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March 24, 2011
The following excerpt from
The Blessing of Adversity: Finding Your God-given Purpose in Life's Troubles
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ave you ever looked back at one of the difficult seasons of your life and seen more positives than negatives? Have you ever said hooray for your troubles? King David did. He said, "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word" (Psalm 119:67, NIV). In other words, he found the blessing in his adversity.
If you've ever celebrated your troubles, you've followed the guidance given by the apostle James: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:2-4, NIV).
Isn't that an amazing statement? "Consider it pure joy when you face trials." In other words, greet your trials and tribulations as friends and allies, companions who will help to develop your maturity, preparing you to fulfill your God-given purpose for living.
One of my neighbors has wind chimes on his back patio. When a storm is imminent and the wind begins to kick up, I enjoy listening to the beautiful music of those chimes. And just as those chimes make music in the midst of a storm, so we should make music with our lives in the midst of our troubles. When you are facing your greatest troubles, there are six things you can do to help you celebrate your troubles: guard your tongue, stay positive, be constant, grow up, use your map, and control your doubts.
Guard Your Tongue
It's so easy to bemoan our predicaments. In the words of the old spiritual, we want to cry out, "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen." Jacob had this experience. For thirteen years, he thought that his beloved son Joseph was dead. Lamenting his terrible plight, he cried out, "All these things are against me!" (Genesis 42:36, NKJV).
The problem with bemoaning our troubles is that we can begin to speak self-fulfilling prophecies, convincing ourselves that our anxiety-laden statements must come true. Proverbs 18:21 says, "The tongue has the power of life and death" (NIV). The words you speak—to yourself and others—can bring good or ill, healing or hurt. So think about whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy (Philippians 4:8, NIV), and lay the foundation for wholesome and edifying speech.
Stay Positive
Learning to celebrate our troubles begins when we view trouble as a positive force in our lives. Winston Churchill said, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Do you see opportunities in your difficulties? No matter what you're going through, strive to discover something positive.
The apostle Paul probably wrote his letter to the Philippians while imprisoned in Rome. But instead of complaining about his plight, Paul points to the opportunities he found in his difficult circumstances: "What has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ" (Philippians 1:12-13, NIV). Isn't that fantastic? Paul saw his imprisonment and impending martyrdom as a means to advance the gospel. Talk about accentuating the positive! Paul is an amazing example of optimism.
How about you? Do you see your troubles positively? You can be like Paul and his fellow missionary Silas, who prayed and sang hymns to God when they were imprisoned. You can highlight the positive by remembering that "in everything God is working for the good of those who love Him" (Romans 8:28).
One of my minister friends visited a hospitalized church member whose leg had been amputated. He struggled to think of something positive to say to her, but drew a blank. As he sat in the woman's hospital room waiting for inspiration, she broke the silence with a startling statement: "Pastor, thank God it's as good as it is. I could've lost both legs." Her positive outlook and optimistic words inspired my friend to more conscientiously seek to find life's positives and look for blessings in his adversity.
Be Constant
When you think and speak positively about your troubles, refusing to complain about your fate, you produce constancy or steadfastness. The Greek word is hupomone, which reflects the constancy Paul writes about in Galatians 6:9: "Don't become weary in doing good, for in due season you will reap a harvest if you don't lose heart." It was the attribute that nineteenth-century British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli emphasized when he said, "The secret of success is constancy of purpose."
King David succeeded because of constancy of purpose. The account of his anointing as king is recorded in 1 Samuel 16, but he didn't become king until some fifteen years later (2 Samuel 5). During the intervening period, he was relentlessly pursued by the most powerful man in Israel at the time, King Saul. But David didn't give up. He persevered. And from his troubles he produced memorable poetry and music, which make up much of the book of Psalms.
What success have you forfeited because you lacked constancy of purpose? Think of the thousands each year who pursue academic degrees but who give up when it gets difficult and fail to complete the program. Or think of the millions who begin a diet but falter before they achieve their goals. Those who learn to celebrate their troubles will produce constancy from their hardships and overcome their tough times.
Time and again, I've seen people with ordinary talents possess a constancy of purpose that enabled them to achieve far more than their more gifted colleagues. They plod along patiently, like the tortoise racing the hare in Aesop's Fables, and with steady perseverance surmount every obstacle and win the race.
Grow Up
Saying hooray for your troubles can also help you grow up. The apostle Paul declares, "When I grew up, I put away childish things" (1 Corinthians 13:11, NIT). This is what James is talking about when he says, "Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:4, NIV).
Nearly everyone has rough edges that need to be smoothed on the journey toward maturity. We all need to put away childish things—and trouble may be just the prompting we need. Joseph's brothers were transformed by hardships, and so was Joseph himself (Genesis 42 and 50). They all became more gracious and caring after enduring some of life's trials and uncertainty, pain and setbacks.
I had a friend in the military who reminded me of Joseph's brothers. This man had many rough edges. He spoke impulsively, refused to be punctual, missed deadlines, and struggled with grammar. As the years flew by, we'd see each other from time to time and interact. With the passing of time, I saw positive changes in this man. He began speaking with judicious forethought, embracing punctuality, meeting deadlines, and using correct grammar. He talked to me about the hard work required to bring about these improvements. He had put away childish things and developed maturity.
Are you moving in the direction of maturity? Eleanor Roosevelt provided a guide for measuring our maturity: "A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life."
That's a worthy destination, isn't it?
Use Your Map
Like most journeys of any great length, it's easier to get where we're going if we have a map. What map do we need to reach the destination of maturity? We need the map of God's wisdom. James talks about this map in the context of his discussion about rejoicing during tough times. He writes, "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind" (James 1:5-6, NIV).
Solomon sought such wisdom. At the beginning of his reign, he asked God to give him the ability to discern right from wrong, the requisite wisdom to guide the Israelites. God was pleased to grant his request (1 Kings 3). Solomon could have asked for many other things—long life, victory over his enemies, or great wealth. He didn't. He simply asked for wisdom, believing it was the key to everything else he needed.
We, too, need such wisdom. Plato said, "Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something." How often have we spoken when we should have kept silent, and kept silent when we should have spoken? God's wisdom is like a GPS, guiding us through the twists and turns of life. In order to find God's purpose in life's troubles, we must request wisdom from our generous God.
Seeking God's wisdom shows humility and honors God. We're basically confessing, "Lord, I'm not smart enough to know which road to take without Your guidance and providence. I need You to show me what to do." Why wouldn't God move heaven and earth to honor such a petition?
Control Your Doubts
God's wisdom comes at the price of controlling your doubts. James reminds us that those who doubt will receive nothing from God (James 1:6-7). Don't miss the blessing of wisdom because of doubt.
In Mark 9:14-24 we find the story of a father who asked Jesus to heal his demon-possessed son. But the father expressed doubts that disappointed Jesus. When he saw Jesus' disappointment, the father said, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" (Mark 9:24, NIV).
Like that distressed father, our doubts are sometimes complicated and nuanced, hindering our faith. Belief and unbelief are engaged in a civil war within our hearts. C. S. Lewis once described how complicated our doubts can be. He said, "We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be."2 By conquering our doubts when facing our troubles, we prepare ourselves for God's best work in our lives.
