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Graduate certificate in Teacher Leadership and Mentorship
If you are a practicing teacher in the B.C. K-12 school system looking to develop your skills in leadership, mentorship and communication, this one-year intensive certificate is for you. This UFV program includes a practicum and five courses for a total of 15 graduate-level credits. It connects existing leaders with protégés, and creates an ongoing cycle of teacher/mentor development. The program is designed not to interfere with your regular employment. In-class sessions at UFV's Abbotsford campus are scheduled for select Friday evenings and Saturdays over the course of the year.
Together with a bridging course, students will have opportunities to complement this certificate with other themed courses in order to complete all required 30 credits at UFV towards the next TQS category.
Courses will be taught by faculty from UFV and leaders from the school districts. Students wanting to ladder this certificate into a Masters degree will be able to receive credits towards a Master of Educational Leadership and Management degree at Royal Roads University. For additional themed options at UFV and agreements with other universities, please see ufv.ca/teachereducation/graduate-certificate-in-teacher-leadership-and-mentorship.
This program was developed through extensive consultation with teachers and administrators in the four Fraser Valley school districts (Fraser-Cascade, Chilliwack, Mission and Abbotsford).
Entrance requirements
All applicants must:
1. Have completed a Bachelor's degree, with a grade point average of at least 3.0, from a recognized post-secondary institution.
2. Have earned a Teacher's Certificate or other recognized professional licensed teaching credential.
3. Submit a short letter of intent.
4. Submit three letters of reference.
5. Satisfy the English language proficiency requirement. For details on how this requirement may be met, see English language proficiency requirement in the Admissions section of the calendar.
When to apply
Applications are accepted beginning February 1. The application deadline is May 31.
How to apply
1. Submit the $75 application fee along with your UFV Graduate Studies Admission form to the Office of the Registrar (OReg). Application forms are available online at ufv.ca/admissions/admissions/apply or from any OReg or Student Services office. An application checklist is available at ufv.ca/teachereducation/graduate-certificate-in-teacher-leadership-and-mentorship, and should be included with your application package.
Additional documents required for a complete Graduate application:
• A resume.
• A statement of intent – describe how this program will help you obtain your career and academic goals.
• Official sealed transcripts (or interim transcripts) from every post-secondary institution you have attended showing grade/course achievement as per entrance requirements. To be considered official, transcripts must be sent directly to UFV from the originating institution; see the Transfer Credit section for details.
• Three letters of reference. Please use the forms provided at ufv.ca/teachereducation/graduate-certificate-in-teacher-leadership-and-mentorship. Arrange for the letters to be forwarded to UFV in separate, sealed envelopes. One letter should be from an administrator at the school where you are currently employed or have been employed.
• Evidence of teacher certification – submit a copy of your current Certificate Verification Card. Please be aware that you will be asked to show your original card on the first day of class.
2. You will be advised of an admission decision and provided with registration information. A deposit is required when you register (see Fees and additional costs section below). This money will be applied toward your tuition fees. Final payment of all course fees is due the end of the second week of classes.
Fees and additional costs
See the Fees and Other Costs section. There will be additional costs for textbooks. You are encouraged to speak with your District about opportunities for professional development funding.
Dates and location
Courses will be held on the Abbotsford campus and online. The program will be offered as a cohort model, and will take one year of part-time study to complete. This program is designed not to interfere with your regular employment. On-campus classes will be scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings over the course of the year. The program begins with a Summer Institute, during which time the course EDU 700 will be completed. This condensed summer session will run on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday during the day from 8:30 am - 2:30 pm.
Course withdrawal deadlines
Course withdrawal deadlines follow UFV's Course Withdrawal policy (81). Please see General Regulations for Graduate Studies in the calendar.
Candidates who qualify to receive a UFV graduate certificate must be approved by the UFV School of Graduate Studies and the University College Council. Students must submit a Request for Graduation form to the UFV Office of the Registrar by April 1.
Program requirements and continuance in program
To maintain status as a program student and to continue in the program, students must maintain a minimum program grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Failure to meet the minimum GPA will be considered by the Graduate committee as required under UFV's Academic Warning policy (79).
A minimum of 75% (12 of the 15 credits) of the academic requirements for the completion of the graduate certificate must be UFV credits.
Academic regulations
Governed by the General Regulations for Graduate Studies.
Program outline
The graduate certificate in Teacher Leadership and Mentorship consists of five courses, for a total of 15 graduate-level credits.
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The students selected to benefit from the grant are Jesse Porter and Rachael Hall of Beloit Memorial High School and Rebekah Evans of Rock County Christian School. All three live in Beloit.
Summer Fields is a three-week residential program that allows high school students to take intensive, college-level courses for credit. Porter and Evans are taking From Crime Scene to Courtroom: The CSI Effect, and Hall is taking the Creative Writing Workshop: Fish, Fowl, Flood, Water Lily, Mud: Water in the Literary Imagination.
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Other Voices: We don't want to sell you conveyor
Editor's Note: The following column by Travis Baker, director of marketing for the automated systems division of SSI Schaefer US, is part of Modern's new Other Voices column. The series, published on Wednesdays, will feature ideas, opinions and insights from end users, analysts, systems integraters and OEMs. Click on the link to learn about submitting a column for consideration.
You probably never thought you'd hear an automation company claim it doesn't want to sell you conveyor. But, we don't. Well, at least not in a highly-automated distribution center. That is especially true in piece picking operations such as those for ecommerce. There, conveyor is a necessary evil. After all, conveyor's only function is to move a product.
I have been in DC's that have loops and loops of conveyor just to stall the product so that the rest of the system can catch up to it. Those 933 miles of gleaming metal are a salesman's dream, but from an efficiency standpoint, all that does is increase the footprint of your facility and increase the cost of your system.
On reflection though, it is not solely the conveyor that is the problem, but any component whose main purpose is just to move product from the storage device to the picker or out the door. It's insidious, whatever shape it takes; be it traditional conveyor, forklifts or robots. It's all just conveyor at heart.
So if we don't want to sell conveyor for an automated system, what do we want to sell? Well, where an automated solution is tested, where it lives and breathes, is where the product hits the hand of the picker. That is the most important part of the system. It also presents the greatest opportunity to increase efficiency. With today's automated picking solutions, that can be done in a relatively compact footprint with less conveyor than in the past. Here's how.
The Goods to Person Workstation
A piece picking operation for ecommerce is a good example of what I'm talking about. In that type of operation, you want three things from your workstation: efficiency, ergonomics and a worker friendly user interface to the order fulfillment software.
Let's look at efficiency first. You want a workstation that can get you the correct assortment of SKUs dictated by the orders, when they dictate them. You also want to fill as many orders as you can at one time.
These two requirements involve having a wide array of storage totes coming from the storage locations and an array of shipping totes going out to staging or shipping. Both of these are needed to drive the throughput that you want to achieve from your system.
Ergonomics is the second item we will look at. You want the people fulfilling the order to not only be able to do it fast, but to do it comfortably. This will limit the problems caused by repetitive motion.
The goal is to limit any movement where a person has to lift an item up. Ideally, everything should move down vs. up. You also want to present the storage units to pickers at a comfortable level no matter their height, so an adjustable platform is necessary too. The key is to limit uncomfortable motion while allowing people to retain some flexibility in stepping a bit to either side.
