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She is so humble she didn't have a picture of herself on her computer. :) But this beautiful girl should have gone into modeling. She is sweet, funny, and artistic. We love her contagious laugh and adorable sense of style.
Here are her answers to our questions. But make note that since she gave us this she was proposed to and she said YES! Not sad and pathetic Morgan. Not at all! We have all been jealous of your exciting life. Pros and cons to every chapter!!! Every single one.
Favorite Brand: Well this shouldn't be hard for anyone who really knows me ha ha…I just love JCrew so much! Is that even considered a brand ha ha
Favorite Song: Let's be honest this is always changing. I have a favorite song one day and it changes the next! I am pretty bipolar when it comes to music.
Favorite Food: Mexican…no question about that one! Feed me Mexican and I am a happy girl.
Favorite piece of clothing: Shoes…is that considered clothing ha ha? Okay really my favorite piece of clothing right now is my Chambry shirt and well I guess my colored jeans! Or of course sweats.
Married? and to who: I think I am the only employee who is not…how sad and pathetic!
Kids: You have to be married for this so No! [ technically, you don't :) ]
Age: I feel offended you would even ask me that…haha just kidding (you don't have to put that statement on the blog), but I am 21.
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Schooling Background: I go to BYU. I graduate in December in Elementary Education yahoo.
I am happiest when I am laying on the Beach in warm weather, get surprises or hanging out with my family.
I love Soel Boutique because: It always has such a happy feel! You can come here and just let everything go. I love getting to know everyone and becoming friends with the costumers. And of course I love their clothes. It's like Christmas morning when we get new items in the store.


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You magically arrived at the 'About' page. I guess you want to know something about me and about why I developed GCTool. First: I'm Gpsgek who's listening to the name 'Martijn' in real life. Geocaching is the sport I discovered in December 2005. I'm caching in the Netherlands usually, but off course caching outside the Netherlands is always more fun. In daily life, I should be a student studying Medical Imaging at Delft University. Of course I have far too much other things to do (like caching...), so it's always the question if the study gets priority ;-).
One of the things I do is developing GCTool, which I started developing in 2007. The idea for the GCTool came from a few questions on the Dutch Geocaching forums. The tool extended, extended, extended, and it's now what it is. The fun for me is: combining Geocaching, math and programming. Well, great, isn't it?
I have an 'open' character. So, if you have ideas to extend GCTool, if you discovered bugs, or if you want to tell me other exiting things, don't hesitate to contact me. Usually I do not bite, so that's good news for you.
If you want to know more about me - I cannot guess why, but for completeness - you're kindly invited to visit my personal homepage: http://www.gpsgek.nl.


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Logan - Week 25 | Long Island Children's Photographer
Here is Logan's twenty-fifth week!
Logan, you have officially moved from the Rock n Play to the Pack n Play for sleeping. Now if we could only get you to stay asleep for longer than an hour and a half at a time! Mom is tired! Naps are kind of hit or miss these days too. I know sleep will come eventually, but it would be nice if it were sooner rather than later :) We had to rig the Pack n Play with all sorts of towels to make it cozy like the Rock n Play, but it seems to have worked. You are definitely tolerating it, which is good, because you have much more room. Your sitting is getting SO good! You sat up at Aunt Lorraine's on Thanksgiving for so long! She has nice plush carpet, which is good for little boys who are learning how to sit. You continue to be such a happy little guy - you are such a joy to us!


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Audit and Accounts Senior - Rickmansworth
Can you lead an audit from planning to completion?
Eager to work for a Top 50 firm on your doorstep?
There is an outstanding opportunity for an ACA/ACCA Qualified or almost Qualified Accounts and Audit Senior to join this growing firm based in Rickmansworth.
In a role split 60% Accounts and 40% Audit, the role is predominantly office-based, with some travel to local clients. Clients vary in size and sector including property, manufacturing, technology and charities with turnovers up to £50m. Reporting standards will predominantly FRS102.
This close-knit office has a fantastic social calendar as well as offering their staff premium salaries and work-life balance.
To be considered for this role, you must be ACA or ACCA qualified (or a finalist), motivated, professional with a wealth of experience within a practice environment and keen to progress. With a strong sense of employee morale, this company prides itself on creating an enjoyable work environment and offer a competitive salary as well as great benefits.
We expect a high volume of applications for this Audit and Accounts Senior role, due to the attractive remuneration and structured progression on offer. To discuss this in further detail please contact Kate Green at Pro-Finance at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 0207 269 6363
The Pro-Recruitment Group consists of four distinct brands: ProTax, ProLegal, ProFinance and ProHR


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Habitat's ReStores are retail outlets that resell new and used building materials, tools, furniture, household and home improvement items at discounted prices. By purchasing gently used building materials, you help reduce the build-up of excess waste in our landfills, all while saving money on your next home remodeling project! All ReStore proceeds go right back into the community by helping fund the construction of future Habitat homes in Hawai'i.
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If you are involved with a building project, renovation, or de-construction, please donate your unused materials to one of our Restores'. Inventory varies from store to store, so be sure to call ahead or visit your affiliate's website to find out donation specifics before dropping off your items. Please note that Habitat for Humanity does not provide deconstruction services, but materials donated are a considered a charitable, in-kind contribution to a 501(c)(3) non-for-profit organization.
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Helping out at your local ReStore is a great way to meet people and give back to your community. Volunteers are needed to help set up showrooms, cashier, promotions, truck runs, stock products, and much more. Get together your church group, friends and family, co-workers, or come by yourself for a great day of volunteering!


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Does Intensive Herbicide Use in Natural Areas Indirectly Drive Declines in Pollinator Abundance?EPA Grant Number: FP917147
Title: Does Intensive Herbicide Use in Natural Areas Indirectly Drive Declines in Pollinator Abundance?
Investigators: Palladini, Jennifer Dawn
Institution: University of Montana
EPA Project Officer: Lee, Sonja
Project Period: September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2013
Project Amount: $111,000
RFA: STAR Graduate Fellowships (2010) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Academic Fellowships , Fellowship - Ecosystem Services: Terrestrial Systems Animal Ecology
Herbicides are increasingly used in natural areas to suppress invasive plants, yet the consequences of herbicide use in the communities in which they are applied are largely unknown. Although herbicides can have direct non-target effects on plants, they may also have strong indirect effects on other trophic levels, particularly pollinators. Native bee populations have suffered extreme declines in recent years, and though the cause of these declines remains unclear, exposure to chemicals and habitat alteration are two likely drivers. Because many plant species require an animal pollinator for sexual reproduction, reductions in the abundance of pollinators could greatly disrupt the viability of plant populations. This work will examine the influence of herbicides on (1) species richness and abundance of native bees, (2) nest establishment and offspring production for native bees, and (3) pollinator visitation and seed production for native plants.
Herbicides are increasingly used in natural areas to suppress invasive plants, which commonly results in a decrease in the abundance of native flowering plants. Pollinators are likely particularly susceptible to the loss of native flowering plants, though this link has not been explored. The goal of my work is to determine how herbicides affect abundance and diversity of native bees, and to explore whether changes in bee abundance have consequences for the pollination of native plants.
My research takes place at 10 low-elevation and 10 mid-elevation intermountain prairie sites in western Montana. Of the 20 study areas, 10 (5 low-elevation and 5 mid-elevation) have a history of intense broadleaf herbicide use, including aerial application and/or broadcast spraying with Milestone ® (aminopyralid) or Tordon ® (picloram). Herbicides have been used in these areas to suppress three invasive forbs: spotted knapweed, leafy spurge, and Dalmatian toadflax. Vegetation and bee communities will be surveyed at each site. To explore differences in bee reproductive rates, I will place a wooden nesting block in each site and monitor nesting by Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae), a native solitary bee. Finally, pollination of native plants will be examined by observing visits by pollinators to arrays of potted Clarkia pulchella (Onagraceae) placed at each site.
Expected Results:
I predict that vegetation communities in areas with a history of herbicide use will have greater grass cover and lower forb cover. Reductions in forb cover that accompany herbicide use will result in lower bee diversity and abundance, as well as reduced nest establishment and offspring production. Finally, I predict that visitation by pollinators to C. pulchella will be reduced in areas with a history of herbicide use.
Potential to Further Environmental/Human Health Protection:
My research will assess the importance of a proposed mechanism of pollinator declines, chemical usage. Herbicides are widely employed to suppress invasive plants, and nontarget effects are of great concern to land managers. However, data on the indirect effects of herbicides on other trophic levels are lacking even though indirect effects, while more difficult to detect, can be as strong or stronger than direct effects. Declines in pollinator populations in natural areas due to herbicide use will have broad implications for land management. By elucidating mechanisms of native pollinator declines, my work will aid conservation biologists in the maintenance of native pollinator populations in both natural and agricultural settings. Finally, my work has relevance for farmers of insect-pollinated crops. As honeybees continue to decline, biologists predict that services by native pollinators could help ameliorate these losses. If herbicides negatively affect native bees, farmers may benefit from limiting the use of herbicides in uncultivated areas.


