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Graduates of the mathematics program at Dordt College gain problem solving and critical thinking skills that are valuable in many fields. This makes a degree in mathematics a flexible preparation to pursue a wide range of vocations. Our graduates have had success being accepted into graduate schools and finding jobs that suit their training and interests in a variety of careers in education, business, industry, and governmental agencies.
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In 2012, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics predicted 23 percent growth for mathematicians by 2022. What kinds of jobs do mathematicians have? Opportunities in both teaching and non-teaching fields are readily available. Companies that engage in research or high-tech operations are looking for people with strong mathematical backgrounds because of their problem-solving and analytical skills.
Mathematics and mathematics-related jobs are consistently ranked as desirable, with high job satisfaction. The job search portal CareerCast.com ranked mathematician as the No. 1 job for 2014 based on five criteria including stress, working environment, physical demands, income, and hiring outlook. The job of statistician ranked No. 3 while actuary ranked No. 4.
Graduates in mathematics are qualified to pursue many career paths including:
- Educator: The demand for mathematics teachers remains strong as currently 31 percent of high school students are taught by teachers who are not licensed to teach mathematics (Gordon, 2013).
- Modeler: Modeling uses mathematics to describe real-world phenomena. This iterative process moves back and forth from the real-world problem to the mathematical description with an end goal of using the mathematics to better describe the phenomena or help solve a real world problem. Modeling is important to many fields including engineering, biology, chemistry, finance, and urban planning.
- Pre-med and pre-law: According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, math majors score the highest of any major on both the MCAT and LSAT, entrance tests for medical and law schools.
- Actuary: Actuaries combine mathematics (especially statistics) with business to quantify risk. Actuaries are often employed by the government, or insurance and investment companies. Dordt College offers both a major and minor in actuarial science.
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- Computer scientist: The logical and precise thinking gained as a mathematics major are also valuable in computer science. Dordt College has a unique joint mathematics/computer science major that combines courses from both fields into one major.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that former defender Momcilo "Gabbo" Gavric and former president Peter Bridgwater have been voted into the Earthquakes Hall of Fame. The pair will be inducted in a ceremony during halftime of San Jose's match on July 27 against the Portland Timbers.
"Both Gabbo and Peter are iconic figures from our club's history," said Earthquakes President Dave Kaval. "We are honored that they will be entering our Hall of Fame after such storied careers both with our club and in promoting soccer around the Bay Area."
Bridgwater, who will be inducted in the Hall of Fame's 'Builder' category, was one of the most influential leaders in the growth of the soccer in the United States and especially in the Bay Area. After serving as general manager of the Vancouver Whitecaps, he started his Bay Area soccer career as the general manager for the San Jose Earthquakes in the North American Soccer League in 1984. After the league folded one year later, he bought the Quakes name and team and founded the Western Soccer Alliance, a league that featured teams on the West Coast of the United States and Canada. This league kept pro soccer alive in the Bay Area.
During that time, he also was responsible for promoting numerous international soccer matches in San Jose and the Bay Area, including matches that featured Real Madrid, Napoli and Bayern Munich, among others. In his career, he promoted over 200 international matches. As a leader in soccer in the U.S., he was a key figure in bringing the World Cup to the Bay Area. He served as the venue director for Stanford Stadium during the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the location of the U.S. National Team's historic second round match against Brazil.
He remained an instrumental figure in the Bay Area soccer scene afterward, helping San Jose secure one of MLS's original teams in 1995. Under his guidance, San Jose hosted MLS' Inaugural Match at Spartan Stadium on April 6, 1996 with the Clash defeating D.C. United 1-0 in front of a then record crowd for a sports event in San Jose history, 31,683. Bridgwater served as the club president from 1996-98 before moving on to his next soccer venture, bringing the 1999 FIFAWomen's World Cup to the Bay Area. He continued promoting international soccer matches and serving as a consultant to the Earthquakes through 2005. He died on June 21, 2005 at the age of 70.
Gavric was born in Yugoslavia and played for OFK Belgrade from 1959-67, helping them win two League Cups and a semifinal appearance in the Cup Winners Cup in 1963. He moved to the Bay Area in 1967 to join the Oakland Clippers of the National Professional Soccer League, helping the Clippers capture the league championship that season. He remained with the Clippers during their transition to the NASL in 1968. Overall, he played 53 games for the Clippers and scored four goals as a hard-nosed defender.
Without any local professional option following the 1968 season, he went on to spend a season as a kicker with the San Francisco 49ers in 1969. However, he returned to the soccer field in 1971, signing with Lamar Hunt's Dallas Tornado in the NASL, appearing in 24 games and notching two goals. The Tornado finished second in the Southern Division that season, before going on to win the NASL Championship, beating the Atlanta Chiefs in the final.
He joined the inaugural Earthquakes NASL squad in 1974 as a player, but moved into a player-coach roll when head coach Ivan Toplak had to return to Yugoslavia for a brief period of time. Toplak returned part way through the season and Gavric spent the rest of the season as a star defender for a Quakes team that would qualify for the playoffs in their first season in the NASL. In his Quakes career, Gavric appeared in 46 games on San Jose's back line, helping the club to a Southern Division title and appearance in the Conference Championship game in 1976. Gavric also helped the Earthquakes to an NASL Indoor title in 1975, earning co-Most Valuable Player honors along with Paul Child for the championship tournament; Child was inducted to the Earthquakes Hall of Fame in 2012. Following his retirement as a player, Gavric served as the Quakes head coach through the 1978 season.
Following his professional playing and coaching career, he continued his involvement in local soccer, as he coached Zagreb, the Portuguese Athletic Club and Portola Valley in Bay Area amateur leagues. Gavric died on March 13, 2010.
About the Earthquakes Hall of Fame
The San Jose Earthquakes Hall of Fame was created in 2005 and currently has five members, John Doyle, Ronald Cerritos, Troy Dayak, Milan Mandaric (Builder) and Paul Child. Members of the Hall of Fame are selected by a Hall of Fame Committee that consists of former players, administrators and members of the media. To be eligible for the Earthquakes Hall of Fame, a person must have contributed significantly to the success of the club on or off the field. People can be inducted in two categories: player or builder. The players inducted must have played a minimum of two years for the team and made a major impact on the field of play. Players inducted must also be people of the highest moral integrity. Their service to the community can also be factored into their election to the Hall. Builders can be coaches, owners or administrators and they must have contributed significantly to the growth of the club on or off the field. They also must be people of the highest moral integrity.


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Sea Launch postpones Eutelsat 3B mission
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Sea Launch AG has postponed the planned April 15 launch of a communications satellite for France-based Eutelsat because of damage that occurred during movement of the integrated launch vehicle at the company's homeport in Long Beach, Calif.
The company said Monday that a decision was made to de-mate the payload from the upper stage to resolve the issue, establish the root cause and perform other checks.
Sea Launch said the Eutelsat 3B satellite was not powered on at the time and was unaffected.
A new launch date was not immediately announced.
The company's novel launch system employs a self-propelled oceangoing launch pad and a command ship that travel from California to the equator, where its rockets carry satellites into orbit. The system's successful maiden launch occurred on March 27, 1999.


