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From the exercises on page 409-411, do exercises 32, 43, 49, and 53. There will be a quiz on Chapter 15 in class on Tuesday, January 16.
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Intermediate Algebra 2 Assignment for 1/2, plus a reminder
First, a reminder of the homework protocol.
- Homework is assigned every day and due the following day. Homework is assigned every day and due the following day.
- Late assignments will be accepted ONE day late for half-credit.
- If you are ABSENT FROM CLASS, you are expected to turn in the assignment you would have submitted on that day on the day that you return. You will be given one additional day per day of absence to turn in the assignments you missed.
- For example: Goofus is present on Monday and absent on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he must turn in Monday's homework, and he has until Thursday to turn in Tuesday's assignment. He gets no extra time on Wednesday's assignment; that is due Thursday also.
- If you are having difficulty with an assignment, it is your responsibility to arrange extra help. We usually have time to discuss one or two topics in class, but if that's not enough please come and see me!
- New for 2018: Any student who has 3 or more unexcused missing assignments will be assigned a lunch or after school detention to make up the missing work. This work will or will not be accepted for credit based on my discretion!
We have a quiz on Friday, January 5 about the first half of the unit, all about working with radical expressions. This will include content from today's homework: HW 4.5 – Simplifying Radicals with Variables. You can find the notes here and some addition examples in the video here.
Cumulative IXL Review Modules (newly added modules are in bold)
Intermediate Algebra 2 Assignment for 11/27
We will have a quiz on the first part of Unit 3 on Wednesday, November 29. It will cover all of the work about parabolas that we have done, including today: Finding key features with the calculator. The notes from today can be found here, and your homework is HW 3.6. If you need a refresher on using your calculator, check out the video here (it uses a non-parabola graph, but the commands are the same).
Cumulative IXL Review Modules
- T.1 – Identify the direction a parabola opens (assigned 11/21 to 90)
- T.2 – Find the vertex of a parabola (assigned 11/21 to 90)
- T.4 – Find the axis of symmetry of a parabola (assigned 11/21 to 90)
- From Algebra 1
- BB.1 – Characteristics of quadratic functions (assigned 11/21 to 80)
AP Statistics Assignment for 10/4
Read pages 154-161 (up to the section on "Straightening"). From the exercises on pages 168-173, do 9, 10, 14, 15, 41, 42.
There will be a reading quiz about this section in class tomorrow, and we will have a more thorough, though short, quiz on chapter 6 on Friday, October 6.
Also, check out Guess the Correlation, a surprisingly addictive online game where you, surprise, surprise, guess the correlation value for a randomly created association. How high can you get your score?
Intermediate Algebra 2 Assignment for 10/3, plus Quiz Warning
More work with factoring today, this time factoring trinomials. Tonight's homework is HW 1.17 – Trinomial Factoring (Day 1). You can find the notes posted here, and a few more examples in this video.
Our last quiz for Unit 1 will be on Friday, October 6th. We'll move on to Unit 2 after the three day weekend!
Cumulative IXL Review Modules (modules relevant to today's lesson are in bold)
- A.1 – Evaluate variable expressions involving integers
- B.1 – Solve linear equations
- B.2 – Solve linear equations: word problems
- B.3 – Solve absolute value equations
- I.1 – Factor out a monomial
- K.3 – Multiply polynomials
- Helpful modules from Algebra 1
Intermediate Algebra 2 Assignment for 9/25, plus Quiz Warning
Today's homework is HW 1.11 – More Work with Word Problems. There were no notes for today's class, but you may want to refer to the answers to the weekend's homework posted here.
Our second quiz, about adding/subtracting/multiplying polynomials and word problems, will be on Thursday, September 28
Cumulative IXL Review Modules (modules relevant to today's lesson are in bold)
Intermediate Algebra 2 Assignment for 9/14, plus quiz warning!
Today's homework is HW 1.4 – Solving Absolute Value Equations. You can find the lesson notes uploaded here. This topic is likely new to many of you, so if you'd like some further examples of this process, I'd suggest you check out this video from PatrickJMT, or the many other YouTube videos that are out there.
Also, this is your advance warning that our first quiz in class will be on Tuesday, September 19 and will cover all of the topics we've discussed so far.
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A Unexpected American Loss
The Battle of Germantown was the second battle between British and Americans in and around Philadelphia. In the early fall of 1777, events did not fare well for George Washington's army in Pennsylvania. The British won the Battle of Brandywine less than a month ago. They then had taken over Philadelphia during the War of Independence. General William Howe was convinced that the American army had been scattered after the capture of the city. Not wanting to spread his troops across the city, and so he could secure his lines of communication, he had chose to split his army. Some remained in the city, some remained at Elktown to guard his current supply line, and some were sent to help clear the Delaware. The largest group of them, 9,000 strong, located themselves in Germantown, five miles north of Philadelphia on the east bank of the Schuykill River, which bordered the camp.
|Map of the Battle of Germantown
On October 4, 1777, American Commanders; Lord Charles Cornwallis, Sir William Howe, Wilhelm von Knyphausen, George Washington and Nathanael Greene took their Continental Army to a position along Perkiomen Creek between Pennypacker's Mills and Trappe, PA, approximately 30 miles northwest of the city and conceived a daring and imaginative plan to attack the city simultaneously from four different directions that would occur at night. At 34`F, cloudy, and foggy they still planned to attack. In the early hours of October 4th, the 11,000 Americans moved toward their target in four columns with the intent to strike at 5 a.m. Not all columns were in place at the appointed hour and others were spotted by British sentries who fired warning shots to awaken the camp.
|The British 40th Foot occupying the Chew House from which they resisted all efforts to dislodge them during the Battle of Germantown
The Americans were supposed to attack without firing, but shooting broke out very quickly from both sides. The air around Germantown that morning was dense with a thick fog so American troops soon began to attack each other accidently. Bad weather, bad coordination, and thick fog resulted in American defeat, heavy losses, many wounded and withdrawal to hold onto Philadelphia throughout the winter of 1777-1778. The defeat cost Washington 152(30 officers and 122 men) killed, 521(117 officers and 404 men) wounded, and 438 captured including Colonel Mathews and the entire 9th Virginia regiment. General Francis Nash, had his left leg taken off by a cannon ball, and died on October 8 at the home of Adam Gotwals. His body was placed in a grave with military honors on October 9 at the Mennonite Meetinghouse in Towamencin. Major John White, who was shot at Cliveden, died on October 10th. Lieutenant Colonel William Smith, who was wounded carrying the flag of truce to Cliveden, also died from his wounds British losses were lighter, 70(4 officers and 66 men) killed, 450(30 officers and 420 men) wounded and 0 captured. British officers killed in action included; General James Agnew, Lieutenant Colonel John Bird, and Lieutenant Colonel Walcott of the 5th Regiment of Foot was mortally wounded. While the battle was a loss, it served an important purpose. Europeans took notice of the American Army since they had put up an extremely tough fight despite a lack of training and recent defeats. This led to alliances with France and others lending credibility to the Americans.
1. What were the leading up events that caused Washington's plan to fail?
2. Where were all of Howes troops located?
3. What was the importance of this battle?

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Let's Celebrate!
In reception our theme is 'Celebrations' and there is a lot to celebrate this autumn term, not only in our reception class but across the country and sometimes in other parts the world too.
Our first big event is our whole school Harvest assembly. We will be learning about what it means to harvest different types of foods and about Harvest Celebrations and festivals.
Another celebration is Divali. What is Divali? What is the story behind it? Who celebrates Divali? How is Divali celebrated? Where is it celebrated? These are just some of the questions we will be finding out about, in our last week of term. Very exciting!
World Book Day
The children arrived dressed up as a character from a favourite book. Can you guess who they are?
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I've been gone for the last two weeks visiting my daughter in China. I'm busy getting photos ready to share on my Shutterfly account but here are a few teasers.