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If you haven't yet seen the article in The National Law Journal entitled Attorneys for Heller Seek Approval of $3.48M for Legal Malpractice Insurance then you should take a moment to read it.
It appears that Heller is attempting to secure what is normally called "tail coverage" for malpractice claims that may arise during the last few months of Heller's existence when it was in the business of practicing law.
As a former employee of Heller I am concerned that Heller is asking for $3.8M in insurance premiums payments and this takes that $3.8M out of the pool of available monies to pay creditors including its former employees.
Even the court seems to think that the amount of coverage (up to $20M is excessive) according to this note in the docket dated January 18, 2009:
DOCKET TEXT ORDER: The court has reviewed the motion to
purchase tail malpractice coverage and desires more information from
the debtor. The following questions should be answered by way of a
supplement to the motion no later than January 23. First, will the
debtor pay the three remaining payments to AFCO? If so, why is this
necessary if debtor is no longer rendering legal services? Second, the
$3.5MM debtor wishes to pay AISLIC/Valiant will cover prepetition
claims (ignoring the time between December 28, 2008 and January 1,
2009) estimated to be $7.5MM. Why is it necessary to obtain $20MM
coverage rather than 7.5MM or perhaps $10MM? Third, how is
advancing nearly 50% of projected exposure in order to have the
insurer pay 100% of prepetition malpractice claims fair to creditors
who may not be paid in full? Stated otherwise, why not save approx.
$3.5MM and let uninsured malpractice claims be treated the same as
other general unsecured claims. Fourth,how will the $2MM selfinsured
retention be handled if and when a claim arises after
expiration of the current insurance? Is debtor asking permission to
pay claims from that retention prior to confirming plan that classifies
malpractice claims separately? Finally, what is the estimated amount
of taxes that must be paid in addition to the $3.5MM cost of
coverage?.. (Montali, Dennis) Modified on 1/20/2009 (Lucero,
Elizabeth). (Entered: 01/18/2009)
Also, I may need some help from our very competent observers and commenters here, but didn't the shareholders at Heller each carry individual malpractice insurance? Not only does the amount of coverage seem execessive but is it necessary? Or is there some anticipated malpractice claim in the works that we don't know about?


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Thursday, September 29, 2016
Do You Suffer From Text Neck Syndrome?
5 comments:
- Cathy H. said...
I'll confess, I did chuckle a little bit. I don't have one of those fancy phones. Mine doesn't even take pictures. But, I do tend to be on the laptop too much. I'm working on that. Trying to unplug over the weekend and only checking emails and FB twice a day. I'm glad you were able to enjoy the situation you were in!
- September 29, 2016 at 5:33 AM
- kelly said...
linda I totally get this! I am constantly trying to balance my online connections to my connection to my real life. it does take some intentional setting the phone aside for a while. but it's so, so worth it!
- September 29, 2016 at 6:47 AM
- terriporter said...
I'm afraid I would have to be locked out of my house without my phone before I could disconnect! Not really but sometimes it seems like it. We have become so used to having that little wonder in our hands and knowing everything there is to know at all times. It can be hard to let it go voluntarily. But when we can, it is so relaxing and rewarding. Glad you finally got back into the house, didn't get rained on, finished your chilies and enjoyed a little downtime!
- September 29, 2016 at 7:42 AM
- Dotti said...
I love this post! And your storytelling is wonderful. I'm not going to say too much here because part of my post next week will hit on this very topic. Thank you for getting us started on the topic, it's one we need to think about. Seriously.
- September 29, 2016 at 9:36 AM
- AFishGirl said...
This was so well told (and with beautiful pictures). I ignore my phone most of the time. I'm not fond of it. Every once in a while it's handy but no, I'm not a cell phone person (generally speaking). Desktop, another matter...
- September 30, 2016 at 4:45 AM
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In today's video I'll be focusing on the best setup for Call of Duty World War 2 this video will include the monitor versus the TV your controller your controller button layout and settings other menu settings the wall is your internet and speakers vs. headset versus earbuds first up is monitors vs. TV's the biggest difference between the two is the input lag for TVs in general users usually a 20 to 40 millisecond input lag as well as in monitors it's usually between 1 and 10 and 10 is like the worst that's like attrocious for a monitor average mine yeah about 4 or less in a game like Call of Duty reaction is such a big difference so that if you're playing on the worst end of the spectrum when it comes to a TV with 40 milliseconds and someone has 140 milliseconds is a huge difference.
When the average reaction time is prior around 300 milliseconds that's more than a 10% difference so that part's huge I definitely recommend the monitor usually the 24 to 27 inch range you only need 60 Hertz for consoles and obviously if you're on PC already have a monitor but in general for the console you'll notice a huge difference before going and making the investment I would recommend just hooking your console up to the your standard monitor you have your house and see the difference you should notice an immediate difference even when just a generic monitor next up is your controller nowadays a lot of people have fancy controllers not a huge percentage of population because some of them get pretty pricey the number one and number two on the market are most people would consider a scuf an Xbox elite.
If you're playing on xbox there are some other tools out there to help that a little bit more affordable one for example is the cronusmax pro which means you can hook up any controller to any system so that's a benefit if you prefer Xbox over the PlayStation another thing is trigger stops those actually help to speed up the trigger finger so you can actually line up quicker shots with your semi-auto weapons control suite obviously those are going to increase your accuracy and then the last thing is the strike pack this one attaches to your controller and it acts like a scuff so you get those extra pad on the bottom which in one way they can actually be beneficial because you can use one to jump or you can use one to dive to the ground specifically in this game.
And you're wondering how people are aiming so while they're jumping this is how they're doing it well it's at least one of the ways there's another way that I'm getting into right now with the controller layout and setting so we're going to our controller setting the first thing we're gonna look at is the flipped setting and what this does is it rearranges your trigger finger with your tactical and your lethal orbiting down sights and it move maneuvers those a little bit the benefit in this is it reduces your trigger so that it will act like those trigger stops so it actually allows you to spam that semi-auto as quick as possible versus holding the trigger releasing it's a lot quicker next up is actual layout setting the one we'll look at is tactical what the benefit of tactical is it switches your r3 with your actual crouch.
So that you can actually dive and do drop shots with your r3 next one is bumper jumper this one mixes your l1 so that you can actually mental things or jump so this one you can jump shot while ami it modifies that a little bit there's a bumper jumper tactical which incorporates the crouching as well so you can melee it with circle and then you have you're still aiming down sights as well as jumping at the same time the last one I recommend is stick and move with stick and move you're able to use r3 as your jump or mantle so that you're able to jump shot and keep your finger on the joystick while you're aiming down sights which allows you to keep that accuracy as you jumping next thing we'll look at is all the other menu settings so on this one you have a horizontal and vertical sensitivity I recommend keeping those the same but experimenting with them the lowest I'd recommend going is for unless it's just too hard for you to manage and the highest is probably 6 unless you're just an all-out aiming god that's gonna want to make sure you leave the aim assist on I know some people are in the mood that they want to disable that but if you're on console you there's no reason she disabled that next up is actually your actual safe area but this ain't very you wanna get a small possible doesn't actually affect the screen it just affects your HUD.
So it brings everything tighter to the center as you can see on the screen now it allows it so you don't have to look away from the middle of the screen as far as if it was in the corner the last thing you're gonna want to do on the screen is just disable that motion blur just because it has a tendency to kind of misplace objects and make you think that you're missing targets that you actually are hitting when it comes to your internet the first recommendation I would do is make sure you have the Ethernet cable connected so you're not going wireless up a white line this tends to lead to inconsistent connection which will cause lag in the long run the next thing you're gonna want to do is actually test your connection so there's a couple different ways to do that there's a speed test that most people have done or seeing or familiar with because the number one way to test and then the other one is to actually check your buffer bloat see what kind of grade you get based off that information you know what kind of internet you're having and then what adjustments you can make within your router there's actually two different ways to do this is one is use your router you can give it some of them have more settings than others and then if you're kind of restricted by the the router.
That you have you might want to go out and get a net demo with this one is a net Douma routers you're allowed to modify the settings much easier than just a stock a router but some of those stock routers are built in with some of these features that allow you to correct the buffer bloat and maybe check some of the other things that you might be having issues with last thing i want to talk about is speakers headsets and earbuds when it comes down to it a good set of earbuds will be just fine for this game there are a lot of sounds that you won't pick up if you just listening your TV screen or your monitor that i would recommend getting either a headset or a good you know earbuds that will allow you to hear directional sound so that you can actually tell which way people are coming from which people are shooting or whatever the case is so that you can actually adjust and they get the drop on them and that's the end of the video I'd like to know your thoughts or any questions or concerns down in the comment section I will respond if you did enjoy the video in any way go ahead and click that like button if you haven't done so already go ahead and remember to subscribe thank you for watching and as always have a great
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Bossier City Scam Suspect Arrested in Texas
A woman wanted by the Bossier Financial Crimes Task Force has been arrested in south Texas.
Detectives obtained arrest warrants last month for 23-year-old Monique Marie Reyna of Corpus Christi on charges of felony theft by fraud and forgery and alerted their Texas counterparts. This week, she was arrested following a traffic stop in Aransas Pass, TX. Arrangements are being made, now, to extradite her to Bossier City.
Reyna is suspected of scamming a Bossier City business out of nearly $6500 in June of this year. Detectives think she's the woman who sold that business more than 500 bogus one-ounce silver bars.
The task force has also obtained an arrest warrant for her suspected accomplice. 40-year-old Rodney L. Kennedy of Livingston, TX is suspected of scamming another Bossier City business out of $4000 in the sale of three bogus 12-ounce gold bars. He's wanted on a charge of felony theft by forgery.
Anyone who knows where Kennedy might be is asked to call Bossier Crime Stoppers at 318-424-4100. It could earn you a cash reward and you will remain anonymous.


