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STERLING HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN--(Marketwire - Feb. 8, 2013) - Quorum Information Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:QIS)(Quorum) announced today that it has partnered and integrated with the automotive retail industry leader in CRM systems, DealerSocket. Quorum's acclaimed DMS, XSellerator™ now offers full two-way integration with DealerSocket. This capability is available to all Quorum customers in both the US and Canada.
Quorum customers that choose to use the advanced CRM capabilities of DealerSocket will have automated data feeds from XSellerator to the DealerSocket CRM, and deals created in DealerSocket can be electronically pushed back to XSellerator to complete and book the sale.
"We are very proud to have developed this close relationship with DealerSocket. Our customers that choose to take advantage of the many advanced customer-centric features of their products will also enjoy the benefits of integration so that the workflow within the dealership is seamless. And, best of all, the relationship we developed with DealerSocket allows us to each offer the integration at no additional cost!" said Mark Allen, Quorum's Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Services.
"We are in the final stages of piloting with Quorum dealers in both the US and Canada and the results have been remarkable. Our companies have really worked well together to quickly develop and deploy the functionality. Most importantly, we are pleased to have contributed such high-value to these dealerships, and many more to come," commented Cameron Darby, COO of DealerSocket.
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Renowned for their angelic voice and pure sounds, the Vienna Boys' Choir will fill the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with angelic voices and pure sounds on Saturday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. Don't miss this spectacular concert featuring Austrian folk songs and waltzes, classical masterpieces, pop tunes and holiday favorites. Note: The BSO does not perform on this program. Please see below for complete concert details.
About the Vienna Boys Choir
In 1498 Emperor Maximilian I moved his court and his court musicians to Vienna, and gave instructions that there were to be six singing boys among his musicians. Until 1918, the choir sang exclusively for the imperial court, at mass, private concerts and functions, and on state occasions. In 1918 the Austrian government took over the court opera, its orchestra and the adult singers, but not the boys' choir. The Vienna Boys Choir owes its survival to Josef Schnitt, who became Dean of the Imperial Chapel in 1921. Schnitt established the boys' choir as a private institution. The former court choir boys became the Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boys Choir), the imperial uniform was replaced by the sailor suit. Funding was not enough to pay for the boys' upkeep, so in 1926 the choir started to give public concerts, performing motets, secular works and children's operas.
Today there are around 100 choristers between the ages of 10 and 14, divided into four touring choirs. The four choirs give around 300 concerts and performances each year in front of almost half a million people. Each group spends 9 to 11 weeks of the school year on tour. Together with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Vienna Boys Choir maintains the tradition of the imperial musicians: as Hofmusikkapelle they provide the music for the Sunday Mass in Vienna's Imperial Chapel, as they have done since 1498.
The choir's repertoire includes everything from medieval to contemporary and experimental music. Motets and lieder for boys' choir form the core of the touring repertoire, as do the choir's own arrangements of quintessentially Viennese music, waltzes and polkas by Lehar, Lanner and Strauss. The choir also takes part in opera performances at the Vienna State Opera, the Vienna Volksoper and the Salzburg Festival. Choristers appear as three boys in Mozart's The Magic Flute.
Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 7:30 pm—Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
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FRESNO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it recently awarded the State of California $174 million in federal funding to invest in water infrastructure projects. The California Department of Public Health received a $79 million grant for its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and the California State Water Resources Control Board received a $95 million grant for its Clean Water State Revolving Fund. The funding will be used for projects to control water pollution and provide low-cost loans for both drinking water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades statewide.
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CHICAGO, March 20 (UPI) -- Eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher ripped the Chicago Bears Wednesday for not stepping up and signing him to a new contract.
Urlacher, 34, originally sought a two-year deal for about $11.5 million. The Bears came back with one year for $2 million. The twain never met.
"It wasn't even an offer, it was an ultimatum," Urlacher told the Chicago Tribune. "I feel like I'm a decent football player still. It was insulting, somewhat of a slap in the face.
"They came back with the offer and said, 'This is what it is, take it or leave it. It was, 'If you want to play for the Bears, you'll play for this. If not, then you're not playing for the Bears.'"
The player, who said he wanted to stay with the Bears, put his bottom line in the $3 million to $3.5 million range. Urlacher said he now intends to latch on with another team and has been in contact with several.
Despite his comments, Urlacher said "there are no hard feelings."
"I had a great run here. I'm going to miss the [heck] out of my teammates," he said.
Urlacher, the Bears' all-time leading tackler, had starred for Chicago since being drafted in the first round out of the University of New Mexico in 2000 and going on to win the NFL's Rookie of the Year Award.
"Brian has been an elite player in our league for over a decade," Bears General Manager Phil Emery said. "He showed great leadership and helped develop a winning culture over his time with the Bears. We appreciate all he has given our team, on and off the field."
Urlacher has racked up 1,779 tackles, 41 1/2 sacks, and 22 interceptions during his 13-year career.
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OK, this is a serious post.
If you would like to have a few very talented Karate students with exceptional body dynamics, teaching koshi is the way to go. If you do not mind spending many years (even decades) teaching and working on the fine points of body dynamics, power generation, power transfer, weight shifting, body alignment, body shifting, timing, focus, recoil, and other fascinating subjects (not to mention all the other practical aspects of Karate), then koshi is the right path for you.
But if you would like to have a large school/dojo with 100, 500, 1,000, or even more students, then you might want to think about another approach.
Let me clarify this. If you just want to have many students, that is one thing. But if you would like for them to be very talented with exceptional body dynamics, that is quite another thing. For example, you probably do not want to have 1,000 students but only 3 who are talented.
I think that it is fair to ask: "If you teach a koshi/body dynamics oriented class, what percentage of students can be excepted to become talented?"
I will be honest. I think that the answer is somewhere between 5% and 1%.
A higher percentage will learn the principles and may even become able to apply them to some extent -- but only a very small percentage will get the principles, apply them to all the movements in the curriculum, develop the physical coordination and body strength (in the bones, muscles, tendons, etc.), and be fast and strong enough to become truly talented with exceptional body dynamics.
Actually, I think that 5% may be too high.
I also do not think that after a certain point, the skill of the Sensei makes much of a difference. If a Sensei is skilled in koshi/body dynamics, it does not make much difference if he is skilled, or really, really, really skilled. What I am trying to say is that a great teacher of koshi/body dynamics will probably also be limited by the 5%/1% rule.
My Sensei in Okinawa is fantastic (in my opinion), certainly many times more skilled and knowledgeable than me. However, even he, even his own instructors, did not produce a large number of exceptional students. Please don't get me wrong -- they certainly did produce some truly exceptional students, just not that many of them.
If you want to teach 1,000 students (or more) who will be able to successfully "get" and perform the curriculum, you really have to limit the curriculum. You have to teach in a way that an average student who goes to school or works and only has a limited amount of time (and patience) for practice, will be able to do "well". You have to teach in a way that students can be promoted and encouraged, and stick around long enough to help you to maintain and expand the school.
You have to be able to teach in a way so that a student can one day realize his dream of wearing a "black belt."
You have to be able to teach in a way so that your students can move together and look alike -- like a unified group.
I'm sorry, but if this is your goal, a curriculum focusing on koshi/body dynamics is not the way to go. My dojo, for example, is small and my students all move differently (of course). In a typical class, we might have 12 to 15 people, which includes three or more instructors. We do not award any kyu ranks, only rarely promote at the yudansha level, and charge only $5 per month tuition.
My Sensei's dojo in Okinawa is not much different. He does not have a large class. Often, he spends time concentrating on only one, two or three students. He spends much time helping visitors.
Let's say that my Sensei in Okinawa is 10 times more skilled that me. That does not mean that he will have 10 times more students. In fact, I believe that the more skilled a Sensei is, the fewer students he will choose to teach -- so that he can concentrate on the details and focus on a few students who can rise to the exceptional level.
Actually, now I think that 1% may be too high.
And guess what happens when my students perform kata at a demonstration? We all tend to move differently. This is fine if we are performing solo, but in a group, this will probably look disorganized and strange to the audience. But let me ask you this -- should people of different size, weight, strength, and skill level move exactly the same? If they did so, would they be moving in the best way possible for each student -- or would they be sacrificing for the sake of uniformity?
