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The President and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, Albert Ruesga, recently reflected on his memories of how far his city has come in the five years since the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. The same is surely true for other philanthropic leaders along the Gulf Coast, especially as they deal with new needs related to the BP oil spill and contemplate the generosity of celebrities like Jimmy Buffett and Jay Leno in organizing opportunities for people to contribute.
Such acts of kindness color our collective memory of all such disasters, because we are lucky enough to see the results of what every individual gift can accomplish for the collective good.
Like Ruesga, we say thank you to all of those who shared gifts of time, talent and treasure to assist survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Thank you to those who stepped up to provide a central hub of information and assistance at Boutwell Auditorium and to those corporations that made it easy for their employees to give through special grantmaking funds at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and other community foundations in Mobile, Baton Rouge, Jackson, Ms., and elsewhere.
When disasters come, as they will, we are glad to be part of a community and a country whose citizens have such a strong drive to share whatever they have with those less fortunate. Together, as we prove over and over again, we can make a difference, no matter what the situation.

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Operators of an Internet-based business opportunity that promised easy income for investors in an Internet shopping mall network have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their scheme was an illegal pyramid operation. Under the terms of the settlement, Bigsmart.Com L.L.C. and principals Mark and Harry Tahiliani will provide up to $5 million in consumer redress and post a $500,000 performance bond before engaging in any new multi-level marketing activity. The defendants also are prohibited from engaging in any illegal pyramid schemes.
Bigsmart is based in Mesa, Arizona.
According to the FTC complaint detailing the charges, Bigsmart marketed Internet theme "malls" that it claimed would enable investors to earn substantial income from commissions on products purchased through the Internet. The malls were a collection of links to retail sites maintained by independent third-party merchants, such as MarthaStewart.com, and to a "Superstore" maintained by Bigsmart, itself. Traffic was directed to the malls through the personalized Bigsmart "welcome pages" that members bought access to for a $10 application fee and a $99.95 "hosting" fee. Although Bigsmart claimed that members would make substantial amounts of money, the scheme was structured in such way that to realize continued financial gains, would depend on ". . . the continued, successive recruitment of other participants," not on retail sales of products and services to the public. The FTC charged that the claims that consumers who invested in Bigsmart would make substantial income were false; that promotional materials that made the false and misleading claims provided the means and instrumentalities for others to deceive consumers; and that Bigsmart was actually a pyramid scheme. All three were violations of the FTC Act.
To settle the FTC charges, Bigsmart and the Tahilianis will provide up to $5 million in consumer redress. They also will be required to post a $500,000 performance bond before engaging in any new multi-level marketing activity.
Consumers who believe they may qualify to receive consumer redress should call 202-326-3294.
This case was brought with the invaluable assistance of the Offices of the Attorney General of Texas and the Wisconsin. Department of Agriculture, Trade, & Consumer Protection, Division of Trade & Consumer Protection. It was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, March 12, 2001.
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FTC v. Bigsmart.com L.L.C.; Mark Tahiliani; and Harry Tahiliani (District Court of Arizona)
Complaint [PDF 664K]
Stipulated Final Order [PDF 1.36M]
Stipulated Permanent Injunction [PDF 3.12M]
Order Appointing Equity Receiver [PDF 279K]
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Microsoft Enhances the Digital Cable Experience(OCUR for everyone)
End Customers Can Now Add Digital Cable Tuners With CableCARD to Their PCs
Microsoft and CableLabs announced that customers will now be able to add digital cable tuners with CableCARD to a Windows 7-based PC with Windows Media Center. A new tool will be provided by Microsoft that assesses the PC's ability to support the solution. This tool will analyze the customer's PC and enable digital cable support if the PC meets requirements, opening digital cable options to Windows Media Center customers across the country. Microsoft also announced that, with Windows 7, it has increased the number of TV tuners that can be connected to the PC from two to four per tuner type, thereby allowing customers to simultaneously record or watch as many as four digital cable TV channels.
"We are excited that digital cable customers will now be able to take advantage of this new opportunity to bring great cable TV programming to the PC," said So Vang, vice president of OpenCable at CableLabs. "We are dedicated to helping customers get the most from their cable service, and this will be a great win for both the customer and the cable operators."
