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Thanks, Meghan, for suffering through the show to give us the spoiler!!
It is a new day in GC. At the Boutique Gloria sold a customer a two
thousand dollare bracelet for two hundred dollars. Lauren is appalled
and banishes Gloria to the stock room before she bankrupts the
boutique. A little while later a smoke detector goes off in the
Boutique. The fire deparment arrives and reports to Lauren afterwards
that a hot iron caused the fire. It was Gloria's hot iron which she
left on and Lauren fires her. Jill and Jeffrey see Gloria being fired
- Lauren does it at the AC where she and Gloria took shelter - and
Jill is delighted.
Jill tells Jeffrey the sex between them was great. But she will know
better after they have sex more times. She tells Jeffrey that she
knows he does not love her but she does not care. Katherine confronts
Jill about sleeping with Jeffrey. Jill tells Katherine to butt out.
Katherine accuses Jill of being obsessed with Gloria and neglecting
the business as a result. Jill denies it and says she knows Gloria
has a secret and she is going to discover it through Jeffrey.
Meanwhile Jeffrey heads over to the pool house to comfort Gloria about
losing her job and kisses her.
Sabrina tells Victor that for the time being she wants to keep the
pregnancy a secret and he agrees. Nothing was mentioned about Victor
having a vascetomy nor did he question if the baby was his. They
discuss the wedding and decide to get married in the Newman Barn and
then honeymoon in Paris. Sabrina asks Jena to be her maid of honor.
Adam tells Victor he wants to change the name of Beauty of Nature to
Newman Infinity. Victor agrees. Adam runs into Victoria and tells
her about the name change. Victoria tells Brad that Victor is going
to regret putting so much faith in Adam.
Neil arrives in New York to see Karen and asks her to move back to GC.
He tells her he loves her, that the kids accept her and Dru would
approve of their relationship. Karen says she won't be rushed and has
to think about it.
Lily and Devon are at the coffee shop discussing Neil and Karen and
hoping things work out for them. Lily then questions Devon about his
relationshp with Roxanne which he says is going well. Lily teases him
about Chloe having a crush on him. Later with Cane Lily tells him
that Chloe kissed Devon. Cane blurts out that Chloe kissed him too
when she was drunk. Lily wants to know why Cane hadn't told her and
that if it ever happens again she wants to know. Lily then confronts
Chole and tells her she is not a friend and to move out the apartment.
When Cane later asks Chloe what game she is playing with Devon she
denies it and says she is into Devon.
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Toward the Future of Radiation Therapy: MD Anderson's Proton Therapy Center Pioneers Pencil Beam Technology for Cancer Patient Care - The radiation oncologist's mantra is to deliver the maximum dose of radiation to the malignant tumor, while limiting damage to healthy surrounding tissue. In proton therapy, this balance is achieved by using proton particles, accelerated to nearly the speed of light, to mimic the shape of a tumor and effectively deposit their energy within the confines of it with sub-millimeter precision. 08/02/2010
Making Cancer History: The Evolution of a Powerful Idea - The iconic new logo is an expression of all that the institution represents, from the dedicated scientists, clinicians, employees and volunteers, to its unparalleled research and education programs and state-of-the-art therapies born of multidisciplinary care. Yet always at the heart of MD Anderson is its core focus on providing the best care possible for patients.05/04/2010
The Challenge of Unsponsored Charity Care - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has a long tradition of providing care for low-income residents of Texas. A supplemental financial assistance program provides coverage for care delivered at MD Anderson to cancer patients who meet residency and financial eligibility requirements.
Advances in Proton Therapy, Pencil Beam Technology Reach Patient Care - Today more than ever, new tools are enabling physicians at the Proton Therapy Center at to harness proton particles and conform them more closely to the uneven contours of a cancer tumor. Using a technology known as pencil beam scanning
Morgan Welch's Journey Inspires Physician, MD Anderson - Weeks before her wedding, Morgan Welch noticed that one of her breasts appeared to have a mosquito bite. She had absolutely no idea that it was a sign of a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer – a disease that often spreads before women realize it. After antibiotics did nothing to alleviate symptoms that she thought were caused by a breast infection, Welch was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC).