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Developing story.
Carrie Fisher has suffered a heart attack, may the force be with her pic.twitter.com/asx08TT6no
— Darth Vader (@DepressedDarth) December 23, 2016
Praying for @carrieffisher ! Please let her be ok!
— Sabrina!! On Ice!!! (@realafterglow) December 23, 2016
I love you carrie fisher, stay strong we all love you. You've been my idol for many years now, & to see this happen is tragic,i love you.
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Douglas lands top Scottish prize
- Team Name: The Bravehearts
- First Appearance: 2000
- RLWC2013 Group: Group C
- RLWC2013 Opponents: Tonga, USA and Italy
- Tournament best: One win (2008)
Ones to Watch: Danny Brough, Michael Robertson and Andrew Henderson
Read more about these great players and why they are ones to watch during RLWC2013.
Danny Brough
Scotland's prospects for Rugby League World Cup 2013 could depend on which country former Bravehearts star Danny Brough chooses to represent.
Brough played for Scotland, the nation of his grandparents' birth at Rugby League World Cup 2008, but has since also featured for England, most notably in the 2012 International Origin Series.
A player with the ability to take a game by the scruff of the neck, Scotland coach Steve McCormack will be hoping Brough can remain injury in free, and, will be keeping his fingers crossed that he opts to play for his side.
Michael Robertson
Robertson is another player returning for a second Rugby League World Cup after representing Scotland in 2008.
An NRL Grand Final winner, Robertson currently plies his trade in the Super League with London Broncos, where he has won many admirers as a strong runner of the ball and as a player with a wealth of tactical knowledge.
Robertson's impressive try return will put him up there as one of the tournament's deadliest wingers, and his finishing prowess could be the difference between success and failure for Scotland.
Andrew Henderson
One of Scotland's most experienced stagers, Henderson is one of three brothers to have represented the Bravehearts at a Rugby League World Cup.
Together with siblings Ian and Kevin, Andrew made a telling contribution to the Scottish cause in Australia five years ago, and, though the eldest of the trio may be the family's sole representative this time around, there'll be no shortage of passion from the Sheffield Eagles star.
Henderson's pace off the mark and low centre of gravity makes him a tough prospect for opposing markers, while his tenacious efforts in defence will also be crucial to Scotland's hopes of progression.
A Bit of History
'The Bravehearts' emerged on the international scene in 1995, when they were defeated 26-22 by Ireland.
The youngest of the British Isles' constituent Rugby League nations, Scotland has since developed a keen rivalry with their Celtic counterparts, playing eight internationals over the past decade.
But Rugby League's relationship with Scotland goes way beyond 1995. Two Scottish players featured in the first ever Rugby League test match, played in 1907 between a Northern Union representative XIII and a team of Other Nationalities, George Frater captaining the victorious Other Nationalities.
Rugby League then made its first appearance in Scotland in 1909 when Glasgow's Celtic Park hosted a game between the Northern Union representative side and a touring Australian side.
Scotland finally progressed to the top level of international competition in 2000 when they made their first appearance at a World Cup. What they lacked in experience they made up for in commitment, losing their games against Ireland, Samoa and Aotearoa Maori all by fewer than 12 points.
In 2008 Scotland returned to the World Cup fray, where they upset Fiji in a surprise 18-16 victory before losing to Tonga in the seventh place play-off game.
The following year, Scotland reached the finals of a European Cup competition involving Lebanon, Ireland, Wales, Serbia and Italy, eventually losing to Wales.
One of Rugby League's most well-respected coaches, Steve McCormack, will be in charge for 2013.


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Striker Oil & Gas (SOIS) develops, explores and acquires crude oil and natural gas reserves, operating along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, as well as in East Texas and Mississippi. It is speculated that Striker has potential oil and gas reserves of $400 million in Texas and Louisiana. That equates to 32.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 973,000 barrels of crude oil. Striker also recently an agreement with Indonesia's GEO Corporation to find oil offshore of that Asian country.
Texas-based Striker Oil & Gas was founded in 2004 and is already producing oil, a rarity among newly-founded energy companies. Striker's revenue performance since inception is staggering, with a one-year growth of more than 232 percent and a three-year growth of almost 1200 percent. The company is forecasting 2008 revenue of $5 million.
Striker uses revolutionary technology to find new oil reserves, including sophisticated satellites that orbit the earth finding even the tiniest oil slicks in undiscovered oil reserves. In addition, the company uses two- and three-dimensional sonic equipment to detect oil and natural gas hidden below the earth's surface.
It is speculated that Striker's Catfish Creek operation in East Texas could be worth up to $360,000,000 in potential oil and gas reserves. The property is adjacent to wells owned by major oil companies such as Chevron and XTO Energy and these wells have produced hundreds of millions of barrels. East Texas wells are known as "long live" wells, which means they can produce oil or gas for up to two decades.
As global demand for oil continues to surge, this could benefit Striker and its shareholders. The company currently trades around five times 2007 sales with a multiple of less than 16, meaning Striker shares could be worth well over $2, almost 10 times the 22 cents they closed at last Friday. Striker has a market value of $4.5 million and its shares have traded between 10 cents and $1.65 over the last 52 weeks.
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Where we differ from other silent auction providers is that we create and source our memorabilia. From signed merchandise to unique experiences, our products take centre stage.
With such an approach, we are able to offer better margins to charities (as well as name-drop clients such as Usain Bolt.)
Whist silent auctioning is not a new invention, the application of disruptive technology is. We have developed a system that allows us to stamp a company's identity into the technology, giving each of our customers a completely tailored silent auction product.
From branded Samsung tablets to place bids on, to detailed reports following the event, our tech takes care of all the stressful elements to planning a charity event.
Our team is made up of an colourful bunch of characters. From Olympic stars and PR gurus to highly-recognised event planners and software developers, the Bid-In family is beautifully eclectic. However, we all share one goal; to help exceed our clients' fundraising targets.
Though Bid-in is all about the technology, as a business we still hold traditional values, working in partnership with our customers to create awesome fundraising events. From helping through the planning stages to promotional literature and taking payments, we've got your back.
By getting to know our customers and the charities they are working with, our friendly team can create the perfect silent auction package to suit your needs and most importantly; budget.
Let us know about your event.
With over 70 years combined industry experience, the Bid-In team have enjoyed working with charities and event organisers for many years, having supported some of the most wonderful, globally-recognised charitable brands in the world. Loving what we do, we look forward to adding to our list of partners.
Unlike most silent auction providers, we source and produce our own memorabilia. We take pride in crafting lots of high quality and we've been lucky enough to produce a special piece for HRH Prince of Wales.