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TORONTO, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A wolf-dog mix was shot to death by a Toronto-area dairy farmer after it fatally mauled 14 calves, the farmer said.
Phil Leslie, 41, said soon after the Ontario Provincial Police issued a warning about "an animal of unknown nature" Tuesday afternoon, he found the 14 calves mutilated in Caledon, northwest of Toronto.
"There were calves' bodies all over the place," Leslie told the Toronto Star. "There were chew marks through their stomachs, where their intestines were hanging out. I'd never seen anything like it."
The first calls to police began Monday night when residents called about a "large, black animal" roaming through the rural community.
Canine expert Mike Martin told the Star he examined the animal and believes it was part wolf and part German shepherd or husky.
"These animals are really hard to work with and really hard to train because their brain doesn't work the same as a dog," he said.
Martin said the animal had a collar on, meaning someone had owned it and kept it captive.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Longshot Black Onyx was a late scratch for the Kentucky Derby because of a chip in his left ankle, leaving 19 horses to vie for the roses.
The scratch occurred Friday after early wagering for the race had opened, so Black Onyx's No. 1 post position will be left empty on Saturday. The remaining horses will stay in their original starting gate positions.
Trainer Kelly Breen said the colt looked good training on Friday, but he had some swelling in the ankle, so an X-ray was taken which revealed the chip.
"He's back in the barn. He's not feeling that bad because he just tried to bite me," Breen said. "It couldn't have been worse timing."
He said it's too early to know if Black Onyx will need surgery or just recover on his own.
Jockey Joe Bravo was left without a Derby mount. He hasn't won the race in two previous attempts.
"I'm just very thankful that the horse is going to be OK," he said. "I'm just really sorry for the whole team."
The scratch came too late for Fear the Kitten to get into the Derby. The colt was on the list of also eligibles as the 21st qualifier in the point standings which determine the field.
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It's appropriate that director J.J. Abrams' exciting and smart sci-fi adventure is the second entry in the rebooted "Star Trek" movie franchise, since it has a number of links to "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
A dangerous renegade (Benedict Cumberbatch) declares his own personal war on Starfleet, prompting Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the rest of the intergalactic gang to try to stop him. Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban and Simon Pegg also are back on board, with Peter Weller and Alice Eve as other cast newcomers. *** (PG-13: V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)
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Google believes Dart speeds up both developers and the programs they write, but skeptics worry that it fragments Web programming and undermines the industry's focus on better JavaScript. So far, it's been a largely academic debate, but that will change in coming months.
That's because Google right now is building Dart technology directly into Chrome.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A combination of outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments have landed three members of the MIT baseball team on the Capital One Academic All-District team the College Sports Information Directors of America has announced. Senior Bryan Macomber (Los Altos, Calif.), junior Aric Dama (Winfield, Ill.) and sophomore Sean Karson (Winter Park, Fla.) were all named to the honor.
MIT's starter at shortstop and a team captain, Macomber is hitting .306 and has driven in 21 runs this season. He leads the Engineers in RBI and runs and is second on the team in on-base percentage, doubles and home runs and is among the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference leaders in all of those categories. Last season he was a second team All-NEWMAC selection and set a school record with four doubles in a game.
An Academic All-District pick last year as well, Dama is one of the top starting pitchers in the NEWMAC. This year he has gone 3-3 with a 3.05 ERA and leads the team in strikeouts with 43 and innings pitched at 56 1/3. Last season he was the NEWMAC Pitcher of the Year after leading the conference in strikeouts.
Karson has been a steady performer at third base for MIT this season, hitting .347 with 15 RBI. He leads the team in stolen bases with 10 and is second in hitting and runs scored. Karson is also second on the team with 10 multi-hit games and has put together a seven-game hitting streak this season, also second on the squad.


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Grand Theft Auto IV Walkthrough
|Logging On
Head over to the taxi office and see Roman, who will be hanging out with a new meathead friend of his who just can't seem to stop exercising and being annoying. Roman busts Niko's balls about not going online, and perhaps not even knowing how to use the internet at all. Regardless, he sends you off to a nearby internet café to get going with your online excursions. Might as well see what this World Wide Web everyone's talking about is all about.
The internet café you seek is called tw@, and it's located on Oneida Avenue in Outlook. It's an extremely brief drive from the taxi office, and the GPS will get you there rapidly. Once there, head on inside and speak with the women behind the counter, who will direct you to one of the computers. From here, you can simply logon and browse the net at your leisure, setting up an e-mail account first and foremost as you follow the on-screen prompts. Then, explore away, using your homepage to navigate to some pretty interesting areas of the web. Otherwise, this is an extremely brief mission, for once you head outside and let Roman you set up your e-mail via cell phone, the mission will come to an end.
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Asian equity markets rose on Monday following record closes on Wall Street last week but trading volumes were thin with Japanese markets shut for the Emperor's Birthday.
Higher borrowing costs in China continued to worry investors after the benchmark seven-day repo rate jumped to 9.6 percent. The move came despite news late Friday that the People's Bank of China injected $49 billion into the financial system over a three-day period.
"The issue of tighter interbank liquidity has been a key focus a few times this year and given the seasonality this should not surprise anyone, but with the lack of major weekend newsflow, perhaps this issue has been given greater attention from markets than it would have done otherwise," said Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG.
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Mechita, and Mechita Speckled, the fingering weight versions of Mecha, are single-ply, 100% Superwash Merino wool. Skillfully hand-dyed in Malabrigo's distinct colors and incredibly soft to the touch, Mechita is bound to become your go-to choice for a variety of projects!
PLEASE NOTE: This yarn is dyed in dye lots of five skeins only. We are happy to visually match hanks for consistency should you need more than 5 skeins for a project, but we are unable to get more than 5 skeins per dye lot.
Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light Yarn is a similar yarn: merino wool, machine wash, fingering (27-32 sts/4 in), 100 gram, on size 1-2 US needles, and 420 yards. You may also like Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light + Glitter Yarn, which is another similar yarn: merino wool, fingering (27-32 sts/4 in), 6.5-7.5 sts / inch, 100 gram, on size 1-2 US needles, and 420 yards.
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This is just the simplest sponge cake you can make, which means you can dress it up with any icing/toppings you want and it won't seem like 'too much' (as if cake could ever be too much). This cake recipe is also great at holding its shape so you can use it to 'sculpt' many different cake shapes - examples from my own childhood include a dinosaur, a house, and a hedgehog. More on this to follow in another post!
A word on the quantities used in this recipe - I used 2 eggs (and the accompanying quantities of sugar/flour/butter/milk) to make a large rectangular cake layer. To make a two layer, 7inch round cake, I would suggest using 3 eggs (and the accompanying quantities of sugar/flour/butter/milk), and splitting between two cake tins. The 3 egg quantities can be found down below.
Gather your equipment
Essential equipment: Lined cake tin, scales, a small glass/cup/bowl, fork, mixing bowl, mixing spoon
Gather your ingredients
For this recipe you'll need: 2 eggs, 120g caster sugar, 120g butter/margarine, 120g self-raising flour, splash of milk
- If you're using butter, leave it at room temperature to soften for a few hours
Prepare to bake
Preheat oven to 180°C, line your cake tins if you haven't already, crack your eggs into a glass/cup/bowl and beat them well using the fork. Add a splash of vanilla essence in there if you want to add some more flavour. Weigh out your flour and set aside.
Beat together sugar and butter
Weigh your sugar and margarine (or softened butter) into the mixing bowl. Beat well using the fork, until the mixture is smooth and well mixed.
Add the egg and a little flour
Add about a third of the beaten egg, along with a spoonful of the flour, and mix well using the spoon. Repeat until no egg remains but there is still some flour left (about half). Mix well. The mixture will look slightly 'split' - kind of lumpy - but don't worry, as this will go away when you add more flour in the next step.
Add the rest of the flour
Dump the rest of the flour into the mixing bowl, all at once. Stir well but try not to overmix.
Add milk
The cake mix will be quite thick at this point, so add a splash of milk and mix again until you achieve a dropping consistency - the cake mix should fall from the spoon easily. A tablespoon of milk should be enough to achieve this, but it can vary depending on the size of your eggs.
Pour into cake tin and bake
Spread your cake mix into the prepared tin, smoothing it right into the corners, and bake at 180°C. The amount of time you leave it in the oven depends on the size/shape of the cake you are making, and what kind of tin you are using.
- Two round cakes - approx 25 minutes
- One rectangular cake - approx 40 minutes
Once the recommended time is up, take it out of the oven and insert a skewer/toothpick in the centre - if it comes out clean, the cake is done. The surface of the cake should also look like the picture above - golden brown - and should spring back when touched.
Leave to cool in the tin for approximately 10 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool completely. If you are worried about turning it out all in one piece, leave it for even longer - it will be firmer and less fragile the longer you leave it.
Leave to cool in the tin for approximately 10 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool completely. If you are worried about turning it out all in one piece, leave it for even longer - it will be firmer and less fragile the longer you leave it.
You can keep this as simple as you like, or go all out. For the above cake, I baked another identical rectangular cake, and layered it on top of the first, using buttercream icing spiked with Nutella. Then I decorated with more coloured buttercream icing, making an approximation of the French flag (as this was for a friend of mine, leaving for her year abroad).
And the finished product...
And the finished product...
Birthday Cake: - one rectangular cake; use 3 eggs instead for a layer cake! (see below)
120g softened butter/margarine
2 large eggs, beaten
120g caster sugar
120g self-raising flour
Splash of milk
Recipe originally from: "Children's Parties" by Angela Tompkins and Penelope Gaine
Quantities for a 2-layer cake:
175g softened butter/margarine
3 large eggs
175g caster sugar
175g self-raising flour
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Priest Lake is often termed Idaho's "Crown Jewel" lake because of its exceptionally clean, clear and deep water. As the sun's rays warm the water after the snow season, the lake begins its annual transformation into the premier water sports playground in the region. Priest Lake has 23,000 surface acres and nearly 80 miles of shoreline to meet the needs of even the most demanding water sports activities. Be you a power boater with skier or wake boarder in tow, paddle boater, personal watercraft zealot, kayaker, canoeist or sailboat enthusiast, Priest Lake has ample area to easily accommodate all boating activities without conflict. You simply won't find crowded launch ramps, congested boat traffic or long waits to obtain marina services at Priest Lake.
North of the main lake, boaters can travel the 2-mile Thorofare that links Priest Lake to Upper Priest Lake. The 1,300-acre Upper Lake is nestled in a magnificent pristine setting with mountains surrounding the entire lake. Sightseeing, camping, picnicking on a sandy beach, and simply enjoying the beauty of Mother Nature's wonderland are some of the popular Upper Lake activities. All water sport activities that involve towing (skiing, wake boarding, tubing etc) are prohibited on the Upper Lake and on the Thorofare. Additionally, all watercraft are required to traverse the Thorofare at "no wake" speed. These restrictions make the Thorofare and Upper Priest Lake an ideal playground for canoeing and kayaking.
More than a dozen boat launches are located around the lake. Most resorts and marinas have gas available as well as boat rentals and other boating services. The northernmost marina with gas available is at Elkins Resort. Kayak, canoe and pontoon boat rentals are also available through recreation, guide and rental services. The guide services also offer a variety of canoeing, kayaking and fishing packages. Check the web links below for specifics or request a Priest Lake Visitor's Guide from the Chamber of Commerce office at (888) 774-3785.


