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We have an XML Core WG phone call scheduled for Wednesday, September 15, from 08:00-09:00 Pacific time aka 11:00-12:00 Eastern time aka 15:00-16:00 UTC 16:00-17:00 in Ireland and the UK 17:00-18:00 in middle (most of) Europe on the Zakim W3C Bridge, +1 617 761 6200, passcode 9652#. We also use IRC channel #xmlcore on irc.w3.org:6665 . See the XML Core group page [1] for pointers to current documents and other information. If you have additions to the agenda, please email them to the WG list before the start of the telcon. Please also review our group page's task list [2] for accuracy and completeness and be prepared to amend if necessary and accept it at the beginning of the call. Agenda ====== 1. Accepting the minutes from the last telcon [3] and the current task status [2] (have any questions, comments, or corrections ready by the beginning of the call). 2. Miscellaneous administrivia. 3. Problem with xml:space in the Schema document for the XML namespace Masayasu Ishikawa <email@example.com> sent us email on this at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2004Jul/0019 CONSENSUS to remove the default for xml:space from the schema for the xml namespace. ACTION to Henry: Make the actual change once we've figured out how/when to announce this. We have made announcements to xml-dev, xml-schema-dev, and to chairs. Any responses? 4. XML errata. The published 1.0 errata document is [8], the published 1.1 errata document is [9], and the NEW PUBLIC Potential Errata (PE) document is [7]. 5. Namespaces in XML. ACTION to Richard: Produce a draft for NS1.0 2nd Ed. 6. Xinclude CR was published April 13 at: http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-xinclude-20040413 The updated test suite cover page is at http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/XInclude/ The PR-ready draft is at: http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/07/PR-xinclude/ The public DoC (aka latest issues list) is at: http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/07/ExIT-xinclude/issues.html [Note: The Director view displays incorrectly in IE6.0.] Richard put up public results for ERH, DV, and himself: http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/xinclude-implementation/report.html Paul sent in the PR request at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/chairs/2004JulSep/0090 Remaining ACTIONs are: f. Paul: Make any adjustments necessary in the PR request. g. Henry: Help arrange a PR call and ensure that firstname.lastname@example.com is still "working". h. Paul, Norm, Henry, Jonathan: Participate in the PR call. 7. xml:id. Norm has collected the xml:id issues, now (public) at: http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/xml-id/issues.xml and put a new version of the draft at http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/xmlcore/xmlid/xml-id.html ID Strictness ------------- Commentor figures that non-validating parsers shouldn't have to check for xml:id validity. Currently, conformance to xml:id does require non-validating parsers to check for xml:id validity; of course, no parser is required to conform to xml:id. Richard send email outlining our options at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2004Aug/0024 He outlines options of strict, moderate, lax id checking. Richard would like to know that ids, for example, don't contain spaces. Then we started asking if id values should be NCName or Name. Tentative CONSENSUS that we would do "moderate" where id values should be NCName (with some uncertainty). We left open what kind of error it would be if the above isn't the case. Norm sent email with his latest proposal: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2004Sep/0003 and there was some follow up email discussion. We discussed this a bit last week, but we still need to discuss more. There is email from Dan Connolly re: how does XInclude mix with XML Schema? XSLT? at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2004Sep/0014 Norm replied, and Dan rebutted, and DV commented; see the thread at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2004Sep/0034 8. XML Profile. The TAG (via Norm) asks about progress on this: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2004Sep/0004 [1] http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/Core [2] http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/Core#tasks [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2004Sep/0031 [7] http://www.w3.org/XML/2004/02/proposed-xml10-3e-and-xml11-errata.html [8] http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-V10-3e-errata [9] http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-V11-1e-errataReceived on Monday, 13 September 2004 16:40:06 UTC
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The Frisco ISD School Board heard a summary of the proposed 2017-18 budget Monday, with two changes from last month based on feedback from staff and trustees.
District leaders are now recommending a two percent raise for staff next school year. A one percent raise had been presented in April as part of a list of more than 50 budget recommendations. View the updated list of recommendations.
Staff are also recommending the implementation of an annual fee to offset electricity costs associated with employee-owned appliances such as refrigerators, microwaves and coffee makers. The previous recommendation had been to eliminate personal appliances in classrooms and offices.
The proposed 2017-18 budget includes dozens of recommendations to trim spending and generate additional revenue. It was shaped by eight months of work by employees, trustees, parents and citizens who shared ideas and input on possible solutions to address the District's funding challenges.
About 60 percent of the budget recommendations were developed by the Priorities-Based Budget Stakeholder Committee, made up of community and staff members. The other 40 percent were initiated by an internal Working Group of department leaders and budget managers. All groups worked to maintain a sharp focus on classroom teaching and learning, student safety and competitive compensation for teachers.
"We recognize that these are not all good choices," said Chief Financial Officer Kimberly Pickens, noting the impact on staff, families and students. "The administration team vetted all of those recommendations with a truly global view of the District and considered the impact on the District as a whole."
A larger raise for employees is being recommended to address Board and staff concerns about the District's ability to stay competitive with salaries across the region, which are expected to climb an average of 2.5 percent next school year. In addition, the two percent raise helps offset anticipated increases in employee health care premiums.
The larger raise results in a larger proposed deficit for the 2017-18 budget, now a projected at $5.7 million after factoring in all of the cost-saving and revenue-generating strategies. The projected deficit with a one percent raise was $1.9 million.
While District staff don't want to count on the Texas Legislature at this time, they are also relatively confident that FISD will receive approximately $9.5 million in additional funding next school year from lawmakers. Both the House and Senate versions of the biennial budget include an adjustment to catch Texas school districts up to what is known as the "Austin yield," or the amount of property wealth per student in Austin ISD. This calculation is part of the state's equalized funding formula. If these additional funds are received, FISD would be able to maintain its fund balance at targeted levels next year.
District staff will work with trustees to finalize the 2017-18 budget between now and adoption on June 19. A separate public hearing will be held June 5 on the tax rate, which is proposed to remain the same at $1.46 per $100 valuation. The rate has remained unchanged since 2012, though the District lost a total of $105 million in state funding from 2011 to 2016.
The Board meeting also included action related to the District's interest and sinking (I&S) fund, which pays off debt from issuing bonds to build new schools and fund other projects.
Trustees authorized the sale of new bonds to fund ongoing construction and summer maintenance projects, and refinance portions of existing bonds to save the District almost $58 million in interest over the life of the bonds.
Trustees also approved an early pay-off of $11.8 million in bonds from 2005 using surplus revenue in the I&S fund. The surplus was generated this year through higher than anticipated property value growth. By law, a surplus in the I&S fund must be used for debt and cannot be used to fund daily school operations. By paying off the bonds now, rather than continuing to make regular debt service payments, FISD will save an additional $8.5 million in interest over the life of the bonds.