And I have a tiny dojo! How would it look if I have 100 students or even more? They probably would knock each other off the stage!
So if you would like to have a large school that "looks good", a koshi orientation is probably not the way to go.
Given that, would I change the way I teach? Not in the slightest. I want to give each student the chance to become the very best he or she can become -- to the best of and limits of my ability. Having tried a "conventional" approach for many years and reaching a frustrating and seemingly impenetrable barrier, I found that a koshi/body dynamics approach opened the sky for me. Since then, some of my students have also "ignited" and surpassed me (particularly in speed and strength).
I would not feel honest teaching 1,000 students so that they could reach the same barrier I had experienced -- even if they were happily promoted to high ranks and perceived as being skilled in Karate.
When you really think about it, 1% is not that bad. Look at any talented artist. Thank about singer/song writers. What percentage does someone like Billy Joel represent? I'm certain that he is something like 1% of 1% of 1%.
Any truly talented artist or athlete is an exception -- perhaps one in a million. It shouldn't be any different in Karate.
However, I feel that it is important to present the student with a curriculum that gives him the opportunity to become exceptional -- even if it is statistically unlikely.
As a Sensei, we pour all our effort, sweat, heart and soul into our students. As parents, we do the same for our children. We want to give our children every opportunity to become the best they can be. We should want the same for our students. Every student has great potential.
Charles C. Goodin
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MACON, Ga. (Feb. 20, 2008) - In his final tune-up before the Atlantic Sun Conference's Indoor Track and Field Championship on his home turf, ETSU's Kenneth Rotich (Nairobi, Kenya) turned in a spectacular warm-up act, winning the 3,000m and the 5,000m races at the Clemson Invitational over the weekend. For his efforts, Rotich earned his first Indoor Athlete of the Week award, the conference announced on Wednesday. He won three such awards during the 2007 cross country campaign.
Rotich, a sophomore from Nairobi, Kenya and a sports management major, opened his weekend by outdistancing himself in a field of 25 in the 3,000m, posting a time of 8:32.32 for his second win in the event this year. His time set the mark as the fastest run in the A-Sun this season. On Saturday, he blazed his way to victory in the 5,000m beating 12 other competitors and again establishing the A-Sun's fastest time in this event, crossing the finish line in a time of 14:57.76.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - EU passport/citizenship.... Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in EU passport/citizenship.... Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Europe Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message KoriJoined: 25 Mar 2004Posts: 2Location: Canada...for now Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:57 am Post subject: EU passport/citizenship.... Hello, I am in Calgary Canada right now, and am currently researching destinations to set my TESOL certified butt down! I really would like to work in Europe (Spain, Germany, Italy). I have my TESOL, a BA and some teaching experiance. Anywho... Would it be impossible to get a job without a EU passport? Could I get citizenship if my granddad is from the UK? So, in general I am clueless about work permits and job opportunities in Europe... Could someone help? Smiles, Kori Back to top Alex ShulginJoined: 20 Jul 2003Posts: 553 Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 8:52 am Post subject: No you can't get a British passport on the strength of a British grandparent. To get a British passport automatically you must have one parent who was a British citizen (by birth - ie born in the UK) and your parents must have been married when you were born. As for getting a job in the EU without an EU passport: it will be possible but varies from country to country. Some countries are much easier (for example Poland plans to remove the need for work permits for ALL native speaker language teachers) some are harder (Holland is supposed to be all but impossible for non-EU citizens). It also depends what kind of job you want. If you are happy working illegally then there is work in Spain and Italy. But working illegally opens you up to all sorts of risks.... Back to top KoriJoined: 25 Mar 2004Posts: 2Location: Canada...for now Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:08 am Post subject: Thanks, So, if I was to work in Spain or Italy, how crazy are the risks? I am assuming it is probably not recommended!...but I really want to. What EU countries would it be easier to get a permint in? Kori Back to top lajzarJoined: 09 Feb 2003Posts: 647Location: Saitama-ken, Japan Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 11:30 am Post subject: Alex Shulgin wrote: ...To get a British passport automatically you must have one parent who was a British citizen (by birth - ie born in the UK) and your parents must have been married when you were born. If that is true then I have the best passport forgery in the world. Neither of my parents were born as UK citizens (or subjects for that matter). My father got his on the basis of the British army having already recruited him and promoted him before anyone bothered asking what nationality he was. I then got mine of the basis of my father having the right nationality when I was born and my parents being married. Unfortunately, I don't think this loophole is that easy to use, as you'd have to ask your father to travel back in time, join the British army, and successfully avoid anyone asking about his nationality. This is a non-trivial task. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:28 pm Post subject: EU = United States of Europe ? The European Union is not a federal state. It is more like a loose confederation where much authority is retained by the member states. Law on citizenship and nationality, including passports and who can have one, is decided at the national level. So the rules in Portugal are NOT the same as the rules in Ireland. There is no such thing as a "EU passport". There are passports issud by states which are members of the EU. 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The lure of internet chatrooms is proving irresistible to a growing number of surfers who are becoming addicted to a world of virtual sexual encounters, causing rifts between spouses and affecting their jobs.
American psychologist Dr Kimberly Young, who claims to have first identified the problem of online addiction, has devoted herself to the correction of the 'disorder'. As head of the Center for On-Line Addiction in Pittsburgh she has written a stack of self-help books on the subject, and tours the US giving seminars.
Spurred on to study internet addiction by a friend's experiences, Young has since had more personal experience of this problem, describing her "brief involvement with chat and a man I met online" in her book, Caught in the Net.
In her research, Dr Young found using a PC for cybersex was perceived as the ultimate safe-sex method of fulfilling sexual urges and exploring erotic fantasies without fear of catching sexually transmitted diseases.
Young terms these virtual online liaisons 'cyberaffairs', but says online addiction takes many forms. "Online sex is perhaps the most common form of addiction, however, we receive calls about a variety of online problems from day trading, gambling, eBay, to shopping. It really depends on a case by case basis."
Addiction affliction
Internet addiction is a problem which is growing as more of us get online, says Young, who concedes the Center's online addiction clinic at www.netaddicion.com exacerbates the problem to an extent. "We do both online and offline [counselling], and frankly, online seems more popular."
Dr Young thinks that the ease of access to online divorce services has encouraged 'quickie' divorces, especially among already addicted surfers. "According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, this is certainly the case." And in the UK, too, the path to getting legally un-spliced has been smoothed by online divorce sites such as Divorce-Online.co.uk and DesktopLawyer.co.uk.
Solicitor Roger Bamber of Mills & Reeve in Cambridge, says, "Statistics are not yet available on how many divorces have been filed through solicitors' sites, but the standalone [legal divorce] package accounted for six percent of divorces in this country."
In cyberspace, no one knows you're a dog The clear advantage of meeting people via the internet is the iron-clad assurance of anonymity and disguise - benefits which certainly seem to have worked for UK dating agency Dateline. In the four years since launching its site, online members now comprise a quarter of Dateline's clients.
Dateline's Pauline Lancaster puts the success of the site, launched almost four years ago, down to its convenience for busy people or the housebound, rather than the obsessive pursuit of cybersex by surfaholics.
"Our service is very accessible and affordable. Many people suffer phobias or disabilities so joining online and conversing with others is very helpful even if they don't want a long-term relationship.
"Internet join-ups are growing because the need to own a computer is in vogue - everyone wants to email, and it's easier than ever for people to get online," says Lancaster.
But Lancaster admits Dateline still cannot ensure that users won't meet married people via the service: "We could never personally screen all these people, so we have to trust them. If we do find out they're married we do revoke their membership."


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QUIP: I often ask for assistance in the kitchen. However, I have learned - painfully, from experience - to never ask anyone to crack eggs for me.
The reason? Because once I was rushing to get ready for a group of guests and relied on help to crack eggs for a full five-pounds worth of cute, little chicken patties - special samples of the very recipe that graces the cover of my second cookbook.
I must have had an extra angel on my shoulder that evening because when I bit into one of the patties, I crunched down on some tiny, hard shards of eggshell that were buried within.
"Oh no!" I wailed. "How can this be?"
There is no way I could take a chance and serve food that might be eggshell-infused to guests. I had to start over – Argh!
While making the second batch, which I did alone, I proceeded with extra caution all the while thanking the Lord for giving me the patty with eggshell in it. Otherwise, I would have never known the batch was tainted and unfit to serve guests.
