
If you wouldn't eat something, don't give it to your pet. Ladling rich gravy over dog food only promotes overeating and is upsetting to the digestive system. Most dog foods are already coated with fat for palatability. Adding extra gravy isn't necessary. Adding gravy to commercial kibble is the equivalent of pouring ranch dressing over potato chips.
Keep cooked bones out of your dog's serving. They can splinter and cause injury.
► Check in with Heidi Biesterveld's posts on The Bark blog for the next four days for planning suggestions and recipes for a happy dog-friendly Thanksgiving.


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September 11, 2009
Baseball America on Tyler Flowers on Daniel Hudson
from the season's last prospect hot-sheet:
Flowers' production shouldn't come as a surprise, as he's put up a good line each year as a pro. His on-base percentage was .373 and .378 his first two seasons and then jumped to .427 last year and .423 this year, and his slugging percentage has steadily improved each year as a pro, from .465 in 2006 with Rookie-level Danville to .516 this year.
There is also an entry on Dan Hudson, but nothing we haven't heard of.


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Roland Babb Sr. and Robin Green say people just assume that any time a black teenager is shot, he must be involved in criminal activity. "Just because we're in this neighborhood and he's black, people think he's in a gang," Babb said. "They always try to make you something you're not."
Jamar T. Babb said he doesn't know why he has a bullet in his back.
He said he never fought with or even spoke to the 18-year-old accused of shooting him Feb. 16.
His parents are furious, not only with the accused but also with suggestions by police that it might have been gang-related.
Roland Babb Sr. and Robin Green of Canton, Ohio, say people just assume that any time a black teenager is shot, he must be involved in criminal activity.
"Just because we're in this neighborhood and he's black, people think he's in a gang," Babb said. "They always try to make you something you're not.
"The neighborhood don't make the kid. He goes to school with gang members, but my son is a loner. When you see him, he's with a bunch of girls. When he was in the hospital for seven days, didn't no boys came to see him; it was all girls."
Babb said surgeons removed Jamar's spleen but left the bullet in his back in hopes it will come out on its own.
Greatest risk
People concerned about endangered species might be interested to know that the one at greatest risk these days is not the snow leopard or baby seal. It is the black teenager. Black-on-black homicide is the leading cause of death for young men 10 to 24.
"These kids have no regard for life," Babb said disgustedly. "I told my sons a long time ago that if you need backup, you're not a man. If you can't thump (fight), you can't thump."
Their bare-knuckle neighborhood has seen better days, but inside Jamar's family's duplex, the neat living room is festooned with "get well soon" balloons. The TV stand is decorated with sports trophies earned by Jamar and his older brother Roland, 18, shiny reminders of more innocent days.
For Jamar's mother, Robin Green, the shooting is like a recurring nightmare. Her daughter Essence was shot and killed in 2007.
"It wasn't gang-related; it wasn't drug-related," said a mother still angry about the lack of publicity Essence's murder received in comparison to that for Jessie Marie Davis, who was killed around the same time.
Wrong place
Green does not pull punches. Jamar, she admits, has been in trouble due to his own behavior, not because he's a gang-banger, and Roland Jr. is in jail for driving a stolen vehicle.
All you can do, she said, is teach your kids right from wrong. At some point, the rest is up to them.
"I've told them it's all about listening and thinking, not following," she said.
Green said Jamar simply was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"They assume it was gang-related because we stay in this area," she said. "He's a black male teenager. When they see him walking around, he has to be in some kind of gang. I don't think it's right."
After some prodding from his mother, the slender boy who doesn't yet shave said, "I'm not in a gang. Never will be."
"This family is still hurting and grieving," Green said. "I wish the violence would just stop."
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Ernst & Young- How Sustainability has Expanded the CFO's Role
AICPA Sustainability Initiative Resource Review
How sustainability has expanded the CFOs role captures the essentials of how sustainability issues and financial performance havebegun to intertwine and how this has expanded the role of CFOs as they are increasingly getting involved in the management, measurement and reporting of their companies' sustainability issues. As institutional investors increasingly focus on the potential impact of sustainability issues companies' risk profiles, reputation and financial performance, the paper outlines how the role of the CFO and other market-facing executives is changing in the following three critical areas.
Investor relations. Citing shifts in shareholder voting patterns, the proliferation of sustainability ratings and indexes, and incorporation of sustainability information into analyst ratings and valuations, the paper encourages the CFO to work cross-functionally in the organization to hone the sustainability story and take a pro-active approach to sustainability-related governance issues.
External reporting and assurance. An increasing majority of large companies publish sustainability reports. Business customers are requesting sustainability related information from their suppliers. Integrated reporting is gaining attention worldwide. Regulatory filings require companies to report on certain sustainability issues and risks. The quality and consistency of sustainability reporting within and across all reporting mediums is a significant area of concern for the CFO.
Operational controllership and financial risk management. This section of the report focuses on the need for accounting systems to track sustainability-related events that are significant from a financial reporting perspective and the role of the CFO function in providing analysis, taking a risk perspective, and ensuring the quality of data.
Each section of the report concludes with a succinct set of bullet pointed Actions to consider for the CFO.


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May 10, 2013
THE FLATS – Mott Hyde smashed a walk-off home run to left field in the ninth inning, and Georgia Tech stunned No. 2 North Carolina, 5-4, Friday night in the opener of a three-game ACC series at Russ Chandler Stadium. Zane Evans was 4-for-4 with a two-run home run to pace the 10-hit attack.
The junior shortstop took a 3-1 offering from UNC starter Kent Emanuel with one out in the bottom of the ninth and launched it over the netting beyond the wall in left to lift the Yellow Jackets (31-19, 13-12) to their third walk-off win this season.
"I knew as soon as he hit it it was a home run," said head coach Danny Hall. "He's been swinging the bat better for sure. That's a big hit for him and it gave us a big lift on a Friday night."
The Calhoun, Ga. native, Hyde, hit his second homer this season, the 13th of his career and picked up his first career walk-off hit.
"Right before the at-bat, Coach (Bryan) Prince told me `you're gonna see a change-up, so go up there and win the game,'" said Hyde. "He ended up coming in with a fastball, and I just got the bat on the ball and was trying to get on base somehow. This is a win we needed."
Daniel Palka fired two perfect innings of relief with two strikeouts to pick up his first career win. He and starter Buck Farmer combined to retire the final 11 Tar Heels in order over the final four innings. Farmer fanned six in seven innings and stayed unbeaten in three career starts versus UNC (2-0).