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Marlon Parker's talk entitled "Mxit and Community Blogging" was by far the highlight of the Digital Citizen's Indaba (DCI) for me. I had been looking forward to the talk and even managed to put down my camera so that I could actually listen and take some notes!
In previous posts I have mentioned some of my thoughts about mobile applications such as Meep and Mxit, but I had never really thought about how such technologies could be used for good. I have pointed out that they are a tad self-obsessed, are contributing to the lack of face to face interactions between people and have a disastrous effect on the English language, but not once did I look at the other side of the coin.
Parker's project is based in the Cape Flats, where drug abuse and gang activities are rife. "I wanted to find the worst of the worst and work with them to try and rehabilitate themselves and also the community," said Parker.
Parker detailed how one of the main drug dens in the Flats, called 'The White House,' is run by The Americans (the most notorious in the Cape) and is located near a playground. As a result there are children as young as seven years old who are peddling TIKand Meth, and children as young as ten are admitting to having smoked weed for more than two years already.
Parker has personal experience with the drug problem that is occurring in the Western Cape as his own brother is currently in prison for dealing TIK, as well as being addicted to the drug. "Communities are living in tension," said Parker, "there is a lack within the community and something needs to be done."
Something certainly is being done and with tremendous results, even in such an early stage in the project. After the initial counselling over Mxit (which is performed by rehabilitated addicts), patients are invited to come in an start the rehabilitation programme. Patients begin blogging on a blog called Reconstructed, which Parker says has not only encouraged the patients to become more tech savvy (by using the Internet and the blogging site), but has also prompted them to try and teach themselves other computer applications.
The project has plans to move into various different prisons and is already working closely with the South Africa Police Service, who are referring addicts to the programme. So in a very short amount of time a great deal of good has been done, through technologies such as Mxit and blogging. In Parker's words, "reconstructed citizens lead to reconstructed communities," and the future certainly looks bright for Parker and his team.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 24th Mar 2013 17:56 UTC
"Android and iPhone users [...] will also experience BlackBerry's ad content in the form of mobile takeovers starting the week of March 25. Those mobile takeovers will fill your screen with what looks like a BlackBerry 10's, demoing a specific feature like its photo 'Time Shift' capability that allows you to scroll through several captured options for each face in a picture." Yes. BlackBerry is going to run ads that hijack your entire smartphone's display. Sigh.
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by Morgan on Sun 24th Mar 2013 23:11 UTC in reply to "RE: I'm confused"
That's because you are currently using a Windows Phone, am I correct? I can't speak for iOS, but go back to Android and you'll see full screen ads hijack several apps, mostly games but some productivity apps too.
I don't recall any full screen ads when I used my WP7 phone, but I get them all the time on my Nexus.


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So far in 2011, the storm of the hurricane season is Irene, at landfall a Category 1 storm, now a tropical storm affecting the eastern U.S. between August 26 and August 29.
The storm smashed into North Carolina on Saturday, made a second landfall on the Jersey shore followed by Long Island early Sunday morning. It's now working it's way up New England.
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Best and Worst Player
Best Player
Goal Choice
RamiresChelsea Position: Midfielder
Fan Choice
Fernando TorresChelsea Position: Attacker
Worst Player
Goal Choice
A. DiabyArsenal Position: Midfielder
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Fernando TorresChelsea Position: Attacker
Team Ratings
P. Čech
Made his first save with real authority, palming away Cazorla's testing effort, but was largely untested as he dealt with Arsenal's deliveries well. Beaten by a fine finish from Walcott and made a couple of routine saves.
Set up Mata's goal with a pin-point diagonal ball over the top of the Arsenal defence, and regularly got forward to support Hazard, causing Gibbs all sorts of problems. Was much quieter in the second half, though, and failed to make any contribution as the Blues struggled.
A. Cole
Coped well with Walcott and Sagna in the first half and got forward well to support Oscar, but fortunate not to concede a late penalty after fouling Sagna on the edge of the box. However, Cole has been Chelsea's most consistent performer for some time, and looks set to be rightly rewarded with an extended contract.
G. Cahill
Hasn't really shown the form that saw Chelsea sign him from Bolton last January, but didn't have too much to do in the first half against a lacklustre Arsenal side. Was caught out by Walcott's run for his goal before making an absolutely superb last-ditch challenge to deny Walcott in stoppage time.
B. Ivanović
As ever, was a potent threat in the opposition box and, at the other end, had little difficulty dealing with Giroud alongside Cahill. Had more to do in the second half, however, but made a few telling blocks, reading the game well.
Despite sitting back in the engine room to support Chelsea's attacking midfield trio, found himself in the perfect place in the box as he was felled by Szczesny for the second goal. May have made the most of the goalkeeper's challenge, but it was an excellent performance as he made some superb trademark darting runs forward and helped Chelsea dominate the midfield in the first half.
Made a very bright start, setting up two attacks within the first 60 seconds. Hazard and Mata stole the show but it was another fine performance from the Brazilian. Replaced by Bertrand in the second half as Chelsea tried to protect their lead.
Opened the scoring inside six minutes with a superb piece of control and a devastating finish, and looked dangerous with or without the ball, slotting through a fantastic pass for Ramires in the build-up to the penalty. Had a few sloppy moments in the second half but his performance in the first 45 minutes was excellent.
F. Lampard
Despite all the uncertainty over his future, Lampard continues to put in fine performances. Took his spot-kick with cool authority, sending Szczesny the wrong way, and played the supporting role well.
E. Hazard
The Belgium international has been in superb form recently, and looked up for it again today. Made a darting run into the area before testing Szczesny from a tight angle and, with Mata, dominated the midfield in the first half, but was much quieter when Arsenal came back into the game.
Fernando Torres
Had the backing of Benitez by starting ahead of Ba, and looked threatening early on, but it was Chelsea's attacking midfield trio that caused Arsenal the most problems, while Torres wasted a decent chance, slicing an effort over the bar. Made a superb break with 20 minutes left, but over-ran the ball and looked hugely disappointed with himself.
W. Szczęsny
Should have done better with Mata's early strike, and then brought down Ramires with a clumsy challenge for the penalty. His good form last season looks some way away.
P. Mertesacker
Shown up by Torres in the opening stages, and was caught out trying to play a high line for Mata's goal; Wenger will be disappointed with the German's performances since arriving. Had a great chance to get the Gunners back in it early after the break but struck straight at Cech.
T. Vermaelen
His partnership with Mertesacker looked far from convincing, and Chelsea got behind the Gunners defence far too many times in the first half. Looked slow on occasions but was in the right place to make a vital goal-line block from Ba late on.
B. Sagna
Caught out a couple of times as Chelsea doubled up with Cole and Oscar on the wing. Failed to track Mata and Ramires for both goals and generally had a poor afternoon.
K. Gibbs
Had his work cut out with the impressive Hazard, and looked out of his depth in the first half. Attacking options were very limited for the full-back but, like much of the team, improved vastly after the break.
J. Wilshere
Has thrown in some magnificent performances in recent weeks and is really maturing as a player, but had a more difficult afternoon at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea flooded the midfield in the first half. However, hugely improved in the second half as he took the game by the scruff of the neck and dragged the Gunners back into it.
Tested Cech early on with a rasping strike as Arsenal looked to get straight back in it after Mata's goal. Looked like the Gunners' best hope for a goal and upped his game after the break, working hard and inspiring the rest of the team to improve.
A. Diaby
Had a poor return against Manchester City last week, and looked off the pace once again as Chelsea's creative players bossed the midfield before the break, not looking much better after the break as the Gunners got back in the game.
F. Coquelin
Absent for much of the first half as Chelsea dominated, but slid a good pass through for Walcott before the break, although the England man was flagged for offside. Looked better after the break as Arsenal improved, but limped off just before the hour.
O. Giroud
Had a fantastic opportunity early on but missed the target, and was played through by Wilshere for another superb chance but took a touch when a first-time shot would have been the better option. Met a Gibbs cross with a disappointingly poor header before wasting a late chance, drilling straight at Cech with a long-range effort. Looping header landed just over the bar in the dying moments.
T. Walcott
Moved back to the right wing after signing a new contract in the week and set up a superb chance for Giroud early on but wasn't hugely effective in the first half. Got Arsenal back in it with a fine finish on the hour and was much-improved after the break.
R. Bertrand
Came on for Oscar with just over 15 minutes remaining, and provided a good attacking option for the Blues but wasn't hugely involved except for a blocked volley late on.
M. Marin
Given a late cameo as he replaced Hazard but hardly got a touch of the ball as Chelsea held on desperately.
D. Ba
Replaced Torres with 10 minutes left and had a great chance to seal it, skipping past Szczesny with ease before being denied by a superb block from Vermaelen. Looked dangerous as ever and worth every penny of the transfer fee.