Welcome reader to my blog - a mixture of this and that. Now that we are living in a retirement community in downtown Columbia, MD my personal gardening activities are somewhat curtailed. I still enjoy visiting gardens, reading, watching wildlife on my walks, traveling, and occasional food commentary. Please leave a comment if you feel inspired to do so. I read every one of them.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Return from China
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Nice photos! That must have been an interesting trip.
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Monday, 15 November 2010
Alla helgons dagen
Swedes love to proclaim their secularism. For a country which separated from the Church 10 years ago (my husband's place of birth in his passport is not a town but a parish), which educational system is not laïc (every school performs a nativity play for Christmas), where virtually everyone is baptised and marries in church (priest are considered as state officers and can lawfully perform weddings), I have to say my point of view - of a French person raised in the pure atheist tradition - is slightly different from theirs. Over the years, I realised we just have different definitions of what is religion.*
Alla helgons dag, or All saints' day, and it was once again the occasion for me to witness the celebration of a Christian tradition - for my greatest pleasure, I have to confess. While in France, you will almost only find a few pensioners standing in silent prayers at their nearest and dearest's graves the morning of the Toussaint, in Sweden, entire families go to the cemetery on the Saturday evening between the 31st October and the 6th November. They light candles on their relatives' graves like we would leave sheaves of flowers. Unfortunately, given the mediocrity of my evening pictures, I will only show you the cemetery during the afternoon...
I never imagined there could be some much joy and happiness in remembering the deads. Their was life and beauty in this cemetery that day, and it was completely devoid of its usual inhospitality.
*For more debate on secularism in Scandinavia, see Atheism and Secularity: Volume 1: Issues, Concepts, and Definitions by Phil Zuckerman.
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It's not that I've done nothing, it's just that there hasn't been a whole lot to say about it.
Circumstances forced me to work on the instructions for the class I'm teaching two Tuesdays away; the weekend and night before are otherwise accounted for.
When I make instructions, every step is photographed and described, which means that if I was too lackadaisical to take the pictures while making the original class sample, I end up making a whole nother piece (necklace, in this case) in order to make the instructions.
I wanted something different in feel from the blue one, so there's a fair amount more contrast in the way of colours, and a whole lot less sparkle since I used absolutely matte seed beads. I was thinking fall tones, but it's really more spring-in-the-desert to me.
Took a few tries to get them framed to my satisfaction, and now I'm quite pleased with them. Check out the listing so you can see pictures of the BACK.
I actually finished this necklace early last week, or perhaps even last weekend - who remembers that far back?
The bead artist is Beau Barrett, you should check out his stuff - he does lovely work.
An upcoming trip dictates a convenient knitting project, so I spent much of the weekend getting started, which over here involves a fair amount of changing my mind after a few hours, hence the smallness.
It's one shoulder strap of a tank top, showing some front neck shaping and a tiny amount of armhole shaping.
I couldn't quite capture the colour, but it's a wonderful deep crimson-maroon-something, and is the softest cotton I have ever come across. It's getting used at an alarming rate though; I don't think I'll be able to knit fast enough to complete the project before it runs out, so I might have to make a preemptive extra-ball purchase.
I love it, but for the second of the pair, I have a better idea for the foot, as I'm not nuts about the transition from entrelac to plain at the instep. It's fine at the heel, but the instep is just not smooth enough, and I think I'll be able to flow into a chevron pattern on the next one.
No, it doesn't bother me that they won't be identical. Why do you ask?


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BlackBerry Passport deep-dive review: Qwerty meets quirky
The BlackBerry Passport Credit: BlackBerry
Let's give it this: BlackBerry's new Passport makes a big impact when you first hold it, thanks to its unusual square shape, its heft and the physical keyboard aimed at keeping its legion of qwerty loyalists happy.
BlackBerry no longer discloses how large its installed base of smartphone users remains, but it's probably still in the tens of millions worldwide simply because many older users love having a familiar qwerty keyboard. BlackBerry's first touchscreen phone, the Z10, was introduced in January 2013 and didn't sell well for various reasons, but the absence of a physical keyboard was considered one major factor.
BlackBerry officials believe that young professionals also can also be lured to a qwerty device, even though they're the prime market for touchscreen smartphones. How likely is that to happen? After spending a few days putting Passport through its paces, I'd say the folks at BlackBerry have their work cut out for them.
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Overall, the Passport feels unusually heavy at 6.9 oz., and its size and sharp corners take some getting used to.
At 5 in. long by 3.5 in. wide, the Passport's body is not as long as the new 6.2-in. iPhone 6 Plus, but the Passport is almost half an inch wider. It's also thicker, at 0.36 in., compared to the 0.28 in. of the Plus. The Plus is also nearly an ounce lighter than the Passport.
While the Passport's size and weight should seem manageable, it took me an unusually long time to figure out how to hold it properly to type with my two thumbs. When I first held the Passport in two hands to type with both thumbs on the keyboard, I didn't balance it properly and nearly dropped it. You need to have your fingers stretched pretty far up the backside of the phone to keep it from falling away as your thumbs hit the keys.
BlackBerry.The Passport's physical keyboard should please qwerty fans, but not everyone will make use of its responsive touch surface to navigate the screen.
Some people claim they like a qwerty keyboard to be able to type blind, which can be useful when typing under a table during a meeting or when crossing a street to avoid getting hitting by a car. Unfortunately, I have never gotten that good at thumb-typing -- surely one my life's greatest failings. I will have to trust that this Passport can work for the superior thumb-typists among us, while I continue to toil in the trenches holding the phone in my left hand and picking out characters with my right forefinger. (But the tortoise won. Just sayin'.)
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How fabulous is this bathroom posted on Design Sponge? It's not often you see a bathroom tiled floor to ceiling with blue tiles. I find it very calming but also fun at the same time.
It's beautiful! I need to decorate my new bathroom, maybe i'll head in a blue direction.


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The Icelandic Phallological Museum has a rock-solid collection of over 280 specimens from 93 different species of animals. The museum was erected in 1997, and gets about 12,000 visitors every year. The museum even boasts an impressive collection of penises from Icelandic mythology and folklore, including the penis of "The Nasty Ghost of Snæfell."Source: tripandtravelblog.com
Carol Vaughn's Soap Bar Collection
Carol Vaughn started collecting soap bars in 1991 after her mother died, and today has more than 5,000 kinds from all over the world. She claims she never uses any of them on herself, and says "I suppose you could say I do get myself in a lather when I see a soap I really like, it's great to add it to the collection."Via: telegraph.co.uk
...require many thousands of slices of bread, toasted to different tones to create skin highlights and shadow. They measure many meters in height and width, and are displayed as billboards or in public spaces.Source: mauricebennett.co.nz
Graham Barker's Navel Lint Collection
Graham Barker started his collection in 1984, while staying at a youth hostel in Brisbane, Australia. Since then, it has grown to over 22 grams (about the same weight as a steel-tipped dart). After filling three jars, he sold his collection to a museum, but has started his collection over again.Via: today.msnbc.msn.com
Becky Martz's Banana Sticker CollectionSource: beckymartz.com
Becky Martz's banana sticker collection was started over 20 years ago, and has grown to over 11,720 different banana labels since. A large part of her collection comes from trading with other banana label collectors around the world. In addition to banana labels, Becky also collects asparagus and broccoli bands, which you can also see on her website.Source: beckymartz.com
Deborah Henson-Conant's Burnt Food Collection And MuseumSource: burntfoodmuseum.com
According to her website, Deborah Henson-Conant "founded" the Burnt Food Museum in Arlington, Massachusetts "in the late 1980's one night when Deborah put on a small pot of Hot Apple Cider to heat, then received an unexpected . . . fascinating . . . and very long phone call." The museum is now home to hundreds of charred specimens.Source: burntfoodmuseum.com
Luke Underwood's Collection Of McDonald's Toys
Luke Underwood has collected more than 7,000 promotional items from McDonald's happy meals. He supposedly has the largest collection in all the UK, but we're not faulting him for it because he sold some of it for $10,000.Source: dailymail.co.uk
The Poop Collection At The Himeji Museum Of Literature
Sadly, this "special exhibit" at The Museum Of Literature in Himeji, Japan has closed. But, while it was still open, tourists could see a wide range of dung from the animal world, including zebra poop, rabbit poop, hippopotamus poop, giraffe poop, and elephant poop.Source: babelhut.com
Mike Campbell's Vibrator Collection
Ranging from big to small, from hand-cranked to electric, Mike Campbell of Ann Arbor, Michigan has collected a wide array of "personal massagers." According to Mike, vibrators were the fifth home appliance to be electrified, and they were originally invented to treat "hysteria" in women.Source: vibratormuseum.com
The Mutter Museum's Collection Of Medical Oddities
The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania contains over 20,000 medical oddities from the past 200 years that were originally designed to aid doctors and medical students. The collection contains swallowed items removed from people, the skeleton of conjoined twins, and a huge excised colon.Source: visitphilly.com
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They're supposed to.DJ_Sweatz_2013 said:
Will they have the same stuff?