1. Eleanor Roosevelt,
It Seems to Me
(New York: Norton, 1954).
2. C.S. Lewis, letter to Father Peter Bide, April 29, 1959, in
Letters of C.S. Lewis
, Walter Hooper, ed. (Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 1993), 477.
The above excerpt was first published on April 1, 2011.
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Last night on "Masterchef" the remaining 10 home cooks were divided in two teams and based on last week's best dishes the captains were Courtney for the Blue Team and Jaimee for the Red Team. And their challenge was to cook a cheeseburger and fish tacos during a football game for the players and the fans.
The Blue Team members were along with Courtney, Leslie, Ahran, Victoria, and Christian, while the Red Team under Jaimee's command consisted of Cutter, Elizabeth, Willy, and Daniel. The Blue Team from the get go was organized with everyone performing up to par, but the Red Team seemed disorganized and confused with Jaimee trying to be heard but no one heeding her instructions and during service Elizabeth had to take charge in expediting. They finished under a downpour, -an unlikely weather event in Southern California-, and once the votes were tallied as to which team received the majority of votes, chef Ramsay announced that it was the closest result ever in a "Masterchef" team challenge; the Red Team won by receiving 51 percent while the Blue Team received 49 percent.
That meant that the Blue Team would need to face the dreaded Pressure Cook challenge where at least one home cook would go home. Chef Ramsay announced that not all cooks would have to cook and since Courtney was the team captain she could decide who was safe, and she saved herself since her leadership had them working well and brought them so close to victory, and also Christian was saved, but then there was another surprise and that was that two of the three cooks facing the Pressure Cook challenge would be eliminated. This was Leslie's fifth time facing an elimination challenge and he shines every time more than ever before, Victoria was nervous since this was her first, and Ahran was also concerned about two out of three going home. The challenge was to cook prawns three different ways, as ceviche, which is Chef Graham's favorite, tempura style Chef Bastianich choice, and stuffed, as Chef Ramsay likes them.
They all tackled the challenge as best they could, Leslie seemed the most comfortable, Ahran concerned since she had never prepared ceviche before, and Victoria seem challenged by the stuffed prawns. Then it was judgment time, and Leslie received praise for all except the stuffed prawns, which lacked in seasoning, Ahran's ceviche was lacking, and Victoria was commended on the tempura. And then the first to be eliminated was Victoria, and Ahran and Leslie who were at odds with each at the beginning of the competition, however, as of late had become close, stood next to each other and Ahran was the second cook to be sent home. Recaps and episodes can be watched online at www.fox.com/mastechef
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 21 - Matt Kenseth used to look forward to the second week of the Nextel Cup season. After the frenzy of Speedweeks at Daytona, the hype, the crowds and the media crush, the return to North Carolina for a quiet weekend at Rockingham was a welcome relief.
"There wouldn't be many people there, wouldn't be anybody in the garage," Kenseth, the 2003 points champion, said during Speedweeks. "It would almost be like a vacation. When you're going to Rockingham, it's almost like an off week. You just would look forward to that so much."
But quaint North Carolina Speedway is no longer on the schedule, cut after last season as part of Nascar's grand plan to continue expanding north and west. Now there is another frenzy, this time to go home and unpack, pack and get back on the road. From Daytona, the Nascar caravan heads to Fontana, Calif., for the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway on Sunday.
Nascar will visit California three times this year, holding more points races there than in North Carolina. For the many drivers and crew members based in North Carolina, the first race at home will not be until May, when the all-star event is held at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
Jim Hunter, Nascar's vice president for corporate communications, said the main reason the series was moved west for the second date of the season was the weather. Rockingham in February is often cold, occasionally snowy. Southern California is usually warm and dry.Continue reading the main story
That is not the case this year, with heavy rains setting off mudslides in Southern California. But there are no concerns that the race will be affected, California Speedway officials said.
Weather aside, the sport is again following the money. A race held near Los Angeles promises more exposure for Nascar and its sponsors than a race in Rockingham. Money trumps time.
"It's tough to come back from Daytona after being here 14 days, whatever it is, and go straight to California," the team owner Ray Evernham said last week. "It's going to be a bit of a haul.
"The benefit of it is the sponsors. We picked up some sponsorship this year, and it was specifically because of going to places like California, so it's important to us."
And it is worth the cost to Nascar teams. Brian Whitesell, the team manager for two race teams at Hendrick Motorsports, said he had to double the staff dedicated to packing the haulers from two to four so they would be fully stocked and ready to go by midnight Monday or early Tuesday.
Richard Petty has watched the sport abandon one track after another in the Southeast. He said he approved, even though the teams have extra travel costs.
"Anytime you go out of North Carolina, it's a financial strain," he said last week. "When we started going out of the Southeast, the prices just went sky high because all the per diem, all of the travel, hotels, food, all this kind of stuff.
"Plus, it's another day or two of those people not being in the shop being able to work. So then you've got to hire extra people to stay in the shop to take care of things while these guys are on the road.
"From my sponsors' standpoint and racing's standpoint, it's the way to go. We go out there and there'll be 150,000 new fans we can put Georgia Pacific and General Mills in front of."
This year, Nascar has the added publicity -- and potential ticket sales -- generated by a California native, Jeff Gordon, winning the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Gordon, who was born in Vallejo, Calif., near San Francisco, outraced the 2004 Cup champion, Kurt Busch; Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Jimmie Johnson; and Tony Stewart, among others, to win the third Daytona 500 of his career.
Gordon's performance could boost ticket sales at California Speedway, which was not sold out heading into this week. Gordon is the defending champion of the Auto Club 500.
"That name alone is powerful," Bill Miller, the president of California Speedway, said in a telephone interview Monday. "That he won the Daytona 500, and that also he is defending champion of this race, we couldn't ask for a better situation than that. He's one of the best ambassadors the sport ever had."Continue reading the main story


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Decent bag, missing the strapReviewed by tx from tx on Thursday, February 15, 2018I like the bag and the size. The dimensions printing on is tacky but livable. The one they sent me was missing the shoulder strap and they were out of stock for replacement when I contacted support
I'm DoneVerified Buyer Reviewed by Rocco from NM on Wednesday, December 20, 2017My problem wasn't with Eagle creek. It was how Sierra Trading chose to deal with a problem they created. This is no longer the service oriented Company of years ago. Thought this might be the case when they were purchased. Now I know for sure. So in my case they simply decided to tell me they messed up in the description of the merchandise but too bad. By the way. When I returned the product they decided to charge me a 6.95$ return fee. So again I had to take time out of my day to get that changed. Takes all the fun out of online shopping. Stick to Amazon which is where I bought the same bag with a painless transaction. Too bad, I used to enjoy buying from them.....and over the years I bought a lot!!!!
Great bag, but no strapVerified Buyer Reviewed by Josh from California on Monday, November 27, 2017The materials and quality of construction are second to none. I would rate the bag five plus stars except that it did not come with a shoulder strap which I consider to be an essential part of a duffel bag.
Great DealVerified Buyer Reviewed by AZguy from Arizona on Sunday, November 26, 2017I got this for an upcoming trip to Africa where small planes will limit the size of our luggage. This was a no brainer. At full price this is a very good deal for a duffel bag. At Sierra 's closeout price, this is incredible. Rather than getting a cheap Chinese bag, you get a very well made bag that is built to last for many many trips. I know what I'm talking about since a have a cheap duffel already and there is no comparison. If you are looking for a bag that will last, but doesn't cost a fortune this is the bag to get.