Third and finally, the user interface. While a lot of this is tied to both ergonomics and efficiency, it is a section unto itself. The workstation (thorough the WMS) needs to be able to guide the picker to limit mistakes and confusion. A great interface should also be easy to read, interpret, and not put any mental strain on the picker.
The best workstations will also be a nice environment in which to work. The aesthetics of a workstation are important to consider. Don't you want to work in a nice area?
When you pull those three elements together, you deliver the goods to a compact, efficient and user-friendly work station that minimizes walking and travel time. In the right situation, that also eliminates the need for the miles of conveyor associated with a multi-level picking mezzanine or a long piece pick zone in a semi-automated picking solution. That also reduces the amount of non-value-added travel by associates on lift trucks or mobile robots traversing a facility. Position the workstation close to the shipping area and you also eliminate your conveyance requirements to packing and shipping.
So what do you think is the most important part of a workstation? How have you eliminated "conveyor" in your DC in the interest of cost savings or increased efficiency.


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Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said that the "one-size-fits-all" approach that the Senate approved would not work for rice growers. The House version, he said, is fairer to every region.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and ranking Democrat Collin Peterson, D-Minn., released the 557-page draft of the farm bill on Friday.
The bill would establish federal farm policy for the next five years. The current farm bill expires on Sept. 30.
Crawford expects that it will take the committee several days to work through amendments to the draft before a final version is approved and sent forward to the full House for further action. The committee will begin debating the draft on Wednesday.
The final version, Crawford said, will stick closely to the draft when it comes to protecting farmers from losses.
The Senate bill focuses on crop insurance supplemented by a broad shallow-loss program that favors corn and soybean farmers. The House provides a narrower shallow-loss program in favor of new "price loss coverage" that favors rice and peanut growers.
"I think the House will stick with the draft language that we have," said Crawford, who serves on the committee. "We have a good approach."
The USA Rice Federation is supporting the House version, saying it offers "a meaningful choice of risk management tools for all producers, crops, and regions."
"The House farm bill's price loss coverage and revenue loss coverage options allow producers to focus risk management on the primary risk for their crops and region," the federation said in a press statement.
The House bill does have its critics.
Stephen Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers For Common Sense, said that any savings achieved by eliminating direct payment farm subsidies is lost on new programs that essentially guarantee profits for farmers.
"It's like the committee has created a farm subsidy slot machine that is rigged to pay out jackpots every year. That will inevitably break the bank, or in this case the Treasure," he said.
Ellis said that the "price loss coverage" program is practically the same as the previous program of counter-cyclical payments except with higher target prices that increase the likelihood of payouts.
Although known as the farm bill, about 80 percent of the spending goes to food stamps. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has doubled in the past five years as the economy faltered.
The Senate bill would cut about $4.5 billion from the nutrition program over the next decade. The cuts would reduce benefits by about $90 per family for an estimated 500,000 households in 15 states, according to anti-hunger advocates who opposed the SNAP reduction.
The House draft would cut SNAP by $16 billion, drawing sharp criticism from advocates for the poor.


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Not for CEOs: Succession Planning Means More Than Just Replacing People
Succession planning means more than just having a set of instructions in place for your board to follow in case you unexpectedly die, according to a panel of CEOs that participated in last week's Not For CEOs discussion held at CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington DC.
"A succession plan is not the same thing as a replacement plan," said Brandon Michaels, CEO of the 52,000-member, $477 million Mazuma Credit Union in Kansas City, Mo.
A replacement plan is a piece of paper that tells the credit union board who they can turn to replace you in an emergency, Michaels explained. A succession plan is a proactive effort to cultivate and develop the next generation of leaders for the credit union.
Michaels appeared on the panel with Ronaldo Hardy, CEO of the 3,000-member, $28 million Shell Geismar FCU in Gonzalez, Louisiana, and Stan Hollen, CEO of CO-OP Financial Services, the big California-based payments CUSO.
Sarah Snell Cooke, editor/publisher of Credit Union Times, moderated the panel, which was broadcast over a live Internet feed from CO-OP's booth at the GAC trade show.
Hardy and Michaels, who are both under age 40, emphasized that, properly understood, succession planning means more than merely planning for eventual replacements, it should be a way of tapping into the full talent of everyone on the credit union staff.
"When I look at succession planning, I see the root of the word, success," said Hardy, explaining that as CEO, he considered one of his jobs is to find and unlock the staff's passions and then help move them to positions which are going to engage those passions not only for their success but for the success of the whole organization.
When asked how that employee development and formation should progress, Hollen stressed several times that he looks for the human qualities in potential successors more than just having a working knowledge and skills needed for the job.
"Strength of character, humility, empathy, honesty, all those things are the most important things," Hollen explained. "Someone can learn operations or finance or other skills they need, but you have to start with those human qualities."
Hardy took the position that leaders are born, not made, but added that merely being a born leader is not enough.
"A leader is going to show their leadership qualities no matter what the field,' he said, 'but leadership qualities will only take them so far if they don't train and develop themselves."
Hardy said his credit union had not particularly thought about succession previously, having fallen into a pattern where succession tended to automatically go to the second executive.
However that changed soon after he became CEO, when the second executive unexpectedly passed away from cancer and the third executive had to resign. The experience of having had so much of its institutional memory and leadership disappear in a relatively short amount of time brought home to the credit union's board of directors that the organization needed to change how it developed its own talent.
"Now if something should happen to me, my board knows they have two executives they can ask on short notice to step into my position," Hardy said.


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She was born August 13, 1917, at England, to J. H. and Bettie Robinson Haynes. She was the owner and operator of Donna's Drapery Shop in Pine Bluff, a member of the Eastern Star and a member of the Russellville Missionary Baptist Church. She was well loved by everyone who knew her.
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New York Times Monthly Poll #2, June 1996 (ICPSR 2301)
Principal Investigator(s): The New York Times
This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President Bill Clinton and his handling of the economy, the presidency, the armed forces, and foreign policy, as well as their opinions of Senator Bob Dole, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and Congress. Attitudes were also solicited regarding the 1996 presidential and congressional elections, the media's treatment of Hillary Clinton, and the greatest achievement and disappointment of the Clinton administration. Questions specifically related to President Clinton queried respondents for their views on his honesty and integrity, economic policy, health insurance reform plans, welfare reform policy, and goals for reducing crime, improving the environment, and reducing the budget deficit, as well as whether he had kept his 1992 campaign promises. President Clinton's foreign policy record was addressed, including his handling of the situation in Bosnia, foreign relations with Russia and Israel, potential handling of international crises, and his ability to command international respect. Other topics covered the Whitewater investigations, 1993 White House FBI file requests, the role of the United States military in maintaining world order, and the role of Hillary Clinton in public policy decision-making processes. Respondents were also asked to identify who was responsible for health care reform, protection of the environment, the war on illegal drugs, crime reduction, welfare reform, minimum wage reform, and the reduction of the federal deficit. Background information on respondents includes age, race, sex, ethnicity, education, religion, family income, political party, political orientation, voter registration and participation history, age of children in household, and labor union membership.
