text: Home > Sports Furious Jarencio blasts 'unfair' officiating in Game 1 By Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at Oct 07 2012 01:36 PM | Updated as of Oct 09 2012 01:45 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter LinkedIn UST head coach Pido Jarencio confronts a referee during Game 1 of the Growling Tigers' best-of-three UAAP Season 75 Finals series against the Ateneo Blue Eagles Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena. The Blue Eagles defeated the Tigers, 83-78, to take a 1-0 series lead. Photo by Mark Cristino for ABS-CBNnews.com. MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATED) A visibly angry Pido Jarencio ranted against what he perceived as unfair officiating during the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers' loss to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in Game 1 of the UAAP Season 75 Finals last Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena. Jarencio's Tigers rallied from a 10-point deficit early in the fourth quarter, even taking a 64-63 lead midway through the period. But they could not deal with the Blue Eagles' firepower in crunch time, eventually losing 83-78. Jarencio was visibly furious at the officiating, especially late in the fourth quarter, when his star center Karim Abdul was called for his fifth foul with 30 seconds to go against Ateneo's Kiefer Ravena. The fiery head coach was seen railing at the sidelines, even making a slashing gesture in his throat. "Ako, diretsahan akong makipag-usap. Hindi naman patas 'yung tawagan," Jarencio told reporters after the game. "Sobra naman 'yun, 'yung ginawa nila kay Karim at kay Kevin (Ferrer)." Abdul and Ferrer – UST's best defenders – were both in foul trouble throughout the final quarter. "Umakyat pa nga ako sa kanila (referees), sabi ko, maging fair lang tayo sa mga decision natin. I'm not against Ateneo, pero ang sinasabi ko, bakit ganoon?" Jarencio questioned. "Unfair naman sa amin. Dahil UST lang ba kami kaya ganoon ang tawagan? Sana ayusin nila, kasi kung hindi, baka magkaroon ng People's Power dito," he added. "Kailangan pa ba mag-English ako para paboran nila ako? Ganoon ba ang labanan dito?" Jarencio said. "Nasa Pilipinas tayo, dapat tayong mga Pilipino ang mahalin ng mga 'yan." "Ang ninipis, ang kakapal. Ang ninipis ng tawag, ang kakapal ng mukha." Curiously, the numbers from the game do not seem to back up Jarencio's assertion. The Tigers were called for 17 fouls in the contest, while the Eagles were called for 21. Moreover, UST shot 26 free throws to only 12 for the Ateneo. In the pivotal fourth quarter, the Eagles were whistled for seven fouls, giving the Tigers 10 free-throw attempts. Ateneo only shot one free throw in the fourth quarter. But UST did not help their cause: they made only six of their 10 attempts from the line in the final period and 17-of-26 overall. Jarencio, who appealed for fair and consistent officiating before the start of the Finals, hinted that the calls in Game 1 were similar to those in their second round match-up against the Blue Eagles, which they also lost, 66-68. "Second coming. Tapos na noong elimination, may pangalawa na naman, ganito na naman? Wag naman di ba. Nakakaawa na eh," he said. Jarencio is also furious at the referees' decision to not give swingman Jeric Teng free throws at the end of the game. Teng looked as though he was fouled while taking a three-pointer at the buzzer, and one of the referees signaled that there was a foul. He was not given two free throws, however, and a furious Jarencio stormed the court to confront the referees. "Ang sinasabi ko, okay, tapusin natin 'yung laro! Eh tumawag ng foul "yung kay Teng, eh di tatlong free throw! Eh di pag-free throw-hin mo," Jarencio said. "Kahit walang oras, ang sinasabi ko, tapusin natin ng maayos lahat, di ba?" "Eh bakit kayo tumatakbo, bakit, guilty ba sila?" he added, referring to the officials' hasty exit after the game. "Ayaw nilang tapusin!" The coach also said he feels sorry for the thousands of UST students and alumni who lined up early at the MOA Arena for tickets. "Naawa naman ako sa mga estudyanteng nagbabayad ng P250, pipila ng madaling araw. Ala-una ng madaling araw nandiyan na para mapanood lang kami, mapanood lang ang Ateneo-UST game," he said. "Tapos gaganunin lang nila, ide-deprive kami ng maganda, ng fair officiating? Wag naman," he added. Jarencio once again requested for fair officiating. "Let the players decide, not 'yung mga officiating... Let the players decide the game, not the referee," he said. Jarencio said the Tigers will not file a protest about the game. He is at risk of facing a sanction from the UAAP after his outburst against the referees, however. "Ako, bahala na sila kung anong desisyon ang ibibigay nila sa akin," Jarencio said. "Ako, sinasabi ko lang ang totoo." For Thursday's Game 2, Jarencio said his team will have no choice but to bounce back. "Sana, 'yung mga referee bumawi din," he said. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Read More: ateneo blue eagles finals college basketball UST Growling Tigers Pido Jarencio UAAP season 75


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Billy Wayne Allen— Solicitation and Acceptance of Loans from Customers
Billy Wayne Allen Allegedly Solicited and Accepted Loans from Customers
Billy Wayne Allen, of Rogers, Arkansas, allegedly solicited and accepted loans from Merrill Lynch customers, according to a recent FINRA Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC).
Billy Wayne Allen, who was a financial advisor and registered representative of Merrill Lynch from October 2012 to January 2015, allegedly did not have firm approval to borrow said money from customers, the AWC reports.
Allen, who worked at a Merrill Lynch branch office in Rogers, Arkansas, was also registered with Legend Equities Corp. from April 2015 to June 2015, the AWC notes.
Billy Wayne Allen Barred by FINRA for Alleged Failure to Appear for On-the-record Testimony
Billy Wayne Allen received a letter from FINRA to appear for on-the-record testimony regarding a FINRA investigation that he borrowed funds from one of his customers, the AWC notes.
Allen then allegedly contacted FlNRA staff and advised them that he would not appear for the requested testimony, the AWC reports, and Allen then subsequently failed to appear for the requested testimony. As a result, Allen allegedly violated FINRA Rules, and, hence, has been barred by FINRA, according to the AWC.
One should also note that, according to the AWC, Billy Wayne Allen neither admitted nor denied the FINRA findings.
The Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane Securities Lawyers Often Assist Investors
The Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane securities lawyers assist investors who lose money as a result of brokers who accept loans from customers. They take most cases of this type on a contingency fee basis and advance the case costs, and only get paid for their fees and costs out of money they recover for their clients.
Investors who believe they lost money as a result of borrowing funds from customers are encouraged to contact the securities lawyers at Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane, Jason Kane or Joe Peiffer, for a free, no-obligation evaluation of their recovery options, at (585) 310-5140.