MD Anderson is Making Survivorship An Integral Phase of Cancer Care - The outlook continues to get better for people with cancer. On the strength of public awareness and early detection, and improved forms of treatment, for many patients cancer has evolved from an often-fatal disease to a chronic, treatable condition. 10/01/07
MD Anderson Teaches the Art of Aromatherapy to Soothe and Heal - A bubble bath that improves memory. A kitchen cleaner that wards off nausea and energizes. A scented handkerchief that calms a patient entering the MRI. The benefits of aromatherapy are real. Below, learn the uses, healing properties and how-tos of using aromatherapy to heal and de-stress from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. 08/29/06
New Hope in Cancer Vaccines Emerges as Novel Therapies are Developed and Tested - Medicine can now prevent a host of diseases with a mere shot of vaccine. Polio and smallpox are almost non-existent, and mumps and chicken pox are rarely seen nowadays. And for the first time, the prospect of eradicating a specific cancer through vaccination is possible. The newly approved human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is designed to curb the 230,000 worldwide deaths due to cervical cancer, which is caused solely by HPV. And the hepatitis B virus, responsible for 70 percent of all liver cancer deaths, is also preventable with a vaccine. 08/04/06
MD Anderson: Setting the Benchmark in Brain Tumor Treatment - The molecular revolution that has led to improvements in treating other cancer types is well under way at the institute's Brain Tumor Center. For the first time in decades, new therapies are bringing hope to patients and physicians. And at long last, glioblastoma, the most common and deadly of brain tumors, is finally giving up some secrets. 03/14/06
Anti-angiogenesis: Next Era of Cancer Therapy Aims to Separate Cancer from Blood Supply - With cancer, it's all about the body's bounty of blood. If all the blood vessels in the body were lined up end-to-end, they would form a line that could circle the earth twice. Yet the body produces still more blood vessels on demand, such as to heal wounds or grow embryos. 03/14/06
The Proton Therapy Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Inside a tunnel of enormous magnets about the length of a football field in Houston, Texas, a beam of protons rockets towards its objective. Within fractions of seconds, these supercharged sub-atomic particles, stripped from the nucleus of hydrogen atoms and accelerated to the energy of upwards to 250 million volts, strike their target with lethal precision. 03/14/06
Cancer Gene Therapy News Backgrounder - The concept seems straightforward. If, at its heart, cancer is a disease of genes, then giving patients new genes should disarm cancer. Such treatment would replace missing or faulty genes that keep cell growth in check, or would flush the body with "super genes" that could attack and destroy cancer. 03/06/06
Toward the Future of Cancer Prevention - Can we learn how to prevent most types of cancer? It's a question that has emerged in the past 20 years, given advances in screening and early diagnosis, rapid developments in genetics and molecular biology, and progress in the treatment of early disease and in next-generation targeted therapies. 03/06/06
The Children's Cancer Hospital at MD Anderson Builds on a 50-year Record of Positive Outcomes - They're among the most frightening words a parent can hear: Your child has cancer. Dismay, confusion, dread follow in quick succession. The search for quick solutions and instantaneous cures ensues. Finding none, families pray for the best, but prepare for the worst. 02/17/06
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As global authorities focus on the search for a missing aircraft in Southeast Asian waters, Greg Candelaria is focusing on his growing family."This is the new baby," he said, pointing a picture on his computer screen. "Her name is Dani. They're over there right now."Candelaria's daughter is in China, wrapping up the adoption process for her third daughter. Originally booked on board the now missing flight MH370, this grandfather of three is grateful destiny intervened with his travel plans."I think this is a God thing," he said. " I don't think it's coincidence."Candelaria works in global technology services and frequently flies around the world. He was in Japan three weeks ago, flew to Houston for five days, then left to Spain. He had hoped to fly from Spain to Malaysia for a scheduled business trip, but company policy mandated he fly back to Houston for the flight to Asia. That policy coupled with travel fatigue prompted him to opt out of his scheduled business trip to both Singapore and Malaysia. If all had gone as planned, he would've been on the Beijing bound flight that vanished over the weekend."Part of my motivation was to fly over there on business and meet my daughter and my new granddaughter," Candalaria said. " And I didn't go. Even with that reason being. Going to meet my granddaughter in China would've been an amazing experience."A co-worker made the trip instead, but was lucky enough to book a different flight.
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The post I am interested in is advertised as full-time. Can I work part-time or job share?
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Can I arrange another interview date if I am not available for the scheduled interviews?
It is extremely difficult to accommodate alternative interview dates where all interview panel members can reconvene and it will also delay the recruitment process. This is why the council ensures that all job adverts specify the interview date so applicants know in advance when they are required to attend if shortlisted for interview.
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There is no age limit for applicants. However, if you are successful and start work with us and join the pension scheme, the pension scheme retirement age is 65.
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Cumbria County Council works in partnership with Job Centre Plus to adopt a positive action strategy and encourage more disabled people in Cumbria into employment. Where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for a post they will automatically be invited for interview.
The essential criteria states that the post holder will be required to travel around Cumbria. I do not hold a current driving license. Does this mean my application may be unsuccessful?
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thats scary
Has anyone tested this to see if AT&T bills you for off-phone data usage?
can i use this on t-mobile edge? and doe anyone know how much data is allowed with the $5.99 plan. this is really good for those times where there is no wifi, but i guess u could just use ur iphone lol. good post.
its funny that like year ago when i had the 1st generation iphone, I called Apple to ask how could I get internet on my mac from the iphone.. their answer was "I'm not sure if that is possible"
so i think im gonna try it now so i could keep it for the future
nate true is llways amazing us with cool discoveries...
it was really easy to set up with windows, i would like to make a tutorial for windows but i use a program to manage my networks and not sure how to do it with windows's stuff.
i wonder what AT&T does if they find out you're tethering and how do they find out?
hmm mm that was nice but you can use it only to browse with firefox, you cant even sign in with yahoo messenger or anything else... still useful though in emergencies
ya, that scares the shat out of me,lolNOTE: Tethering is AGAINST AT&T's data usage policy, this is not something you should abuse, or perhaps even do - you could get slapped with some heavy fines. There, you've been warned.