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Today, it's time for the desert rats to make an appearance. This is my first finished flames of war army, with which I took part in a mid-war tournament here in the Netherlands. I think I ended second place in the painting competition. The first picture shows the full armylist and two objectives. Enjoy
|1500 points Desert Rats
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What do you guys think?
As I'm typing this, I am realizing how awesome Vampira would have looked with a matte top coat over it. I'll definitely try it next time I wear this!
Also, don't forget to enter the Halloween Giveaway Spooktacular! It ends tomorrow at midnight!
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Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Day 33
His counts fluctuate (which is normal). The rapid rise in his WBCs was in response to the liver infection and they have dropped back down. His hemoglobin and platelets are rising slowly and steadily.
He's started to eat a bit and they are taking him off TPN during the day. I hope that less TPN will stimulate a bit of an appetite. Personally, I think he needs Mom's cooking...
And Dr H has actually mentioned going home! We are hoping that Eric will be home for his 22nd birthday (Jan 16). Having spent both his birthday and Christmas in the hospital in 2008, this seems like a great goal.
Still lots of twists, turns and bumps in the road ahead but we are getting better at accepting those and working through it all. Need all your prayers, positive thoughts and cheerleading to get him home and settled. Eric? Well I think he is just thinking of all the new XBox games released since he was admitted to hospital!
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- Gail said...
Hey Eric -
Great news on your continued progress! I'm here in Michigan rooting for you - keep eating and building up your counts for your birthday at home. BTW...my boyfriend spent his 2008 b-day and Christmas in the hospital too. Here's to more fun in 2009 for both of you :)
- 7 January 2009 at 02:58
- Shelley Jean Photography said...
I hope you can eat soon Eric, and that you get to spend your birthday at home.
Love Shelley
- 7 January 2009 at 06:51
- Veronica said...
Yeah - lets make 2009 Eric's year!! :0) Everyone knows how much you all deserve that!
Glad to hear that there's so much positive news - we'll keep everything crossed that next week sees Eric home where he belongs!
Thinking of you..........Vx
- 7 January 2009 at 12:02
ERIC - We're cheering you on over here on the Gatineau side!!! LOL
-The o'Neil's xo
- 7 January 2009 at 12:31
This is great news. I'm so glad things are going well for Eric. I hope he gets a couple of those xbox games for his birthday.
One of your cheerleaders,
- 7 January 2009 at 16:21
- Adrienne said...
Go glad to hear that Eric is feeling better and hopefully going home soon. Getting off the TPN will surely stimulate his appetite...that and mom's home cooked food. A day at a time, hugs to both of you, Alison (Adrienne's mom)
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Is Compulsory Education Granting or Limiting Autonomy?
It's Einstein's birthday today, a good time to think about one of the Einstein quotations you will find on bumper stickers -- "Imagination is more important than knowledge." We have a senior major considering the argument that children have a right to education because they have a right to autonomy, something that is challenged by the influence of their parents. Being raised by parents forces you to be indoctrinated with certain beliefs, in Einstein's terms a limitation of imagination, a shrinking of the possibilities of the world. Education, on the other hand, will inevitably cause you to have to face other beliefs, it will enlarge the pool of possibilities. Since it is only when you have a choice that you have autonomy, to guarantee the autonomy of children when they reach adulthood, it is crucial therefore to counter the influence of the parents to some degree. The children may choose to believe what their parents do, but we only treat them as autonomous beings if we guarantee them the right to make that choice. The odd part of this argument is that we grant a right by coercion, by forcing them to confront something they may not want. We make them autonomous by removing their autonomy. Should children have to think about different ways of being as a part of required education? Is it healthy to think about education as deprogramming?