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Henrique's OT goal sends Devils to Cup Finals
Newark, NJ – The New Jersey Devils are heading back to the Stanley Cup Finals after finishing off the top-seeded New York Rangers with a 3-2 overtime victory Friday night at the Prudential Center.
Adam Henrique scored 63 seconds into overtime as the Devils claimed the 2012 Eastern Conference championship on a significant anniversary in the history of both franchises.
Eighteen years ago to the day, a fresh-faced Martin Brodeur found himself in a similar place, with his Devils holding a 3-2 lead over the Rangers in the East finals, and a chance to advance with a victory on home ice in Game 6.
On May 25, 1994, captain Mark Messier backed up his guarantee of a Rangers win by recording a third-period hat trick as New York rallied from a 2-0 deficit to force a decisive seventh game that ended when Stephane Matteau beat Brodeur on a wraparound in double-overtime.
Now 40, Brodeur, the lone player remaining from that memorable series, is reveling in a different outcome as New Jersey clinched its fifth trip to the Cup Finals with its Game 6 win.
"I think winning against [the Rangers] on the big stage, not just for me, but I think for the fans of New Jersey, the people that are supporting us and always taking a second seat to these guys for whatever reason, now they got to be pretty happy going to work and going to school and doing all their things that they do," Brodeur said.
The sixth-seeded Devils, after falling behind 2-1 in the series, captured the last three games to reach the NHL's championship round for the first time since winning their third title in 2003. They will meet Los Angeles, beginning Wednesday in Newark.
On the series-clinching goal, Henrique, one of three finalists for the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie, found himself in the right spot at the right time.
There was a mad scramble around the Rangers' net and the puck trickled through Henrik Lundqvist. Just before New York forward Brad Richards could push the puck back into his goalie, Henrique swept it across the goal line, setting off a celebration in the right corner with the rest of his teammates.
"That's the only way you're going to score on Lundqvist, you're not going to get a clean one; you're going to have to work for it around the net. And that's what we did," said New Jersey head coach Peter DeBoer.
When asked about the goal, Henrique replied, "It's a big one. It's one you dream about."
It was Henrique's third goal of the playoffs and first since scoring twice in Game 7 of the conference quarterfinals against Florida, including the winner in double-overtime.
Lundqvist summed up the loss by saying, "It's an empty feeling, a frustrating feeling, a disappointing feeling. (We) put in a lot of work to get here and obviously we wanted to get further."
The Devils went up 2-0 in the first period, with their fourth line playing a chief role.
Steve Bernier chipped the puck past New York defenseman Marc Staal, who was pinching in at the left point, and it resulted in an odd-man rush for New Jersey.
Bernier pushed the puck ahead to Stephen Gionta and he was denied by Lundqvist, but Ryan Carter chipped home the rebound at the 10:05 mark. Carter scored the winning goal late in Game 5 on Wednesday after New Jersey blew a three-goal lead.
A little over two minutes later, Carter was tripped up by Rangers forward Ruslan Fedotenko and the Devils converted on the subsequent power play. New Jersey moved the puck quickly and efficiently around the offensive zone, with Ilya Kovalchuk capping the nifty passing sequence by one-timing Dainius Zubrus' feed at the left side at 13:56.
The Devils have now outscored opponents 23-9 in first periods this postseason. But as superior as their play has been in the opening 20 minutes, they have seen leads dwindle and/or evaporate in the middle stanza, and it was no different Friday.
New York rallied with goals 3:54 apart in the second period.
Defenseman Ryan McDonagh made an aggressive play to keep the puck in New Jersey's zone, carried behind the net and sent a wraparound feed that was hammered in by Fedotenko at 9:47.
The Rangers tied it after Brandon Dubinsky won a faceoff to Brodeur's right. The puck was moved to the right point and rearguard Dan Girardi let go a shot that deflected off Ryan Callahan's leg and past Brodeur's glove at 13:41.
Carter committed an interference penalty midway through the third, but New Jersey negated the power play.
"After a little bit of a struggle, we gathered ourselves and I thought we played two really good periods," said New York head coach John Tortorella. "I thought it was going to end in overtime. I thought it was going to be us."
Game Notes
Brodeur made 33 saves, while Lundqvist stopped 26 shots...Henrique set a new franchise record for most points by a rookie in a single playoff year with 11...Kovalchuk registered his fifth power-play goal this postseason, tying a club record...New Jersey has given up 17 second-period goals and has scored only six...Brodeur played in his 199th career playoff game...The Rangers had won their last seven playoff series in which they held home-ice advantage.


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Hairy Reed Refuses Vote on Obama's Unicorns Plan
[Guest post by JD]
That serious proposal from Team Obama was so serious, and so important, that Hairy Reed refuses to allow it to be voted on. Likely because the majority of it has previously been rejected in a unanimous bipartisan fashion. Heaven forbid that the MFM point that out. In fact, since 2009, not one of Obama's budgets has received an affirmative vote from either party. Ironically, the Dems have failed to pass a budget for almost 4 years now, and crickets from the MFM.
Nor will they point our that the $800b in loopholes and reform that they claim impossible today was possible when they proposed it previously, and they claimed they could raise over 1.2T doing so.
The Dems want to go over the BS fiscal cliff. They are begging too. And Team R Will be blamed by the people that did this intentionally, and their MFM lapdogs.