I really want to tether tho
Could someone make an app for the mac/pc that sets up your browser and network with minimum effort, and then puts everything back again?
Also it would be nice to have a gui app for the iPhone to start the proxy and tell you the ip address, and to try accessing the internet so you don't need to open a website on the iPhone.
So it would be: open app on mac, it tells you to connect to the wireless network on your iphone (automatic in future). Then on the iphone you launch the proxy app, it tells you the IP address. You enter that IP address into the mac app and press connect. Now you can access the internet, no more settings.
When done, you quit the iPhone app and it stops the proxy. You quit the mac app and it puts your settings back and stops the ad-hoc network.
this is cool wish theyd do something of the revers for the ipod like with att connect cards you pay per month for that'd be nice
^^ Maybe! Tethering is using your phone as a mobile modem so that you can access your laptop internet while out and around using your phone
Has anyone confirmed that AT&T is indeed able to track this?? I really want to have the ability to tether (quite often), but don't want to risk any crazy bills?? How can they know if you are tethering or not???


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Duluth, MN (KDAL) - The numbers so far on Bentleyville Tour of Lights in Duluth are not available yet, but organizers say crowds have exceeded expectations. Organizer Nathan Bentley told KDAL News that he is pleased with the response from visitors to the park and that they are enjoying many new attractions like the Thomas the Tank Engine displays and the always popular visits with Santa.
The North Shore Scenic Railroad and Fitger's are running excursion trains from the hotel to the park on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Information can be found and duluthtrains.com. The rides run several times each night.


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The City of Boulder Community Mediation Program is hosting a Q&A session with local landlord-tenant attorneys on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers, 1777 Broadway.
Attorneys will be on hand to answer flood-related questions and explain legal rights under the Colorado landlord-tenant law including the warranty of habitability.
The program is free and open to the public.
For more information about flood recovery efforts, please visit boulderfloodinfo.net.
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User Reviews
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2010
Strengths: strong,cheap,easy to maintain
Weaknesses: screw loosens after a while
Bottom Line:
Only disadvantage is that the screws, from the faceplate, loosens itself after a while.Defiantly a go when you're on a budget like I am.
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Purchased At: 10,00$
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2005
Strengths: light, cheep, strong
Weaknesses: too long for my liking
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Purchased At: my friends
Similar Products Used: none similer
Bike Setup: haro V1 frame pimped too sh*t, all custom
Date Reviewed: February 2, 2004
Strengths: Purdy....heh heh. Seems strong. Dirt-cheap.
Weaknesses: Graphics will no doubt scrape right off...oh well.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $8.00
Purchased At: Nashbar--Clearance
Similar Products Used: Nashbar, Tioga, Kore, JD Components, SR, Nitto...etc, etc.
Bike Setup: Zoom stem, seatpost (mysteriously branded "Kailin" as well), Zoom Gordo 650 double crown fork, Joytech hubs and disc brakes, Deore group, Titec Hellbent bars, Lake LX006 Dual suspension frameset, Wellgo WPD-103 pedals
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2003
Strengths: i lasted a while before it broke
Weaknesses: the main bit in the middle twisted about forty degrees i have to admit it was a harsh jump i wouldnt trust it on big jumps
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $20.00
Purchased At: came with bike
Similar Products Used: too may toolst
Bike Setup: i have beter things to do than list all the components on my bike
Date Reviewed: February 22, 2001
Strengths: -very light for the price
-not completely ugly
-very strong
Weaknesses: -face bolts tend to come loose occassionally
Bottom Line:
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Purchased At: Came with my bike
Similar Products Used: cheap k-mart crap
Date Reviewed: February 13, 2001
Strengths: Strong, cheap, light
Weaknesses: none
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Similar Products Used: Koshi, interloc, Kona, cheap department store crap
Bike Setup: '99 Mongoose NX 7.3, 100mm Judy Race, LX 8speed, deore/mavic 138 wheels
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2000
Strengths: SO DAMN strong and good looking. Hard as hell
Weaknesses: A bit heavu and bolts react uneven if done wrong
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: On bike
Similar Products Used: Velocity stem / Kona stem / Box stem
Bike Setup: Saracen 2001 X-ile dual
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2000
Strengths: great looks, very light! Zoom competition zero degree rise 1and1/8 inch steerer.
Weaknesses: I just noticed stess fractures in the front portion that wraps around the handlebar!
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: DBR dual response 1992-3 with hyperlite bars and 4.5 inch travel shocks
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2000
Strengths: Extremely adjustable and well-made. Does what it's supposed to do. Light weight, too.
Weaknesses: Looks weird
Bottom Line:
My only complaint: it looks dorky.