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There are two kinds of people that Allah dislikes most among all His creations: the first are those who have ceased to walk on the true path, who have deviated from the true path and have become random, uncontrolled entities. THEY PRAISE THINGS INVENTED SUBSEQUENTLY AND WASTE TIME OVER THEM; THEY ALSO LEAD PEOPLE TOWARD PERVERSION AND DISTRACT THEM FROM THE TRUE PATH. They are mischief to those who follow them and become corrupted, they have become corrupted off the way of their predecessors. They incite those who follow them in life or after death. They also assume the crimes of others; they have also sunk among their own crimes. AND THE OTHER IS THOSE WHO HAVE COLLECTED IGNORANCE IN THEIR LOWER SELVES; THEY INCITE THE IGNORANT ONES. They have dived into the darkness of corruption that enfolds all places; THEY ARE EXTREMELY BLIND WHEN IT COMES TO RECONCILIATION. THE ONES WHO DO NOT KNOW CALL THEM SCHOLARS. BUT IN FACT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY KIND. They pass the night until morning and have collected together the majority of things which are auspicious when they are few. They then extend their stomachs with foul, dirty water; they collect foul things and bring them together and imagine they are treasure. THEY ASSUME THE TASK OF FREEING DOUBTFUL THINGS FROM PEOPLE EXCLUDING THEMSELVES AND SETTLE TO ISSUE RULINGS. IF ASKED ABOUT UNKNOWN THINGS, THEY START SPEAKING SENSELESS AND MEANINGLESS WORDS;they issue definitive pronouncements; the fact is that they have doubts and look alike mosquito trapped into spider web. They themselves do not know if their pronouncements are true or false, if their pronouncements are right, they are afraid they don't happen to be false and if they pronouncements are false, they hope they are true.
They are ignorant, and they stumble among the darkness of ignorance and walk by; and they ride on blind camels.THEY HAVE NEVER COME UPON KNOWLEDGE. THEY HAVE NEVER HAD KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVE NEVER CONSUMED KNOWLEDGE. THEY TELL STORIES UTTERING WORDS AS IF EATING DRY GRASS ON THE PLAINS. Thanks be to Allah that, as they have no power to pronounce on things asked of them, so they are not knowledgeable of the things asked of them. They imagine that other people are also ignorant of and deny the things that they deny. They believe there is no alternative to their own paths and pronouncements and that other people will not hold different opinions to their own. WHEN SOMETHING THAT SEEMS DARK TO THEM HAPPENS, THEY SEEK TO COVER THEMSELVES WITH IT; THEY DO NOT WANT OTHERS TO KNOW WHAT THEY DO NOT KNOW. They weep blood and cry out because of the torment in their pronouncements. I complain to Allah of those who live in ignorance and die in perversion. There is nothing less precious than books on the sight of those people, if read justly;but if words are taken out of context and meanings are altered, there is nothing more precious and profitable. In their opinion, nothing can be worse than what is good, and nothing is better than what is evil.
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The Gossip Guide
If you're new to LaineyGossip, you might want to take a quick browse through the fundamentals.If you've been visiting for a while, you still might want to check in from time to time. The Gossip Guide, like the Gossip Landscape, changes all the time. And the world of smut is quick and dirty. You'll need this to keep up...
After so many years of gossip, I've developed my own smutty lexicon. This will help if, on the off chance, you have no idea what Amazingness is. Use this decipher my smutty ramblings. And this site will never be a friend to that virus.
NOTE: I haven't updated this thing thoroughly in probably 4 years. To think Johnny Depp was once on my Lifetime list??? And Miley was a fraud?
The Love List
You can expect consistent and excessive fawning over the following:
- Beyonce
Is there a bigger star right now than Beyonce? I STUDY Beyonce. You should too.
- Gwyneth Paltrow
The true star of this column and the bestest actress and the snobbiest snot and the most condescending bitch and she would never, ever want to be my friend and this is why I love her.
- Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Love them because the MiniVan Majority hates them, love them if you love gossip. Because like them or not they are a true gossip treat. Scandal, intrigue, double hotness, jungle sex in Africa, birthing the Chosen One in the Motherland, saving the world one Pax at a time, and two of the most gorgeous people on the planet…this is what smut is made of.
- Cate Blanchett
The Queen can do no wrong – on and off the carpet.
- The Beckhams
She's a former Spice Girl/anorexic lollipop with the most ridiculous tits in the business, he's a hunky football star/philandering pig with the FOINEST buttocks straddling the Atlantic Ocean...what's not to love???
- Marion Cotillard
My French angel. So elegant, so beautiful, and hopefully forever in love with her Guillaume Canet, with whom she starred in Jeux D'enfants, a film as delightful as she is.
- Colin Farrell
I exchange with him a one-way correspondence. He may not read my letters but I write them sincerely. Also, if he would have me for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I would die a happy - and sated - bitch.
- Tina Fey
Please. There are a million reasons. She is THE BEST of women in entertainment. And she once called Ebola a "piece of sh-t".
The Fraud List
You can expect consistent and excessive skewering of the following:
- Jennifer Aniston
The Queen of all Frauds, definitely NOT the girl next door unless you live in a $7 million mansion with another $10 million in upgrades, or unless you deal in "happy", there is no way in hell The Ex is gonna get Friend-ly with you.
- Nicole Kidman
Great career moves post high profile split from egomaniacal ex-husband and then the Freeze took over her face, followed by a marriage contract, and the incessant need to further the pregnancy rumours – all conveniently timed, of course. Because you don't marry Tom Cruise and learn nothing in the art of media manipulation…not to mention a cabinet full of secrets.
- Anyone Kardashian
I don't talk about them. Period.
The GMD
Mr. Hollywood keeps fighting a persistent rumour but it just won't go away. Piloting a fighter plane and wielding a Japanese sword doesn't fool us! Not even that cult he keeps promoting can keep his hot little secret under wraps. And if you STILL can't figure it out, you really need to brush up on your smut.
Glossary of Terms
My terminology:
- Gorgessity (LaineyGossip Original)
The state of being gorgeous. i.e. The gorgessity of Scarlett can never be adequately described.
- Ghetto Tits (LaineyGossip Original)
A very bad boob job. The kind where each breast was likely done at different times because the skank recipient didn't have enough money to pay for them both at once. See Tara Reid.
- Concrete Tits (LaineyGossip Original)
See Victoria Beckham.
- Low Classy (LaineyGossip Original)
Say it in my mother's Chinese accent…does Tara Reid come to mind?
- Call me Cruise (LaineyGossip Original)
Call me crazy, Call me Cruise…
- Karma Face (LaineyGossip Original)
Or Payback Face – the effects of homewrecking wreaking havoc all over one's features. See the once fetching Claire Danes and Tori Spelling too, who appears to have been born with Karma Face…the Goddess clearly predicting her eventual manstealing.
- Amazingness
Think Mimi. Or Karl. Something so special that has been brought from the Gossip heavens above that can only bring happiness and jumpy claps your way when you see them.
- Hollywood Ebola (LaineyGossip Original)
Deadly Ebola Virus devastates those in its path – leaving victims bleeding out from all orifices. Such is the effect of Paris Hilton on Hollywood. Like Ebola, Hollywood Ebola cannot be killed. She lurks in cracks and corners, unleashing her destruction on anyone who gets too close, retreating into the rain forest to regenerate only to come back even uglier, more potent, more vile.
- RoboBride
Couch Jumper got married, turned a beguiling young girl into a glassy-eyed automaton, capable only of uttering the same superlatives favoured by her husband - it's amazing, it's marvellous, it's beautiful, it's every synonym for fan-farking-tastic you can think of. And what was once a promising acting career had turned into professional shopping and peering out from behind an alien prison. Chills, chills, chills. But RoboBride won in the end
- Taupe
As in Jennifer Garner pre-Ben split - pretty but bland. Which is fine enough for a civilian but Taupe in showbiz - why should I care?


