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Capacity pressure eased during the week ending June 14 as spot truckload freight availability dipped 0.7% and the number of available trucks increased 12%, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards.
The national average load-to-truck ratio fell 13% to 10.1, meaning there were 10.1 van, refrigerated, and flatbed loads posted for every truck available on DAT load boards.
For vans, the national average rate added 2 cents (1.1%) to $2.07 per mile (including fuel surcharge), as the rate approached the all-time high of $2.10 per mile set in March 2014. The number of posted van loads fell 0.7% while van capacity increased 14% compared with the previous week. The van load-to-truck ratio was down 13% to 4.2.
The national average reefer rate rose 3 cents to $2.41 per mile on the strength of Western markets including Los Angeles ($3.10 per mile, up 7 cents) and Fresno CA ($2.46 per mile, a 13-cent jump). Average outbound rates from Florida continued to cool, including Lakeland dropping 30 cents to $2.26 per mile.
Posted refrigerated load totals fell 2.8% against a 7.9% increase in posted capacity, sending the reefer load-to-truck ratio down 10% to 11.1.
For flatbeds, the national average rate fell 2 cents (0.8%) to $2.42 per mile last week. The number of posted flatbed loads slipped 0.3% compared with the previous week and capacity added 4.7%, producing a 4.8% drop in the national load-to-truck ratio. It remains robust at 48.5 posted loads per truck.
The national average diesel price declined a penny to $3.88 per gallon. Prices had dropped 2.6 cents per gallon during the previous week.
Load-to-truck ratios represent the number of loads posted for every truck posted on DAT load boards. The load-to-truck ratio is a sensitive, real-time indicator of the balance between spot market demand and capacity. Changes in the ratio often signal impending changes in rates. Rates are derived from DAT RateView.
For complete national and regional reports on spot rates and demand, go to www.dat.com/Resources/Trendlines.aspx. DAT Trendlines is a weekly report on spot market freight availability, truck capacity, and rates.


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Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Halve and seed the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Lay the tomatoes on a baking rack set over a cookie sheet in the 300 degree oven for 20 minutes or until the skins slip off easily. Remove the tomatoes from the oven, slip off their skins, and brush the tomato halves lightly with olive oil. Return the tomatoes to the oven to roast for an additional hour or until they take on a brilliant, burnished color.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's commitment to opening up its oil industry to private investment faces a key test with the next round of contracts to be offered by state-run monopoly Pemex.
Mexico is the world's No. 7 oil producer but production has fallen sharply in recent years. In a bid to shake up an industry under state control since 1938, the government has allowed private companies to operate — but not own — seven oil fields scattered around the country.
The experiment stumbled when Pemex PEMX.UL failed to award two offshore oil fields to private operators in June auctions, rejecting all bids for one field as too expensive and receiving no bids at all for another.
Those failures have cast a shadow over the upcoming third round of private service contracts set for next month, designed to lure much-needed private investment and spur production in the massive Chicontepec basin, home to Mexico's largest certified hydrocarbon reserve.
Proven reserves at Chicontepec totaled 650 million barrels as of the beginning of this year, according to Pemex data.
"A lot of Pemex's future depends on this type of incentivized contract," said Luis Labardini, partner with Mexico City-based energy consultancy Marcos and Associates. "If Pemex proves that these contracts are successful, it can prove that it can be the only operator in Mexico."
Foreign interest in Mexico's oil patch, long seen as a mature region with limited potential, has expanded in the past two years as drillers reckon that it could become the next player in the shale energy boom, with untapped reserves along its U.S. border.
Mexico's incoming president, Enrique Pena Nieto, has ambitious plans to open the energy sector even further to private investment, but the problems with the recent auctions have led analysts to question Pemex's commitment to private-public partnerships, let alone their expansion.
Under the private contracting scheme, launched last August after reforms passed by Mexico's Congress in 2008, companies win the right to extract oil from mature fields and are paid a set fee per barrel as an incentive, but the crude belongs to Pemex.
The scheme was designed to lure both domestic and foreign private investment.
Mexico's overall production remains stuck at 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) and if Pemex cannot find new discoveries to replace a 25 percent drop in production since 2004, it risks becoming a net importer of crude within a decade.
At the June 19 auction, Pemex said it was prepared to pay a maximum $7.25 per barrel for oil from the Arenque oil field, in shallow waters off the northern state of Tamaulipas and including 100 million barrels of proven, probable and possible (3P) reserves. Pemex's trademark Maya crude sells for $100 or more per barrel.
But it found no bidders at or even near that price of $7.25 per barrel and the auction was declared null. At the same time, the smaller Atun field, off the coast of Veracruz, attracted no bidders at all.
"I really don't know what Pemex was thinking," said Luis Puig, commercial director for Saipem, one of the oil service firms that bid on Arenque.
Puig and others noted the maximum bid price set for Arenque was about 20 percent lower than the prices set for four onshore blocks that were successfully auctioned at the same time.
"Offshore fields require a lot more investment" and should have triggered a higher bid ceiling from Pemex, Puig said.
The scheme is designed to increase production at a set of mostly aging onshore and offshore oil fields, where many if not most of the wells Pemex drilled in the past are no longer functioning.
At Arenque, for example, 51 wells have been drilled, but only 17 are currently operating and they produce just 5,600 barrels per day (bpd). The block's other wells are either shut-in, or plugged and abandoned.
Pemex has said it will directly award the Arenque block later this month, adjusting both its size and price tag, but no further details have been announced.
Pemex brushed off the recent wobbles, saying companies were turned off by the risk associated with the two offshore blocks as well as questions over the size and profitability of the fields, although it acknowledged bidders saw the contract for Arenque as under-priced.
In July, Pemex CEO Juan Jose Suarez Coppel said the company is tweaking the process to make the contracts more attractive. "We are working to clarify the risks," he said.
Carlos Morales, Pemex's director of exploration and production, told Reuters the company faces a delicate balance when it calculates the prices it is willing to pay firms to develop oil fields as part of the contracting scheme.
"We can't leave money on the table," he said. "We also can't set very low prices... because we may be left without any offers, just like what happened with Arenque."
Morales adds that developing deposits offshore is not always more costly than onshore, depending on the type of crude, the permeability of the rock, and amount of reserves.
Still, Pemex can count on added scrutiny over its upcoming third round of contracts. Morales says the oil fields up for grabs will be tendered sometime in September. Pemex's June auction, however, was originally planned several months earlier.
Morales says the third round of contracts will cover six blocks, each around 200 square km in size, within the onshore Chicontepec basin, home to 40 percent of Mexico's crude reserves.
The specific design of the blocks in the geologically complicated basin, the amount of investment needed, and the corresponding bid prices have not yet been set.
Miriam Grunstein, an energy researcher with Mexico's CIDE institute, says the failure to auction off Arenque calls into question Pemex's very commitment to expanded private sector involvement.
"The next government may want an opening," said Grunstein, "but Pemex loves being a monopoly."
Whether or not broader energy reform is achieved by Pena Nieto, the existing private contracting model represents a limited tool reserved for low-risk fields that already tout significant output, according to John Padilla, oil analyst with energy consulting firm IPD Latin America.
"Anything that's more complicated than plain vanilla mature fields is going to be very difficult under the current version of the model," he said.
He adds that applying the contracting model to Chicontepec or even riskier deep water deposits in the Gulf of Mexico is out of reach for lack of sufficient existing production to offset the large infrastructure investment needed to tap more crude.
The entire Chicontepec basin currently produces on average about 70,000 bpd and is struggling to boost output to the 100,000 bpd Pemex is aiming for by the end of this year. Company executives have said production could reach 300,000 bpd by 2018, aided by additional investment and technological expertise from private contractors.