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Similar Products Used: Coda
Bike Setup: road bike
Date Reviewed: April 17, 1999
+Cheap (it came on my bike though)
+Looks kinda cool
- Mysterious loosening of the faceplate bolts
- Looks kinda stupid
Bottom Line:
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Vultures Knob
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Similar Products Used:
Various other stems
Bike Setup:
Profile handlebar
Cro-moly fork
Pacific Riptide frame
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Club music from a boom box provides a bouncy soundtrack for equally percussive volleyball sounds on the adjacent sand. This beach scene actually is set in West Miami-Dade, between the green parking garage and the outdoor basketball courts on FIU's main campus.
And, it's practice, not frolic, for FIU's sand volleyball team, which plays the first home match in the program's history Saturday morning at 9 against Webber International. FIU might kick out the jams for that one, too, a big help to those who need more than caffeine on Saturday mornings.
"Any [beach volleyball] tournament you go to, there's always music going the whole time," junior Jessica Mendoza said. "It's kind of a like a vibe you get. It is like a big part of the culture."
A different atmosphere for a sport that's different for FIU, already ranked No. 6 among the nation's 31 teams.
Soon after FIU athletic director Pete Garcia announced in late 2011 that the school's sand volleyball team would be birthed in 2013, he made clear he expected to be very good quickly. Garcia figured FIU could count on the advantages of a metropolitan area loaded with beaches. Mostly, unlike other sports with which South Florida teams with talent, i.e, football and baseball, FIU wouldn't have the disadvantage of starting decades after so many other schools establish stature and tradition.
"We're working on tradition. For me to be able to start this program here. I'm building a tradition," said head coach Rita Buck-Crockett, an Olympian indoor volleyball player and a former world champion beach volleyball player. "Hopefully, we can be the first program in FIU history as a Division I team to win a national championship."
(Men's soccer won Division II national championships in 1982 and 1984 for FIU.)
In recruiting this first class, Buck-Crockett said, "I started out with indoor players because there really wasn't a place to recruit for beach, per se. Now, all of a sudden, there's a big boom. My 2013 class coming in are true beach players from all over. That's going to make a huge difference. With just the style being really, really, really the beach style. The things that we were working on were teaching indoor players how to play a beach game, where we don't have to do that as much next year."
Volleyball's not volleyball. The difference isn't just the music.
"Completely different sports," Mendoza said. "Beach takes more athleticism because it's two-on-two, it's in the sand and you're dealing with elements. It's outside, it's in the wind, sun. Indoor's different because you have less space to cover – there's six of you on the court."
Sports management graduate student Kate Stepanova, who helped FSU to the 2011 indoor volleyball final four and 2012 sand volleyball third place, said "After sand, coming indoor, everything seems so much easier – jumping, you don't get tired as quickly."
FIU opened with Grand Canyon State, then faced 2012 national champion and preseason No. 1 Pepperdine, Long Beach State and Hawaii. While Pepperdine skunked FIU 5-0, the Panthers lost only 3-2 to Long Beach State and Hawaii. FIU's top two duos, Kate Stepanova/Ksenia Sukhareva and Mendoza/Maryna Samoday, won against Long Beach and Hawaii, then faced each other in the finals of Hawaii's 16-pair tournament.
"A lot of my friends followed up on it," Mendoza said. "I didn't think they would because some people say they care and they really don't. But, a lot of people followed up on the stats and the games, 'Wow, you guys did such a great job.' No one knew what to expect of us because it's a first-year program."
Crockett said Hawaii coach Scott Wong told her, "So, the next time I see you will be at Nationals,'' Crockett said. "I said, 'We've got to get there.' He said, 'You'll definitely get there.' That, to me, from a colleague like that who is ranked above us …"
Beach volleyball gets called "sand volleyball" at the collegiate level to create an inclusive feel for programs without a coastline. Many places lack beaches. Everybody's got a sandbox. Supersize your sandbox, add a net and some lines, and you've got yourself a beach volleyball court.
In 2012 and 2013, the American Volleyball Coaches Association handles the sanctioning, rankings and championships for what's an "emerging sport" officially to the NCAA. That four-letter group will take over the sport's officiating and championships when the number of schools playing reaches 40, which generally is expected to be next season.


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ST. LUCIE COUNTY -- Sitting on more than 1,000 acres on Hutchinson Island in St. Lucie County, the two reactors at the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant have been serving county residents for more than 30 years. Now, after a months-long project to upgrade equipment, residents will have at least another 25 years of efficient energy production.
"We wanted to make sure we were able to get as much power as possible," said Jack Hoffman, the licensing manager for the power upgrade project.
Nuclear power is created when water is pumped through a nuclear reactor without being exposed to radiation. The heated water is converted to steam and that is then converted to electricity.
The project involved increasing the electricity output of the two nuclear reactors by replacing pipes, valves, pumps, heat exchangers, electrical transformers and generators.
It was done in conjunction with a similar project at the Turkey Point plant in south Florida, and cost approximately $1 billion.