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Sunderland midfielder David Vaughan admits team are to blame for form
Sunderland midfielder David Vaughan admits the team are to blame for their recent run of poor form.
Last Updated: 19/03/13 8:57am
The Black Cats have gone seven games without a win and are now just four points above 18th-place Wigan with the Latics boasting a game in hand.
The alarming sequence culminated in a disappointing draw with 10-man Norwich at the weekend and Vaughan acknowledges the players only have themselves to blame.
"It is our fault we're down there, nobody else's, and it's up to us to get ourselves out of it," said Vaughan.
"When we got in at half-time on Sunday, we all thought we'd go on and get three points but it wasn't to be.
"We put in a massive effort but ran out of ideas by the end. We needed more imagination, something we've been missing.
"We badly let ourselves down with our passing. We rushed it and the quality just wasn't there.
"That is our own fault and something we need to work on. We're on a bad run. It's difficult to keep confidence high."
Sunderland were expected to be in the top half of the table when they swooped for the likes of Steven Fletcher and Adam Johnson in the summer but a relegation battle now looks likely.
The Wales international added: "It's hard to accept. When you look at the squad, we should not be in this position.
"We really need the points and have some tough fixtures but we've actually done better against the top teams, so I'm still hopeful we'll get them."


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text: I read that you can use the kenmore sewing needles for the Jamone sewing machines. I had my husband pick up a few while he was at sears last week. I finally broke a needle so I put in the Kenmore one...it works...so if you need needles for your Jamone its another option for you. I have not looked to see if its cheaper. I am just glad I can pop into Sears when I need them..... I just checked...they are cheaper. The ones at sears are only 4.99 a pack


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The future's in your paws. Shape it well. Roleplay in a cat Clan of warriors. Based off the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Takes place during the time before the cats in the books existed.
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Which Clan Will You Join?
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A close-knit online community for general chatter, sharing artwork, and semi-lit role playing.
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Here we roleplay warrior cats and talk about our gay ships
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Roleplay with the clans and have fun!
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Lifeclan is a clan built on the vast meadows and forest of the place these cats call home. It is a lush clan with many cats and many good times. The clan rules well with the warrior code to tank for that, as every cat follows it. They are not like th
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Be the warrior cat that you always wanted to be in this fun forum! Anybody is welcome to join! Everyone will welcome you! Thanks!
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New cats. New territory. New names. New everything. Join the Warriors in a Clan, join the tribe cats in a tribe, join the ancient ones in the ancients, or go alone.
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The Drama Cats of Draenor EU Horde
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RAFA A Forum For Rescues and Volunteers to Help All Animals in Need
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Wotf is a fun website, based on Erin Hunter's Warriors series.
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Free forum : Warrior Cat Era is a fun, new site to roleplay! Warrior Cats is the main focus, but twolegs are also an option.
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A Warrior Cats inspired play-by-post forum game
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This is a RolePlay forum for your own OCs from Warriors, by Erin Hunter
Where the lives of the cats you followed in the books become the real thing; and so much more! Everyone is welcome here, so join in the roleplay fun today!
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The Outcast Warriors is a Warrior Cats RPG set in a future 100 years after The Darkest Hour - only Firestar lost against Scourge and the Clans were driven out of the Forest!
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Warriors Cats Forum is one of the most exclusive Warrior Cat roleplay and discussion boards on the web. We have a fantastic community, many interactive Warriors RPGs, features, events, competitions, books, and more!
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Software development is known by many names – application development, software design, enterprise application development and platform development, just to name a few. Development may include research, new development, modification, prototyping, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance or any other activities that result in software products. Refactr is a software development shop that works primarily with startups and the "startup minded" inside larger companies. Team Refactr takes its clients ideas from conception to market quickly using the latest technologies and frameworks.
The Refactr founders were experiencing the pain of building software using antiquated technologies and cumbersome processes and wanted to do it better. So they founded Refactr in 2006 in Minneapolis. In 2007, they established the Groovy Users of Minnesota (GUM) group to share experiences, techniques and knowledge to strengthen the rapidly growing software development crowd in their home state. GUM meetings still take place every second Tuesday of each month at Refactr's office in Minneapolis.
"We are problem solvers above all else and we love new challenges," explains Steve Vlaminck, Software Developer at Refractr. "While it would be easy to keep churning out the same client work time after time, we are more interested in things that haven't been done (or done well) before."
The work that Refactr focuses on the web and mobile spaces and includes product and project work for clients and for their own ideas. The belief at Refactr is in the value of connection, the utility of agile processes and the power of great ideas. With the Refactr team, it's all about creating the next generation of software for people who expect more from their web applications.
"We are a growing company that takes on only the most interesting projects we come across," concludes Vlaminck. "We're working on two very interesting startup projects that will launch in the next few months. I see us building on our reputation of success and continuing to be great advocates for our clients."
Are you an entrepreneur with a startup idea to revolutionize the open cloud? Are you affiliated with an accelerator, university, venture capital program or are you bootstrapping it? The Space Cowboys with the Rackspace Startup Program would like to hear about it. Send us a message if you are searching for the rocket fuel to launch your startup. We look forward to hearing from you soon!


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401(k)s remain a focal point of criticism when thinking about retirement security in America. One example is a recent op-ed column in The New York Times.
Perhaps the most commonly cited concern about 401(k)s is the size of current account balances. The typical investor approaching retirement has around $100,000 saved in various tax-deferred accounts.* That amount might generate $4,000–$5,000 a year in income. It's been 30 years since 401(k)s appeared on the scene, so the thinking is that older investors should have much more money in these accounts than they do.
This argument, however, overlooks the rapid expansion of 401(k) plans over the past three decades. More people have come into the system over the years, and many who are ready to retire haven't spent their full working careers saving in these plans.
To illustrate the point, here's data from the U.S. Department of Labor: In 1980, just before 401(k) regulations came into being, there were about 20 million participants in defined contribution plans.** By 2009, the latest data available, there were 87 million participants in 401(k)s and similar plans. Even after allowing for double-counting (e.g., you might have an account with both a current and a prior employer), there's been a substantial expansion in the number of individuals participating in 401(k) plans. I like to characterize the expansion of 401(k)s as somewhere around its midpoint, and that's what we see reflected in balances. Retirement balances should continue to grow, through a potential combination of contributions and investment returns, and as more participants have longer tenure in the system. It wouldn't surprise me if median balances doubled in the next eight to ten years, as they have done in the past.***
Another worry with 401(k)s is that participants in the plan can get at the money before retirement—a problem known as "leakage." During the recent financial crisis, much attention was given to loans and hardship withdrawals, although this attention missed the point, since most loans are repaid and hardships affect only a small fraction of workers. The biggest source of leakage, instead, is that workers can access their 401(k) savings when they change jobs. Congress has established a gentle "nudge" to discourage workers from touching their money (if they do, they owe taxes plus a 10% penalty), but otherwise leaves it to the individual to decide what to do with these savings.
Pre-retirement access tends to hurt individuals who lack self-control or planning skills. Imagine two workers with identical financial circumstances and identical 401(k) balances plans who are both laid off from their jobs. The first worker does everything possible to live on unemployment, avoids touching her savings, and seeks out new employment. The second worker uses her retirement savings to maintain her prior standard of living and delays her search for work. As a result, the second worker is more likely to deplete her account than the first. Certainly, Congress could do more to help discourage the second worker from depleting her savings—but it entails imposing restrictions that would affect all participants.