But the contractors' ability to significantly boost output at Chicontepec will depend on the incentives Pemex offers.
"Anything that is going to require a lot of up-front capital expenditures that then have to be recovered over time, as will be the case with deepwater and other more complicated assets, just isn't going to fly at the maximum fee per barrel levels Pemex has included in the two bid rounds to date," said Padilla.
Constitutional reforms supported by Pena Nieto - among others, allowing partial foreign ownership of reserves - would entice additional private investment to develop energy riches, but would also upset many who view Pemex as a near-sacred symbol of Mexican independence.
At present, the private service contracts represent the only ongoing option capable of significantly boosting investment.
But lately, the model seems better at generating criticism from analysts like CIDE's Grunstein.
"If the model is not functional for mature fields (like Arenque), forget Chicontepec or deep waters," she said.
Reporting by David Alire Garcia; Editing by Kieran Murray and Sofina Mirza-Reid


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The Avengers will close the 11th Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 28, nearly a week before its nationwide release. The event will provide law-enforcement officers, firefighters, first responders and military service members with a chance to attend the screening and meet the film's stars.
"Showing at Tribeca is both an honor and a double homecoming for me, who grew up in Manhattan, and for the movie, which wrapped production there," director Joss Whedon said in a statement. "I'm thoroughly psyched to be closing the festival with our intimate little think-piece."
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2001 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff following the attacks on the World Trade Center in hopes of providing lower Manhattan with an economic and cultural boost.
"We are proud that Marvel's The Avengers is the closing film of this year's Tribeca Film Festival and we are excited to welcome local heroes to the screening as special guests," said Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. "We all know and love our iconic Super Heroes, but when it really counts, it's our real-life heroes who save the world every day by making it a better place for all of us."
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For Beringin Kusuma whose living quarters are only a short distance from a mosque, the Muslim month of Ramadan is not only a time for fasting, but also for plugging his ears before bed every night.
Year-round, like most urban dwellers in the world's largest Muslim nation that boasts 800,000 mosques, the 22-year-old university student has to contend with the "azan" that begins at dawn and calls worshippers to prayer five times a day.
But during Ramadan the mosques go into overdrive. Their crackling speakers blare out not only the azan, but also calls to worshippers to wake before the pre-dawn sahur breakfast that begins the day-long fast, and Koran recitations that go on almost all day and night.
"It's worse during Ramadan," complained Kusuma, who for the past three years has lived in a rented room only 20 metres (65 feet) from the closest mosque.
In Indonesia, Ramadan — a time of year when Muslims forgo food, drink and sex between dawn and dusk — started on July 21. Eid al-Fitr, the feast marking the end of the fasting month, falls on August 19. Dates may vary elsewhere.
But while it is regarded as one of the most spiritual periods in the Islamic calendar, for many it is also the most noisy.
"Most people wake up just before 4:30 am for a quick sahur, but the speakers start calling the people to wake up at 2:30 am ," said Kusuma.
"They repeat it many times, along with Koran recitations — and then comes the azan at dawn," he said.
Kusuma compares the sound to "someone screaming in my ear" and says he usually tries to return home after 9pm when at least the special evening Ramadan prayers are over.
"If it wasn't for ear plugs, I wouldn't get a wink of sleep during all of Ramadan."
With hundreds of thousands of mosques in this nation of 240 million people, most city and town dwellers are accosted every dawn by the intermingling cacophony blaring out of three or four mosques, each broadcasting its own azan.
For some people — especially non-Muslim foreigners unfamiliar with the routine and naive enough to rent a place without checking the distance from the closest mosque — it can all be too much.
Two years ago, an American running a guesthouse near a mosque on the tourist island of Lombok snapped during a prayer reading and yanked the wire connecting the speaker. He was sentenced to five months in jail for blasphemy.
Anita Rizki, a 22-year-old secretary at a private hospital in Jakarta, said the mosques were bad enough throughout the year, but became impossible during Ramadan, which is one
of the five pillars of Islam.
"I feel guilty for my non-Muslim neighbours, because the noises keep them up all night," said Rizki, who lives 100-metres from a large mosque.
"People have different faiths. Our devotion doesn't need to be broadcast through a loudspeaker. It only shows a lack of religious tolerance."
According to ear specialist Ronny Suwento, "the noise level can reach dangerous decibels for those who live very close to mosques, and that can cause hearing loss over time."
Historically, the prayer leader at a mosque would climb the minaret and deliver the call to prayer without amplification.
Kusuma, the university student, said he believed that mosque loudspeakers are outdated.
"It doesn't work at all in our times. Thanks to technology, we can now even download an alarm which plays the prayer call at its designated time."
Mosques are still governed by regulations from the religious affairs ministry that are more than three decades old. The 1978 directives allow the use of loudspeakers for calls to prayer, Koran recitations as well as sermons and religious gatherings.
Earlier this year, Vice President Boediono called on mosques to tone down their noise and asked religious authorities for new guidelines on the use of loudspeakers.
"The soft sounds of azan heard faintly at a distance resonate more strongly and reach deeper into the heart than those that are loud, scratchy and too close to our ears," he said in April.
Boediono's remarks received mixed reactions, with some people berating him for saying that prayers to Allah should be toned down, and others praising his bravery for speaking out on a sensitive topic. But his comments encouraged others to speak up.
Before the beginning of Ramadan earlier this month, a governor in central Kalimantan province asked local mosques to refrain from having their soundsystems working overtime.
"Don't use loudspeakers when reciting the Koran. Take pity on people of different faiths who want to rest," local media quoted Achmad Diran as saying.
But Nasir Zubaidi, deputy secretary-general of the Indonesia Ulema Council that is the nation's top Islamic body, said that mosque loudspeakers were important, especially to women at home.
"It's good to use loudspeakers to broadcast Islamic sermons. Women at home can listen while they are cooking so that they will eventually become enlightened."


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ETHIOPIA HAS DONE its fellow Africans a good turn by ousting the increasingly radical Islamic Courts Union regime in Somalia. And thankfully, Addis Ababa has the wisdom to admit what everyone knows: that the Ethiopians have about 3.3 nanoseconds to get their troops out of xenophobic Somalia before they will be even more hated than the thugs they ousted. Now the question is: Who can bring order to this anarchic land?
The only move as foolish as sending U.S. troops to occupy Somalia would be for the international community to do nothing except watch it slip back into chaos. Somalia, you will recall, is a poster child for failed states. It is a place so violent that the Taliban imitators of the Islamic Courts, with their brutal "justice," were still seen as vastly preferable to the khat-fueled warlord gunplay that made a misery of life in Mogadishu for more than a decade previous. The irony is that the perpetually feuding Somali clans were finally able to unite behind the Islamists -- even though most disliked their ideology -- because they were so desperate for stability. The challenge is to provide order without a radical Islamist face.
Now that Ethiopia has done the heavy military lifting, U.S. forces are trying to bomb the Al Qaeda leaders who have followed Osama bin Laden's orders to regroup in Somalia. But unilateral fly-by interventions from 30,000 feet are not going to do the job alone.


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Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman gives an understated and exemplary performance of this satiric look at the unreality of American media culture. Chance, the enigmatic gardener, becomes Chauncey Gardiner after getting hit by a limo belonging to a Wall Street tycoon. The whirlwind that follows brings Chance to his new status of political policy advisor and possible vice presidential candidate. His garden-variety political responses, inspired by television, become heralded as visionary, and he is soon a media icon.
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To the Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf's arresting analysis of domestic family life, centering on the Ramseys and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland in the early 1900s. Nicole Kidman (
Moulin Rouge, Eyes Wide Shut), who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Woolf in the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
The Hours, brings the impressionistic prose of this classic to vibrant life.