Display or marketing sample?Verified Buyer Reviewed by Former STP fan from Utah on Thursday, November 16, 2017I ordered this item thinking it would be identical to one of the same model number and color on the manufacturer website, since a photo was not available of the specific color I was ordering at the time I placed the order. The item that finally arrived at my home 10 days after placing the order (I am one state away from the STP distribution center) looks so incredibly tacky.
It has bold white print with the item dimensions, warranty info and a QR code that covers one side of the bag. This important detail was not mentioned on the item description and photos of the item in other colors on this site showed something with a simple tasteful logo on the front of the bag.
Camping gearReviewed by Leann from Missouri on Tuesday, June 20, 2017Used this again to haul my camping gear on a multi day bike tour. This bag held my sleeping bag, inflatable mat, camping stool, and backpacking tent with room to spare. It was manhandled and held up great. I am thinking of getting another just because it is so handy!!
Great duffleVerified Buyer Reviewed by FishingGal from California on Wednesday, February 1, 2017The size is perfect for my next fly fishing trip. Material is water resistant and sturdy.
Overall excellent bagReviewed by Yodalogger from Colorado on Wednesday, January 11, 2017Typical excellent offering by Eagle Creek. One star off for plastic clasps on the included shoulder strap.
Good duffel bagVerified Buyer Reviewed by Dave from Illinois on Thursday, November 17, 2016Sturdy and well made unlike other bags that fold down.
Question & Answer
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"We will be traveling on safari and are limited to 33 lbs and must use a soft sided duffel. This will serve as our check in baggage for international travel. What is the cubic capacity of this duffel in liters? Can it be locked well for international travel?"
This bag is 59L and should fulfill your requirements.
"Has anyone tried to use this as a carry-on? Seems a bit too big but wanted to see if it usually passes."
According to information listed under the product Specs: Dimensions (HxWxD): 24x12x11"
Most airlines allowable carry on dimensions are 22"x14"x9" for a total of 45" linear (all together) and weighs 40 lbs. However you may want to check with your air carrier since these may vary some from carrier to carrier.
"Does this have a pass-thru panel for sliding over a suitcase handle?"
This does not have a pass-thru panel.
Actually, I received this today, and thankfully it did have the pass-thru panel.
"These three yellow duffles by Eagle Creek are all listed as being manufactured with "Bi-Tech fabric". Most Eagle Creek luggage is made of nylon, better and stronger than cheaper polyester. That is one of the big reasons why I purchase Eagle Creek. Does anybody know what this new "Bi-Tech" fabric is - nylon, polyester, or some new tech combo fabric?"
The response I received from Eagle Creek is that Bi-tech fabric is water resistant and anti-abrasion leather-like material. Eagle Creek does not list the exact make up of the fabric.


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Class presentations: Philippines & Mexico
The long and close relationship between the Philippines and Mexico was a surprise for me to discover for myself during this intensive history class. I was born in Manila, Philippines and my family emigrated to the United States when I was five years old. My parents raised my 3 brothers, 1 sister, and me "in the American way" by putting us all the way through school, from kindergarten through university; but at home our upraising was very much "in the Asian way". The emphasis was doing well in school (so we would have a greater chance in doing well in life). I recall both my mom and dad telling stories of life in the Philippines, but basically keeping the narrative on our relatives, particularly those who had claim to fame in the realm of the Social Good. Ironically, I came to Mexico and learned more about my family, too .
Ironically, I came to Mexico and learned more about my family.
On day one, our class assignment was announced: Relate an aspect of Mexico's history to your country. Luckily, I had two from which to choose. I initially thought that I should present and compare the U.S. education system with that of Mexico. After a few weeks of readings and lectures, I discovered the linkages between Mexico and the Philippines for myself. I was motivated to deepen my knowledge about that relationship through the threads about the Paredes side of my dad's family spun by my parents. My research resulted in knowing my great aunt Lourdes, great uncle Victorino, and great grandfather Quintín Paredes.
My Aunt Lourdes became my significant person in my class example for my inquiry project on "Significant Digital Stories of First Heroes". Here is a short version of the story, which you can also watch below.
Hi, I'm Frederic Lim and I'm an English teacher in Harlem, New York. I teach English Language Learners in middle school, ages 11-13. My students are from immigrant families to New York City that come from all over the world. I am also a volunteer in rural health in Guatemala. I created an organization that empowers women with acupuncture training so they can better care for their patients.
Philippines and Mexico
Historically, you will notice that both have similar cultures and shared history. Also, my family is from the Philippines. Located in southeast Asia, the Philippines is an archipelago of about 7,000 islands. Mexico has 20% more inhabitants compared to the Philippines. Thee similarities are the Spanish language, religious beliefs, and the name of their currency, the peso.
The Spanish Ruled, 1521-1898
For about 377 years, from 1521-1898, Spain ruled the Philippines; for about 300 years, from 1521-1821, Spain ruled Mexico. Around 1521, different settlers arrived on both countries and met the indigenous rulers: Magellan in the Philippines and Cortés in Mexico. Then 30 years later, commercial trade between Manila and Acapulco developed, which lasted for 250 years. This is the basis for the similarities of culture shared.
The Galleon Trade brought many goods and people from Manila and Acapulco and back! A short list includes silver, cacao, Spanish wine, wool, and the red conchinilla (potato bug) for dying threads and yarns from Mexico. From the Philippines (and trading parters in Asia) came gold powder, wax, leather and textiles.
This famous image of the religious relic of the Virgin of Guadalupe hangs in the San José Parish Church. According to historian Prof. Miguel Meneses, the image is inlayed with mother of pearl and is framed in sold silver. It came from Manila on a galleon to Mexico in the 1550's.
U.S. Commonwealth, 1935-1946
Only 150 years later, the Philippines became a commonwealth country of the United States. The Philippines wanted to be a country, but the United States wanted to make sure that it could function as a country, so they agreed to a 10 year relationship. The president under the commonwealth was Manuel Quezon. He was received by Mexico President Cardenas on an official state visit even though the Philippines was not yet officially independent.
Before his visit to Mexico Quezon was in Washington, D.C. where he appointed my great-grandfather, Quintín Paredes, as the Resident Commissioner (Español) (English) from the Philippines in the United States. Both Quezon and Paredes created social programs for the poor in the Philippines. They also allowed Jewish refugees to settle in the Philippines, the only country in Asia to welcome them during the second world war.
My Aunt Lourdes
Quintin Paredes had a daughter (Ines), who was my grandmother. Her son is my dad, who married my mom. My grandmother Ines had a brother, Ignacio, who fought for the British Air Force during the war. They had a brother, Victorino Paredes, who eventually became an ambassador from the Philippines to Mexico. They had a sister, Lourdes Paredes, who became a justice. She is one of my First Heroes in this significant digital story!
I am inspired by by Aunt Lourdes because she became the first justice of the Philippines Court of Appeals. She defended equal right for all, especially women. She gained infamy for a high-profile decision she had to make in the 1960's. You can read about it here in a blog about the incident..