By refunding existing debt and paying off debt early, Frisco ISD reduces its debt burden and creates additional capacity within the I&S tax rate. Capacity could be used in the future to lower the I&S rate or allow the District to continue to issue additional debt to meet the needs of enrollment growth, while maintaining the same I&S tax rate.
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Tomorrow Jamie will speak at the Slow Food organisation's Salone del Gusto food festival in Turin, Italy, about the future of food and sustainability.
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Food Tube is welcoming aboard a very special new presenter – Fish Tales' Bart Van Olphen, who'll show us the wonderful world of fishing and cooking seafood.
Dheeradon Dissara wins Drinks Tube's search for a new youtube cocktail star with his twist on an espresso martini
A cooking course at Jamie's Ministry of Food will increase the amount of vegetables you eat and could reduce your risk of heart disease, a study has found.
Next week you've got the chance to meet the stars of Jamie's Drinks Tube and even knock up a cocktail or two with them at London Cocktail Week.
Jamie's mentor and restaurant partner Gennaro Contaldo cut the ribbon at the reopening of Jamie's Ministry of Food in Rotherham last Friday.
A few months ago Drinks Tube began searching for a cocktail star, and now you can vote for your favourite (and be in with a chance to win an iPad Mini).
After year in the writing and a lifetime in the making, Jamie's Comfort Food comes out in Britain today.
Last year our editor, Jim, helped to judge the best British hotel food, and this year we're doing the same – make sure you vote if you know a great one!
Bad weather be damned, the party goes on! This weekend, in the sleepy Cotswolds, Jamie will play host to The Big Feastival with his mate Alex James from Blur. Over three days there will be fantastic music, delicious food, incredible chef demos and fun for all the family. We've got rockstars all over the site, from Fat Boy Read the full article…


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The prosecution of a group of women who ran a £21m pyramid scheme cost taxpayers at least £1.4m, according to a Freedom of Information request.
The scheme, which generated £21m before it was shut down, conned at least 10,000 people between May 2008 and April 2009.
But the perpetrators paid back as little as £1 each, according to an investigation by the Press Association.
The victims were encouraged to "beg, borrow or steal" to take part in the scam, which promised £23,000 for each £3,000 investment if a player recruited two people.
Bristol Crown Court heard the scheme's committee members pocketed up to £92,000 each, while up to 88% of their members lost between £3,000 and £15,000.
The eleven women prosecuted for the scheme were the first in the UK to face prosecution for a pyramid scheme under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Act.
Six women who were convicted of operating and promoting the scheme paid back a total of £535,454 in confiscation orders and prosecution costs.
The prosecution cost taxpayers "not less" than £1,465,000 - not including defence costs, legal aid costs or court costs.
A spokeswoman for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said there was a "strong public interest" in bringing the case to act as a deterrent, warn the public and achieve justice for victims.
"Investigating and prosecuting complex economic cases of this kind are invariably costly, often taking a significant time to investigate fully and resulting in lengthy trials," she said.
"In particular, they will typically involve sifting through millions of physical and electronic documents, complicated money tracing exercises and interviewing of a large number of potential witnesses.
"All this calls for a team of staff working full-time, including expert staff, and the advice of specialist counsel.
"The costs associated with this particular case are in no way unusual or unexpected for a case of this kind."
Judge Mark Horton ordered the defendants to pay back individual amounts following a Proceeds of Crime hearing held in July.
Chairwoman Laura Fox, 70, was ordered to pay £156,000. Treasurer Jennifer Smith-Hayes, 69, paid £111,912, while secretary Susan Crane, 69, paid £81,162.
Hazel Cameron, 55, paid £65,012, charts co-ordinator Mary Nash, 65, paid £53,362 and Carol Chalmers, 69, paid £47,862.
In 2012, Sally Philips, 35, of Hengrove, Jane Smith, 51, of Bishopsworth, and Rita Lomas, 50, of Whitchurch, received suspended sentences after they admitted promoting the scheme.
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"He started off seeded 13th, so he moved up one spot," said
Eagles' coach Steve Cross of Salgado, who competed in the 198-pound weight
Cross said Salgado's combined 1,290 pound lift was the same as his total
at the regional meet three weeks ago in Lubbock, when he earned the runner-up
state berth out of Region I.
"After his squat thrust he was in eighth place and he started out good
on his bench press. He did 265 pounds, but he just didn't get his second
lift and that kind of hurt him," Cross said. "On the third he got 290 which
helped, but then he had a little trouble on the dead lift. He did 450 pounds
on his first lift, but then the judges didn't like the second lift or the
third lift. He was trying 470 pounds, but they said it wasn't a legal lift."
"I knew they were going to be mostly bigger than I was going into the
state meet, but that gave me a bigger drive to want to beat them," said
Salgado, who dropped down one spot after his problems in the deadlift,
as Belton's Dante Cozarte moved up to 11th, with a combined
1,295 pound lift.
"Just being able to qualify for state is a pretty big reward in itself,"
said Cross. "I think Adam has been very coachable. He asked a lot of questions
during his powerlifting career, and was alreays ready to do what it took
to get better. I think that shows in his ability to get to state and it
will be something he will always carry with him through his life."
Aaron Fulton of Georgetown won the 198-pound weight class, with a combined
lift of 1,495 pounds, based on his lower body weight (190.60 pounds) compared
with Crowley's Tavarus Cabness, who also lifted 1,495 pounds but weighed
in at 197.90 pounds for the state finals. Region I winner Beto Rodarte
of Lubbock High finished eighth, with a 1,370 combined lift.
Division I is for schools in Class 5A and 4A, while the Eagles will
compete next year in Division II, when they drop down to Class 3A. In-between,
Cross said he's hoping to get an offseason powerlifting competition going.
"I'm looking at some of the other powerlifting organizations to see
if we can't get a summer powerlifting program off the ground," he said.
"Some of them have age-group divisions, so the middle schools can compete.
One thing I noticed down there are that the teams competing in the powerlifting
at state are the ones you see going to the state quarterfinals in football."
One other Eagle, Chris Lara, was an alternate at state, having placed
third at regionals in the 132-pound division. Last week, Eagles' senior
Alexandra Vasquez placed 12th at the girls' State High School
Powerlifting Championships, held in Killeen.
"Barney didn't have his best stuff today. His curveball was flat, but
we hit the ball and we played good defense behind him," said Eagles' coach
Bubba Williams of the junior, who won for the fifth time in six decisions
this season.