"I credit them because Farmer didn't have his best stuff," said Hall. "He didn't locate his fastball like he would like, but to his credit he just kept hanging in there. And I can't say enough about Palka. He did a tremendous job and gave us a chance to win it in the ninth."
North Carolina (44-5, 19-4) lost for just the second time on the road, and denied Emanuel, who pitched his ACC-leading fourth complete game, his first career win over the Jackets.
Thomas Smith and Kyle Wren hit back-to-back triples to jump start a four-run bottom of the third inning that gave the Jackets their first lead at 4-3. Smith smoked his three-bagger over the head of center fielder Chaz Frank to score Matt Gonzalez, who led off the inning with a single, and Wren followed with a stand-up RBI triple that found the deep right-field corner.
Two batters later, Evans sent the first pitch he saw from Emanuel deep to left and his two-run blast made it 4-3. Evans finished the night 4-for-4 and extended his hitting streak to 12 games. The junior catcher, who went 6-for-6 two weeks ago in the finale at Clemson, upped his average to .376 overall and a team-best .419 in ACC play.
Parks Jordan put the visitors on the board in the second inning with his first home run this season — a two-run blast to right. Cody Stubbs' RBI groundout extended the advantage to 3-0 in the third.
Both Emanuel and Farmer settled in after the offenses lit up the scoreboard with seven runs on 10 hits over the first three innings. The 4-3 game was tied up in the fifth when Colin Moran blasted a solo shot to dead center field.
Emanuel slipped to 9-2 after going the distance (8.1 innings) with 10 hits, five runs, one walk and six strikeouts. Frank and Jordan each had two hits for the Heels.
The series continues Saturday night at 6 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN3.


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Laurentian Bank of Canada announces C$100 million bought deal financing Français
Oct 11, 2012, 10:00 ET
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MONTREAL, Oct. 11, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSX: LB) ("Laurentian") has announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. (collectively, the "Underwriters"), under which the Underwriters have agreed to buy on a bought deal basis an aggregate of 4,000,000 Non-Cumulative Class A Preferred Shares, Series 11 (the "Preferred Shares Series 11"), at a price of $25.00 per Preferred Share Series 11 for gross proceeds of approximately $100 million (the "Offering"). The Preferred Shares Series 11 will be offered for sale to the public in each of the provinces of Canada pursuant to a prospectus supplement to Laurentian's short form base shelf prospectus dated October 10, 2012, which supplement will be filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities in all Canadian provinces.
Holders of Preferred Shares Series 11 will be entitled to receive non-cumulative preferential fixed quarterly dividends for the initial period ending on, but excluding, December 15, 2017, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Bank, payable in the amount of $0.25 per Preferred Share Series 11, to yield 4 per cent annually.
Thereafter, the dividend rate will reset every five years to be equal to the 5-Year Government of Canada Bond Yield plus 2.6 per cent. Subject to certain conditions, holders may elect to convert any or all of their Preferred Shares Series 11 into an equal number of Non-Cumulative Class A Preferred Shares, Series 12 (the "Preferred Shares Series 12") on December 15, 2017 and on December 15 every five year thereafter. Holders of the Preferred Shares Series 12 will be entitled to receive non-cumulative preferential floating rate quarterly dividends, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Bank, equal to the then 3-month Government of Canada Treasury Bill yield plus 2.6 per cent.
The Offering is expected to close on or about October 18, 2012 and is subject to Laurentian receiving all necessary regulatory approvals. The net proceeds of this Offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
The securities offered have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Laurentian Bank
Laurentian Bank of Canada is a pan-Canadian banking institution that has more than $35 billion in balance sheet assets and over $32 billion in assets under administration. Founded in 1846, Laurentian Bank was selected as the Québec and Atlantic Canada regional winner of the Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures program presented by Waterstone Human Capital. The Bank employs more than 4,000 people.
Recognized for its excellent service, proximity and simplicity, Laurentian Bank serves more than one million clients in market segments in which it holds an enviable position. In addition to occupying a choice position among consumers in Québec, where it operates the third largest branch network, the Bank has built a solid reputation across Canada in the area of real estate and commercial financing thanks to its teams working out of more than 35 offices in Ontario, Québec, Alberta and British Columbia. Its subsidiary, B2B Bank, is a Canadian leader in providing banking products to financial advisors and brokers, while Laurentian Bank Securities is an integrated broker, widely recognized for its expertise and effectiveness nationwide.
For further information:
Gladys Caron
Vice-President, Public Affairs, Communications and Investor Relations
514 284-4500, extension 7511


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5 Cute Picnic Food Ideas Your Kids Will Love to Make and Eat
Tired of the same old picnic food?
Want to add some fun to your next outdoor meal?
Make your picnic extra-special. Use the food art ideas below to create the ultimate fun picnic with your kids.
In this article I'll share five simple, kid-friendly picnic food ideas to help make your next family picnic something extraordinary.
Why Flower Garden Picnic Foods?
There's nothing like an outdoor picnic. It's fun to enjoy food you've prepared with the people you love in the great outdoors.
When you create cute food art that looks like flowers and other things from the garden, you double the fun with your kids—first by creating the food art and then by eating it outdoors.
These five cute picnic food ideas will bring excitement into your backyard, encourage your kids to eat healthy food and set the stage for an afternoon of fun!
How to Have a Spontaneous Picnic in 15 Minutes
When was the last time you had a spontaneous family picnic?
Are you looking for a simple, quick and fun activity to share with your family?
If the thought of setting up a picnic overwhelms you, I'm here to help.
In this article, I'll show you how your family can prepare a picnic in 15 minutes or less.
Why Picnic Adventures?
Our family picnics are always an adventure because we make them spontaneous. We never know when or where they will take place.


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Pink it and shrink it.
Just a few years ago, that was the idea. That's the amount of thought professional sports leagues put into the products they offered their women fans.
They'd just take the popular men's stuff — the boxy t-shirts, player jerseys, hoodies and such — make them smaller and turn them out in the quintessential girlie color.
How quaint.
As Super Bowl Sunday approaches, football's women fans will have the widest choice ever of fashion forward clothes to support their teams in trendy fits and fabrics.
If you haven't been shopping lately for team fashions, be aware: There's been a revolution.
Pro sports leagues have been madly licensing stylish clothes and new accessories to grab more of the multi-billion dollar team fashion market.