Aunt Lourdes was born in 1910 to the Quintín Paredes and Victoria Peralta de La Union in Manila. She studied Philosophy and Law in the Philippines and Madrid, Spain. She also wrote and published books, did research on women's rights and property laws. She even represented the government of the Philippines at international conferences around the world, trying to make the world a better place. Someday, I want to travel to places like Stockholm and represent the underprivileged in Geneva.
As you can see, my great-aunt Lourdes' story is significant to me because now I teach students to be globally competent, and I teach groups of women so that the world is a little better place to live.
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Taylor, Mattix Led Panthers in Hitting 25 Years Ago
Knightstown's varsity baseball team is ready to defend its sectional title with a veteran squad this season. Team members include Dan Florea, Rem Perry, Kurt Willis, Pat Day, Kevin Hiner, Angie Lindsay, Marc Bundy, Brian Jones, Mark Lawrence, David Mattix, Chris Taylor, John Betz, John Collins, Chris Waits, Baron Magee, Bill Garris, Todd Wells, Ron Hammer and Mike White. The team is coached by Mike Wyatt and he is assisted by Gary Ogden. Team managers include John Myers, Mike Reeves, Angie Lindsay, Lana Gregory, Diane Henry and Liz Wyatt.
At this point in the season, several Panthers are carrying outstanding offensive credentials to the baseball field. Chris Taylor leads the team with a .488 batting average. David Mattix is hitting .390, John Collins .357 and Mark Lawrence .334. The entire team's combined batting average is .319, and they have stolen 65 bases.
Scott Reeves, Steve Davidson, Rob Hall and Jeff Brummett all shot in the low 40s, leading the Panther golf team to a victory over Triton Central last week.
Brian Peggs, Rod Jones and Chris Waits had two hits apiece, while Randy Pitts, Jim Wolski and John Nicholas had extra-base hits to lead the junior varsity baseball team to a win over Eastern Hancock. Judy Anderson, Cathy Cunningham and April Helms won matched to lead the Lady Panther tennis team to a win over Cambridge City Lincoln.
Knightstown's girls softball team lost a doubleheader to John Marshal High School last week. Christi Wright, Michelle Gosser, Kerri Grandison and Susan Koors all had at least two hits in the twin bill.
Knightstown's varsity tennis team continues to improve as sectional play approaches. Team members include Carol McCord, Allison Queener, Jill Skillman, Julie Carroll, Michelle Voris, Karen Gregory, Lori Alexander, Bev Wright and Kim Phelps. The team is coached by Becky Freeman.
Longtime Eastern Hancock varsity basketball coach Ron Bocken resigned his position to accept a similar post at Mississinewa High School. Bocken led the Royals to the 1974 New Castle sectional title. The team had a 21-3 record that season.
Bo Roland pitched a three-hitter to lead the Panther baseball team to a 4-2 victory over Triton Central. First baseman Eric Barnes connected for two of the five Knightstown hits. Roland, Chuck Hutson and Greg Whitfield also had hits, while Whitfield had three RBI.
Traci Cooper and Martha Sitler won two events apiece to pace the Lady Panther track team to a win over Eastern Hancock.
Grant Wilfong ran a 2:31.8 880 and Jim Williams posted a 63.8 440-yard dash in the Carthage junior high track meet against Milroy last Thursday. Both Wilfong and Williams are undefeated in their events this season.
Knightstown track men qualifying for competition in the sectional track meet at Richmond are R. Cassiday in the 100-, 200-yard and broad jump; J.D. Masters in the 880-relay; Jim McCall in the 440-yard dash, the mile relay and the low hurdles; Ken Schweizer in the 440-yard dash and mile relay; Ron Dick in the two-mile run; and Tom Mills in the high hurdles and high jump.
Hancock Central's strong track team won the Hancock County meet, while Eastern Hancock finished fourth. Jerry Hurt was the only Royal winner, taking the long jump with a leap of 18'8".
Hoss's Gang, a team made up of Knightstown High School faculty members, will defend the title they won last year in the slow-pitch softball league. The league will consist of six teams from the Knightstown area and will start play June 13.
Knightstown's baseball team opened its 1952 season when they traveled to Richmond and suffered a 26-2 defeat. Ben Rhodes homered for Knightstown in the fourth inning, and Dixie Howell pitched well for a few innings, but lost his control. Some powerful hitting off Ab Moore, Bob McCaslin and Art Snow finished any Knightstown hopes of a win.
Woods Motor Sales softball team launched their season with a thrilling 7-6 victory over Sigma Tau Fraternity of Ball State College in an 11-inning game.
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From frostbite to snowdrifts, northern cities face a flurry of winter garbage collection challenges. In many cases, an ounce, or rather a few quarts, of prevention throughout the cold season can mean the difference between maintaining normal collection schedules and having a frozen fleet stalled in the garage.
October is a good month to begin assessing the fleet - checking antifreeze and changing oil.
Ray Wald, shop foreman for the city of Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling Department, tests each vehicle in the city's 86-piece fleet for antifreeze concentration levels using a refractometer. This is performed well before conditions start dipping below freezing because Minneapolis' winter temperatures can fall to a deathly cold minus 80 degrees with the windchill.
In addition, every vehicle's diesel fuel mix is changed to a 60/40 blend in the fall. Diesel fuel can develop a wax build-up in the winter if special additives are not used, Wald explains.
Minneapolis begins switching to the blended fuel on October 1, even though the city doesn't usually reach freezing temperatures until mid-November.
"We like to allow for those trucks that aren't used as often," Wald says. "That way, we know every vehicle has a full tank of winter fuel by the time the cold weather hits."
Since becoming shop foreman two years ago, Wald has retrofitted several engine block heaters, and has required them on all new vehicles purchased by the city, giving his all-diesel fleet a jump-start on the freeze.
Equipment in general doesn't work as efficiently in freezing conditions. From breaks to hydraulic lifters, sub-zero temperatures slow everything down. Periodic equipment inspections can help alleviate many in-service malfunctions and the hours of labor required to fix the weather-induced problems.
"It's no fun unfreezing break pads," says Joel Grunwaldt, solid waste director for the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. His department conducts regular inspections on air dryers to prevent break pads from freezing.
Frozen and slow-moving hydraulic lifters are another winter weather complication. Hydraulic fluids are switched to a special winter mix to combat freezing, Grunwaldt says. Even so, hydraulic machines will respond more sluggishly if they are not properly primed before use.
In Minneapolis' case, trucks are kept warm overnight in heated garages, which allows crews to start operating hydraulic machines at peak performance sooner in the winter work day. "We keep the majority of our trucks inside," Wald says. "It helps hurry up the warming process. With any hydraulic drive, if a truck sits overnight in sub-zero temperatures, the oil gets thicker, which in turn slows down the hydraulics."
Many refuse truck operators can make the mistake of pushing the performance of their hydraulic lifters before the oil has a chance to warm up, which can lead to blown-out hoses, Wald notes. This is because colder oil, which has a higher viscosity, is forced through systems.
Consequently, fleet managers without the luxury of heated garages should allow hydraulics time to properly warm up before commencing collection routes, Wald recommends. There is a tendency for sanitation crews to attempt to work at a summer pace during the winter months, pushing machinery past cold-weather performance capabilities, he says.