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Special equipment: Chilled cocktail glass
Make garnish first: Place red and white candy canes or peppermint candies in a resealable plastic bag. Use a rolling pin or a can to pound until as fine as sugar. Place the pounded peppermint in a small plate. Rim the glass with a slice of lemon or lime and dip the rim into the peppermint. Chill the glass.
Mix the ice, ginger, mint, vodka, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and shake. Strain into the prepared chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with whole mini candy cane.
Recipes courtesy of Darryl Robinson, Dr. Mixologist


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I plan to write a short article about another part of 'Brida', one of Paulo Coelho's novel which I had read recently. While I was reading the novel, which was almost two months back, as I reached this part, after reading a couple of lines, I knew that this had to go down in my blog. I really enjoyed this passage as it deals with something simple, and gives you an all new perspective about it. It talks about 'Mistakes'.
We as humans all make mistakes. As goes the English proverb, 'To err is human, to forgive is divine.' I am sorry, I am a little mixed up, perhaps that proverb is not the same as I quoted, but it definitely carries the same essence. Inevitably, we all make mistakes, they may be as simple as forgetting a pen while going to work, or huge like forgetting the train tickets when on the way to the railway station. Some mistakes go unnoticed and do not cause problems, while others can cause huge disturbances in personal and public life. So mistakes are something which everyone is afraid to make. If any of my readers out there are working, they would realize the weight of the fact, how much harm can mistakes cause in one's work place; because there everything you do or say matters. And to top it all, nobody ever forgets your mistakes. Good deeds are soon forgotten, but mistakes stick around for a long-long time.
So when I came across this passage in the book about mistakes, and that too stressing the 'importance' of mistakes, I penned it down, to put it up here for my readers. So here it goes for all those guys who have not yet read 'Brida' [SPOILER ALERT]:
This part is when Brida (the main character of the story, for more details, read my last article) in the story completes her initiation as a witch and has a vision about the Teacher of 'Wicca' (Wicca was Brida's teacher). The teacher says that you are lucky for you have realised your gift, most of the people on this earth do not realise their gifts and thus fail to fulfil the purpose of their births.
Hearing this, Brida feels that she now has a huge responsibility of fulfilling her life's goal, worried that she would not be able to life her life as simply like she used to, she says:
" I have a life ahead of me, I want to live that life like anyone else. I want to be close to people, I want to be able to make mistakes, to be selfish, to have faults.'
The teacher replies: " You can only be close to people if you are one of them. Life is about making mistakes, Cells went on reproducing in the same way for millions of years, until one of them made a mistake, and introduced change into that endless cycle of repetition. It was a mistake that set the world in motion, never be afraid of making a mistake."
"But adam and Eve were driven out of paradise because of a mistake."
"And they will return ne day knowing the miracles of the heavens and all of the world. God knew what he was doing when he drew their attention to the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. If he hadn't wanted them to eat it, he would have never mentioned it."
"So why did he then?"
"In order to set the world into motion."
The story goes on, but this is the part I wished to share with you. The logic and thinking that Paulo has applied to the event of making a mistake, citing the examples of mutations in cells and the beginning of the world due to the Tree of Knowledge In the Bible, make you really wonder about the importance and effects of mistakes. The story of Adam and Eve eating the apple from the Tree of Knowledge is so different in the Bible. The Bible states in a very aggressive manner that they were banished from Paradise due to not obeying the words of God. But Paulo has given it an entirely new
meaning and reason, which I must say s quite convincing and makes you wonder.
And the examples are so not limited to these, most of the discoveries in the world were by mistake. Take X rays for that matter, heck, take America for that matter. Columbus discovered America by mistake, while on a quest to search a route to India-I know you already know the story, but just wished to write a line. So this point that Paulo has made in this chapter of his book, really touched me and made me wonder. We think so much about trying to avoid mistakes, worry our wits out, and yet the greatest things on the planet are mistakes.
So guys, don't worry about making mistakes, that is how you learn. 'Its not winning if you know how to run, it is winning, if you know how to stand up every time you fall.'
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The S.C. Drought Response Committee met today in Columbia and decided to maintain the drought status at "severe" for all South Carolina counties except Jasper and Beaufort, which will remain at moderate. While the committee recognized that precipitation has been above normal for the past 30 days, it has not been enough to return streamflows, ground water, and reservoirs to the moderate drought status. The Committee was also concerned because forecasters expect a return to below normal rainfall for February through April 2008.
Most of the streamflows are still well below the normal flows for this time of year, many reservoirs are below normal elevations, and groundwater levels have only slowly started to improve from near record low levels according to Masaaki Kiuchi, DNR Hydrology. According to Daryl Jones, SC Forestry Commission, there were double the number of fires and acres burned during the Fall 2007 fire season. Recent rains provided short-term relief, but as the state enters its traditional fire season, February - April, the SC Forestry Commission is preparing for higher than normal fire activity. Rain events over the past six weeks have dampened light fuels, but the moisture content inside larger fuels (i.e., downed logs) is still very low. David Tompkins, SC Department of Agriculture, explained the above normal rainfall over the past few weeks has resulted in adequate to a surplus of soil moisture, but because irrigation ponds were so low they are only slowly responding to the much needed rain.
Jim Witkowski, International Paper and the Industry Representative from the Central Drought Management Area, said "Although several counties, from the Midlands to the coast, could have been downgraded to moderate based on individual drought indices, the Central Drought Management representatives decided to maintain the severe status because of the continuing long-term effects of the drought." Andy Ferry, Charleston Commission of Public Works (CPW) and Southern Drought Response Committee water system representative also emphasized that regardless of recent higher than normal rainfall events, the Southern Drought Management Committee decided to keep the area under a severe drought level because the drought is a long- term, statewide issue, not just a local one. A key factor for the Southern Drought Management Area was the continued very low elevation of Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie.
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Sports franchise owners are often scumbags (for instance and for instance) so no one should be surprised to find that many are criminals, but the National Hockey League stands out for the sheer number of criminals that have owned teams. Toronto, Nashville, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Vancouver, and the New York Islanders have all had owners sent to jail while they still owned the teams. Edmonton's Peter Pocklington was no longer involved with the Oilers when he went to jail but he makes the cut for the NHL All-Star Team. Player rep Alan Eagleson who robbed his clients' pensions is honorary coach. Ladies and Gentleman, I present Great Crime Bosses of the NHL:First up: William "Boots" Del Biaggio III, one-time San Jose Sharks part-owner, who conned at least $67.5 Million out of numerous people and used $25 Million of that to buy a 27% share of the Nashville Predators in 2007. After ten disappointing years, owner Craig Leipold had decided to sell the Nashville franchise. Jim Balsillie of Research In Motion fame tried to buy the team so he could move it to Hamilton but managed to alienate everyone in sight and was shut out of further dealings. Enter Boots Del Biaggio at the head of a group who wanted to buy the Preds and move them to Kansas City where he controlled a sports arena. Del Biaggio had previously tried to move the Pittsburgh Penguins to KC. He was co-owner with Mario Lemieux of a minor league team and Lemieux was miffed at Pennsylvania's thwarting of an attempt by a gambling combine/casino to build a new arena for the Penguins. Anyway, Nashville rallied to hang on to hockey and a local group arranged to buy the team from Leipold, who then moved on to ownership of the Minnesota Wild. Del Biaggio joined this new group and contributed his share to a rumored $193 Million purchase price. A year later, Del Biaggio was suing for bankruptcy and holding secret meetings with Balsillie to buy out his share of the Predators. The League refused to allow Balsillie to buy in and Del Biaggio's share went to a bankruptcy trustee