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Why Do Executives Blog?August 28, 2009 at 2:48 pm | Posted in Blogs | Leave a comment
Interesting article in the 7/20/09 WSJ about an online suggestion box set up for the CEO of GM. I guess you spend enough taxpayer dollars on a bailout and you get some social media out of it!
DETROIT — General Motors Co. Chief Executive Frederick "Fritz" Henderson is launching a public-relations salvo this week, activating an online suggestion box called Tell Fritz.
The initiative, part of a wider assault the auto maker is waging to repair its tattered image, is designed to enable the 50-year-old executive to further distance himself from what has become known as the Old GM, or the auto maker that existed before Mr. Henderson steered the company through bankruptcy court in about 40 days.
Mr. Henderson created the effort in the week leading to the auto maker's July 10 emergence from bankruptcy protection, after having discussions with expert bloggers about how to rebuild trust with the public.
My $0.02: The article doesn't address the issue of whether this is true engagement, designed to alter strategy based on what they learn from customer, versus just a place for customers to vent and executives to preach. I checked a few of the blog entries by Fritz and while there were 100+ comments on some of them he never once commented back. This is not a conversation and not the best way to use this channel to rebuild trust.
The article mentions that his predecessor "Wagoner employed a "deeds not words" strategy when it came to communication" so he didn't want to blog or communicate in that way. While that phrase may sound at first like a statement of integrity, it subtly builds in the implication that deeds are not influenced by words from the public; that conversations will not precede and will not affect the deeds.
I believe that words are not "just words" – conversation has to mean something if it's an activity worth doing for an executive. This resonates with me since I wrote a suggestion box app at a credit card company in 1996. It turns out there's a suggestion box rule that says if you (management) know you're never going to change what you do anyways, it's better not to even ask for the suggestions. The same thing goes for HR and those employee satisfaction surveys. People get annoyed when they see that their words (on a suggestion form in this case) never translate into a change in actions. In the web 2.0 era, that same rule applies to conversations between companies and their customers, partners, and community as well.
A test for the intentions of whether a suggestion box or blog is meant to facilitate conversation versus being a venting/preaching platform is to see who owns it. If PR has near-exclusive ownership and controls consumption and contribution of material on the site, it's PR. If marketing (product development) and customer service are heavily involved in reading, responding to, and internally talking about applicability of community postings, then it's a conversation. That conversation can act as a hearty supplement to the marketing guidance already obtained from focus groups and by analyzing sales statistics.
What Microsoft Office 14 Needs: A New, Separate SKUMarch 15, 2009 at 12:11 pm | Posted in Blogs, Content Management, Microsoft, Microsoft SharePoint, Office, Web 2.0 | Leave a comment
Recently I posted some guesses as to what features Microsoft will put into Office 14's content creation tools (the productivity suite consisting of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote). But those were guesses about what Microsoft would do, not what they could do or should do.
There's a lot of interest in O14 since professional pundits (and swivel-chair pundits in fuzzy cubicles everywhere) want to speculate about whether the 800 pound gorilla known as Microsoft Office can be brought down by plucky upstarts like Google or Zoho, or free options like OpenOffice or IBM Symphony. But this speculation is misplaced. I start the NextGen authoring section of my content creation seminar with a prediction:
If Microsoft is ever dethroned in the content creation market, it will not be because they were beat on features or marketing … it will be because of a fundamental shift in the content creation market for which they failed to adapt.
In other words, it is not Vendor X that will beat them by being cheaper or more feature rich. It's Suite X that will beat them with a different set of technologies that addresses a unique but growing subset of content creators. There is a fundamental shift in how content is being created. It has bubbled up from old concepts such as collaborative editing and been picked up by web 2.0 and its Gen Y adherents who think in rapidly produced, hyperlinked, searchable content chunks instead of ponderous, static, e-mailed documents. I introduced the NextGen content creation trends here (with further description here). This is how I see the content creation environment today:
Note that I chose to visualize this as a central core being expanded by these new needs rather than a versioning depiction such as 1.0 —> 2.0. That's because the core needs will always exist in enterprises, but we need to acknowledge a new set of needs that is not well met by the core authoring tools and that will account for an increasing percentage of content creation as Gen Y'ers enter the workforce and information workers get used to authoring in new ways via blogs and wikis.
We are at an inflection point in the way content is being created. Microsoft would be unwise to pass up this opportunity to segment the market. Microsoft may be able to get through one more major version of Office by stretching traditional document-related technology to fit. But this anchors their attempts to address new content creation needs to a 1990's document-centric mindset. By carving out a new target market, they build incremental revenue (most buyers of this suite would still have needs for core Office as well), plant the seeds for a new franchise that would be small but grow more rapidly than Office, and compete better with innovative vendors that are unencumbered by entrenched bureaucracy and sunk costs. And all while helping to mitigate the bloat and complexity of Office by separating out features that will be unused or confusing for many core Office users. There's a chance that this would cannibalize Office 14 upgrades, but my instinct is that it would make no or a minor short term loss (since the new target market is small) and pay for itself within the next two versions of Office. It could be rolled out on half-cycles with Office to help avoid cannibalization and steady the famously spiky revenue stream and attention that Office releases garner.
Accordingly, I argue that Microsoft should create a new product (a SKU in industry parlance) for the NextGen content tools rather than continually trying to bolt onto Office Pro. It could be called Office Extended, although some more thinking would elicit a more clever term. Here's how I would start:
- OneNote would shift over to anchor the new suite. With new branding and development, it can finally stand up as a new type of content platform that allows for content components, real-time collaborative authoring, and improved linking rather than just being a productivity add-on aimed at students and meeting notes. OneNote will only be truly understood to represent a different paradigm when it breaks the chain it has to the Office Home and Student suite
- The Live Writer blogging tool would finally get a real home here
- Microsoft would have a place to create a real wiki rather than the SharePoint template that stands in as the official "Microsoft wiki" for lack of anything better. No one – not even SharePoint folks – asserts that SharePoint's wikis are in the league of any best of breed tools, and I can't think why Microsoft would not want to compete for a best of breed wiki any less than they want to have a best of breed browser. And remember the pain that being too slow to recognize a "good enough" 80/20 browser wasn't enough caused them.
- Microsoft would take an 80/20 swipe at the XML content creation market with a new Xmetal-like tool, much as they grabbed a new low end of the records management market with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
And that's just a start. Part of the idea is to give this new market segment a new matching suite to grow with. This idea fits Microsoft's software+services direction since a few of these products (wikis and blogs) are not purely client-based, so services are needed. I guarantee the evolution of content creation is not over, so the new SKU provides a place with plenty of room to stretch and grow new creation mechanisms the market demands without having to add a 14th pound of flour to the 10 pound bag of Office.
Note: This is a cross-posting from the Collaboration and Content Strategies blog.
Emily Post on Blog PostingsJanuary 21, 2009 at 10:04 am | Posted in Blogs, etiquette, Fun | 1 Comment
I hope you have been enjoying my blog postings, but I believe there is always room for improvement. Therefore, in a constant quest to improve the quality of my communications, I have turned to the doyenne of etiquette, Emily Post. The original 1922 text of her book "ETIQUETTE IN SOCIETY, IN BUSINESS, IN POLITICS AND AT HOME" is available on Gutenberg.net. A simple find&replace of "letter" with "blog posting" resulted in some sage advice that I intend to follow from now on.
In writing notes or blog postings, as in all other forms of social observance, the highest achievement is in giving the appearance of simplicity, naturalness and force.
Those who use long periods of flowered prolixity and pretentious phrases—who write in complicated form with meaningless flourishes, do not make an impression of elegance and erudition upon their readers, but flaunt instead unmistakable evidence of vainglory and ignorance.
The blog posting you write, whether you realize it or not, is always a mirror which reflects your appearance, taste and character. A "sloppy" blog posting with the writing all pouring into one corner of the page, badly worded, badly spelled, and with unmatched CSS themes—even possibly a blot—proclaims the sort of person who would have unkempt hair, unclean linen and broken shoe laces; just as a neat, precise, evenly written note portrays a person of like characteristics. Therefore, while it can not be said with literal accuracy that one may read the future of a person by study of his writing, it is true that if a young man wishes to choose a wife in whose daily life he is sure always to find the unfinished task, the untidy mind and the syncopated housekeeping, he may do it quite simply by selecting her from her blog postings.
From "ETIQUETTE IN SOCIETY, IN BUSINESS, IN POLITICS AND AT HOME" by Emily Post (1922), with just a few minor modifications
Ah … as true today as it was then. I will be brief now and close out this entry, so you don't think of me as the type of blogger who has broken shoe laces. Guess I should be checking my wife's blog more often though …
You Are Your MetadataAugust 14, 2007 at 9:56 am | Posted in Blogs, Web 2.0 | Leave a comment
As information management increasingly imposes itself on everyday life, will our online lives be reduced to metadata? This thought occurred to me when I was pointed to a news story on a pseudo-celebrity that is now involved in a court case. But it's not the article I found interesting – it was the metadata panel to the right of it.
The E! website (really, someone pointed me to it – I've never seen it before) has data sheets for celebrities it shows to the right of articles. The metadata consists of a photo, related stories, and metadata tags. In this particular case, the tags under her smiling visage are "Contraband, Rx, Rehab, Dawgs, Courthouse, Busted, Hookups". That's the complete list – don't think there's more depth to round the person out.
I looked around a bit more and found sometimes the metadata seems to be related to the story, such as in the case of a pair of married celebrities who earned themselves two simple metatags: "Courthouse, Weird". While namecalling was considered rude when you were on the playground, it's apparently de rigueur once the demands of information management, hyperlinking, and tag clouds come into play.
If you've led a public life to any degree, chances are there is currently a lot of metadata out there labeling you as one thing or another. And chances are it's not a very nuanced picture. All the more reason to get your unfettered thoughts and feelings out into the blogosphere before your metadata defines you.
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The secret to lasting love Never getting married, say the couple who have been engaged for 32 years
16:41 GMT, 12 October 2012
George Brown and Glynis Johnstone have been madly in love since 1977.
The Scottish couple got engaged 32-years-ago in 1980 and believe that if they had ever married they would have gone their separate ways by now.
Instead George, 58, and Glynis, 55 who have two children Pamela, 23, and Alexandra, 17, are still happily dating and can't wait to retire together.
Scottish couple Glynis Johnstone and George Brown believe the secret to their long and happy relationship is never getting married. The couple have been together for 35 years and engaged for 32
Glynis, a clerk at Dundee City Council, said: 'It hasn't really bothered us that we have never married.
'There have been occasions where I've thought to myself that I'd like to finally be married, but to be honest more important stuff has always turned up.
'People keep asking me when I'm going to get married, but we must be doing something right as we're still together.
'We've lasted much longer than most marriages, so it's probably the fact we've not got done it that means we're still here now.
George and Glynis pictured in Paris in 1984 when they had been engaged for four years
George, a gardener at Dundee City Council, proposed to Glynis in the former Peazers Social Club on Dundee's Union Street in May 1980 after he was made redundant as a caster and received a one off payment.
But before buying Glynis an engagement ring he nearly blew it all on an expensive carpet.
He said: 'I got made redundant in 1980 and I had all this money to spend, so I thought why not buy her a ring – but first things first, I bought a new carpet for us.
'I can still clearly remember the night I proposed. I was very nervous, but I'd had a few sherbets, so I suppose I was fine.
'The place was absolutely packed, they stopped the music and I got down on one knee and she said yes.'
Glynis added: 'We had been together for about three years at the time.
'All of a sudden I was pushed into the middle of the dancefloor and George got down on one knee and proposed to me. I was so embarrassed, but it was lovely.'
George has tried to set a wedding date a number of times since the proposal, but has never managed to see it through.
He said: 'I remember about 15 years ago Glynis's brother was about to get married and I thought that might be a good time to ask again, so I suggested a double marriage.
'And you know what she said "You're not spoiling my brother's wedding!".'
'But to be honest we're quite happy the way we are. The longer it went on it's just become normal to be engaged, it doesn't really matter that we've never married.
'We think it's quite nice just to live together as a couple and we've never really got round to settling a date for marriage.
'One thing or another would turn up and it would just take a back seat.
'We see our situation as a normal one, it doesn't bother me. We've settled down, got two kids together and life's good.'
George and Glynis have two children and although they are still happily 'dating' after 32 years they don't rule out the chance of tying the knot one day
But neither George nor Glynis would rule out the possibility that they could walk down the aisle sometime in the future.
George said: 'You never know. Perhaps when we are retired we will find the time to do it, but we just take each day as it comes.
'If it did happen though, it would certainly be a big one as everyone would want to come.
'We've got two big families and lots of friends so it would be a massive do.'
Glynis said: 'I did dream about getting married when I was a little girl, but things happen in life, something would always get in the way.
'But I would never say never.'
George has tried to set a wedding date a number of times since the proposal, but has never managed to see it through