"Wonderful combination of text and narrator"
Graham Greene's evocative analysis of the love of self, the love of another, and the love of God is an English classic that has been translated for the stage, the screen, and even the opera house. Academy Award-winning actor Colin Firth (
The King's Speech, A Single Man) turns in an authentic and stirring performance for this distinguished audio release.
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The Sheltering Sky is a landmark of 20th-century literature, a novel of existential despair that examines the limits of humanity when it touches the unfathomable emptiness of the desert. Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Connelly (
A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for a Dream) gives masterful voice to this American classic.
"A Teacup Full of Sand on the Highest Dune"
One of the best-known stories in American culture,
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Rachel Getting Married, Alice In Wonderland), fresh from filming one of this year's most anticipated films,
The Dark Knight Rises, lends her voice to this uniquely American fairy tale.
"just wonderful!"
Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (
Pulp Fiction, Star Wars films), fresh off the success of his uproarious, Audie-nominated performance of the mock children's book
Go the F**k to Sleep, delivers a swaggering, darkly-humored rendering of Chester Himes' classic first novel.
"A Visit to Another Era"
The best way to experience this classic of the American South is by joining five-time Academy Award nominee and Best Actress winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking, Thelma & Louise) as she guides the listener on a journey through the anguish of adolescence and isolation.
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Once upon a time, a teenaged Kate Winslet (
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|4,843 sq. ft.
|Property type
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|3 - 7 nights
Our Villa will make your holiday truly enjoyable.
Location is as good as it gets in this area. With beach right there, bars, restaurants and shopping markets in close vicinity, a short walk from your Villa in this or that direction covers your holiday in this beautiful seaside town.
Old town, the historic heritage, the centre of Trogir is one kilometre away. Most of the people go by foot to Trogir, and in the evenings with the sun down it is a really pleasant walk of about fifteen minutes or so.
Beach in front of the house, a mere fifty meters away is the first beach as you go from Trogir by the sea shore of the adjacent peninsula. And your Villa will be right there. Beach here is peaceful, uncrowded and offers a lot of shade under the trees. This beach is one of the two big beaches here on the West facing shore. The other beach starts some two hundred meters south from the property. This beach has dozens of bars and restaurants, night and day beach parties and thousands of people lounging on the beach and swimming in the sea.
In the summer this is a vibrant and well known area. Families with kids and young people both find this as their destination, as it is possible to find peaceful and safe areas as well as night life, parties, watersports etc.
Inside the Villa gates you will find privacy. The house is withdrawn from the main road and even with all the beach life so close by, here you will be free of all the crowds and noise.
Stay at this Villa, enjoy the sunsets from the balcony, enjoy the beautiful garden, walk on the beach, swim in the sea, swim in the pool, explore Trogir, explore Split, visit the nearby islands, visit the waterfalls, be welcomed and be amazed.
We are a local family renting our summer house. Foreign guests have stayed in our house since as far as 70s. Recently we have been advertising through Internet.
Danica Crljenica purchased this villa in 1965
It is close to the city Split and town Trogir but yet it has the feel of some remote island's summer home. It is overlooking a wonderful sand cove.
Great Beach 40 meters away. Restaurants and bars 200 meters away. Old Trogir town historic center 1 km away. Privacy and quiet neighbourhood. Beautiful garden. Seaview. Pool. West facing house - means romantic sunsets on the balcony.
The house made our stay. From our arrival at the airport we were given a very warm welcoming by the owners. The house was absolutely lovely, clean and spacious. Everything needed was on hand, including very useful WiFi! The house had a large balcony with a table and chairs, ideal for outdoor breakfasts. As the house faces away from the main street, we also had the perfect privacy. The location was ideal: It is a mere 1 minute walk to the beach, restaurants and bars.
All in all this has been a pleasure. Cosy house, perfect location and lovely owners.
Thank you for making our holiday fantastic.
We booked out both accommodations for 31 of us although only 28 travelled. The ad says it sleeps a maximum of 36 which would be a bit of a squeeze as at least 8 would be using sofa beds or put up beds but it slept the 28 of us comfortably. On arrival we were greeted by Grandma (housekeeper) and her grand daughter who are both very friendly and helpful and offered us a welcome drink of their own wine from their small vineyard which was a lovely gesture and also good wine. The grand daughter sat with some of us for about an hour letting us know about the local area and offering any information we asked for plus topping up our wine glasses. They also organised transport to and from the airport plus got us tickets to see the local football match between Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb which was an experience! We went there at the end of October 17 and a lot of the restaurants and some of the bars at the beech end were shut although most in Trogir (the other direction) were open but then this is the same across many European resorts at this time of year. The accommodation is very good in the new building (white one) but older and a bit dated in the other one. The showers ran cold a few times but I guess that is because we had 28 of us showering around the same time. Also, maybe a Croatian thing, but there were no kettles in any of the kitchens so you have to boil your water for a cuppa in a saucepan. No big deal but unusual. The location is excellent with the beech and a huge array of beech bars and restaurants about 300 metres away to the left as you walk out of the villa. About a twenty minute walk away (5 minutes taxi) in the opposite direction is another array of restaurants and bars in Trogir which is very interesting with buildings dating back over 1000 years. If you want to eat in then you can get food delivered (pizza, burgers, salads, kebabs) from Fast Food Moment in Trogir +385 (21) 882 764 who deliver for free and cost about £5 per person. There is also a local taxi driver who lives about 300 metres away and is very friendly and speaks great english and can arrange for other taxis as well, his number is +385 98 3717 87. A taxi for 4 over to Trogir cost us 24 kuna, £5 with a good tip. Overall we had a very good time.
Had a great holiday. Not much more to add!
Only thing to be aware of is horrible traffic through Trogir at some times of day - should be fixed when they complete the new bridge, and we used the water bus to go into trogir for the day / evening
The house was in a very good location, at a few meters of a beautiful beach. Very cool and friendly owner, who cooks barbecue with local meat for us ! The property was very clean and agreeable, with modern cooking equipments.
For us, who where 35, this place was perfect for soothing and enjoyable holidays !
We were a group of 26 persons, who rented two buildings for our stay, both owned by the same host. One building was nice with working aircondition, the other was not to an accepable standard. The rooms in the oldest building got so hot, that we had to evacuate our children to the other building at night. We tried to get the host to fix the aircondition, without success. The host went also into our rooms during daytime, and turned off blowers etc.
We will not recommend anyone to stay in this building until the heat-problem is solved.
Nice property and goods location with two villas and two pools. 15 minute walk to Trogir. Danica stays in a room separate from the villas, and she's lovely. One of the buildings is significantly older than the other, so worth keeping in mind when assigning rooms. Overall no complaints!
The property is placed near sea just above little cape Rožac. It is overlooking the most beautiful sand cove by the name of Saldun that stretches west of the island Ciovo. In comparison to other areas of the island this part gets the most sun hours, cleaner waters and more developed tourist life. Also, the location of the apartment provides both proximity to town Trogir and to beach life, combination of which you will seldom find.
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Just when things cant seem to get any worse for Mibby Garrett, the unexpected comes in the shape of Sweet Suzy Strawberry Cream Balls. Mibby, the main character in Patti Hills book Always Green, is a widowed mom and the sole worker in her garden-design business, Perennially Yours. The combination of a devastating drought, disastrous love attempts, cancer-ridden friends, financial struggles, a wayward stepdaughter, and a rebellious teenage son, are giving her one of the worst summers of her life.
Hills tight, focused plot will immediately draw readers into the story and hold their attention until the last page. She successfully uses a first-person narrative that is both realistic and easy-to-read. Readers will be able to identify with her less-than-perfect charactersespecially Mibby, who struggles everyday to trust God through her tumultuous situations.