who may still be looking for a buyer. Del Biaggio used faked documents and personal charm to scam millions which he then gambled away, both in Las Vegas and on Wall Street where he favored high-risk offerings that usually declined in value. In 2009, Boots Del Biaggio was sentenced to eight years and ordered to repay some $67.5 Million, which may happen the same day Hell freezes over. BTW, I don't know how $25 M gets you 27% of $193 M but that is probably one reason why I am not spectacularly wealthy. Rookie forward on this team — and they are all forwards — is Sanjay Kumar, most recent of a long list of owners who have abused the NY Islanders. Kumar was the protege of Charles Wang, founder, with Russell Artzt, of Computer Associates, a multi-billion dollar firm that is currently invested in the Cloud. Kumar joined Computer Associates in 1987 and replaced Wang as CEO in 2000. Under Kumar's guidance CA used a "long month" bookkeeping practice to delay accounts in a way that would make them appear more desirable to investors. See, if an end-of-quarter month is 35 days long, you can show extra revenue and maybe pretend to pay off debts a bit earlier, thus enabling your outfit to reach its projections. There was other stuff, too, all designed to make Computer Associates look a lot better investment than it was. Mind you, it was a good place to work — Wang took the largest corporate bonus in history (up to that time) in 1999 when he accepted a $675 Million stock grant. Over a billion dollars was paid out in bonuses that year, even though CA was slipping in sales and profits. None of this escaped the notice of stockholders, who took a class-action lawsuit against CA claiming that, in 1996 and '97, the company had inflated revenues by $500 Million on paper to boost stock prices. And there was a proxy fight over management practices which probably led to Kumar replacing Wang as CEO. And there were bribery charges brought against Wang. And Federal authorities were interested in the company, too. The SEC finally clamped down on CA in 2004. in 2006 Kumar was sentenced to twelve years in prison and a staggering $796 Million in restitution. Meanwhile CA agreed to repay more than $225 Million to stockholders and also clean up its accounting practices. Shortly before going to prison, Kumar sold his share in the Isles to Wang. And that means that the story is not yet over because many folks think Kumar took the fall for Wang. Certainly, that's Kumar's story. He says that Wang regretted leaving the CEO post and wanted back in so he stuck Kumar with the fraud that he had perpetrated. Wang is still waiting on the report of a Special Litigation Committee that has already said: "…fraud pervaded the entire CA organization at every level …and was embedded in CA's culture, as installed by Mr. Wang, almost from the company's inception." Probably Wang will only be dinged in a civil court for cash, but, if there are future indictments, Kumar may have a new linemate on the Criminal Owners All-Star team.
When Wang and Kumar bought the Islanders they were seen as saviors because the franchise was in deep trouble. The team was brought into the NHL in order to stave off a Long Island franchise attempt by the World Hockey Association, catalyst for so much that is interesting in the NHL today. But the new team had to pay off more than $40 Million to the Rangers for infringing on their territory so it started out in a financial hole. The team was still in debt to the Rangers and to the League when the original owner, Roy Boe, sold to John Pickett in 1978. Pickett almost got the Islanders back in the black by concluding a cable TV contract worth a great deal in annual revenue but he signed a horrible lease on the stadium and the team tuned into a drain attached to his wallet. Four Stanley Cups (resulting from a smart management decision not to trade draft picks) were not enough to keep the team afloat at the end of the '80s. Pickett brought in a group of investors called the Gang of Four (more on them later) who picked up a 10% share of the team and handled day-to-day management, but he was just treading water. Then, out of the blue, a buyer emerged. Our next team member, John Spano.John Spano had been a serious prospect to buy the Dallas Stars in 1995 but was somehow unable to close the deal. He also made a stab at buying the Florida Panthers that went nowhere. Then, in 1996, Spano offered John Pickett $80 Million for the Islanders and $85 Million for its exclusive cable contract which earned $13 Million a year for the team. A bit later, Spano also agreed to buy out the Gang of Four. Gary Bettman was overjoyed to have a guy with money taking over the Islanders and the NHL quickly gave its okay. Spano made a bit of a downpayment to Pickett and began acting like an owner, throwing a few bucks into players' accounts and forcing Mike Milbury to give up his coaching job to Rick Bowness. But, in 1997, it was John Pickett who showed up at the NHL owners' meeting. It seems Spano didn't have any money other than the $2.5 Million he'd splashed around the Islander dressing room and he'd borrowed that. The cheque he'd given Pickett for $17.5 Million, bounced. In fact, Spano owed back taxes on his house of $85,000 and was being sued by a couple of companies he had done business with for various frauds. Awaiting prosecution on multiple charges, Spano fled to the Cayman Islands, but returned to the US after striking a deal with prosecutors. Spano delayed his court appearance for a long while but, after trying to pay rent with an expired credit card and bad cheques, he lost his bail, his lawyers quit for fear they wouldn't get paid, he finally pled guilty to fraud charges and, in January of 2000, was sentenced to six years plus $11 Million in restitution, including $1.25 Mil to Mario Lemieux, who seems an easy mark. Let out of jail on supervised release in 2004, Spano immediately returned to fraud, was charged, convicted, and served four more years in jail before being released in 2009. He's still out there, folks, be careful! Oh, and the Gang of Four? Two of their members were Stephen Walsh and Paul Greenwood who were indicted for fraud in 2009. They had bilked investors out of more than half a billion dollars over the years. Since they weren't owners at the time, they don't make the All-Star Criminal Team. Sorry, lads, I'm sure it would have been a comfort to you over the years you may have to serve in prison (sentencing perhaps next month).
The Spano affair was quite upsetting to the NHL and they vowed afterwards to use real due diligence in checking out prospective team owners — less than a thousand dollars was spent investigating Spano. Kevin Connolly has made a movie about John Spano titled Big Shot, that is on TV from time to time. Most of the material about the Islanders above comes from a great seven-part series by Dan Saraceni for Lighthouse Hockey that I highly recommend.Still from the great state of New York, let's go upstate to Buffalo for next team pick, John Rigas. Rigas earned his millions from a family cable television operation, Adelphia, based in Pennsylvania. In 1997 the team had been losing money for years and was in deep financial trouble. It was rumored that it would be unable to meet its payroll in December. John Rigas bought the team, then fired team president Larry Quinn, replacing him with his son, Timothy Rigas. A good season followed, then a disappointing one, and the following season the team was steamrollered in the playoffs by Mario Lemieux's Penguins. In 2002, charges were laid against John Rigas and his sons for fraud. Among other things they were accused of using company funds as their own — Timothy buying a hundred pairs of bedroom slippers out of stockholder cash — and hiding $2.3 Billion from shareholders. John still denies he has ever done anything wrong. After lengthy delays, John got fifteen years in prison and Timothy got twenty. In 2002, when Rigas was indicted, the NHL took away his ownership and ran the Sabres from Gary Bettman's desk. In 2003, a new ownership group led by Tom Golisano and including Larry Quinn, bought the franchise. Bruce McNall made his fortune smuggling stolen antiquities into the US. Later, he produced a couple of movies including Weekend At Bernie's which made him a few dollars, too. In 1986 McNall decided to get into hockey and purchased, over two years, the LA Kings. Shortly after assuming complete control of the franchise, in the summer of 1988, McNall closed a deal with uber-scumbag Peter Pocklington to buy Wayne Gretzky, arguably the greatest player in the history of the game. McNall also managed to pick up Jari Kurri and Paul Coffey at Gretzky's urging. He tried to get Messier, too, but refused to trade Luc Robitaille and so wound up without a complete set of Edmonton Oiler stars. "Pocklington basically wanted the money but Glen Sather wanted the best players he could. Robitaille was number 1 on his list and it took forever to get him to realize I wasn't giving up Luc," said McNall in an Ask-Me-Anything session on Reddit last year. (Highlights. Full AMA.) In 1991 McNall and John Candy purchased the Toronto Argonauts football team and hired US superstar Rocket Ismail away from the NFL. The Argos won a Grey Cup before Ismail went back south. McNall was named chairman of the NHL Board of Governors and supervised the hiring, in 1992, of Gary Bettman, which may cause you to despise the guy right away. Both the Gretzky and Ismail deals were instrumental in raising player salaries. The Kings never won the Stanley Cup in those years, but they came close in 1993. That was pretty much McNall's high point, too. In 1994, the authorities closed in with questions about various irregularities including bribing a bank president to give him loans. McNall