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It looks like Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has made good on what seemed like a lofty claim made just two months back that it plans to overtake iPhone's market share in China. According to the company's COO for the Greater China region, Microsoft's Windows Phone has already reached a 7% market share in the country trumping Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone's 6%. [1] While it was never a tall order for Microsoft to achieve that target considering that iPhone's market share wasn't too high in the first place, the fact that the company has reached this milestone in such a short period of time shows that China will play a key role in shaping Windows Phone's as well as its key partner Nokia's (NYSE:NOK) fortunes in the coming quarters.
Our price estimate for Nokia's stock is $5, about 75% ahead of market price.
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China's growing smartphone market a huge opportunity…
According to IDC, China's smartphone market will become the largest in the world by the end of the year. With 3G penetration at a lowly 14%, the growth potential in this market is huge. Even the carriers here are actively trying to transition their huge 2G base to 3G. China Telecom has already jumped on Nokia's offering and it shouldn't be long before China Mobile and China Unicom also lap it up.
While selling the iPhone is more lucrative considering its incredible popularity among buyers, emerging market carriers are wary of the margin pressures that selling such an expensive phones entails. Nokia is alleviating these concerns by offering more handset choices at lower prices, or packing in more features for the same price. While the iPhone retails at an unsubsidized $775 in China, Nokia's Lumia 800C is priced at a competitive $570, more than $200 cheaper. Nokia also plans to bring the cheaper Lumia 610 to China soon.
Nokia's traditional strength has always been emerging markets such as China. We estimate that emerging markets account for close to 40% of Nokia's value, almost double as much as developed markets contribute. Nokia's brand value in these markets together with the low-cost offerings that it plans to bring out should build a solid ground for Windows Phones to pick up strength. (see Lumia And China Drive Nokia's $5 Value)
…to generate critical mass for the Windows Phone
Growing acceptance for Windows Phones will help Microsoft and Nokia draw in developers to build apps for the platform. Although the Lumia has garnered rave reviews on the web and is seen by many as a worthy third competitor to Apple and Google, lack of app support for the platform is Windows Phone's biggest weakness currently. The iTunes store and Google Play boast of more than 600k and 400k apps respectively, while there are only 80k available in the Windows Phone Marketplace.
However, a point to be made here is that even Android was slow to take off when it was launched. But slowly and steadily, it gained in popularity and once it hit an inflection point, the rise both in terms of apps and market share was phenomenal. We concede that the smartphone market has changed significantly since then and Nokia/Microsoft are going to face even greater challenges than Google ever did considering that Windows Phone has to contend with two platforms instead of one. However, Microsoft's long-term strategy of integrating its mobile experience with the PCs, where it has a huge user base to leverage, gives it a big competitive advantage over rivals.
China gives Nokia/Microsoft a huge opportunity to build a critical mass for its Windows Phones and generate developer support. Nokia's mobile hardware skills, which were never in question despite its falling market share, will help it offer well designed handsets at cheaper price points, undercutting Apple in the country. Together with a competitive and an un-fragmented OS , it will also be able to offer a consistent app experience across its Lumia portfolio, something which the plethora of Android smartphones in the market customized by handset makers lack.
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Lot 1: Autograph - John C. Adams
Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs #397
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December 12, 2012
Amherst, NH, USA
Description: Army officer (1825-1864) who resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States Army, rising to the rank of brigadier general before being killed in action. War-dated handwritten telegram, signed "John C. Adams, Col., ACS," one page, 8.25 x 8.5, dated December 1, 1862. Telegram to General Ruggles reads, in full: "Four hundred & fifty aggregate for duty not well prepared to hold this place half-force is militia imperfectly armed with little ammunition fortifications bearly complete one thousand negroes at work need heavy artillery & musket ammunition. Have no information of enemy nearer than Corinth think we can hold the place against twelve hundred cavalry." A central vertical fold and a uniform shade of mild toning, otherwise fine condition. Less than a month after sending this telegram, Adams was promoted to brigadier general where he served at Vicksburg and assisted John B. Hood in pushing General Sherman northward after the fall of Atlanta.


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CELEB BEAUTY POLL: Nicole Richie's New Shorter Layers
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Nicole Richie recently showed up to a luncheon celebrating Dior's latest beauty collection sporting a new, shorter 'do and some cute fringe bangs. It's not a drastic change from her longer, bohemian locks, but it does give her a more sophisticated vibe.
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Animalia | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Perciformes | Labridae |
Scientific Name: | Bodianus eclancheri | ||||||
Species Authority: | (Valenciennes, 1846) | ||||||
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Cossyphus eclancheri Valenciennes, 1846
Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Date Assessed: | 2007-05-23 |
Assessor(s): | Allen, G., Lea, B., Rivera, F., Zapata, F., Merlen, G., Edgar, G. & Russell, B. |
Reviewer(s): | Robertson, R., Liu, M., Sadovy, Y. & Craig, M. |
Justification: This species is widespread in the Eastern Pacific, and is common in at least part of its range. Collection for the aquarium trade and artesanal fishing is not thought to be a major threat to this species at this time. It is listed as Least Concern. However, more research is needed to determine the population status, and to identify any major threats to this species in the majority (contential shelf) portion of its range. |
Range Description: | This species is endemic to the Eastern Pacific, and is found from Ecuador to central Chile, including the Galapagos Islands. | ||||
Countries occurrence: | Native: Chile; Ecuador; Peru | ||||
FAO Marine Fishing Areas: | Native: Pacific – southeast | ||||
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Population: | Although widely distibuted, little is known on population status of this species along the continental coast. It is considered common in the west and south of the Galapagos Islands, and uncommon elsewhere. | ||
Current Population Trend: | Unknown | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | This reef-associated species is poorly known throughout much of its range. In the Galapagos it is usually seen on rocky reefs in the cooler waters of the western islands (Isabela and Fernandina), and is usually present below the thermocline. |
Systems: | Marine |
Use and Trade: | This fish is collected for the aquarium trade. |
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Conservation Actions: | There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species distribution falls partially into a number of Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Pacific region (WDPA 2006). |
Citation: | Allen, G., Lea, B., Rivera, F., Zapata, F., Merlen, G., Edgar, G. & Russell, B. 2010. Bodianus eclancheri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T183539A8130971. . Downloaded on 29 March 2017. |
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Supports plenty of RAM. Onboard POST indicators are a major plus as is the onboard power/reset buttons.
The soundcard on this board is not supported in Linux. I am running Ubuntu 13.10 and the sound just comes up as "Dummy Output" There is also no onboard USB3 hookups for the tower, which was really my bad for not checking.
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Team effort gives Angels hope
Halos getting comfortable in postseason play
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ANAHEIM -- Never mind Los Angeles and Anaheim. Any more of this, Santa Barbara and even Barcelona will want to claim the Angels.
A night after being laid-back, the Angels and their fans both lashed back Wednesday night to even this Division Series with the Yankees at a game apiece.
On opening night for the National Hockey League, the Angels could've been iced. Instead, they came, they thawed, they conquered.
Big, this win to knot the Series, instead of their stomachs?
"Absolutely," Adam Kennedy said. "You don't want to go to New York down two-nothing. You do that in a five-game set, you're looking for trouble."
And for some, New York is a good place to find it -- even if you don't play baseball.
After this 5-3 special, the Angels don't have to be concerned with stepping into Yankee Stadium with one foot in the baseball grave.
That was the final score, of course, but the numbers also represent the two biggest plays that drew the two biggest roars from 45,150 who clearly appreciate the subtleties of the game.
In the fifth inning, with two out, one run in and New York already leading 2-0, third baseman Chone Figgins dove and extended his body beyond its 5-foot-8 limits to backhand Hideki Matsui's laser and throw him out -- with the scooping help of Darin Erstad.
For good measure, Figgins and Erstad re-created the play on Alex Rodriguez for the game's final out.
"Really good plays, on both ends," Kennedy said. "It's nice to know Ersty is at first to pick up those balls."