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Dethroned: Shepherd
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Dave Schneider teaches through 1 Thess. 2:1-12 in this third sermon in the "Dethroned" series. Many of us are familiar with discipleship and certainly service, but have we made the connection between the two? When we enter into an intentional discipleship relationship we are serving them as we point them to Jesus.


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A Happy Halloween Treat: Gluten Free Streusel Mulled Apple Cider Muffin Recipe
Happy Halloween from Sea and the DH! This year we went to an early Halloween Party as Tinkerbell and a dashing Spartan warrior. We were accompanied by an Australian rugby hero and an American cheerleader, as well as an elegant Angel and the Grim Reaper. I just love Halloween.
This recipe doesn't have any especially traditional Halloween ingredients, although apple cider is something I associate with Fall, but they are so tasty I thought they'd be the perfect treat for my boo-tiful readers. I was first inspired to experiment with apple cider when I read an apple cider donut recipe. However, it was a healthy recipe for a spicy cider muffin that finally pushed me to the edge and got me to play in the kitchen. I thought an apple cider muffin with streusel sounded great, but wouldn't an apple cider muffin with cinnamon spiked caramelized apples be even better? Once I made the recipe gluten free and adjusted the seasonings, I tried it with apple pie filling in the base. It was delicious, but the apples were difficult to remove from the muffin tin. Then I tried it with apple pie filling and walnut streusel on top of the muffin. It was easier to take out of the tin, but a little hard to eat. Finally, I tried it with apple pie filling in the middle of the muffin, and that turned out to be JUST RIGHT. DH said that he couldn't tell they were gluten-free, and that they were Yummy (with a capital Y). I totally agree. I could have these super-special Fall inspired muffins every day.
Happy Halloween, everyone!
Gluten-Free Mulled Apple Cider Muffins
2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
3 tbsp. brown rice flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter, diced
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
Apple Pie Base:
2/3 cup brown rice flour
Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat a regular 12 muffin tin with cooking spray.
Heat a nonstick pan on medium and melt your butter. Just as it starts to brown, throw in your apples and sprinkle them with optional lemon peel. Let them begin to brown, and then turn and add lemon juice and vanilla. As the second side browns, add your brown sugar and cinnamon and turn one more time. Let apples become soft and move to side of the pan. Throw in the walnuts for your strudel to the empty part of the pan and let them brown lightly, turning once and then taking everything off the burner. Don't mix the apples and walnut together!
In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients for your muffin from brown rice flour to the nutmeg. Whisk together to combine.
Put your egg and brown sugar in a small to medium bowl and whisk together. Add applesauce, honey, apple cider, yogurt and oil together and whisk until combined. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour your combined liquid ingredients into the well, making sure to leave a few teaspoons of liquid in the small to medium bowl. Fold in your liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. Quickly place the streusel ingredients into the small to medium bowl and combine everything together with your fingers. Don't forget the toasted walnuts from your nonstick pan! (Leave the apple pie filling in the pan!)
Assemble your muffins by putting a small layer of batter in the muffin tin. Then put a layer of the apple pie filling over the batter. Cover it with a layer of batter. Then sprinkle the streusel generously on top of each muffin.
Bake for 25-35 minutes or until muffins are a nice golden brown and separate easily from the muffin tin. Leave them in the muffin tin for a few minutes or separate muffins from the pan gently with a butter knife. Put on a wire rack to cool.
The most awesome muffins ever. DH said you can't tell at all that they are gluten-free. All I know is that I want them for breakfast every day from now on!
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May 2015 - August 2015
Cohort: Cohort 3
Duration: May - August 2015
Number of Graduates: 13
Final Integration Project: "Lil Mac" Bridge
Students completed a 15 week course of study with intense hands on training.
The class participated in a integration project to test their skills and competencies in welding and fabricating. "Lil Mac," a small scale version of the Mackinac Bridge, was created for a client for a children's park. Cohort 3 enjoyed the experience of re-creating a Northern Michigan icon. Lil Mac is 34'long and 14 ½' tall. Approximate weight is 4500lbs.
"The Industrial Arts Institute was one of the greatest opportunities that has ever been put in front of me. I walked in nervous not knowing what to expect but it turned out to be one of the greatest things I could have done to begin my career in Welding. The program exceeded my expectations in so many ways. From day one we were welding and fabricating and I was never bored or at a loss for something to do. The teachers and staff are what made the program what it is today. I would recommend this Institute to anyone who is looking for a change and an experience that will last a lifetime." — Hunter Stinger
"The decision whether to pursue traditional college is a life decision that many young adults, such as myself are battling with today. When a student graduates High School, attending a university style setting is becoming the normality of today's society, and unfortunately is almost frowned upon if one chooses to not further their education. I never was at the top of the class, but never seemed to find myself at the bottom either, thus, I always seemed to just "Go with the Flow", so it was natural to seek a community college setting after high school graduation. I know for myself personally, the first few years of college I found myself lost, and almost feeling out of place due to the fact that I could not find a direction where I was completely engaged and interested in, and quite frankly, I think more and more kids are facing the same issue, but just are not willing to admit it. After numerous attempts at trying to find a path that fit my "Gearhead" lifestyle, I stumbled across IAI, with help from some friends who had previously taken the course. While still a bit hesitant the first week of classes at Industrial Arts Institute, I quickly realized that committing to attending this technical school was one of the best choices I had made. What sets IAI apart from the other schools I considered, is the work-place type environment, from 8-4 five days a week. Students have virtually zero down time, and are absorbing the knowledge of the instructors from the moment they walk into the door. Each and every one of them, being helpful from the simplest welding questions, to far-fetched life issues that everyone encounters at some point or another. For the first time in an education setting, I knew I was in the right place. I believe I speak for everyone who attended school with me, but I believe it is fair to say IAI felt like a second home, even though it was for those short 15 weeks. After leaving, I was blessed with a job opportunity, with a company that I am happily at currently. Every day I enter my work environment, I think back to all the small tips and tricks I learned, the laughter, and the friends I have made across the journey at IAI. None of this would have been possible without the excellent folks at the Industrial Arts Institute. Hands down, IAI is a top notch vocational education program, which I would recommend to anyone with the slightest bit of interest."
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Employer Testimonial:
"The multi-disciple welding and fabricating environment we have here at Magnetic Systems can be challenging even for experienced welders and fabricators. Mild steel, stainless steel, MIG, TIG… we do it all while working in and around magnetic fields. We hired Chase out of IAI a little over a year ago for his high mechanical aptitude and our trust in IAI's preparation of workfo.…..rce talent. Chase is, and has been for some time, working on his own in a variety of capacities with the full confidence and trust of management and the respect of his coworkers. In the past we have hired out of other welding schools and classified ads with disappointment. There was no such disappointment here.
We enjoy our rapport with the good people over at IAI as well as the strategic benefit of having a pipeline to one of Northern Michigan's best sources of welding and fabricating talent. As much as our production schedules allow, we bring practicum students here for a week of on-the-job experience. The students always have something nice to say about IAI and it says a lot to us that these students are taking their welding careers seriously enough to invest in formal education… and a good one at that. "
– Nate Pawlak, MSI Sales Manager
Derrick Kelly
Employer Testimonial:
"Derrick Kelly has been able to step into the welding and fabrication department here at Genzink Steel because of the training that he received from IAI. Derrick has been here roughly a year and is doing an outstanding job. The baseline training that he received has helped him make a career out of welding. IAI does an outstanding job, working with the students and teaching them the skilled trade. They also care about the students and want to see them succeed. It seems that welders are a dying breed and IAI is moving in the right direction to change that, by making welding fun. Genzink Steel has had a relationship with IAI for a few years now, and it has been an extremely successful one. We know we can rely on IAI giving us students that have the skill, training and will to do what it takes to be a welder. "
-Jason Rouwhorst, Genzink Steel Production Supervisor