Susan Young, director of solid waste and recycling for the city of Minneapolis, is just as concerned for the well-being of her crew braving the elements as she is concerned about Minneapolis' fleet.
"We haul in all weather conditions from minus 80 degrees to as hot as 105 degrees, so we try to educate our staff," Young says. Over-exposure to harsh weather is a major concern during the winter, she says. She's seen cases ranging from common hypothermia to frostbitten eyelids.
To prevent over-exposure, Minneapolis collection crews are encouraged to take frequent breaks during harsh weather. Also, a buddy system better ensures early detection of exposure-related health problems.
Residents also need to cooperate in harsh climates. Collecting garbage in the winter often requires scaling snowplow-created black snow berms to reach solid waste carts. Many cities have ordinances requiring customers to clear a path to trash containers. "It's a joint effort between our crews and customers," Young explains.
Work-related injuries can become a concern when crews attempt to service inaccessible carts, she continues. In Minneapolis, if the problem persists beyond a week, customers are sent a warning letter. If the problem has not been corrected by the third week, the city shovels out a path, hauls the garbage and bills the violating customer accordingly.
The Milwaukee suburb of West Allis has a similar policy. A city ordinance requires a clear path to refuse carts within a two-hour period after each snow storm, says Jeff Jender, West Allis' sanitation supervisor.
"If it becomes a problem, we'll first send them a notice, then a letter giving them seven days [to comply]. Then, the police department issues a citation," Jender says. "If the garbage is piling up, we'll clean it, but charge an additional fee for the cleanup."
However, West Allis is capable of clearing a path to the garbage, Jender says. Each of the city's 20 refuse trucks is equipped with a quick-hitch snowplow. Combined with its fleet of dump trucks, also equipped with plows, West Allis is ready for snow.
While dump trucks tackle the main roads with plows and salt, front-end loaders equipped with V-blades clear the city's alleys. More than half of West Allis' residential zones have alleys, Jender notes. While all of the city's refuse trucks plow snow as well as collect garbage, none collect and plow simultaneously. "The plows are always off when we're collecting," Jender says.
Despite the weather, customers must be serviced, haulers say. When the Alaska Public Utility Board issued a residential collection tariff to Anchorage Refuse, a division of Waste Management Inc., Raleigh, N.C., it was with the stipulation that Anchorage would service any resident regardless of the amount of snow or the mountain elevation.
"We're the only certified residential hauler in the area," explains Kurk Duncan, Anchorage Refuse's district manager. "Our residential service area takes us into the foothills and way up into the mountains, and we're required to service them all, regardless of terrain."
The climatic challenges, combined with rigorous terrain, require special refuse trucks. Not able to buy trucks off-the-rack, Anchorage's fleet includes several four-wheel drive vehicles with custom-built Freightliner chassis. In addition to four four-wheel drives, Anchorage Refuse equips its vehicles with tire chains.
"It gets pretty icy in February," Duncan says. In addition to avoiding slippery black ice on the road, sanitation crews also face trying to empty frozen blocks of solid waste out of refuse carts during the winter.
"You haven't lived until you try busting frozen garbage out of a 90-gallon, upside-down cart," Minneapolis' Young says. The problem starts when people bring their wet garbage out of their warm 70-degree homes. We ask our customers to place all their garbage in secure bags."
The city of Anchorage and Anchorage Refuse teamed up 10 years ago to solve the problem of waste freezing to the sides of transfer station roll-off units. Frozen garbage literally is chipped off the sides of containers, using front-end loaders equipped with 15-foot sections of steel I-beams that serve as giant ice picks. Known in Anchorage as "stingers," these ice picks are used to chip frozen garbage out of everything from compactors to open-top roll-offs.
"Once you break it [frozen solid waste] loose in a few places, you can usually dislodge it," Duncan says.


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Student Services
Student Services Team – School Counsellors
- Gordie Cox – School Counselor
- Julie McCabe – School Counselor
- Mike Peterson – School Counselor
Student Services Support Teams _ The Pods – Administration, Counselors, Resource Teachers, Youth Service Workers, School Resource Officers providing support to students.
Transcripts and other Documentation:
Please contact Valerie Inman, Administrative Assistant in our Student Services Department to request transcripts – 368-6860 Local 228. email@example.com
- When you request a transcript you must provide your full name, date of birth, year of graduation, your telephone contact, and the school with a mailing address where the transcript is to be sent.
- All these requests require at least 24 hours notification for preparation. Your cooperation is appreciated.
- Calendar of Important Events and Deadlines for Grade 12 Students
- Student Services Presentation_Applications_Feb 11 2016 – Presented at the Parent Information meeting
- Bursary Booklet – Information for grade 12 students who are seeking buraries or scholarships to support post secondary education.
- Links to Canadian Universities and Colleges – Use this link to check out programs, entrance requirements in school across Canada
- Strive Brochure


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Agility Training For Tennis
A racquet sport training programme has to meet the demands of an all-round physically challenging sport.
Beginners' Guide To Runner Ultras
Training for an ultra-marathon is a huge commitment, which will take a large chunk of your time over a relatively long period.
Cycle Training Intervals
As a keen cyclist once you have mastered the art of building up your basic miles and you start to feel comfortable at a steady pace.
Why go to the gym when you can achieve the same results climbing?
Swimming: Improving Your Stroke
Matt explains the different exercises to do to boost arm pull down and the exercises to do to boost kick speed (based on front crawl stroke).
Training Splits
Matt explains the benefits of this training technique, including any latest research, and how to put it into practice.
Strength Training For Running
Strength training can be a very confusing part of exercise and wellbeing for many as it predominantly holds connotations of enormous bulging muscles.
Strength & Mobility Training For Triathlons
Unlike many other sports triathlons require the body to tolerate intense stress over a prolonged time period.
5 Tips For Your Triathlon Training
It was announced earlier this year that the Pru Health World Triathlon Final will be taking place in London and it will follow an identical course to that of the Olympics in 2012.
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So blogging during the summer was a bust for Green Canopy – clearly. I can offer any number of excuses, and I will, but let's first just say that reading blogs about residential real estate, building, the economy or any number of relevant-to-work-not-pleasure topics while on vacation is not something that Green Canopy endorses anyway. We hope you all had an amazing summer. And now that you are gearing up for the holidays and getting back into the swing of working, school, shorter days and rainy weather that keeps you inside and perhaps on the computer longer – we hope that you will come back to our blog.
There is a lot going on at Green Canopy and we are now considering switching things up a bit with the blog. We are going back to our roots. Our 4 Roots to be exact. Instead of focusing solely on the real estate market we will be blogging under the themes of Value, Innovation, Beauty and Energy Efficiency. Every Green Canopy Home grows from these 4 Roots and we are working hard to develop a program that defines each of these and answers the question "What is a Green Canopy Home?" Many of you may have read about our 3 Roots and our Brand Pillars, V.I.B.E., and this is something that we have decided to simplify and combine into one cohesive concept. We want to put our work out there in a way that is transparent and inspirational in a message that comes from our whole team and not just the geeky marketing genius that is me. I will be interviewing our project managers, photographing and documenting our projects and process to share with the world. Sure this has been done before – but not by us. And so what? We have a story to tell and a lot of cool behind-the-scenes shenanigans to share. Join us!