The significance of this win for the Angels goes far beyond merely knotting the 2005 Division Series. Swept in this exercise last year and similarly brushed aside in Tuesday night's opener, the Angels had to kick back some sand.
And they did, by faithfully playing the type of opportunistic ball that has been their trademark for years.
Low pitches and low pitch-counts. That's the lowdown on Chien-Ming Wang. He got 20 outs, 14 of them on the ground.
Three of the Angels' runs were unearned because of errors on Wang's specialty.
"He was getting ground ball after ground ball," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia. "He was just pounding that heavy sinker."
Wang must've thrown his heaviest ball to start off the seventh, because Juan Rivera beat it so much into the ground, shortstop Derek Jeter didn't know whether he was fielding a popup or a grounder. Rivera belly-flopped across the bag, safe.
A couple of sacrifice bunts, one of them drawing an errant throw, another two-out hit (by Orlando Cabrera) in a season full of them, and the Angels led a postseason game for the first time since the final out of the 2002 World Series.
"Even the bunts were chopped way in the air," said Yankees manager Joe Torre. "They are usually going to hit the ball in the ground [against Wang] and you're going to have to live with the consequences."
The Angels came alive with them.
"We know we can win at their stadium, and there's no doubt," said Bengie Molina, who drove in the sixth-inning tying and eighth-inning insurance runs.
All this took place in front of the leader of millions of people in this state, whose image on the Angel Stadium video board elicited loud roars. By the way, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was also on hand.
But, of course, we're referring to the Rally Monkey, who cheated by making a premature appearance in the sixth inning. Nevertheless, the Yankees did not play the game under protest.
Much has been made here about the Angels appearing in their third postseason in four years, but, until they finally won a game, it was a hollow boast.
Atlanta understands. It has a considerably longer streak of Octobers, but when you keep losing them, the only legacy you are nurturing is dark.
There was a time the Angels mimicked the Yankees only in recycling managers. From 1969 through 1999, they went through 17 of them. If you catered managerial introductory press conferences in Anaheim, you got rich.
Now the Angels have begun to mirror more impressive aspects of the Bombers' tradition. The three playoffs in four seasons are as many as they had in their first 41 seasons combined, and Scioscia is finishing up his sixth year on the job.
It is the longest tenure for an Angels manager since the original, Bill Rigney, lasted 39 games into his ninth season.
And if you want to compare rings, that end-all piece of jewelry, the current Angels are better rigged than the Yankees. A dozen Angels have earned their rings; by comparison, 10 Yankees have rings -- and that includes five who won them elsewhere.
Orlando Cabrera is an old hand at this. Before he put on Angels Red, he wore Boston Red, and hit .379 with five RBIs in the Red Sox's triumph over the Yankees in last year's AL Championship Series.
"You can easily see why he had some a big impact in Boston," noted Scot Shields, the first of three relievers used by Scioscia to hold, then vanquish, the Yankees.
It was another night of magic in the shadow of the Magic Kingdom, where the Angels' next game is guaranteed to also be against the Yankees.
The question is, will it be Sunday, when a 2-2 Division Series would return here for resolution? Or next April 7, in the 2006 season opener?
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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GEORGETOWN – Delaware Tech Communications Department students recently had an opportunity to go behind the scenes of the Penn Cinema Riverfront's IMAX Theater in Wilmington on Monday, March 13.
WILMINGTON – On Wednesday, March 22, Delaware Tech's Stanton and George Campuses' celebrated Women's History Month by honoring Ms. Pat Saunders for her volunteerism efforts in the state of Delaware.
GEORGETOWN – Delaware Technical Community College's Owens Campus softball team recently signed two players to letters of intent to play next season.
Students enrolled in Delaware Tech's Chemical Process Operator (CPO) program had an opportunity to learn outside of the classroom recently when they visited the Delaware City Refinery.
DOVER – For 10 years, the Delaware Police Chiefs Foundation has awarded scholarships to Criminal Justice students from Delaware Tech. For the past three years, these scholarships have gone to students in the Law Enforcement Option (LEO) program.
NEWARK – In the spirit of the season, both the men's and women's basketball teams and the cross country team recently participated in community outreach efforts to give back.
For the third year in a row, Delaware Technical Community College has been selected as a Military Friendly® School.
After completing their service with the U.S. Marines in the late 60's and returning to Delaware, twin brothers Dan Tidwell and Dave Tidwell used their GI Bill benefits to begin their college education at Delaware Technical Community College's Jack F. Owens Campus.
Some of the most important learning experiences take place outside of the classroom. This year, the Criminal Justice Club is keeping that in mind as they plan many activities and field trips for its members.
STANTON – On November 11, Delaware Technical Community College's Stanton and George Campuses recognized Veterans Day with two events – a breakfast and a luncheon.
DOVER – The Delaware Tech men's cross country team wrapped up its first trip to the NJCAA Division I National Championship with a 36th-place team finish in the November 12, 2016 competition held in El Dorado, Kansas.
The Navient Foundation contributed $22,000 to Delaware Technical Community College to establish a Veterans Resource Center at the Charles L. Terry Campus in Dover.
DOVER – The Terry Campus honored veterans and commemorated the 25th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm by hosting a community breakfast Monday, November 7, 2016.
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After graduating Columbia College ('63CC, English literature), Alan Jacobs was a film student at the School of the Arts in the mid '60s but left early to take work as a documentary director, editor, and producer. He eventually received the MFA in 2004 in order to teach film at the university level. In the interim Jacobs was co-owner of Odeon Films, a New York independent production and distribution film company, co-directing, co-producing, and editing documentaries for 15 years. During these years he was actively involved in the civil rights movement (Alabama March), the anti-Vietnam War protests (Only the Beginning and Sir, My Men Refuse to Go), the feminist movement (Open for Children), and the national emerging wave of independent film and video. Jacobs was the executive director of the Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers (AIVF); a founding trustee of the Sundance Film Institute; and a board member of the American Film Institute and the Independent Feature Project.
Part II, the sequel, began in Los Angeles, where Jacobs developed and produced narrative films with a first-look deal at Sydney Pollack's company, Mirage Enterprises (Running Out, Walter Matthau and Ellen Burstyn). Once again an independent, the next production was a Hallmark Hall of Fame film (An American Story, Kathleen Quinlan, Brad Johnson and Tom Sizemore). This was followed by a 10-year run of TV features, including A Call to Remember (Blythe Danner and Joe Mantegna). At the dawn of reality TV, Jacobs accepted a full-time position at Hallmark Entertainment, running the company's Los Angeles office and overseeing sales, development, and production.


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Read MoreWilmington may be a small town, but it has a wide variety of restaurants, a bowling alley, a few bars and small shops to visit. If that is not your style, Wilmington is only 30 minutes from Dayton where there are more options. On campus, the college provides certain opportunities to meet fellow students and get to know the town better.
Read MoreThere is always an open basketball court and sand volleyball right outside of the freshman living quarters. There is also an open area of grass to play other sports, just bring your own equipment. Movies and games are always fun with friends, or take a walk around campus or uptown.
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Read MoreThere is always something planned by our activities programming board. Whether it be going off campus to an event such as a baseball game or a musical, or staying on campus for our own little concert. There is always something going on. Also, many students enjoy playing ultimate Frisbee, basketball, and sand volleyball on campus!
Read MoreI play basketball, listen to music, stay on the computer and work out.
Read MoreAt a campus of any size or location, students' experiences are what they make them, and it is up to them to make their own fun. There is a vibrant small-town feel to Wilmington, and the many shops and local festivals are great and cheap options. There are also many fun events at the school planned by the student led Activities Programming Board. Additionally, the cities of Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati are all within an hour's driving distance.
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January 24Elizabeth Winzeler BA '84 brings fresh approaches to the fight against an ancient disease.
October 13Through street art, Samantha Robison B.A. '08 helps marginalized and conflict-affected youth find their voice.
September 22The energy system in the United States is undergoing a major transformation.