TIP: There is no two ways about it. Finding foreign matter like eggshell in your food is most definitely unpleasant! However, there are three simple tricks to help you avoid an untimely disaster like mine!
The first trick is to reduce the number of small shards created when breaking that egg. What's interesting is that when you break an egg the traditional way - tapping it on the edge of a bowl, counter, etc - you are much more likely to create lots of little shards of shell that, because of the edge digging into the egg, are pushed into the egg - and wherever that egg is going, they will too! However, if you break that egg against a flat surface, like the top of the counter, the egg shell will crack into larger pieces that in turn won't get pushed into that egg!
The second trick is to simply NEVER break an egg directly into the recipe. Instead, break the egg into a dark colored dish so you can see - very clearly - if any eggshells have sneaked their way in. If you do see any egg shells, the best tool for fishing them out is a bigger piece of shell. The little eggshell pieces will magically cling to the bigger shell and come right out!
The third and final trick, which I have already alluded to, is to NEVER let anyone else crack open those eggs - Lesson learned!


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Contrary to what many, many companies and developers want us to believe, widgets have nothing to do with those annoying little "programs" running on separate desktop layers or whatever. Traditionally, widgets refers to UI components - buttons, checkboxes, text fields, whatever. In this particular case, I want to talk about the rather curious placement of the titlebar widgets.
Of course, there are two places to put these. Windows puts them in the top right corner of the window, and this setting has been adopted by KDE and GNOME. The Mac, however, has traditionally put them in the top left corner of the window; the argument is that people read from left to right (in the west, at least), and as such, it makes more sense to put them on the left.
Cue the new Ubuntu Metacity theme. Since Ubuntu uses GNOME, the titlebar widgets have always been placed in the top right corner in Ubuntu. However, the new theme places them on the left. This means a switch to the Mac way of doing things - sort of. The curious thing, namely, is that the close window titlebar widget is not the left-most one - it is the right-most one!
I find this remarkably curious, as I've never seen such placement before. I'm extremely curious about the justification for this placement scheme, since I can't come up with a logical reason myself.
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Salaries were set Tuesday for three administrators, an operations building secretary was hired part-time, and supplemental contracts were approved during a regular meeting of the Wapakoneta City Schools Board of Education.
Steve Heitz, Lori McKean and Dave Tangeman, who respectively supervise maintenance, food services and transportation for the district, were shifted to a salary-based schedule rather than the hourly pay they received previously during a meeting in August. Their new salaries were adjusted beginning Monday.
The three positions all start with the same base salary of $50,597. Heitz's salary on the step scale is to be $68,305, Tangeman's $58,692 and McKean's $56,668. Heitz is at the top of his salary schedule, while Tangeman and McKean still have one step to go before reaching the top.
The salaries were set based on a three-year average, said Wapakoneta City Schools Superintendent Keith Horner, who explained they were trying to eliminate overtime spikes based on the hours the supervisors were working.
"For them it provides them with a little more security with what they will earn and for the district it does basically the same thing by providing us with a little more budget security," Horner said.
None of the supervisors' responsibilities changed with the salary schedule and their duties all fall under those of administrators since they are responsible for other employees and fill out expense and employee reports similar to other administrators.
Dorinda Schmerge was hired as operations building secretary on step one of the administrative schedule for central office staff. She is to work four hours per day, 230 days per year, at a rate of $13.14 per hour beginning Sept. 30.
"It's a position we didn't fill last year when a full-time person left," Horner said.
He said a casual laborer had been filling in the spot for a couple hours, but they wanted to bring someone back in on a regular basis part-time.
Horner said the position is to be supported by a separate cafeteria fund.
Several donations were accepted, including 25 Chromebooks and a charging cart at a value of $7,931 from PTT. The Chromebooks are to be used in multiple ways at Wapakoneta Elementary School.
"It is very generous," Horner said. "We are very lucky."
They also accepted $599.98 for changing tables in soccer restrooms from the Ty Garrett Miller Memorial Foundation by Glen and Diana Miller.
"I'd like to personally thank you for all you have done for the facility," Horner told the Millers during the meeting, as they expressed that they still had more to give.
Other donations accepted by board members included $499 from the Women's Civic League for an Apple iPad, $500 in school supplies from First English Lutheran Church and $65 in school supplies from the Women of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Montra Parish.
Board of Education members approved the following supplemental contracts:
• Ron Brown, boys varsity basketball assistant, $4,900.
• Paul Sadler, boys basketball assistant, $3,927.
• Jason Brandt, varsity baseball, $4,900.
• Mark Cook, varsity boys track, $4,900.
• Mindy Webb, varsity girls track, $4,900.
• Kimberly Replogle, Brooke Dombos and Kailey Schneider, 1/3 girls varsity basketball assistants, $1,309 each.
• Kimberly Replogle, Brooke Dombos and Kailey Schneider, 1/3 girls basketball assistants, $984 each.
• Bill Sammons, varsity softball, $4,900.
• Tony Miller, swimming assistant, $2,551.
• Jennifer Brandehoff, basketball cheer adviser, $2,551.
• Joretta Hayes, 2/3 freshman basketball cheer adviser, $2,192.
• Sheri Place, 2/3 middle school cheer adviser, $1,141.
• Darrell Heintz, varsity boys tennis, $3,927.
• Kevin and Erica Drexler, middle school girls basketball, $2,953 each.
• Jeremy Rostorfer, wrestling assistant, $3,927.
• Brian Cossel and Nick Sammetinger, 1/2 middle school wrestling, $1,476 each.
• Adam Stahler, middle school wrestling, $2,953.
• Shelley Koch, volunteer basketball cheer adviser.
• Dave Copeland, volunteer middle school girls basketball.
In other personnel matters, board members approved:
• Annette Hensley as a bus driver for the 2013-14 school year, beginning Monday at $16.11 per hour for four hours per day, 188 days a year.
• Five substitute teachers, two substitute paraeducators, a substitute secretary, and three substitutes for the cafeteria.


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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Apr. 25, 2005) - East Tennessee State junior first baseman Blake Church (Roswell, Ga.) was named Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Week Monday morning from the league offices in Spartanburg, S.C. It is the third such award for
Church led the Bucs to a 3-0 record last week, with a win over Virginia Tech on Tuesday and two over SoCon rival Appalachian State this weekend. Blake hit .615 (8-for-13) for the week, with five runs scored, a home run and nine RBIs.
In the two games against Appalachian State, Church was 7-for-8 with five runs scored and nine RBIs. In game one against the Mountaineers, Blake was 4-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBIs while he was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and five RBIs in game two. In that contest, he hit a key grand slam in the seventh that gave the Bucs the lead for good.
For the season, Church is batting .345 with 29 runs scored, four home runs and 33 RBIs. Church has been on fire recently, recording 18 hits in his last seven games.
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Whats up guys,
The new Bleach simulcast - episode #275 - is now here for all your premium members to check out before anyone else does!
This is also good news to all our non-premium members as episodes #266-274 can now all been seen for FREE!
Good-bye Monday, Hello Bleach Tuesdays!
For those who missed episode #274, here's what you can expect to see:
"Hitsugaya is doing everything he can to counter Halibel's sword release, Tiburon. Halibel says she will win against Hitsugaya to avenge her Fracciónes. She melts the ice with Hirviendo and drives Hitsugaya into a corner. Hitsugaya counters by turning Halibel's water attack into ice with his Zanpakuto, Hyorinmaru, but Halibel has other tricks up her sleeve…"
And for your premium members who haven't seen the most recent episode of Bleach, here's the low down:
"While Hitsugaya and Halibel's battle looks to be coming to a close, Omaeda and Soi Fon fight against Barragan. Just when Soi Fon is about to attack Barragan, Soi Fon suddenly becomes sluggish. Soi Fon is baffled, and Barragan tells her that he has the power to age people. Barragan only has to will old age upon his opponent and touch that person for the opponent to immediately grow old and die. Soi Fon now understands the severity of this power, but she has already been touched by Barragan…"
Yet another great episode in a long line of fantastic episodes surrounding the battle for Karakura town and their souls! I can't wait to see the next episode!
Don't miss one second of this heart-pounding action. Check it out now!