The fact is, we're in the midst of a transition from one type of private retirement plan to another—from traditional pensions to account-based plans. Most of the worry reflects the fact that we're in a transitional state, and the future seems uncertain.
But the long-term outlook for 401(k)s and retirement security is positive. Independent forecasts show that 401(k) account balances will continue to grow over the long term, not just for the individual but relative to the economy, providing a growing pool of resources needed to finance retirement security.****
* The research community tends to group all tax-deferred retirement accounts together because the assets are fungible—for example, you might have had money in a 401(k) at one employer and a profit-sharing plan in another, and rolled the balances into a rollover IRA.
** These participants were in predecessor plans to the 401(k), including money purchase, profit-sharing, ESOP and after-tax savings plans.
*** According to the Survey of Consumer Finances from the Federal Reserve, the median retirement account balance for those between the ages of 55 and 64 was $22,000 in 1989, $46,800 in 1998, and $98,000 in 2007. During this period, the fraction of households in this age group with an account grew from 43% in 1989 to 58% in 1998 to 61% in 2007.
**** See James Poterba, Steven Venti and David A. Wise, 2007, "New Estimates of the Future Path of 401(k) Assets," NBER Working Paper 13083, www.nber.org.


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I found this on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. I would take a guess at a tooth bit dont know what. It is about 3cm long.
Can anyone tell me what it is?
It is the rostrum of a belemnite, from the Jurassic (145-201 million years old).
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belemnitida (including description of 'rostrum')
- http://www.filey.ukfossils.co.uk/
- http://www.fileybay.com/fbi/speeton3.jpg (from http://www.fileybay.com/fbi/jurassic_coast.html)
- http://www.discoverfiley.org.uk/the-speeton-clays-fossils-from-the-cretacaeous/belemnites/
I agree - it is a belemnite
Best wishes,
Thanks for the replies. I am glad it is actually a fossil, and has sparked enough interest that we are back off next weekend to see what else we can find.
Have fun and if you collect anything interesting, make sure you write down the information on a label and place it in the bag with the fossil [please see e.g. below]
All the best,
You can make your labels larger, of course.
And you aim to add information over time: you may not know the specimen name or age when you collect it, for example.
It is very early days in your fossil hunting exploits, but if I can make a further suggestion: keep a localities book.
That would be essentially a list of localities, probably in chronological order, comprising a reference code (letters and/or numbers) and a description of where it is. The description may well include a map.
For instance, you may visit a bay and collect fossils from various places along the foot of the cliffs, higher up the cliffs, at the back of the car park, etc.
Your localities book might then contain:
NBFE 10jun13 Nodcombe Bay, Fossilshire, England <grid ref for the bay as a whole> <map with numbers marking various collecting spots>
Your locality refs might then be NBFE1, NBFE2, NBFE3, NBFE4, etc.
And you can subdivide those if necessary, eg. you might split NBFE3 into NBFE3a, NBFEb.
It would be those locality refs that you'd put on your specimen slips.
Why do this?
- There's little room on a label for a locality description
- If you collect many specimens, it can become very repetitive to write out a long name over and over again (especially if it is cold and rainy)
- You may want to be detailed in your recording of locality
- You may want to refer to locality in other objects, eg, photographs, field trip records, microscope slides (thin sections) (a ref is much more convenient and consistent)
- You may also adopt the practice of putting a blob of white paint on your specimens and writing a specimen number on it - and the specimen number can include the locality ref, eg. NBFE3b/42. That reduces the risk of information loss through your specimen slip becoming separated from its specimen.
There is some downside, however:
- Risk of losing your localities book - whence all your specimens would lose valuable associated information!
- More rigour needed in your field practices (no bad thing in general)
- A bit of time and effort involved in deciding how your system will work (there are no real rules; us geologists just like to be efficient if we can)
- If in future you pass your collection on to somebody else, they would have to understand your system and be able to read your localities book!
It is just something to think about.
I hope you find more fossils, and maybe minerals, to get you hooked!


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Metafiction is a tricky business. If a film is too self-referential, it's easy for it to come off as smug, or in love with itself. Perhaps the best (or at least my favorite) piece of metafiction is Charlie Kaufman's 'Adaptation,' starring Nicholas Cage in what I maintain is one of the greatest performances ever. 'Adaptation' is about the writing of 'Adaptation,' and it's quirky, fun, and intelligent. Now imagine it was a violent gangster film, and you're starting to have some idea of what Seven Psychopaths is like.
The second film by Martin McDonagh (whose debut, 'In Bruges,' is absolutely incredible), Seven Psychopaths is about a screenwriter named Martin writing a film called 'Seven Psychopaths.' Starting to detect a pattern here? His best friend Billy (Sam Rockwell) and Billy's partner Hans (a stellar Christopher Walken) are in the dog-kidnapping business, and when they steal the wrong gangster's (Woody Harrelson) dog, Billy sees it as an opportunity to provide Martin with some inspiration for his script, in the form of encounters with actual psychopaths.
McDonagh has plenty to say about violence in films, and the nature of revenge in our entertainment, and while the message can get a bit muddled at certain points in the film, it always manages to be entertaining in the process. At several points, Billy or Martin take us on little detours into the story of some fascinating psychopaths (including Tom Waits in an awesome extended cameo), which at first seem like fun diversions, but gradually weave into the larger tapestry of the film. Martin (the character, not the real one) doesn't want his movie to just be about violence and revenge, but as the movie barrels towards it's inevitable desert climax, we the audience are asked to question how we want this story to go.
The thing about 'Seven Psychopaths' that immediately stands out before you've even seen it is how awesome and bizarre the cast is, with who's who of unusual favorites. Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken really hit it out of the park here, as two very particular kinds of psychos. Billy is a man who does horrible things for the sake of his best friend, and Hans is a pacifist with a violent past. Walken is hilarious here, but he's also asked to shoulder a lot of the emotional weight of the film, which he does beautifully. He has a monologue near the end of the film that cracked me up and moved me in equal measure.
Colin Farrell is not an actor that I often enjoy, but under the direction of McDonagh he transforms his usual smug Irish bravado into a twitchy (still-Irish) nervousness that propels him through the film with good one-liners and a relatable problem: Creative stagnancy. Unable to come up with a movie about seven psychopaths, all it ultimately takes for him to have a breakthrough is to be in a movie about seven psychopaths.
Seven Psychopaths is certainly meta. At one point a character even yells 'This movie ends MY way!' However, if you're willing to allow it some flexibility in it's relationship with reality, there's tons of great stuff here. I've read a lot of people saying that they thought the film ran off the rails in it's second half, but in my opinion, that's where it finds it's soul. The first half is an enjoyable enough revenge flick, but once the film focuses on the relationships (between Martin and Billy, Billy and Hans, the fictional film 'Seven Psychopaths' and the real one), it becomes something unique, but perfectly in keeping with the rest of McDonagh's work (An accomplished playwright, the relationship between fiction and reality is one that has always fascinated him).
Violent, witty, touching, and profane, Seven Psychopaths is another success by a director who seems unwilling to recognize that a divide exists between comedy and drama. Like In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths wants to make you laugh and cry in equal measure, preferably at the same time. It's been a while since I've enjoyed a movie this much, and if you enjoy gangster flicks, movies about hollywood, or just crave good ol' metafictional fun, then this is the movie for you.