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A talk with Richard Kelleher, Assistant Keeper of Coins (Medieval and Modern).
This talk is from 13.15 – 14.00 in the Seminar Room 35. Admission is by token, one per person, available at the Courtyard Entrance desk on a first-come first-served basis from 12.45 on the day of the talk. Induction loop available.


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I got this new lipstick and it is AHHmazing! Revlon ColorStay Overtime- Color: Non- Stop Cherry. The box says long lasting 16 hours. They aren't kidding. It takes make up remover to get this stuff off. I'm not a frequent lipstick wearer so I don't know if anyone else finds this amazing or not. But if you know of any other great lipsticks please share!


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Alrighty everyone, I've been working my butt off trying to get my Orlando area pet events page done, and now it's finally open! Check it out in the top menu bar above, or go here for the Orlando pet events page.
Now, because I just opened it, there are only October to December 2010 events on it. I will start putting 2011 pet events in it in a few weeks. It's hard to find a full pet event page that covers all the upcoming pet events in the Orlando and central Florida area.
I've seen a few, but they only have events they are doing themselves, or just about a few sponsored pet events. I want to have every type of pet event in my new page here.
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Relatively soon, the battle of Windows RT tools may turn fiercer. At this time, Windows 8 has grown to be one more recommended choice as tablet system in addition to iOS and Android OS. Shortly after the delivering of Surface plus Latest Lenovo Tablet, Asus has launched another Windows 8 tablet computer known Asus Vivo Tab. Seeing as the first Asus product installed with Windows RT, an extra edition of Windows 8, Asus Vivo Tab RT is usually outfitted along with 10.1-inch display having a resolution of 1366x768, powerful processor chip, 32GB space, 4G LTE support, built-in NFC and also 8-megapixel back video camera. Consequently, the new Asus tablet happens to be expected in the market.
Via impressive processor chip, Asus Vivo Tab RT aids buyers to indulge in 3D video games openly and by making use of large-size display screen, it gives buyers remarkable feeling on viewing video clips. However, for those who like to enjoy DVD on Vivo Tab RT, they are discouraged. To begin with, the new Asus tablet computer happens to be a unit without DVD drive; the other point is, you will find no software programs to help buyers view DVD discs using The new Asus device instantly. How to view DVD movie on new Asus tablet?
A feasible method to deal with it happens to be to turn DVD movie for new Asus tablet. Nevertheless, the alteration simply runs after one can easily find a robust DVD for Vivo Tab RT conversion software. Subsequently after the alteration, the Windows RT item is able to get access to the converted DVD movies effortlessly. Therefore, to deal with the transformation from DVD document to Asus Vivo Tab RT video, Windows end users are able to refer to DVD Ripper.
Step 1: Download and even release DVD Ripper, a tool precisely created as DVD movie for new Asus tablet conversion software.
Step 2: Add DVD movie. Start the converter, press "File" hotlink and then select "Load DVD" choice in the drop-down list to add the DVD video for further editing.
Step 3: Opt for output format. To make certain customers may view the converted DVD together with Asus Vivo Tab RT, switching the DVD video to MP4 film. As a result, specify the output document a MP4 film for the Vivo Tab RT in the drop-down list of "Profile".
The Fourth Step: Fix the MP4 film. Just click "Settings" icon to get into Settings section where a variety of video variables happen to be given. Then establish the MP4 movie a decent Vivo Tab RT video together with the parameters given. For instance, fix the video size as "1366x768" and even audio codec as "AAC".
The Fifth Step: View the MP4 movie. Press "Edit" icon to get into Video Edit section where a number of changing functions tend to be provided. After that edit the MP4 video by using this unique DVD to MP4 conversion software. As an example, arrange the video span using "Trim" tab.
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Understanding Vitamin D Requirements During First 12 Months of Life
Science progresses continuously but not at a constant velocity. Today's blog highlights the importance of thoughtful, deliberative discussion among scientists. Stimulated by a May peer-reviewed publication on the effects of vitamin D supplementation to infants during their first year, two letters were sent to the Editor of JAMA. Here is the story.
Using the classic gold standard scientific design, double-blind, randomized clinical trial (RCT), Gallo and colleagues followed 132 healthy, term, breastfed infants from Montreal, Canada who were randomized to receive vitamin D orally (400, 800, 1200 or 1600 IU/d) for 11 months. The primary objective was to establish a vitamin D dosage which would maintain a plasma 25(OH)D concentration ≥75 nmol/L. Within 3 months, all dosages achieved 25(OH)D concentrations above 50 nmol/L in 97% of infants. Only the 1600 IU/d achieved the primary outcome. 97% of infants achieved plasma 25(OH)D above 75 nmol/L. There were no significant differences in growth and bone mineral content among infants by dosage. It is noteworthy that the investigators administered vitamin D doses exceeding the Tolerable Upper Limit (UL) of 1000 and 1500 IU/d for infants 0 to 6 months (or 25 μg/d) and 6 months to 12 months (or 38 μg/d), respectively. The 1600 IU dosage was discontinued at 3 months because some children had 25(OH)D concentrations > 125 nmol/L, a risk factor for hypercalcemia, but there were no reported adverse events.
In a letter to the Editor, Sofiyan and colleagues criticize Gallo and associates for statistically adjusting for sun exposure using an index which not been properly validated. Differences in sun exposure could partially explain the wide variation in 25(OH)D levels following vitamin D supplementation. In their response, Gallo, Rodd and Weiler acknowledge the limitations in estimating sun exposure, especially in people with differing skin pigmentation.
As is often the case in science, more research is needed.
Main Citation
Gallo S, Comeau K, Vanstone C, Agellon S, Sharma A, Jones G, L'Abbe M, Khamessan A, Rodd C, Weiler H. Effect of different dosages of oral vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D status in healthy, breastfed infants, a randomized study. 2013 JAMA doi:10.1001/jama.2013.3404
Other Citations
Sofiyan A, Nanan RKH, Habil M. Vitamin D supplementation during first 12 months of life. 2013 JAMA doi:10.1001/jama.2013.124263
Gallo S, Rodd C, Weiler H. Vitamin D supplementation during first 12 months of life. 2013 JAMA doi:10.1001/jama.2013.124272
Dietary Reference ntakes (DRIs): Tolerable Upper Intake Levels, Vitamins, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academies (2011 for vitamin D


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According to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education research, the nation is projected to produce fewer high school graduates between 2014 and 2023, with 2017 being projected to be the lowest year. Enrollment officers are in the hot seat and under tremendous pressure to recruit, enroll, retain and persist a critical number of students to sustain revenue needs on campuses.
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The Legendary Signer was a Signer, who lived ten millennia before the battle with the Dark Signers featured in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. He possessed the full Mark of the Dragon on the left of his chest and wielded the Blazing Soul ability.
Battle with the Crimson Devil
The Crimson Dragon and its servants: Ancient Fairy Dragon, Black Rose Dragon, Black-Winged Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend and Stardust Dragon fought the Crimson Devil, Red Nova.
The Signer came forward from the ashes of a volcano and performed a miracle. He was able to absorb the Crimson Dragon's power, through Blazing Soul, and used it to defeat and seal the Crimson Devil.