MAN, that's awesome......
I have been waiting for Bleach on CR....
YAY!!!!!! it's finally for free......WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!! i'm so gonna watch it.......lool
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Any news on bring more of the prior episodes on line?
I officially dislike Turkey (food) for the next 364 days :)
yeah because it wasnt free or anything on dattebayo lol
Any news on bringing the prior episodes of Bleach on CR ?
"Eyes Piercing Through With a Searing Rage, The Emotionless Artist Awakens !!"
Just bringing the last 20 episodes would let me catch up.
Nvm, nvm.
When will we be able to watch Bleach from the start here on CR?
I am also curious as to when Crunchyroll will offer Bleach from episode one. I don't mind if it takes a little while, but I think it would be nice to have. This way, people who are new to the series can catch up as well.
Barragan tells her that he has the power to age people. Barragan only has to will old age upon his opponent and touch that person for the opponent to immediately grow old and die. Soi Fon now understands the severity of this power, but she has already been touched by Barragan
Wow, way to over-power your villains.
mmmm 720p with no advertisements, <3 membership!
wish money was a freedom, not a restriction, maybe one day it will switch.
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yeah because it wasnt free or anything on dattebayo lol
Sigh, illiterate trash like you call yourself a fan, yet you don't know what it means to really support something. How sad.
Toasters don't toast toast, toast toast toast.
I really like the situation for myself. Watching on CR, getting smooth 720p streaming; membership getting my money where I want and eliminating the need for ads; current on the show, getting to watch the actual simulcasts; in America, never having to worry about licensing issues between companies. But I still think about the others...
Does anyone know anything about the licensing process for the individual episodes? Shinji or someone seemed to imply the rights for distributing episodes isn't given all at once in a full batch. I don't think "266-274" means anything for anyone, so I hope in the backworkings they're still getting it right. People who can just casually watch Bleach here are probably current and no more than 1 behind. Whereas myself and ... probably everyone else would not watch a show mid-action, only from the start.
Does anyone know when this will be available for the Philippines? I clicked the link about the episodes 266-274 and Crunchyroll still says that it is not available in my area. I thought Bleach episodes will be available for everyone at least a week after the original telecast?
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2008 Mazda Tribute
The 2008 Mazda Tribute has been redesigned on the outside and inside, although the engines and chassis are the same. Built by Ford with Mazda tweaks, and a fraternal twin to the Ford Escape, the Tribute took model year 2007 off but it's back for 2008 and offers more value than before.
Tribute s models use Ford's Duratec 3.0-liter V6 that makes 200 horsepower and 193 pound-feet of torque. It achieves an EPA-estimated 18/24 mpg City/Highway with 2WD and 17/22 with 4WD. It's a smooth engine that works well in the Tribute with its four-speed automatic transmission. Many competitors have (and need) a five-speed automatic, but we found the four-speed in the Tribute to be adequate.
Tribute i models use Ford/Mazda's proven 2.3-liter four-cylinder, the same engine that powers the Mazda3, and is popular in race cars because of its potential to make big horsepower. In the Tribute, it delivers a modest 153 horsepower and 152 pound-feet of torque. It gets better fuel economy than the V6 and costs about $2000 less. Tribute i Sport is available with a manual transmission. It's EPA-rated 20/26 mpg with two-wheel drive and the four-speed automatic transmission, 22/28 with the five-speed manual (either transmission is standard), and 19/24 with optional all-wheel drive with the automatic.
The interior has been totally redesigned to be convenient, while affording as much comfort as possible for a $20,000 SUV, and that's plenty. The air conditioning is especially effective. All the controls are at hand and not confusing for the driver. This simplicity makes a safer vehicle, because the driver's concentration isn't stolen by problem solving.
The ride, on a retuned suspension, is excellent. We put 272 miles on an Escape s Touring model over familiar terrain that sometimes jags us in other vehicles, but we forgot about those bumps driving the Tribute, with its wide track and four-wheel independent suspension, using MacPherson struts in front and multi-links in the rear.
The handling is steady, tight and nimble around town. One of the few new mechanical features is electric power rack-and-pinion steering, which helps make the Tribute easy to parallel park. The front fenders are more squared off than before, making it easier to see the front corners when parking; and, out the back, good visibility with no blind spots is another virtue. The turning radius is tight enough to make a U-turn in the width of a city street.
The previous Tribute had four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, but the '08 Tribute uses drum brakes in the rear. It might be an issue if you tow.
Safety equipment has been upgraded for 2008: Electronic stability control, rollover control, traction control, a tire pressure monitor, two-stage frontal airbags, side airbags in front, full-length air curtains, and LATCH safety mountings for child seats are all standard. In government crash testing, the Tribute scores five stars in side impact front and rear, five stars in frontal impact for the passenger, and three stars in frontal impact for the driver.
Model Lineup
Mazda Tribute i Sport ($18,900); i Touring ($21,090); i Grand Touring ($23,280); s Sport ($21,555); s Touring ($22,330); s Grand Touring ($24,520)
Walk AroundAlmost all of the changes to the 2008 Mazda Tribute have been to the exterior styling and the interior. It's much cleaner and better looking than the previous model. It no longer tries to sell itself with cladding and an over-done grille, like the 2006. It's also better looking than its fraternal twin, the Ford Escape, which looks like it's trying to copy the nose of the Nissan Xterra, or at least the front bumper. Our Touring test model came in Redfire Pearl, a metallic maroon red, and we got a number of compliments on the rig's good looks, which doesn't happen every day with your basic small SUV.
The grille is black egg-crate, in Mazda's wedge shape that suggests a grin, with a chrome Mazda gullwing logo centered in a chrome strip across the top. The halogen headlights, small and simple trapezoids, complement that shape. Under the nose there's a slim valance, either flat black or flat gray, containing the halogen foglamps that are standard with the Touring and Grand Touring models, and an opening for more air to the radiator.
The seven-spoke alloy wheels are okay, neither eye-catching nor detracting from the overall looks of the SUV. The Tribute's clean sides would be a nice canvas for great looking aftermarket wheels, though. The waistline has been raised by 1.5 inches, making taller doors and a safer cabin. The flares around the wheelwells are just right, and the gratuitous cladding of previous models has been erased. The flat black or flat gray of the plastic valance carries along the rocker panels, and the door handles are body colored. There's no chrome for the sake of the chrome, except for one wide strip over the rear license plate indent, matching the strip over the grille.
The B-pillar slopes back with a small angle to give the side windows some angularity, but there's no attempt at fancy shapes as with, for example, the Honda CR-V, a competitor to the Tribute. This allows a practical sized rear cargo window, for better visibility and safety. The liftgate window opens separately, a nice feature that used to be common but is less so, nowadays. The taillights, like the rest of the Tribute, are no-nonsense: big and blocky enough to be safe, with just enough shape to be handsome.
The rear bumper has a flat shelf having a rubber strip, making climbing up to the roofrack easier; that rack, with crossbars that easily adjust by fingertip knobs, is standard on all models but the Sport. It's little things like this that indicate the thoughtfulness behind any vehicle; you have to pay extra to get the crossbars on most SUV roofracks today, and many of them are a challenge to slide forward or rearward for the size and shape of the load.
InteriorThe interior of the 2008 Ford Escape has been totally redesigned to be convenient and not confusing, while affording as much comfort as possible for a $20,000 SUV, and that's plenty.
The interior color scheme of our Touring model was two-tone black and cream, on the dash and cloth seats. The material is sturdy and stain-resistant, with a ribbed texture on the cream-colored part in the middle of the seat bottom and seat back. It's nice enough, and we have no complaints about comfort, but we wonder why the Tribute doesn't use the rugged sporty material of the Mazda3.
We drove our Escape into the city to see a pro soccer game, one hour each way, loaded with passengers. Three passengers were in the back seat, one adult, two children; they had enough legroom, even enough kneeroom behind the driver whose seat was slid back, and the elevated seating gave them visibility out the windshield, plus the view out the rear windows is broad and open.
The cabin was quiet enough for easy conversation during the trip, without much road noise from tires nor from the V6.
For the passengers in the rear seat, there are two fixed cupholders on the console between the front seats, a small storage bin, an AC outlet, map pockets on the front seatbacks, and door pockets. There are no reading lights for them, however. The rear doors close easily with a solid notch for the hand.