text: Dr Amanda Capern Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Women's History Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education email@example.com 01482 465867 Amanda Capern is a specialist in early-modern British and European women's and gender history and is editing The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe. Her current research focuses on authority, power and emotions, and she is writing a book on family relations, finances and the law courts. Amanda Capern is Principle Investigator on the Gender, Place and Memory interdisciplinary and inter-faculty research cluster at the University of Hull, running a series of projects on early-modern women's property. She is co-editor of Gender and History - a Palgrave book series - and welcomes book proposals on any area of gender history. Research Research Interests Early-modern British and European women's history Early-modern women's writing Early-modern women's religious and political thought Early-modern English women's property Early-modern equity law and the court of chancery Research groups Collaborative doctoral partnership with the National Archives (UK) since 2014. Collaborated as sub-editor with Professor Gina Luria Walker (New School, New York) on the Female Biography Project (2013/2014). Most recently on 'Mary Hays and the Imagined Female Communities of Early Modern Europe', in The Invention of Female Biography, Routledge (2017). Principle Investigator on the Gender, Place and Memory interdisciplinary and inter-faculty research cluster at the University of Hull, collaborating with joint PI, Dr Briony McDonagh (School of Environmental Sciences), Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Dr Hannah Worthen) and eight doctoral students. Publications Capern A, The Historical Study of Women: England 1500-1700, Palgrave Macmillan (2007) Capern A, 'Emotions, Gender Expectations and the Social Role of Chancery, 1550-1650', in Authority, Gender and Emotions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, ed. Susan Broomhall, pp 187-209, Palgrave (2015)Capern A, 'Rumour and Reputation in the Early Modern English Family', in Fama and her Sisters: Gossip and Rumour in Early Modern Europe, ed. Heather Kerr and Claire Walker, pp 85-113, Brepols (2015) Capern A, 'Adultery and Impotence as Literary Spectacle in the Divorce Debates and Tracts of the Long Eighteenth Century', in Spectacle, Sex and Property in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture, ed. Julie A. Chappell and Kamille Stone Stanton, AMS, pp. 197-225 (2016)Capern A, 'Jane Lead and the Tradition of Puritan Pastoral Theology', in Jane Lead and her Transnational Legacy, ed. Ariel Hessayon, Palgrave, pp. 91-117 (2016) Full selected publications Teaching Programmes taught on (2019) MA in History BA (Hons) History Degree Course Modules list Undergraduate Early Modern People and their Worlds Gender, Society and Culture in Early Modern England Postgraduate Themes in Medieval and Early Modern European History Research PhDs Amanda Capern welcomes enquiries about doctoral supervision on any aspect of early-modern British women's history. Current PhD supervisions Elizabeth Rogers (1st supervisor). Women and the World: Explorers from the Home during the Enlightenment in Britain (AHRC, Heritage Consortium Scholarship) Alice Whiteoak (1st supervisor). Walking the World: Gender and Place in the Court of Exchequer 1620-1670 (Gender, Place and Memory Interdisciplinary Research Cluster, University of Hull) Helen Manning (2nd supervisor). Women, Property and the Law: Mapping Sexual Inequality in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1708-1974 (Gender, Place and Memory Interdisciplinary Research Cluster, University of Hull) Stormm Buxton-Hill (2nd supervisor). Early Modern Women's Agency in negotiating Marriage Settlements Sarah Shields (2nd supervisor). Maid, Wife and Widow: Women's Lifecycle and Property Ownership in the Long Eighteenth Century (University of Hull Doctoral Scholarship) Charlotte Garside (1st supervisor). Women in Chancery: An Analysis of Chancery as a Women's Court of Redress in 17th Century England (AHRC, Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with The National Archives) Nicola Kelsall (1st supervisor). The Figure of the Cuckold in Early Modern Political Culture and Social Discourse (University of Hull Doctoral Scholarship) Teaching awards and accolades Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) Graduate Diploma of Education (Australia) Professional highlights Academic qualifications BA History and Geography (University of London) MA History (UNSW, Australia) PhD History (UNSW, Australia) Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Awards and accolades Received research awards and fellowships from The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (Australia) The Scouloudi Foundation The British Academy The Arts and Humanities Research Council The Huntington Library (USA)


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Apple's iPhone 6 smartphones are so successful and desired by clamoring consumers that iPhone mania will likely cause delays in the arrival of Apple's long-awaited larger new 12.9-inch iPad.
The iPad delay is being caused by factories that are so busy churning out iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices that they aren't going to be able to switch over to build the new bigger iPads anytime soon, according to an Oct. 9 report by The Wall Street Journal. The larger iPads were originally slated to be built in large quantities starting in December, the report stated, but the plans have now been put off until 2015.