All of the big four professional leagues — baseball, football, hockey and basketball — have seen growth in their fem fan base in recent years.
This explains the availability of nail polish in authorized Major League Baseball team colors, maternity tops with "future fan" printed over the baby bump and a footwear plan under development by the National Football League to license stilettos in the same shades as team football jerseys.
"Our women's business has grown twelvefold since 2001 and doubled since 2004," says Tracey Bleczinski, the NFL's apparel vice president.
"For women, shopping is a pastime and an activity. They're constantly looking for what's new. What's trending," she says. Hence the planned entry into team high heels (and wedges and boots). She says 44 percent of NFL fans today are women.
Major League Baseball has the largest percentage of women fans (45.5 percent) of all pro sports, says MLB spokesman Matt Bourne, and "all the sports leagues have recognized there's an opportunity there" to sell them feminine merchandise to support their teams.
Judging from the items on this page, these include rhinestones, fitted Ts, jewelry, totes and, yes, even team logo'd Mediterranean Sea bath salts to calm you after a particularly painful loss by the team whose logo is emblazoned on your chest, cap, ponytail holder and wristband.
"They are a fan and it doesn't make them less of a fan to wear something with some sequins or a little more fitted … a little more glitz and glam," says the National Hockey League's marketing executive vice president Brian Jennings.
"Overall, our women viewers are up 45 percent this season over last," says Lisa Piken, the National Basketball Association's senior director of apparel licensing.
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"We still offer the pink if that's what you want (but) the female consumer spoke up and demanded more," says Piken, like vintage washes, foil graphics, unique fonts and glitter prints. "Things that are very feminine," she says.
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Fans' annual logo'd clothing spending totaled more than $4.4 billion — just for teams in the MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA — in the 12 months ending September 2009, according to a survey by the National Sporting Goods Association. And women shoppers accounted for 38 percent of that spending, a phenomenon not lost on pro sports.
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British actor Daniel Radcliffe has come to loathe his long locks after having hair extensions fitted for a film role, describing his new style as a "nightmare."
The star is sporting wavy, shoulder-length tresses to play hunchback Igor in a new movie adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," but the actor hates having to deal with longer locks. (See a pic here.)
He tells Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, "I don't mind how it looks, but I mind dealing with it. I don't know why any man would have it voluntarily. The amount of work it takes, having to dry it – doing anything to it is a f**king nightmare. I do have a whole new sympathy for women. I wouldn't be growing my hair this long in my own time."
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Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa I found when Harry Myland (IV) mentioned it on the artistic inspirations thread. I still need to read it again, but I was completely floored by this book which may very well become one of my favorites of all time.
Buy it!
Still trying to put together my own feelings on it, but here is some information to look at:
http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/threeSh ... ift01.html
From Publishers Weekly
"Rarely has the succulent appeal of quiet country life been portrayed with such sensual skill as it is in Pedrosa's limpid graphic novel about a boy, his parents and the trio of hooded riders who watch them. Pedrosa adeptly establishes the mood of timeless bucolic idyll immediately, with his swirling, sometimes harshly etched, black-and-white renderings of the land cultivated by hulking farmer Louis; his wife, Lise; and their scampering boy, Joachim. The family's playful antics are overshadowed first by ruminative narration, then by three riders, who watch the family with unnerving patience from the foggy distance. A local witch tells Lise that the shadows have come for Joachim, after which Louis impetuously makes a run for it with his son, warned that he must treasure every moment with the boy. The resulting story is more Appointment in Samarra–style dream than chase, with Louis and Joachim floundering from one mysterious episode to the next, the implacable shadows following, as in a nightmare. French artist Pedrosa's background as a Disney animator is clearest in his exaggerated movements and facial expressions, but the story (inspired by the death of a close friend's young child) is a glorious and revelatory fable, beautiful in its grief."
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Johan Norberg is a prolific and internationally acclaimed author who has written 15 books and edited three more. His books have been translated from Swedish to some 25 languages, including English, German, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Turkish, and are frequently reviewed in international media.
Johan Norberg: "- Writing books has always been my greatest intellectual passion and the basis of my professional life. Reading was my way of learning about the world, and I've always thought that it takes lengthy texts to explain a perspective in a nuanced way and give adequate support to a thesis."
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Austin Mahone 'Mad' At Selena Gomez For Unfollowing Him On Instagram
Would you be upset if your friend unfollowed you on Instagram for no apparent reason? Austin is not too thrilled with Selena's sudden decision to dump him on the popular social media application.
Austin Mahone, 18, and Selena Gomez, 22, have always seemed like good friends with no drama whatsoever between them. So it was pretty shocking when the handsome singer discovered that his once rumored love interest stopped following him on Instagram. What gives? That's what the teenage heartthrob would like to know.
Austin Mahone: 'Mad' At Selena Gomez
It's one thing to unfollow someone on Instagram if you are upset with them, but why would Selena unfollow someone who hasn't done anything wrong?
"Yes, I saw (she unfollowed Taylor, Kylie and Kendall). I was mad! I was like, 'I wonder if Selena's still following me,' so I looked and then I saw she was following zero people, so I was like, 'Alright, I see how it is,'" Austin tells J-14.com.
Will Austin take the initiative and find out why Selena unfollower him?
"I'm going to confront her about it next time I see her, like, 'Yo, why'd you unfollow me?'"
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As HollywoodLife.com previously reported, Selena was crushed when Justin Bieber reneged on his promise to move her into her new home.
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GUANGZHOU, China, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Aquatech, a global leader in water purification technology for industrial and infrastructure markets, has been awarded a contract for the design, engineering, supply and supervision of installation and commissioning of a concentrated brine treatment plant at the China Coal Tuke Fertilizer Project in China. The project is located in the city of Ordos in the Inner Mongolia region.
"With this order intake, Aquatech is now well-equipped to offer optimized wastewater recycle and zero liquid discharge solutions not only to the emerging coal chemical market segment but also to other complex wastewater recycle and ZLD requirements in the sub-continent," said Tom Tseng, General Manager, Aquatech (Guangzhou) Water Treatment Co. Ltd.
Ordos is in a locality in China where water scarcity is critical and the area is under the threat of desertification. Hence, the pollution control norms are very strict, and a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) facility in local projects is a mandatory requirement. The EPC contractor for the project, East China Engineering Science & Technology (ECEC), selected Aquatech to implement a wastewater recycle and ZLD system at the site.