Clint put their leadoff man on in every inning but one, and the Lions
still managed to score that time off Rodriguez. But after a pair of errors
in the first two innings, the Eagles settled down, getting Rodriguez out
of trouble by turning three double plays, and ending the game by throwing
David Medeles out at home on a grounder to third base by Royce Hickman.
At-bat, the Eagles were able to stake Rodriguez to a 4-0 lead before
he took the mound. David Elkins and Richard Rodriguez opened the game with
back-to-back doubles, and Mason Abila singled home Rodriguez and went to
second when Willie Canavas misplayed the ball in left field. Abila scored
after ground outs by Freddie Torres and Rigo Ramirez, and Capi Magana followed
with a double, then scored on Barney Rodriguez' single.
Clint came back with three hits in the bottom of the first inning, including
a leadoff double by Hickman and an RBI single by Jonathan Baeza. But after
David Fierro hit and an error by Levario loaded the bases. Barney Rodriguez
came back to strike out Medeles and got Jacob Hernandez to foul out to
Levario at third base.
Levario would walk and later score Pecos' fifth run in the top of the
second, on a double by Abila, while an error by Ramirez at first base to
open the second set up Sam Duran's RBI single to left. But once again,
Rodriguez got out of it, getting Hickman to bounce into a fielder's choice
and Kit Bramblett and Baeza on grounders to shortstop and third base.
The Eagles turned their first double play in the third inning, getting
Fernie Lopez after David Fierro opened the inning by reaching on an error.
In the fourth, after Canava led off with a single Duran smacked a line
drive to Magana at shortstop on a hit-and-run play, and he was able to
double Canava off first base.
In the fifth, Clint got its only double play of the game, but that came
on bad baserunning and after the Eagles had added four more runs. After
Abila reached on an error by Hickman at shortstop and Torres singled, Magana
came up with an RBI single to center that Lopez misplayed, allowing a second
run to score.
Mikey Fierro then hit Barney Rodriguez with a curveball, and Oscar Parada
followed with an RBI single, making it 8-2. Levario blooped in a single
to load the bases and Elkins made it 9-2 with a sacrifice fly, but Parada
was caught between second and third in a rundown, ending the inning.
Barney Rodriguez got the first two outs in the bottom of the fifth,
before three straight hits by Lopez, Medeles and Mikey Fierro made it 9-3.
He got Canava to end the inning, but needed the Eagles' third double play
of the game to get out of trouble in the sixth, though this time only part
of it Rodriguez' doing.
He did walk Duran to open the inning, but with one out saw Bramblett
awarded first base on catcher's interference by Abila, then saw Baeza reach
base when hit dribbler down the third base line that appeared foul was
ruled fair by the home plate umpire as Levario picked it up. Rodriguez
then hit David Fierro to force home a run, but Richard Rodriguez then took
Lopez hard shot to second base and turned it into an inning-ending double
In the seventh, singles by Ramirez and Barney Rodriguez and a double
by Parada made it 10-4, and the game's final two runs scored when Bramblett
dropped Elkins' pop up to second base.
Rodriguez ended up allowing 12 hits on the afternoon while striking
out only two batters, both in the first inning, while the Eagles collected
14 hits off Fierro, who struck out four batters. "Barney said the ball
was rising. He was trying to keep it down because that's where the umpire
was calling it, so he tried to aim it and didn't have his good stuff. But
we made the plays we had to make, and we've got the pitchers to back him
up if we needed them," said Williams.
The win was the Eagles' ninth straight and puts them at 13-4 on the
season, while Clint falls to 7-10-1 with their loss. Pecos now comes home
for a Tuesday night game against the Fabens Wildcats, who won their district
opener over Canutillo, 3-2, and have beaten the Eagles in Pecos each of
the past two seasons. The Eagles then go to Canutillo for a Thursday afternoon
game, due to the Good Friday holiday.
"It was a good game for us. Everyone got to play," said Eagles' coach
Tammy Walls. "Stephanie (Herrera) had seven strikeouts and Jessica Rodriguez
had a very good game at first base. She saved a couple of throws from shortstop
and also hit the ball well. I think she was 2-for-3."
Herrera allowed only one hit in raising her record to 7-1 on the season,
with the Golden Eagles' lone run coming off an error in centerfield in
the fourth inning, after Walls had gotten most of her reserves into the
The Eagles scored twice in the first inning and then added seven more
runs in the second. "The second was when we opened it up, and I made my
substitutions in the third," Walls said. Among the starters, Neftali Salgado
had a home run for Pecos, and was also 2-for-3 at bat, Walls said.
The win was the Eagles fourth straight and gave them a 7-3 record on
the season, 3-0 in district play. Pecos goes back out to El Paso on Tuesday
to face the Mountain View Lobos, and then comes home for a Thursday game
against San Elizario to close out the first half of the district schedule.
The San Eli game was moved up a day due to Good Friday, and Walls said
after an initial change of the starting time for the district home games
from 5 p.m. to 4 p.m., that the remaining four games at Martinez Field
would be 5 p.m. starts, as originally announced at the start of the season.
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Last decade, men's hair was messier. Bedhead bros sported long, swooping mops (a la Justin Bieber) or spiky styles.
But in recent years, "men have gone shorter," says Joe Cassata, a stylist in Roslyn, N.Y. "Now they're getting more intense about it."
Meaning shorter sides and back, longer top — a more dramatic contrast known as an undercut.
The popularity of "Mad Men" has fueled sales of '60s-era suits and sleek, short haircuts, but the undercut actually dates back to the '20s. And the look likely will gain more traction, thanks to Prohibition-era shows like HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," and the hotly anticipated "Great Gatsby" remake, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire.
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Getting your part razor-straight can be tougher than it looks. It's easiest if you find your natural part, says Salon Rock owner Stephen Marcuccio. The trick: Wet your hair, slicking it back with a comb, then push hair a little forward, and you should see a natural part form.
"We try to build a shortcut around the part's natural line, because hair falls best that way," he says. "It's like a good foundation."
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All Robert Pattinson wants is a haircut, and he wants it bad. He plays a cryptic billionaire in the near future who crisscrosses Manhattan in his limo, risking his life to find the perfect barber, in David Cronenberg's dark, doomy "Cosmopolis," which premiered at Cannes this June. Dude, just hit Supercuts and be done with it. But his character's not the only one showing up in cool 'dos. Here are some other celebs sporting shorter, neat hair:
• "Mad Men's" Jon Hamm made looking like a grown-up cool again.
• Soccer star David Beckham has worn ponytails and Mohawks — but his current look is sleek and parted … even on the playing field.