"The top priority for the supply chain is to meet the overwhelming demand for the larger screen iPhones," an unnamed source told the Journal. "The output of the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus remains unsatisfactory. It would be challenging for display makers to split resources and spend a few months to ramp up production for a new larger screen iPad now."
One major builder of Apple's phones and tablets, Foxconn Technology, "is also facing the challenge of hiring enough factory workers to assemble the two new iPhones at its largest production site in Zhengzhou, in northern China," the story reported, adding to the supply woes for the devices.
An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on the matter in an email reply to an eWEEK inquiry about the reported delays.
The new iPhones, which were released starting Sept. 19, have been a huge hit, selling more than 10 million units in their first weekend of sales, according to a previous eWEEK story. That sales mark gave the iPhone 6 models a new all-time record for first-weekend iPhone sales since iPhones first hit the market back in June of 2007.
Preorders for the new iPhones reached huge levels before they were even released, with more than 4 million devices preordered within 24 hours of the process opening on Sept. 12. That high demand quickly led the company to advise customers that many devices won't be delivered until this month due to short initial supplies, but those delays apparently are continuing as global demand remains strong for the phones.
Rumors about an upcoming larger 12.9-inch iPad have been circulating since at least August when reports appeared claiming that component and parts suppliers were gearing up to produce the needed inventory to start production of the devices, according to an earlier eWEEK story.
Current iPad models come in a 9.7-inch screen size or in an iPad mini format with a 7.9-inch screen.
Tablet sales have been slowing around the globe in 2014, with worldwide tablet shipments down nearly 36 percent in the first quarter of 2014, compared with the fourth holiday-benefiting quarter of 2013, according to an earlier eWEEK report. Those figures came from research firm IDC, which said that tablet sales for the first quarter grew just 4 percent over the same period in 2013. The slowdown was felt across screen sizes and operating systems, according to the company.
Interestingly, Apple has scheduled an announcement event on Oct. 16 that's likely related to updated and new versions of its laptop and desktop computers as well as its iPad models. We'll have to see if there's any mention of a larger iPad or confirmation of any delays at that event.
Also notable, Apple never mentioned iPads when it rolled out the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus smartphones in September. Despite the omission, it's believed Apple will update its iPad tablet line in some way in time for the crucial holiday sales period, which is where the Oct. 16 event fills the bill.


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Barbara Weir (BW-1000) – Grass Seed (124cm x 129cm)
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Artist: Barbara Weir
Painting: Grass Seed
Size: 124cm x 129cm
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
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Barbara Weir's mother was the renowned artist Minnie Pwerle and her father was the Irish station owner, Jack Weir. Barbara was taken from her family and fostered out as one of the 'Stolen Generation' but in the 1960's Barbara returned to Utopia and stayed in the dynamic community of artists at Utopia with her aunt Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who was a significant inspiration in her career as an artist. Emily's work had a profound impact on her and in the early 1990's she began to seriously explore her artistic talents and developed her iconic grass seed style. In the Utopia Region, there are many varieties of grasses to be found. One such type is found in the spinifex sand plains and sand hills that produce a seed that is collected, crushed and made into a paste to produce bread. This grass can grow up to 15cm high and is reddish in colour. The Aboriginal people collected these seeds in a most unusual way. Due to the seeds ripening at different stages, many would fall to the ground and be covered by sand. The Aboriginal people would look for the nesting site of a particular ant that collected the seeds, ate a certain portion and discarded the rest. The discarded seeds would be found in a pile just outside then nest, where it was collected, cleaned and then ground into a thick paste. These seeds were an important source of food and were collected by the women of the community.


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This is an affordable digital SLR with all of the great features you want. It has high resolution, great zoom and storage capability.
Auto focus makes it difficult to control certain shots on your own.
This is an excellent camera for the price margin and it's great for those who do not have a lot of technical skills in using expensive cameras. It will be as easy as a point-and-shoot but with the upgraded features of an SLR.
Is the Nikon D3100 the Right Camera for Me?