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Mancini questions Clattenburg
Roberto Mancini believes Mark Clattenburg's decision to report Gareth Barry was influenced by his recent row with Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel.
Manchester City midfielder Barry is serving a one-match suspension after admitting using insulting language towards Clattenburg during last Sunday's derby defeat to Manchester United.
However, Mancini has questioned whether Clattenburg, who was the fourth official at the Etihad, is taking a hardline stance after being forced out of the game for a month while being investigated for claims he used racist language towards Mikel.
Clattenburg was cleared of the allegations by police and the Football Association but still expressed concerns about his future in the game.
And Mancini said: "Gareth is a serious man, a serious player and I don't know why Clattenburg said these things about him.
"I don't know if it's because he had this problem after Chelsea but I think every referee or fourth official should understand if a player uses inappropriate words after they have lost a game in the last second.
"I don't know if he said those words against Chelsea players. They decided not but this is another situation.
"This has come from Clattenburg. He should understand the situation, that is my opinion, but at the moment he doesn't understand."


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Cardboard Box Plane
I might add a few touches here and there.
I used a medium sized box, a stanley knife and packing tape, although the front will be secured on by something else a bit stronger for the party.
We even have a pilot bear!
Haha. I had to laugh... I made this "little" plane... Little?!?! That is the best plane I have ever seen! You are amazing Natasha. I will not be showing my girls H's plane because they will want one too and I know for sure that any plane I make will definitely not look anything like your beautiful one! Absolutely gorgeous. I think you have missed your calling in life... you should have been a props creator, toy designer or artist! (Good thing you have children, because you can be all these things at home with them!)ReplyDelete
I bet H wants to paint it green, great effort. D.ReplyDelete
Absolutely Adorable idea!
I would like to create somenthing bigger for me :)
Regards from Italy
Okay I had to comment on how awesome your plane is on behalf of my 2 1/2 year old. He saw me scrolling through blogs and yelled at me "MOMMY! STOP! I saw an Errplane!!" Then he points to the little boy in the picture and says "Who's that guy?" haha! Your plane is a hit and it looks like this is one of our next projects!
Thanks for sharing!
xo, Mallory
super coole Sache! Werde ich meinem Enkel basteln!ReplyDelete
I'm def doing this for halloween! incredible!ReplyDelete
My husband did a pirates ship out of cardboard for my grandson's 4th birthday party. It was huge. Kids loved it.ReplyDelete
How Awesone!!!!!!!!!!! Where did you purchase the bear and his goggles....are they just water goggles...love it!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you, the bear is cute and is a Careflight bear, I think you can get them here ... http://careflight.org/bears/pilot_bear/ReplyDelete
ty so much:)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
this is too cute!! i love it!!ReplyDelete
Reminds me of In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. Wonderful!
Yes we have read that book, it did have a plane in it too.ReplyDelete
I was just checking my facebook page and your cardboard plane photo popped up in my news feed, via bebeonline.com.au – how great is that!ReplyDelete
simplesmente bem bolado!
Parabéns, você deve ser uma mãezona adorável.
Abraços do Brasil
Hi there, I would love to feature this project at Babble for a post I'm doing on activities for kids using cardboard boxes but can't find your contact info. Will you email me? my3littlebirdsblog at gmail dot com.
Thanks so much!
Mary Lauren
Just made a smaller version of the plane for our Amazing Aviation Bible School. How fun! Thanks!ReplyDelete
hello, this is totally cool, am designing a magazine for kids and have a section for arts and craft they can do at home, stumbled on your plane project for your kid and i love it!
i believe i can share this with my readers and they can try this craft at home with their parent
thank you for this
Cool, let me know what magazine you are planning,won't you.Delete
as an assistant professor in Design at Politecnico di Torino, I'm writing a chapter about packaging reuse, for a scientific publication (book) about design and sustainability. I'd love to use this beautiful image as a good example of creative reuse. Please let me know what you think about it and if you have an email address where I can send you further information.
Bye, and congratulations!


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|2010-09-09, 10:05
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Scholar of Yanderes
Mr. Wang's Creations and Designs
Okay then. Hello, and welcome to my gallery. Thanks for taking the time to click here. Whether it be for curiosity, seeing my past signatures on the requests pages, or simply accidentally clicked here, feel free to stay and look around.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Mr. Wang, 'sort of' Chinese-American otaku, story author, and, since my finding of AnimeSuki, a graphics and signature creator. My designing started off when I myself was a bit too lazy to make my own signature and posted it in the requests when I first joined. Ironically, I found a request and decided to fulfill it (to this day, the original request I made has not been fulfilled, neither by another user of myself) and it ended up turning out well. I was told that I was pretty good at making signatures, so I decided to take it upon myself to join the legion of graphic designers that bless this site. I myself am... Well, I'm no professional. I've seen what other people can do, and I have no idea how they do it. I blame most of my problems on Gimp, the program which I use for all of these...
Anyway, without further ado, I give you, every single signature I have posted on the AS forums thus far (please note that a couple on here might be a bit over the AS limits. A not will be displayed next to ones that do).
Spoiler for My First Signature (Over AS Limits though :P):
Spoiler for Valkyria Chronicles Collection:
Spoiler for SOS Girls:
Spoiler for For ACEZ1n7:
Spoiler for For... Aime, apparently:
Spoiler for For CronoSabre:
Spoiler for For NamuSkull:
Spoiler for For Dist:
Spoiler for For Ice.Riel:
Spoiler for For Sworn to Believe:
Spoiler for For Landon:
Spoiler for For ShiraYukiHime:
Spoiler for SOTM August: Reflections:
Spoiler for Some Random Personal Sigs of Mine:
So there you have it, my friends. All of these, accompanied by a few details on my personal thoughts on them can also be viewed on my profile at My Signature Portfolio. So, what do you think?
|2010-09-09, 10:32
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Join Date: Jan 2010
about damn time. You people seriously take forever.
*ahem* Welcome to Fan Creations, Mr. Wang! I hope you come to think this place as you're workshop and a good place for critique and yada yada yada, we know the drill. So 'ere is a box of chocolates, take 'em.
Looking forward to seeing what you can do, Wang.
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|2010-09-09, 16:16
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Xanadu
Age: 24
Also glad to see that you finally started a thread here Mr. Wang
|2010-09-09, 18:03
|Link #5
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: David Tennant's bedroom in the TARDIS
Yay, you got your own thread finally!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the blending of your sigs and the backgrounds/C4ds/effects. They're very good!
Sounds like you started the same way I did. Even your first sig was fantastic though!
I think I could do to learn from you.
I admit i am curious to know what was the request...?
and also what ever happened to the request you made a bit ago with the girl and the gun that I made for you?
|2010-09-09, 18:08
|Link #6
「Darkly Charismatic 」
Join Date: May 2008
Location: The Lounge
|2010-09-09, 18:09
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: David Tennant's bedroom in the TARDIS
|2010-09-09, 18:23
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Scholar of Yanderes
Oh, right... I noticed the signature you made for me, and I'm grateful. However, shortly after the request, I noticed the signature that I possess right now in another forum, and I was out and about asking some questions until that the signature some other person made for something else could be used by me. Sorry, I just so happened to find something I liked better than the girl with the gun. However, I do feel a bit bad that I hadn't actually talked it up with you though. So I apologize for keeping you in the dark.
Oh, and I checked in the Signature request forums. You made the request, and I posted that Nekochan signature back in page 259.
|2010-09-09, 18:30
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: David Tennant's bedroom in the TARDIS
It was a good challenge.
|2010-09-09, 20:40
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Covered in Darkness
Graphic Designer
Hey!!!! You could have had at least told me! I am horrible with forums and I just keep managing day by day thanks to a few people ^.^;
Congratulations on opening your thread <3
I loved the sig you made for Dist a lot. Just the eyes of the girl stands out a lot but that aside, it's really beautiful <3
And your first one is still the best! I can't believe this is your first one, it looks great!
Oh, and I feel this one has the best blending; it's stunning *.*
Again, congrats on opening your own thread ^.^ Hope to see it updated soon~
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|2010-09-09, 21:23
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Magic Land
Just here to say congrats on opening your thread, btw liked your current sig, cool layout there, and also liked the valkyria sets either.
Looking forward to some updates and requests, really glad there are lots of requests makers like you nowadays. (including the Star-wing, kaze, Sworn, etc.) since my job is lessened
Good luck and keep up the good work mate.
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When people look to become part of something meaningful, they want a track record of success. They want established. They want proven. Dallin Larsen more than fits the bill, having previously built two ultra-successful companies and having been honored as the 2009 Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year, as well as CEO of the Year in the State of Utah.
A product with quality ingredients and an ineffective delivery system is a waste of money. Conversely, a product with poor quality ingredients and an effective delivery system can be counterproductive, or even dangerous.
Vasayo products feature Advanced Delivery Technology to offer you quality ingredients PLUS an exceptional delivery system…because you don't want one without the other!
Vasayo enters the marketplace at a time when building a home-based business has never been more mainstream or more lucrative. And with the surge in social media and other technologies, a direct seller's reach and influence grows by the day. While most other companies are trying to pivot and adjust their model to the changing times, Vasayo has been strategically designed from its inception to learn from the past and leverage the present so that we can take advantage of the future.
The Vasayo brand is built on a platform of Delivering Solutions, and we mean that for all areas of life. Certainly we want to be able to provide for our own, but that's not where it ends for Vasayo.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Sun 23rd Dec 2007 21:11 UTC, submitted by Kaj de Vos
The Syllable project has published the source code for Syllable Server. The code to build Syllable is maintained in Builder, the build system. There is a main repository of build specifications and overlays for Syllable Desktop and Syllable Server. The code for Server is now completely published in the source repository. A package of Builder (11 MB) for Syllable Server has been released that corresponds to Syllable Server 0.2 with a few fixes. The procedure to build Syllable Server will be the subject of an article in a future Syllable Newsletter.