• Leonardo DiCaprio is a flip-flopper. The star of this fall's "The Great Gatsby" parts his hair on the right, the left, then the right again.
• "High School Musical" star Zac Efron has graduated from tousled teen to groomed guy.


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|Thanksgiving Is for Social Studies
|posted by: Melissa | November 14, 2017, 06:35 PM
Numerous studies over the past few years have shown that knowledge about American history and civics is declining. Yet, despite widespread acknowledgment of the problem, little is being done to put Social Studies front and center in schooling. The subject is so often drowned out by the constant drumbeat to raise test scores and the pressing need for greater STEM education.
Thanksgiving is the time of year when you can change all that. This holiday, so firmly rooted in our country's history, is the perfect time to teach about the founding of our nation, the great men who have led it over the past few centuries, and the beliefs that those men held dear. There is much to delve into during the study of this holiday that goes far beyond handprint turkeys and Native American head pieces made from paper. Students can do everything from examining the role that religion played in our country's early years to studying how the holiday has changed and evolved as our country changed and evolved.
While there are many lessons you could teach, consider these as a starting point:
The First Thanksgiving: Grades 3-5 (Scholastic)
The U.S. Constitution: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States (Library of Congress)
Thanksgiving in the Time of Lincoln (Eastern Illinois University)
Pilgrims, the Mayflower Compact, and Thanksgiving (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789 (MountVernon.org)
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Blaney making his own mark in PASS Super Late Models
Naples ME (10/3/2009) – Ryan Blaney will need to bring a note to school on Thursday October 15th. He needs to be excused from class on Friday, but he's not going to the dentist's office or on a family vacation. On Friday October 16th he will be at "SoBo", Virginia's famed South Boston Speedway to prepare for Saturdays Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South portion of the Mason-Dixon Meltdown, a 250 lap super late model feature that brings together the top guns of super late model racing every fall.
The racing teenager sits second in the PASS South standings, trailing series point leader Ben Rowe by 56 markers in the chase for the title. His statistics are impressive; in twelve starts, Blaney has four top five and eleven top ten finishes, two pole awards, and 87 laps led. Those are impressive numbers for a young man that comes from a family of champions on both dirt and asphalt.
Blaney's got one stat that he wants to change at South Boston, and that's the goose egg in his PASS win column. His results show that he's been out front and he's been close to the top of the podium. A pair of third place finishes at Dillon and Orange County is his best to date, certainly nothing to sneeze at in a series so deep in talent. But, he's won in every form of racing he's attempted and he's got the talent and team to make it to the top of the heap. He's a rookie in the high horsepower super late model machines and his remarkable consistency has given him the kind of track time he needs to make his way to victory lane. Blaney knows that sitting in the pits watching with a wrecked race car does nothing for his learning curve, or for the respect he needs to race side by side with veterans like Ben Rowe, Jay Fogelman, and Preston Peltier.
Blaney and his team have two more shots at Pro All Stars victory lane, the Mason-Dixon Meltdown Saturday, October 17th at South Boston and the PASS season finale, The Howler at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Don't count the young racer out at either venue. Ryan Blaney is a winner, from a family of winners. There's little question that this talented racer will continue to carry on that tradition.
The engines will roar to life at South Boston Speedway on Friday, October 16 and Saturday Oct. 17. Highlighting the weekend's activities will be a 250-lap race for Blaney and the touring PASS Super Late Model competitors. The PASS race is round four of the four race PASS National Championship Series, where Ben Rowe leads the title chase over Mark Gibson and Blaney. The weekend also features 250 laps for the region's best NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model Stock Car Division competitors.
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text: Well all you BHers out there. I have been a member of this forum for a while now and I have been reading so much my head is spinning. I have seen all the threads about following to $10Million a day and this is not one of those. This is a thank you. Until I found this website I was blogging. But I was doing it all wrong. I am averaging about $20 a month on Adsense and seeing it increase a little each month. I was depressed yet ecstatic to get my first google check. Then I found this website through a Mashable article. I realized the money is not in Adsense. I realized I am an idiot for allowing thousands of people to go through my website without creating an email list. And I realized my passion niche is not necessarily going to make me $$. So I decided I would use this website as a study source. I have read so many threads my scrolling is broken. But one thing kept nagging at me. Everyone kept saying to "take action." The only problem was, I didn't know which action to take. So I made a few websites and none went anywhere. I created an adwords account and got banned. I created the perfect squeeze page for a product then realized it's gravity on clickbank was less than 1. Yes, ONE. I didn't even know what Gravity was. So I read some more. Slowly but surely all of you guys have been teaching me. About a week ago things began to click. It actually hit me what a "review site" was. I realized what Gravity was. I realized the importance of lists. I learned about squeeze pages. And I'm just now getting the concept of proxies. I'm waiting for my next google check to buy ScrapeBox and see what kind of mistakes I can make with that. The bottom line is, I think I'm starting to get it. But after leeching a lot of knowledge for the last few weeks I wanted to stop in and say thanks. I don't have it all figured out now but I do know enough to head in the right direction. I'm not sure if I will stop back by to give my results. If they are awesome, I just might do that. I just wanted everyone to know you've been a real help and, if I do well, you've helped change a life. So thanks! Now I have to stop typing because I should be working on my new venture instead of procrastinating in here!


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When the famous command, "Drivers, start your engines" sounds across Daytona International Speedway and the green flag drops at 14:40 on Saturday 27 January, the 2018 Rolex 24 At DAYTONA will begin its marathon journey. The 56th edition of North America's most prestigious sports car race will mark the start of the 2018 motor sport season and the biggest IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in its history, consisting of three classes – Prototype (P), GT Le Mans (GTLM) and GT Daytona (GTD). Adrenaline-charged, the drivers, teams and motor sport fans around the world will take their positions, as the Rolex clock counts down from 24:00:00.
This year's field, which includes winners from a wide range of motor sport disciplines and the highly-anticipated appearance of two-time FIA Formula One Drivers' World Champion™ Fernando Alonso, took to the Daytona International Speedway at the weekend for three days of practice and qualifying sessions in the Roar Before The Rolex 24 – the precursor to the gruelling 24-hour contest later this month. For the first time in the event's history, a special 15-minute qualifying session was held on Sunday for each class, determining the garage and pit locations for the Rolex 24.
Recording the fastest time of 1:35.806 in the Prototype class and qualifying first overall was Felipe Nasr in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R. In the GTLM class, American favourite Joey Hand led with a 1:43.610 in the No. 66 Ford GT car, fielded by Chip Ganassi Racing. Italian Mirko Bortolotti topped the timesheet in the GTD category with an impressive time of 1:47.374 in the No. 11 GRT Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3. With the top six GTLM cars qualifying within half a second of each other and the top 18 cars in the GTD class separated by less than a second, the Roar Before The Rolex 24 anticipates a closely contested Rolex 24 At Daytona in just under three weeks' time.