Florida Power & Light brought in about 4,000 additional contractors to help with the project, which took about three years to complete.
"The materials are more efficient," Mr. Hoffman said. "Just getting the equipment here and moving it into place was a monumental feat."
The company transported some materials to the plant in the middle of the night, when traffic was decreased, using large trucks with numerous wheels to be able to maneuver around roundabouts and smaller corners. They also used barges to bring large items to the plant by water.
In addition, more than 4,000 additional contractors were brought in to help with the project.
"The majority of the contractors were temporary craft workers, including welders, carpenters and electricians," said Doug Andrews, the site communication supervisor.
The updates for unit 1 were completed in July and the update for unit 2 is expected to be completed shortly.
The upgrades were made during planned outages at the plant. The plant shuts down the reactors on a scheduled basis in order to upgrade equipment and make repairs. This upgrade, however, involved replacing some of the original components of the plant.
"This will allow us to generate more power safely," Mr. Andrews said. "So we will be able to increase the power output without increasing the size of the plant."
Upgrades for both of the units will provide an additional 300 megawatts to the total output, to bring the overall output of the plant to more than 1,000 megawatts. That means the plant can safely supply power to an additional 150,000 homes.
It is also expected to reduce annual fossil fuel costs by approximately $3 billion over the life of the upgrades.
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Over 1000 Copts of Melbourne and many ecumenical guests and political leaders attend the Special Coptic Liturgy on Saturday 17 August to pray for Egypt and the persecuted Copts.
On Saturday November 9, 2013 His Grace Bishop Suriel promoted Mr Hany Rofail to the ecclesiastical rank of Deacon for Archangel Michael & St. Anthony's Church in Oakleigh by the name of Raphael...Read More
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Fr. FrYehnes ElSouriani will arrive to Fiji on Friday. He will serve in several areas in Fiji. He will celebrate liturgy every Friday at St. Mina Children's Home in Nadi. On Saturday he will pray at St. George Church in Nadi and on Sunday he will pray with Fr Anthony at St. Mark Church in Suva. This is besides his many other duties and activities within Fiji.December 18, 2013
I hope to see many of you at the Carols by Candelight event on Friday 20 December at our Diocese Headquarters in Donvale. All are welcome. Come and join in to praise the Lord and worship Him. This is also a fundraising event sponsored by Coptic Hope Charity.December 17, 2013


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People who own property in Cook County are about to get their tax bills. Assessed values are way down, but our bills will not be.
In residential neighborhoods in the city, assessed values -- technically called equalized assessed values -- are 14 to 20 percent lower than last year, but most bills are expected to be the same amount as last year, or only slightly lower.
People in and around The Loop -- mostly the owners of business properties -- are being hit harder. Their assessed values went down by 7.5 percent. It's a significant drop, but not compared to the neighborhoods.
So that means downtown property owners will shoulder a bigger share of the overall tax burden. Their upcoming tax bills will be higher than last year.
Assessed values in the Cook County suburbs decreased 7 to 9 percent, but property tax bills here will rise by an average of 3 percent.
The reason for all this is that government spending keeps rising. Chicago is seeking 2 percent more tax revenue than last year. Tax levies countywide are up a bit more: 2.2 percent.
Of course people want lower taxes, but they also want good schools, their garbage picked up, and the police and fire departments to show up when needed. Those things all cost money.
So what can be done? The head of a Chicago group that's pushing for reform says the costs of providing government services need to be reduced.
"The pressures on government at the local level as well as the state level is the drivers of spending, which is public employee compensation; wages, benefits and pensions," John Tillman says. "Until they reform those drivers of their spending we're never gonna see this problem get fixed."
A tax advisory firm we spoke with said some people, and especially businesses, are going to have sticker shock when they see their tax bills. If so, watch to see if it affects debate over pension reform in Springfield.
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20-3890 - Rubber Keypad Repair Kit - Small
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There has been trouble a-brewin' around here lately. But I am relieved to say, I think I've nipped it in the bud. This time, at least. I thought I'd share what happened, on the off-chance that it may be just what you need to read. Camaraderie and all that! So here's what happened, in brief:
I got caught up hook, line and sinker recently in an ongoing battle of wills that has begun between the LGBB and a friend. This friend and Lolly have history. They have shared the early learning classroom for the past two years. As last year's unsavoury history repeated itself between these two girls, this year the LGBB found herself with no other familiars with whom she could stand up to the friend. It took all my willpower not to barge in and speak directly to the other child myself. Quite a simple "Stop doing that and listen to my child" would have sufficed……..
Of course it wouldn't have! I know this is for Lolly to work out.
With the beginning of school, we were thrust into no less than seventeen new "tribes", if you will, each with their own intricate cultures and patterns – some of them affected (and effected) by countless ancestral lines. Each child in the class room with the LGBB is coming from a different (home/family) tribe. The teacher represents yet another one – the school tribe. This is an unavoidable and necessary part of belonging to civilization. I know this. I just wasn't prepared for the quick and obvious impact it would have on not just my child but those around her, familiar and unfamiliar.