When Jack Atlas faced the Crimson Devil's servant, the Familiar of Red Nova, he spoke of Blazing Soul, which reminded Greiger of the Legendary Signer. Using Burning Soul, Jack absorbed the power of the Crimson Devil and created the card "Red Nova Dragon", which he used to defeat the Familiar.
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With the beginning of Elul, the Chechenov Yeshiva in Yerushalayim has implemented a prohibition against electronic cigarettes.
Other new rules at the yeshiva requires everyone eating in the dining room to wear a hat, and forbids participating in in vorts, aufrufs and sheva brachos. Weddings of friends may be attended from 9:15 to 11:15 p.m.
The yeshiva is located in the building of Mosdos Kaliv on Rechov Chana.
The yeshiva also banned the bochurim from flying to kivrei tzaddikim abroad.
In addition, using a cell phone during yeshiva time is forbidden.
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Five Things You Need to Know: General Sense of Anxiety, Also Housing, WalMart Wakes a Sleeping Giant, Namby-Pamby Cellphone Usability, New Head Start Program Results in Better Tips
What you need to know (and what it means)!
Minyanville's daily Five Things You Need to Know to stay ahead of the pack on Wall Street:
1. General Sense of Anxiety
Although there is very little drama surrounding today's Fed actions - there will be no change in Fed interest rate policy - there is considerable edginess over just what the Fed's inaction will produce in terms of their accompanying statement on interest rate policy set for release at 2:15 p.m. EST.
- Last month's Fed statement read as if it had been put through a paper shredder and reassembled by a team of forensic monkeys using ball-peen hammers and Krazy Glue
- (Note: That's Krazy with a K).
- How will this statement possibly be any different?
- Well, it probably won't be.
- While Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke likes to frequently talk a good talk on "transparency" and "improved communication," the reality is that when a central bank (and, by extension, market participants) relies so heavily on the perception of a well-oiled, central-bank managed economy, it does no one much good to let the cat out of the bag that, "hmmm, we're not quite sure what in the hell is going on."
- The September 20 Fed statement noted that core inflation readings were elevated with rising energy prices likely to further sustain inflationary pressures over time while inflation pressures moderate over time due to lower energy prices and jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton and now we have an all-pervasive, general sense of anxiety.
2. Also, Housing
No Fed statement these days can be complete without referencing housing in some bizarre, illucid manner. The September 20 statement noted that the housing market "appears to be cooling."
- Meanwhile, mortgage applications for the purchase of new homes fell 0.6% in the week-ending October 20, 16% lower than a year ago.
- Refinancings actually rose slightly, 1.8%, as homeowners rushed to lock in fuel for their rising bonfire of debt and vanities. (Literally, vanities. We were browsing home Depot last weekend and noticed a veritable dearth of bathroom vanities.)
- What is weird is that Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) slipped 0.9% and are down 23% year-on-year while the percent of new home loans being taken down that are ARMs is barely more than 25%, down from a peak of 40%.
- Why is that weird? Because as the Existing Home Sales numbers (-1.9%) suggest, the probabilities are that the Fed will be taking down interest rates in 2007 and perhaps even into 2008.
- So this means that while Mr. and Mrs. Wrongway were piling on the ARM debt into a rising interest rate environment in 2004 and 2005, they are now turning to fixed interest rate debt into what will probably be a declining interest rate environment in 2007 and 2008.
3. WalMart Wakes a Sleeping Giant...
Wegmans (Dis)Inflation!
When you've been number one for so long, it's sometimes easy to forget that your status makes you a target for up-and-comers. Think Minnesota Fats and Fast Eddie Felson. Think Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady. Think WalMart and... Wegmans?
- After WalMart announced late this summer that they're cutting prices on generic prescription drugs, a number of perennial also-ran retailers followed suit.
- Among those following in WalMart's footsteps with their own prescription drug price cuts were Target, Kmart and BJs.
- Of course, being the 800-pound gorilla in the pricing room, WalMart was able to cut prices in this area by using their buying power to purchase generic drugs in massive quantities.
- "WalMart has started price wars in many areas," Professor of Marketing at RIT, Eugene Fram told WHEC10-TV in Rochester, NY.
- How are other prescriptions drug sellers staying competitive? "They have to respond and they have to compete," Fram explained. "When WalMart talks in price terms, other people can tremble because of the huge purchasing power they have."
- Fram also told WHEC-TV this is having social implications because the cost of many drugs for the uninsured is plummeting.
- Meanwhile, the latest retailer to step up to the WalMart pricing challenge is sleeping giant Wegmans, according to WHEC10-TV. Wegmans is responding by discounting nearly 200 generic drugs.
- By the way, did we mention that Wegmans isn't the only sleeping giant WalMart is threatening to wake?
- It probably went unnoticed because the stock is hitting a new 52-week high, which is the only thing that matters... ever, but WalMart yesterday noted it was not "comfortable" with same-store sales around 1% and would improve its sales by... anyone? anyone?... doing what it does best... cutting prices... into the very teeth of the Holiday season.
- That's rather (dis)inflationary.
- Uh oh. Wait 'til Wegmans finds out.
4. Namby-Pamby Cellphone Usability
Three quarters of Motorola RAZR users say they would not buy another Motorola (MOT) handset because they are difficult to use, according to a poll by Mobile.
- In the survey of 55 Motorola customers, 78% said they wouldn't buy a Motorola handset again, with the majority citing problems with usability.
- The figure was slightly higher among first-time Motorola users. As many as 85% of the 48 first-time Motorola users in the poll want to switch to another manufacturer.
- Usability?
- Did you say "usability"?
- Look here, sonny, you new-fangled, fancy-pants modern cellphone users don't know the first thing about "usability."
- Usability!? Hahaha. Why, that's a lark. What did you expect, that the cellphone would just read your mind? Transmit your every little thought and whim to whomever wherever without you having to so much as lift a finger?!
- Why, I was around when the first cell phone was invented. Talk about your usability. Ha! Let me tell you a story about usability.
The story of the first cell phone - a modern miracle of usability!
The first "mobile" cellular telephone, checking in at just under five feet tall by nine feet wide and weighing a little more than 897 pounds, was a modern miracle of usability.
Those wealthy and privileged few, the "early adopters" of this miraculous technology, were able to enjoy telephone access anywhere, at virtually anytime, by following just a few simple procedures.
Early Mobile Cellular Telephone Usability
In order to place a mobile telephone call, "on the go," as it were, users of the first mobile cellular telephone simply needed to attach the sub-thermal-nuclear pinchon device to a portable land-based siftergram station and dial 9 for outside line access.
After the successful dialing of "9," the mobile cellular telephone call was then quickly routed to a computer bank in Palo Alto, CA.
From Palo Alto the call was then reprocessed and formatted for Type 3XT multi-linear cable form feed and hole punch capability by a MagnaFiler 14RP1999 Crimpshaft Telefeed.
Once reprocessed and successfully formatted, the mobile cellular telephone signal was then transmitted to a satellite via the Cruickshank Demi-Codpiece Modular Five-Speed Mobile Teletravel Device (14 MPG Highway).
The satellite would then beam the reprocessed mobile cellular telephone signal to a signal receptor station in Midlothian, TX where Ms. Eleanor Johnston would hand copy the message, re-typeset, format and boldface...