The rear seats fold easily enough, although not totally flat. The seat bottoms slide forward, and the seatbacks then flop down. We carried a bunch of windsurfing equipment without a problem, including masts that extended between the front seats to the dashboard, and one sailboard that was nine feet long, which obscured vision out the right front window, but still fit. It could have easily been strapped to the roofrack, but we were tired after windsurfing and too lazy.
Everything is at hand and not problematic for the driver. The gauges are clean and easy to read, with a neat tach and speedo, split by small gas and temp gauges. Clean and simple. The center stack contains everything that's needed, with dials for the main controls of the sound system and climate system, and buttons that have simple standard icons and are big enough to see and use. It's a blessed relief, nowadays, to find a panel that isn't unnecessarily challenging. This simplicity makes for a safer vehicle, because the driver's concentration isn't stolen by confusion or problem solving.
The air conditioning is powerful. We drove off on a 100-degree day and the cabin was comfortable within two miles. We recently tested a $60,000 Audi Avanti in Phoenix in July, and its AC system couldn't come close to matching the Tribute's.
Under the center stack, there's a forward tray with a grippy rubber liner, the right size for CDs. The shifter has positions for 1, 2, and D, and a button that turns Overdrive off, for towing (there's an optional towing package). Beside the shifter there's a slot for a pen, and behind it there are two deep fixed cup holders. The center console compartment is a deep box, with a small removable tray and three slots for coins. It's covered with grippy ribbed rubber that works for an armrest. Rubber liners in the cup holders and front bin keep things in place and quiet and are removable for easy cleaning.
The trim for the center console is a hard shiny black plastic, same as on the doors, where again the buttons are simple and all you need: lock and unlock, four windows up and down, rear window locks, and remote mirror adjustment.
The only thing about the interior we found inconvenient was the parking brake release, tucked so low that your chin nearly hits the steering wheel when you stretch for it.
Driving ImpressionsFord's all-aluminum 3.0-liter V6 Duratec engine has been around for a while, and it still gets the job done. Two hundred horsepower is plenty for the Mazda Tribute, never mind that the Nissan Xterra and Toyota RAV4 have quite a bit more. Although if you tow anything, you might need more than the Tribute offers.
We didn't, not even with our load of people. The Tribute cruised at freeway speeds, even up long grades, without straining. The engine is smooth, quiet, and doesn't fall back on the transmission kicking down a lot. This is almost surprising, given that it's only a four-speed automatic, and that the full 193 pound-feet of engine torque comes at a relatively high 4850 rpm. We often find that cars with four-speed automatics need a fifth gear, but the Tribute's four-speed is adequate, and smooth.
Regrettably, we didn't have the opportunity to drive a Tribute with the 2.3-liter, four-cylinder engine. This is Mazda's bread-and-butter engine, and is well proven. Its 153 horsepower and 152 pound-feet of torque at 4250 rpm might be enough for your needs in the Tribute, although it can only tow 1500 pounds. It gets two more miles per gallon and costs $2000 less.
We have no complaints whatsoever with the ride. We put 272 miles on the Tribute, over familiar terrain that sometimes jags us in other vehicles, but we were able to forget about those bumps driving the Tribute, with its wide track and independent suspension, using MacPherson struts in front and multi-links in the rear. The suspension tuning has been refined for 2008, as well. There's no tipping, wallowing, weaving, shaking, or anything like that.
The handling is steady, tight and nimble around town. One of the few new mechanical features is electric power rack-and-pinion steering, which helps make the Tribute easy to parallel park. The front fenders are more squared off than before, making it easier to see the front corners when parking; and good visibility with no blind spots out the back is another virtue. There's a tight enough turning radius, which we tested once to catch a parking space on the opposite side of the street.
In terms of brakes, Mazda has taken a technological step backwards. The previous model had four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, but the '08 Tribute uses drum brakes in the rear. It's disappointing, and apparently a cost-cutting move. It might be an issue if you tow.
The tradeoff is that, despite a decrease in the price of the Tribute by about $650, there's more safety equipment, and it's significant. Electronic stability control, rollover control and traction control, a tire pressure monitor, side front airbags and full-length airbag curtains all come standard. None of these things were standard on the 2006.
You can't go wrong with the 2008 Mazda Tribute. For the price, it offers all you can expect from a small SUV, with excellent engineering and mechanical execution. Both the four-cylinder and V6 engines are proven, and gas mileage is good. The four-speed automatic transmission is smooth. The suspension offers a tight and comfortable ride, and the handling is nimble and steady. The interior has been carefully redesigned to be comfortable, with good headroom and legroom in the rear, and the instrumentation is intelligent and easy to understand and operate. Maybe best of all, the price is lower than in 2006, while offering all the latest standard safety features.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Sam Moses test drove the 2008 Mazda Tribute around Oregon's Columbia River gorge.


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Gisele Bundchen: Monday Morning Gym Run!
Gisele Bundchen works on keeping her body in tip top shape with a morning workout on Monday (February 21) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 30-year-old Brazilian model recently angered some cancer advocates after she was misquoted saying "I cannot put this poison on my skin. I do not use anything synthetic," in reference to sunblock.
"I would like to clarify the misunderstanding about the use of sunblock," Gisele wrote on her blog. "I do use sunblock but also I try my best not to be exposed to the sun when it is too strong. My line of skincare products are all natural and do not contain SPF."
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So, last week did have one, unmentioned here (it was demon), but now it's time for a new one: Clown.Woooooo!
Would it count if a mine was part of a bigger sub? I'm making something that keeps growing, see.
Hey, let's do some Fish!
Next up is Bag. Kind of a limited one, it seems, right? Prove me wrong! Come up with something awesome and bag-related!
Not too long ago, I had a chance to play SPI's Siege of Constantinople. One of the more notable elements of the siege, of course, was Urban's Bombard, a huge gun which, incidentally, exploded during the siege and probably killed Urban himself. He who lives by the giant gun, dies by the giant gun, I suppose.Anyways, the new freetext is Siege Engine.
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China Panda 2011 1 oz
Tavex is pleased to offer the Chinese Gold Panda, the most popular gold bullion coin from the People's Republic of China. Introduced in 1983 as legal tender by the Chinese Central Bank, it is the first gold bullion coin to vary the design of its main motif each year, an aspect highly prized by collectors which has contributed to giving the coin a considerable collector's premium in the secondary market. Containing a gold fineness of 99.9%, the Chinese Gold Panda coin exhibits a graceful portrait of a gentle and serene panda bear, a Chinese national symbol and one of the world's rarest animals.
Made with a unique engraving method, the Chinese Gold Panda coin diffracts bright and darker shades of gold, an exceptional aesthetic representation of the panda bear's black patches and white fur. These artistic features, coupled with the coin's high quality, have contributed to making the Chinese Gold Panda coin one of the four most sought after investment-grade gold bullion coins in the world. For those who are keen on acquiring Chinese Gold Pandas as an investment, Tavex, as an official distributer for Europe, is able to offer market leading quotes for any desired quantity of this significant gold bullion coin.
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- Chinese Gold Panda coins track the price of gold. The value of the Chinese Gold Panda coins is primarily determined by their fine gold content which is linked to the prevailing price of gold.
- Chinese Gold Panda coins are money. Deemed legal tender by the Chinese Central Bank, the Gold Panda coin is the only bullion product to be exempt from Value Added Tax inside mainland China.
- Chinese Gold Panda coins have considerable upside potential. Sought after by collectors because of their limited annual mintage and varying design, Chinese Gold Pandas fetch considerable premiums in the secondary market.
- Chinese Gold Panda coins are internationally recognised. Being the only legal tender gold bullion coins in the world to portray a Panda Bear, an endemic animal to China, assures investor recognition worldwide.
- Chinese Gold Panda coins are 24 carat of pure gold. In many ways it is more exciting to hold a Chinese Panda in your hands than an alloyed gold coin. Unlike alloyed gold, pure 24 carat gold has a lustrous gold colour and being of higher density it also has a better heft or "feel" to it.
- Chinese Gold Panda coins are the equivalent of savings. Chinese Gold Pandas come in different weights, making them an ideal choice for any type of long-term investor who appreciates the security and stability of owning physical legal tender gold coins.