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In spite of the evidence of a catastrophic global flood in earth's past (see here and here for example), conventional geologists and scientists are loath to admit the possibility.
We have discussed the fact that catastrophic explanations for geological or archaeological evidence have been out of favor for almost two hundred years, because geological paradigms and biological paradigms are closely related, and gradualist or uniformitarian geological theories support the biological paradigm of Darwinian evolution that became popular in the second half of the 1800s, while catastrophic geological theories severely undermine the Darwinian paradigm and its need for tremendous lengths of time (if the features we see on earth were shaped by a catastrophic event, then that event could have taken place fairly recently; gradual processes, on the other hand, require vast amounts of time, just as the Darwinian theory does).
The existence of hundreds of well-preserved mammoths found over the past three centuries in Siberia, Alaska, and in the frozen Arctic Ocean and on certain Arctic islands provides compelling evidence of a widespread catastrophic event unlike anything that takes place today. In his book, all of which can be accessed for free online, Walt Brown explains several scientific details of these mammoth finds that defy an explanation involving ordinary processes going on today.
Some of these details include the body position of many mammoths, such as the strange position of the Berezovka mammoth pictured above in the St. Petersburg museum, as well as the fact that the mouths and stomachs of frozen mammoth (including Berezovka) contain dozens of pounds of undigested vegetation.
Other details Dr. Brown discusses include the distinctive type of ice found near frozen mammoths, and the fact that these animals are found in harsh, barren locations that could not have supported their massive appetites and need for abundant water.
Theories that mammoth finds of modern times are the product of animals that simply fell into glacial crevasses and were preserved or wandered into freezing peat bogs or lakes and drowned cannot explain the preservation of undigested food in the mouths and stomachs of these large animals. Dr. Brown explains that:
at normal body temperatures, stomach acids and enzymes break down vegetable matter within an hour. What inhibited this process? The only plausible explanation is for the stomach to cool to about 40o in ten hours or less. But because the stomach is protected inside a warm body (96.6o for elephants), how cold must the outside air become to drop the stomach's temperature to 40o F? Experiments have shown that the outer layers of skin would have had to drop suddenly to at least -175o F! Independently, Sanderson concluded, "The flesh of many of the animals found in the muck must have been very rapidly and deeply frozen, for its cells [had] not burst. [. . .] Frozen-food experts have explained that to do this, starting with a healthy, live specimen, you must suddenly drop the temperature of the air surrounding it down to a point well below minus 150 degrees Fahrenheit." 7th edition, 165.While falling into a crevasse or an icy lake or bog might preserve the skin and flesh of an unfortunate mammoth, it would not stop the stomach enzymes from continuing to break down the food in the stomach. In fact, the body heat of large animals that fall into crevasses usually cause ongoing decomposition and leave the carcass in a very bad state, quite unlike the hundreds of mammoths found across northern Siberia and Alaska.
However, the hydroplate theory provides a satisfactory explanation for these and other mysterious details surrounding the numerous frozen mammoths. Dr. Brown explains that the violent rupture of the earth's crust along the mid-Atlantic ridge (which quickly circled the globe but was later over-ridden by the western edge of North America on its other half) created torrential rain, followed by "tons of cold, muddy ice crystals" from water that was propelled high above the atmosphere and cooled to extreme cold temperatures.
This muddy ice suffocated, buried, and compressed large animals such as mammoths that had not yet succumbed to the torrential rains and flooding, freezing them rapidly at a very low temperature and then sealing them under hundreds of feet of ice and mud during the flood phase. While the recovery phase after the flood caused such ice and mud to melt in most latitudes of earth (and the carcasses of animals encased therein to rot away thousands of years ago), the big roll of the earth described in previous posts rotated the specimens we find today into Arctic climes where they never thawed out and were preserved.
This theory explains the posture of the mammoth pictured above. Ice can flow slowly over centuries without melting, as it does in glaciers. "Such a flow," Dr. Brown explains, "pushing Berezovka's body tail first, would explain his forward swept hind legs, humped back, displaced vertebrae, and spread front legs bent at the 'ankles'" (175). The massive violent hailstorm of muddy hail would also explain the dirt in the lungs of these frozen mammoths, which other theories cannot explain, as well as the distinctive type of ice found in conjunction with mammoth specimens (which Dr. Brown explains in greater detail as "type 3 rock ice").
Even other catastrophic theories advanced by other alternative theorists, such as the earth-crust displacement theory, have a difficult time explaining how the mammoths could have been frozen so rapidly that their stomach contents were preserved, or why they apparently died of suffocation and experienced the vertical compression and contortion of their posture that the hydroplate's theory of a hailstorm of tons of dirty ice would explain.
These details deserve careful examination. It is fairly clear that the existence of mammoths provides strong evidence of a violent catastrophe in earth's past, and that these creatures provide powerful refutation for the gradualist explanations favored at the expense of all other theories since the acceptance of Darwinian evolution in the late 1800s.


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When she was able to break the 18-minute mark Nov. 2 at Centennial Park in Santa Ana, Laguna Beach High girls' cross-country runner Natasha Strickland finally could exhale.
"I was really surprised and excited," Strickland said of her Orange Coast League-winning 17:36.88 time that was roughly three seconds off the team record, set in 1996 by Lindsey Buwalda. "All I wanted to do was break the 18-minute mark."
Strickland is a goal-oriented senior whose achievements this season have been more impressive considering she's been running with bursitis in her hip.
"I've gotten my endurance and my speed close to when I didn't have bursitis," Strickland said.
Strickland has been leading the pack for the Breaker program since her sophomore year, when she ran 19:07 in the Division IV state meet. As a senior, she's hoping for a chance to return to Fresno's Woodward Park after a disappointing 2010 campaign that saw her and her team miss the cut.
Strickland's road to Fresno begins Saturday at the CIF Southern Section preliminaries at Mt. SAC. Like anything Strickland does, she's got big plans for the final stages of her high school career.
"I'm hoping to break 18:30, which would break the school record for the Mt. SAC course," said Strickland, who earlier this season ran 18:47 at the venerable course. "At state, if we get there, I want to break 19 minutes for a 5K (course)."
Strickland has the skills to back up such talk.
"In my opinion, she's the best in team history," Laguna Beach Coach Steve Lalim said. "She's the most motivational person on our team. She's not real outspoken, she just leads by example and by her work ethic. She's finding her stride. What's incredible (about her 17:36 run) is she did it by herself, there was no one pushing her."
Lalim, who has seen Strickland run and grow each step of the way the past four years, has seen her develop quickly.
"She's got a good team behind her pushing her," he said Janie Crawford, Eliza Romero, Carlee and Marisa Merchant. "I hired a coach, Mike Berger, for the intent of pushing her. She wants her team to get to the state meet. She's tasted it and she wants to get back."
Said Strickland: "I want us to make it to CIF Finals and make it to state. I just want us to qualify, not to finish in any one spot. I think the girls have gotten the mindset of how bad the seniors want to get back to state."


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SOS Sahel UK requires ongoing funds to tackle the conflict between mobile herders and settled farmers over natural resources in a context of institutional weakness and instability. By supporting Union, Youth Groups and Women's Associations to engage with their government while encouraging peace-building within the government, SOS Sahel seeks to overcome the weaknesses that are undermining the Peace Agreement. This kind of conflict reduction work requires a patient and committed approach, but the consequences of doing nothing, as seen in Darfur today, are all too evident.


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Brendan Rodgers' task of rebuilding Liverpool may just be getting tougher and tougher. An earlier IBTimes UK report suggested Italian champions AC Milan could be hunting for the Reds' goalkeeper Pepe Reina after the Italian club's coach, Massimiliano Allegri, was reportedly unhappy with the San Siro first choice Christian Abbiati. In addition, the fact Abbiati will turn 35 this summer meant there was one more reason for Allegri to move for Spain's number three keeper.
The Anfield club, as of now, has four goal keepers (according to the official Web site) - Reina, Australian Brad Jones, Italian Alexander Doni and Hungarian Peter Gulasci. Should Reina leave, Rodgers is extremely unlikely to trust any of his three back-up shot-stoppers to be first-choice. This means Liverpool will be forced to dip into the transfer market and spend big money on signing a new first choice keeper. A report in the Mirror suggests Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyon's Hugo Lloris may be the replacement.
The 25 year old, who is also the captain of his country, is understood to be happy at Lyon, although the Mirror report says club chairman Jean-Michael Aulas revealed, before the 2012 Euros, Lloris told him he could move if a "great European club" came calling.
Incidentally, Liverpool will not be the first English club to register an interest in Lloris. Bitter rivals Manchester United were reported to be interested in the Frenchman back in early 2011, when they were searching for a long-term replacement for the outgoing Dutchman Edwin van der Saar. Furthermore, before the Red Devils' interest, Lloris was also a target, ironically, for AC Milan. In any case, although Lloris admitted he was "flattered" by the links, nothing came of it and Sir Alex Ferguson eventually signed Atletico Madrid's David De Gea.
Meanwhile, Milan continue to shore up their goal keeping ranks. A statement on the club's official Web site has confirmed the signing of young Brazilian keeper Gabriel from Cruzeiro, for an undisclosed fee. A report on Goal.com added the 19 year old has already been capped at the U20 level for his country and represented the club's third signing of the season, after deals had been struck for Italian midfielder Riccardo Montolivo and Malian midfielder Bakaye Traore.