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May 24An interview with Professor Janet Steverson, Lewis & Clark's first dean of diversity and inclusion.
February 2
Jeff Cruttenden B.A. '12 is the cofounder of Acorns, a mobile app that has reinvented investing for a new generation.
November 11The law school and its alumni have achieved a number of firsts worth celebrating.
September 28Can a compound in red wine improve heart healing?
May 28Lewis & Clark is the nation's top-ranked college in sustainability, according to the Princeton Review.
January 27
Students examine the many faces of Mount Fuji.
September 29
Thomas Neff B.A. '65 devises an elegant plan to transform Russian warheads into American electricity.
August 21Although Jennifer Johnson is new to the role of dean, she is not new to the law school community.
May 22
Undergraduate faculty pursue varied avocations for a healthy work-life balance
April 22
Her visit to campus marks the fifth by a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 2008.
January 27Mary Szybist, associate professor of English, wins the 2013 National Book Award in Poetry.
October 1Honoring the legacy of a beloved professor and an esteemed poet
May 24Associate professor of Chinese Keith Dede and Neil Murray CAS '13 collect oral histories at the crossroads of Han Chinese, Tibetan, and Mongolian cultures.
January 30Tamily Weissman-Unni uses colorful fluorescence to study neural circuitry.
September 18Lewis & Clark alumni pursue diverse careers in America's best city for bicycling.
June 5The Lewis & Clark overseas study program celebrates its 50th year.
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November 3Around the world, Lewis & Clark Law School alumni are changing the face of the planet as leaders in law, legal education, and business.
September 6The new Gregg Pavilion completes the chapel's original design—and a family's dream.
May 25Photography by Steve Hambuchen
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January 18Tamma Carleton B.A. '09, a gifted scholar-athlete, is one of only 32 people in the United States to be named a Rhodes Scholar for 2011.
September 8Lewis & Clark alumni help create the city's unique vibe.
July 22Celebrating 20 Years of Helping Start Legal Careers in Public Service
Many large law firms have the resources to recruit interns and associates. Nonprofit organizations and government agencies, on the other hand, can rarely afford the time and money to conduct such extensive searches. To provide these entities an opportunity to inform students about the work they do, Lewis & Clark began holding a public service career fair in 1990. -
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Report: Bank Of America to Cut 16,000 Jobs
Bank of America plans to cut 16,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan by the end of 2012, when it would no longer be the largest U.S. banking employer, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
The cuts will take the banking giant's total employment to 260,000, the Journal said, the lowest level since 2008, when the bank acquired failing mortgage lender Countrywide Financial and the Merrill Lynch investment bank.
The cuts, outlined in a document given to top executives, are part of a larger strategy by chief executive Brian Moynihan -- who took over in 2010 -- to make the bank more efficient and reduce its exposure to risk, the Journal said.
Most of the cuts are expected to come from the consumer banking division, as the bank plans to close 200 branches, on top of 178 shut down in 2011, the newspaper said, citing an individual familiar with the document.
The restructuring plan has already seen Bank of America shed several international credit card units, insurance units and other holdings, dropping its total assets by seven percent to some $2.16 trillion, the Journal said.


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Calming the Storm contains herbs that help to quench the burning in the belly like rain on a wildfire. Helps soothe an upset stomach, calm the wind, and quiet the rumbling thunder in the tummy and intestines. Try diluting Calming the Storm and sipping throughout the day at room temperature to keep the digestive system in balance.
Ingredients: Alfalfa, Cat's Claw, Chamomile, Fennel, Ginger, Licorice Root, Peppermint, Red Clover, Yarrow.
Note: All Nuwati Herbal Teas can be effective hot, cold, room temperature, sweetened or unsweetened. It is just important to get the herbs into your body.
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Nuwati Herbals began in August 2002, at a small show in St. Louis, Missouri. At least that was the first public display of the Nuwati products. The idea and the premise was established over 50 years ago when my Grandma would send me out, at the age of 5, to gather herbs, bark, roots, flowers, and leaves, from which she would make Medicine. She taught me the proper way to gather, so that there would always be plants for future generations. I developed a special connection with Nature, and required close contact and frequent encounters with the woods and Mother Earth.
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CLICK HERE for victoria's mid-century bench makeover after the jump!
up next is victoria's fun telephone table/bench makeover. new paint and fabric give this mid-century beauty a modern facelift. click here to see more of victoria's furniture rehab furniture projects…
I adore how she kept the scalloped edge in the original colour – it looks so great against the sage. Beautiful before & after!
Outstanding redo Lexie!! I can't wait to see more work from you! Love the yellow chalkboard.
Trish: the chalkboard was a converted mirror i found at old time pottery. i spray painted the frame and painted the mirror with chalkboark paint. easy!
That kitchen makes me want a new one so badly because mine is a bit small especially for all the baking i'm doing for my cookie business!
love the range hood!
Oh I love Victoria's bench!!! That gal does some amazing transformations! Check out her blog!
Amazing job it went from looking like a dingy cottage to a bright warm kitchen, definitely feeling the love there. I also love the scalloped hood, and love that you kept the flooring. Your colour choices are spot on, this is truly what a makeover is; using what you have and making the things that blended in ~ shine!
could some one please paste Lexie's site I can't seem to connect.
hi lisa – the link is working on my end, but it is: http://www.designandthecity.net/2009/12/my-cottage-kitchen-update.html
I love your gorgeous kitchen makeover! It is so bright and pretty now! I don't think the flooring detracts, but if you want an easy fix my mom painted hers with normal latex gloss paint and it looks fab in charcoal grey. She has to repaint about every 3 years. Thanks for sharing! :)
I would love to see a brighter flooring, but this transformation is already great enough!
I have to say- i love the old wooden cabinets with the hardware. But then again maybe they just remind me of my grandmother's house? The after is amazing and lovely though.
I agree. the old kitchen was much cooler and retro.


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Tracy Clegg and Jonathan Heigel, of Bassett's Market in Sylvania, display the dinner available for customers to order.
Tired of spending all day cooking Thanksgiving dinner?
Many Americans apparently are, and that has fueled sales growth for complete pre-cooked holiday turkey dinners.
"We always hear things like, 'It may have been what Grandma did or what Mom did, but my time is too valuable to slave away in the kitchen,'●" said Phyllis Hammond, a spokesman for Boston Market.
The restaurant chain specializes in rotisserie chicken, but come holiday time it joins Kroger, Meijer, Giant Eagle, Bassett's Market, HoneyBaked Ham Co., and others nationwide in offering cooked turkeys and all the trimmings, including pie for dessert.
Most stores charge up to $60 for a 10 to 12-pound turkey, two or three side dishes, rolls, and a pie. Customers pre-order dinners and pick them up Thanksgiving Day.
Prepared whole turkey dinners have been offered in some form by certain retailers for nearly two decades, but the phenomenon has taken off in the last few years as more grocery chains increase lines of prepared meals, food industry analysts said.
"The problem 20 years ago was most of the food was not very good," said Howard Solganik, of Solganik and Associates, a food industry consulting firm in Dayton. "The best you could get was a thawed-out frozen turkey and some frozen side dishes, and it was like eating a frozen turkey TV dinner."
But in the last five years the quality has improved dramatically, so the food tastes much better, he said.
Mark Katafiasz, manager of the new Bassett's Market in Sylvania, said demand for precooked turkey dinners this year has been surprising, considering that his store opened only in the last several weeks.
The field is fairly competitive, too, said Mr. Katafiasz, who previously was a store manager with the former Food Town chain. Pre-cooked turkey dinner "is a grocery-store staple anymore." He estimated that each area grocery store selling the meals likely sells 40 or more for Thanksgiving.
Kroger has been getting holiday meal inquiries since October, spokesman Monica Gordon said. "People have been asking whether the holiday dinners will be available and when can they order."
The chain has six varieties of dinners.
A National Restaurant Association survey last year found that just over half of Americans said they relied on food prepared away from home for part or all of their Thanksgiving dinners.