A summer drought is the first of Mibbys problems, threatening to ruin her already frail business. When her friend surprises her by entering her in a garden-design competition, one more complication is added to her life. Between watering plants and placating unhappy customers, Mibby hardly has any time for her family. Fourteen-year-old Ky misses his dad and spends nearly all of his time in front of a computer, ignoring his mom and leaving his chores undone. Mibbys older stepdaughter, Andrea, is a multi-pierced musician who is struggling to find her place in the world, as well as the meaning of her stepmoms religion.
When Larry McManus walks into her life, shes unsure whether hes an angel in disguise or one more trouble added to her list. Larry is a Sweet Suzy deliveryman and the son of one of Mibbys elderly, cancerous friends. His constant supply of Sweet Suzy Strawberry Cream Balls, as well as his help with her garden and her troubled son, eventually begin to convince Mibby that the he is a Godsend. But after several bad experiences, she is wary of getting herself into another relationship.
Louise, a cancer survivor, is Mibbys constant support throughout her trials. A myriad of other friends, some young and some old, encourage Mibby to place her faith in God and trust Him to help her when times get tough. The readers own faith, in turn, will be encouraged as Mibbys relationship with the Lord deepens throughout the book.
Always Green will appeal to a wide range of women: moms will identify with the struggle Mibby has to reach her struggling teenage son; flower-lovers will appreciate the fact that gardening is an integral part of the story; single-mothers will relate to Mibbys difficulty with moving on in life after the loss of her spouse. This well-written book promises an enjoyable reading experience. -- Hannah M.K. Rexroth, Christian Book Previews.com
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Mibby Garrett could really use three things: a book that will tell her how to get through to her teenage son; enough money to pay for the new water heater; and a long, gentle rainstorm to nourish her clients' gardens, end the summer drought, and save her garden-design business.
A week's supply of Sweet Suzy Strawberry Cream Balls would be nice, too. Romance, maybebut only if the man is at least as reliable as her black Lab and prepared to be an awesome role model for her son.
Most of all, she'd just like a few days with no surprises. She sure hasn't asked for what happens instead . . .


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Earlier this year, we published an article that contained the release dates for Netflix's new original shows for 2015. In the article, we promised to follow up once release dates for additional new Netflix original series were available. So, we're back with Part II of our original article. Now you have the latest news on when you can expect your favorite shows and new series to debut later this year – so mark your calendars and get set to enjoy some original Netflix shows!
Netflix Original Specials and Documentaries
Fans of Ricky Gervais will be happy to learn that everyone's favorite retirement home attendant, Derek Noakes, is back for a one hour special entitled "Derek," which becomes available April 3rd!
Original documentary, "What Happened, Miss Simone?" debuts June 26. The film chronicles the life and music of 'the high priestess of soul,' Nina Simone.
The six part original food series, "Chef's Table," debuts on April 26th. The documentary gives an insider's look into the kitchen and lives of 6 of the most famous international chefs, including Magnus Nilsson and Niki Nakayama.
Original Comedies
Grab your friends and get ready to laugh! Netflix is bringing three original stand up comedy specials to streaming this year. Performing comedians include: "Chris D'Elia: Incorrigible," which releases April 17, "Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)," on May 22nd, and "Chris Tucker Live," which releases July 10th.
The first eight episodes of "Wet Hot American Summer" release on July 17th. It's an original comedy that serves as a prequel to the 2001 movie of the same name. Most of the original cast from the film has returned for Season 1, so if you enjoyed the movie you won't want to miss this series!
Netflix Original Series: Dramas
Set in a world where everyone over the age of 21 has died from a mysterious and deadly disease, "Between," debuts on May 21st.
The long awaited third season of everyone's favorite women's prison drama, "Orange is the New Black," releases on June 12th.
Original Science Fiction
The first season of "Sense 8″ releases on June 5th. It is the long anticipated original science fiction drama created by Andy and Lana Wachowski of the Matrix Trilogy. In this series, eight individuals from different races and cultures around the world suddenly become linked together and know what each is feeling and experiencing after the mysterious death of a stranger. One powerful man and his organization become determined to find and either capture or kill each of them, before they can meet together in person, while another seeks to bring them together. The show is expected to show the possibilities of what these new powers might mean for the world while also exploring themes such hatred, greed and bigotry and what it means to be human. The show will be available in Ultra HD 4K, as are the original series "Bloodline,"which released on March 20th, and "Marvel's Daredevil," which releases on April 10th.
Original Films
"Crouching Tiger: The Green Destiny," becomes available for streaming on Netflix as well as in select IMAX theaters on August 28th. The movie will be available in Ultra HD 4K as well. This sequel stars Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen and the legendary sword, of course in another tale of love, lust, and treachery as well as a last chance for redemption for those daring enough to attempt it!
New Netflix Original Series for Children
Parents will be happy to learn that Netflix is adding to it's already extensive catalog of original programs created specifically for children!
The first season of an updated version of "Inspector Gadget" became available March 27th.
"Super 4" is a new CGI animated series, the first season releases on April 1. Characters are based on Playmobile Toys and include Agent Gene, Alex the Knight, Ruby the Pirate, and Twinkle the Fairy. The friends have fun battling and defeating bad guys as they explore their world.
"Dragons" and "DinoTrux" are still expected later this summer, and we'll keep you posted once the exact release date is announced. Likewise new series "Bottersnikes and Grumbles" and "Care Bears and Cousins"will release sometime in 2016 and we'll get back with you once more information is available.
Additional Release Dates for Late 2015 and 2016
Watch for a third installment of this article later this year once release dates are announced for each additional new Netflix original series. The fourth season of the western crime show, "Longmire" is still expected for later in 2015 as cast and crew began filming the show at the end of March. Narcos is also still expected later this year, but an actual date remains unknown.
Additional series expected before the end of 2015 include "Ever After High," "F is for Family,"and "Some Assembly Required." Additional seasons for shows are also expected later in 2015 and include: "Bojack Horseman," "Fargo," "Hemlock Grove" and "Knights of Sedonia."
2016 is also slated for the release of several new original series including: "The Crown," "Flaked," "Jadotville," "Love" and "OA" as well as remakes of children's classic series "Danger Mouse" and "The Magic Schoolbus." So check back with us frequently for updated news on release dates and new original series that will be coming to Netflix soon!
What do you think of the new Netflix original series that are being released later this year? Which ones do you plan do watch? Is there a character from an existing show, book or myth that you would like to see made into a program for Netflix? We enjoy receiving feedback from our readers, it helps us to help you better, so let us know what you think in the comments section below!


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Ten finalists for Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting have been named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee this month will choose up to five of the finalists for $35,000 prizes. Gale Anne Hurd chairs the committee. A total of 7,197 scripts were submitted for this year's competition.
This year's finalists are Nikole Beckwith, Robert Carter, Sean Robert Daniels, James DiLapo, Allan Durand, Laurel Minter, Bob Roden, April Rouveyrol Michael Werwie and the team of Ryan Belenzon and Jeffrey Gelber.
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text: I think the zero-out the swap on shutdown is more important than the encryption while running, and should be a lot easier and less painful on cpu. if someone can compromise the system enough to get permissions to read the swap device directly (if it's properly protected to begin with) then he can directly read kmem or do anything else he wishes with the system anyhow. however, i would say thiat an attack on a swap device is most likely and serious when a machine is offline and the device can be physically manipulated- and there, zeroing out at shutdown is a pretty cheap way to defeat that. that would be a very useful thing to have. actually it could also be done bu just dd'ing /dev/zero to the swap devices listed in /etc/fstab, from the shutdown or halt commands... is there any hardware that encrypts/decrypts data to/from disk? thats where it ought to be done.. (of course, i think network interfaces ought to do encryption in hardware too :-) my .02 isildur On Mon, 4 Jun 2001 firstname.lastname@example.com wrote: > > > > > > Has anyone looked at the encrypted swap option Niels Provos added > > > to UVM in OpenBSD? > > > > No, but I've been thinking about what it'd take to add that sort of > > feature to NetBSD. > > is your machine too fast? > > > I'm also interested in adding a "zero-swap on shutdown" feature that > > writes 0's over the entire swap partition when the box is shutdown > > normally (not a panic). > > this make more sense. > >


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A simple and easy way to play Amumu. As the title of the build says, the point of the build is to stack as much health as humanly possible. More health on Amumu means more time near your opponents, which means more Sunfire's Cape hits and Despair hits, along with more tantrums as your enemies attempt to kill you.