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Through The Eliminate Project, Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus—a deadly disease that steals the lives of 34,000 innocent babies and a significant number of women each year.
We did it! We reached our fundraising goal, raising US$110 million in cash and pledges since 2010. However, our job is not done yet.
Now, more than ever, we are determined to finish what we started. Mothers and babies in 14 countries are depending on Kiwanis. They're waiting for us to fulfill our pledges—so we can turn promises into funding; funding into vaccines; and vaccines into lives saved and futures protected. The end of this disease means the beginning of better health for so many of these families.
Kiwanis offers a special thank you to our dedicated campaign volunteers and donors for their passionate and generous efforts to save and protect mothers and babies.
February 17, 2016
Note: This blog was updated to reflect fundraising totals as of March 23, 2016.
We are so close … so close to saving the lives of even more mothers and babies. So close to another humanitarian victory. So close to fulfilling our promise to raise US$110 million that will help ...
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COLUMBIA - On the unemployment front, things got better for Beaufort and Jasper counties in September.
Both Beaufort and Jasper counties enjoyed lower unemployment rates last month, compared to the previous month. They also did better than South Carolina as a whole, and even the nation.
The jobless rate in Beaufort County was 6.7 percent, down from 8.2 percent, and in Jasper County, it was 7.6 percent, down from 8.5 percent, according to figures released Friday by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce.
The data offer a brighter long-term picture of the region's employment climate.
For both counties, the percentage of people looking for work was much lower in September than it was in the same month last year. For Beaufort County, the unemployment rate was 8.6 percent in September of 2011 and 6.7 percent this year. For Jasper County, it was 9.5 percent, but dropped to 7.6 percent this year.
The statewide unemployment rate, meanwhile, dipped from 9.6 percent in August to 9.1 percent last month.
Data suggests South Carolina is struggling to catch up with the nation's recovery. The Palmetto State's jobless picture remains worse the nation's average.
For the country as a whole, the unemployment rate dropped from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September - 1.3 percent lower than South Carolina's jobless rate.
For South Carolina, job growth occurred in government, with a 4.7 percent jump largely attributed to the "sub-sector of government education services," according to the state's workforce agency.
Education and health service jobs grew 1.5 percent, said the agency, "due to hiring completion for the fall school year term, an increase in health care and social assistance demand and an increase in durable goods manufacturing."
Among areas where jobs were shed fell into leisure and hospitality, which dipped 2.6 percent, trade, transportation and utilities, which fell 0.7 percent, and construction, which declined nearly 2.5 percent.


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In the first raid, Orange County sheriff's detectives hit a Dana Point marijuana storefront, the San Clemente home of its director and a "stash house" he allegedly maintained nearby.
In the two homes, they found cash stuffed everywhere: in buckets in the garage and attic, in an Igloo cooler in a bedroom, under a mattress, on an ironing board, in a dresser. According to a search warrant affidavit filed in November, they recovered more than $700,000.
At the shop, investigators found spreadsheets showing sales over 10 months totaled $3.17 million, according to the affidavit, with $2.47 million "cash on hand." Paperwork indicated that a silent partner, a convicted drug dealer named John M. Walker, controlled the shop and six others in Orange and Los Angeles counties.
A subsequent raid of one of Walker's properties recovered a Beretta handgun, a shotgun, a Chinese AK-47 with a bayonet and grocery bags filled with four dozen rubber-banded bundles of cash; one of the bags contained a note with calculations totaling $99,324.


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British Petroleum's whining about how it's being fleeced by excessive claims from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is one of the more breathtaking examples of corporate revisionist history.
The legally binding settlement agreement BP is now trying to extricate itself from is the same agreement the company's lawyers spent months negotiating and arguing passionately for in open court, in exchange for a release of all commercial liability associated with the spill.
The compensation formulas were developed by BP, agreed to by BP, and attested to under oath by BP. Now the company feigns surprise that the overall liability associated with its settlement program may exceed $7.8 billion.
Why so much? Because the Deepwater Horizon disaster devastated the Gulf Coast economy.
A new report issued in July estimates that Gulf eco-tourism alone generates more than $19 billion annually. That's over twice the amount BP set aside. And the businesses most impacted are often located miles inland, simply because it does not make economic sense to house your construction company or beer distributorship on some of the most expensive beachfront property in the country. Yet the tourism industry those companies serve (or rather didn't serve in post-spill 2010) was devastated by the spill.
BP complains that payments should not be made to such businesses because there is no way they could have been impacted. Au contraire, British Petroleum. Businesses located well inland were some of the most damaged.
To be clear, businesses that were not affected will not be compensated. Claimants that do not meet BP's precise and objective criteria will not qualify for payment. Businesses whose financial records do not reflect the required revenue trends designed by BP will be rejected. That said, because this area is so wed to tourism, it just so happens that a large number of local companies qualify.
BP mistakenly declared that the cost associated with the program would not exceed $7.8 billion. Representations to the same effect were made to shareholders and Wall Street. This, in spite of the fact that the company expressly agreed that settlement funding would not be capped.
The uncapped nature of the agreement was the result of hard-fought negotiations by the parties and was an important aspect the court relied upon in approving the settlement.
It turns out that this number, $7.8 billion, was pulled from thin air by BP. Attorneys representing the plaintiffs cautioned the company very early on about making such representations to its shareholders. Nevertheless, BP shouted it from the mountaintops.
Now BP needs an out, so it blames the victims, while it could find the true culprit by looking in the mirror.
I would like to correct some of the misinformation surrounding BP's current court challenge and media campaign:
BP selected the claims administrator: BP selected and proposed Patrick Juneau to be appointed by the court as claims administrator for the court-supervised settlement program. He is an unbiased, third-party, neutral actor with no dog in the fight. Juneau is respected by both sides of the Bar, and has been appointed by courts across the country to serve as special master or mediator in high-stakes litigation. Now BP is suing him.
BP selected the accounting firms: BP selected and proposed, among others, PriceWaterhouse (PwC) as a program vendor for the settlement program. PwC, one of the largest accounting firms in the world, had been previously hired by BP to assist the company in analyzing claims immediately following the spill. PwC was therefore not only trusted by BP but also familiar with oil-spill related claims. PwC has always interpreted the settlement agreement exactly the way that Juneau, supervising federal Judge Carl Barbier and plaintiff counsel have.
In fact, BP had always interpreted the agreement in an identical manner. Not until the company started bumping up against that imaginary $7.8 billion number did it change its tune.
BP's own experts disagree with the company: BP's expert, Holly Sharp, studied the settlement agreement and submitted a sworn declaration to the court in August 2012: "Once a business meets the causation requirements . all revenue and variable profit declines during the claimant-selected compensation period are presumed to be caused by the spill, with no analysis required to determine whether the declines might have been due, at least in part, to other causes."
Now BP calls such claims "fictitious."
BP's own lawyers disagree with the company: BP's counsel, in a letter to the claims administrator in September 2012, reiterated that "One of the cornerstones of the Settlement Agreement is the use of transparent, objective, data-driven methodologies designed to apply clearly-defined standards to a claimant's contemporaneously-maintained financial data submitted in compliance with documentation requirements."
Now BP wants to decide whether a claim should be paid.
It is preposterous for BP to now attempt to change those rules well into the game, and it is shameful for the company to vilify those who played by the rules as they were originally written, interpreted and implemented by the company.
The law office of Thomas L. Young, P.A., of Tampa focuses exclusively on representing corporations and business owners under the BP Deepwater Horizon Economic Loss Settlement Program.