Hold on, did you mean re recruiting SoD npcs or npcs you have used in BG and would meet again in SoD? I think I misunderstood it.DJ_Sweatz_2013 said:
Well aware of how easy it is to get money in SOD, I never wanted for money. Only the best for Glint and Baeloth.
What about the rest of them you ask?
What ABOUT the rest of them?
If he was in your party in the imported game then he (like everyone else) has everything from BG1 on him in ch7, and when you meet him again in the crusaders' camp his gears should be in a chest somewhere near the cage.islandking said:
Dorn's inventory (and his level) will be reset, other returning BG NPCs should have the same stuff you leave them
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UPDATE: October 20th 2017Thank you all for donating to #SaveDave. We regularly check this page and appreciate every kind word of support and donation made. We are still fighting to have my treatment paid for by health insurance, and until then we still have to pay for it out of pocket. We also have regular advanced tests we have to pay to be done in America (they are not done anywhere else) and we are still trying to get to as many conferences as we can. Because of these ongoing costs we have raised the goal to $150,000, every dollar counts to us!A special mention needs to go to all those running 10km around Tel Aviv in my honour on 31st October. I really hope to be joining you all... 10km used to be a walk in the park for me but maybe i'll make it once again. Im signing up, and we'll see what will happen! Thanks to all those running with my cause on their shirt, and those sponsoring the runners. From the bottom of my heart Icannot thank you guys enough. I never expected to be a reason for people to run, but it means so much to me that so many of you care.UPDATE: August 6th, 2017All we can say is THANK YOU. In less than a week we have managed to reach our goal and you have given us a chance to #SaveDave. The YouCaring page will remain active and all additional donations will continue to go towards Dave's treatment plan. We will be posting updates regularly. We hope you will continue to follow our story. --------------------------------------------------Hi - We are the Kay Family.
In June 2016, Dave was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) EGFR+ with multiple Brain, Liver, and Bones Metastasis. Dave is 32 years old, never smoked, and has always lived a healthy lifestyle. This news was and continues to be devastating for us and our young family, including our 2-year-old daughter, Noa. As Dave's treatment progresses, we are realizing how much we need extra support. We are surrounded by loving friends in our home in Israel, but our families are located in different countries and the intense medical treatment that Dave requires is taking its toll not only emotionally but financially. Dave has only been able to work occasionally since his diagnosis.
Often times, due to chemotherapy, radiation, and a variety of pills that make up Dave's treatment, we find ourselves not only with one household income but the responsibilities of taking care of Dave, our daughter, and daily tasks. Although we have immense support from our friends, we often find ourselves alone on this crazy journey.This is why we have decided to create a fundraising page: to help ease the financial burden that Dave's medical situation has put on our family.
Thank you for reading so far. We will go into more details below, as we know that many of you are interested in hearing Dave's current diagnosis and treatment updates. In the meantime, thank you for your financial contribution and for keeping Dave in your hearts during this difficult time. TREATMENT HISTORYWhen Dave was diagnosed last summer, his oncologist (who we love) put him on a trial biological breakthrough pill called Tagrisso. Thankfully the treatment had few side effects and it slowly took some of the cancer out of his body. However, 7 months later, the treatment stopped working and Dave changed pills to a less advanced biological treatment (called Afatanib). After 2 months of continuous progression, his oncologist decided that Dave needed chemotherapy. At the moment Dave is in the middle of whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) and chemotherapy in order to control the rapid spread of tumors that continue to multiply. Since beginning chemotherapy and radiation, Dave is constantly fatigued and weak. Our day to-day life is focused around Dave's current treatment plan. Dave can't go back to being a tour guide, the career he was once devoted to, and he is often frustrated at his inability to contribute financially to our family.We want Dave to have the best treatment possible. There is currently no cure for this type of cancer but with careful monitoring and effective treatment, we hope to manage the disease as a chronic illness so Dave can go back living his life.We are calling on the generosity of friends, family, neighbors, and strangers to help us #SaveDave. Your financial support will allow us to pursue the most advanced treatments possible as well as help us with constant expenses we incur surrounding Dave's treatment plan. WHERE THE MONEY IS GOINGAll donations are tax deductible and go towards the following expenses: • Consultations with leading lung cancer specialists around the world - Ranging from $300 to $1,000 per consultation • Housing near the hospital during daily treatment - NIS 500 per night • Transportation to & from treatment from our home in Northern Israel - NIS 150 • Childcare for Noa during treatment - NIS 400 per day • Translating medical documents from Hebrew to English - NIS 150 per page • Attending lung cancer medical conferences abroad - $3,000(There have been medical conferences in the past that could have been extremely beneficial to attend but due to financial constraints, we have not been able to participate in any. Attending conferences is essential for Dave's treatment plan because as our knowledge broadens, we can learn more about his specific mutations and the treatments available to him.) • Champions Oncology Treatment - $10,000(We were recently given the incredible opportunity to be part of a service that helps determine which cancer treatment could effectively shrink Dave's tumors and save his life. By using Champions Oncology, Dave's living tumor was removed during a biopsy and was implanted into mice. If these mice survive they will allow doctors to test multiple drug combinations and find the most effective treatment for his specific cancer.With your help, we can use the funds to test Dave's tumor in several more mice, giving him a better chance to find which treatment is right for his cancer. This alone can save Dave's life. To learn more about Champions Oncology, you can click here: http://championsoncology.com/personalized-oncology-solutions/how-it-works/ ) • Future treatments not covered by Dave's health insurance - $10,000(So far, most of Dave's treatment has been covered by his health insurance. However, in the very near future, we expect to use other treatment options, which are not covered by his insurance and/or is located outside of Israel. The most expensive costs we have already incurred that have not been covered by insurance are laboratory tests, located in the USA. These tests do not exist in Israel and have given us vital information about Dave's cancer, and how to best treat it.)STATISTICSEach year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. Around 2 out of 3 people diagnosed with lung cancer are 65 or older, while less than 2% are younger than 45.Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women; about 1 out of 4 cancer deaths are from lung cancer. HOW YOU CAN HELP TODAY1. Donate what you can, no amount is too small and donations are tax deductible2. Share this campaign with your network and on social media with hashtag #SaveDave3. Donate to or visit the website, Israel's Lung Cancer Association (in Hebrew), or your home country's lung cancer organization.
Update 1st December 2017:
Theres good news and bad news. The best news is that Im feeling really good, the last few weeks I've felt better and better every day. I even felt ready to go back to work…but its going to be a little while longer.