Ninja Tabi instead of Mercury Treads
-If the team is mainly physical dps or has minor CCs.
After you get your Warmog's Armor and first Sunfire cape, tailor your items to go with the flow of the game. If your team is dominating, get another sunfires or a Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Your tantrum / despair + Rylai's slow makes Amumu even more amazing in team fights.
If you're fighting a bunch of mages, get a Banshee's Veil before getting more Sunfire's Cape.
If you're not sure what to get, Sunfire's Cape is always a solid choice.
Bandage Toss
A skillshot stun that pulls you to your opponent. Good for catching up to an enemy that is running away or pulling yourself into the middle of a team fight quickly, allowing you to hit most/all of the enemy team with your Curse of the Sad Mummy.
A toggled area of effect damage over time spell. It constantly drains mana while on, dealing damage every second equal to a percentage of the enemy's health. Always turn this spell on if you're near an opponent that you are attacking, the drain adds up.
A spam-able area of effect spell. It's passive makes you take less damage from physical attacks, which makes minion hits negligible, and its active attacks all enemies around you for minor magic damage. It doesn't hit hard, but its cooldown will lower every time you are hit by an enemy, allowing you to generally spam it in team fights.
Curse of the Sad Mummy
A large area of effect snare that prevents enemies from using physical attacks and moving, this is the move that your team loves you for. The best way to use this move is to use a Bandage Toss at the beginning of a team battle, pulling yourself close to all the enemies, and launching it, allowing your team to get a strong first hit on the enemy team. Also great for catching runners. Beware its long cooldown.
Play Style
Early Game
This is the toughest part of the game for this build. I start with a Doran's Shield for the health and health regen, and a Mana Potion for Amumu's early mana issues. Generally play cautious during this time, you don't have the health advantage now that you will have later. Get Chalice of Harmony ASAP to remove mana problems. Don't be afraid to recall back to base, that's why you have Teleport. Use flash if your enemies attempt to gank you.
Mid Game
This is when you can start being aggressive. Hopefully by now you have your Chalice of Harmony and at least the level 1 boots, along with your Curse of the Sad Mummy skill. The best thing to do is to let a squishy carry get a little too cocky, use Bandage Toss on him, use Curse of the Sad Mummy right as your stun lets up, and have you and your friend beating on him this whole time. Make sure your Despair is on and you hit Tantrum every time it is up. Get Warmog's ASAP to start stacking that health up.
End Game
If you did well in the first part of the game, this is where you become unfair. You will have a lot of health and shouldn't be afraid of being the first one to hop into a team fight. You also should have enormous farming ability with Tantrum. Your job now is to initiate team fights, when both teams are about to attack each other, Bandage Toss towards your enemies and launch your Curse of the Sad Mummy, and laugh as your Despair, Sunfire's Cape(s), and Tantrum eats them alive. Use Teleport to keep control over the whole map, clearing enemy waves of minions and getting near your team to ensure you're there for most/all of the team fights.


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A lot of Broadway shows saw sales slide in the week leading up to the Thanksgiving frame — but thanks to "Billy Elliot" and "White Christmas," the overall cume stayed steady.
Box office for those two tuners jumped by more than $200,000 each, with newly minted critical fave "Billy Elliot" ($1,057,069) climbing by upwards of $260,000 to return to the second rung of the top 10 (where it first landed a couple of weeks ago).
"Christmas" ($773,037), meanwhile, pulled in a growing chunk of holiday-hungry auds after going from five previews to seven in its opening week.
Otherwise, on-the-rise receipts were few and far between, with Roundabout Theater Company's "Pal Joey" ($298,527) playing six perfs vs. four the prior sesh and bringing in an additional $90,000. "The Lion King" ($968,317) and "In the Heights" ($759,756) also logged solid five-figure gains.
Cume hovered at $16.6 million for 31 shows on the boards (or $17 million including estimates for "Young Frankenstein").
The strong-selling revival of "All My Sons" ($602,795) took a $75,000 hit, but it still maintained its lead over the season's other star-driven revivals, including "Speed-the-Plow" ($522,804), "The Seagull" ($474,205) and "Equus" ($425,169).
"Shrek the Musical" ($504,872), again playing seven previews, was off about $45,000 from the previous frame.
"Gypsy" ($427,596) experienced the biggest drop of the week, falling more than $150,000 and playing to crowds at less than 50% of capacity. (Drop was exacerbated when star Patti LuPone missed the two Saturday perfs due to to illness, and some theatergoers returned their tickets.) But it wasn't the only show to play to houses that were less than half full: The same could be said for "13" ($224,956), "The Thirty-Nine Steps" ($154,785) and "Equus."
"American Buffalo" ($202,442) also didn't hit 50%. Producers decided to shutter the show Sunday, a possibility that had been raised with a provisional closing notice posted late last week.
Among the productions showing the most resilience this week were Lincoln Center Theater's still in-demand revival of "South Pacific" ($907,702), which reported the highest average price paid per ticket ($109.20), and "Jersey Boys," the tuner whose usually high average price tag was $108.99.
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- 6,000
- Fiscal Year End
- Dec 31, 2016
- Sales
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Using mules hauling small carloads of coal from the mines, Heman Drummond founded this Birmingham, Alabama company in 1935. Drummond now operates mines in Alabama and Colombia, controlling reserves totaling over 2 billion tons. The company mines both steam coal (for sale to electric utilities) and metallurgical coal. Drummond's ABC Coke plant in Tarrant, Alabama is the largest single producer of foundry coke in the U.S. The firm's real estate arm is involved in the construction of commercial and residential developments. More »
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I have a small family, and I live with only my mum. Just the two of us in a big house that can fit more haha. I do everything alone. Which means, by myself, not accompanied by anyone as my mother spends half of her day at work, 7 days a week.
At the age of 20, being able to drive and all, I gotta do things on my own. Cannot expect my mother to pay all the bills etc right? My daily routine consists of me going to college. After 3pm I am free to do anything. I either will sleep or study at home, or go to the mall to buy some stuff, or sit at McDonalds and study. By 6:30pm I have to go pick up my mom from work. I usually go to the gym around 8pm. And that's it.
A friend asked, what does it feel like to do things alone? Now, I understand that most of the people I know have a number of siblings and they sometimes envy me hahaha for having a lot of me time. I personally am not a fan of having many siblings. I am used to being alone and independent since I was a kid. Some thinks that it is sad or not fun going out alone. Well, I do have friends to hangout with, but they all study far away and have their own life to handle. I can't force them to come and hangout with me just because I am alone, right? That's quite a simple logic. I want to do a lot of fun things, like watching the latest movies at the cinema, cafe hopping in Klang, and workout. Isn't a it a waste of time to be waiting for someone to accompany you do things while you yourself can actually go do them on your own? I communicate and be all crazy when in college with my classmates, yes I do. The reality is when I go home, I am alone. I cannot be waiting for a partner in order for me to enjoy life. When they come, sure, we'll do it together. But for now, Julianna don't wait. Julianna actually hates waiting. Hehe.