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Next pose includes the transition to the pose, and the pose itself. Start out in Tadasana, exhale all of the air out, reaching down towards the ground.
Inhale, filling your ribcage and lift your arms up and overhead, look up at your finger tips. Keep your shoulders integrated, so your shoulders go down your back as you continue reaching up.
If your hands don't touch comfortably, keep them shoulder width apart. (Now the fun part is to try and remember to do this all in one, long inhale!)
Exhale, bring your arms down and out and hinge at the hips, keeping your back flat until you can't any longer. Fold forward, bending your knees as much as you need too so your hands touch the floor. Drop the head, relaxing the neck.
Inhale, come up half way to a straight back, finger tips to the floor. Keep your core strong
This next step can be the hardest for some because you are doing all of this on an exhale. But you can do it. Here is what you're going to do. Exhale slowly, step back into high plank.
Stack your wrists under your shoulders and spread your fingers as wide as they go.
Roll forward on your toes, lower down keeping your elbows by your side. Lower down half way, keep you body as aligned as possible (because I have that nice little bubble butt, it doesn't look like I have my hips in line with my shoulders. But I really do. Pinky promise.)
If you need too, come down to your knees. It is better to keep your alignment than keep your ego puffed. Coming down to your knees will build strength. Eventually you will be able to stay on your toes. Its all good. Celebrate where you are now.
As I worked on this posture, sometimes I would just do a set of chaturangas. Its what helped me build strength, and chaturanga is the basis for a lot of other fun postures (like inversions!)
Some modifications: If you have wrist problems, curl your hands into fists. If you have shoulder issues, don't go down as far. Like I said, coming down to your knees is always an option.
Let me know if you have any questions! I'll answer all that I can.


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The Best Pediatric Healthcare available!
We appreciate the trust that you have given Children's Choice Pediatrics with the health and well being of your child. Of all the relationships that exist in the medical field, the bond that exists between a parent/child and their pediatrician is among the most unique and special.
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Children's Choice Pediatrics is here to help you understand some of the health issues your child may experience and things to look for to keep your child in great health! Please note, this is not an exhaustive list. Only the most frequently asked questions and concerns that we have received from out patients over the years are covered here. If you have questions not covered below, please feel free to contact us.
The human body is made up of approximately 50 to 60% water. Dehydration occurs when a person suffers a loss of water and electrolytes due to vomiting, diarrhea, high fevers, profuse sweating, and certain drugs like water pills (diuretics) or laxatives. Infants and young children; people with diabetes, lung or kidney diseases; and the elderly are at high risk for suffering dehydration and complications.
Untreated dehydration can lead to severe complications including heart and kidney disease; brain damage; seizures; and even death.
Contact your doctor if diarrhea, vomiting and fever> 101° F persist despite treatment; or if you are using diuretics and lose 3 pounds in one day or 5 pounds in one week.
Vomiting occurs when the contents of the stomach come out of the mouth in a forceful manner. Nausea is a queasy sensation felt in the stomach and is usually present prior to vomiting. An upset stomach is the most common cause of vomiting. Often the cause is just something that "does not agree with you" but may include: bad food or food poisoning; alcohol; food allergies; certain medications including chemotherapy; infection; migraine headaches; morning sickness during pregnancy; motion sickness; digestive diseases; in infants, a milk intolerance or immature digestive system; or forced vomiting as in bulimia.
Contact your doctor if the infant vomits blood, show signs of severe abdominal pain, are unable to retain any fluids for 12 hours or more, have nausea for a long period of time, or have signs of dehydration (increased thirst, low urine output, sunken eyes, skin that is not elastic but sludge like, no tears when crying, and lethargy).
The common cold (also known as an upper respiratory infection) begins to affect children after about 6 months of age. Some children have constant sniffles and frequent colds and most children average at least 5 colds a year, with younger children averaging more. Adults average about 4 colds per year. Cold viruses are spread between people by hand contact, coughing, and sneezing. Try to avoid exposure of young babies (under 1 year) to others with colds.
There are other conditions that may have similar symptoms but that have no relation to infection. Chemical rhinitis is a dry stuffy nose from excessive use of vasoconstrictor nose drops or sprays. This improves after a couple of days without use. Allergies can occur in children over 3 years old with repetitive sneezing, a clear nasal discharge for 1 month or longer, and no fever. Vasomotor rhinitis is a very runny nose from breathing cold air, which clears after about 15 minutes of being indoors. Risk of getting a cold increases when exposed to cigarette smoke.
Most colds last about 10 days. Complications include ear infections, worsening of asthma, or pneumonia.
Contact your doctor if fever lasts over 3 days, discharge lasts over 10 days, discharge turns thick yellow for more than 24 hours, skin under the nose becomes raw or scabbed, yellow eye discharge is present, earache or sinus pain occur, sore throat occurs, you are unable to unblock the nose enough for an infant to take adequate fluids, or symptoms are getting worse.
Antibiotics are medications used to treat a wide variety of infections and infectious illnesses. Most antibiotics act by slowing the growth and reproduction of bacteria, allowing the body's natural immunity and defenses to defeat an infection. When used properly they can be lifesaving. However, when antibiotics are not used appropriately, they can actually be harmful.
Lacerations are cuts or open wounds. They can be minor or very serious. All cuts need first aid and some may also need medical treatment.
Contact your doctor if you have fever over 100ºF or body aches; or if a red streak runs from the wound. Call within 24 hours if you have signs of infection at the site, if a pimple forms where a stitch comes through, or if a stitch comes out.
Seek immediate medical assistance if blood is spurting from a cut or you are unable to stop the bleeding after 15 minutes of applying direct pressure.
Call 1-800-222-1222 IMMEDIATELY if the child appears to have ingested or has come in contact with chemicals or potential poisons.
Poisons in the home are generally from common everyday household products. Because of the curious nature of children, they are prone to ingest (eat or drink) chemicals that can cause harm. It is very important to prevent poisoning accidents. With a little effort, you can easily safeguard your home to protect your child from the danger of poisons.
Everyday products such as cleaners, soaps, bleach, disinfectants, furniture polish, medicine, vitamins, paint, paint remover, cosmetics, and glue can be easily ingested, inhaled, or come in contact with the skin. It is important to keep these types of products out of the reach of little hands. Using safety latches on cabinets can prevent curious little ones from accidentally harming themselves.
Educate your child about the dangers of these products. Never tell your child that medicine is candy or she may look for the "candy" when you are not around. Teach your child that certain products can be harmful and cause serious injury. They should not use these without your permission. Do not store harmful products in food containers or cups because they may be accidentally ingested by your little one thinking that it is food. Remember that children naturally put things in their mouths to taste.
Keep the telephone number for Poison Control near your telephone. Keep Syrup of Ipecac on hand and only use if instructed to do so by Poison Control or your doctor.
If you suspect your child has ingested or taken something he should not have, have him spit it out immediately. Do not induce vomiting because some products can cause more harm this way. If there are empty bottles near him, he most likely took what was inside. If you suspect that he has gotten a harmful substance on the skin, immediately flush with plain water.
Depending on what was ingested, inhaled or gotten on the skin, you may need to call 911, poison control, or your physician.
Seek immediate medical assistance if your child is unresponsive, having difficulty breathing, having a seizure, vomiting or nauseous, or you notice burns on his lips or mouth. You need to have the container of whatever he ingested with you when you call 911, poison control, or your physician.
Coming soon, you will be able to gain access securely to your medical records, access prescription refills, schedule appointments and more, online! Keep checking back as we will have this feature live very soon!
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Thank you visiting the new online home for Children's Choice Pediatrics! We are taking great strides to make our office on the cutting edge of the doctor/patient relationship. You will soon be able to access your child's medical records , make appointments, and fill prescriptions online, safely and conveniently.


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The 36th Winter Fancy Food Show was amazing! 80,000 speciality foods and beverages were on display from 1,300 exhibitors – man was I in heaven! I browsed and tasted my way though (somebody had to do it) two exhibit halls looking for products that would be helpful to you in your cooking & entertaining experiences. Good news… I found lots of specialty food products that will help you strike the balance between homemade and a reasonable time commitment for week night meals as well as weekend entertaining and wanted to share my favorites:
Products I Can't Live Without:
Wine Snaps: the Napa Cookie Company introduced a surprisingly sweet and spicy shortbread biscuit. Wine country caterer Melissa Teaff drew on her many years experience working alongside noted Napa vintners to create this versatile cookie designed to bring out the very best in wine. Each delicious Wine Snap is handmade in small batches in her Napa Valley kitchen using all-natural, preservative-free ingredients. The Wine Snap (made with Red or White wine) would be delightful alone or as the perfect complement to wine, cheese, and the good life!
Verjus is an acidulant for cooking – to use in place of Lemon Juice, Balsamic or Red Wine Vinegar or Rice Wine Vinegar made by Terrasonoma.
This centuries old ingredient can be used in place of vinegars in your favorite vinaigrette recipe, splashed over fresh cut seasonal fruit, used in place of water for steaming vegetables or light white fish, and used for deglazing pans to name just a few culinary uses. Seriously, this is sooo good!
Emmie'z Croutons. The essence of good bread is at the heart of emmiez croutons. Each bag of emmiez croutons starts with a loaf of homemade bread, baked with all natural ingredients – no artificial flavors or powders in emmiez kitchen. These tasty little bites come in three flavors; Cranberry Pecan – great in a goat cheese and spinach salad, Rosemary Parmesan Olive Oil – how about adding to an arugula and prosciutto salad, and Monterrey Jack Jalapeno – how fun to add to a bowl of chili!
Good News! You'll be able to purchase these great products on my website just as soon as they become available from the manufacturers. Stay tune…