The Rolex 24 At DAYTONA pushes man and machine to the limit, testing reliability, perseverance and concentration around this unique circuit made up of a tri-oval superspeedway and a sweeping fast infield section. The 13 hours raced in the dark intensify the challenge, as the competitors are forced to sustain their focus in difficult conditions. Rolex has been Title Sponsor of the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA since 1992 and has supported this iconic endurance event since 1966. The specially engraved Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona makes a fitting reward for the champions of this legendary race. Renowned as the ultimate racing driver's watch, the 'Daytona' has become synonymous with performance and provides the perfect link to Daytona Beach – the birthplace of speed and home to 14 World Land Speed Records from 1903 to 1935.
Ahead of attending this year's race, 2008 Rolex 24 At DAYTONA champion, three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and friend of Rolex, Dario Franchitti said: "We have a truly world class line-up for the 2018 Rolex 24 At Daytona, which demonstrates the strength and depth of endurance racing. It is a privilege for me to return to Daytona, whether at the wheel or soaking up the action trackside, so I am looking forward to seeing which drivers and teams triumph in this special race. For a driver to win the Rolex 24 At Daytona is an incredible achievement, but to receive a Rolex watch in Victory Lane is the ultimate reward."
Prior to the Roar Before The Rolex 24 it was announced that former racing driver and current team owner Chip Ganassi will act as Grand Marshal for this year's Rolex 24 At DAYTONA.


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The promo posters for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a love story starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, have finally been released, and the images are quite strange.
Adapted from a 1922 story from F. Scott Fitzgerald, the David Fincher directed film is about a man who is born in in his 80's and starts growing younger instead of going though the normal aging process.
"Button is imagery wizard David Fincher's big-canvas play for mass acceptance, and he's fashioned an effects-laden but character-driven epic that recalls the sweetly doomed, emotional glamour of Hollywood's golden era," Variety said, according to JustJared.
The film, which is set in New Orleans and progresses into the 21st century, will make its theatrical debut in the USA on December 25th.
On the promo poster, the caption above Brad Pitt's head says, "Life can only be understood backward." Blanchetts's says, "It must be lived forward".
Furthermore, notice the strangely asymmetrical nature of the first poster in the gallery and the intense glares of both characters.
What is the meaning behind that first image?
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Open Letter To Apple
It has recently become apparent that Apple does not intend to make the features from its new iPod software available to those of us who already have iPods. I hope this is remedied soon, lest Apple's lack of support become as well known as that of its competitors. I submitted the following via Apple's iPod feedback form and wanted to share it with the rest of you:
Dear Sir or Madam,
My wife gave me a custom-engraved 20GB Windows iPod as an anniversary present, and I absolutely love it. I am, however, greatly disappointed in the lack of support Apple has shown for existing iPod owners and in particular for those of us who purchased Windows-format iPods.
At issue, first, is the fact that Apple has put only a small fraction of the new 2.0 firmware's functionality into a "1.3" release for existing units. As a technology professional of course I understand that the hardware is different and the same firmware binaries might not work on both units, but it is irresponsible not to duplicate this functionality for older units. For the considerable cost of an iPod, its owners should receive the full benefits of Apple's software improvements, for several years at least. My iPod was received just six months ago, just a month after it came on the market. Surely I deserve to see oft-requested features like on-the-fly playlist creation implemented for my iPod.
Second is the issue of Apple's subtle and not-so-subtle discrimination against those of us using Windows-formatted iPods, in the form of missing features like Audible bookmarks and track playcounts, not to mention the delayed availability of even the 1.3 firmware update. These are associated with the choice of MusicMatch Jukebox as the bundled software (which is dubious at best; why not choose XPlay or EphPod, tools developed purely out of love for the iPod and a desire to get the most out of it?). There is no technically sound reason for these shortcomings in the Windows firmware - the FAT32 filesystem is well understood and no harder to work with than HFS.
I am glad that Apple has put resources into updating and enhancing the iPod hardware and software, but it would be most shameful if this was done at the expense of current customers. These devices are not cheap tape or CD players, and we aren't going to run out and buy new ones every year. I expect a respected company like Apple to do everything it can to reward those who are already supporting the company. Given the good design of the iPod I'd been thinking seriously about moving to Apple notebook computers, but I've abandoned that idea, and will not reconsider it unless I see some changes.
If Apple thinks that it can encourage me to invest in MacOS systems by crippling what should be a platform-agnostic device when it's used with my computer, it's sadly mistaken. If Apple thinks that it can encourage me to purchase a new iPod with a slap in the face of recent adopters such as myself, it is utterly wrong. This is utterly cavalier treatment of paying customers, and buying additional products from such a company would be throwing good money after bad.
I strongly urge Apple to rectify these situations. I understand that full Audible support for Windows-formatted iPods is on the way. I hope this is so, and that this update comes with track playcount functionality as well. Even more importantly, bring 2.0 to existing iPods. Treat customers new and old with the respect they deserve, or they will cease to be your customers.


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Tussa contacted me to let me know she had created more artwork and that we were welcome to add it to the AOU gallery!
Obviously I jumped at the chance to add more of Tussas work and you can find it here:
Charming Cher: http://www.ao-universe.com/gallery.php?id=834
Satenia MK II: http://www.ao-universe.com/gallery.php?id=835
Sergeant Mack Bolan: http://www.ao-universe.com/gallery.php?id=836
Vivacious Vari: http://www.ao-universe.com/gallery.php?id=837
So, huge thanks to Tussa. We are honoured to have your work on AOU. Also, if anyone else in the community has any art work or screenshots you would like adding to our gallery, let us know!!


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Previously in Dunraven…
After being spread out across the south wilds our heroes eventually find themselves reunited in their home Dunraven. Zurch is finaly able to chat with Zion and Isack about there upcoming knighting. Isack grapples with the idea of getting married,and Grett Malbo and his new companion Exo enjoy a little much needed r & r.
Zion, Idack, and Alhalore are kngihted as planed however, in the midst of the ceremony a surprising turn of events takes place. Lord Thorpel refuses to knight Orval, but rather points out his common heritage and sketchy background to the crowd assembled, along with the back door dealings that lead to Isack, and Orvals knighting. Lord Thorpel declares that he would be a far better match for Leila because he is qualified to lead the old and storied house Dunraven, and proceeds to purpose to her right there in front of the town.