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For the lamb: Cut the meat with the grain into 1/2-thick slices. Season each piece on both sides with the salt and pepper. Place the flour in a pie pan and mix in the garlic powder and cayenne pepper. Place the eggs in a separate pie pan and beat. Dredge the meat on both sides in the egg, and then the flour. Repeat with all the meat pieces. (Reserve the remaining flour for the pan gravy.) Place the meat on a plate and allow it to sit for 10 to 15 minutes before cooking.
Place enough of the vegetable oil to cover the bottom of a 12-inch skillet and set over medium-high heat. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add the meat in batches, being careful not to overcrowd the pan. Cook each piece on both sides until golden brown, approximately 4 minutes on each side. Remove the lamb to a wire rack set in a half sheet pan and place in the oven to stay warm while the other pieces are being prepared. Repeat until all the meat is browned.
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Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has said none of his forwards should consider themselves ruled out of a starting role against England in their opening World Cup match.
- #World Cup Rank: No. 20 - Mario Balotelli
- Group D Preview: Europe's biggest test
- Bertozzi: Will Italy's defence be a problem?
Prandelli has been given plenty to consider after Lorenzo Insigne and Ciro Immobile -- who hit a hat trick -- scored five goals between them in a weekend friendly against Fluminense.
Mario Balotelli and Antonio Cassano have widely been seen as the main contenders to start up front, with Alessio Cerci just behind them in the pecking order, but Prandelli told a news conference: "Everything's possible.
"There's no such thing as alternatives here -- we have 23 players who must all consider themselves starters.
"I've previously made the comparison with [Salvatore] Schillaci who, going into the 1990 World Cup, was considered by everybody to be the fifth-choice forward. Then he became the top protagonist of the entire tournament, the top scorer.
"What does that mean? It means that somebody may consider himself to be fifth-choice forward, but they have to be ready -- they have got to be ready for every game.
"There are many other examples, like [Fabio] Grosso in 2006. After the criticism he received, nobody had him down as a possible starter, yet Marcello [Lippi] put him in after one game and he became one of the absolute protagonists of the World Cup."
Prandelli said he needed to make sure the players who started up front for Italy complemented each other, saying Immobile and Balotelli had similar characteristics that might mean they would be "difficult" to field together.
But former Brazil forward Careca questioned that assessment, telling La Gazzetta dello Sport: "I can see them doing well together.
"Immobile's good at attacking the spaces, but he's also the first man to defend when the ball is lost. It would be perfect for him to play alongside Mario, maybe with a playmaker just behind them."
He said Cassano, who can play both in midfield and up front, could be the ideal fit for that playmaking role, adding: "Italy have a great tradition of number 10s. Cassano is the perfect creative playmaker.
"Insigne, on the other hand, is better out wide. He reminds me a bit of [Gianfranco] Zola, but he is at his best out wide in a 4-3-3 formation."
That is the formation most likely to be adopted by Prandelli at the World Cup, and Careca added: "It surprises me to see Italy play with such an attacking style.
"Under Prandelli Italy attack more than in the past, and I think the Azzurri could make the semifinals and challenge for the title with Argentina, Brazil and Germany."
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This is not a whine...more of an observation. I realize I've done this to myself.
We knew, moving here, that our time here might be short. I think, deep down inside, both of us knew it would be. And leaving a duty station that you love - that has become home - is difficult, to say the least. Naturally I have resisted making friends here. Saying goodbye to my friends in Hawaii was brutal and the idea of having to do that again was not something I looked forward to. So I have pretty much become a hermit.
I've resisted making friends at every turn. I keep everyone aside from my own family at arm's length. It's easier to be lonely than it is to make friends, KNOWING that I'll have to say goodbye to them sooner rather than later. I do my best to avoid getting involved in many things because untangling myself from them when it's time to go is painful. I'm isolated and honestly, I like it that way. Because it hurts less.
But I am lonely. I miss having close friends a short walk or drive away. I miss knowing that, should I skip church, someone other than my husband will notice and call me out on it. I miss getting calls and texts from friends, asking to meet up for coffee or a hike. I miss all of that.
It's easy to isolate myself. Aside from my husband, there's really no one here to hold me accountable. No one to stop by. No one to drag me out of my hole. There are upsides to this hermit life (aside from the whole 'not getting hurt again' thing): school is going really well since there are very few distractions and reasons to play hooky; the house stays pretty tidy as I am home all the time and can keep up with it all; we eat more home-cooked meals since I am home to prep and cook most evenings.
But I find myself tired often; not physically but mentally. Having only oneself as company lends itself to a lot of navel-gazing and that not only becomes annoying but it is exhausting as well. So here I sit, a little lonely, a little tired...waiting. I'm waiting to move (temporarily) to a new house closer to town. I'm waiting to find out where we go next. I'm waiting to see if it will be a place to put down roots or yet another place where I feel it's not worth it to invest myself or make friends because we'll be leaving soon enough.
Maybe that's why the idea of going back to SoCal appeals to me on some level. It's familiar. It's where I grew up, though I don't really call it 'home' anymore. It's where many of my old friends are - friends that I know would welcome me back into the rhythm of their lives without missing a beat because that's what old friends DO; friends I wouldn't have to *make* because they already are. I know the town, I know the smells, the sights, the feel, the ins and outs...it's easy and it's safe. Easy and safe...two things that my heart really craves right now.
Because I feel like neither. I don't like this corner but, right now, I don't see a way out.
- hfs
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- FHL said...
Ah girl, sending a HUGE hug your way and totally understand. We are on our last 10-11 months here and as always towards the end there are more goodbyes then hellos...it's shut down time as it's easier to be the last to go then the first. I'm excited to see where the Lord leads you guys....you've praised him through all the ups and downs and I just know there are blessings coming your way. We love you guys!
- Tracy S said...
Hugs being sent your way.
"I know the town, I know the smells, the sights, the feel, the ins and outs..."
Not to mention the locations of the In 'n Out Burgers.
It seems like you just got there! I hope that you get what you want next.
I've been following your blog for some time but have never commented until today. This post touched me, because I have done exactly what you have. We too left a place we loved and don't know what our future holds. I feel like I'm playing a waiting game. Even though I know I am not living my life in a way that honors the Lord by waiting for my life to begin again, I can't seem to muster the will to make a change. I just want you to know that although you may feel lonely, you are not alone in your feelings.
I treated Hawaii much the same way. The last two moves had done me in emotionally and I couldn't bear to do it all again. But, like you, I missed the connections for many of the same reasons. I was determined not to do that this time. And, now, I'm knee-deep in a few tight friendships and the thought of having to say goodbye (more than a year away) makes me want to vomit. I have to fight the impulse not to withdraw. And fight the urge to NOT have to do this again next move.
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The term "sonic cleansing" initially originates from the way that the bristles on the head of the purifying brush sway or oscillates at a precision tuned sonic frequency, which is 127 Hz. The Clarisonic brush made by the key designer of the Soni-care toothbrush that made use of oscillating motion for cleaning teeth, was the first sonic skin care device. The basic idea used in every sonic skin care product is that the quick movements of the bristles on the brush cleans the skin gently but very profoundly by removing any cosmetics deposit, clearing pores, and softly exfoliating the dead skin. There are many skin care systems in the market that claims to make the skin absorbent so that the skin care ingredients are retained on it.
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Cleansing your skin thoroughly every day, is not much possible because of the lack of time. Moreover, expensive spa treatments are not very affordable for everyone. As a solution to this problem, a spa sonic skin care kit comes in handy. It helps in getting rid of up to six times more grime and dirt than manual cleansing in a span of just one minute. And hence giving you a brighter, clearer and perfect skin tone that you always desired. Many dermatologists also recommend this advanced skincare system for deep cleaning of the skin and tightening it.