I have 2 scans to consider when checking to see if a treatment is working. The MRI checks my brain and the PET CT checks my body. The MRI we think told us that the treatment is working in my brain which is really good news.
However the PET CT wasn't such good news. It appears that the tumours in my body have been growing so that probably means that the Xalkori isn't working.
We have two options in front of us. First is to switch to a different biological treatment instead of Xalkori. The second option is to move to another type of treatment called immunotherapy. Our doctor is unsure about the correct path.
We have a phone conference with another great doctor next week to get a second opinion. We are also scheduling another tissue biopsy to try and give us more answers about what is the best course of treatment.
We were really hoping the treatment I am on was working, but I was probably feeling better because I am dealing with the side effects better.
Anyway will keep you all updated, it looks like theres going to be a lot of changes in the coming month. Don't worry we are not giving up, the fight goes on. Thank you to my wife for being my rock and keeping me motivated, and thank you to this grinning monkey in the picture who is excellent at keeping our spirits up. And finally thank you to all of you, for your continued support.
5th November Update:Last week around 20 people wore a Tshirt with "SaveDave" printed on it and ran 10km in Tel Aviv to try to raise awareness and money for my cause. I can't thank these people enough for their time and effort. The money they raised is invaluable and it will be used to buy medications over the next couple of months.
Specials mentions go to Josh and Hezza who organised the group, you guys did a great job. Thank you both.
Other than that, I feel my treatment is going well and i have most of the side effects under control at the moment.
I wanted to dispel some slightly inaccurate information about my illness that has been floating around the interwebs. Often my type of cancer has been referred to as "incredibly rare". Actually Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer is very common. 1 in 15 Americans get diagnosed with lung cancer and 60%-65% of them never smoked or are former smokers. Lung Cancer is actually more common than Breast and Prostate cancer. However what is unusual about my case is my age. Its very rare to be diagnosed at 31.
Anyway, will keep you all updated on the coming weeks. We have more scans coming up and a doctors appointment at the end of the month. Thank you all for your continued support.
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Devin and I are kicking some ideas around for his headbadge. My brother turned me on to this fellow, Milan, in the Czech Republic and he sent me these Bohemian lions.
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Ian Prowse - Brand new single and video revealed for God and Man
Ian has described the song as "a real Liverpool song for a real Liverpool girl" and is about the day his baby daughter Rosalita was christened in St Nicks, the sailors' church by the city's Pier Head. Not exactly a religious man, Ian squared it with himself by imagining that she was being baptised in the Mersey, that and the fact that they took her straight to the Cavern afterwards for a "rock 'n' roll" ceremony.
God and Man is being released simultaneously with the new album, appropriately enough on St Patrick's Day, 17th March. On the same day, Ian will perform at the Knitting Factory, NYC for Liverpool Sound City.
Who Loves Ya Baby follows on from the success of The Best of Ian Prowse, a compilation of his work with the band's Pele and Amsterdam, which was released to critical acclaim in 2012. This new album sees Ian cut loose as a solo artist and features twelve brand new songs, all perfectly showcasing his considerable talents as a songwriter and performer par excellence.
"An absolute triumph, I've played it four times on the trot already"
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"The man who gave us the classic Does this train stop on Merseyside does it again" (Elvis Costello)
"An epic album, 9/10!" (Ian McNabb)
"He sure knows how to pen a proper song this fella, the music shines"
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Ian Prowse, often called the "Scouse Springsteen", is best known for his work as main man with the groups, Pele (1990s) and the 7-piece group, Amsterdam (2000s). One of his most famous songs, Amsterdam's Does This Train Stop On Merseyside, was a huge favourite of the late DJ John Peel – he featured the song on his last ever Festive Fifty and it has been well documented that it often reduced him to tears on air. The song has gone on to be covered by many others, including Christy Moore, Miles Hunt and Ian McNabb.
In recent years, Ian Prowse has completed a couple of degrees, "just for the hell of it" and the album is, in part, inspired by his degree in Modern History and Masters in Irish music, for which he wrote his thesis on Iris Music. He has also become a father for the first time.
Who Loves Ya Baby will be supported by a series of live dates in the UK, spanning March through May. The shows will be a mix of solo appearances alongside shows with Amsterdam, with whom he still performs.


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I haven't posted here in a long time, and much has happened since.
Pokayoke is of course 70 by now and has gone through being a healer, being enhancer and back to healer again.
Being Enhance Shaman was fun, was a few times in Karazhan, got some nice loot and got nice weapons and some good gear now. But now that I have grinded some of the reputation, have done dailies, went fishing - have maxed out the professions, now it is time to go back to healing.
In the meantime, Duh got his mage to 70, and has left the server again because, well, I have no clue what he wanted anyway- I think he has neither. So he went back to my old server and is raiding once more, and I'll stay with Pokayoke and get my healgear going. Only bad thing is, nobody needs a healer - during my vacation I only managed to run one lousy instance in 4 days and I was in the goddamn LFG channel the whole time.
So, for lack of a damage dealer I am currently leveling a Bloodelf hunter, he is going to be 30 the coming week-end and it is fun to actually level a hunter once more. So I will have a farmbot in no time.
Healing with a Shaman is also fun, so I'll keep the spec, even though it is difficult to get into non-heroic groups. If I can run Karazhan a few times more, I will be able to heal heroics, I hope that I won't disappoint. But Chain Heal is heaven, I tell you.
As long as my guild keeps supporting her, I'm going to be fine.
On my old server, some people have come back from playing AoC, but still nothing really pulls me back there. My old guild there is broken into different groups, there's no real sense of togetherness anymore. And I need that, I know that Duh for example doesn't care in which guild he is as long as he can do something that "gets him somewhere" and there are many people alike. But I need a sense that you can also count on people to help out others with no own agenda. But that is lacking there completely. So I'm fine with the guild I found with Pokayoke, even though we have ups and downs as well, but nothing is more depressing than when you are online or in a raid with your guild and nobody is talking...
Like in Karazhan on Sunday - which was the last run I organized- I'm done pleading with people to come and help out in Karazhan anymore. I know that raiding with the partner guild is much much more important than help gearing people of your own guild who can't go there.
Yes, that was meant sarcastic. I'm pretty much annoyed with them all, and need a break from seeing my old guild break into pieces...
August 05, 2008
I haven't posted here in a long time, and much has happened since.
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Today is "tax day" here in the US which explains why I was not able to even get close to the post office yesterday when I wanted to mail a couple packages. Today is also a day for birthdays, 3 people that I know are celebrating their birthday today so birthday shout outs going to my cousin Mario, my friend Jen and my other friend Jessica. Now I know that Jess is a follower of my blog so "Happy Birthday Jessica, hope you are having a nice trip!" So I guess I should have made a birthday card for the Sweet N Sassy stamps April round up huh? Well my card is a general card so it could be used for a birthday too. Have a look:
I just can't seem to put this fabulous new Dream Silhouettes set from Sweet N Sassy stamps down! I love it and there are so many different ways to use it. You can create scenes with it, color on it using markers which I showed you on Monday, or use it in the bg stamping a sentiment or scripture over it. I think you will find this to be a great addition to your stamp collection!
Today I created what I call a Zindorf with a twist. Michelle has fabulous step by step tutorials on her blog. Now, I seem to be brayer challenged so I always sponge my scenes rather than brayer them. I combined my moonlight lake with the grid technique. To create the card I first made the grid using my scor-pal and making score lines diagonally at half inch intervals. I then sponged my sky and lake followed by stamping my images in black ink. I embellished my card by tying some satin ribbon at the top and adhering rhinestones in the scallops. The fabulous cardstock I used on the card is my favorite sparkly cryogen white from paper temptress and I also used some onyx metallic. One of the things that I like about Paper Temptress is that the paper is sold by the sheet so you can pick and choose what you want and you don't end up with a whole package of cardstock that does not get used up that you just had to have. I can tell you that I am well stocked on some of my colors that I don't think that I will ever use them up LOL! She does offer some packs of paper too so that you can save a little money too. BTW- the shipping is very reasonable too so be sure to check it out! There is also a new PT blog where you will find lots of inspiration and be able to see terrific samples using some of the beautiful papers.