defaulted on a large loan at the end of 1993 and was forced to sell the Kings. It turned out that his wheeling and dealing had gutted the team financially and, in 1995, the LA Kings went into bankruptcy. Luc Robitaille was finally traded and Grant Fuhr briefly joined the Kings. (McNall's memory is that he obtained Fuhr from Pocklington at the same time as Gretzky, Kurri, et al.) Needing some cash during this period, McNall persuaded Michael Eisner to create a franchise in Anaheim for the Disney Corporation. That deal netted him about $25 Million as Eisner had to pay to set up in Kings' territory. But soon enough McNall was serving a six year sentence for the usual fraud charges that convict so many of these All-Star Criminal Owners. Still, he seemed not to draw the kind of disgusted sneer that the others merit. Gretzky visited McNall in prison and refused to allow his 99 jersey to be retired until McNall could attend the ceremony. Also unlike the others, McNall cheerfully admits most, or at least many, of his misdeeds. His autobiography, Fun While It Lasted: My Rise and Fall in the Land of Fame and Fortune, gives many details. When I first started looking at criminal hockey owners, I thought that no team had been successful after having suffered through a crime boss, but two Stanley Cups for LA disprove that thesis. McNall is first-line center on the Criminal Owner All-Stars. One of the people that bought the Kings from McNall, Jeffrey Sudikoff, sold out his share during the 1995 bankruptcy. Sudikoff was later convicted of insider trading and other fraudulent activities but was sentenced to less than a year in prison, plus the usual restitution, of course, which usually no one seems to expect to get back. Sudikoff does not make the cut for this All-Star team. Is there anything else that needs be said about Peter Pocklington except that he sold Gretzky like a slab of meat processed in one of the plants where he tried to break unions? Gretzky wept but allowed Pocklington to say that he, Gretzky, had initiated the trade. Everyone else is clear that Pocklington said that he needed fifteen million dollars and would flog his greatest asset (and Edmonton's hope for a Cup dynasty) to get it.
When Gretzky went to L.A.
my whole nation trembled
like hot water in a tea cup when a train goes by.
"The Trade That Shook the Hockey World", John B. Lee
Pocklington wrote a book about this: I'd Trade Him Again: On Gretzky, Politics and the Pursuit of the Perfect Deal after he realized that he couldn't stay in Canada any longer and moved to the US. So it is some satisfaction to all Canadians that Peter Pocklington was finally found guilty of something (there are so many possibilities, but fraud and perjury finally won out) and sentenced to prison. It is less satisfying when you know that the sentence was only six months plus six months house arrest, and even less satisfying than that to learn that he has yet to serve a single day. You can fantasize about Pocklington meeting his cellmate, a 250 lb. emigre Canadian hockey fan named Cookie who is serving a life term for murder, aggravated assault, and similar misdeeds, but that's all it is — a fantasy. Pocklington is the despised member of the Corporate All-Star Criminals, sort of their Brad Marchand.By the end of the 1960s, with the NHL expanding to more cities, there was a concerted drive to finally get a franchise for Vancouver. A local group, based around the WHL/PCHL minor league franchise Canucks was in the running. Rumor has it, Stafford Smythe blocked this for some reason or other, but maybe this is just western prejudice against godawful Toronto. Anyway, Vancouver did get a team but the new owner was an American named Tom Scallen. Scallen had gotten rich with Medicor, a Minnesota company that had something to do with the incomprehensible American medical system. That was 1969. By 1972 Scallen was facing various charges resulting from his manipulation of Canucks funds, essentially using hockey proceeds to pay Medicor debts. He spent the next two years in jail and was deported on his release. The Griffiths family bought the Canucks from Medicor and since then things have improved except no Stanley Cup. Scallen insists he did nothing wrong. He was pardoned in 1982 during Trudeau's decline. A journeyman winger, Scallen will skate on a line with Kumar and Del Biaggio, unless the All-Stars acquire Wang, in which case he may join the father/son Rigas duo. Captain of the All-Star Criminal Owners team is Harold Ballard, the man who destroyed the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ballard was buddies with Stafford Smythe (see Canucks section above), son of Conn Smythe who owned the Leafs. Stafford bought the franchise from his father in 1961 but it was Ballard who gave him the money and Ballard became part of the Leafs organization. These were good years for Toronto who won four Stanley Cups 1962-67, but at the same time Harold Ballard was showing his dark side. At one point he threatened to cut a video line with a fire axe unless the CBC agreed to his demands; he took down a portrait of the Queen in order to stick more seats up in the rafters — "What position can a queen play?" he said; when the Beatles played at Maple Leaf Gardens, he cut off the water fountains, turned off the air conditioning, and charged triple prices for soft drinks. Increasing profits was Ballard's entire purpose in life. Meanwhile, players had begun to chafe under the serfdom imposed on them by the NHL. The World Hockey Association and the Players' Union revealed new horizons. Ballard despised unions and he hated the WHA, refusing to ever deal with it. By the end of the 60s, Ballard had alienated several Toronto stars, especially Dave Keon. In 1969 charges were brought against Ballard and Stafford Smythe for using company — that is, stockholder — funds as their own. John Bassett, the third major owner of the Leafs, persuaded the Board of Governors of Maple Leaf Gardens to fire Ballard and Smythe, but the Board and Bassett lacked the followthrough to carry this out. Smythe and Ballard returned, got rid of Bassett, Smythe died, and Harold Ballard wound up owning the entire franchise right before going to prison in 1971 after being convicted on forty-eight out of fifty counts of fraud, tax evasion, and theft. Among other items he had bought motorcycles for his sons and charged them as expenses to the Toronto Marlboros, another of his properties. At this time the negotiations for the Canada/USSR Summit Series was going on and Ballard offered Maple Leaf Gardens as a training venue and did other diplomatic things to win a little favorable PR. Later, he billed Team Canada for every nickel he could squeeze out of them. Ballard described his prison years as living in a motel with steaks for dinner and color TV in his bedroom. While he was incarcerated, Leafs management hired a European — something Ballard opposed — the great Borje Salming and made other moves that kept the Leafs a potentially good team. On his release in 1973, Ballard did all he could to destroy this work. Dave Keon's contract expired in 1975 but the NHL Players Association was not yet able to stop an owner from controlling a player's leaving his team. Ballard named a huge price for any team trying to recruit Keon, who jumped to the WHA. Keon, who had been a key member of the Stanley Cup winning Leafs, refused to have anything more to do with the Toronto organization for twenty years, after Ballard was dead. Meanwhile, a new young player with signs of greatness named Daryl Sittler had been acquired by the Leafs. Ballard at first lauded Sittler, then — after Sittler became active in the Players Association — tried to destroy him. He traded away Lanny MacDonald who was Sittler's good friend and denounced Sittler to the hockey press, an action which resulted in Leafs players trashing their dressing room in protest. Sittler ripped the C from his jersey and Ballard said that was equivalent to burning the Canadian flag. Meanwhile Ballard, though micromanaging the team, hired his buddy Punch Imlach as coach. Imlach operated as a Yes man for a while but suffered several heart attacks that effectively removed him from the fracas. In 1981, Sittler finally found another team willing to pay Ballard's price and he was traded. During all this period the Leafs' revenues went up. Ballard tripled the franchise income in the early 60s and kept it rising thereafter. At the same time he engaged in petty nastiness that no one can quite explain, like destroying all the Stanley Cup and other championship banners that at one time hung from the Garden rafters. Why on earth? But the fact is, the man was a convicted criminal, possibly sociopathic: Harold Ballard needed no reason except his immediate desires. There are so many other stories about Ballard — his trashing of Foster Hewitt's pressbox when the Hockey Hall of Fame wanted it as an exhibit, for instance– and the opportunities he wasted — Frank Mahovlich and Bernie Parent were two other potentially great players lost to the Leafs — but whatever the stories, the consensus is that Ballard was the worst hockey owner of all time. Which is why he is captain of this All-Star group of criminals. Can't you see them skating onto the ice in their black-and-white striped jerseys, their names just over their numbers on the back, sort of like Beagle Boys? (Ballard once refused to put players' names on their jerseys. He was disciplined by the NHL so had names added, white letters on white jerseys, blue letters on blue ones, so that they could not be seen.) They skate out onto the ice, looking for a way to screw over their team mates, seeking a profit that can be made somehow, perhaps by throwing a game. Oh, don't you just love the criminals that bring you hockey!