China Coal Tuke fertilizer project (Phase I) is invested by China Coal Ordos Energy Chemicals Limited Company. Phase 1 will produce 1 million tons per year of ammonia and 1.75 million tons per year of urea. When the project is complete beyond (Phase 1), it will produce 2 million tons of ammonia and 3.5 million tons of urea. This project uses the rich coal resources in the Ordos coal mines to realize local resource transformation with mature, advanced and reliable technology.
In this project, the coal chemical process uses broken coal slag pressurized gasification technology to make raw gas, which is converted to hydrogen production. After cooling, purification and removal of impurities such as sulfide, CO2 and methane, hydrogen will be compressed with nitrogen in a synthesis gas compressor. The final product, urea, will come out from the ammonia synthesis working section. The product is urea, and the byproducts are methane gas and oil, etc.
This project includes a urea unit, ammonia synthesis unit, gasification unit, air separation unit and utilities.
As part of the water treatment system, Aquatech is supplying two units – a high efficiency reverse osmosis (HERO™) unit and a ZLD unit. The reject water from the effluent treatment plant is fed to the HERO plant, which consists of a clarifier, followed by a dual media filter, a weak acid cation unit, and then a reverse osmosis (RO) unit. The reject from the RO is sent to a brine concentrator and then to an evaporation pond. The RO permeate and the distillate from the brine concentrator is collected in the RO permeate tank.
Aquatech will provide the concentrated brine treatment plant in the utilities unit. It will treat concentrated brine from the water reuse plant. The reuse water plant is for treating discharge from waste water treatment plant, reject/waste from the demineralization plant, and blow down from the circulating water station.
The wastewater treatment plant treats all the industrial waste from the fertilizer project. The wastes are mainly recycled wastewater from phenol ammonia, blow down from gasification circulating water, wash waste from low temperature methyl alcohol and other integrated wastewater (such as ground rinse water, sanitary wastewater). The main pollutants in wastewater are from phenol ammonia waste in the gasification process.
ECEC has evaluated various technologies available in the industry, and has selected this process offered by Aquatech in view of its proven record of higher recovery from wastewater systems and better life cycle costs. ECEC's decision was also influenced by Aquatech's installation in the YTH project in China, which has a similar scheme.
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Aquatech (www.aquatech.com) is a global leader in water purification technology for industrial and infrastructure markets with a focus on desalination, water reuse, and zero liquid discharge. The company is headquartered in the United States, and has a significant presence worldwide through subsidiaries in India, Europe, the Middle East, and China. Aquatech strives to provide technology leadership and performance excellence to the global water industry, and aims to support its clients with cutting edge sustainable solutions, minimizing their life cycle cost, as well as their carbon and water footprint.
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A group of Victor Valley Union High School District personnel from all of the district's sites recently completed a 100-hour training program that promotes equity in education.
The Association of California School Administrators Equity Institute was attended by a group of VVUHSD administrators, teachers and classified staff who gave up their Friday evenings and Saturday mornings over eight weekends.
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FDA approves clinical trial of EndoBarrier
Singapore: GI Dynamics has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence a 25-site pivotal clinical trial of EndoBarrier for the treatment of patients who have uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and are obese. Data garnered from the U.S. clinical study, named the ENDO Trial, will be used to support a Premarket Application (PMA) for EndoBarrier. This approval follows the Company's announcement in August that it had received conditional approval from the FDA.
EndoBarrier is a thin, flexible, tube-shaped liner that forms a physical barrier between food and a portion of the wall of the intestine. In 12 clinical studies conducted outside the United States and one conducted in the United States, with more than 500 patients, EndoBarrier has been shown to achieve rapid reductions in blood sugar levels, improvement of cardiovascular risk factors including blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides, and weight loss of approximately 20 percent in 12 months. EndoBarrier received CE Mark approval in 2010, and approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration in Australia in 2011 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and/or obesity for up to 12 months. EndoBarrier is currently commercially available in select countries in Europe, including Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, as well as Australia and Chile.
"Over the past several years, we have successfully completed extensive clinical studies and achieved several regulatory approvals outside the U.S., and it has been extremely rewarding to see the benefits EndoBarrier has brought to people living with type 2 diabetes," said Stuart A. Randle, president and chief executive officer, GI Dynamics. "We are very pleased to now have full approval in the U.S. to commence a pivotal trial of this novel therapy. We look forward to providing updates on the progress of the ENDO trial and to submitting the results for PMA approval to sell EndoBarrier in the United States."


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Something you need to know about me
The school was downtown, somewhat of a distance from our house on the eastern edge of town. But I was getting a bike for my birthday, and not just any bike: A Schwinn Stingray, orange. Banana seat.
I knew it was coming. I was unrelenting. I pestered, prodded. My parents said I could ride it to school on my birthday.
(Which just happens to be the first day of spring.)
I wake up to a spring blizzard.
School is canceled. Snow day.
I spent a good portion of the morning being pissed that I couldn't ride my bike to school.
Instead of focusing on the fact that I was GIVEN A SNOW DAY ON MY BIRTHDAY.
I'm am a wanker.
Dwelling on the negatives has been with me for a very long time. Age has tempered that - a lot - but that's where the (angst?) torment comes from. It's MANUFACTURED and then lubed for my protection.
The positives of my life, as I stand here in the now, stretch a fair piece.
Knowing that and living that, are two separate things.
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- Anonymous said...
John Hartford said it best:
"Age weakens good intentions and saws where no one can see. Now ain't that a teeter totter? Grab this full grown lioness by the tail if you be man enough to tame such wilderness and see who she is to tell you who you ain't."
maintain radio contact. . .
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wanker.. love it.. hadn't heard that in ages... amen, knowledge isn' everything... it's the day to day moment by moment choose this day how you will love sorta thing.. thaz my 5 cents.. it is w/wonder to watch a man unfold outside of himself..
- Truth in the Trees said...
After being raised by someone who can point out the negative in anything, I commiserate with you on the difficulty of focusing on the positive in anything. However, if you can make yourself do it and keep doing it, like everything, it gets easier. In fact, when you can practice seeing and focusing on the positive for an extended piece of time, your whole life seems more positive - at least on most days. I'm the proof, T. It IS possible. I hope that for you, too.
- peachesandplums said...
i think you answered your own question with the first sentence. CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
- quin browne said...
you've got to anticipate the positive
eliminate the negative
latch on the affirmative
and don't mess with mr. inbetween.