Im seriously tired of spending a hundred dollars on a new digital camera just to have a newer better model hit the shelves just a few months later and my camera is now worth half of what I paid for it. So, Im looking at the high end cameras such as this Nikon D3100. The average cost of this camera is five times what I would have normally paid for one but Im hoping it will last five times longer.
I always look at a description of the product and then I look at how other people who have already bought and used the product feel about it. This gives me a good idea if I want to spend a great deal of money on a high ticket item or if I should choose something else. Product Details
- High Resolution Photo and Video Output
- Large 3 Viewing Panel
- HD Cinematic Video
- Auto Focus in Both Picture and Video Modes
- Easy to Use
- Multiple Memory Card Capabilities
After looking over the product details, I became intrigued because many of the high quality cameras such as this one were so complicated that I wasnt sure I could actually figure out what they do. With the easy to use feature that comes with an assistant, I know that it will not take me long to start working with this camera comfortably. I also like the large viewing panel. Some of the technical details were over my head but if I am comfortable with the camera it will not be difficult to learn what they actually mean.
Yeah, Im Buying This Camera and Heres Why
First and foremost I want to be more proficient in my photography and that means having the ability to take a succession of photos so I can pick the best one. With three shots per second, I can definitely get the perfect shot even if I am wasting a couple in the process. Since this camera is digital I dont have to worry about wasted film and if I need more space on my memory card, I can simply delete those shots that I dont like.
I have used video function in some of the low end cameras I have purchased but there were issues like not being able to focus. I love football and have had the opportunity to be on the sidelines during pregame workouts. I hated that I couldnt get the players in focus with my other cameras so Im very pleased to see that there is auto focus in video mode on this camera so when Im on the field again, I know all the video will come out perfectly.
My Issues with This Camera
Sadly there are a few downsides to this camera but after reviewing others, I they are not big enough to change my mind about purchasing it. The first major issue is that while the viewing screen is quite large, it does not give a true representation of what the photo actually looks like. It may seem clear and crisp on the screen but when it is viewed on a computer the image can be out of focus or blurry.
This brings us to the other reason I have an issue with this camera: Unless you are in auto focus, you have to work a little harder to get a good shot and there are times when Id rather do the work myself. But since these are small issues, I can live with them considering the lower price tag than some of the other cameras of similar quality.
How Do Other People Feel?
Dan Aurel Cristescu says, For people looking for new DSLR camera, stop, this is it. It has none of the D3000 drawbacks: Fast buffer, never overloaded.
Vipul D Kapadia states, Hurray! The long wait is over! Nikon had us wait for such a long time for its newer models (D3100 and D7000) and it was just when we started thinking if Nikon will ever have an answer, anytime soon, to Canon's T2i, 7D and 60D) they released these two wonderful cameras - D3100 and D7000.
At the End of the Day
AT the end of the day I really like this camera and if I am going to make the investment this is the one I plan on purchasing. The price is right, I can learn how to use it easily and it offers many more functions that I have with my cheap digital camera. I like that this one will last me a long time and I truly think it is worth the investment.
Being a Canon fan I never considered buying the D3100 when I got my first dslr, however my wife shoots one and she is very happy with her choice.
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The Attempt of a Family Photo...
We had a great time putting up our tree, Jessica & Will joined us too!
Norah loved all the ornaments with pictures on them, we have several of John & I or of Ava, but no Norah. I need to work on that!
They are so cute together!
Time to attempt a family photo!
They were being less than cooperative, but they were cracking each other up, so there is that.
I don't know why it's so hard to get a good family shot. You'd think these kids would be accustomed to taking pictures and just naturally cooperate. Um no. Not so much. Oh well, as I don't send out Christmas cards there's really no pressure to get a great shot. Maybe we will try again soon, only time will tell.
But for now, Happy Holidays!!


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Earlier in the week an order of books I put through the Scottish Genealogy Society site arrived. The week was so crazy busy at work though, I didn't have a chance to crack them until this morning.
For most of you, titles like The Forgotten Tombstones of Moray or Tracing Your Shipbuilding Ancestors aren't lying on your bedside table as light reading! For me though it was a fun few hours this morning reading through the hard work of the Moray Burial Ground Research Group who have transcribed many of the tombstones in Morayshire churchyards, old and new and even buried.