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Dream Silhouettes
ink- soft sky, baja breeze, blue bayou, not quite navy, black
CS- Paper temptress onyx metallic and cryogen white, SU soft sky
accessories- scor-pal, rhinestones, corner rounder punch, satin ribbon
The rest of the DT have some really great projects to show you today for the round up so I hope you can take a minute to visit the SNSS blog for some terrific inspiration.
Tomorrow, I am headed to PA to visit some of my fellow DT members but I will be scheduling a couple posts while I am gone.
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Sweet N Sassy April Round Up
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7 comments:
- bsgstamps4fun: Barb Gault said...
Janette, this is lovely! Perfect in everyway....wonderful!
- April 15, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Tonya said...
I adore this set..........it is my favorite from the newest release. Your card is gorgeous!!
Happy Birthday to Mario, Jen and Jessica! >:0)
- April 15, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- Jeanette said...
Absolutely stunning Janette. I love this. Hugs Jeanette
- April 15, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- Tracey said...
This is just gorgeous Janette!!
- April 15, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Michelle B. AKA JustPaintingAround said...
Wow Janette! This is absolutely gorgeous!
- April 15, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- Christi said...
This is stunning!!
- April 15, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Brenda H. said...
This card is just gorgeous...way to go!
- April 17, 2009 at 4:50 PM
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Good Morning,
It is wet and rainy here, and supposed to be all day. :( I'm also feeling under the weather as I think I'm coming down with what Alex has had lately. I'm kinda stuffed up and throat is itchy. My ears are itchy and I'm sounding pretty hoarse at the moment, as well as just all and all tired and kinda achy. Meaghan was saying she had a stuffed up nose this morning too, so I hope she isn't coming down with it as well. Think Alex and I may both be taking naps this afternoon and I just take it easy today.
I didn't get to much more yesterday in the kitchen, as with all the coughing Alex did yesterday when he was down, it kept waking him up. He was coughing so bad he couldn't sleep, so he had a 25 minute nap and was wired, crabby, and very demanding for the afternoon. So needless to say, not a whole lot got done, other than picking up after him, who was being a little terror. Poor Honey has to endure the brunt of his boredom as she's the only one his size in the house during the day nowadays. I'm ready for the warm weather to get here so we can start going outside and burning some energy off.
After the girls took off with Grandma to swimming lessons, Alex, Honey, and I tried to go for a walk around the block. We took off and didn't make it too far when he tripped on an uneven part of the sidewalk and with his hands fully in his pockets, he landed on his chin. Needless to say we immediately turned around and headed back to the house, for which I was super thankful I was able to just hang onto Honey's leash and tell her FIND the gate! So she went straight to the gate as I was trying to carry him too. I turned her loose in the back yard and we went around to the garage and went in and cleaned him up. He has a nice scrape on his chin, some on his bottom lip, and a fat lip where he bit it. We got him all fixed up and went to let Honey in, and then Alex was game for going back outside, but playing in the yard. Honey ran around the yard as Alex played on the swings, and I picked up the majority of the sticks just outside the fence.
We then came in and started dinner before the girls got home and Daddy came home not too long after. After dinner and getting the kids too bed, I gave Amy a call. Amy is to be married soon and called her about a couple of things, as well as asking if there was anything I could help with on the wedding. :) She said she was going back and forth on possibly having Meaghan and Alex as her flower girl and ring bearer. :) She's debating whether to do that or her nephew, who is a little bit younger. Either way, we are fine with. :) Mike and I then watched the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie (staying up too late though) but it was nice to curl up together and watch a movie! :) Then went to bed and crashing until the alarm went off this morning and the kids drug me out of bed. LOL!
Well, I at least need to get the swimming towels in the washer and the suits out to hang dry, so will talk at you all later~
Thursday, March 27, 2008
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1. We think that the Acting District Judge was right in holding that the plaintiff as the registered Zamindar had a right under Act VIII of 1865 to compel defendant to accept a patta. The decision in c v. Virappa, I. L. R 5 M 145 is an authority for the proposition that in a Zamindari the only Zamindar is the registered Zamindar and we do not think that (Sic) this point the authority of that decision has been shaken by one case in Subbu v. Vasanthappan I. L. R 8 M 351. In a Zamindari the only landholder entitled to proceed under Act VIII of 1865 against the tenants of the Zamindari must be the Zamindar and the only Zamindar for the time being is the registered Zamindar.
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The largest & freshest event of the 12 months is coming up shortly and the wwe universe is already enthralled through the thoughts of capability fit ups. Rumours concerning the occasion have already all started spreading throughout the internet like wildfire and it's probable shaping up to be the high-quality summerslam in history.
What makes summerslam special is that it's far often billed because the wrestlemania of the summer season. Now and again it even eclipses the grandest degree of them all. Years in the past we had the rematch among brock lesnar and the undertaker, which become billed as 'too large for wrestlemania.'
That's how large the occasion has end up and with the talented cutting-edge roster, there are such a lot of capability dream matchups to be had.
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Monday, November 25, 2013
Yesss! I finally met Magnus Carlsen today!!
It was more or less the same drill as with Kasparov.
The difference was that Magnus is in his early twenties and seems to be missing and trying to also relive his teens, while being a polite, genius, world champion. So much of a "lost boy" in that guy at the moment I saw him.
And the kind of relaxed, laid back, polite protection that he is getting from his family and his team is a lesson that every Indian parent must learn.
My thoughts about this genius:
I have a strong feeling that he will go the Fischer way; that is, he will just lose interest in the game because there is no one in this Universe to challenge him. During his productive, playing, lifetime.
If that withdrawal ever happened, it will be a sad day for this world. Not just the chess world.
But, entirely comprehensible, if only the media would let the world sit back and empathize with the loneliness that would drive that decision.
If only the world took some time off to understand the enormous loneliness of a genius.
I felt that loneliness today as a fleeting waft, through that protective, loving, graceful cocoon of his team.
Here is a piece of paper with Kasparov's and Carlsen's autographs. I am kicked.
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Really nice helmets for this year, guys!
Here is my last helmet for the year,it hasn't arrived yet so the sellers photos will have to do
It's a Heer M40 with a wood chip overpaint, the decal was painted around neatly, but has suffered some damage. A real combat veteran in my humble opinion
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Five years ago, in May 2007, I posted my first article on GuruFocus. It was called, ��hy Do We Sell Low and Buy High?��and it described some of the mistakes that we commit as investors.
We all know the depths that we went through since May 2007. For many people, fear was all they felt (and some unfortunately still do). Many investors committed the same mistakes (as well as others), and many people who have committed their hard-earned money without knowing the basics of investments have ended up frustrated, fearful and with unsatisfactory results.
I decided to use my first article and make it into a book. Hopefully the book will help to answer the question ��hy do we sell low and buy high?��and many other questions, as well as teach the reader about the basics of the stock market, its participants and provide checklists and insights that will enable the reader to build a framework to become a better investor.
I appreciate all the insights and wisdom that I have received reading many articles on GuruFocus and I am re-posting the article (which is now the first chapter of my book) as well as the second chapter. I hope you all enjoy.