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Housing Starts Continue Strength
The housing sector continued to show strength in February, helping U.S. Futures hold onto their gains. Alexandra Scaggs has details. Photo: Getty Images.
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Milwaukee police union asks judge to grant order to let officers move
The Milwaukee police union is fighting for officers to be allowed to live outside city limits.
The Milwaukee Police Association is asking a judge for a temporary restraining order that would require the city of Milwaukee to obey a new law allowing public employees to live outside city limits.
The plaintiffs include union president Mike Crivello and three other officers. They want to move out of the city in accordance with the new law.
Their attorney said the city cannot credibly argue it will suffer injury for complying with state law.
WISN 12 News spoke with Crivello and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who are at odds over the situation.
"We think this is a wonderful city our officers will not take flight from, but those that need the opportunity for family or whatever reason that might be," Crivello said.
"We believe if the courts take a look at this issue, they will decide it is a home rule issue and that it historically has been for hundreds of cities across this country, and ultimately, we will prevail," Barrett said.
Last week, the Milwaukee Common Council voted to continue enforcing the city's residency rule and authorized the city attorney to file suit challenging the new state law.


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POPLAR BLUFF – Brian Taylor, Poplar Bluff, took a 1-pound, 14-ounce gizzard shad from the Black River on Jan. 9 to set the first Missouri state fishing record of 2013.
Taylor gigged the 16-inch fish, earning a state record in the alternative-methods category. The previous record was a 1-pound, 8-ounce fish taken by Haden Crouch, Bradleyville, from Beaver Creek in 2011. The pole-and-line record belongs to Johnny Lee Ash, Windsor, for a 1-pound, 6-ounce gizzard shad he caught below Truman Dam in 2001.
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Drip Drip is a casual strategy game with RTS inspired controls for the PC and Mac that provides a unique twist to the time management genre. The player is an elite drip collector and manages the Disaster Response Team. With a team of tools and water collecting and building fixing skills, travel across the USA and visit 24 exciting cities on your mission to ensure the safety of each building from the severe storms and their devastating weather conditions. From inside small houses to towering skyscrapers, containers like pans, buckets, and barrels will have to be moved around the floors to catch the dripping water and then be emptied to save the buildings from extreme damage, flooding, and destruction. The water dumped out of windows will earn you money so other containers and tools can be bought to keep the buildings standing while you withstand a constant barrage of pouring rain and never-ending threats like the UFO, Ghost, Witch Doctor, and Lightning Bolts during each storm cycle.
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Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, May 3
The Ethier Express rolled into 28-game station last night, meaning that our hero is now halfway to matching Joe DiMaggio's record 56-game streak. Twenty players have reached the midpoint since 1992, but none have come closer to the Yankee Clipper than Jimmy Rollins' 36-gamer in 2005.
Will Andre be the one? Possibly. Should you make him your BTS special someone every day until he lets you down? Judge Mills Lane will allow it.
Over 10 percent of you drank that Kool-Aid last night, as Ethier trailed only Matt Holliday (13.9 percent, 1-for-4) in our daily popularity contest. Bronze medalist Marlon Byrd also converted, sending another 6.7 percent of all Streakers home happy.
Bask in that glow for a few more hours, kids. We're doin' the dang thang again tonight at 6:35.
Tuesday's picks
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• Miguel Cabrera: .571 AVG (8-for-14) since '06 vs. Yankees starter CC Sabathia
• Alexei Ramirez: .500 AVG (10-for-20) since '06 vs. Twins starter Francisco Liriano
• Coco Crisp: .545 AVG (6-for-11) since '06 vs. Indians starter Fausto Carmona
• Derek Jeter: .556 AVG (5-for-9) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Brad Penny
• Alex Rodriguez: .571 AVG (4-for-7) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Brad Penny
• Andre Ethier: .368 AVG (7-for-19) since '06 vs. Cubs starter Ryan Dempster
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• Hideki Matsui: .636 AVG (7-for-11) since '06 vs. Indians starter Fausto Carmona
• Mark Reynolds: .450 AVG (9-for-20) since '06 vs. Royals starter Jeff Francis
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• Kevin Youkilis: .188 AVG (3-for-16) since '06 vs. Angels starter Dan Haren
• Jose Bautista: .111 AVG (1-for-9) since '06 vs. Rays starter Wade Davis
• Michael Young: .190 AVG (4-for-21) since '06 vs. Mariners starter Erik Bedard
• Dustin Pedroia: .000 AVG (0-for-12) since '06vs. Angels starter Dan Haren
• Rickie Weeks: .000 AVG (0-for-10) since '06 vs. Braves starter Tommy Hanson
Leaderboard time!
MLB streak leader at 28 games, BTS leader at 27 games? More like leader-bored time! Amiright? Amiright? We'll be here all week.
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Andre Ethier: 28 games
Placido Polanco: 11 games
Jacoby Ellsbury: 11 games
Brett Wallace: 10 games
(Make a BTS pick)
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93 streakers have a chance to get to or remain at 20+ streaks today. Don't know about you all, but I find this number somewhat alarming. The inability of pitchers to get the good hitters out & the number of extra inning games this year have proven to be a feast unlike last year's famine of the "year of the pitcher".
Yes, those 20+ streakers are barely over a third of the way to the prize as of now. But I think that if we don't see some mass resetting over then next 2-3 weeks, this could be the year!
Also those 93 today are just a snapshot. Looks like you can expect about 25 or more each day moving from 18 to 19 trying to get to 20 the following day. This simply means an average of 25+ resets daily needed from those in 19+ range just to keep zero population growth. We're going to need some unexpected 0-fers to reduce this overcrowding or this game can possibly be over by the All-Star break. Here's hoping history repeats itself & some normalization occurs before then…
Oh and I am giving this opinion based from a standpoint of a low streak. But for those in double digits and less than 20, feelings could be similar. If it is easy for you to increase your streak, those above you are increasing also (except maybe gottawheretheshades). Hard to overtake those above you if they are not being reset; kinda like chasing your tail.
Doom and gloom may be premature. I took a look at last year's stats for 3 May. I don't know how many 20+ gamers there were 'cause I wasn't tracking streaks until July 4th, just rankings. May 3rd last year we did have 3 29-gamers, not so this year. On July 4th we had 36 20+ gamers. So I would think seeing 20+ gamers in the 40s/50s this early in season is no huge concern. But hopefully it won't jump to the 70's and beyond over the next few days.