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American Express is primarily a credit card company and they have a huge share of the total credit card market in the United States. In fact, Amex cards make up almost a full quarter of all credit card purchases in the country.
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How can I apply for an American Express credit card?
If you would like to see (and apply for) some of the latest additions to the cards offered by American Express, visit American Express Credit Cards & Charge Cards page. And for those of you who would rather see every card available from the company in one fell swoop rather than a curated selection, head on over to Americanexpress View All Cards web page and check out every card that Amex has to offer.
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How do I make an online payment on my Amex card?
- Navigate to the American Express payment portal at American Express.Com/Pbc
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Honestly, this has been a topic of much debate on the internet for as long as people have had access to message boards and chat rooms. Nevertheless, there still seems to be no particular reason that there's a gladiator (or as some argue, a centurion… others say a Viking, but there's no way that's a Viking) on the front of so many millions of American Express cards.


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Sunday, March 6, 2011 | 2 a.m.
Sun archives
- Firefighters' quest for a new perk was short-lived (3-4-2011)
- Under scrutiny, firefighter sick leave falls (2-27-2011)
- County considers seeking reimbursement over firefighter sick leave abuse (2-15-2011)
- County OKs contract with firefighters that saves $7.4 million (2-1-2010)
- Arbitrator backs county over firefighters' union in contract negotiations (1-19-2011)
- County firefighters union preaches frugality, to others (11-2-2010)
- Sisolak offers proof of firefighters 'gaming' sick leave system (9-11-2010)
- County, firefighters' union spar over contract negotiations (8-3-2010)
- Is a wave of county firefighter retirements on the horizon? (6-25-2010)
- Rory Reid says firefighters union resorting to 'scare tactic' with ad (6-15-2010)
- County considers plan to privatize airport firefighting force (6-11-2010)
- New plan to curtail Clark County firefighter overtime (6-5-2010)
- Staffing shuffle would cut county Fire Department overtime (5-20-2010)
- Las Vegas, Clark County collaborate to limit firefighter overtime (4-27-2010)
- Fire union resists move to increase its ranks, reduce overtime costs (4-16-2010)
- Has fire union support become a campaign curse? (4-15-2010)
During the public comment portion of last week's Clark County Commission meeting, firefighter Eddie Beaman spoke. He said he wanted to explain that the sick leave he took in 2009, which county negotiators cited during contract negotiations as an example of how firefighters might be abusing the sick-leave system, was legitimate.
Without identifying the person, he said he took that time to care for family members, one of whom had cancer, and that his wife had shoulder surgery.
What were his exact words?
"I think that once that list" — of firefighters who used a month of sick leave in 2009 — "was put out there by the county with the 231 people that was put on it. I mean, it kind of put a little shadow on some of the people ... out there such as myself ... I had never had any overuse of sick leave up until '09. I think that this has got to come out, because I had never really wanted to say anything about my family or anything that happens to me, I think that's personal with my own life ... I think that the way that the news media is portraying me as being one of these guys who uses excessive sick leave has got to be explained. In '09, my wife, she had shoulder surgery. Along with that, we had a member of our family who was diagnosed with cancer ... "
Sounds like a good explanation. What's the county say?
Last week, county management said they will wait until an investigation is complete before deciding who, if anyone, deserves to be punished for abusing the benefit. Earlier, the county had outlined possible punishment for proven abusers: forfeit of 144 hours of sick time and possible demotion or firing.
Is there a way to check Beaman's story — that he never overused sick leave until 2009?
The Sun wrote about Beaman's sick leave a few weeks ago. Beaman is not only a member of various firefighter union committees, he is the father of Ryan Beaman, the union's president.
County Commissioner Steve Sisolak cited Eddie Beaman's connections to the union and his 2009 sick-leave use to dismiss the union's contention that it had little knowledge of sick-leave overuse.
As to the question of Eddie Beaman's use of sick leave in previous years, here's a breakdown:
2009: 427 hours, or 18 shifts (firefighters' shifts are 24 hours).
2008: 205 hours, or 8.5 shifts.
2007: 275 hours, or 11.5 shifts.
2006: 355 hours, or 15 shifts.
Indeed, it looks as if Beaman never reached the 18 shifts that he took off in 2009. But he did take considerable sick leave.
Is 15 shifts overuse? Perhaps that's in the eye of the sick-leave beholder.
Sisolak has scoffed at all the sick leave used by some firefighters. Even though they call in sick often, they manage to collect a ton of overtime, he notes. Additionally, sick leave isn't their only time off. Union members get time off for union duties. Then there's vacation time.
In 2009, Beaman's total time off reached 1,047 hours, or 36 percent of his total work time. That included 212 hours for union duties.
So how do Beaman's year-to-year overtime and callback earnings stack up? (Callback is overtime plus contributions to pension funds; by contract, firefighters earn callback if they are called in to work within 12 hours of their previous shift.)
In 2009, Eddie Beaman earned $67,383 in callback and overtime; in 2008, he earned $61,428; in 2007, he earned $61,377; and in 2006, $65,422.
Rumors are circulating in the Clark County Government Center about Sisolak possibly making a run for U.S. Senate in 2012.
Any truth to it?
Sisolak, a Democrat, admitted he has been asked by more than one person to run for embattled Republican Sen. John Ensign's seat. He added, however, that he is "happy being a county commissioner."
"I'm flattered people are asking," he also said. "But I like what I'm doing right now."


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The Suzanne Swain Dance Academy offers all students:
- First Class training in the Ballet Australia Ltd Syllabus
- Classical Ballet and Examinations
- Open Ballet class with Kate Ripley
- Tap
- Jazz
- Contemporary
- Musical Theatre
- Baby Ballet (Jelly Beans 2.5 to 4 years)
- Tiny Tots Ballet (2.5 to 4 years)
- Hip Hop
- Pointe
- Stretch
- Professional Stage Performances and Production
- Annual Concert at the Arts Centre Gold Coast
The Suzanne Swain Academy teachers are experienced professional teachers and dancers.
Suzanne Swain (M.B.A.L)
Principal and Artistic Director of Ballet
I found my love of dance at the tender age of three years whilst dancing around the room with my Father. I lived for classical dance and was and am totally dedicated to the art of teaching this wonderful dance genre. I started formal studies under the tuition of dancer Sir Kenneth
Gillespie who had come from the renowned Russian-Style School of Edouard Borovansky which was established in Melbourne. Sir Kenneth Gillespie later founded the Tasmanian Ballet Company.
I was also lucky enough to dance with one of my classmates, the celebrated dancer and choreographer, Graeme Murphy. Graeme went on later to become a dancer with the Australian Ballet and then Artistic Director of the highly respected Sydney Dance Company. Graeme and I danced together in many classics including the "Nutcracker" where I danced the part of Clara to Graeme's Toy Soldier.
I have also performed in several classical Ballets including "Coppelia" and in the mythical sequences of "Sylvia"
I started teaching my first class while working at the Barbara Walker School of Dancing in Sydney where I became a teacher and member of the British Ballet Organisation (BBO) and then later transferred to Ballet Australia Limited (BAL)
I strongly believe that when teaching a student Ballet there is a discipline and a physical development that installs confidence in a Ballet student. Ballet also develops a control of emotion, delivers a sense of achievement and creates a strong sense of self-worth and value, which the student will always carry through life.
Jane McPhie has been dancing, teaching and choreographing professionally for 10 years. She began her performance career at 16 working for a small cabaret venue in Brisbane. Ten years on and her career has taken her from America, Asia, Europe and back, dancing on some of the most famous stages in the world.
Some of her performance career highlights include working for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as a dance captain and aerial performer and performing as a soloist with the Moulin Rouge in Paris. As a teacher and choreographer she has had the privilege of working with several different dance studios across Queensland and choreographing for many local and international production companies.
Aisa Rodgers
Aisa grew up in Mackay, North Queensland and started dancing at the age of 3 where the love of all things dance was instilled.
Aisa trained in a number of styles, completed dance exams, and competed in various competitions all throughout her schooling years. She moved to the Gold Coast in 2015 after receiving a spot in the Ikin Dance Australia Full-time course, and continued to learn about dance, teaching, and also fitness.
Aisa is now certified in all of these areas and a vast experience in performing within the industry, including performing for, and cheering on the Gold Coast Titans.
She continues training and performing in order to keep bettering herself and also to have the latest and best knowledge for her students.
Katie Ripey
Specialist Ballet Teacher
Katie Ripley was trained in Perth with Terri Charlesworth and Diana Waldron where she received her Solo Seal. After graduating from the Australian Ballet School Katie joined the Australian Ballet in 1994. During her eight years with the Australian Ballet she reached the rank of soloist where she danced an extensive classical and contemporary repertoire of principal and soloist roles.
In 2002 Katie joined Sydney Dance Company where she danced for five years. Graeme Murphy created lead roles for her in Ellipse, Tivoli, Grand and The Directors Cut.
In 2003 Katie was nominated Best Female Dancer at the Australian Dance Awards for Underland where guest choreographer Stephen Petroneo created the lead female role for her.
In 2007 Katie retired as a dancer and now teaches as a specialist dance teacher.
Cassie Warman (C.D.A AND C.S.T.D)
Tap/Jazz/Hip Hop
I started dancing at age 4 with Suzanne Whiteman at Alstonville Dance Studio – NSW where I attended classes in all styles and annual Examinations with the R.A.D., C.D.A., C.S.T.D. and the B.A.L.
I launched into teaching full time at age 17 at Alstonville Dance Studio and was accepted into a local dance company called 'Imprint' which represented Australia in the U.S.A. for 'Dance Excellence' and I have not stopped dancing and teaching since then.
I have choreographed work for eisteddfods, concerts and for NSW schools for – Dance Festivals and Rock Eisteddfods including a NSW North Coast school receiving over $5,000 in prize money.
I hold the Advanced Jazz Teachers Certificate with the C.D.A – (Contemporary Dance Australasia) and have been a teacher at many workshops.
In 2010 I moved to QLD to teach Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Ballet & Musical Theatre
Alyssa Morgan (R.A.D and I.S.T.D)
I began my dance training in the Hunter Valley, NSW where I studied a variety of styles including classical, jazz, tap, national character, modern and contemporary.
My passion for dance and performing led me into a successful professional career both on national and
international stages, performing with artists such as Anthony Callea, Wynter Gordon and Luciana, as well as on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, for the Newcastle Knights and at Jupiter's Casino on the Gold Coast.
I have also been teaching for over 10 years with experience ranging from professional level classes to working with children and adults looking for fun and fitness. This passion for the dance industry drives me to keep up with current choreography and the latest styles and I am excited about passing my extensive knowledge on to aspiring young dancers.
Upon being accepted into the Suzanne Swain Dance Academy we require that all students make a commitment to the following Code of Conduct.
Personal Presentation:
- Students are required to be neat and tidy with the correct leotard, stockings and appropriate shoes.
- All students will be correctly dressed before entering the classroom.
- Ballet students are to wear their hair in a bun at all times.
- Jazz and Tap students must have their hair off the face and bound back.
- All dancewear must be named and kept in named dance bags when not in use.
Courtesy & Manners:
- Students are to show respect to teachers, helpers and fellow students at all times.
- All students arriving late for class must present themselves to the teacher before taking their place in class.
- All teachers are to be addressed as Miss Suzanne, Miss Jane or Miss Aisa
Classroom Behaviour:
- Concentration and dedication is demanded in all classes.
- Private conversations during class will not be tolerated; it is disturbing to teachers and the other students and disrupts the natural flow of the class.
- No eating or drinking in class. Water is permissible and essential.
- For safety reasons no jewelry or bracelets are to be worn.
- For the privacy of other students No video cameras, photography or mobile phones will be allowed during the class or in dressing rooms.
- Parents and friends are permitted to observe class at the end of the first term
- Bad behavior from students or parents will not be tolerated and students will be formally asked to leave without the right to refund or credit.
- Students should be at least 10 minutes early for their class so they can change and warm-up before class.
Delivery and Pick-up of Students:
- For security reasons all Parents are to deliver and pick-up students from the main door entry of the halls, all students should remain inside the halls until picked up.
- Parents are requested to wait outside the hall when collecting their children and at all other times unless specifically invited.
- If for any reason parents are late the student must wait inside the hall.
- Parents are requested to wait outside the hall for their children.
- An open day will be provided at the end of term one for parents and friends.
The Suzanne Swain Dance Academy offers students the opportunity to sit the Ballet Australia Ltd (B.A.L) ballet syllabus dance examinations.
The examinations will be held in the third (3rd) term and students will need to attend two (2) ballet classes per week to be eligible. Examinations are not compulsory but it is recommended to maintain a high standard of technique. I encourage all students to undertake their ballet examinations.
Ballet Australia Ltd (B.A.L) Summer Schools are available to those students who wish to advance their skills and technique.