- Chinese Gold Panda coins are excellent portfolio diversifiers. Gold's low correlation with other financial assets makes the Chinese Gold Pandas serve as a portfolio hedge against market risk.
The price and premium of Chinese Gold Panda coins
Compared to American Eagles, Austrian Philharmonics, Canadian Maple Leafs, and other well-known legal tender gold bullion coins that have been minted from their inception in unlimited quantities, Chinese Gold Pandas have an annual limited edition, although subject to change. This, coupled with the changing panda bear motif, has contributed to making older dated issues fetch a considerable collector's premium in the secondary market. However, the liberalisation of the Chinese precious metals market, coupled with the rising popularity of the panda coin among Chinese investors, has led to a substantial increase in demand for these coins in recent years. In 2014, as a response to heightened demand, the Chinese Central Bank increased the annual mintage limit of the most popular 1 ounce weight to one million pieces per year, the highest ever. While the larger supply has somewhat dampened the coin's premium in the secondary market, this could prove to be a perfect window of opportunity for longer-term investors given the potential upside these coins carry.
The future value and premium appreciation of Chinese Gold Panda coins are supported by several conclusive facts, the first and most obvious being that they are China's only legal tender gold coinage. It should also be considered that there are 1.35 billion Chinese and the current mintage limit of one ounce Gold Panda coins is set at 1 million pieces per year, while the United States has a population of 320 million and is currently minting on average 850,000 pieces of the one ounce American Gold Eagle coin per year. Secondly, the legislation that allowed free market pricing of gold and that enabled Chinese citizens to invest and trade in the metal has only been around for a little more than a decade, leaving further room for gold's popularity in China to grow. The third reason concerns the distribution of Chinese Gold Pandas inside mainland China which has until recently been under direct state control, meaning that only government affiliated institutions could sell these coins, resulting in a highly ineffective and illiquid market. This has now changed and bullion dealers and financial institutions are able to facilitate the trade of these coins. Fourthly, the Chinese government is making a concerted effort to promote gold ownership, something you will not see in western countries. The fifth striking fact is that China is now the world's biggest gold consumer, with demand set to increase further in the coming years, which will further promote the liquidity and transparency of the Chinese gold market and this will directly benefit Gold Panda coins. Lastly, Chinese Gold Panda coins are currently the only physical gold products that are exempt from Value Added Tax in China, a privilege granted in 2012. With the Chinese gold market set to grow further, it is highly likely that much of this demand will be directed towards Chinese Gold Panda coins, a direct result of their favourable tax treatment.
Chinese Gold Pandas marked the beginning of the country's bullion market liberalisation
Contrary to most major western economies, China never used gold but rather silver as the primary anchor for its monetary system. The monetary system based on silver served the country for several centuries, but the onset of the Great Depression in conjunction with the rise of communism in the 1930s led the authorities to abandon it in favour of a pure paper standard. To support the new fiat system, legislation was introduced stipulating that circulating monetary silver had to be turned over to the authorities in exchange for the new paper currency. In spite of the new harsh rules, commercial trade of silver and ownership of jewellery and antiques made out of gold was still allowed, albeit only for a short period. In the late 1930s, the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War and the rivalry between the Communist and Chinese establishment forced the authorities to proclaim a ban on precious metals ownership in any shape or form.
This ban would be in place for five long decades before the Chinese Government made an economic and philosophical turnaround regarding its domestic bullion market with the introduction of the Chinese Gold and Silver Panda coins in 1982 and 1983 respectively. From these years onwards, the Chinese authorities would slowly begin to loosen the restrictions that had been put in place since the 1930s. Besides being a symbol of the country's liberalisation of the precious metals market and the economy itself, the Gold Panda coin also marked the subtle beginning of a long-term plan to make gold bullion, for the first time in the country's modern history, the foundation of China's new monetary system.
The Chinese Panda Bear
The decision to use the iconic panda bear as the coin's main motif has played a major part in the successful promotion of Chinese Gold Panda coins. The panda bear is an animal endemic to central China and is characterised by the black patches around its eyes and ears. In spite of its charming and peaceful nature and its status as a Chinese national symbol, panda bears are unfortunately very rare animal. Due to deforestation and commercial farming, large parts of the panda bears' natural habitat have been destroyed and thus the population of pandas living in the wild has dwindled by some estimates to only 2000 individuals. In the past decade, extensive conservation efforts have been made by the Chinese Government to stem the declining panda bear population. Although still an endangered species, the conservation efforts are believed to be working as scientific surveys show that the population of wild pandas has started to recover.
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|Product weight in grams
|Gold weight in grams
|Gold weight in Troy ounces
|500 CNY denomination
|32.10 mm
|31.10658 g
The Chinese Gold Panda was first introduced in 1982 and has since been in continuous production. Chinese Gold Panda coins have been manufactured at three different locations:
*Shanghai Mint 1982-2004
*Shenyang Mint 1985-1999, 2003-2004
*Shenzhen Guobao Mint 1999-2002, 2005 onwards
The Shenzhen Guabao Mint is a subsidiary of the People's Bank of China (China's Central Bank).
The obverse portrays the Temple of Heaven, a UNESCO world heritage site that consists of a complex of religious buildings located in the central parts of Beijing. Above the Temple of Heaven is a text in Chinese that means "People's Republic of China" and inscribed at the bottom is the year of mintage.
The reverse depicts a sitting panda holding a branch, with a bamboo forest in the background. The face value of 500 Yuan is on the right of the panda bear. The weight "1oz" and the gold content marked "Au .999" are inscribed at the bottom.
The Chinese Gold Panda coin is made of 99.9% fine gold. The Chinese Gold Panda coin weighs exactly one troy ounce (31.1 grams).
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Winter roads are icy and people still travel even when they probably shouldn't and that's when accidents happen.
Winter roads are icy and people still travel even when they probably shouldn't and that's when accidents happen.
Just last week in Iowa there was a multi-car pile up on I-35 due to the snow and blowing, causing slippery roads and poor visibility. People died and others were sent to the hospital.
According to the American Red Cross website, here are some blood statistics.
People who have been in car accidents and suffered massive blood loss can need transfusions of 50 pints or more of red blood cells.The average bone marrow transplant requires 120 units of platelets and about 20 units of red blood cells. Patients undergoing bone marrow transplants need platelet donations from about 120 people and red blood cells from about 20 people.Severe burn victims can need 20 units of platelets during their treatment.Children being treated for cancer, premature infants and children having heart surgery, need blood and platelets from donors of all types.Anemic patients need blood transfusions to increase their iron levels.Cancer, transplant and trauma patients and patients undergoing open-heart surgery require platelet transfusions to survive.Sickle cell disease is an inherited disease that affects more than 80,000 people in the United States, 98 percent of whom are of African descent. Some patients with complications from severe sickle cell disease receive blood transfusions every month - up to four pints at a time.
Females receive 53 percent of blood transfused while males receive 47 percent.
Sixty percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate, but only five percent do on a yearly basis.
Seventeen percent of non-donors cite "never thought about it" as the main reason for not giving, while 15 percent say they're "too busy."
The number one reason donors say they give is because they "want to help others."
There is no substitute for human blood. It's about Life.
Since a pint is a pound, you lose a pound every time you donate blood.
Anyone who is in good health, is at least 16 years old, and weighs at least 110 pounds may donate blood every 56 days.
In January, the American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Sleepy Eye on Monday, Jan. 14 from 1-7 p.m. NOTE: it is a Monday, not the typical day.
If it was your parent, spouse, child, sibling, grandparent or close friend who needed blood, you'd do whatever you could to help. You never know, the life you save could be your own. Do something now before supplies are dangerously low.
Give Blood... Save a Life!
Thought for the week: When we put ourselves in the other person's place, we're less likely to want to put him in his place. – Author unknown.


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China's Sinopec is close to buying stakes in Nigerian onshore oil blocks from French oil major Total worth about $2.4 billion, the Bloomberg news agency reported yesterday.
Asia's largest refiner has signed a preliminary deal to acquire the stakes, the report said without providing more details.
When contacted, a spokesman for Total declined to comment on the report. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) was not immediately available for comment.
The French group said in September it planned to sell assets worth between $15 billion and $20 billion in the period up to 2014 as part of a bolder approach to managing its business, which has seen it buy and sell assets more frequently.