Ms. Hammond, of Boston Market, said it was such numbers that prompted her company to start offering complete turkey dinners two years ago. Last year, the chain sold 30,000 nationwide, and this year it expects to sell 50,000, she said.
Neil Stern, a food analyst at McMillan Doolittle consulting in Chicago, said it is difficult to estimate how lucrative the meals are for stores, or the true size of the trend.
Supermarkets are selling whole, frozen turkeys for as little as 37 cents a pound, using them to lure shoppers but losing money at it, while the pre-cooked meals are profit source, he said.
The latter, he added, are clearly becoming more popular.
"It's absolutely growing because of improvement in products, and customers are increasingly looking for convenience because many of them don't even know how to cook anymore."
Contact Jon Chavez at:
or 419-724-6128.


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I'm searching for those jeans and the sweater!
I think the Jeans are PRPS Heirloom. Not 100% sure but, it would fit the style. The sweater is a pretty common style. I have seen Armani collezioni, French connection, John Varvatos, etc.. do something similar but, with different material. I don't think you will have a problem finding something similar.
I don't think it's a PRPS Heirloom. :-(
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SWANTON A man in Fulton County was flown to a hospital with burns after an accident involving fireworks last night, authorities said.
Authorities said emergency crews were dispatched to 2455 County Road 1 in Swancreek Township about 9:52 p.m.
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The red box on the chromosome ideogram indicates which portion of the chromosome is displayed. When zoomed out to display the full chromosome, the red box disappears from the ideogram.
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42 c in the shade today and over 40 for the past week, storms forecast this weekend to take the edge off. Neighbours have been going around checking on elderly peeps to make sure they're coping ok. Hotter than normal, usually around mid 30s this time of year in Hungary.
Well, I'm in Texas, so...
It finally cooled off up hear in Wisconsin it's down to 77.<br />
The past few days it was 90 to 100 and that is unusual for this area.
Oh man it's like 85+ here! *melting*
I wish. Unfortunalty I live in England. the only extreme weather warnings we get are rain, wind and snow. I do love how people love talking about the weather, you got loads of aswers lol.
It's actually been relatively mild so far in OK, supposed to be heating up next week though.
It was humid & 97 with a heat index of 103 here in Baltimore. Same for tomorrow. Thank goodness for A/C.
Yep - Denver is much hotter than normal----------but it could not possibly be man made global warming ---- because I am not convinced by the plethora of scientific evidence (sarcasm).
It's summer time in Phoenix, it's a might retarded hot
Yes. I'm dying here!
I wish. cloudy and mild here
94 here with a dew point of 68
Yes, in fact, and it sucks, because I still have to do my daily jog in this heat!
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Tear off a small piece of masking tape and put a mark on it. Use your ruler to find the half-way point on the tube (should be at 5 inches). Place the mark on the tape at that point. This will be the bending point. (PIC 6-1)
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Place the tube on top of the bending tool so the masking tape mark lines up with the manufacturing line on the tee. Make sure the copper wire does not protrude from either of the ends of the tube. You may want to use your pinky fingers to hold the wire in place while you start the bend. (PIC 6-2) Now push the tube down slowly while applying even pressure to both sides of the tube until it forms a "U". (PIC 6-3, PIC 6-4)
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Christmas elf cupcakes
Delicious sweet Christmas treats which are fun to decorate and lovely to give as gifts.
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 25 mins plus cooling
Makes: 12
225g unsalted butter, softened
150g caster sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
175g self-raising flour
100g icing sugar (optional)
50g milk chocolate, chopped
Smarties, to decorate
Red, green and black icing from 500g pack of ready-to-roll coloured icing
small piece white ready-to-roll icing
1. Preheat oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Line a 12-section muffin tray with muffin cases. Put 150g of the butter, the sugar, vanilla, eggs and flour in a bowl and beat until pale and creamy. Divide into the cake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and just firm to touch. Cool.
2. Beat the remaining butter with icing sugar to make a buttercream. Melt the chocolate in the microwave or over a pan of hot water.
3. Spread the buttercream over the cakes. For each hat, take a small piece of red icing and roll into a log with a point at one end. Flatten using icing sugar-dusted fingers, and position on each cake. Place a Smartie, slightly off centre, for noses. Use red icing to shape curved red mouths and press in position.
4. Roll little balls of green icing and place at the ends of the hats, then roll out small triangles for the beards.
5. Spoon the melted chocolate into one corner of a small, new plastic food bag and snip off the merest tip so the chocolate can be piped in a thin line. Use to pipe the hair. Roll ovals of white and black icing into eyes. Leave in a cool place to harden.
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How Long Without a Filter? Does anyone know how long fish in a 29 gallon tank can survive without a filter? |
If you add Stress zime and do weekly water changes, they can last longer than nothing. The problem with not having a filter is that the fecal and left over food decays and produes ammonia. Stress zime helps bacteria develop that will help take care of the ammonia, and weekly water changes of 25% - 50% will also take out some ammonia. I would suggest to everyone and anyone that you read Aquariums for Dummies. After reading you will feel like an aquarium pro. |
well what type of fish are these, some cichlids will die almost instantly, but others will live forever. |
Thank you, dasmall1. I'll go out and get some Stress zime. Cichild, we have all different fish in there. I'm not sure which kinds they are. |
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Cutelilpleco is right. But i wouldnt recommend having ANY TANK what-so-ever be without a filter. I dont care what other people say about some chemicals to put it. Chemicals are a last resort for me and i hate them. They can cause stress to the fish and do other stuff. So just dont ever try to not have a filter. And if your changing the carbon pad rinse it in tank water not tap water. Nick |
It's best to stick with fish in the same origin rather than lumping all fish in one tank with different requirements. Each fish is unique which is why, again, I advised that do a research before buying a fish. |
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Published from : Delhi, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Raipur and Bilaspur
Naiduniya Online Newspaper
Naidunia, also Naiduniya, is a Hindi newspaper owned by NaiDunia Media Pvt. Ltd of Madhya Pradesh, India. The newspaper is based in Indore. Naidunia was founded 5 June 1947 by Shri Narendra Tiwari, Shri Babu Labhchand Chhajlani and Shri Basantilal Sethia. It became a member of the Indian Newspaper Society on 26 April 1959. As of May 2011, the newspaper's circulation was 800,000 copies daily.


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For Windows users switching to Mac, sometimes identical functions in both operating systems can be obscured by a difference in terminology. This is often the case with aliases in Mac OS X. Aliases are the equivalent to Windows shortcuts, the icons featuring a curled arrow and a .lnk filetype, that act as reference points to other files on your system. Aliases are great time-savers for opening applications, files or folders that are located deep inside the folder system of your Mac.
In this tutorial, we'll cover creating aliases, and show you some handy keyboard shortcuts to use when working with them.
1.) Open a Finder window and navigate to the file, application or folder for which you wish to create an alias. In this example, we have navigated to the file EyeTV User's Guide, which is located in the folder Mac Software in our Software Documentation folder within our Documents folder – an action that necessitates clicking through several levels of Finder windows:
2.) Returning to the icon view in the Finder window, ensure the file is selected and then open File in the Finder Toolbar and select Make Alias (or press ⌘-L):
3.) An alias to the file is created in the same folder, with the same name with alias appended to it, and the name field highlighted in case you wish to give it an alternate title:
4.) The alias can be dragged anywhere on your Mac, including the right side of your Dock, and double-clicking with the Left-Mouse Button will open the original file:
5.) This is not the only way you can create an alias though. You can select a file and then, holding Cmd+Option (⌘+Alt), you can drag an alias from the file and drop it wherever you want on your Mac.
You can also create an alias by dragging the icon from the title bar of an open file or folder to wherever you wish to place the alias:
6.) If you ever need to locate the original file that an alias points to, select the alias, click on File in the Finder Toolbar and then select Show Original (or press ⌘-R):
When you no longer need an alias, it can be dragged to the Trash and deleted. This will not affect the original file.