I got caught up in my child's grief and confusion over her friend's actions towards her this past fortnight. Her panic. Her sense of indignation and justified pride and hurt at being belittled and told what to do (and what not to do) by a kid who was obviously flexing her muscles in this new and exciting thing called "School". After all, these children are now beginning off-shoots of their own tribes. It starts now.
By Wednesday this week, I had heard these goings on for nigh on two weeks. That's a long time in the life of a five year-old. It certainly felt like the now brief moments I see my daughter were being saturated with the latest her friend had done to her. So much so that I began to question out loud if that was really a "friend" at all? "Perhaps, just for the time being, you might say she is not being a good friend, Lolly," I reasoned with her. There have been some pretty disappointing actions from this friend – ones that you'd be forgiven for assuming were designed to push my kid to the brink of her loyalty…. just to see if she'd keep running after the "friend". She did keep running after her. Without the confidence to go it alone and find her own friends, she has so far stuck with her one familiar who has called the shots and even, on one unforgettable (unforgivable, for me, for the time being) day recently, wouldn't go with Lolly to the toilet – Lol mistakenly thought her "toilet buddy" was required for play times too (where you don't go alone to the toilet and must always go with your buddy). She frantically searched for her buddy and when not found, she asked this friend to go with her instead, but apparently the girl was too busy and told her "No" – so Lol wet herself. She was in fits telling me. And I was gutted thinking of my child disgracing herself with nobody to confide in. Perhaps irrationally, I directed my anger towards her little friend.
As an adult, I can see plainly this girl is no friend. She has found in my LGBB a most loyal and firm friend – she is lucky. But my child will not be her pawn, I vowed to myself after hearing this story that I'd make it my mission to show Lolly the light!
I always try to separate behaviour from the person. I begin by reiterating so-and-so has a good heart, but sometimes they might do silly things or say things that hurt others. I believe it's important. It then leaves room for Lolly to decide whether the displayed behaviour is something she wants to tolerate or not…. but hopefully the fact remains that regardless what she decides, she has a sense that every person has a good heart. No matter what they do.
Call me naive. I just don't see it any other way. Someone can do their worst towards me – oh, and they sure have! – but I can see that goodness flickering away in them, regardless. I think it has kept me quite sane and bitter-free all these years. Thank heavens. Because I'd make a shockingly bitter enemy.
But I digress.
I stepped out of the physicality of it all on Wednesday. Realising I had become far too enmeshed in my child's story, I energetically handed her back the reins. There is a meditation in one of my work books that flashed into my mind – The Ladder Of Letting Go – and I went to it and read the text. And plainly, I could see that I had let my boundaries blur. From here, I let go my tightening grip on behalf of my child's experiences. The containment of my energy and the ensuing detachment that brings will enable me to involve myself only insofar as gentle guidance and a safe place for her to bounce thoughts off. I had to also acknowledge the residual feelings of being that six year-old feeling lost and alone – both at school and at home – and not reflect any of those onto my diplomatic, self-assured, compassionate youngster.
This is it. This is the moment where, wide awake, she can be greatly influenced by my actions – and insecurities. As much as I can, I need to remain detached (not aloof, there is a difference) from the LGBB's experiences. My constance here will see her in good stead. I know this. Practicing it is sometimes harder! But it's my aim, nonetheless.
Adding to my resolve is the perspective I was reminded of when four days ago, a lone gunman fired on innocent school children and a teacher. It made me stop still. Take a really decent, long look at what I was doing with this situation with Lolly and her friend. Those parents sent their children to school, never to return home. I wondered what classroom antics the children might have been involved in, what tiffs with their siblings had been unresolved that morning as they went off. A situation that has seemed insurmountable, certainly for my child, for the past two weeks suddenly evaporated for me (not for her, of course).
I was able to let go my grip quite instantly. From there, while simultaneously sending compassionate thoughts out to the French community of Toulouse as they struggle to resolve their losses and shattered existence, my thoughts turned once more – as with so many things – to our Ellanor. Tune in to the memory of what it was like to be released from all my conditioning, social, family/"tribal" and otherwise stifling and rigid. A terrifying yet ultimately freeing feeling. One where I realised that I had only my own Self to truly rely on and keep me free from these external tricky factors.
It might not be Lolly's lot to learn these things. And it might be. It's not for me to know. That is her business. This is her life. But one thing's for sure, I give the deepest thanks for the privilege of watching her unfold it.


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Will your job be reshored to a federal prisoner?
While labor costs rise in Asia, US inmates are paid less than the minimum wage.
The good news for the jobless? U.S. industry is now in the throes of a "reshoring" trend.
"Next year we're going to bring some production to the U.S.," Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg Businessweek in December. "This doesn't mean that Apple will do it ourselves, but we'll be working with people and we'll be investing our money."
The bad news? The U.S. Bureau of Prisons is angling to have as many reshored jobs as possible filled by federal prisoners.