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Girl/girl shoes by New Balance ML574 template ideal for leisure.
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• Albert Reeves, 54, domestic battery— $10,000.
A Pottsville Police Department report stated a person called police Wednesday about an alleged physical altercation.
When officers arrived at the residence, a witness said Reeves had allegedly grabbed his 77-year-old mother's neck and had thrown her around the room.
Police had to convince the woman to unlock her door.
She said she was afraid because during the alleged altercation, Reeves had threatened to kill her.
During their investigation, officers discovered the woman had marks on her neck and face.
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What you guys think? Nate or Dwight? It's going to be a good slam dunk contest this year. Dwight is real creative but NATE got some UPs!
Neither, Rudy Gay will win. Nate's hamstring injury will bother him (hamstring injury's linger for ever!) and I can't see Dwight winning it 2 years in a row.
Joe Alexander would have given Rudy Gay a run for his money.
" It's a new era for the Knicks "
**** man i just want nate to win this so bad cause that could be something the knicks won in this year lol
Nate's got more athleticism, but Dwight's got the size advantage. I don't know if Nate will win this time, but I'm pretty sure Dwight Howard won't win. He's just too big for this competition. He was overrated last year, especially during th superman dunk(layup). Dude didn't even dunk it and he got a 50! Nate should just jump from the 3pt line and throw it in the basket. Maybe with the same judges they will give him a 50! LOL!
Nate all the way. He has to come with a sick dunk so that he can shut down all competition. I'm thinking 1080. He's probably the only one that can pull it off because of his size.
Danilo For Threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Yall should be more creative when you make threads, post some videos, pictures or something to go along with the title or statement.
Superman will kneel before his Cryptinate!
Nate Robinson's small size and tremendous athletic ability (shorter then me and can throw it down...diablo)
Dwight Howard's towering figure not to mention his rare BIG-MAN athleticism, it's going to be fun to watch what they can come up with.
They both have done amazing dunks in their NBA careers, in the contests and during games.
Honorable mentions to the other contestants that will also be in the 2009 Slam-Dunk Contest:
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In the early hours of this morning (Aug. 22), a tour bus was pulled over on I-40 and Meridian in Oklahoma City, Okla. for a broken taillight. 2 Chainz and 10 associates were on board and refused to open the doors to the authorities, who suspected drug usage on the bus. After a standoff lasting approximately eight hours, 2 Chainz and co. were arrested for Obstruction of a Public Officer.
"We stopped the bus about midnight and it was near I-40 and Meridian," Oklahoma City Police Department Sergeant Jennifer Wardlow told Radio.com while the investigation was still underway. "The reason for traffic stop was it looks like there was a broken taillight. When officers went up to bus and made contact with the driver, there was evidence of drug usage going on the bus. We're not getting into specifics of what it was, but it was apparent to the officers that there was drug use going on the bus. The driver was taken into custody without any problem. When he got out and shut the door, it locked so the officers couldn't get into the tour bus.


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Hero: Slow down...my wounds aren't life threatening
At approximately 2300 hours on Sunday, May 6th 2012, California Highway Patrol Officer David "Ryan" Bunting was in his patrol vehicle, stopped beside the road on California Highway 178 near Bakersfield. According to reports, a dark-colored SUV passed him headed westbound, executed a U-turn, and came back, driving the wrong way up the one-way road.
A gunman in the back seat on driver's side then opened fire with what is believed to be a fully- automatic MAC-10 type handgun.
The One Sentence
Despite being twice struck by gunfire — once to the hand and once to his body armor — Officer Ryan Bunting returned fire on his assailants as they sped away in their vehicle. He then attempted to pursue the fleeing SUV. Because his bullet-riddled squad was disabled, Bunting was forced to come to a stop. It is believed that Bunting put at least one — perhaps more than one — round into the gunman.
In addition to his Herculean effort to fight back and to apprehend his attackers, perhaps the most remarkable thing about Bunting's heroism that night is his radio work.
At one point he radioed: "Tell units to slow down... my... uh... one of the shots went into my vest, one into my hand... neither are life threatening."
There is no way of knowing the lives he may have saved with that one simple sentence.
In the past week and a half, I've received this audio tape from no fewer than two dozen law enforcers from across our great country. There's a reason this thing has been so widely distributed. Officer Ryan Bunting did an absolutely awesome job.
Along with the audio file came a number of photographs, which we added to the recording to create the "video" below. Listen to the radio traffic, look at the images, read what some of my email buddies had to say, and share your own observations in the comments area below.
The Audio, The Images
The Email Comments
At the Stockdale Country Club in June, during an event held by the Kern County Law Enforcement Foundation, Officer Bunting was the recipient of the Medal of Valor. According to the Kern Valley Sun, part of the radio traffic you just heard "was played for the attendees at the banquet, sending chills and stirring emotions."
Having also heard it, here's a sampling of what my many email contacts had to say, including Detective Sergeant Ken Impellizeri of the San Diego Police Department.
"Officer Bunting took appropriate action by returning fire and attempting to chase the vehicle until his patrol vehicle became inoperable," Impellizeri said. "Officer Bunting did an incredible job giving a description of the suspects and their vehicle. He also had the presence of mind to give an assessment of his injuries and to direct other officers to slow down."
Another person — whose name had been deleted from a long string of email forwards — observed, "Listen to how the officer remains calm in his radio transmissions, even after being shot and returning fire. Outstanding job. His calm attitude helps to meter the response of other units and doesn't spool them up and make them drive too fast to his aid."
"The Communications Operator was also outstanding for her ability to get it done in a business like manner," said another person whose name had been deleted from an email forward.
Finally, a friend with whom I have regular email contact, and who always wishes to remain anonymous when I quote him, said, "This is a very good training piece for dispatch and communication centers. It is an outstanding training piece for patrol, mindset, professional bearing and tactics. I want you to remember this phrase, 'Eagle Vision.' My friend Matt Graham uses this phrase when he teaches about not having tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, voiding yourself, and loss of dexterity. And just keeping your wits about you while in extreme duress."
The One Thing
The transmission, "Tell units to slow down..." was the first, but not the only, thing I took from this audio. As has been stated above, there are numerous elements to consider as "learning points" or whatever you may call them in your PD.
First off, he was wearing his vest!
It may have saved his life.
What else do we hear?
Controlled breathing.
It may have given him the wherewithal to speak so clearly.
We hear vivid descriptions of the suspect vehicle and its occupants.
We hear so much more... But I've chosen to focus in on just one thing.
As I have previously written, I attended a presentation at ILEETA 2012 which profoundly affected me. The lesson: If we control that which is under our control, we can substantially reduce officer deaths in this country. Before that Friday morning seminar in April, I never would have believed it possible, but we may be within reach of actually being fewer than 100 officers killed in the line of duty in 2012.
Don't get me wrong. Ninety-nine officers killed is still 99 too many, but compared to 173 in 2011, 168 in 2010, and 139 in 2009... 99 is a hell of an improvement. I wish the number would be zero, but it's not and never will be.
As of this writing, 55 officers have been tragically killed thus far this year. I mourn each and every one.
But I serve the living.
So, let me ask you to concentrate on one thing. I would much prefer if you concentrated on all five, but for now, at the very minimum, choose one thing from the list below – and commit to making it your thing.
That one thing you've seen in your department which has unnecessarily put your officers at risk. That one thing which you evangelize (and leading by example, do!) on a daily basis to help lower the number of officer fatalities everywhere.