Aliases are a simple way of accessing files without having to make your way through the multiple levels of the OS X folder system, and are especially useful for files or folders which you constantly use but wish to keep in their present state of organization.


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SINO > SEC Filings for SINO > Form 8-K on 19-Dec-2012 | All Recent SEC Filings |
Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
On December 19, 2012, the Registrant issued a press release announcing that it formed a subsidiary in Canada to provide services for ships loading commodities at Canadian ports and delivering them to China. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.
Not Applicable.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
Not Applicable.
(c) Shell company transactions.
Not Applicable.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 Press release, dated December 19, 2012, entitled "Sino-Global
Announces Establishment of a Wholly-Owned Canadian Subsidiary,
Sino-Global Shipping Canada Inc."
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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The international recruiting contacts of new Ole Miss assistant basketball coach Sergio Rouco showed up this morning with a verbal commitment of Anthony Perez Cortesia, an athletic 6-foot-9 forward.
Cortesia is a native of Venezuela. He currently plays for Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla.
Rated a three-star prospect by Scout.com, Cortesia will be a freshman for the 2012-2012 season.
A native of Cuba, Rouco served as head coach at Florida International University and more recently with a Venezuelan team in 2010.
"He went to the campus this weekend and thought it was a beautiful school; really enjoyed the football game and the student body," his coach, Kevin Boyle, told The Ole Miss Spirit.
"He really took to coach (Andy) Kennedy, and I think Sergio with Spanish-Cuban background, speaking the language, they really connected and hit it off. It went very well."
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Styxmen - She Drives Me Wild (prod. White Key)
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Styxmen bring you fresh homegrown hip hop with an idividual sound.
This track lifted off their new free EP is produced by White Key Productions, who i hadn't heard of before (make sure you check his soundcloud, he is ill).
He couples a well cut vocal sample with a simple boom bap beat perfectly, whilst Prophit & Dead Ott describe how these girls drive them wild with sick flows and well crafted verses, proving there is no need to change the tried and tested formula for a sick hip hip banger with a catchy hook.
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The Making of Star Trek: First Contact (documentary)
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The Making of Star Trek: First Contact was a 25-minute television documentary which aired on the HBO television channel in the US in 1996.
This film was also broadcast in the UK as Star Trek Beyond First Contact and was given a new title card but still retained the original title on the program card that was used to frame the show's commercial breaks.
The film focused on behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the cast and crew of Star Trek: First Contact and it discussed the Star Trek phenomenon and its popularity. It was first broadcast to commemorate Star Trek's 30th Anniversary and to promote the feature film.


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Walter Cronkite is gone. Long live his legacy of great journalism.
I can't possibly describe what Cronkite meant to broadcasting and to American culture better than Brian Lowry has on his BLTV blog, so click right here for Brian's spot-on appreciation.
On a deeply personal level, this is one of those passings that really feels like a member of the family — that was Cronkite's gift, after all. Another piece of the world as it was when I was a kid has died, and I cherish my idealized memories of that time enough to mourn for that reason alone.
"The CBS Evening News" was "the news" when I was growing up. To this day, my mom and dad are CBS News loyalists. They watch local KCBS-TV (KNXT to us old-timers) news in the late afternoon and on through the "CBS Evening News." Sure, they flip around to CNN and MSNBC now and then (Dad has crush on Rachel Maddow) but when it's time for them to watch "the news," they head on over to channel 2.
So that's a long-winded way of saying that Cronkite's voice was part of the soundtrack of my childhood. He came on right after dinner like clockwork. And his was the voice of the god of truth in current events as far as my family was concerned. If Cronkite reported it, it was the gospel.
When I first started working for UPI and learned that Cronkite had been a Unipresser (actually he worked for United Press, before it acquired the "I"), I was proud to be even remotely part of the same organization that schooled young Walter (that was before I'd worked there very long).
We knew his death was imminent — last month Cronkite's family released a statement saying that he was gravely ill and unlikely to recuperate (reporting accurately and diligently to the end). But it was still a jolt when I heard the news break on the radio (a CBS-owned station) while driving with my daughter this evening.
I agree with George Clooney, who observed: "He was the most important voice in our lives for thirty years. And that voice made people reach for the stars. I hate the world without Walter Cronkite."
Here's a great vid of Walter Cronkite from his 1998 interview with the TV Acad's Archive of American Television


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NEWPORT Gwent Dragons' bid to do the double over arch rivals Cardiff Blues ended in disappointment at the Arms Park.
The Blues made sure it was honours even with a 21-13 RaboDirect PRO12 victory.
The Dragons scored the only try of the game through Will Harries but seven successful kicks - five by British and Irish Lions star Leigh Halfpenny - saw the Blues to victory as they avenged their 22-16 defeat by the Dragons at Rodney Parade on Boxing Day.
The result earned the Blues their fourth win of the campaign and leaves them on 22 points from 12 matches, two points behind the Dragons.
The uncertainty over their futures did not seem to affect the two sets of players, who had more pressing matters at hand with the Dragons having drawn first blood in these back-to-back festive derbies.
The four Welsh regions have not signed the Participation Agreement for next season and beyond with the WRU, holding out to play against the English clubs either as part of a cup competition or as a full breakaway league outside of WRU control.
It was the main talking point among the fans on the terraces before kick-off, but local rivalry and pride then took over.
The Blues were also all shaven headed as part of a fund-raising effort for cancer care at a Cardiff hospital in tribute to club captain Matthew Rees who is undergoing cancer treatment.
The weather was bright and dry at the start of the match, while the artificial pitch meant perfect playing conditions and even when the rain started to sweep in, both sides continued to try to play their games.
Cardiff opened the scoring through fly-half Rhys Patchell, taking the kick while full-back Halfpenny was receiving treatment after the ruck where he won the penalty.
Halfpenny then missed a chance to extend the lead from inside his own half.
Former Blues player Jason Tovey missed a long-range chance to equalise, hitting the outside of the post and he also pulled a closer opportunity wide as Cardiff stayed in front.
Two Halfpenny penalties then extended the Blues' advantage, but then an unlucky bounce from a Patchell chip through gave Dragons full-back and man of the match Dan Evans the chance to break clear before putting wing Harries in for the try.
Tovey converted and then put the Dragons ahead from a ruck penalty, giving the visitors a 10-9 half-time lead.
There was worse news for the Blues, and potentially Wales, as Patchell limped from the field unable to put any weight on his left leg, replaced by Gareth Davies.
Tovey helped the Dragons go further clear at the start of the second half with another penalty, but Halfpenny brought the Blues back to within a point with a 45-yard effort of his own.
A sustained Blues attack brought a penalty in front of the posts and the sort of face-off between the packs you would expect in a heated derby.
Halfpenny kept his cool to slot the penalty to put his side ahead, but then missed another opportunity rushing after the ball fell off the kicking tee.
However, they got their reward from that period of pressure when Gareth Davies dropped a goal.