Between 2000 and 2011, wages in Asia have nearly doubled, according to the International Labour Organization. The Chinese government is planning to increase the minimum wage by 13% annually until 2015. Labor unrest, formerly unheard of in Asia, has become more frequent, with companies routinely raising workers' pay after strikes. At the same time, wages paid to federal inmates working in prison factories across the U.S. have remained flat, according to the Bureau of Prisons, ranging from $0.23 to $1.15 an hour.
Federal Prison Industries -- also known by the trade name UNICOR -- is a self-sustaining, self-funding company within the Bureau of Prisons. It is owned wholly by the U.S. government and was created by an act of Congress in 1934 to function as a rehabilitative tool to teach real-world work skills to federal inmates. These inmates were historically limited to producing goods for government use, such as furniture, uniforms, even, believe it or not, components for Patriot missiles (see story on Minyanville).
However, as Bob Sloan, a prison industries consultant and Executive Director of the Voters Legislative Transparency Project, explains to me, Congress amended the 2011 Continuing Appropriations Act "to allow private companies access to the labor of federal prisoners and UNICOR facilities" under what's known as the Prison Industries Enhancement Certification Program, or PIECP.
"Additionally, the FPI board of directors authorized a 'repatriation' program where U.S. companies can bring jobs back to the U.S. making products no longer manufactured in the U.S.," Sloan tells me. "Prisoners will be paid standard prison wages."
Indeed, FPI/UNICOR's 2012 annual report states that the board of directors "has approved 14 pilot programs for repatriated products." It also details "substantial losses" incurred and asserts that "inmate employment levels have dropped precipitously." To be sure, not every job being reshored will be filled by an inmate. But according to the report, "FPI anticipates these pilot projects will assist in further reducing its losses," which would logically induce the Bureau of Prisons to funnel as much business as possible to its 109 existing UNICOR factories, which currently employ just over 21,000 inmates.
Though prison authorities welcome the opportunity to close their budget gaps through its industries, companies on the outside with which they will compete will be negatively impacted.
States have been partnering with private industry to manufacture goods in prison since the PIECP program was created by Congress in 1979. Prisoners in state prisons have packaged products for Microsoft (MSFT), Starbucks (SBUX), and Costco (COST) subcontractors, and helped build a Wisconsin Wal-Mart (WMT) distribution center. The goal is to keep as much of the population as busy as possible; as prison staff like to say, idle inmates are dangerous inmates. (Microsoft owns and publishes Top Stocks, an MSN Money site.)
"While there is a need for training of our incarcerated members of society, that training should not come at the expense of workers on the outside who have committed no criminal act and lose their jobs to prisoners," says Bob Sloan.
And why would that well-trained, experienced free-world worker lose out to a prisoner? When a business owner takes advantage of incentives that include facility leases for as little as $1 a year, tax subsidies or exemptions such as Nevada's Modified Business Tax, and a host of methods to avoid paying inmates even the minimum rates guaranteed by law, it is difficult for those paying a living wage, benefits, vacation pay, and so forth to compete. If Apple were so inclined, inmates working under the banner of UNICOR's Electronics Business Group seem to be able to do many of the same things as Foxconn employees -- and their products will be "Made in the USA."
Further, critics charge that prison labor not only drives down wages on the outside, its use can also counteract the skills training inmates receive while incarcerated -- if production in one's new area of expertise moves behind bars, where will an inmate look for work after he is released?
As for the inmates themselves, most are not immediately concerned with their effect on the outside labor market.
To quote one, from an interview by CorpWatch, "F--k society, they locked me up."
Bob Sloan and I have filed a Freedom of Information Act request in an attempt to identify the 14 industries set for repatriation. Stay tuned.
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When you have unlimited options it can be difficult on deciding where to place your mental focus is difficult. That's what I'm struggling with at the moment. I have nearly unlimited time and part of my attempt to establish myself as a writer (or find an outlet who will pay me) and this not as great as I thought it would be. I feel like I should be applying for every contest, every tiny freelance job and writing across a broad spectrum so I can make myself employable.
However, I'm starting to realise that this is detrimental. I've spent a lot of time thinking about writing and not much time actually writing. There's nothing wrong with focusing on particular areas, and I'm finding out that's how my voice is coming through. Which shouldn't be a surprise but it's confirming what I've studied.
On reflection I may have been too harsh on The Evil Within. I am not the biggest fan of the survival horror genre, and I expect there will be plenty of people who role their eyes in the same derisive way with some of the games I'll eventually develop.
Okay, The Evil Within. Another entry into the gore filled survival horror genre of gaming. Weird and creepy creature? Check. Copious amounts of blood splattered all around the sets? Check. Things that jump out and shock you? Check. Screechy violins and a sound design that offers nothing novel in its attempt to create 'atmosphere'? Check.
And why is that man making his own barbed wire? Surely he can just pop down to the local hardware or agricultural store and buy some?
Maybe I'm being too harsh and there is an innovative concept behind the game. Happy to be proven wrong.