• Wear your belt
• Wear your vest
• Watch your speed
• Think WIN: What's Important Now?
• Remember: Complacency Kills!
Policing is an inherently dangerous business. Gunfights happen. Pursuits happen.
Ambush, quite clearly from the above audio tape and picture images, happen. But they don't always have to be deadly.
"Please share this with your squads and use it for training," Impellizeri concluded in his email.
Share, then, I will. Stay safe out there my brothers and sisters.


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I'm not sure how I feel about being able to buy into a pre-alpha game on Steam. I noticed more and more of these offerings showing up on Steam over the last six months or so.
On one hand its like buying a new car before the design is even settled on. You get a frame, wheels and a drive train but nothing else. New pieces will arrive in the mail every month or so. Sure it runs but you can only go 5 mph around the block once. Oh, and don't get used to what you have because it might change with no notice. There is no way to tell if your going to end up with what you thought you were buying or something totally different due to bad choices and compromises by the designer. Then you have the whole mess that can come from too many suggestions shouted out by a committee of people who have no clue what they are talking about. Been there done that and the result is never pretty. I have been in on and observed new products being designed and older products being improved. A small team with clear goals always does better than a huge committee made up of individuals whose only goal is to get their way for what ever reason. And finally, there is the chance the project will never get completed.
On the other hand you have access to the game from the beginning and can offer up feed back and suggestions for improvements. You get to watch how things change and grow leading up to the final product. For a price you can even get your name in the credits listing.
I have not made up my mind yet. There are advantages for and against this approach to developing a game. What is everyone elses opinion?


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That he is not spending a full season here. If hes not gone by february, he is by next season.
Bargnani would be ridded of in this trade for Pau and Pau could garner quite the cage of crabs come February.
That he is not spending a full season here. If hes not gone by february, he is by next season.
Bargnani would be ridded of in this trade for Pau and Pau could garner quite the cage of crabs come February.
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But then again, a lot can happen between now and summer of 2014. It starts with Colangelo seeing the door.
I don't know, I think if Gasol is acquired, it's at least as good a chance that he'll live out his contract in Toronto. There would have to be a pretty sweet deal with young players and picks to make it worth trading him instead of just letting his contract expire.
Its been reported that the T'Wolves really want Gasol. If the Raptors/Lakers don't use them as a third team then I would not be opposed to flipping Gasol to the Wolves for Williams and a first rounder or something. Not sure Williams fills a need (3/4 tweener isn't ideal), but it is more assets to have.
Firstly, A player of Williams caliber or potential is never going to be rejected.
Secondly, this team is shit as fuck. The only need they dont need to fill is to be shit as fuck shit. In other words, this team needs everything.
Lakers lose again tonight to Cleveland. Coming Mitch Kupchak pick up BC's calls.
Don't get me wrong, I'd still make the trade simply because I don't know what else you'd get for Bargs and it'd at least allow us to be competitive in the short term and ensure this year's pick heads to OKC. But the downside is that if you're going to flip Pau anyway, he might help get you enough wins at the start of next year to snooker a full on tank job.
The reason Pau isn't getting a lot of offers for him or at least one variable. He plays for the lakers and he hasn't been playing the greatest. He's overshadowed by Kobe,Dwight...Steve.
He's the only star on the raptors. If he plays a bit better, he's got that whole good player on crap team going for him, trade value increases.
Plus, It's december not March. Everyone's settled in for the holidays and than once the new year rolls around, things start to pick up again.
There are always teams that are in contention february/march that are looking for that extra push and want to make a splash.
Pau's value could take flight by february.
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Thats a small village church build in Rationalism and Historicism architectural style according to wikipedia. It has a very nice path leading up the hill and to the church. It was finally build in 1940, architect Karolis Reisonas. Its quite a big wooden church, though I liked the path leading to it better then church itself :)


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Bidets: where the 70s went wrong
Looking back, it's clear that our parents were all insane.
When you are growing up, you study your own parents, as well as the parents of your friends, and assume everything they do is normal and reasonable. Now, looking back, it's clear they were all insane.
For a start, every family in the 1970s had a chest freezer for reasons I still don't quite understand. It's not that we didn't have butchers; the place was awash in fresh meat. Yet, according to our collective parents, we wanted no part in its purchase.
The go was to buy 50 kilos of meat every six months and store it in an inconveniently large freezer placed against the back wall of the garage, as if you were living on a remote island reliant on passing shipping and not in a suburban bungalow opposite Woolworths.
The meat tasted terrible, you had to remember to thaw out a portion every morning and the freezer took up so much of the garage the car would no longer fit. Despite all this, no one questioned the freezer-to-plate system and the way it dominated the garages of a nation.
Perhaps people were too busy to shop. After all, the nation was flat out learning speed reading. Speed reading, much like polio, has now been eradicated in most of the First World, but back then everyone believed that reading War And Peace in 2.5 hours was an excellent way to pick up its many nuances.
In fact, bookshops in the 1970s consisted of little else other than books on speed reading. No one thought to ask the obvious question: if speed reading works so well, how come no one has time to read anything other than books on speed reading?
It was not the only obvious question to go unasked. The purchase of soda water, for example, was deemed a luxury too great for most families. You had to make your own.
Each family invested in a soda siphon, a large device fashioned from brushed aluminium in which you inserted a carbon dioxide bulb, bought at considerable expense. The soda would come out either completely flat or in such an explosive burst that it would knock the glass from your hand. Nonetheless, the elaborate process - and the very presence of so much brushed aluminium - lent an air of sophistication to a night getting hammered on Scotch and soda.
Such drunkenness posed dangers when it came time to carve the leg of lamb, as previously rescued from the chest freezer. A carving knife was considered a poor choice. Instead, an electric knife was employed, the dual blades of which sawed back and forth, drowning out the conversation and splattering the diners with food scraps. The device would then slice through its own electric cord, plunging the house into darkness.
Ask people why they employed this method and they would reply: "It's more glamorous."
It was the same search for glamour that led to the great bidet boom of 1974, in which French-style bum-washers were installed in every Australian bathroom. The next year they were all removed, along with Gough Whitlam and his ministers, after people realised they didn't know what they were for (the bidets, not the ministers).
The bidet, for some reason, was seen as sexy and thus connected with the free-love movement of the 1960s. The movement only reached the Australian suburbs in a modified form - rather like a cyclone that has degenerated into a tropical depression.
What had been a case of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll in Paris, London and New York emerged a decade later as the odd game of Twister played in the early evening with some folks from around the corner.
Twister, however, did give the opportunity for Barry from No.6 to press his thigh against the elbow of Susan from No.3. Having achieved that level of physical intimacy, they would then be in a position to jointly marvel at the bidet John and Barbara had just installed in the en suite bathroom, exclaiming "What's it for?", "How does it work?" and "What happens if I sit down and press this button?" as they waited for a fresh bottle of the liebfraumilch to be cracked open.
The young people of the time would cower at the top of the stairs, or perhaps peep through their fingers, hoping the horror would stop. In the end, it did.
The chest freezers were thrown on the dump, alongside a million busted bidets. The Twister mat was put away amid allegations that Tina from No.7 had fallen pregnant after a particularly tangled encounter. And the glamour of electrical kitchen appliance began to wane, even unto the point where the electric can-opener was decommissioned and the electric knife was slipped quietly into the second drawer down.