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Worship and Custody - Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. The worship and custody of the Holy Eucharist, independently of Mass and Holy Communion, can be traced to post-apostolic times. St. Justin, writing in his Apology around the year 150, says that deacons were appointed to carry the Blessed Sacrament to those who were absent from the liturgy. The young St. Tarsisius was taken captive and put to death while carrying the consecrated Species on his person. |
The History of Eucharistic Adoration
- Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. |
Basic Catholic Catechist Home Study
Course on the Eucharist - Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. |
Eucharistic Devotion and the Real
Presence - Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. |
Prayer and the Grace of God -
Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. "Without prayer we will lose the divine life we possess, and more obviously, we shall not grow in the life we already have. In other words, no prayer, no salvation we need to pray because we have a fallen human nature " |
Catechism on the Real Presence - Exhortation
to Promote the Cult of the Eucharist - Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. |
Catechism on the Real
Presence - On the Doctrine and Worship of the Holy Eucharist - Fr. John
A. Hardon, S. J. |
Holiness of God and Adoration - (Opus Sanctorum Angelorum) "Having spoken of the holiness of God, and the participation of creatures in that holiness, we now come to the consideration of mans proper response to Gods holiness: adoration. Just as the concept of holiness is many-faceted, so also the concept of adoration. Adoration, in the first place, is creations highest act of worship. It is giving to God what belongs to him alone, he who alone is holy. It is the supreme form of reverence, glory and honor. But adoration is also creations attempt to reach out, with the help of Gods invitation and grace, to become holy in the presence of God. So we must now consider these two aspects of adoration: as an act of reverencing God, and as a means of sanctification for creatures." |
The Greatest Need in the World
Today - Forming the Eucharistic Faith and Love of Children - Fr. John
A. Hardon, S. J. "My plan for this conference...is very simple: Briefly summarize the Church's pedagogy of the Holy Eucharist over the centuries; Explain why parents and teachers should develop the Eucharistic faith and love of children from infancy to adulthood; Provide some guidelines to children on how to grow in their faith and love of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist." |
The Children's Eucharistic Crusade Manual - Fr. Louis Guardiola, C.P.M. This Manual is a twenty-first century adaptation of the Society of Jesus' Eucharistic Crusade manual of the twentieth century. The following reflections will follow the twenty centuries of teachings, definitions and traditions of our Catholic faith. This manual is designed to be used and adapted for Catholic grade schools, high schools, colleges, CCD and home schooling programs. The classical Jesuit Eucharistic Crusade organized it's formation into four phases: First, Eucharistic Education. Second, Eucharistic Adoration. Thirdly, Eucharistic Communion. Fourth, Eucharistic Apostolate and Evangelization. We shall follow this order. |
Teacher Guide - Lesson Plans for Teaching the Children's Eucharistic Crusade - Fr. Louis Guardiola, C.P.M. 34 lesson plans corresponding to the above Children's Eucharistic Crusade Manual. |
Why Eucharistic Adoration?
- Fr. Robert Goedert, O.P. " thousands of people from all across our country will testify that one hour each week with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the most peaceful, the most satisfying hour of their whole week." |
Devotion to the Holy Eucharist Advances
Devotion to Jesus' Person - Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. "When we speak of the Holy Eucharist, we can mean the Eucharistic Liturgy or the Mass; we can mean Holy Communion as the sacrament of the Lord; or we can mean the Real Presence of Christ we concentrate on the third of these aspects, namely, the Eucharist as the abiding presence of Jesus Christ on our altars after the Sacrifice of the Mass is over and between receptions of Holy Communion." |
Institution of the Real
Presence - Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. " the Real Presence is logically prior to the Eucharist as Sacrifice and Communion. The reason is obvious. Christ must first be really present on earth in the Eucharist, before we can intelligently speak of His offering Himself in the Mass and coming to us in Communion." |
is Eucharistic Adoration? - Most Reverend David A. Zubik, Bishop of
Pittsburgh A Question and Answer Brochure. |
Perpetual Adoration as
a Necessary Antidote to Abortion - Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. "As we reflected on the power of the Eucharist to achieve miracles, we kept insisting that these miracles will be performed by Our Lord only if we believe." |
to Pray a Holy Hour - Tom Hoopes (National Catholic Register) There are 3 rules and 60 minutes of excellent structured suggestions of how to spend an hour in the presence of Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament or reserved in a tabernacle. |
The Holy Hour - Fr. John
A. Hardon, S.J. One method is based on the four word aspiration and prayer, Adoro Te Rex Gloriae, I adore Thee, King of Glory. The idea is to divide one's holy hour into four quarters: "You spend the first in adoration; you spend the second in thanks; you spend the third quarter in reparation; and finally you spend the last quarter in giving something to God." |
Holy Hour of Eucharistic
Adoration A good introduction to a holy hour of adoration (Franciscan Friars of Marytown). |
Eucharistic Holy Hour This booklet has been prepared for the purpose of offering the Roman Catholic faithful a suitable compilation of prayers and hymns to be used either individually or as a congregation for Holy Hour devotions. |
An Appeal from My Sacred
Heart - (For Those Who Hurt). |
The Eucharist: A Sacrament to be Adored On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the first celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, the Holy Father wrote a letter to Bishop Albert Houssiau of Liege, Belgium. |
Pope John Paul II Recalls and Encourages
National Eucharistic Devotion Excerpts taken from the talk that Pope John Paul II gave at Phoenix Park during his historic three-day visit to Ireland, from September 29 to October 1, 1979. |
The Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
Handbook Decrees, Statutes, and Practical Guide (PEA International Headquarters). |
Quotes on the Most Blessed
Sacrament |
His Presence That Is
Real. - by Fr. P.J. McHugh (PEA Newsletter) "PEA gives tone to a parish - a feeling of reverence and awe, a feeling that in this chapel, the Lord is at home. Eucharist is the heart of the parish." |
No Wonder
They Call It The Real Presence (Lives Changed by Christ in Eucharistic Adoration)
- by David Pearson. Have you ever wondered about the story behind some of the people who make an hour of adoration in your church or chapel week after week? Aside from the one or two line petitions we all get to read, no one has undertaken the task to give an in-depth look into their lives until now. David Pearson has taken nine people, interviewed them and given us a book that not only captures our attention but unexpectedly surprises us by what these adorers have to say. Best of all, is the invaluable insight we get about the God Who made us that is brought to light as a result of his inquiries. Here is one of those true stories about a man named Mal - an inspiring interview with an astonishing adorer excerpted from David Pearson's book. |
Eucharistic Adoration
Is Perfect Reparation - Stephen Oraze. "We can draw down God's Merciful Love on the whole world...through perpetual Eucharistic adoration..." |
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Ciborium (Alt) | |||
Adoration for the Young |
Eucharist for Children |
The Real Presence - An elementary understanding
of Jesus in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist - by Lee Ann Schoofs "The Eucharist is a sacrament giving us the real body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus, the Son of God. Although it does not look like the body and blood of Jesus we see on a crucifix, His Real Presence is hidden within the appearance of a small white consecrated host (altar bread). This is a great mystery, something we cannot fully understand." |
A Children's Holy Hour - Fr. Antoine
Thomas (Congregation of St. John) Learn from Fr. Antoine how to plan a children's Holy Hour. "Parents and teachers will welcome Fr. Antoine's instruction as a much-needed recourse in the spiritual education of their children and students." |
Guided Children's Adoration Contains multiple detailed plans for guiding children through an hour of Eucharistic Adoration. Each set of plans includes everything a leader needs to direct the Eucharistic Holy Hour through the use of prayers, lines of scripture, songs, stories, praise, reflections and times of prayerful silence. You will also find activities to compliment the Holy Hour sessions that can be used outside Eucharistic Adoration. |
Monstrance Picture Craft for Children Step 1: Read the Eucharistic miracle story of Bordeaux, France and the directions for the monstrance picture craft - (PDF: 2 pages / 8 kbytes) Step 2: Decorate the monstrance picture and cut out the center - (PDF: 1 page / 40 Kbytes) Step 3: Color the picture of Jesus - (PDF: 1 page / 16 kbytes) |
of the Eucharist - (World Apostolate of Fatima) "Gather the children of the world before the tabernacles of the world for the families of the world " |
Holy Hours - (World Apostolate of Fatima) "Let the little children come unto Me." They have print outs to help you prepare children's holy hours. |