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Enchanté: COLCOA film fest hits LA
The City of Lights City of Angels (COLCOA) Film Festival, a fixture in Los Angeles for 18 years, shows new and classic French films at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles. The fest runs April 21-28.
This year's fest offers another prime schedule of French motion pictures. "We Love You, You Bastard" (or Salaud, on t'aime, to be French about it), the latest film by Claude Lelouch, is the opening night film.
Lelouch, a New Wave writer-director (auteur), won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with his 1966 "A Man and a Woman" (or Une Homme et un Femme). He conquered movie art-houses and has been active ever since. This new Lelouch movie stars two venerable French rock stars Johnny Hallyday and Eddy Mitchell in a story about sowing wild oats and dealing with the results.
What is showing to tempt noiristas? Well, 1960's "Purple Noon," one of the great film noirs, starring Alain Delon and Maurice Ronet. This gripping thriller was directed by Rene Clement, based on a novel by the American expatriate crime writer Patricia Highsmith and dazzlingly shot by Henri Decae. It screens at 1:45 p.m., on Tuesday, April 22.
Then, there's the highly popular Film Noir Series on Friday, April 25. Can't wait! At 5:30 p.m. is the North American premiere of "Our Heroes Died Tonight" (Nos héros sont morts ce soir). Set in early-1960s Paris, this minimalist noir, written and directed by David Perrault, plunges into the seedy world of semi-professional wrestling where backroom dives smell of Gauloise and sweat, and the fights are all rigged.
At 7:30 p.m. Eric Barbier's heist thriller "The Last Diamond," makes its international premiere. Starring Bérénice Bejo and Yvan Attal, the film follows in the tradition of Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Cercle Rouge." The carrot for the crooks is mighty pretty: the fabled Florentine, a 137-carat yellow diamond last seen in 1918, which has resurfaced and is up for sale in an exclusive Antwerp auction house.
The Larriere Brothers' crime drama "Love is a Perfect Crime" plays at 10:30 p.m. Adapted from "Incidences" by Philippe Dijan, whose other novels inspired the films "Betty Blue" and "Unforgivable," this chilly thriller revolves around a University of Lausanne student who goes missing. The top suspect? Her professor and lover, natch. "Love is a Perfect Crime" stars Mathieu Almaric, Karin Viard, Maiwenn and Sara Forrestier. This is the film's West Coast premiere.
There are two other enticing events on Friday. The massively influential but too mortal (and gone too soon) French auteur François Truffaut will be remembered at a 1:30 p.m. screening of his very personal 1977 tale of a femme-chaser "The Man Who Loved Women," starring Charles Denner as the Man, and Brigitte Fossey, Nathalie Baye and the supremely piquant Leslie Caron as some of the Women. There will be a talk on Truffaut after the movie.
At 8:30 p.m., that brilliant and elusive Polish-American-French cineaste, Roman Polanski will be represented by his latest film "Venus in Fur," based on the masochistic novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch and David Ives' play from it. "Venus" stars Polanski's muse-mate Emmanuelle Seigner as an extroverted actress who shows up after hours to read for a part.
On Saturday, at 11 a.m., the one French film of this year's glittering menu that you absolutely don't want to miss: the 1946 fairytale treasure "Beauty and the Beast," written and directed by Jean Cocteau. Josette Day stars as Belle and Jean Marais as Bete. The film was photographed (lustrously) by Henri Alekan, scored (hauntingly) by Georges Auric and technically advised by Rene Clement, who we suspect, had more to do with the film's impeccable, fantastic technique than just advice.
If fairytales aren't your tray of gateaux, there's a brutally real alternative: "Abuse of Weakness," a fierce semi-autobiographical drama by auteur Catherine Breillat about her own fleecing by a famous conman. "Abuse" screens at 7:45 p.m.
"We Love You, You Bastard" rescreens at 1:15 p.m.
Sunday brings the closing session of the competition, but there are two more major French classics on Monday, April 28. At 2 p.m., you can see the great director Patrice Chereau's 1994 adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' breathless historical novel "Queen Margot" (La Reine Margot). Chereau's film stars Isabelle Adjani and Daniel Auteuil.
And at 3:30 p.m. there's another film noir, a black-and-white '40s classic: "The Murderer Lives at No. 21" by Henri-Georges Clouzot. French stage and screen actor Louis Jouvet stars as the relentless detective Wens.
The COLCOA screenings are at the Directors Guild, 7920 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 90046.