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Subdivision Approved Land area 975m2Opportunities like this are rare; a council approved subdivision plan together with plans for a second dwelling, at the front a renovated period home right in the centre of town. A great chance to develop and build your equity. Ideally positioned with everything within walking distance, primary school, hospital and shopping.
The Victorian timber home with a northern front aspect has 4 bedrooms and a lounge off a grand central hallway with high ceilings and Baltic pine floors leading to an open plan family room, kitchen/meals area.
The rear of the house leads to a huge back yard with some historical shedding and provides space for outdoor living under the giant peppercorn tree, children to play and a veggie garden.
With dual highway access to Geelong you can be in Waurn Ponds in 20 minutes and yet have a great country lifestyle together with all the amenities of a great country town, medical services, swimming pool and sporting facilities.
Together with a short drive to the surfcoast beaches makes Winchelsea one of the region's most sought after areas.


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Zodiac begins on what appears to be a normal day in space high school. Rhoma, or Rho for short, seems like a pretty cool chick from the start. She's a drummer and she's in a band with her best friend, who happens to be a Sagittarian (good choice, Rho! *says the fellow Sagittarian*). Then, BOOM! Their lives explode and they're thrust into things they probably never imagined they'd be taking part in, especially Rho.
There's a lot of things going on in this book, from the start. After the incident, Rho is made Guardian of House Cancer because it's written in the stars, she begins to train with her childhood crush, and she discovers what and who it is that is wrecking havoc on the galaxy. Sometimes I just wished she'd slow down, but I understood that they were in a dire situation the whole book. And poor kid. She struggles with not being taken seriously by her advisors and the other Guardians most of the time. All she really wants to do is help. I thought Romina Russell did a good job demonstrating just how young and not ready to lead Rho was at times. I mean, Rho is only 16 years old and was about to graduate from the Academy. While her actions and thoughts felt young to me, they also felt true.
The concept was one of the things that really made me want to read this book. I don't really know what I was expecting it to be like, but I like the world Romina has created and what I saw of it. Each planet is distinctly unique and specific to their zodiac sign. We don't get to explore each one thoroughly but Rho talks a lot about them. Maybe we'll see more in future books in the series.
So there's a love triangle in this book. I know many of you are probably going to be like WHYYYYY! And I can't tell you why, but I can tell you that it wasn't badly done. I liked both love interests, but I wasn't in love with either. Mathias is older (22) and protective of Rho. They disagree a lot, but it's coming from a good place. Hysan is closer to her age, charming, and nice. They're both cute, duh. And they both want what's best for Rho. I thought she connected with both in different ways, but I can't say whether one is better than the other, so, sorry I'm no help there. I like that no matter how crazy the world is at any moment in this story, there's also time for luuuuuuurve. There's kissing and maybe more! hehe
I thought the story was done really well. There's a lot of it! But it didn't make my head spin, which is good. And the last few chapters are SAD, y'all! There's this moment near the end that I was not expecting and really hope is not really what it appears to be.
Zodiac brings lots of action, suspense, space-jet-setting (yeah, I just made that up), and romance, of course. I think it's a good start to a very promising series.
Book Info
Zodiac by Romina Russell
Series: Zodiac #1
Published by Razorbill
Pub Date: December 9th 2014
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover | Source: Publisher
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Young Adult
Buy the book! | Goodreads
At the dawn of time, there were 13 Houses in the Zodiac Galaxy. Now only 12 remain…
Rhoma Grace is a 16-year-old student from House Cancer with an unusual way of reading the stars. While her classmates use measurements to make accurate astrological predictions, Rho can't solve for 'x' to save her life—so instead, she looks up at the night sky and makes up stories.
When a violent blast strikes the moons of Cancer, sending its ocean planet off-kilter and killing thousands of citizens—including its beloved Guardian—Rho is more surprised than anyone when she is named the House's new leader. But, a true Cancrian who loves her home fiercely and will protect her people no matter what, Rho accepts.
Then, when more Houses fall victim to freak weather catastrophes, Rho starts seeing a pattern in the stars. She suspects Ophiuchus—the exiled 13th Guardian of Zodiac legend—has returned to exact his revenge across the Galaxy. Now Rho—along with Hysan Dax, a young envoy from House Libra, and Mathias, her guide and a member of her Royal Guard—must travel through the Zodiac to warn the other Guardians.
But who will believe anything this young novice says? Whom can Rho trust in a universe defined by differences? And how can she convince twelve worlds to unite as one Zodiac?
Embark on a dazzling journey with ZODIAC, the first novel in an epic sci-fi-meets-high-fantasy series set in a galaxy inspired by the astrological signs.


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It doesn't matter if you are creating your fiftieth website or your very first, design is arguably the most important consideration in creation of any site. If you want visitors to enjoy your site and revisit it over and over, you need to build a site that is attractive, easy to use, and stuffed full with useful information. Read the tips in this article to assist you in creating an effective and attractive website.
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"Before I Die, I Want To ____________"
Candy Chang: Before I die I want to... - YouTube
New Orleans artist Candy Chang is known for her creative and clever "community projects", which includes sticking "fill in the blanks" stickers on public spaces to see what people would write. When she turned an abandoned house into a giant blackboard asking her neighborhood to fill in the blanks for "Before I die I want to ______" , their answers turned out to be surprising, emotional and even funny. But most of all, it reflected the characters of the community.
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Makeup primer is not always a staple in everyone's beauty arsenal, but it sure is in mine! Primers help form a barrier between makeup and skin, smoothing the skin's surface for even and long lasting makeup application. I admit to splurging on this Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer, but it's worth it to me because it does all of the above and has the extra bonus of SPF 15 sun protection. My t-zone is no longer a 30 min. oil time bomb and I'm not frightened to look in a mirror after a night out dancing with my friends. What more could a girl ask for?!
TIP: Hourglass makes an $18 travel size version, so you can see for yourself if it's worth it!
A more affordable option that I have used and liked is Smashbox's Primer in Photo Finish Light.


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1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Principal Act amended
4 Application of District Courts Act 1947
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
This Act is the Family Courts Amendment Act 2011.
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
This Act amends the Family Courts Act 1980.
Section 16(4) is amended by omitting "79" and substituting "78A".
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.