Only then could we, the young people of the 1970s, emerge from our hidey-holes and face the world. A terrible darkness had engulfed the nation but we had survived. Blinking against the light, we determined to try to build a better world, one fresh chop, and one slowly savoured book, at a time.
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$52 for 9 Holes for 2 Including Power Cart, 2 Large Buckets of Range Balls and a $10 Food Voucher at Fescue's Edge Golf Club (a $104 Value)
Fescue's Edge Golf Club
The Deal
Why we love it
- 9-hole championship course
- Driving range, pro shop and full catering and banquet facilities
- 5 tee decks per hole with a 1,000-yard difference between front and back decks
About Fescue's Edge Golf Club
Scotland, Ontario, N0E1R0 Phone: (519) 484-2200 See Location
They say the odds of getting a hole in one are approximately 12,500 to 1, which are far better than the odds of winning the lottery (14 million to 1) or pinning the tail on the donkey on the first try (90,000 to 1). Take a chance on favourable numbers with a WagJag at Fescue's Edge Golf Club, where for $52 you and a partner get nine holes of golf with a power cart, plus two large buckets at the driving range and a $10 food voucher at the clubhouse (a $104 value).
Highlights of the Course
This nine hole championship course is laid out on 96 acres, some featuring fescue and some boasting expertly-manicured greens. Each hole has five tee decks from which to play from, with a 1,000-yard difference between the front and back decks.
Tips for Success on the Greens
Summon your inner Tiger Woods on hole 2, a par 3 spanning 183 yards with ball-gulping water taking up the right side and ferocious fescue lining the left.
Club Comforts
Fescue's doesn't scrimp on any amenity - the club offers a driving range with eight target greens, pro shop, clubhouse with licensed bar and banquet hall. A CPGA pro is on-site to help you up your game, and leagues are available to make sure you have the opportunity to engage in ample play.
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Re-energize after a long day on the links with The Fescue Burger, a patty topped with jalapeno jack cheese, chipotle BBQ sauce, peameal bacon and onion rings. The $10 dining voucher you get with this bundle of a deal is good for any food item on the menu. If you get hungry while playing, there's a tiki hut on the course that sells snacks and beverages.
Getting to the Links
Located in the quaint Ontario town of Scotland, this Brantford region course is situated an hour or so from Toronto and other parts of the GTA.
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The Smith's Supra Weight Loss Challenge
As recommended by Drew this will be my thread to track the progress of the Smith's Supra Weight Loss Challenge I was given by my wonderful wife. The challenge is that I lose at least 80 pounds by August 1, 2013. If I meet or exceed the weight loss challenge target within the allotted time I have been given authorization by my lovely wife to begin negotiations to sell or trade in my 2010 Moomba Outback V and purchase a New Supra 21V or 22V. We have not yet decided between the Launch and the Sunsport as yet. I am leaning towards the Launch but the wife seems to like the walk thru bow on the Sunsport better than the playpen.
The wife made this deal while we were out boating on Monday July 30th, 2012. Since the offer was made I have lost 11.5 pounds, so far so good.
For the case of full disclosure my beginning weight was 310 so with the 11.5 loss I am currently at 298.5 as of 5:30 AM this morning, so that leaves at least 68.5 pounds yet to lose over the next year.
As a side note my wife has allowed the negotiations to start earlier, in July 2013, if I have met the minimum weight loss goal by then.
I guess Ill update this thread each month around the 1st...Kraig - 2010 Outback V
So… anyone looking to buy a super nice 2010 Moomba Outback V in the next year???
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Keep this updated once a week as your official weigh in day---nothing like seeing your loss in print to keep the motivation goingHey, Its Moomba time
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Way to go!!! Keep up the good work... I need to lose 5 or 30 pounds myself!'08 Mobius LS
Kraig, this is great and you are off to a fantastic start! Keep us posted on your progress; we're here to support you.
And, help sell ya a new Supra!
Maybe some you should work in some other incentives like if you lose 5 more than your goal you get to add X option, 10 more than your goal another option, etc. At 100, you get a fully loaded, every option mac-Daddy 22V.
Way to go kraig... 11 to start makes it sound so easy but you have a tough road ahead.
Agree with small goals along the way. Need to stay motivated. As you probably know, the hardest part will be keeping it off, but a year should develop some great habits.
I agree with chawk. I need ti drop 20. Its all barley/hops weight.'06 Supra Launch 20SSV-gone but never forgotten
Atta boy! I think most of us could stand do lose a few lbs to get back down to our "playing weight" if you will.
What is your plan thus far to cut down the weight? Do you have a diet plan mapped out? What bad habits caused the weight gain? Is tour wife going to hold you accountable for slacking?? If not find someone who will!
All good things to know for obvious reasons. I'll be following your progress so good luck!
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Bad habits, well, nothing specific but not much exercise. I put on beer weight before I stopped drinking beer about 6 years ago. 5 years ago my Sister died and then 4 years ago my Dad died and I was pretty depressed for quite some time after each of those... About 3 years ago I got wicked sick for about 8 months that I really couldn't do anything as I couldn't breath... around this time I stopped smoking, which lead to more weight gain, snacking I guess and less trips to the parking lot to smoke, so less stairs... so no real exercise to speak of during that time... then there has been the mega stress of my last job for the last 3-4 years but that has been addressed with my new job...
It is amazing what stress can do to a person, mentally and physically. I really didn't understand the amount of stress I was under until it was gone. Wow, whole new world, actually care about life and all again.
So new job is in place, working on diet and exercise which will always be a work in progress, and now the added incentive of a Supra. Not much left to use as an excuse...
If I had to pick one word that is the make or break word it is attitude. And right now it's better than it has been since I moved to GA 15 years ago.Kraig - 2010 Outback V
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i lost 35lbs from March - Early June. I was losing 10 lbs a month.. it was pretty easy.. (dieting only, no real exercise since I don't have a gym membership anywhere) right now I am working on sustaining the weight since it's hard to lose weight in the middle of summer (Beers / BBQ / etc.), once fall hits, it's back to weight loss.. I still want to lose about 10-15 lbs.
I started at 240-245, currently at 205.
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I'm considering shipping my bike from CO to either Haines or Anchorage, AK this May. Any advice and lessons learned would be appreicated. Thanks.
I'm considering shipping my bike from CO to either Haines or Anchorage, AK this May. Any advice and lessons learned would be appreicated. Thanks.
A rough trip by truck, so be sure your shipper KNOWS his stuff? I used to truck, 18 wheelers in BC and Alberta long ago, know my knowledge of this. Seattle/VancouverBC HAVE shipping via waterways, probably a much safer option,imo. . A tough shopping list I think, finding this request, but probably out there. Randy
Barging to AK would be the way most shipping is done. Cars, equipment etc. Leaves SEA several times a week.
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You might consider the Alaska Marine Highway ferries. One leaves from Bellingham WA, cruises up the inside passage, and can land you in Skagway or Haines. The ferry takes bikes as well as cars, trucks, etc... It's a really scenic and stress free way to get up there. IMHO.
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I lived in Alaska for many years. I know of several people who shipped bikes on Alaska Airlines flights. The cost was reasonable according to those who shipped.
Go over on ADV Rider's Alaska regional forum and do a search. I know that inmate Cubdriver has posted about his experiences shipping a F650GS twin on Alaska Air.
EDIT: Look here: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...alaska+airline
Last edited by AKBEEMER; 05-25-2013 at 12:10 AM.
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