Total shares were little changed, trading down 0.06 per cent, while the European oil and gas sector edged 0.07 per cent up.


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Bob Kocher, brother of Colleen "Koky" Dishon, and his son, Kevin Kocher, presented the check Friday during the foundation board's luncheon meeting.
"Bob and Koky were always on everyone about the importance of an education and aware of the necessity for journalism scholarships," Bob Kocher said. "Both were committed to being writers and Bob always carried a readable copy of the Bill of Rights in his billfold. They had nothing to talk about but dogs, cats and newspapers."
President Roderick J. McDavis called the Dishons' professional achievements "a model'' for future leaders in the field of journalism.
"We are delighted that the Dishon family is honoring their legacy with this visionary gift,'' he said.
Robert L. Dishon, who received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1948, died in 2006. He began his education at Ohio University but was called to active duty during World War II where he was involved in the second landing at Normandy in 1944. He returned from the war and completed his degree at the Athens campus. After graduation, he was hired at the Columbus Dispatch where he met his future wife, who also was a reporter at the newspaper.
Koky Dishon, who died in December 2004, was a former associate editor of the Chicago Tribune and is credited with redefining the role of features sections in newspapers. She was the first woman to be named in the Tribune's masthead.
Earlier in her career, she worked at the Zanesville Sunday Times Signal, Chicago Daily News, Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Sentinel.
She was presented in 1979 with Ohio University's College of Communication's Honor Award for "distinguished service in journalism."
The Bob and Koky Dishon Journalism Scholarship will be given to a journalism major enrolling at the Athens campus in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the Scripps College of Communication. Criteria for the scholarship are being developed.
The first scholarship will be awarded in fall 2009 to an incoming first-year student.
Scripps College of Communication Dean Gregory J. Shepherd said the gift will help the college recruit top students to the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.
"The generous endowment will allow us to award highly competitive scholarships to a number of journalism students,'' he said. "I am very grateful to Bob and Koky Dishon for establishing this living legacy."


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Shoppers in a Chinese department store have been injured by an exploding shark tank, which spewed water, glass and sharks onto hapless shoppers, injuring over a dozen onlookers and staff.
The huge 7m by 3m aquarium was the first floor showpiece of a classy Shanghai department store, and housed 3 sharks.
The aquarium's sides were some 10cm thick, but this did not stop an entire side of the tank from suddenly rupturing and spilling glass, water and sharks over the store and even the street outside the premises.
15 people were injured in the incident, with at least one person suffering broken bones, and 3 sharks in the tank at the time died.
The sharks were popular and some locals have been lamenting their loss, though with the amount of water and glass involved there has been relief at the lack of fatalities amongst humans as well.
Just what caused the failure of the aquarium is not known, although with the unforgiving weight of water involved problems with the quality of the tank structure or materials are suspected.
Despite the size of the aquarium, the sharks were tiddlers – thankfully preventing another unfortunate China quality legend from being born:


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I attended two "Get to know the Candidates" forums before the election. When asked what the biggest problem facing Carroll County, most candidates replied: "The drug problem"; "We have to fix the drug problem"; or "We need to get a handle on the drug problem."
I wish to give a "hats off" to the staff at Carroll County Memorial Hospital.
My husband, Bob Wilson, had to be admitted for a couple days. We were very pleased with his care and the family's treatment.
Thank you to the staff at CCMH. You were very professional and competent.
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Just read the newspaper or watch the television news to know of the drug and criminal activity increasing in Carroll County. Go to your local city/commission meetings and hear the frustrations of the citizens trying to deal with these situations.
(Editor's note: This letter was in response to one published last week from Dan Carraco and Carol Teach.)
Thank you for your letter regarding harvesting operations at General Butler State Resort Park and your concern for the condition of the park. Every decision that is made regarding the park is made in an effort to protect and enhance the natural environment and our guest experience.
Our athletic year for Carroll County Special Olympics, fall 2013-summer 2014, was again a very successful year.
Our bowling season began in late August 2013 with practices weekly at Strikers in Vevay. We owe a very big thank you to Bruce, for opening up for the hours we needed. For our area competition, we had 11 athletes, and it took place in late October in Louisville, but alas, the State Games were cancelled due to a bad snowstorm, which struck the region Dec. 6. Everyone was disappointed.
For the people who shoot off their own fireworks, I know you got complaints. I want to give you a big thank you. I enjoyed watching from my home. There are several reasons I couldn't go to the Point, including my health, transportation, etc. I'm sure there are others who feel the same way.
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Our family has been very fortunate to live in such a loving and generous community. The weekend of the first Tuttle Tots 3k Walk/Run June 14, proved, yet again, that your love and support is still here. On that Saturday morning, 111 people walked or ran in Caroline Tuttle's memory.
This group of people, along with our generous sponsors, raised more than $9,400. This money will be returned back to the community in the form of scholarships to teachers whose hearts are with those ages birth to five.
We are concerned with the decline of our local state park, General Butler, the most recent issue being the ruthless logging operation of ash trees and other species this past winter and spring.
Whether this was sound practice is moot at this point. Enormous damage was done in the guise of gaining some $45,000 for a park with an annual budget of $3 million. A pittance.
Our observations:
A job well done and I am glad our residents are also complaining about the condition of our city.
As far as I am concerned, all property owners should be responsible for their rental or residence. Yes, sometimes renters do trash the property they rent, but it is the property owners' responsibility to take action against that. If they paid more attention to what is going on and made periodic investigations of the outside, as well as the inside of their rentals, perhaps they could remedy much of the problems.
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I've been into this whole security/hacking thing for years now and still consider myself a newbie. Below is a link to the Happy Hacker site, where a bunch of my hacking/security questions were initially answered. I haven't visited it for a few years or so because for the longest time nothing new was posted on it. But after reading an article on WiFi hacking that someone had linked in a post here, re-realized the site's worth. For my fellow newbies out there, if your confused, lost, and don't know where to start, this is a good place...
It's got everything from texts for the absolute beginner on up to more advanced security/hacking topics. To really learn a bunch more, consider checking out Carolyn's two books, "The Happy Hacker" (which I have) and "Uberhacker" (which I want to get).
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Well, in terms of anime/manga OTPs, I ship LinaxGourry and AmeliaxZelgadis from Slayers are my favs.
IRL people always ship me and my crush together because we're really nice in school. Oddly enough, we're also very different outside of school as well, and my friends who know that still ship us (probably even harder than the ones who don't).
Another IRL OTP I have (other than the above) is Bill NyexScience. Just sayin'.
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Well, in terms of anime/manga OTPs, I ship LinaxGourry and AmeliaxZelgadis from Slayers are my favs.
IRL people always ship me and my crush together because we're really nice in school. Oddly enough, we're also very different outside of school as well, and my friends who know that still ship us (probably even harder than the ones who don't).
Another IRL OTP I have (other than the above) is Bill NyexScience. Just sayin'.
Bill NyexScience. xDDDD I ship it, too, it's practically canon. lol. I actually have a lot of OTPs. I can't pick just one. SHIP THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!! OTPs are like Pokemon. GOTTA SHIP 'EM ALL!!!!! I even ship some crack pairings as well. And that just gives me loads and loads of feels. The only thing that I don't like is that people ship things I absolutely hate. It sucks because you end up in a pointless shipping war you don't need to deal with. It's like, "Calm down, fandom!"
Be strong enough to let go. Be patient enough to wait for what you deserve.
kawoshin and raikou/gau
i don't have an explanation other than the fact that they are perfect.
not a school girl crush
Maka x Soul
Uhm i guess since they are weapon and meister their souls are one so ya
My OTP is Hijikata/Gintoki!
As for shipping, I have too many to name!
"My boi, Micoo!" - Gavin Free
My all time OTP is Abemiha from Oofuri, because of how dysfunctional they are, but how much they care about each other. It's a very realistic but messed up relationship, regardless of whether they're just friends or more. But the way they're both making an effort to communicate better and more, and to stop using each other to make themselves feel better... And how they're both growing so greatly, becoming better people... I could drag it on forever XD
Otherwise, I am shipping Tajima and Hanai (Oofuri), Hachiman and Totsuka (SNAFU: kinda-ish), Yuki and Haru (Tsuritama) and Mochizou and Tamako (Tamako Market).