After much debate and chatter by the party it is decided that the party will not intervene and simply allow the politics to work them selves out regardless of the urging of, Zurch, Leila, Orval and Lady Dunraven.
At Isack's bachelor party Grett is approached by a Grevite messenger who gives Grett a message from Barren Meriphit Q. Thaygar the 4th , demanding to know when he will return to command the troops and informing him that the King has placed a bounty on his head of 20,000 crowns.
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Hotels in Benidorm: Carnival
When the Carnival celebration arises?
As the legend says on Carnival night everything is allowed… hence the masks.
It is celebrated just before the Christian Lent, depending on the year, combining elements such as parades, costumes and street parties.
Its origin takes place in the pagan festivals, such as those honoring the god of wine, Bacchus, the Roman Saturnalia and Lupercalia, or those made in honour of the bull Apis in Egypt.
You can spend a couple Carnivals in one of their hotels in Benidorm, traveling with a group of friends or family and enjoy the many apartments in Benidorm. Just do not forget your mask.


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Lost dog - major mackenzie dr and weston rd, woodbridge, all white male morkie
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Lost dog - major mackenzie dr and weston rd, woodbridge, all white male morkie
On the evening of August 2, 2013 we let our beloved
out in the backyard as usual. I had just given him a bath and forgot to put his collar back on. He never made it back home (I am still kicking myself for not putting his collar back on right away). He has NEVER wandered off like this and this is very unusual behaviour for him.
He is an all white male morkie (Maltese/Yorkshire Terrier), weighs about 5 lbs and has pointy/upright ears. He is 4 years old.
When he didn't come back and I went out to look for him I noticed a large animal running through the backyard (we have a ravine on the other side of our street). I couldn't tell if it was a coyote or raccoon. I think he may have gotten spooked and ran under the fence leading into Vaughan Valley Estates. We have searched everywhere and have not found a trace of him....not even signs of a struggle if he did get into some sort of confrontation with another animal. As of today no one has turned him into the shelter and since it is the long weekend the shelter does not reopen until Tuesday. I feel so helpless right now. I put up 50 + posters in the neighbourhood and talked to a bunch of neighbours.
If anyone has any idea where our beloved Toto could be please contact me at 416-917-1829. His family misses him terribly. He is probably very scared as he gets nervous if he doesn't see us around.
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Every person has a story. Everyday People is a series that seeks to highlight the stories of everyday residents in Massachusetts.
WILBRAHAM -- "Go warm up the piano, Bri," Elaine Henshon said to her son.
Brian Henshon, 39, stood from his seat next to the wood stove in his parents' Wilbraham home and headed into the next room. The tinkling of piano keys soon followed.
Elaine Henshon went to stand behind him, reading the sheet music over his shoulder, and turning the page when the time came.
Brian Henshon has Down syndrome. When he was 6 years old, he started taking piano lessons, just like his three older siblings had at his age.
That's because his parents, Elaine and Thomas Henshon, made a decision when he was born that their child with special needs would be raised in an ordinary way.
"We just brought him home with the rest of our children," Elaine Henshon said. And that's how they raised him -- as just one of the kids, "not as a special needs kid."
All the kids took piano lessons, so Brian took piano lessons. They all did swimming lessons, so Brian started swimming lessons. By age 6, he could swim the length of a pool, just like his siblings.
Henshon, 74, calls his talents for swimming and music "miracles." She said she always felt that with all of their children, she and her husband were "mining" to find their talents. They expected great things from Brian, and that's what they got.
Those successes led the family to make a short video earlier this year to document Brian's story and his parents' philosophy on raising him.
The nine-minute video, called "Finding Miracles," has been viewed more than 3,600 times since it was posted on YouTube Oct. 26.
"It's sort of always been a dream for me," Henshon said of the project. In an interview at her home in November, she said she told her children that they needed to make it happen in 2015.
They contacted videographer Garret Harkawik, who met with the family and shot footage of Brian swimming and playing duets with his piano teacher. Thomas and Elaine Henshon described on camera that though they did not know what Down syndrome was until Brian's birth, they quickly accepted the situation and moved on with raising him like any other baby.
Henshon said her hope for the video is that it will be "sort of an inspiration to parents who have children like ours."
Every child has talents, she said, and finding them is so important for a child with special needs. "So many times people have abilities, and they miss them," she said.
'All we need is more courage'
In a gray sweatshirt and black pants, Brian leaned forward on the couch, considering his mother's question. She had asked him which composer was his favorite to play on the piano.
"Bach," he replied.
Brian had a quiet, relaxed air about him throughout the interview, and he brings that sense of ease to many things in his life. He has performed at piano recitals in front of large crowds, competed on his high school and Special Olympics swim teams, and, most recently, been the subject of Harkawik's short movie.
When asked whether any of these things made him nervous, his answer was the same: No, they were "just fun."
Brian was the fourth child born to Elaine, a programmer, and Thomas, a builder. His siblings are Andrew Henshon of Longmeadow, Matthew Henshon of Wellesley, and Suzanna Henshon of Naples, Florida.
Right after he was born, doctors told the couple that Brian would probably never talk or walk, and it would be best to institutionalize him.
"We were urged to put him away. We just couldn't," Henshon said, sitting in the den across from Brian.
"We were ignorant of it all, but we wouldn't follow the advice of the doctors. That meant we had to step off the trolley, so to speak, and figure it out ourselves," she said, adding with a shrug, "Maybe all we need is more courage."
They brought him home and cared for him just as they had their other three children. The kids learned what the term Down syndrome means, as well as what it didn't mean. It didn't mean that he wasn't going to do the same things that they did -- including play music, Henshon said.
She remembered how their late piano teacher, Dorothy Guion, used to call each of the children to the piano for their lessons. When Brian turned 6, she called him, too.
"She said, 'Alright, Brian, I'm ready for you,'" Henshon recalled. "I think it was a surprise for the kids" at first, she said. But then they just forgot about it.
Henshon said that she sometimes had to fight for Brian to be able to do things, when others thought something was beyond his ability.
"It was always iffy if you asked someone for permission," she said. "I would try not to ask for permission. I would just assume."
That's why she was nervous when Brian was attending Minnechaug Regional High School and she approached the then swim coach to ask if Brian could join the team. Henshon provided his times for various strokes, and waited to hear the reaction.
The coach said that the team needed more male swimmers, and he was welcome to join.
"So he was on the team," she said with a smile. "Walking out, I clicked my heels."
Henshon is sure that having Brian on the team was also good for the other swimmers.
The swimmers learned about someone with special needs, saw he had his own talents, and became more comfortable around him. "It's a hard thing for people because different is always on the frightening side," she said.