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CAMEROON — Dover resident Joyce El Kouarti has begun what she hopes will be 18 months of Peace Corps volunteer work in the country of Cameroon, in west Central Africa. While there, she is helping people learn how to save money and manage credit.
In Cameroon, more than 80 percent of women work in the agricultural sector, and more than 40 percent live below the poverty line. Many earn less than $10 per month. Most do not have access to formal financial services. Those who do can often not afford to use them; many Cameroonian banks require a minimum balance that is several times greater than a farmer's monthly income.
In addition, these financial institutions seldom extend credit to farmers and owners of small and medium-sized businesses, who are perceived as being high risk. This is not an unjustified concern; most rural women possess few financial management or business skills.
A combination of business skills training and access to credit offers rural women the opportunity to improve their lives. Microfinancial institutions, such as Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), are powerful tools for fighting poverty. They enable participants to move from day-to-day survival to planning for the future, with the ability to invest in better nutrition, housing, health and education.
"Through the Peace Corps Partnership Program, I'm trying to raise enough money to set up and maintain at least 10 more VSLA groups," El Kouarti noted. "Seriously, lives are changed through this kind of work. But there are costs involved."
El Kouarti's target is $3,300 and she still has about $1,500 of that to raise before Tuesday, Jan. 15.
El Kouarti, in partnership with the Cameroonian nonprofit organization SAIMED, proposes to work with rural women to create 10 new Village Savings and Loan Associations. She will also teach basic accounting, marketing, and business planning skills and provide the training participants need to identify and take advantage of new business opportunities.
At the end of the one-year cycle, approximately 200 women will have not only saved a substantial portion of their monthly income, but will also have acquired the accounting and business skills needed to invest these savings wisely and improve the quality of their lives over the long term.
"It's a really effective way to teach people not only how to save money, but also how to manage credit responsibly," El Kouarti said. "It's also a kind of mini lesson in democracy. I love this stuff. Seriously, I'm ready to go out and set up VSLA groups in the U.S. when I get back home."
Take action now at www.peacecorps.gov/donate. Be sure to type "El Kouarti" in the "search" box. Donations are 100 percent tax deductible.
For more information, e-mail Joyce El Kouarti at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This is true for any NFL QB. Depth wins championships......true, but that is not true for the QB position. Backup QB's don't win championships...show me how many backup QBs that have come into play and have won Superbowl?[/quote]
Staubach, Bradshaw, Plunkett, Jeff Hostetler, Doug Williams, Trent Dilfer, and Tom Brady were all backups who supplanted starters at some point in the season and went on to win the superbowl. That's about what 1/6 of all Superbowl winning QB's?
There are also many who were backups that led teams to the Superbowl but didn't win.
I remember clearly the years Plunkett took over for Pastorini/Wilson, Doug Williams took over for Jay Schroeder, Trent Dilfer took over for Tony Banks, and Tom Brady took over for Drew Bledsoe. Those all took place at varying times in the season. With Williams it was for the playoffs basically only. Hostetler took over for Simms very late in the season as well. Brady took over early for Bledsoe (about a quarter of the way in). Dilfer took over for Banks after a couple of weeks, as Banks wasn't performing and they needed somebody to just manage the game and not a guy who would try to force things and created turnovers like Banks did. Plunkett was stuck in the Al Davis revolving wheel of QB's. Jay Schroeder lost the confidence of his teammates and coach and kept coming out with injuries. Gibbs finally said "enough" and just put Williams in and decided to just run with it for better or worse.[/quote]
I will give you Williams, Hostetler .... maybe Dilfer..... but stop it with the Brady, Bradshaw, or Staubach. The other thing you may notice is in the modern day NFL where QB plays a huge role its not happening.
Matt Flynn has started 2 games, I would prefer to take the gamble he won't be one of those 1/7 backup (if that, personally I don't accept all your QBs) who won't win the SB and allocate that money to someone who will see the field.
If you want to over pay a backup QB lets bring one in with actual experience.
What do you mean you'll "give me" Williams, Hostetler, and MAYBE Dilfer, but forget the others? The question was what backup QB's came in and won Superbowls. All of the ones I listed started the season in which they won the Superbowl as CLEAR 2nd string QB's. They got beat out for the job. Brady, Bradshaw, and Staubach were all second stringers at least a ways into the season (farther than you think apparently). Craig Morton was starting in Dallas above Staubach. Yes... Morton was the starter, but was a turnover machine, just as he was in Denver. Staubach took over. Bradshaw couldn't ever win the starting job, because Chuck Noll thought he was a moron. That's a fact. The starter's name is not coming to me, but he is remembered as the first starting black QB of the modern era and was a pretty steady guy, but he also had turnover problems, but Bradshaw could never win the job out of training camp and was not anointed the starter until winning the Super Bowl that year, and then he was... and won 3 more. Brady was a late round pick and was liked by coaches but they felt that Bledsoe gave them a better chance to win. He didn't come in until a fourth way through the season. Check your facts. You seem to follow me and question every post I make. I don't pull things out of my butt. I actually know a lot about football believe it or not.


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Republican Brian Pettyjohn needed just 37 days to storm ahead to a victory in the District 19 State Senate on Tuesday.
Republican Brian Pettyjohn needed just 37 days to storm ahead to a victory in the District 19 State Senate on Tuesday.
The former Georgetown mayor filed as a write-in candidate in the race on Oct. 1, but it was less than a week ago that he was added to the ballot as the official GOP candidate in the wake of former Republican candidate Eric Bodenweiser arrest on charges of child sex abuse.
Yet Pettyjohn managed to garner 9,817 votes, or 59.8 percent of the total, to upset Democrat and fellow Georgetown resident Jane Hovington, who earned 6,605 votes, or 40.2 percent.
"It's surreal; it's been a crazy, wild ride over the last 30-some days," Pettyjohn said after the final votes were counted. "I've got a great team of people that really believe in me. I've been able to spread the word and it's amazing."
Pettyjohn credited the win to the strength of his message and the efforts of his campaign team to get that message out to the public.
"People want state government out of their lives," he said. "They want businesses to be able to grow and perform. I come from a farm family and know what they go through. I work in the business world and know the obstacles businesses are facing, so I've got a good understanding of the issues out there and the people know that."
Pettyjohn will succeed incumbent state Sen. Joe Booth, who lost the Republican primary to Bodenweiser.
Bodenweiser withdrew from the race last month, just days before being charged with sexually abusing a boy between 1997 and 2000.
Hovington said she was disappointed by the outcome but remained upbeat about the future.
"It is what it is," she said. "I'm not going to get depressed or spend time crying about it. The people voted and that was their choice. We'll just keep moving on until the next time."
Hovington said she would not rule out running for office again.
"I'll put it this way, if I do run again the experience I gained in this race will ensure I win the next one," she said. "Right now, I just want to say to all the volunteers who came forth and all the people who worked hard for me, I thank the lord for them."
Pettyjohn said his immediate goal following his surprising election victory is to get to Disney World with his family.
"Yes, I'm going to Disney," he said. "Actually, it's something we've had planned for a long time. But after that I'll be talking to the various state department heads and letting them know what people have been telling me about what their frustrations are."


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"No, I won't go!"
"I want that toy ~ I'm not leaving until I get it!"
Have you heard these statements before?
What happens when you refuse to give in?
Enter now ~ crying, whining, screaming, laying on the floor, kicking....sigh.....the "joys" of a temper tantrum.
My children both went through this stage. It was not easy, embarrassment seemed a daily occurrence at times. I wish I could say I was always strong and won all the battles, but I can't.
My daughter recently had one of these moments, my brother was visiting.....and we were in the middle of a retail store. Sigh. I am not very tall, and can not carry either of my kids anymore (especially when they're having a temper tantrum). So my brother "threw" her over his shoulder and carried her out while my son and I followed. I was yet again, embarrassed.
It had been at least a couple years since I'd had to do this. Something my brother said struck me that day. He told my daughter that it didn't embarrass him to carry her out ~ that everyone was looking at her ~ not him. I had never thought of it that way. I have always imagined people staring at me and talking about what a bad mom I must be. This didn't make the situation better or go away, yet it provided a different look at the moment though.
As I am writing this, I'm thinking about the different ways we as adults throw temper tantrums.
We are selfish, impatient, unkind, unloving humans at times ~ just like our children.
We don't always do what God desires of us.
Doesn't that make us disobedient, selfish and unloving towards our Father?
We don't use kind and loving words when speaking to our children all the time.
When someone does something or says something that hurts us, are we patient and forgiving?
Sometimes we are all the good things ~ patient, kind, loving, selfless, etc. Yet our first reaction I fear many times is like a stomp of the foot, a pout, maybe even an angry word or two.
We may be "adults", but we still suffer from temper tantrums in and of ourselves. God must chuckle to Himself I think, when we get so wound up and upset while our lil ones have a temper tantrum. He sees us having our own, just in a different "adult" kind of way.
So, the next time your lil one has a temper tantrum or melt down ~ stop and ask God for the same measure of grace, mercy and forgiveness He shows you.
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at deaths door...
at death's door
at deaths door = at death's door
so ill that you may die
1994 - S. P. - Somtow Jasmine Nights - How stupid of me to trouble her with my petty problems when she's probably at death's door!
as one door closes another opens
you shouldn't be discouraged by failure as other opportunities will soon present themselves – proverb
close the door on = close the door to = shut the door on = shut the door to
exclude the opportunity for
refuse to consider
1999 - South China Morning Post - Fergie did not close the door on the couple reconciling some day.
door to door
(of a journey) from start to finish
visiting all the houses in an area to sell or publicize something
lay something at his door
regard or name someone as responsible for something
This phrase may have arisen from the practice of leaving an illegitimate baby on the doorstep of the man who was identified as its father.
leave the door open for
ensure that there is still an opportunity for something
open the door to
create an opportunity for
1995 - Kindred Spirit - By recreating the space in which you live or work, Feng Shui can open the door to abundance, wellbeing and a Renewed Sense of Purpose!
show him the door
dismiss someone unceremoniously from your presence
a toe in the door
a first chance of ultimately achieving what you want
a position from which further progress is possible – informal
The image here is of placing your foot in a doorway in such a way as to prevent the door being closed in your face.
dead as a doornail
completely dead
A doornail was one of the large iron studs formerly often used on doors for ornamentation or for added strength. The word occurred in various alliterative phrases (e.g. deaf as a doornail and dour as a doornail) but dead as a doornail is now the only one in common use.
on your doorstep = on the doorstep
very near
close at hand
1998 - New Scientist - The solution to Underbill's problem was on his doorstep.
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