New School Adoration Chapel - Immaculate Conception of Dardenne - (St. Louis Review) MULTIMEDIA: "After an all-school Mass to celebrate the feast of All Saints, the students of Immaculate Conception School in Dardenne Prairie knelt in an honor guard as the Blessed Sacrament was taken by Msgr. Ted Wojcicki, parish pastor, to a new prayer room and eucharistic adoration chapel in the school. The children formed [a] line which stretched from the church through the school hallways to the chapel. Interviewed in this multimedia presentation are seventh-grade students Geoffrey Herr and Hannah Faust." |
My Visit With Jesus - A book for children during Eucharistic
Adoration A book for children and the child-like to help them come to Jesus in a personal way in Eucharistic Adoration. 21 meditations are written in letter format from the child to Jesus, or Jesus to His child. The focus is on the Real Presence of Jesus and the thoughts and concerns of children from reading age to pre-teen. It includes suggestions for parents, teachers and priests on how to use My Visit With Jesus for preschool age children, CCD classes and individual visits to adoration. Also includes Words to Know and Prayers for Children, and pages to write their own Private Letter to Jesus and places to design and draw their own holy card. Imprimatur by Bishop Dennis Schnurr of Duluth, MN To order, contact Helana Lehto at 218-727-1730 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. |
Various Nomenclatures Given to Committed Hourly Adoration Before the Blessed Sacrament Either Exposed or in the Tabernacle |
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
(PEA) (Alt) |
Nocturnal Adoration |
Forty Hours (Alt) |
Holy Hour |
First Friday |
Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament (Alt) |
Benediction with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: A Eucharistic Devotion |
Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament - Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. |
of the Blessed Sacrament - Fr. William Saunders (EWTN). |
Encyclopedia: Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament |
- Paul Turner. |
Benedictions and Holy Hours | |||
Processions with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: A Sacred Function |
- Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. |
Corpus Christi |
Corpus Christi: The Body and Blood
of Christ - Michael and Carole Breslin. An excellent article that gives information about the establishment of the Feast of Corpus Christi, a Eucharistic Procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi, readings and prayers for the Corpus Christi procession, and notes for Corpus Christi organizers: altar preparers, ushers, altar servers, and organist. |
Encylopedia: Feast of Corpus Christi |
Web Sites of Lourdes |
of the Blessed Sacrament at Lourdes |
Solemnity of Corpus Christi Celebrated at St. Anthony of Padua - (St. Louis Review) MULTIMEDIA: A traditional Corpus Christi procession held by Franciscans who administer to the St. Anthony of Padua parish in South St. Louis. |
Listed below is information on where to go and who to contact for
whatever you need to assist you in the establishment of Eucharistic
Adoration in your parish. The list contains a PEA Manual, Sign-Up Sunday
and educational materials, Eucharistic Priest Speakers and even where to
get a free wooden monstrance should you need one. |
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Manual |
The succeeding book, brochures and monstrance poster may be ordered from: |
Eternal Life P.O. Box 787 Bardstown, KY 40004-0787 E-mail: email@example.com Internet: www.lifeeternal.org Fax: 502-348-2224 Visa and Mastercard orders call: 1-800-842-2871 |
New Book by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. | |||||||
With Us Today: On the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist |
"[Fr. Hardon]...concisely explains the teaching of the Church about transubstantiation, Eucharistic adoration, the nature of the sacraments, and the Eucharist's character as Sacrifice, Communion, and Presence. After teaching what the Eucharist is, Fr. Hardon explores what the Eucharist does. He beautifully explains how our devotion to the Holy Eucharist transforms all aspects of our relationship with our Lord." "Whether we are members of a domestic family of parents and children, or members of the clergy, or members of consecrated life, the future of all family life depends on a deep and clear faith in the Real Presence. This book will help us better understand what we believe about the Holy Eucharist and why Christ gave us the Real Presence." An excellent book that may be used to prepare Eucharistic lesson plans. |
Brochures | |||||||
The Eucharist and Sanctity The Eucharist as the Real Presence is the Touchstone of Sanctity by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. (Eternal Life) |
Part 1: The Eucharist and Sanctity - I Believe |
Part 2: The Eucharist and Sanctity - What Do We Believe? | |||||||
Part 3: The Eucharist and Sanctity - Why Do We Believe? | |||||||
Part 4: The Eucharist and Sanctity - How To Believe? |
A Eucharistic Retreat Origin of the Holy Eucharist, A Model of Faith, A Model of Humility. by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. (Eternal Life) |
A Eucharistic Retreat | |||||||
For a list of additional brochures to choose from, visit the Eucharistic Adoration Resources section. |
Poster | |||||||
To Schedule a Priest Speaker, call 630-932-7796 or send email to |
For parishes that cannot afford a Monstrance |
Additional Eucharistic Adoration Resources |
Worship of the Eucharist Outside of Mass - Eucharistic Adoration (Part 1) | ||
Worship of the Eucharist Outside of Mass - Eucharistic Adoration (Part 2) | ||
Eucharistic Resources - Books, Videos, Audios and Periodicals | ||
Eucharistic Adoration - Other Topics | ||
PEA - Organization Addresses | ||
Religious Orders - Some with Eucharistic Adoration | ||
Church Documents on Worship of the Eucharist Outside of Mass |
The photograph of the Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. holding
a Monstrance
is provided courtesy of The Catholic New World.
Copyright © 2006 by The Catholic New World
Used with permission.
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Then-No. 3 Bloomington South saw its 49-game win streak come to an end in Indiana and was denied an opportunity for back-to-back state titles. In New Jersey, then-No. 4 Paterson Catholic was knocked out by St. Anthony before even getting to the state's Tournament of Champions.
Bloomington South and Paterson Catholic's misfortune caused the first major shake-up in the top 10 in over a month.
Read on to see how postseason twists and turns shaped this week's rankings.
Xcellent 25 National High School Boys Basketball Rankings
3. (5) St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.), 20-1Season complete. The Gray Bees announced last week they would not participate in the ESPN Rise National High School Invitational.
4. (6) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 32-1The Monarchs passed one big test in the Southern California Division I semifinals Saturday night with a 75-73 win over Woodland Hills Taft, and now get No. 15 Westchester on Saturday with a trip to the state championship game on the line. Against Taft, Gary Franklin and Tyler Lamb combined for 40 points to help Mater Dei overcome a three-point halftime deficit.
5. (7) Ames (Ames, Iowa), 27-0With future college coach Roy Williams among the crowd of 13,000 fans at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Harrison Barnes capped his legendary high school career Saturday night by leading Ames to a 47-37 win over Southeast Polk for the school's second-straight Class 4A state title. Barnes scored 19 points and Doug McDermott a team-high 21 as the Little Cyclones notched their 57th win in a row.
6. (8) Christ School (Arden, N.C.), 37-1The Greenies captured their fourth North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association 3A championship in as many years on Feb. 27 and expect to earn a spot in April's National High School Invitational in Baltimore, Md.
7. (9) Neumann & Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.), 26-1Wake Forest-bound senior guard Tony Chennault pumped in 23 points to help the Saints beat Harrisburg Susquehanna Township, 64-44, in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs. Neumann-Goretti meets Wilkes-Barre Holy Redeemer in second-round action Tuesday.
8. (10) Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), 29-2Regular season complete. The Pilots expect to be part of the eight-team field at the April 1-3 National High School Invitational in Baltimore.
9. (11) Providence (Jacksonville, Fla.), 31-1The Stallions captured Florida's Class 2A state championship but could continue their season at the National High School Invitational.
10. (13) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.), 30-2Season complete. Nevada Class 4A state champions.
11. (14) Half Hollow Hills West (Dix Hills, N.Y.), 23-1West should still be unbeaten after knocking off Uniondale, 63-50, in Class AA regional play Saturday night, but the school self-reported an ineligible player last week and was forced to forfeit a Feb. 12 contest against Smithtown West. Tough to penalize the Colts for what by all accounts was an honest mistake handled in up-front fashion. The ineligible player was a junior varsity call-up. HHHW will face Rochester East on Saturday night at the Glen Falls Civic Center with a spot in the Class AA championship game on the line.
12. (15) Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), 29-3Regular season complete. The Warriors will likely be one of eight teams selected for the National High School Invitational.
13. (15) Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.), 22-4Regular season complete. Expect Montverde Academy to earn a spot in the National High School Invitational.
14. (17) Penn Wood (Lansdowne, Pa.), 24-3The Patriots opened Pennsylvania's Class AAAA state tournament with a 76-57 thumping of Millersville Penn Manor behind 31 points from 5-9 senior point guard Tyree Johnson. The defending state champs actually trailed after the first quarter, but used a 25-5 second stanza to gain control of the contest. Penn Wood meets Neshaminy in second-round action Wednesday.