Enoshima BOWL!
Umm, I feel really silly for saying mine to an anime centered fan-base, but I guess my OTP would have to be Brencer (Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith from Panic! at the Disco).
I'm not sure why I feel silly, because they are so cute together in all honestly.
(*Josh Peck voice* You give me chest pains! Chest pains!)
(aww look at that, hippies in love)
(Do not toy with me Brendon. I will throw you out a window if you're toying with me)
I also ship Pete Wentz/Patrick Stump (no I'm not one of those fans who always talks to them about it), Patrick/ Andy Hurley (cutest ship ever to set sail. Filled with adorable kittens and vegan straight-edge angels), Adam Levine/Blake Shelton (NBC is literally pushing to make this ship cannon as hell. NBC feels us.), Hawkeye/Loki, Iron Man/Hulk, and 007/Silva (don't EVER ship this ship. It'll literally make you question your morals.)
But I do ship anime parings too, just not as hard as my bandom and movie pairings to be fully honest. I really love Roy/Riza, Ichigo/Orihimie, Renji/Rukia, Germany/America (I left the Hetalia fandom a long time ago, but I still find the pairing cute), Rangiku/Gin, and Lightning/Firion (That counts right? Video games count right?)
Some times I think I have too many ships, but then again, you can never have to many ships.
nanalan is my favourite anime
I don't ship, I take what's canonically there and expand on it.
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Haha I'm not the mindless shipper I used to be in my teens , now people I ship have to have some sort of development
A big rule is that they are not paired with some one as canon ....yes most (99%) of my ships are Man on Man.
My OTP would be impossible to tell but as for what I have shipped the longest and or hardest (and may disregard the rules I above due to juvenile fancy ) would be
Trowa and Quatre ( Gundam wing)
Seishirou and Subaru ( X 1999)
Lockon and Tieria ( Gundam 00)
Squall and Seifer ( Final fantasy 8) (crack pairing FTW)
Gojyo x Hakkai ( Saiyuki)
Eric and Allen ( Black Butler....Musical)
If this world seeks my destruction ...it goes with me.
I have too many OTP's, but Kirito and Asuna are so cute together :3
soma-soul eater
the ponds-doctor who
rose/10-doctor who
jalex-all time low
i ship all the puella magis together
and i also ship like 3000 different real life couples
yui funami x Kyōko Toshinō
I want to kiss kiss kiss you all over
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TBH, I don't understand why shipping is such a huge part of fandoms. In fact, I find it disrespectful to the writers.
Is the plot that unsatisfactory for you, that you resort to dedicating a huge portion of your time shipping?
Are you so romantically deprived that you HAVE to draw multiple homoerotic (or not) pairings and write multiple fan-fictions?
You're exactly right. Being very invested in the characters created by authors and perhaps trying to expand on their characters in different settings/situations is completely disrespectful and a display of a lack of enthusiasm for the story. In order to be a true fan, one has to write up a 50 page analysis of the plot, keeping personal connections to the story and interest in relatable/admirable characters as well as their relations to any other characters suppressed, so as to prove that you are indeed a robot with no interests in anything but the factual and objective and therefore intellectual, more than any other "fan" at least.
still no clue what this shit means but keep going
definitely abe and mihashi like mentioned above,
rinharu, makoharu, and HaDra[harry draco], rivaere,etc...
An OTP for me would be T.K and Kari from digimon that is one i can say i believe to be true.
and other's well:
Suzuna and Sena from Eyeshiled 21
Kirito and Asuna from Sword art online
Hitsugaya and Karin from Bleach
Eyeshiled 21 :D


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Well, Alex Vieux knows women don't wear ties.
Oh, you people are too good to me. I got a tip about Alex Vieux, publisher of Red Herring and founder and CEO of DASAR. Not one, but two tidbits — one for the home, one for the office.
red herring's publisher alex vieux owes $5000 to the private school where his two girls went. he also gave all the male employees at the "new" red herring Burberry ties for Xmas 2005 but gave the female employees (including the his managing editor) nothing.
I'm sure it can't be that straightforward — anyone have the other sides of these stories? E-mail it in.
[Update: Commenter Irina Slutsky says, "listen, if you're gonna have rumors at least get it right! it was Christmas 2004 and Charvet ties!" Well, this changes everything.]


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More aerodynamic drag from a more upright seating position.
The 32mm tyres will be slower rolling, but should be less of a problem than the aero drag.
Smaller, higher pressure training/racing tyres should make a difference, but it probably won't be huge.
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I've done a bit of upgrading from stock.
I love the way she rides now. She's no lightweight near race unit like me previous OCR2, you do notice the extra weight but she's near perfect for the job.
Your wheels have the same hubs. Not the greatest but still serviceable. I'm still running them but I'm putting the dough together to build a decent set of hoops.
I'd be checking the brakes for drag, not many disc bikes come from the shop "just so". It wouldn't hurt to check the hubs for poor adjustment too. Your tyres by the Kona site are better than what came on mine but a set of 28mm Gatorskins will make a difference.
Give her a hiding mate, she'll laugh and ask for more. When you wear out or break some parts you won't be wasting money with sensible upgrades.
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I am a Kona fan too. I have a Kona Jake the Snake. Yes she is heavier but I just like everything about her. She has everything I need in a commuter.
I bought the frame and fitted all the stuff I wanted on her. She is fitted out with some cheap tecktro cantilever brakes, Ultegra drive train except for FSA compact cranks. Front wheel is a Aksium while the rear wheel is a customized 32 hole DT Swiss wheel with Ultegra hubs. I use 35 mm knobby tyres designed for Cyclocross which is great for puncture resistance. The panniers fitted out in back keep my bum dry when its raining and is great for its intended purpose of carrying extra bags for the grocery run. I use a drop handle bar to help with aerodynamics and she rolls fine although its a bit harder work going up hill. My commute is only about 27 km and between my lighter bikes and this bike, it may be a 7 min difference in travel time, which is not much in the scheme of things.
I am not sure how you can upgrade your bike because fitting drop bars might not compatible with the frame geometry and might make for an uncomfortable ride. Slick wheels might help with rolling resistance or even a better wheel. Kona bikes are typically not designed for people who put weight as a first priority in their choice of bikes. My bike weighs about 12 kg.
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Yes, I will check the brakes and figure out if adjustment would be necessary. I know the front wheel just doesn't spin as well as the Giant. Perhaps I just need to get used to the different gearing as well. Mulger Bill, did you do anything to the stock gearing? Obviously no point having the triple rings on the front right? I'm putting guards and rack on currently which I'm sure will sloe it down further but it has to be practical! Will try and post a pic in the weekend. Cheers!
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I don't really have anything to compare it with but mine seems to roll ok. I did find once that I overtightened the cam lock on the back wheel once and that must have made the disk brake rub as it was slow going on the way into work and before I left for home I just backed it off a little and the run home was much more enjoyable. There was no noise but it was rolling slower.
As for the gearing I spend most of my time on the flats. That being said however I seem to only ever use three gears maximum, and they are the top three (big front / little rear). At times I have found this to be limiting when I want to go up the gears further. I think my maximum speed on the flat so far was about 42km/h on the way home from work, problem is buses and traffic lights! If I put mine in granny gear I don't think it is possible to maintain balance as you have to peddle so hard to make it move. It might be a different story on the hills.
The only thing that I have done is fitted guards, lights and a computer. Given that I am 100kg I don't think that these minor attachments will impact much.
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I changed the dérailleurs, brifters, crankset and BB by cannibalising parts off me OCR after about 150 kms. I really don't get on well with Sora brifters. The removed bits turned me OCR frame into me son's first roadie.
I kept the triple because these old railwaymans knees hate that first hill straight out of the driveway on sub 5degree mornings. It gets ignored at all other times. Here's a link to my initial post about her in the gallery.
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franjae wrote:Appreciate all your replies people! Looks like there's going to be a bit more tinkering to do! So i now have everything fitted for the moment. Unfortunately the tyre rubs a little against the guard. I did intended to fit skinnier tyre, but I'll leave that for now. Spent enough $$ for a while. Here she is...
Looks good. I would recommend one more rear blinkie, especially this time of the year.
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