After aging out of Minnechaug at 22, Brian continued swimming for fun and trained for the Special Olympics. In the interview he rattled off the strokes he's mastered: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and his favorite: butterfly.
A couple times a week while his mother does tai chi, Brian spends 90 minutes swimming laps at the YMCA in town. He has been keeping track of the miles he has logged since February, and recently passed the 300-mile mark.
Elaine and Thomas Henshon have coached Brian's swim team for the Special Olympics for more than 25 years. It gives them another chance to try to encourage those with special needs, and "mine" for talents.
"We know what someone can do, and you learn how to ask them to do more," Henshon said of coaching. "We can get people to do better than they think they could."
An athlete may never get the stroke exactly right or have perfect form, but they can find ways to improve, she said. She recalled a swimmer who was not able to adjust her arm movements, but could be encouraged to kick with everything she had. The swimmer was thrilled to reach her goal of a better time, Henshon said.
"It just strikes me that we need high expectations for our children, and that's kind of what the doctors took away from me at the hospital," she said. "We got it back."
She hopes that the video might encourage other parents of kids with special needs, who may be told to accept that their child is unable to do things.
"We didn't say, 'he can't play the piano or swim," she said. "We need to have expectations that our kids can learn and grow."
Now that the Henshons' video is out there and creating waves, Henshon said she was surprised by the number of people who have reached out to her about it.
"I'm honored they actually looked at it," she said. "And told me it meant something to them."
Many said it was heartwarming, she said, which pleased her."It's a heart thing," Elaine Henshon said. "It's from the heart."


text: The New York Yankees have changed pitching coaches, replacing Sammy Ellis with roving minor-league pitching instructor Mark Connor. Ellis was offered another position within the organization but, for his own reasons, did not accept. Connor, 36, spent two seasons in the Minnesota Twins minor-league system and joined the Yankees organization as a pitching coach with Greensboro in 1980.


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To begin with, the gospel-centered Christian has a proper relationship with the law. Many Christians are confused about the place of God's law in their lives. Some ignore it entirely and think that Christianity is something akin to a spiritual social-event. Some vaguely know that the law has been abrogated in some way; they know that they didn't get saved by obeying it and believe that the Ten Commandments were fine for their time but are now passe. Both of these approaches militate against the law and may indicate a belief that seeking to live an obedient life is legalism.
Of course, there are other Christians who are overly attentive to the law. These would-be serious Christians believe that their justification is only by grace but forget that sanctification is a work of God's free grace, even as justification is a legal act of God's free grace.
Our response to the love of God for us in Christ, will be, in part, determined by whether we understand the role of God's law in our lives. Since we want you to rejoice in God's love and respond in grateful obedience, we offer here a simple way to think of it: the law, Paul writes, is "holy and righteous and good" (Rom. 7:12), but it is an instrument of condemnation to us all because we are not able to obey it perfectly (Rom. 3:9).
For the gospel-centered Christian, the function of the law is to drive us to Christ and to make us continually more and more thankful for his perfect keeping of it in our place. It is to make us more and more dependent upon his righteousness, not our own. When we sin, as we do every day, then we are to respond to the Lord in light of our failures in humble contrition. We are to:
1. Confess our sins to God (openly and freely) while praying to God for the grace of the Holy Spirit to strive against them.
2. Thank God for our ongoing struggle with sin, because when rightly viewed, it make us love and appreciate Jesus Christ more.
3. Strive to put off our sin and obey all the moral law in the light of God's ongoing forgiveness, love, and grace.
Most Christians practice points 1 and 3. They confess and strive to obey. But they miss point 2. They miss the truth that God is sovereign even over our sin and that, even though he hates sin, he uses it to bring praise to his Son. At any point that it pleased him, he could put an end to sin, but he doesn't. We must then assume that he uses it for his glory, as he uses everything else (Rom. 11:36).
We are not saying that our sin pleases God in itself. God is not tempted by sin, nor does he tempt us to sin (James 1:13); he doesn't rejoice in sin. What we are saying, though, is this: God is sovereign even over sin (Genesis 20:6, Ex. 4:21, Acts 2:23). He allows it and uses it for his own glory. Of course, this never means that we should assume it is God's will for us to sin when we face temptation. God hates sin. He has revealed his will to us, declaring that we must strive to avoid sin and put on righteousness. Obedience is God's revealed will for our lives. And his revealed will, disclosed in the Bible, is the only guide that we need for our decisions and actions. But God also has a secret will. We never know his secret will before it happens.
So every morning we should pray, "Father, let your will be done by me today", knowing that it is his revealed will that we obey his instructions in the Scriptures. Then, every night when we look back at the day and see the ways in which we failed to obey, we humble ourselves before his secret will and say,
Father, please forgive my sin and cause me to walk in holiness. Thank you that my sin reminds me again how desperately I need the cross and how thankful I am for your grace. Thank you that you love me despite my sin today and that you will use even this for your glory. Lord Jesus, thank you that you bore those sins in your body on the tree. Thank you for your love and grant me grace to obey because of it.
The gospel-centered Christian sees God's law for what it is: a perfect reflection of God's character. He loves the moral law, longs to obey every part of it with his whole heart, and recognises that the law is good. But he doesn't allow the law's demands to strengthen or diminish his confidence in his justification in any way. As Martin Luther wrote in his study on Galatians, "God does not slack his promises because of our sins...or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either."
As far as God is concerned, our obedience to the Law has been utterly satisfied in the Son. We are perfectly justified. It's in light of this justification then, and only in light of it, that we obey. Any other relationship to the Law will result in either a lessening of the commands (so we can breathe) or an oppressive guilt and a joyless thirst after self-achieved divine approval.
from Counsel from the Cross, by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Dennis E. Johnson (Crossway, 2009).


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K-State knocks off No. 7 Texas
Kansas State has been out to prove its worth to the college basketball world. On Monday, it won over whatever doubters still are out there. In a major way.
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Hot second-half shooting propels Wildcats to fifth-straight victory
Make it three. That's the number of conference losses for Texas after Monday night as well as the number of games it's been outplayed, outscored and outpowered in the second half. In three of its past four games, Texas has been outscored by an average of 11.33 points in the second half. The only time during that span that Texas didn't lose the latter half was a blowout of Iowa State. A poor …
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The inaugural Day of Learning for Life Raft Group Canada's (LRGC) members on Saturday October 13, 2012 was a great success! In addition to the valuable opportunity for LRGC members to meet each other & share experiences, it was also an important day for learning about current GIST diagnostic, treatment & research approaches directly from GIST specialists. LRGC's President, David Josephy, & Vice-President, Lynn Burrows, also gave reports on our activities over the past year.