Many of the surnames carved into the stones are unfamiliar to me and the stories sad. A few more are immediately recognisable and filled gaps in far-removed branches of the tree. And others are worth exploring... I will keep you up to date!


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I Am A Health Insurance Agent and Health Care Reform Is Killing My Buisness!
January 1, 2011 is nearing at an almost blink-of-an-eye pace, leaving many health insurance agents worried and wondering what is going to happen to their ability to thrive financially.
There are over 2,500 pages of information regarding health care reform which was recently passed and many health insurance agents- no, make that mostly all insurance agents have no time to sit down and sort through all of the jargon. So, what is the cliff notes version? What will affect you, the health insurance agent the most? Plain and simple: sooner rather than later, insurance companies will no longer be allowed to deny individuals medical coveragedue to medical conditions. As of September 23, 2010, insurance companies will no longer be allowed to deny coverage to children with medical conditions. Reality check? September 23rd is just 9 days away! Beginning in 2014, insurance companies will no longer be allowed to deny adults. In short, this means that if the insurance companies have to extend coverage to sick people, then two things have to happen. First, insurance premiums will most likely go through the roof in order to accommodate, or to make available more money to pay out on almost indefinite claims. The sicker the person, the more money will be spent on their medical care by the insurance company. Second, your commissions are going to plummet! In fact, starting January 1, 2011, insurance companies will begin to slash what historically allowed for a pretty lucrative lifestyle for agents down to, in some instances, barely making it. These insurance companies need to restructure their books and "trim the fat" so to speak. Where is the easiest place to take some of that fat from? YOU- the agent.
What is an agent to do? Should he or she move out of the financial sector and begin answering customer service calls at the local bank call center? Maybe. Should they go back to school and get a degree in another unrelated field? Maybe. However, most career insurance agents don't have the time nor the desire to tear down what they have built and start over and in this case- if you are that agent who doesn't want to start over, there are a few different options.
First and foremost, if you are not familiar with what exactly your license allows you to sell, become familiar and do it fast! Most health insurance licenses (depending on the state) go hand in hand with a life insurance license as well as a variable annuities license. If you do NOT have the life and annuities designation, do the homework and take the exams necessary to get them. These could literally mean the difference between you staying in the insurance industry and having to leave it to go join the circus. Once you have these designations, or if you already do, there is a particular school of thought that you are going to have to adapt to, and it is that health insurance sales alone are most likely not going to be your bread and butter any longer.
Second, get close and personal with life insurance. Nothing to do with health care reform touches the life insurance industry. In fact, the life insurance industry is still booming- and actually, always has been. It is known to bewhere the real money is as far as selling insurance goes. Most health insurance agents are used to a 15%-20% commission structure. Life insurance agents have been enjoying anywhere from approximately 55%-90% commissions and they have been doing so for years.
If you are a captive agent, contactthe go-to person within the company and see if life insurance is something they have available for you to offer. If it isn't, make your argument! Tell them why it should be especially now with what's going on in health care. If after that, it is still not an option, you may want to consider becoming captive with a new company- one who does make life insurance available for you to sell. If you are an independent agent, it is as simple as getting appointed with a life insurance company and then marketing their product. Many agents who sell both health and life sell them "together" which means that while you are selling health insurance, you are talking about life insurance and vice versa. Pitch both at the same time and more often than not, you will walk away with two deals and a lot more money in your pocket than if you only mentioned health insurance.
So, there is a silver lining in the dark cloud called health care reform. It doesn't mean you have to throw in the towel and find a new industry. You just need todiversify yourself by adding to the products you sellwithin the insurance industry and focus on maximizing your income while helping people.
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Australia's Ahmed victim of racism over refusal to sport beer logo
Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland lashed out at "racist comments" directed at Muslim Fawad Ahmed after the leg-spinner requested to be excused from wearing the 'VB' logo as it conflicted with his religious beliefs.
- Australia allows Ahmed to drop beer logo from shirt
Pakistan-born Ahmed, who became an Australian citizen in July after his application was fast-tracked, did not have the logo on his shirt during his international debut in last week's T20 matches against England.