... the conversation for verbal processing by a group of high school students with a convertible Buick and a Mr. Microphone playset.
The high school students would then drive by the designated mobile cellular telephone call recipient's house in the convertible Buick and broadcast the message, which typically was something along the lines of "Hey good lookin', be back to pick ya up later," or "Guess what? I'm calling you on a mobile cellular telephone," through the Mr. Microphone AM radio transmitter.
The recipient of the call would then rush to a land-based telephone
and call the original sender of the mobile cellular telephone at a designated telephone booth just outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
While seemingly complex by today's standards, the process was actually relatively quick taking just under 7 hours from start to finish.
5. New Head Start Program Results in Better Tips
In yesterday's Five Things from the Department of Impossible to Make Up we learned that infants are taking advantage of generous corporate healthcare plans to seek psychiatric treatment and help. Good. They need it... what with all the crying and the bedwetting and their refusal to get a job and so on. Today, fresh evidence that infants are not getting the psychiatric help they so desperately need as toddlers turn to pole dancing - Yes! Pole dancing! Seriously! - to support themselves in their increasingly perverted and deranged lifestyles.
- UK retail giant Tesco was recently forced to remove a pole-dancing kit from the toys and games section of its website.
- "The Tesco Direct site advertises the kit with the words, "Unleash the sex kitten inside...simply extend the Peekaboo pole inside the tube, slip on the sexy tunes and away you go!", according to the UK Daily Mail.
- "Soon you'll be flaunting it to the world and earning a fortune in Peekaboo Dance Dollars", the Tesco marketing geniuses added.
- Tesco today agreed to remove the product from the Toy section of the site, but said it will remain on sale as a Fitness Accessory, despite the fact that the product description invites users to "unleash the sex kitten inside."
- Dr. Adrian Rogers, of family campaigning group Family Focus said yesterday that the kit would "destroy children's lives."
- Tesco was quick to point out that many successful people picked up their trade at an early age. For example, Tiger Woods began golfing at age six.
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This week there was a mass lobby of parliament about the important global issue of climate change. I couldn't make it, but I'm writing to my MP instead.
As I pedalled I started recomposing "Matilda" in light of 9/11. I got this far…
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You know, it never occurred to me that the term "fossil fuels" contained the word "fossil" and that this is hugely significant.
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In a previous article on Skeena Resources (SKE.V) (SKREF), I interviewed the company's Chairman and 2nd largest shareholder, Mr. Ron Netolitzky. That article was featured on several investment websites. Since my last piece, Mr. Netolitzky was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. Yet another accolade for a visionary geologist who's received previous awards such as the Prospector of the Year award from the PDAC and Developer of the Year award from the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines. Importantly, Skeena updated its corporate presentation, which is a must read for anyone considering an investment.
In my prior article I noted that Skeena's Spectrum property has a historical non-N.I. 43- 101 compliant gold resource of 614,000 tons grading 12.3 g/t Au (5.0 g/t cut-off) for 243,600 oz. The Spectrum property was intermittently explored by numerous operators in the period from 1957 to 1991 and last drilled in 1992 by Columbia Gold Mines. This fact is essential in understanding the investment opportunity because prior work established an extensive database of geological mapping, geochemical sampling, trenching and more than 100 diamond drill holes (>14,000 metres). The cost in today's dollars of conducting that magnitude of exploration and development would probably be $10 million or more.
With that in mind, Skeena's goal of delivering a maiden N.I. 43-101 compliant resource of 1 million ounces within a year may not be as aggressive as it sounds. The company is raising $3-$4 million to fully fund its 2015 drill campaign. It has the extensive historical database and a recent, successful drill campaign of 9 drill holes totaling 1,940 meters, assays of which were reported in two batches on Dec. 11, 2014 and Jan. 14, 2015. The 1 million ounce figure from a gold resource grading 12+ g/t in, "multiple closely spaced, steeply dipping, parallel zones," is not a sure thing, but Skeena has a lot going for it. Make no mistake it's too early for me to have a high level of confidence in the company's longer-term goal of establishing a 2-3 million ounce deposit. However, if Skeena can execute on the first 1 million ounces, then reaching the more ambitious goal of 2-3 million ounces won't seem nearly as daunting.
Why does Mr. Netolitzky and his geologist team feel that 1 million ounces is an obtainable goal in the first place? Unlike many juniors who do a lot of arm waving about proximity to larger mining neighbors, Skeena has the single most important attribute of an advanced exploration company. High grade. Grade is king and that's why Netolitzky and others have spent so much time on identifying the next round of drill targets. High grade trumps virtually everything. Mediocre attributes can be tolerated as long as there's grade. That's not to say that Skeena's Spectrum project has mediocre metrics. On the contrary, the company has good access to infrastructure and manpower, a strong exploration and development team, access to modern technologies and capital.
Instead of arm waving about Skeena's proximity to giant past-producing and producing mines in the Golden Triangle, Skeena has something far better. A very successful, past-producing analog mine that shows many of the same geological characteristics as the Spectrum deposit. Some readers might understand the importance of analog oil wells. Analog wells greatly reduce the risk of searching for oil. It's no different when drilling for gold. The analog mine in Skeena's case is the past-producing Snip mine. Not only is it very comparable on many levels to Spectrum, it also happens to be a mine that Netolitzky is credited for discovering! Snip produced over 1 million ounces. The key attributes that made Snip such a profitable mine were that it required minimal capital expenses to get up and running, had high grade and low operating expenses.
Like Snip, Spectrum would be an underground mine, meaning that it would have a small surface footprint, making it easier to permit and build. An exciting aspect of the analog mine Snip is that Spectrum would benefit from greater access to infrastructure and modern exploration and drilling technologies. Like Snip, Spectrum has the possibility of being a very profitable mine. Admittedly, it's still early days, but Skeena appears to have less risk than others at this stage, while also possibly boasting better economics due to the high grade.
At today's valuation, Skeena is being treated like a green field exploration company. That makes little sense because of Skeena's historical database and its successful first 9 drill holes. [NOTE: For convenience, highlights from the two above linked press releases are reprinted here] 23.84 g/t over 6.5 m, including 40.43 g/t over 3.5 m in 14-SP-003; 10.63 g/t over 27.0 m, including 66.00 g/t over 2.0 m and 20.4 g/t over 2.0 m, 9.2 g/t over 2.0 m; 8.0 g/t over 2.0 m; and 22.7 g/t over 2.0 m in 14-SP-004; 18.60 g/t over 2.0 m, 3.19 g/t over 4.0 m, 7.32 g/t over 2.0 m, and 6.88 g/t over 2.0 m in 14-SP-005; 43.80 g/t over 2.0 m in 14-SP-006; 9.50 g/t over 2.0m in 14-SP-007; 4.58 g/t over 9.0 m in 14-SP-008; 13.70 g/t over 4.0 m and 254.50 g/t over 2.0 m in hole 14-SP-009. Not only are these high grade assays compared to many peer Golden Triangle mines, (see page 7) of Skeena's March, 2015 corporate presentation, they are high grade by any measure and conform to attributes of the high grade Snip Mine.
If one is skeptical about any of the data presented herein, I urge readers to visit Skeena's website and review the new corporate presentation and recent press releases.
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