We are extremely grateful to our guest speakers for attending our Day of Learning and sharing their valuable knowledge, experience and kindness with us. Each presenter interacted with the group in a way that invited questions, dialogue & personal experiences to be shared & addressed.
There were 4 presentations as follows:
- GIST Drugs: Mechanisms and Molecular Targets by David Josephy, PhD, Professor, University of Guelph
- The Evolution of Drugs Through Stages of Clinical Trial by Caroline Koch, PhD, Medical Advisor, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Medical Management of GIST by Dr. Yoo-Joung Ko, Medical Oncologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Surgical Interventions for GIST: What it means, how it works, and ways to prepare by Dr. Calvin H.L. Law, Gastrointestinal Oncology Surgeon, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
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Hands Free Can Opener
From personal experience, I know that using a traditional can opener to open a can takes way to long, and those under the cabinet ones look ugly and are tricky to use sometimes. It's also a task for someone who is a bit older; they just don't have the strength in them to do it.
This gadget is supposedly a hands free can opener. All you have to do is secure the opener on the can, hold a button for a second, and then the opener will travel around the can giving a clean cut. That means no sharp edges when it comes off, and the lid will come right off, there's no pulling it and having half the contents come out on you. (Tomato soup does not come out of clothes very well, especially white ones) It can also handle larger cans, but for some odd reason, that requires pressing the button twice.
The opener is pretty portable, too. It's only 6.5" long, and weighs just over 7 ounces; easily pocketable. There's no need for a plug, either, two AA batteries will open about 100 cans before needing replaced. Because of the portability the opener is great for camping and hiking, you might want to bring a few batteries just in case, though.
The hands free can opener is a Sharper Image original product, which means they thought it up and developed it. It's available from their website for $25. It's a small price for something so convenient and simple to use.
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Liam Says: August 25, 2006 at 2:54 pm
There was something like one of these on an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond and Ray got all mad because he spilt some tuna juice on himself :P. Ahhh funny show, cool gadget :).
GrimReeper Says: August 25, 2006 at 10:25 pm
This is cool because I hate how my manually operated can opener always leave a tiny bit of the lid so I have to pull it off causing me to spill the contents, sometimes being Tomato soup arrrggghhh.
Jacqueline Says: November 17, 2007 at 10:50 pm
I had a gross one so I threw it away and bought this. It was cool the first few times, then it had trouble working. I tried replacing the batteries, but it still didnt work. I went out and bought an old fashioned one and am much happier with my reliable can opener that works EVERYTIME
Kim Says: February 5, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I got a can opener like this about a year ago. I'm a quadriplegic with no hand function, but I can still move my arms. I couldn't find a can opener I could use, but these kind are great! As long as I can lay it on top of the can and put the big button with any part of my hand or wrist I can get the can open and the lid comes off with the can opener leaving no sharp edges to cut myself on. I also just realized that I am using the same battery I've had since I got it!


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Blink past the year 2015 and we'll be in the midst of action figures, lunchboxes, backpacks, pencil sharpeners, t-shirts, pajamas, cartoons, TV shows, and every other marketing tool in the shed, hitting like a tidal wave of Lucasfilm. We all know that shit's coming regardless, but just how much could be a deciding factor in how special STAR WARS can be after it's soaked into our every fiber. Lucas has always been a marketing phenomenon. Partnering that with Disney? That's a Keanu-Reeves "Whoa" for sure.
If you think about what makes the original trilogy so special, besides the qualities of the films themselves, it's the fact that they felt rare, like lightning in a bottle. Before the new trilogy, the original was something precious and special, appreciated as an once-in-a-lifetime epic that continued to ignite passion in fans young and old everywhere. Many "old-school" fans may argue that the new trilogy ruined that and the argument holds some merit. However, I also think that the new trilogy opened the doors to STAR WARS for the next generation and kept the mythology alive, even if it doesn't measure up to the original and alienated fans of old. The next one will no doubt do the same.
Of course, the backlash of the new trilogy didn't exactly inspire Lucas to charge full steam ahead into another expansion. Instead, he was adamant about closing the doors forever. "Why would I make any more when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?" he told the NY Times just last year (and long before the announcement of the Disney sale). And he's stuck to those words. Even now, with Kathleen Kennedy producing and screenwriter Michael Arndt (TOY STORY 3) on writing duties for STAR WARS: EPISODE VII (with a director yet to be named) Lucas has stepped back from the plate to watch the game unfold. It's probably the wisest thing he could do. Because, let's face it, there's a lot riding on whoever steers the creative ship on the next entry. Not only will they set the stage for the future vision of the films, but they will accept full blame or accolades depending on the film's critical and commercial success or failure. An announcement for that position will potentially be given this month, which will send fans into yet another frenzy of speculation and excitement (or rage).
While all of these developments are chock full of the excitement and anticipation of seeing STAR WARS in a new light from new creators (with potentially old characters), the prospects for the future have the possibility of being too much, too soon. It's easy to dismiss that, but I predict that regardless of which direction Disney decides to go with their new franchise, there will be plenty of fans who grow absolutely sick of seeing STAR WARS everywhere. And make no mistake, it will be everywhere. Is that the worst that could happen? Yeah, probably. I mean, the movies could really suck, too, but that's doubtful. In fact, I'm banking on them being something really spectacular. But, my concern is that the franchise will blow up to such epic proportions that it will lose the luster of something that was held in such high esteem, made special through it's sacred originality and mythological traction throughout the years, instead replaced by an industrial machine of STAR WARS films, cartoons, spin-offs, and products raining from the sky like Flint Lockwood's FLDSMDFR.
So, while I'm super stoked to see the STAR WARS franchise continue, it's my hope that the folks at Disney don't get overzealous, as is usually their way, and flood the marketplace with a series of "canned" films that have to reach a deadline and spinoffs that do nothing for the mythology other than produce new cheap toys and shitty kids clothes. Based on Kennedy and Lucas' intentions, my fingers are crossed that they'll treat the STAR WARS universe with respect and focus on quality over quantity in the long run and continue the tradition of bringing in new generations of fans with the same kind of passion that's come before. Otherwise, it's just going to fill your basement with stacks of overproduced plastic figures and your shelves with another boxed set that can't measure up to what the excitement was all about to begin with.
FUN STUFF: Check out the trailer for the first STAR WARS film ever released, EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE and then contrast that with the last film released, EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH. Oh, how things changed...
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|Return of the Jedi is the most nostalgic of the Star Wars films for me. I was seven years old when it came out and the most cognizant of the experience, seeing it multiple times in the theater and getting wrapped up in the entire lore of Star Wars. Which film from the series fits that bill for you?
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