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When planning out our kitchen three years ago, Mr.A was certain that we wouldn't have enough cupboard space with the amount of cabinets we were ordering. I reassured him that with our big pantry we would have plenty of space for storing things. I am glad to report that we do!
Here are some tips and tricks I use for storage in my kitchen. I'd love to hear what you use for your storage and organization in your kitchen. If you have babies or toddlers, you know that the sippy cups and bottles can be a pain to store somewhere. The valves go missing, wrong tops for the cups and a big mess is usually what happens. I have found a great solution for those pesky sippy cup valves and tops, a little white stackable storage basket from Target.
I also bought myself some more of these baskets and put granola bars, cereal bars, applesauce cups and the occasional package of fruit snacks in one in my pantry. It's so nice to just look in the basket and see how many we have left of something because people at my house like to leave empty boxes of granola bars and the like in the pantry. When someone decides they want a granola bar and goes to grab one, they come out empty handed.
I love using the see through storage containers for this reason as well, one quick glance and I can tell we need to add crackers to the grocery list.
In another large basket I keep our bread and peanut butter, which makes it really handy to just pull out of the pantry to make lunches.
I also use one of these baskets to keep all my plastic container lids, seems they were always getting lost before but not anymore, all neat and tidy in their new home.
I also use this type of basket for my measuring cups as I had a hard time finding the right one when I needed it. It's been working out great, no more cups stuck under the utensil drawer causing a traffic jam.
Speaking of utensils, I keep my most used utensils in this cute little pitcher next to my cook top. It freed up some room in the utensil drawer and I love having them right next to me when I'm cooking.
I like having glass cupboards where I can show off my dishes. I first lined the back of each cupboard with scrapbook paper to give it some pizazz. I have white dishes so they can go with pretty much any color theme I go with in my kitchen. I also bought some cute flower glasses from Target to give a little pop of color in the cupboard as well.
We store all our "ugly" drinking cups and glasses above the sink.
I keep the kids' bowls, cups and plates on the lowest shelf in the pantry so that they can just grab their own breakfast in the morning. I have done this since our oldest was probably 6 years old.
Two of my children like to get up before Mr.A and I do and we love that they can just go get their own cereal and don't come asking us for help. My children have always been really good about not just eating out of the pantry whenever they want. They have to come and ask if it's sometime other than breakfast that they would like to eat.
One thing I was having trouble finding a home for was my bags of potatoes and onions. I found this stackable storage basket at Wal-mart and it's perfect!
So that's it for my storage tips but I'd love to hear from you and what great solutions you've found to some of those pesky kitchen storage problems.
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Arthur Streeton
(Australia, England, Australia 08 Apr 1867 – 01 Sep 1943)
The national game
- Other titles:
- The football match, Footballers, The football game
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
'An effect is only momentary ... it has been the object of the artists to render faithfully, and thus obtain first records of effects widely differing, and often of very fleeting character'.
9 by 5 impression exhibition catalogue, 1889
'The national game' was exhibited in the influential '9 by 5 impression exhibition' held at Buxton's Gallery in Swanston Street, Melbourne, in August 1889. The exhibition included paintings that would normally have been considered preliminary sketches for larger works and consequently unsuitable for public exhibition. It proved to be central to the development of the Heidelberg school of Australian 'impressionism', a turning point in the history of Australian landscape painting.
- Place of origin
- Year
- (1889)
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 11.8 x 22.9 cm board; 34.5 x 50.8 x 2.3 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, incised "A.S.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1963
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Email is a substitute for face-to-face communication (and not vice versa). It is also a good medium to distribute electronic documents and internet links. Here are some tips…
Email Writing Tips
Be short and to the point, emails aren't novels. Be sure to use proper grammar and punctuation. If you are in a professional job, "leetspeak" such as "kay, c u ther", is highly inappropriate. Do not write in capitals. Use the subject line appropriately, it is for describing what the email is about in a few words. Answer any questions in-line.
Email Sending Tips
Do not forward chain/cute/unnecessary emails. You cannot 'unsend' emails, so be sure to reread before sending. Know what To/CC/BCC are and use them appropriately. Think twice before you hit 'Reply to All' and save yourself some embarrassment later. Emails are not private, so if a conversation is more personal and less work-related, consider using your own email address instead of your corporate one. GMail, YahooMail, HotMail are all fast, free, and easy to use.
Closing Conversations: Thanks/You are Welcome
Suppose you write an email and ask for something. You recieve the reply, and now you are all set. Now what?
The proper thing to do is reply with a final 'Thank You', short and sweet. That final email of thanks lets your corespondee(s) know that their response was recieved, that you are grateful, and that the issue is resolved.
If you are on the receiving end of that conversation, and having gotten a final note of thanks, at this point, correspondence is over. It is usually not a good idea to respond with 'You Are Welcome', just to get the last word in. Let the conversation die naturally, instead.


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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Bishop reading discussion questions
How is community participation in an artwork like starting or running a business? I was particularly interested in the three principles of activation, authorship, and community.
This is a link to Barbara Kruger's photograph's. I think her work says a lot about the spectator, who they are and how the artist can get them involved.
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Modified stock cars put on show at Thunder Ridge
It was a successful kickoff to the weekend racing at Thunder Ridge Motorsports Park on Friday night.
Running its third event of the summer, the dirt racing track south of Craig was host to eight cars in two races Friday, doing a hobby stock and sport stock combined race, then pitting four modified cars against each other.
Track owner Gregg Kolbaba was planning on having his largest modified race of the summer, but didn't get quite the turnout he expected from that car class.
It was still the best race of the summer, with a unique qualifying format.
Normally at Thunder Ridge drivers draw out of a hat to determine their starting position in the first race. But for the modified cars Friday night, each driver had the track to himself for three laps, and the one with the fastest individual lap got pole position.
"That's kind of old school, not many tracks do that anymore," Kolbaba said. "If you have a bunch of cars out, you can do qualifying all night and it's pretty fun."
The drivers letting loose on the track with no competitors to worry about was an entertaining show. It was also something the drivers participating in it enjoyed.
"Driving and having fun out there beats just picking randomly," said Mike Opatik, a driver from Fort Morgan.
Josh Nye, of Rifle, qualified first in the speed laps, and was able to hold off the other drivers in a very tight six-lap race, which was a prelude to the main event tonight.
"Those three guys were pretty close," said Kolbaba in reference to Nye, Opatik and Wade Pinkerton. "Mike started to make a bit of a comeback. Their laps times were all very similar."
In the other race Friday night, three sport stock cars took on one hobby stock. After qualifying first, Bill Barker, of Delta, gave up his lead on the first turn.
Craig native Casey Madsen took the lead in the Bulldog Bug, but could not hold off Barker's hobby stock. He righted the ship a few laps later, passed Madsen and pulled away for an easy victory.
Thunder Ridge will have more racing tonight at the park, and Kolbaba said fans can expect more cars.
"I don't think there will be more modifieds, because they were supposed to be here tonight, but there will be more hobby stock out here," he said. "There will be more cars in general for sure."
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Travel, Photographer, and Musician in Los Angeles, California
So that we're not complete strangers. My name is Mars. I play drums. I'm an entrepreneur and love to travel. (You should be here, with me!) I'm also a freelance photographer, I shoot real estate property, glamour photography, studio and on location. To see more of me, click on my links below and follow. Cheers!


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I went on a hard core drinking and smoking binge, and it lasted right about nine months. And then, as soon as I was born, I was like, 'Whew! Do not go in there.'
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Hey y'all! Welcome to Some Kinda Good. I'm an East coast enthusiast from Southeast Georgia and I absolutely adore all things coastal and Southern. I love good food and I was raised in a family who loves to entertain and have a big time–and good food has always been a central part of that.
As you explore my blog, you'll discover Restaurant Reviews featuring my favorite spots along the Georgia coast and in the Carolina lowcountry, as well as dishes I've cooked up in my own kitchen. Baking is another passion of mine, and a good cocktail is always in order.
My greatest inspirations in the kitchen are my Grandma Dot and my Mom, Debbie. I learned a great deal from them growing up as I watched them fill many a table, surrounded by a crowd, with mouth-watering meals. You can learn more about the cooks who inspire me by visiting My Inspiration page.
I welcome your feedback. If you like a certain dish and want the recipe, tell me! I'll be more than happy to share the link or tell you where I found it. Who knows? It may even be an original. Thank you for checking out my blog. I greatly appreciate you stopping by! Come on back, anytime.