The bristles on all of the brushes of a spa sonic system are made up of soft nylon fibers that are gentle on the skin. Most of the brushes make use of a combination of moving and stationary nylon bristles, which moves or oscillates at the speed of above 300 RPS (rotation per second). Accordingly a gentle force is generated that removes the grime from the skin, without causing any harm to it.
The Spa Sonic Skin Care System kit generally includes, a body polishing unit, a small and a large facial brush, a facial buffer or sponge for microdermabrasion and reduction of fine lines and a pumice stone for cleaning rough edges like knees and elbows. This is a waterproof device, and therefore can be used in the shower, bath and sink. The sale of this product was initially restricted to Spas and Salons only, but is now available for general public so that they can get a spa level experience at their homes.


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The Buffalo WZR-G300N Draft 802.11n specification wireless router, access point and bridge is, for some strange reason, more commonly called the AirStation Nfiniti by the Buffalo press office folk we have spoken to.
The key bit being that 11n at the end of the specification number, because this is the new all singing, all dancing super Wi-Fi that is meant to take us into an age of reliable media streaming around the home.
Well, at least, it might be once the various bodies responsible for such things can actually agree the specification and get it properly ratified. For now we are left with the draft version, which doesn't include all the advanced technology of the real thing. Which means no "spatial streaming" using at least two data streams per channel, and two channels at once, to increase performance while dropping back to just a single channel when not needed so as to reduce possible interference problems.
Still with us? What you do get though is a multiple antennae array that can ensure the strongest signal is sent where needed at any given time, and in the case of the Nfiniti this means a router that looks like the resulting of a bizarre networking kit mates with reindeer incident.
It is not a pretty piece of kit, but it is a secure one. As well as a built-in firewall, you get the latest WPA-PSK with TKIP or AES encryption. In plain English: it stops the neighbours from using the Internet connection that you are paying for.
Being a Buffalo, you also get the AirStation One-Touch Secure System button. AOSS does away with all the complexity of setting up a secure router, and leaves you just pressing a button and telling the router and remote device to sort it out between themselves.
The proof of any wireless pudding, and it's a term that pretty much sums up the draft 802.11n kit we've seen so far, is in the testing.
So test we did, and then some. Using a matching Nfiniti CardBus (WLI-CB-G300N) adaptor to give it every chance of performing to the max, we set about copying 100MB of assorted data between our desktop PC physically hooked up to the Nfiniti Wi-Fi router and our notebook PC which wasn't.
At close range, with the notebook in the same small room as the router and no more than a couple of metres away, the performance was stunning. Not as stunning as the hype about 802.11n would have you believe, there was no 270Mb/sec data transfer happening here.
However, the 58Mb/sec we did see was faster than any other wireless router to pass through our hands, and a lot have we can tell you.
To put that in perspective, the average top spec MIMO wireless router averages around 30Mbps in exactly the same position here. Things slowed a little when the range was extended by moving the notebook a couple of rooms down the hall, 15 metres away from the router but still on the same floor. But the speed of 49Mb/sec was still impressive enough and rock steady at that.
Then we had to go and try something silly, after all who could possibly want to use their notebook 30 metres away from the router, and upstairs at that? Anyone would think that wireless networking was invented for just such a scenario, the way we are going on about it.
Anyone but Buffalo that is, because unfortunately the Nfiniti was having none of it. The connection was so unstable that we were unable to complete the data transfer test, and the maximum speed we did get a fleeting glimpse of was just 4Mb/sec.
Of course, Wi-Fi is notoriously unpredictable when it comes to working in different environments, and you may find that the upstairs and across the hall thing works just fine for you. For us it didn't, despite other older wireless technologies such as MIMO managing OK.
The WZR-G300N might go to Nfiniti, but certainly not beyond if that includes our upstairs room.
The problem being that this is a draft specification, and one that is liable to change at that. We recommend holding back until the specification is more mature and there is more kit out there to choose from.
Unless you really must have the latest gear, in which case it goes like the wind if your demands are not too heavy in terms of distance.


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Membership Form
The Association of Pastoral Ministers (APM) was formally established in 1977 to serve as a support community for women and men in various pastoral ministries in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.APM members have an abiding concern for the spiritual, intellectual, physical, psychological and social dimensions of the human person. By bringing many qualities to their service of God's people, APM members minister through prayerfulness, the gift of being a "listening presence", openness about their personal faith, patience, compassion and a sense of humor.Formation for pastoral ministry requires spiritual, academic and professional preparation. The pastoral minister must be able to demonstrate a vocation to ministry through competence in: personal and spiritual maturity in relationship to God's people; an understanding of and an ability to communicate the Scriptures, the traditions and teachings of the Catholic church; the moral and social teachings of the Church; and professional care-giving skills and listening skills that express an appreciation of the depth of the human heart's aspirations.The Association seeks to stay close to the everyday needs of its members, designing activities which strengthen and improve the quality of pastoral ministry. Mutual caring and trust characterize who we are and what we do as pastoral ministers. APM empowers Pastoral Ministers to minister to ministers!
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Who was the man called Jim Rohn
Filed Under (Books) by claude on 06-05-2013
Jim Rohn was one of the most influential business philosophers and inspirational speakers of the last 40 years. He influenced thousands of people all over the globe with his business philosophy and seminars, including me. This is a tribute to Jim Rohn, a legend in his own time and a great human being.
His influence inspired the lives and propelled the careers of other great people in the personal development industry like Tony Robbins, Mark Victor Hanson, Brian Tracy and Jack Canfield, to name but a few.
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Coaching basketball defenses can be tricky - choosing man to man defense almost always increases the pressure on the offense, but it makes it more difficult to help out if a man gets beat. Playing a zone allows you to close down driving lanes easier and force a shot, but there is too often little pressure on the shooter. So which defenses do you include in your basketball coaching strategies?
Every basketball coaching book will give you a different answer. Personally, I'm a big fan of man to man. It's more demanding and to play it well your players need to be in excellent physical shape, but it's also more pressure and it makes the offense work for everything they get - if your team can play man to man defense well, they can very often rule the game.
But there are other times that I concede a different defensive strategy may be better. For example, an opponent with a strong outside player but relatively few other strong players: you want to shut down the strong player, but if you have your players play him man to man close up, there's a good chance he'll beat them to the hoop. They lay off, he'll shoot over them.
The solution?
The Box and 1 pits one defensive player against the strong offensive player, one on one. The rest of the team, however, remains in a zone, in a box formation as the diagram below indicates (the "1" in the diagram is shaded in - player #3)
The Box and 1 is a great strategy to use when you are coaching basketball defense against a team with a strong player but mediocre support. It isn't a defensive strategy to use all the time, but it is something that you can use on occasion to shake things up and take a key offensive player out of the game.
The other strategy to add in to help you take their star player out of the game is to tire him on his defensive end - whichever of your players he is guarding must be constantly moving, constantly running, cutting for the ball, breaking for a fast break. Make him run and work at both ends of the court and he will get tired soon enough.
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Visit Anchorage Departments
Visit Anchorage has more than 40 employees, approximately 120 volunteers and registration assistants and approximately 1,000 member businesses. Each department works to attract and serve visitors to Anchorage in a different way.
Convention and Meeting Sales & Service
CMSS is responsible for booking conventions and providing service to meetings while in Anchorage. The department staff works to attract meetings, conventions and trade shows to Anchorage through a variety of sales activities. The sales staff educates meeting planners and association leaders about Anchorage's convention centers and hotels, works to boost the number of attendees once a meeting is booked and ensures that those delegates know all there is to see and do once they arrive in Anchorage. In addition to conventions, the department focuses on incentive groups and increasing visitation during major events.