Why do we sell low and buy high? Part 1
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Impax Laboratories, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of bioequivalent pharmaceutical products. The company operates in two divisions, Global Pharmaceuticals and Impax Pharmaceuticals. The Global Pharmaceuticals division develops, manufactures, sells, and distributes generic pharmaceutical products. It provides its generic pharmaceutical prescription products directly to wholesalers and retail drug chains; and generic pharmaceutical over-the-counter and prescription products through unrelated third-party pharmaceutical entities. The Impax Pharmaceutical division develops proprietary brand pharmaceutical products that address central nervous system disorders, including Alzheimer?s disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, epilepsy, migraines, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson?s disease, and schizophrenia, as well as promotes third-party branded pharmaceutical products. As of May 2, 2011, the com pany marketed 101 generic pharmaceuticals, which represent dosage variations of 29 different pharmaceutical compounds; and another 16 of its generic pharmaceuticals representing dosage variations of 4 different pharmaceutical compounds. It markets and sells its generic pharmaceutical prescription drug products in the continental United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The company has a strategic alliance agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals Curacao N.V. Impax Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Hayward, California.Advisors' Opinion:
- [By Garrett Cook]
Shares of Impax Laboratories (NASDAQ: IPXL) were down 12.81 percent to $24.44 after the FDA issued a Form 483 with 10 inspectional observations for Impax Taiwan plant.
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Impax Laboratories (NASDAQ: IPXL ) �will soon hand out a raft of pink slips. As part of a move to slice costs, the company has announced a reduction in its headcount by roughly 110 employees. Most of these cuts will be effected at its manufacturing facility in Hayward, Calif.
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These heavy hitters include Sanofi's (NYSE: SNY ) Renagel, Fresenius' Phoslo, and generic calcium acetate versions of Phoslo. Additionally, Impax Laboratories (NASDAQ: IPXL ) intends to market a generic sevelamer product following for Renagel's 2014 patent expiration.
Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Invest In 2014: CEMEX SAB de CV (CX)
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (CEMEX), incorporated on January 20, 1931, is a global cement manufacturer with operations in North America, Europe, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The Company is a holding company engaged through the operating subsidiaries in the production, distribution, marketing and sale of cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and clinker. As of December 31, 2009, the Company�� cement production facilities were located in Mexico, the United States, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Croatia, Latvia, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Egypt, the Philippines and Thailand.
The Company manufactures cement through a closely controlled chemical process, which begins with the mining and crushing of limestone and clay, and, in some instances, other raw materials. The clay and limestone are then pre-homogenized, a process which consists of combining different types of clay and limestone. The mix is typically dried, then fed into a grinder, which grinds the various materials in preparation for the kiln. The raw materials are calcined, or processed, at a very high temperature in a kiln, to produce clinker. Clinker is the intermediate product used in the manufacture of cement.
Ready-mix concrete is a combination of cement, fine and coarse aggregates, admixtures (which control properties of the concrete including plasticity, pumpability, freeze-thaw resistance, strength and setting time), and water. The Company is a supplier of aggregates primarily the crushed stone, sand and gravel, used in virtually all forms of construction.
Mexican Operations
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Mexican operations represented approximately 21% of the Company�� net sales. CEMEX Mexico is a direct subsidiary of CEMEX and is both a holding company for some of the operating companies in Mexico and an operating company involved in the manufacturing and ma! rketing of cement, plaster, gypsum, groundstone and other construction materials and cement by-products in Mexico. CEMEX Mexico, indirectly, is also the holding company for the international operations. The Company owns Tolteca, Monterrey, Maya, Anahuac, Campana, Gallo, and Centenario brands in Mexico. As of December 31, 2009, the Company owned 100% of CEMEX Mexico.
The Company competes with Holcim Ltd., Sociedad Cooperativa Cruz Azul, Cementos Moctezuma, Grupo Cementos Chihuahua and Lafarge Cementos in Mexico.
U.S. Operations
As of December 31, 2009, the Company�� operations in the United States represented approximately 19% of the Company�� net sales. As of December 31, 2009, the Company held 100% of CEMEX, Inc. As of December 31, 2009, CEMEX had a cement manufacturing capacity of approximately 17.9 million tons per year in the United States operations. As of December 31, 2009, the Company operated 14 cement plants located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. As of December 31, 2009, it also had 48 rails or water served active cement distribution terminals in the United States. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had 336 ready-mix concrete plants located in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington and aggregates facilities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
Spanish Operations
As of December 31, 2009, the operations in Spain represented approximately 5% of the Company�� net sales. As of December 31, 2009, the Company held approximately 99.8% of CEMEX Espana, the main operating subsidiary in Spain. The cement activities in Spain are conducted by CEMEX Espana. The ready-mix concrete activities in Spain are conducted by Hormicemex, S.A., a subsidiary of CEMEX Espana, and the aggregates activities in Spain ar! e conduct! ed by Aricemex S.A., also a subsidiary of CEMEX Espana.
U.K. Operations
As of December 31, 2009, the Company�� operations in the United Kingdom represented approximately 8% of the Company�� net sales. As of December 31, 2009, it held 100% of CEMEX Investments Limited, the holding subsidiary in the United Kingdom. The Company is a provider of building materials in the United Kingdom with vertically integrated cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and asphalt operations. It is also a provider of concrete and precast materials solutions, such as concrete blocks, concrete block paving, roof tiles, flooring systems and sleepers for rail infrastructure.
The Company competes with Lafarge, Heidelberg, Tarmac, and Aggregate Industries in the United Kingdom.
German Operations
As of December 31, 2009, the operations in the Rest of Europe consisted of the operations in Germany, France, Ireland, Poland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Austria and Hungary, as well as the other European assets. The Company is a provider of building materials in Germany, with vertically integrated cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and concrete products operations (consisting mainly of prefabricated concrete ceilings and walls). It maintains a network for ready-mix concrete and aggregates in Germany. As of December 31, 2009, the Company held 100% of CEMEX Deutschland AG, the holding subsidiary in Germany.
The Company competes with Heidelberg, Dyckerhoff, Lafarge, Holcim and Schwenk in Germany.
French Operations
As of December 31, 2009, the Company held 100% of CEMEX France Gestion (S.A.S.), the holding subsidiary in France. It is a ready-mix concrete producer and aggregate producer in France. As of December 31, 2009, the Company operated 239 ready-mix concrete plants in France, one maritime cement terminal located in LeHavre, on the northern coast of France, 20 land distribution centers and 42 aggregates quarries.
The Company competes with Lafarge, Holcim, Italcementi, Vicat, Lafarge, Italcementi, Colas (Bouygues) and Eurovia (Vinci) in France.
Irish Operations
As of December 31, 2009, the Company held approximately 61.2% of Readymix Plc, the operating subsidiary in the Republic of Ireland. The operations in Ireland produce and supply sand, stone and gravel, as well as ready-mix concrete, mortar and concrete blocks. As of December 31, 2009, we operated 43 ready-mix concrete plants, 27 aggregates quarries and 15 block plants located in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. The Company imports and distributes cement in the Isle of Man.
The Company competes with CRH, the Lagan Group and Kilsaran in the Republic of Ireland.
Polish Operations
As of December 31, 2009, the Company held 100% of CEMEX Polska Sp. z.o.o. (CEMEX Polska), the holding subsidiary in Poland. It is a provider of building materials in Poland serving the cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates markets. As of December 31, 2009, CEMEX operated two cement plants and one grinding mill in Poland, with a total installed cement capacity of three million tons per year. As of December 31, 2009, the Company also operated 39 ready-mix concrete plants and nine aggregates quarries in Poland. As of December 31, 2009, the Company also operated 10 land distribution centers and two maritime terminals in Poland.
The Company competes with Heidelberg, Lafarge, CRH and Dyckerhoff in Poland.