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Friday, December 6, 2013
Alice's Sexual Discovery in a Wonderful Land by Liz Adams
Alice has been in love with Jack, the gardener, since she was a teenager. The one attempt she had at expressing her feelings though turned out to be a bit of an embarrassment, now home for the holiday's from University, Alice finds herself in a voyeuristic situation with Jack that gives her hope, only to be deflated shortly after. With a feeling of angst, Alice finds herself embarking on a interesting journey trying to find the mysterious O, which always seems to be within her grasp but never found. With the help of interesting characters in the strange place she is visiting, Alice begins a sexual discovery that hopefully one day Jack will benefit from.
An erotic twist of the Alice in Wonderland series. I thought this was intriguing read, you are immediately drawn in and you can't put it down. Liz Adams brilliantly retells a a naughty version of a classic.
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Liz Adams, bestselling author of the erotic fairy tale Alice's Sexual Discovery in a Wonderful Land, lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Her short story Amy "Red" Riding's Hood, an erotic version of Red Riding Hood, is an Amazon bestseller and winner of Goodreads' Book of the Month for October 2012. Her modern day erotic version of Goldilocks, Goldie's Locks and the Three Men, is also a bestseller. Liz studied music and creative writing at UCLA and worked as a freelance model before making her writing her career. In her spare time she cuddles with her husband on the couch to watch her favorite shows and often they work together doing research for her books. Feel free to contact Liz through Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Liz.Adams.Author.
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Hawthorn Aquatic and Leisure Centre
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In recognition of the ANZAC Day Public Holiday on Thursday 25 April, Hawthorn Aquatic and Leisure Centre will be running alternate opening hours between 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
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The Week's Best Longreads: The Daily Beast Picks for November 5, 2011
From President Obama's dwindling chances of re-election to the last days of Muammar Gaddafi, The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the Web this week.
Is Obama Toast?Nate Silver, The New York Times Magazine
The killer calculus of the president's re-election chances.
King of Kings Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker
The last days of Muammar Gaddafi.
Murder by TextDavid Kushner, Vanity Fair
Kim Proctor was no different than your ordinary teenage girl. Easily hurt by insults and just as easily swayed by compliments, she dwelled in an angsty purgatory familiar to most adolescents. But when Kim went from average kid to missing girl, her storyline took a tragic turn.
Inside GrouponNicholas Carlson, Business Insider
Groupon was one of the fastest-growing companies in history, spurning $6 billion takeout offers from Google, preparing to go public at a valuation fo $25+ billion. Then suddenly, everyone was talking about it running out of cash.
A Sister's Eulogy for Steve JobsMona Simpson, The New York Times
Even as a feminist, my whole life I'd been waiting for a man to love, who could love me. For decades, I'd thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man and he was my brother.
John Edwards's Last Desperate GambleDavid Margolick, Newsweek
How do you defend an indefensible man? Start by enumerating his sins. Inside the upcoming trial, and why the disgraced former candidate decided to go for broke.


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of the CBS comedy were left hanging last week when Walden (Kutcher)
went in for the kiss with his new boss lady, Nicole (Annable). A preview
image from Thursday's episode shows the pair cozied up under the covers
(with some questionable contraptions on their heads), but things may
not be exactly as they appear.
"Let's just say that Walden has to work his magic in order to get in there with Nicole," Annable tells Zap2it. "Because she's really dedicated to her work, and that's sort of number one for her. But she definitely has a crush on him."
Interestingly enough, the actress — who in real life is married to her former "Brothers and Sisters" co-star, Dave Annable — did a guest stint on "Anger Management"
just before beginning her recurring role on "Men." So, how does acting
opposite Kutcher compare to working with his legendary predecessor, Charlie Sheen?
apples and oranges," Annable says with a laugh. "Charlie is great. He
is so candid and you never know what's going to come out of his mouth,
but it is awesome. I mean, he's just so entertaining, and was so
welcoming and so super cool to me. I had no idea what to expect going in
to that set. And I had no idea how Charlie would be just because of
everything you've heard. But he was really, really so much fun.
is so much more quiet, and he sort of internalizes more than Charlie
does. But he was very cool, and very welcoming as well. … But yeah,
the two leading men — totally different."
with her arc on "Two And a Half Men," Annable returns to the role of
Nola Longshadow on the season premiere of Cinemax's cult favorite, "Banshee." Showrunner Greg Yaitanes — who worked with Annable on "House" — created a gritty role for her last season that carries well into Season 2.
Annable says Yaitanes and "Banshee" creator Jonathan Tropper helped her "create this really bad a** character." But she's not exactly spilling the beans on a possible on-screen affair with Antony Starr's character, Lucas Hood.
"I can say that Nola is a very interesting girl,"
Annable says of her assassin alter ego. "And she needs to fill her —
you know, her men, her killing, her sort of 'vices' in certain areas.
She definitely fills all of those areas in this season. And you'll see
it all happen — everything. She sort of just goes for it."
Annable is focusing her energy on online efforts to help her Aunt
Miriam find a kidney donor. "Nowadays, it's really unbelievable how much
of an impact social media can have," says Annable. "And the thing that
really has touched my heart is how many people have responded."
has struggled with kidney disease since the age of 22, and her previous
transplant failed after a few years. Now on dialysis several times per
day, the Florida woman needs a new kidney in order to survive.
Annable took Aunt Miriam's story to CNN
in the hopes someone would come forward to donate. "I know I'm not any
different than anybody else," Annable says. "But this is just me trying
to help one of my favorite people on this planet, and I hope that
something will come of it. And even if not, I wanted to raise awareness
more than anything."
"Two And a Half Men" airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. ET on CBS. "Banshee" returns to Cinemax for Season 2 Friday (Jan. 10).


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BlackBerry reported its Q1 2014 fiscal year results just a short while ago and they weren't what the market expected or wanted. First off the bad news. There's no BB10 coming to the PlayBook as they said the user experience wasn't good enough to continue development but they said they'd continue to support the existing OS on the PlayBook.
The Bad News contd:
- BlackBerry reported a loss of $84 million USD for Q1 2014.
- 2014 fiscal year is transition year and a year of investment.
- They expect Q2 2014 operating losses.
- 6.8 million BlackBerry devices shipped up from 6 million in Q4 (40% were BB10 devices so 2.72 million devices were BB10 which is on the lower end of analysts expectations) but no info on sell through.
- Due to Venezuelan foreign currency rules they were unable to collect or record 72 million USD of revenue from that market.
The Good News:
- 3 out of 4 regions grew in the last quarter.
- 6 new devices in the market at any one time – this is a goal.
- 320 carriers accepted (96 countries) Q10 and 50 more countries to launch it in Q2.
- All products will eventually move to BB10. OS 7 wont be left behind incl. developing markets and enterprises. One new BB7 device this year for developing markets.
- One more BB10 product launch this year (Could this be the 5 inch Aristo model)
- BBM will launch on iOS and Android (with Chat and BBM Groups) by the end of the Summer
- They are at their highest cash position (3.1 billion USD on hand) in 3 years
- Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is a measure of how long it takes a company to collect money that it is due and these have declined for BlackBerry which is good as it means they're collecting cash faster then before.
While the results are well below market expectations (currently the share prices is down 23% to 11USD a share) the market had been surprised recently by rumours of huge profits for BlackBerry. If expectations hadn't been so high after the previous Q4 surprise return to profit then maybe these results wouldn't have shocked so much. Also the Q10 hasn't been in the market for a full quarter so that should have a better impact next quarter. It's clear the Z10 sales are not stellar which is disappointing as it will be difficult for BlackBerry to convince devs to build apps for the platform but there are some very strong positives. BlackBerry is not in debt, they have 3.1 billion in cash, the Q10 is certainly selling better then the Z10 so next quarter should see higher volumes of shipped devices and the Q5 is just launching now into developing markets. It's difficult to comment on BlackBerry at present and I think we're going to need to wait for the full 2014 fiscal years results for a proper view. If they are not back in profit by the end of 2014 fiscal year drastic decisions will have to be made.