Tourism Development & Sales
TDS markets Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska to travel agents and tour operators as a leisure destination through direct sales and destination training. When travel professionals know what Alaska has to offer, they pass that information on to clients, generating new visitors for Anchorage, increasing the number of Alaska tours and trips offered and building their own business at the same time. Visit Anchorage meets with travel professionals to supply the latest travel news on Anchorage and connect them with Alaska business partners. TDS also works in concert with state and local community partners to attract more air service and additional cruise ships to Anchorage and Alaska.
If you see Anchorage in the travel section of a national publication, on screen or in ads, odds are Visit Anchorage played a part in it. This department works to inform national and international media outlets of new tours, attractions and businesses in Anchorage, and pitches story ideas for possible coverage. Communications produces several high quality publications, including the Official Guide to Anchorage and Local Flavor Restaurant and Entertainment Guide. The department maintains social media presences to foster a dialogue between potential visitors, businesses and Visit Anchorage. Communications is also responsible for advertising, graphics, branding, Web, e-communications and collateral development for the organization.
Community, Member & Visitor Relations
With approximately 1,000 members, Visit Anchorage represents some of the best tourism organizations in Alaska. Visit Anchorage works to connect visitors with local business and offers educational and networking opportunities to help members grow their own business. Through the Visitor Information Centers in downtown Anchorage and the airport, dedicated volunteers and staff provide a warm welcome for visitors upon arriving in Anchorage and ensure visitors are aware of the services, amenities and attractions available in Southcentral Alaska. This department also sells advertising for Visit Anchorage publications and marketing products.
President's Office
The President's Office consists of the President & CEO, Human Resources, Accounting and an executive assistant. The president works directly with the Board of Directors, staff and members, and oversees the entire operation of the Bureau.
The guiding principles and objectives that the president considers while conducting the day-to-day operations of the Bureau are Visit Anchorage's mission statement, the goals outlined in the Annual Plan, and the execution of the Plan developed with and approved by the Board of Directors.
The president serves as Visit Anchorage's corporate officer. The president is the primary contact for many organizations, positioning the Bureau and the Anchorage-based visitor industry in major marketing and political movements, statewide and nationally. All of these boards serve Visit Anchorage members and the community by leveraging resources with public and privately funded travel-related programs.


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The 2010 Chicago Auto Show
The Chicago Auto Show in three words? Food, cold, cars. Every February we make the trek to the Windy City, and every February we return with tighter clothes, a renewed appreciation for mild winters, and a longer list of cars we're eager to drive and evaluate. This year we're looking forward to checking out the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD, 2011 Ford Edge and Honda Odyssey Concept (trucks, SUVs and crossovers are a recurring theme at the Chicago Auto Show), as well as the decidely un-truck-like 2010 Nissan 370Z 40th Anniversary Edition and 2011 Ford Shelby GT500.
When you've finished absorbing everything new from the 2010 Chicago Auto Show, be sure to check out our 10 Newest Car Crushes, a best-of-the-best gallery featuring our favorite new cars and concepts from the first few months of the 2009-2010 auto show season.
|2011 BMW Alpina B7 (With Video)
|2011 Chevy Silverado HD (With Video)
|Chevy Suburban Turns 75
|DeltaWing IndyCar Concept (With Video)
|2010 Dodge Challenger Furious Fuschia Editions
|2011 Ford Edge (With Video)
|2011 Ford Shelby GT500 (With Video)
|2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric
|Ford Transit Connect Taxi
|Honda Odyssey Concept (With Video)
|2011 Hyundai Azera
|Kia Ray Concept
|2010 Nissan 370Z 40th Anniversary Edition
|2010 Scion tC RS 6.0
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Seconds after he was shoved into Lake Michigan, Ronald Squires started praying.
The fisherman's heavy hiking boots were dragging his feet to the bottom of Montrose Harbor, and the nearest point where he could clamber out of the water was some 80 feet away.
"I was swimming for my life," said Squires, his voice choking with emotion. "I was crying out to God to help me because I didn't think I was going to make it."


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Many, many, many insincere apologies, my friends. The 1970s-era wireless router in my apartment has been dead for the better part of the past 3 weeks, effectively limiting my access to the interwebs to only my phone. Sure, I could've gone to coffee shops or the like to keep this up, but we all know I don't do any internetting between 7 AM and 10 PM, so I didn't. And I refuse to post from my phone. I deserve better than that.
So you'd expect that with so much time to myself away from this awesometastic page that I'd develop a post to trump all posts. To that expectation I say, "Ha!" followed by a resounding, "No!" I prefer to defy expectations in all forms. .sdrawkcab nettirw si ecnetnes siht oS
Am I excusing laziness with claims of originality and unexpectedness? That's for me to know and for you to SHUT THE HELL UP.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A new Kickstarter-like platform for adult will launch on Aug. 10 by novelty manufacturer Ntimate, Inc.
"FleshStarter.com" has been in development for more than a year and is intended to complement existing crowdfunding sites, such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, that bar participation by adult oriented projects, according to the company.
The website will provide the all-or-nothing funding technique used by Kickstarter, will host pitch videos produced by project creators, and will deliver features expected of a modern commercial crowdfunding platform.
"Entrepreneurs in the adult, LGBT, and other marginalized categories presently shut out of existing crowdfunding opportunities can find an enthusiastic home for those same projects on FleshStarter," Jack Campbell, Ntimate CEO said.
He added, "We will be offering a curated site where each project will be reviewed by our team prior to launching, where each project creator will be identity-verified, and where other measures will be in place to create the sort of secure, safe platform that Internet users expect. We believe the emphasis on quality and integrity will play well in the adult community and will lead to terrific success for our site and for our project creators."
FleshStarter will feature each project with a main project image and short PG-rated description suitable for public view. Access to the site interior, including the detailed project pages, pitch videos, and project descriptions will require visitors to pass through a site registration process that includes age verification. Fully explicit content is permitted in this age restricted interior site area providing it is fully legal in the U.S.
The platform functions very similarly to Kickstarter where a funding goal is posted, specific rewards are offered at varying pledge amounts, and, the pledged funds are only collected and disbursed if the project meets or exceeds its funding goal. If the funding goal is not met, no payments are processed.
Inquiries from project creators are now being accepted. The site will open to these initial creators the first week of August so they can be preparing their project page, getting their pitch video done, and fine tuning their project for the official public launch.
Project submissions in the following categories are being accepted: Art & Anime, Fashion, Film & Video, Fringe & Oddities, Internet, Photography, Publishing, Theater & Events, Toys & Novelties.
Those interested in posting a project should visit FleshStarter.com or email email@example.com.
News and updates on the project can be found at FleshStarter.Tumblr.com.
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Alumnae Success Stories
Explore the options that may be open to you after earning your Cedar Crest College degree.
When you graduate with any major within the biological sciences program at Cedar Crest, you can be sure you have the classroom and research knowledge, leadership and communication skills, and professional connections you need to succeed in graduate studies or today's highly competitive job market. Some of the exciting paths our students have chosen include:
- Research specialist, Genetic Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health
- Agricultural conservation programs coordinator, Wyoming County (Pa.) Conservation District
- Staff technologist, Hunterdon Medical Center (N.J.)
- Family medical resident physician, St. Luke's Hospital (Pa.)
- ISO coordinator for Regional Analytical Services at DuPont
- Environmental specialist for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Educator, Teach for America
Some additional institutions where our graduates have pursued advanced degrees include:
- College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
- Columbia University
- Drexel University
- Duke University
- George Washington University
- Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
- Johns Hopkins University master's of public health
- Michigan State University
- Pennsylvania College of Optometry
- Royal Veterinary College, University of London
- Rutgers University
- University of Maryland
- University of New England
- West Virginia University