(not that I'll be playing it anyway, my overactive imagination has put the kybosh on that).
edited to add: oh gee, it's set in a Gothic style asylum! Can this game get any more stereotypical? And don't get me started on the characters!
A short clip of #bioshockinfininte that illustrates my love for the detail that's included. These guys are just hanging out in Battlefield Bay.
All study stuff has been pushed to the side! The puzzle now takes priority! #uni #complete
Lunch! #brainfood #uni
Yeah! #jigsawpuzzle #postunifun
Me today.
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So we have a Saints Row IV trailer.
I've just finished Saints Row 3 (yeah, late to the party) so I'm interested to see how IV plays out, but there are a couple of small things in this trailer that are getting me down.
One of the things I love about SR is that you can completely customise the leader, right down to gender. But it is still so frustrating to see the leader of the Saints constantly promoted as a man! I know that publishers have trouble wrapping their heads around female fronted games, but the one part of this trailer that really gets to me is the written phrases that flash up and the direct reference to the leader being male. It would have been so easy to write 'with a style of their own' instead of 'with a style of his own'. So, so easy.
But I'll wait and see what they do for the next trailer. Hopefully they include some more of the gang (and Shaundi had better have officially made it through into this one, I love my tough girl!).
Are you considering a blog as a tool to keep you writing every day?
One of the most important and occasionally overlooked parts of writing is the editing process.
Personally, I'm terrible at developing daily habits (except ones involving coffee) and, previously, had near visceral aversions to reading what I've written. I was always concerned that the first words I put to paper in any draft should be AH-MAHZING*, and had little concern for the editing process. So I would inevitably end up mulling over how to frame a sentence in my mind before I would even begin to type. While this is a great skill to have when you leave university assignments until the last minute, it isn't useful when you are working on personal, time-unlimited projects.
Take your focus off writing words down. That's the easy part of writing. The art comes in the editing.
So I propose this simple three-part solution if you freeze up when the time comes time for put fingers to keys.**
1) Write it out. Everything you want to say. Then read it over once, do a little tidy and save your entry as a draft.
2) Come back the next day and repeat step 1, but with a new piece.
3) Then return to your piece from the previous day and revise, revise, revise! Hopefully you won't need to do it three times, but one detailed revision for a simple blog post with fresh eyes should allow you to take out any words and phrases that are simply dead weight. Then, with a bit more confidence, hit 'post'!
It should be that easy. In the meantime, Google ' "your favourite writer" revising' to see how many times the pros will edit their works. I love Hemingway and he rewrote the last page of Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times! One page! Thirty-nine times!
* In the style of Penny Hartz. Yes, I have been watching a lot of Happy Endings recently.
** A modern day twist on 'pen to paper'. All credit to @illuminadora, please.
sometime i wonder
how other people survive.
to wake, to walk
throughout the day
without their doubts
that for me
what meaning is there to my words,
what importance, what gravitas?
true narcissistic indulgence.
this passion for words
must be ignored.
for if passion is a fire
mine burns too hot,
incinerating me
to the point of immobility.
if the pen is mightier then the sword
my fear of it makes sense.
New toys from yesterday #bioshockinfininte #xmen #crossover
Last day! #uni #countdown
I need to remember to keep up with this #uni #countdown
So I came home from school to see my 7 year old sister putting skittles with my antidepressants, I went up to her and asked "Hey what you doing?" She looked at me, smiled and said "Skittles make me happy so I put them with your medicine that makes you happy so you can be extra happy." That was the cutest thing i've ever heard.
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omfg that is adorable
Sometimes the "stuff they say to depressed people" is really sweet
I will ALWAYS reblog this… I love it so much and it makes me smile every time… SO adorable <3
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I had an appt yesterday and wanted to give a little update. My BP was good, baby looked fine all in all a good appt. Two weeks ago, before I started the extra vitamins, the doc checked my homocysteine level, which should be elevated give the MTHFR mutation I have, but it was not. It was normal. Now, I had been led to believe that this was mostly responsible for the abruption that I had which caused me to lose Erik. I was told in consultation that taking the lovenox would help that and I would be doing what I could to prevent the same thing from happening again. Yesterday, since the levels weren't elevated, the doc said my body was handling the mutation fine. Now I'm back to square one with all of this. I have no idea if anything I am doing is going to help prevent another abruption. I am now all scared all over again about losing this baby. The doc lowered my lovenox level by more than half, because she said the dose I was on was therapeutic for someone who's just gotten over a major clot and is worried about everyday life, cutting myself, accident, etc., not to mention delivery. I asked her what I could expect in the future in the way of appts, etc. She said starting at about 28 weeks I would be going in for BPP's once a week, then at 32 weeks, twice a week and if at any time, they showed the baby wasn't getting the oxygen it needs, delivery. Until that time, I will have monthly US to check for growth, fluid level, etc. and I need to take it easy, reduce stress as much as I can and keep an eye on my BP. Thanks for reading, just a little more worried/confused than before!
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And "Baby dot" - EDD 9/11/04!