BTW: May 13th last year we had a 36-gamer who reset the following day after picking Pujols (0-4). That little trip back in time brought to you by last year's blog entries
That is crazy you can track all that. I mean it's good news for us who don't seem to be able to get a long streak going but at the same time I was getting a little worried myself. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully us bloggers members can jump up the standings pretty soon. I think this game can be won, but being realistic, I also have a hard time believing it can. It takes so much luck because there is never going to be a 100% pick on any given day. The day it happens will be pretty exciting no matter who does it.
Last year at this time, there were only a handful of people in the low 20's.
You could get on the 1st page of the overall leaderboard with a streak in the high teens.
So many good picks today. But I'm on-board the Ethier train against a terrible Dempster with no weather concerns. I've picked him only twice before today. Maybe I'll take down a bunch of leaders with me!
Good luck then 🙂
FYI: 4 days ago, we had 36 with streaks of 20+. Today 57 and another 36 at 19 trying to get to 20.
Morgan(mil) eligible off DL today and has historically hut Hanson very well. Will be up up there or is everyone and their dog just gonna go with Ethier?
I'm going with Jeter tonight. GL all.
Nyger Morgan is my sleeper.
Rotoinfo shows Gomez still in the lineup but I've also seen Morgan so not sure what's up.
Yahoo showed Morgan batting 2nd
Guess it dont matter now as that game has been rained out.
Me & my dog are going with the "Black Cat". I only opted from Ethier so I can practice my hexing techniques; though I fear they will not be good enough today
Of the 93 that are tring to get to or stay at 20+ game streaks…
A.Ethier 26x
L.Berkman 7x
B.Phillips, T.Tulowitski, P.Polanco 6x each
J.Votto. Mi.Cabrera, M.Kemp, M.Holliday 5x each
M.Young 3x
Al.Ramirex 4x
C.Granderson, I.Suzuki 2x each
Each of these picked 1 time
Ad.Gonzalez, A.Gordon, A.Soriano, B.Posey, B.Zobrist, C.McGehee, J.Kubel, M.Cuddyear, P.Konerko, R.Braun, A.Hill(DL)
I'm going with A-Rod to get to 9.
Highest no selection is on page 6 with a streak of 17, that streak will be back at 0.
A-Rod singled to lead off the 6th, onto 9! 🙂
Anyone having a problem getting on Gameday right now?
The main MLB.com webpage will barely load, with X's everywhere.
The same is true for the Scoreboard page.
Just keep trying. I had similar issue about 15 mins ago & all seems well right now
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Tuesday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
126 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Andre Ethier 520 20.8
Lance Berkman 263 10.52
Placido Polanco 246 9.84
Brandon Philips 128 5.12
Joey Votto 111 4.44
Troy Tulowitzki 110 4.4
Matt Holliday 101 4.04
Miguel Cabrera 84 3.36
Robinson Cano 83 3.32
Alexei Ramirez 81 3.24
Matt Kemp 53 2.12
Ichiro Suzuki 46 1.84
Ryan Braun 39 1.56PPD TO RAIN
Aaron Hill 1 0.04DL (just for those curious)
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 6 with streak of 17 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 14.37% with ADRIAN BELTRE reseting the most.
Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
No one got Pinched yesterday
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
sclennin, 11, pg 73, 1291, RYAN BRAUN (PICKED 39X) PPD TO RAIN
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
baseballgirlie13, 9 RESET by ADRIAN BELTRE
popi21, 9, RESET by ADRIAN BELTRE
GL to all
jngmz733—> GOES WITH ETHIER FOR 5TH STRAIGHT DAY
la34 —> GOES WITH ETHIER FOR 5TH STRAIGHT DAY
TheForce—> GOES WITH ETHIER FOR 5TH STRAIGHT DAY
No hitter alert. MIN needs 6 more outs for first no-no this season.
And there we go, first no-no of the season.
TOP2500 CULL alert. Polanco goes down taking 246 with him.
Not enough from the top dogs though; just 6. The no-hitter-to-be may take out another 6 CWS picks. Also Phillips if no more at bats removes 6 & Granderson already removed 2.
Berkman taken out for defensive reasons helps a bit: 0-1
Well, 50 or more 20+ gamers entering tomorrow & a new batch of 19 gamers trying to get to 20. Got exactly 50 that move on today with 15 more still waiting out the late games: M.Young(3), M.Kemp(5), T.Tulowitski(6), A.Soriano(1) picked by 2nd place leader.
If Dempster only ever has one more good start lets have it be tonight.
Promising start. Walks 1st 2 batters then gets Ethier to hit into double play
3 innings and no hits for LAD. Dempster will throw the 2nd no-hitter tonight. When pigs fly 😦 Go Cubs
Will Zambrano bet the streak buster? Maybe Maholm this weekend series? Who says baseball is boring?
Well we're at 39% reset right now with another 10% still left on the board. Too bad Ethier got his hit today. Could've been a massive wipe.


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Battery, lynching, involuntary manslaughter, and possession of weapons of terror.
Do these sound like nonviolent crimes?
These are among the "nonviolent" categories included in Governor Jerry Brown's prisoner realignment program, where the the state has promised to fully fund the transfer of nonviolent prisoners to county jails.
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It turns out that the plan is not as benign as once thought.
Some examples:
--The program promises to transfer only non-violent prisoners such as drug abusers and shoplifters to the counties, where they will complete their sentences. But "nonviolent" also includes the aforementioned categories, which are worth mentioning again: battery, lynching, involuntary manslaughter, and possession of weapons of terror.
--Parole violators will no longer automatically be sent back to prison; instead, county probation officers will decide whether they should return, opening up the possibility of thousands of violators to remain free in their communities, despite not fulfilling the terms of their release.
--The realignment program may well not be revenue-neutral, despite the governor's pledge. The governor has set aside $400 million for the final nine months of the fiscal year to relocate 11,000 prisoners. At approximately $50,000 per prisoner per year, the nine-month total would be $412.5 million.
Add costs for building additional jail space and increased post-jail supervision, and the local governments are likely to bear a much larger burden than they've been promised, precisely at the time when the state has made drastic reductions in local government support.
When viewed in its entirety, the prison realignment program may help the state meet the federal court order to release 30,000 prisoners from overcrowded prisons.
But by the same token, it also may transfer a good deal of that burden to local governments. So while the state may get itself out of a jam, local governments may find themselves burdened more than ever.