Southeast European Operations
As of December 31, 2009, the Company held 100% of CEMEX Hrvatska d.d. (Hrvatska), the operating subsidiary in Croatia. As of December 31, 2009, it operated three cement plants in Croatia, with an installed capacity of 2.4 million tons per year. As of December 31, 2009, the Company also operated ten land distribution centers, three maritime cement terminals, eight ready-mix concrete facilities and one aggregates quarry! in Croat! ia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro.Advisors' Opinion:
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George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) just reported his first quarter portfolio. He buys Citrix Systems Inc, Baker Hughes Inc, Comcast Corp, Spansion Inc, etc during the 3-months ended 03/31/2014, according to the most recent filings of his investment company, Soros Fund Management LLC. As of 03/31/2014, Soros Fund Management LLC owns 305 stocks with a total value of $10.1 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.New Purchases: BHI, CODE, CTRP, CLI, AVB, COMM, CNQ, AGO, AUY, ATML, ASH, BXMT, CSTM, AEM, CMA, ARE, CHKP, AUQ, BEAV, CX, ADSK, AALCP, BLK, AIG, BIIB, ADEP, AMRI, ARWR, ATHX, BALT, BCRX, BEAT, CFX, CLFD, CUR, CODE,Added Positions: CTXS, CMCSA, CNP, ALTR, BRCD, CBS, CRM, CHTR, CCJ, CIEN, BIDU, ALLE, ABT, CDNS, ACT,Reduced Positions: AAPL, CCI, AMT, ABBV, AAL, BITA, AL, ANGI, ARIA, CBST, BA, BIRT, EXAR,Sold Out: C, BAC, CRI, AMZN, AGN, CF, BRCM, COTY, BMY, AMCX, CAR, A, ADBE, AFL,For the details of George Soros (Trades, Portfolio)'s stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=George+SorosThis is the sector weightings of his portfolio:Technology18.9%Energy14%Healthcare8.3%Consumer Defensive8.2%Communication Services8.1%Consumer Cyclical5.4%Industrials5.1%Basic Materials4.9%Financial Services2.5%Real Estate1.9%Utilities0.5%These are the top 5 holdings of George Soros (Trades, Portfolio)1. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA) - 10,310,041 shares, 5.4% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 10.67%2. Herbalife Ltd (HLF) - 4,901,337 shares, 2.8% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 52.9%3. EQT Corp (EQT) - 2,573,814 shares, 2.5% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 3.27%4. Adecoagro SA (AGRO) - 25,915,076 shares, 2.1% of the total portfolio.5. Halliburton Co (HAL) - 3,596,353 shares, 2.1% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 20.73%New Purchase: Baker Hughes Inc (BHI)George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) initiated holdings in Baker Hughes Inc. His purchase prices were between $51.82 and $65.27, with an estimated
Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Invest In 2014: LKA Gold Inc (LKAI)
LKA Gold Inc, formerly LKA International, Inc., incorporated on March 16, 1988, owns certain property interests, including mining claims, water rights, buildings, fixtures, improvements, equipment, and permits situated near Lake City, Colorado. The Company�� the Lake City, Colorado Properties include the Ute-Ule silver mine and milling facility and the Golden Wonder gold mine (respectively, the Ute-Ule Property and the Golden Wonder Property or, collectively, the Properties). The Company owns a 100% interest in the Ute-Ule and Golden Wonder Properties. The Properties consist of certain mining claims and a milling facility located in Hinsdale County, Colorado. As of December 31, 2011, LKA was engaged in exploration and limited production at the Golden Wonder mine.
The Ute-Ule Property consists of 23 patented mining claims located approximately four miles west of Lake City, Colorado. A 100 ton-per-day flotation mill, including various equipment and support facilities, exists on the Ute-Ule Property. The Golden Wonder, near Lake City, Colorado, is located in the historic Colorado Mineral Belt.The Golden Wonder Property consists of three patented and 25 unpatented mining claims located approximately 2- 1/2 miles south of Lake City, Colorado.Advisors' Opinion:
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Small cap mining stocks US Tungsten Corp (OTCMKTS: USTU) and LKA Gold Inc (OTCMKTS: LKAI) along with biotech Entest BioMedical Inc (OTCMKTS: ENTB) have been getting some attention lately in various investment newsletters with at least one of these stocks being the subject of paid promotions while another could soon be the subject of an investor relations campaign. But will any of these small cap stocks be winners for investors or traders? Here is a quick reality check:
Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Invest In 2014: Aercap Holdings N.V. (AER)
AerCap Holdings N.V., through its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated aviation company worldwide. It engages in leasing and trading aircraft and engines; and selling parts. The company also provides aircraft management services, as well as aircraft and limited engine MRO services, and aircraft disassembly services through its repair stations. In addition, it offers aircraft services, including remarketing aircraft; collecting rental and maintenance payments, monitoring aircraft maintenance, monitoring and enforcing contract compliance, and accepting delivery and redelivery of aircraft; conducting ongoing lessee financial performance reviews; inspecting the leased aircraft; coordinating technical modifications to aircraft to meet new lessee requirements; conducting restructurings negotiations in connection with lease defaults; repossessing aircraft; arranging and monitoring insurance coverage; registering and de-registering aircraft; arranging for aircraft and aircraft engine valuations; and providing market research. The company?s management services include leasing and remarketing, cash management and treasury, technical advisory, and accounting and administrative services. As of March 31, 2011, it owned 272 aircraft and 95 engines, which it leased under operating leases to 118 lessees in 53 countries. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Schiphol, the Netherlands.Advisors' Opinion:
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More than two years ago, American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO) in its aircraft leasing group, International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC). That filing came to nothing, and AIG found little interest from buyers for ILFC, until Monday morning when it announced that AerCap Holdings N.V. (NYSE: AER) will buy the leasing operation for $3 billion in cash and 97.56 million shares of new AerCap stock. The total value of the deal is approximately $5.4 billion.
- [By Ben Levisohn]
Finally. Finally American International Group (AIG) has disposed of its ILFC unit by selling it to AerCap Holdings (AER).Bloomberg News
The Wall Street Journal has the details on the deal:


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Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but an encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction. Pope Benedict XVI – Deus Caritas Est
- Join us this Easter season as we embark on an up close study of our Risen Lord as He is presented to us in the Gospels. In this classic and very readable Christological work, participants will see the "face of Christ" and come to know Him "as one person may know another."
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ROGER CRAIG emerged from the tunnel connecting the locker room and the dugout. He was wearing a heavy San Francisco Giants windbreaker that concealed his uniform shirt, a synthetic warm-up, a cotton sweatshirt and a T-shirt. As he watched batting practice under a gray, misty sky, his right hand gripped a paper cup filled with coffee, steam escaping as if from a smokestack.
Craig sipped once, then again, nodding with approval. ''Our kind of night,'' he said. ''Just the way we want it.''
Ever since he took over as the Giants' manager on Sept. 18, 1985, Craig has been a practitioner of the art of positive thinking. In his first spring training, he convinced a team that had lost 100 games the previous season that it was a worthy contender for the National League West championship. The Giants finished third in 1986, with an 83-79 record.
This year, Craig has seen that optimism rewarded with a division championship, the first the Giants have won since 1971. On Tuesday, they will begin the National League championship series against the Cardinals in St. Louis.
Perhaps Craig's most remarkable achievement has been convincing the Giants that the windswept, fog-bound, just-plain-cold Candlestick Park - where an outfielder appropriately named Chili Davis roams -can be an advantageous place to call home.Continue reading the main story
He has even swayed the fans, who showed up in record numbers this year. The Giants had drawn 1,841,586 through Friday night, with two home games remaining. That is the most in the franchise's history - in New York or San Francisco - and double the attendance in 1985.
Of course, it hasn't been easy. ''I remember the last series I was here with the Padres in June, saying I hope I never got traded here because it's too cold,'' said Kevin Mitchell, the former Met who was traded to San Diego last winter and was acquired by the Giants in midseason.
''Three weeks later, I was traded,'' Mitchell said. ''There was a lot of anger in my stomach. I was ready to go home. But being with the Giants has brought back memories of last year with the Mets. We're having fun. We even have curtain calls. Now, I hope I can stay in one place for a while.''