16. (21) DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), 30-3The Stags were in action Sunday night, beating Ballou of Washington, D.C., 80-70, for the Abe Pollin City Title. Junior guard Quinn Cook led the way for DeMatha – winners in 11-straight games – with 28 points in front of more than 7,000 fans at the Verizon Center.
17. (4) Paterson Catholic (Paterson, N.J.), 28-1The Cougars won't have a state title to add to a great 2009-10 resume after getting handled by then-No. 20 Jersey City St. Anthony on Saturday night. But state championships aside, Paterson Catholic captured one of the biggest crowns in high school basketball back in December by winning the City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. At that event, the Cougars knocked off three teams ranked in this week's Xcellent 25 (No. 14 Penn Wood, No. 15 Westchester and No. 21 Winter Park) before running roughshod over every opponent on the schedule in January and February.
18. (3) Bloomington South (Bloomington, Ind.), 23-1The Panthers were stunned Saturday night in the Class 4A regional finals by Jeffersonville – a team they ran off the court by 31 points in December. It was Bloomington South's second game of the day after beating Evansville Harrison 71-61. Leaving South in the national rankings is a tough decision since they will not finish the season with a state title, but 49-straight wins dating back to last year is too big of an achievement in a basketball-crazed state to disregard. While 2008-09 results have no bearing on this season, the Panthers were only involved in two games decided by less than 10 points in going 23-0.
19. (18) St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.), 23-3Season complete. The New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association banned the Celtics from postseason due to improper workouts.
20. (22) Melrose (Memphis, Tenn.), 32-4After beating Jackson North Side in sectional play last Monday, 87-63, the Golden Wildcats waited for the Class AAA state tournament draw, which was announced Saturday. Melrose will face Murfreesboro Siegel on Thursday in the quarterfinals. A fifth meeting with Memphis rival White Station is possible in the championship game.
21. (23) Winter Park (Winter Park, Fla.), 28-5The Wildcats captured Florida's Class 6A state championship but could continue their season at the National High School Invitational.
22. (25) Plymouth Whitemarsh (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.), 26-2The Colonials were dominant in the first round of Pennsylvania's Class AAAA state tournament, blasting Lewisberry Red Land 74-31. C.J. Aiken, a 6-10 senior, scored 13 points to lead a balanced PW attack with seven players scoring seven points or more. The Colonials meet Philadelphia Frankford in the second round Wednesday.
23. (NR) Milton (Alpharetta, Ga.), 29-4The Eagles captured Georgia's Class AAAAA title Saturday night with a 56-46 win over Atlanta Westlake, making head coach David Boyd the first coach in state history to notch championships at four different schools. Junior wing Dai-Jon Parker led Milton with 19 points and forward Julian Royal added 15 against Westlake. The Eagles closed with wins in their final 10 contests and with four Division I-bound stars returning (Parker, Royal, junior guard Shannon Scott and sophomore forward Evan Nolte), will be in the conversation for the No. 1 national ranking entering next season.
24. (NR) Peabody (Alexandria, La.), 41-0Without a nationally-ranked measuring stick on the schedule, the Warhorses flew under the radar for much of the season despite piling up an impressive number of wins, usually in blowout fashion (25 wins by 20 points or more). Peabody capped a perfect campaign Saturday night by beating Bossier, 61-58, for the Class 4A state title – its fourth in six years. Oklahoma State-bound wing Markel Brown led the way with 25 points in the final and was named tournament MVP.
25. (NR) Mount Lebanon (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 26-1It's unlikely that four Pennsylvania teams – including three in the AAAA classification – will remain in the Xcellent 25 through the end of the season, but the Blue Devils belong as of today. Mount Lebo opened the state tournament with a 59-41 win over McKeesport, getting 17 points from Paul Lang. Next up is Wexford North Allegheny on Wednesday. A Mount Lebanon-Plymouth Whitemarsh matchup could materialize in the semifinals.
Dropped out: No. 16 Wagner (San Antonio, Texas), No. 20 St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.), No. 24 Romulus (Romulus, Mich.)


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Though there are best practices of how to "be Agile," a uniform framework doesn't always apply to the ScrumMaster role. Here are some tips to help you avoid common pitfalls.
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R. Kelly is back again, and coming off his upcoming Black Panties album is a new track called "My Story." And what would a new track in today's hip hop/rnb world be without a guest. And you've possibly guessed pretty close considering the shuffling game of guest rappers seems to be slim pickings these days. Yes, it's 2 Chainz.
So get your panties ready for Kelly's new track below:
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It;s time to go into Blacc Hollywood mode, Wiz Khalifa hasn't been doing it on the feature side of things, but now it's TGOD season. Khalifa returns to the game with the official single from his upcoming Blacc Hollywood album.
I don't know how I feel about this one yet, doesn't really sound like his style. He's always played with different styles, it's always been an evolution but you still recognized it as Wiz's sound, this one – not so much.


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When I was in elementary school I remember being told (probably in jest) that I could grow up to become president. That makes me wonder what it takes to be the ultimate American leader; things like charisma and a desire to be raked over the coals by the media are obvious. What other qualities do former presidents have in common? And are any in common with me?
Well to begin with, your best chance is if you are a white male between the ages of 52 and 58. The youngest was Teddy Roosevelt at 42 and the oldest, Ronald Reagan at nearly 70. As far as occupation goes, you should probably study law (over 61 percent practiced law at some point in their careers). The military comes in second, followed by a variety of occupations, including politician and planter/farmer. An actor has a small chance, as does an engineer.
If you could arrange to be born in Virginia (8) or Ohio (7), you would be doing well, but New York and Massachusetts residents have done well too. On the other hand, Louisiana, my home state, has had none. Surprisingly, being wealthy is not a prerequisite, although it didn't hurt Kennedy, as most presidents come from middle to upper-middle class families. Republicans slightly outweigh the Democrats (although there were some weird parties before Buchanan), more than 93 percent were involved in politics prior to the presidential campaign, and military service seems to help, with a little over 61 percent having served.
How do the current GOP candidates stack up against these metrics? Are Bachmann and Cain automatically out of the running? Of course not. Is Romney out because of his non-mainstream religion? No, after all, Nixon was a Quaker!
So, based on the data I collected and a weighing system I devised, my predictions for the nomination are Rick Santorum likeliest, with Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry in a tie for second.
Do any of these characteristics mean anything as pertains to performing the job; would you think that profession is important? Some argument can be made that law is a good starting point; being able to understand past and present precedents. But how much understanding of law is really necessary for the leader of the free world?
So, what profession should we have? How about giving historians a try? Didn't Santayana say that those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it? We might try an economist in the seat, since our biggest troubles in the last century have revolved around how to recover from recessions and keeping the economy running. I also see some merit in having a businessman in power, even though there are counter arguments. Wouldn't it be great if the president could fire a member of congress for not showing up for voting?
We have been voting for lawyers for 225 years with extremely mixed results. Remember Einstein's definition of insanity, "Doing the same thing over, and over, and expecting different results."
Oh, I came in fourth, tied with Romney.
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Infographic: How Much Would It Cost To Be Great Gatsby
By Dorothy Tan, 15 May 2013
As the much anticipated The Great Gatsby hits screens across the world this week, movie-goers are brought back to the glamorous, unabashedly extravagant Roaring Twenties.
But have you ever wondered exactly how much it would cost to have Jay Gatsby's enviable party lifestyle filled with champagne, beautiful people and upper-class fun?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based artist Nickolay Lamm has created an infographic for British website MyVoucherCodes that addresses this exact query.
From a US$30 million mansion and a wardrobe that costs US$470,610 to a party expenditure of US$250,000, being The Great Gatsby certainly doesn't come cheap.
The total bill comes up to a whooping US$34,320,880—view the entire infographic below to find out what one can buy with this enormous sum.
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