That's one "prisoner's dilemma" no one counted on.
More on Prisoner Realignment:
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Law Enforcement Funding Sleight of Hand
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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Did you know that colon cancer — the second leading cause of cancer deaths — can be prevented with proper screening called a colonoscopy? Below is a segment from WLTX, the CBS affiliate TV station in Columbia, about colon cancer, featuring gastroenterologist Dr. March Seabrook where he talks about that. We hope to see you at our Colon Cancer Challenge on March 23, benefitting colonoscopies for people who are uninsured or underinsured.
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Just in time for Thanksgiving and early enough to plan for Christmas - my other easy "use it up" bread crusts recipe: Yummy Vegan Stuffing.
Not for the birds! This is the dish to take to your family Thanksgiving so you can give thanks for vegan food. After all, stuffing is the original alternative to fill up tummies so you don't eat so much of the expensive meat - really happy to help out there...
You need:
- any size oven-proof dish with cover
- enough vegetables to quarter fill the dish
- enough starch (wholegrain bread crumbs, oats with a bit of flour, etc) to fill to the top (or a bit over)
- liquid, herbs and salt
My stuffing
I used a large dish (my new/old Corningware 2.5L) and:
- 1 thinly sliced courgette
- 1 cup creamed corn
Other good stuffing vegetables:
Use mild vegetables that will cook into softness easily
- celery
- mushrooms
- peas
It's been long enough since the Frugal Fruit Pudding that we have collected more bread crusts in the freezer. And these are 90% wholewheat crusts (thanks to our supermarket instore loaf range). So hooray - we are gradually eating more whole grains!
I grated these into crumbs using the food processor.
I also used 1 cup of dry oatmeal.
Other good stuffing starches:
- Cooked rice
- Wholewheat flour (no more than 1/2 cup)
Add the starch and mix in the vegetables.
Add richness (if desired) to your basic stuffing.
I used a handful of sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
Other good stuffing extras
- Sesame seeds
- Chopped cashews or walnuts
- Slivered almonds
- Olives
- Chopped meat replacement
In a small bowl or jug combine:
- 4C (approx) liquid - water or vegetable broth
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice (fresh from my friendly neighbour's tree)
- salt to taste
- oil (Optional) If you use some of the healthier rich extras listed above, you may not need any oil. The richer the stuffing, the more "normal" this will taste. Up to you...
(Stir into the liquid)
- 1 Tbsp onion powder
- 1 Tbsp garlic powder
- 2 Tbsp dried oregano
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley (optional - I happened to have a little bit of parsley from the garden)
Later, I'll show you what happened to the rest.
Pour combined liquid over the mixture in the dish. The starch should be all wet but not floating. Add more plain liquid (water or broth) if needed.
Cover and cook in the microwave on high for about 10 minutes.
I put the cooking dish on a dinner plate to catch bubbly drips.
You can brown the top in the oven before serving.
Sorry, can't photograph the aroma!
And I highly recommend Lani Muelrath's Forks over Knives Mushroom Gravy on the side!
What's your favourite animal-friendly holiday dish?


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Revis Island is heading south.
After months of speculation and posturing by the front office, the Jets traded their best player, three-time All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis, to Tampa Bay Sunday.
The Jets, who hold the No. 9 pick in Thursday's draft, will get the Bucs' 13th overall pick. They'll also get a fourth-round selection in 2014 that can become a third-rounder, according to the Jets, if Revis is on the Bucs' roster on the third day of the 2014 league year.
"It was a decision that we deliberated on,'' Jets owner Woody Johnson said during an evening conference call, " . . . and I think it was the correct one.''
Rumors of a potential trade surfaced the night before John Idzik was introduced as general manager Jan. 24. Idzik, on the call with Rex Ryan, said both sides wanted Revis to be a Jet for life, but "it's not as simple as player wanting club and club wanting player.''
There was "a substantial difference'' between how the Jets and Revis viewed his value, Idzik said, and "it became quite evident'' that a long-term extension couldn't be agreed upon.
Revis' agents confirmed that his new six-year deal with Tampa Bay is worth $96 million, which will make him the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history. The Bucs protected themselves against injury by offering no guarantees in the contract, according to multiple reports.
Revis reportedly will get a $13-million base salary plus $1.5-million roster bonuses (due on the third day of the league year) and $1.5-million workout bonuses each year.
Idzik, who called it "a deal of historic proportions,'' said: "Ideally, we would have wanted to wait and see how things played out'' but that the impending draft "sped up the timeline.''
Idzik also said the Jets didn't have "the luxury of time,'' given the uncertainty of Revis' recovery from reconstructive knee surgery in October, and admitted the injury hurt his trade value. Asked if a non-guaranteed contract had been an option for the Jets, Idzik said: "It became abundantly clear to us that . . . we wouldn't get there.''
With the Bucs the only suitor for Revis, the Jets had little leverage. They didn't have the option to franchise him after the upcoming season because of a clause in his contract, so the Jets couldn't risk losing out on compensation if he left in free agency.
The Jets allowed Revis to fly to Florida to take a physical. He left Morristown (N.J.) Municipal Airport on a private plane, reportedly sent by the Bucs, at 11:56 a.m. and arrived at Tampa International Airport at 2:28 p.m. Coach Greg Schiano picked him up, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Hours after arriving at One Buccaneer Place, Revis' agents announced that he had agreed to terms with the Bucs.
"The six years I played for the New York Jets were unbelievable,'' Revis tweeted Sunday night. "I put my body on the line every day & did everything I could to help the team win. I experienced a lot & learned a lot. The memories I had in New York I will keep dearly to my heart. I want to thank all the Jets fans for making me feel welcome.''
Former GM Mike Tannenbaum traded first-, second- and fifth-round picks in 2007 to move up from No. 25 to No. 14 to land Revis. The move paid off.
Thanks to a breakout 2009 season in which he had a career-high six interceptions, Revis solidified his status as a shutdown corner. But the front-loaded four-year, $46-million deal he signed after a 2010 holdout -- viewed as a Band-Aid deal by Revis' camp because it paid only $6 million per year in 2012 and 2013 -- helped set the stage for the trade.
The last time the Jets had two first-round picks was 2008: Vernon Gholston (sixth) and Dustin Keller (30th). In 2006 they selected D'Brickashaw Ferguson fourth and Nick Mangold 29th.