What Craig and Al Rosen, the team's general manager, who hired him, have done since taking over in the final days of 1985 is eliminate the defeatist attitude that permeated the owner's box as well as the locker room. They brought in new faces, sent some malcontents packing, and kept those they needed or could not trade - making it clear, though, that the grumbling would cease.
''I figured we'd use this stadium to our advantage,'' Craig said. ''We knew the elements, the wind factor. And it should help our sinkerball and split-finger pitchers.''
Rosen reached into the past, too, but further back, for the kind of memories Giants fans treasure. He brought back Willie Mays and Willie McCovey to work with the team. He paid tribute to Carl Hubbell, John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, Mel Ott and Juan Marichal, among others, putting their numbers and names on the right-field wall.
''One of the things I built on was tradition,'' said Rosen, who was on the Cleveland Indian team that lost to the Giants in the 1954 World Series, the last time the Giants were world champions.
''The Giants have more players in the Hall of Fame than any other team,'' Rosen said. Twenty-six spent the bulk of their careers with the Giants, and 19 others wore Giant uniforms at one time or another.
''But when I came here,'' he added, ''this organization had lost all of its character. The players lacked pride in their uniform. It was exemplified by their lack of desire to take the field at Candlestick.''
Rosen and Craig even imposed a ban on complaining about Candlestick Park, the ill-conceived stadium by the bay that may still force the Giants to move to another city.
''No more negative talk,'' said Mike Krukow, the 35-year-old pitcher who pitched before crowds numbering in the hundreds two years ago. ''There would be no more complaining in the dugout, on buses or in the clubhouse.''
''I could write a thesis in sports pyschology about this,'' Krukow added. ''The conditions here were all conducive for built-in excuses to lose. Give someone an excuse and he'll take comfort in it. We had to eliminate the excuse for failure.''
Credit Rosen and Craig, baseball's newest dynamic duo, front-runners for executive of the year and manager of the year. Bob Lurie, the Giants' owner, hired Rosen as president and general manager in September 1985. Rosen was the Yankees' general manager in 1978, the last time they won the World Series.
''I've known Al since I came into baseball,'' Lurie said. ''He's as good as any in the game. The first thing I did was fire myself as president and give Al all the necessary authority.''
After consulting with friends and relying on his own instincts, Rosen offered the managing job to Craig, whom he knew only casually, and who had received acclaim not for his brief tenure as manager of the Padres in the late 1970's, but for developing the split-finger fastball while serving as pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers in the early 1980's. Craig, who resigned his Detroit job after the Tigers won the World Series in 1984, was a scout for Detroit when Rosen contacted him.
''I think Roger had his mind made up to retire,'' Rosen said. ''But there was a presence about him, something I perceived that told me he was the type of person I'd want in a friend, manager and confidant.''
In two years, Rosen has brought a forceful hand to San Francisco's front office, restructuring the farm system, boldly making trades that informed the National League that the Giants meant business. Rick Reuschel, Dave Dravecky, Don Robinson and Craig Lefferts bolstered the pitching staff, placing it among the leaders in lowest earned run average this season. Mitchell has provided enthusiasm and surprising power.
In his first winter, Rosen acquired Candy Maldonado, the outfielder who was wasting away on the Dodgers' bench. Maldonado, who has been in the forefront of the Giants' resurgence, hit a pinch-hit grand-slam home run last Sunday against Atlanta that helped San Francisco clinch a tie for the division title.
''I've been in two playoffs before,'' Maldonado said. ''But this will be special, being part of the new Giants. This was a big opportunity for me.''
Rosen also pushed youngsters such as Robby Thompson, Will Clark, Mike Aldrete and Kelly Downs into the major leagues, giving the Giants some fresh enthusiasm. Clark, the 23-year-old slugger from New Orleans who attended Mississippi State, has the kind of intense, irascible personality that may occasionally grate on the nerves of teammates, but he is not the type to get accustomed to losing.
It seems entirely fitting that a Tarzan yell is often played on the public-address system as Clark, who has 33 home runs, steps into the batter's box. ''I keep it positive,'' he said about his outlook. ''I don't need anyone to kick me. I kick myself.''
Craig handles the volatile Clark, the proud Jeffrey Leonard and the moody Davis with a homespun, paternal hand. ''Gotta be a father to 24 personalities,'' he said.
But he also knows who doesn't need coddling, such as Reuschel, the 37-year-old pitcher who quickly became the team's stopper. Before a game he is to pitch, Reuschel spends time working on crossword puzzles.
The Giants even market Craig's favorite expression, ''Humm Baby,'' on T-shirts. Anyone who ever played Little League baseball can remember encouraging his pitcher with a chorus or two of ''Humm Baby.'' Craig has tried to instill the feeling that this is basically a kid's game, to be enjoyed.
''He identifies with every player's style,'' Krukow said. ''I've learned a lot listening to him in the dugout.''
Craig doesn't rant or rave, the players say. He doesn't dwell on defeat. When the Giants lost three games in a row in the next-to-last week of the season, delaying their clinching the title, the manager held a meeting to head off any talk of panic.
''He said, 'So, we lost three in a row, we're not folding,' '' said Thompson, the second baseman. ''It's just an unbelievable attitude. When Roger told us the first day of spring training two years ago that we could win, a lot of guys thought he was crazy. Now, he doesn't have to tell us anymore.''
The Giants ended their three-game losing streak against the Dodgers the night of the meeting, but not before overcoming a 4-0 deficit and almost wasting a three-run lead. Craig was prompted to visit Robinson - who played on a pennant winner in Pittsburgh -in the ninth inning, with a request.
''Roger said to get this guy out because he needed a beer,'' Robinson said. ''I told him I needed one, too.''
It was Rosen who first predicted the Giants' success this year when he told a gathering last winter that the team had a good chance to win the division title. ''After that,'' Craig said, ''Al said, 'O.K., I popped off, now go win it.' ''
Craig said that this kind of confidence was reflected in the attitude of the players in spring training. ''They started believing we could win,'' he said. ''Even with the injuries, when we could have fallen on our faces, we were pulling away instead. They are oozing with confidence.''
It is not a team of superstars or big egos, as Maldonado said. Injuries decimated the infield earlier this season, and sidelined Leonard for the past two seasons. Yet, Craig has patched together back-to-back successful seasons. The Giants are second in the league in home runs, and their pitching staff has the league's lowest earned-run average, 3.68.
This success could help save the franchise. The issue of Candlestick Park still hangs above the Giants like the fog that so frequently blankets the Bay Area.
The Giants have not only been in a pennant race this year; they have also, unwittingly, taken part in an election campaign, which will culminate on the first Tuesday in November. That is when voters will decide whether to support Proposition W, which asks whether the people of San Francisco will agree to construction of a downtown stadium - if the land is provided free and the debt is privately financed.
''In effect, Proposition W asks, 'Do you want to keep the Giants?' '' Lurie said. ''We will not sign a new lease at Candlestick. I know we had a record attendance, but I'm disappointed. When you have a winner, you have to draw better. And the average for division winners has been 2.4 million for the past few years.''
If Proposition W fails, Lurie plans to move the team to one of any number of eager cities when the lease with Candlestick expires in 1994, or to sell before then, perhaps to someone who would move the Giants before then.
Each victory, Lurie believes, will generate more yes votes. When the baseball season is over, Rosen plans to stump for the new stadium. Given a winner, Lurie and Rosen feel San Franciscans will be more loyal than in the past.
Still, the voters here may be wary about a proposed $80 million stadium - with better access roads, more facilities and less wind -that will not cost them a penny. And there are politicians who would like to see the Giants become a more regional franchise, moving further south to a warmer spot situated between San Jose and San Francisco.
As the playoffs begin, the Giants are basking in the windblown glory of Candlestick Park, headed in the right direction for the first time in many years. They must wonder, however, whether that also means headed out of town.Continue reading the main story