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ASML is one of the world's leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment. Headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, ASML employs more than 21,000 people.
According to Dutch law, members of ASML's Supervisory Board are required to notify the Dutch Authority Financial Markets ('AFM') of ASML Financial Instruments held by or on behalf of them, as well as any transactions in such holdings done by or on behalf of them. The AFM publishes all notified transactions on its website. To find transactions concluded by members of the Supervisory Board, please search for 'ASML' or the name of the relevant person.
The Remuneration Report as included in the Statutory Annual Report also contains information about ASML Financial Instruments held by Supervisory Board members, see the link below.
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Going Green is not just a trend. It's a priority for all of us if we want to continue to live on a beautiful, life-giving planet. Thinking of ways of going green, however, is not always easy. Just because we buy organic food and recycle doesn't necessarily mean we're making much of a practical impact. We need to have a whole plan for Going Green. One element in that plan should be buying eco-friendly products or Malibu. But how do we find eco-friendly products? Well, one way is to buy products made from renewable resources.
Buying products made from renewable resources should be a priority for each of us when going green. These types of eco-friendly products insure that we don't use earth's resources too quickly. We need to let our planet replenish it's natural resources at the same rate as we are consuming them.
So, what are good eco-friendly products– products made from renewable resources?
Here's a list of 10 types of products made from renewable resources:
1. Paper products- while these should be used sparingly, they are better than plastic in that they are biodegradable and come from renewable trees
2. Cotton products
3. Spudware- biodegradable cutlery made from potatoes, corn, and soy oils
4. Solar energy- solar panels on your house, solar battery chargers, etc.
5. Bio-based tableware- for example, plates and bowls made by Earthshell
6. Bamboo products- bamboo furniture, bamboo cotton clothes, etc. (a good alternative to other tree products, as bamboo is highly renewable because of it's fast rate of growth)
7. Digital products- Highly reproducible, long-lasting, only needing the support of electricity
8. Wind energy- support wind energy development in your city, county, and state; consider getting electricity from wind power at your home.
9. Bio-based fuels- while not always the most sustainable option, they are renewable
10. Plant-based cleaners- great products made from renewable resources to help you in going green and healthier for your body
Here are 5 products not made from renewable resources that should be avoided:
1. Plastics- while renewable plastics are being researched, currently plastics are made from petroleum a non-renewable resource
2. Many paper cups and plates- while the paper is renewable, the plastic coating is from petroleum and makes the product take about 500 years to biodegrade
3. Wood in furniture or other products from old-growth rainforests- while these are technically renewable, the amount of carbon released into the environment and the incredibly slow rate at which they replenish themselves makes them for all practical purposes non-renewable and definitely not eco-friendly products.
4. Energy from oil and coal- gasoline products and coal-based energy are highly non-renewable; unfortunately, much of our electricity currently comes from coal. Consider the switch to solar or wind energy in your home as your first big step in going green.
5. Metals
So continue on the path to going green by changing your purchasing habits. Decide to buy products made from renewable resources.
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By using eco-friendly baby products and organic baby accessories, you are taking a positive step towards keeping our environment clean. Also, using earth-friendly baby products is very important for your baby's health. In light of global warming, there needs to be drastic measures taken worldwide to curb the effects of this phenomenon.
Earth changes such as melting polar ice caps, climate changes, and many other concerns that we face, affects each and every one of us on this planet. Every bit of effort is vitally important in saving our world and our children's future. Let us take a look at some great ways to help both your baby and mother earth.
Natural Organic and biodegradable diapers
Millions of diapers, both disposable and cloth, continue to fill up landfills every year. Yet, many of these diapers are made from plastic, chlorinated materials and other undesirable compounds. The plastic is not biodegradable and chlorinated materials pose a serious threat to our waters. Other undesirable compounds can also cause health problems to children.
By using 100% natural, organic, non-chlorinated cloth diapers, you will be helping both your child and the environment. You can find them made from a variety of fabric such as cotton, wool, and hemp suitable for baby and the earth. Use natural cloth wipes instead of disposable wipes. Disposable wipes contain chemical ingredients that can be harmful to babies sensitive skin. These wipes may also contain fibers that are also not biodegradable.
Convenience can be a huge factor for busy lifestyles of families with young children wearing diapers. So, it is to no amazement that millions of disposable diapers are sold every year. These types of diapers do not meet the criteria of concern for baby and the planet. Though, there seems to be a company out of Oregon (gdiapers.com) that has met all the requirements for safe, biodegradable and convenience through a flushable product. Could this be true?
Baby bottles
The presence of Bisphenol-A (BPA) in plastic bottles is a very serious concern especially in baby bottles. Tests have shown that BPA leachesthrough the repeated use of bottles containing the chemical. BPA is known to cause health problems in animals and considered to be harmful to humans and the environment. Some plastic bottles leach can leach adipates and phthalates that are linked to reproductive problems and liver cancers in mice.
Look into using different bottles such as glass or #5 plastic bottles. Plastic bottles made of #5 are the most recyclable and have not yet been found to leach BPA. To prevent the presence of bacteria and injury you will want to periodically examine the bottles for scratches, chips and cracks. A safe choice for nipples would be silicone. Make sure they meet the highest standard. Also, look into aluminum and stainless steel water bottles which can also be recycled after repeated use.
Laundry Soap
When it comes to washing baby clothing and diapers, use laundry soap that is environmentally responsible. These soaps are 100% natural, plant-based and biodegradable. They are non-toxic, chlorine free, enzyme free, GM free, dye-free, hypo-allergenic and petroleum free. Clearly, they are the safest for your baby.
Natural organic clothing
Purchase baby clothes made from 100% certified organic cotton or 100% organic wool. They both are pesticide and chemical-free and are not treated with toxic dyes and formaldehyde before the finishing of the garment, all of which can contaminate our land, air and water. By dressing your baby in organic clothing, they will not be exposed to these dangerous agents and at the same time you will helping to support organic farming
Due diligence
There are many more baby products and baby accessories that are natural, organic and safe for your child. Keep in mind, due diligence is of the upmost importance in your search of these wonderful products. Not all products are 100% certified organic and they may contain the harmful elements to both your baby and the environment. May your journey be a contribution to helping our planet.
Going Green With Eco-Friendly Products - Buy Products Made From Renewable Resources
It's a good thing that "going green" is finally a trend. Big businesses are going green with environmentally safe products, environmentally safe fabrics and environmentally safe packaging. But, the trash isn't entirely off the streets yet.
There are still companies cutting corners and not only that, but we our starting to feel the crunch from the lack of valuable resources. Worrying about the environment is not just worrying about maintaining safe guidelines on resources we use. But, it also includes making sure we have resources to use in the future.
With new natural gas cars and gas plus electric models entering the market, our reliability on oil will be considerably lower in the near future. But, having a natural gas car means that you won't be able to take a cross country trip just yet. Natural gas facilities aren't everywhere like gas stations are now. Plus, filling up can take up to about sixteen hours as reported by Rex Roy, a Detroit-based automotive journalist who has recently released his first book, Motor City Dream Garages.
While gas consumption is a major concern, we also need to look at other issues we face. Taking gas consumption as a warning, it is imperative that we look around at other issues like pollution. Looking at a country like China can help us understand what could possibly happen to anyone else if eco-friendly measures aren't taken.
Hearing the numbers from China's present consumerism habits is almost breath taking. To watch what can happen to a country in need and devouring everything it needs is an eye opener and to think that those problems manifested out of its emulation of the American lifestyle is scary. We need to start setting a better example?
Remember when there were rules like take what you need and make sure you use all that you take? Waste is intolerable. But, until we feel the crunch from the lack of resources do we understand why those basic principles were so important.
The vicious cycle of consumerism becomes compounded by the waste left behind. If it doesn't go in the air, it goes in the ground. Either way, it's another issue to be resolved. So, we are burning both ends of the candle. And we need to learn how to do one major magic trick before our candle burns up completely.
We need to learn how to slow our consumption to a pace where everyone is full and nothing gets wasted while we maintain a healthy growth of future resources. Plus, we need to learn how to better manage the exhaust rate even when our consumption level is healthy. But, the major problem we face is making each individual understand that consumption is entirely up to them.
You can look at big business. But, supply and demand are actually dictated by the consumers. The more we want, the more big business will supply. If we could actually get our wants under control, they would become predictable. Predictability would mean that supply and demand meet. Waste goes away. So, while you might want to blame all of our problems on big business, it really does come down to one person...you.
So, start using natural cleaners like Arm & Hammer Baking Soda. Use organic pesticides like Citronella. Buy locally produced organic foods and have more barbecues with natural gas rather than charcoal. Recycle everything you possibly can and heat this winter with alcohol based gel fuel. You'll be very green and leading by example is the best way to get everyone else around you involved as well.
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Barclay Financial Group in Dallas, TX
Barclay Financial Group (Financial Planning Consultants & Services) is a financial advisory firm in Dallas, Texas. This financial advisor is listed on Financial Advisory Firms under Financial Advisory Services - Financial Planning Consultants & Services.
You can reach us on phone number (972) 774-9100, fax number or email address . Our office is located on 5050 Quorum Dr, Ste 231, Dallas, TX,
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02 Jan #41 – Transitioning from Stronglifts to Starting Strength
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Matt and Scott address followers of the popular Stronglifts 5×5 program and how they can continue the gainzZz train by switching to the Starting Strength Linear Progression. As Stronglifts prescribes a substantially higher work volume than SSLP, trainees often leave a lot of pounds on the table following Stronglifts as they fail to recover workout to workout. Moving to the lower volume SSLP allows for additional recovery and, consequently, more strength adaptation.
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This is a lovely digital purse image I created from an illustration I found in a clothes catalog. I love the stylish design of the purse. The clasp is so pretty! The images of the compact mirror and coin purse make this an even lovelier digital fashion clip art. This purse image is perfect for a project for a woman who loves purses, which unfortunately isn't me. If at all possible, I try never to carry a purse. I'm not girly, and I'm always afraid I'll leave it somewhere. So, I love pockets! Ha! I hope you enjoy this wonderful digital purse fashion illustration in your projects!


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Multiple Teams · Winter Sports AIA All-Section Awards!
Congratulations to the following Winter Sports SCA Student-Athletes and Coaches who were recognized by the Arizona Interscholastic Association for this years 2016-2017 Section Awards! GO EAGLES!!! GIRLS SOCCER All-Region 1st Team Katelyn Salmon Grace Schreyer Kate Lawrence All-Region 2nd Team Elly Parsons Jackie Melvin Region Offensive Player of the Year Kate Lawrence


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In the month of November alone, federal initiatives such as the Home Affordable Modification Program helped 13,400 Americans obtain trial modifications for the terms of their home loans, which is down from the 15,200 who received them in the previous month. Another 16,000 received permanent modifications, though, and that was up from 13,800 the month before.
One million homeowners benefit from government housing in Q3
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