Ryan said the deal didn't come as a surprise because he was involved "in the entire process.'' He said Revis is the best corner in the NFL, "but make no mistake, we will play great defense.''
Now, will Revis be ready to play when the Jets host the Bucs in Week 1? For Jets fans, the thought of Mark Sanchez floating passes in his direction can't be very pleasant.


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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Ancestors buried in Durban?
While we're on the topic of death, a query came in today asking about burials and cremations at Stellawood Cemetery, Durban.
Stellawood –a vast cemetery in the suburb of Umbilo, Durban - was opened and burials begun in 1904. The Stellawood Crematorium, however, dates from 1926. There are registers for both the Cemetery and the Crematorium, searchable at the relevant office by year. These records are not online.
Update: see eGGSA gravestones in South Africa at
Stellawood Cemetery memorial inscriptions are currently (2012) being photographed by a group of dedicated volunteers.
The memorial inscriptions at West Street Cemetery, Durban, read like a roll-call of Natal settlers. Much earlier burials took place at the Point Cemetery: at the link below there's a list of who was buried at the Point Cemetery and details of the exhumation of the remains of colonists and their re-interment at West Street Cemetery in 1896.
An index to West Street Cemetery has been published by GSSA (Genealogical Society of South Africa) in their Cemetery Recording Project series on CD. Other Durban cemeteries covered in the series include St Thomas's Church Cemetery and the Wyatt Road Military Cemetery.
Photo shows the Point Settlers' Memorial at West Street Cemetery.
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Stories of beauty and selflessness in the face of horror continue to trickle out in the wake of last week's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. The latest is the story of Anne Marie Murphy, an aide assigned to work with the special needs students in Victoria Soto's class.
One of those students was Dylan Hockley, who had moved to Newtown, Conn. just two years ago from England.
He was learning to read, his parents said. He loved bouncing on his trampoline, he loved seeing the moon. He loved chocolate and computer games and adored his big brother Jake.
"Dylan had dimples and blue eyes," his grandmother Theresa Moretti told The Boston Herald. "He had the most mischievous little grin."
The 6 year old died in the attack on his elementary school.
The story of the massacre has been told. There were morning announcements. The gunman came in. There was screaming and gunshots. Twenty-six people were fatally shot.
Dylan and his aide were among the least fortunate, but they died together, Murphy cradling her student in her arms, according to a statement released by Hockley's family.
"We take great comfort in knowing that Dylan was not alone when he died, but was wrapped in the arms of his amazing aide, Anne Marie Murphy," his family wrote in a statement. "Dylan loved Mrs. Murphy so much and pointed at her picture on our refrigerator every day."
Murphy, 52, was a mother herself. She had four children and was part of a big, warm family, her parents told Newsday.
"She was a happy soul," her mother Alice McGowen told the newspaper. "She was a very good daughter, a good mother, a good wife."
She was the sixth of seven children and her parents were planning on hosting a house full of children and grandchildren for Christmas Eve. They still will, though there will be one less guest.
"I've done my crying. Haven't we all?" McGowen told Newsday. "I'll miss her presence. She died doing what she loved. She was serving children and serving God."
Authorities told Murphy's father that she died shielding students from the bullets.
Dylan's teacher, Victoria Soto—a 27-year-old third-year teacher—also lost her life trying to stand between her first-graders and the attacker, her uncle said on ABC News.
The Hockley family said Soto "was warm and funny and Dylan loved her dearly," and added that they chose Sandy Hook specifically for its elementary school and that they have no regrets about their choice of location.
"Our boys have flourished here and our family's happiness has been limitless."
They credited the school's principal and psychologist with helping them navigate Dylan's special education needs.
Principal Dawn Hochsprung—whose Twitter account left a heartbreaking record of her devotion to her school, her community and its youngest students—also died in the attack. So did Mary Sherlach, the school psychologist, a mother and wife, nearly ready to retire.
Dylan's family said that while their hearts break for their youngest son, they "are also filled with love for these and the other beautiful women who all selflessly died trying to save our children."
Below is the Hockley family's complete statement:
We want to give sincere thanks and appreciation to the emergency services and first responders who helped everyone on Friday, December 14. It was an impossible day for us, but even in our grief we cannot comprehend what other people may have experienced.
The support of our beautiful community and from family, friends and people around the world has been overwhelming and we are humbled. We feel the love and comfort that people are sending and this gives our family strength. We thank everyone for their support, which we will continue to need as we begin this long journey of healing. Our thoughts and prayers are with the other families who have also been affected by this tragedy. We are forever bound together and hope we can support and find solace with each other.
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Sandy Hook and Newtown have warmly welcomed us since we moved here two years ago from England. We specifically chose Sandy Hook for the community and the elementary school. We do not and shall never regret this choice. Our boys have flourished here and our family's happiness has been limitless.
We cannot speak highly enough of Dawn Hochsprung and Mary Sherlach, exceptional women who knew both our children and who specifically helped us navigate Dylan's special education needs. Dylan's teacher, Vicki Soto, was warm and funny and Dylan loved her dearly.
We take great comfort in knowing that Dylan was not alone when he died, but was wrapped in the arms of his amazing aide, Anne Marie Murphy. Dylan loved Mrs. Murphy so much and pointed at her picture on our refrigerator every day. Though our hearts break for Dylan, they are also filled with love for these and the other beautiful women who all selflessly died trying to save our children.
Everyone who met Dylan fell in love with him. His beaming smile would light up any room and his laugh was the sweetest music. He loved to cuddle, play tag every morning at the bus stop with our neighbors, bounce on the trampoline, play computer games, watch movies, the color purple, seeing the moon and eating his favorite foods, especially chocolate. He was learning to read and was so proud when he read us a new book every day. He adored his big brother Jake, his best friend and role model.
There are no words that can express our feeling of loss. We will always be a family of four, as though Dylan is no longer physically with us, he is forever in our hearts and minds. We love you Mister D, our special gorgeous angel.


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The Tribeca Film Festival announced today that they will be kicking off their 10th annual event with a free outdoor screening and concert.
Cameron Crowe's documentary "The Union" - which gains unprecedented access to music legend Elton John as he puts together a collaborative album alongside Leon Russell and T-Bone Burnett - has been chosen as the premiere film, and John himself will be on hand to perform afterwards.
The outdoor event will take over the World Financial Plaza in lower Manhattan on April 20th.
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Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal calls the outdoor event "an extraordinary gift to our Festival and more specifically the downtown community."
The Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 20th through May 1st.