It emerged on Tuesday that he had "expressed discomfort with the conflict this created for him, due to his religious beliefs", AFP reported.
Cricket Australia agreed with his request to wear an unbranded shirt, but this sparked critical comments on the Cricket Australia website and other social media.
"Legitimate reason RELIGION, no its not, it's a game of cricket, not praying at a church," said one reaction.
"It is driven by money and fans not by religious fanatics. Those who don't like the Australian culture should leave, or keep misguided values to themselves."
Sutherland said he was disgusted with such comments.
"Cricket Australia would like to express its extreme disappointment over racist comments towards Fawad Ahmed on social media... some of which are falsely attributed to former Australian cricketer Dean Jones," he said in a statement late Tuesday.
Image: Australia bowler Fawad Ahmed (2nd from right) celebrates with teammates after picking a wicket
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'CA is fully supportive of Fawad's personal beliefs'
"CA does not condone racism in any way, shape or form.
"CA is fully supportive of Fawad's personal beliefs and he is a valued and popular member of the Australian cricket team and the wider cricket community."
South African batsman Hashim Amla, also a Muslim, is another player in a similar situation and has been permitted not to wear the logo of Cricket South Africa sponsor Castle, a beer company, on his kit.
The sensitive issue also reared up in English football with striker Papiss Cisse pulling out of Newcastle United's pre-season tour this year, saying he was not prepared to promote the club's sponsors, money-lending company Wonga.
But the Senegal international has since donned a Newcastle shirt featuring the logo after talks with the club and Islamic teachers.
The rise of Ahmed, a former refugee who fled his home in the Pakistan border region near Afghanistan, where he said he was targeted by the Taliban, has seen him become a hero to some in Australia's immigrant communities.
Image: Fawad Ahmed
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Legendary Cosmid Brings Us Busty British Toni and Hannah Sharp
fucking hell, Ive been talking a LOT about new discoveries lately, and just when I was thinking I covered about everything that I should've, I realized that legendary Cosmid.net already added 2 new, fresh, unseen natural busty girls next door… 1st girl is 21 year old Toni from UK… shes actually quite petite, but she's packing a great set of big juicy naturals, and lovable little round belly… she actually did a debut video back in July, but it's this tight top/bra/topless pictorial that opened my eyes (and stiffened my dick).. 2nd girl is 21 years old Zumba teacher from Uk, Hannah Sharp, and I think these images from her debut "wet t-shirt" pictorial will tell you all the info you need to know about this busty babe next door:
once again Cosmid.net hits a jackpot, scoring not one, but TWO fabulous big titted hotties next door… and knowing how many girls like this they managed to find all over the world (but mostly in US), and film them with professional photo equipment, it's pretty obvious this website is still one of the most unique ones out there… especially with this kind of exclusive, unseen girls, and this kind of crystal sharp photo quality!
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text: New Volkswagen boss, Matthias Muller, has confirmed that none of VW's current racing programs are under threat of being abandoned or reduced amidst the fallout from the emissions scandal. Said scandal, which emerged in September this year, for a long time seemed to place Volkswagen's racing programs in jeopardy, and arguably ruined Audi's chance to join F1 even to the surprise of Eddie Jordan himself, a man known for having accurate sources in the paddock concerning F1's silly-season. However, Matthias Muller, who has taken over the reigns from Martin Winterkorn after his resignation, has confirmed that VW's "motorsports programs are not in danger of being dropped or significantly reduced", during an appearance at last weekend's 6 Hours of Bahrain. Muller continued to say that 2015 was a "tremendous season with incredible success", whilst also emphasizing just how important motorsport was to the VW brand. The news will be music to many people's ears, especially after such an emphatic 2015 WEC season.


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The line gets a little bit fuzzier with games that are less task focused, and involve activities that resemble real life activities—computer role playing games like the Sims and Second Life. In these games, users create avatars—their representations in the game—who then proceed to do things that resemble real life (with the exception of flying without a plane a few others). Avatars walk around, watch a sunset, travel, meet and interact with other avatars/people, fall in love, have sex, get into fights. In these games, an avatars is, in some sense, the alter ego of the user. Users spend significant amounts of time (and money) perfecting the appearance and style of their avatar. If you've never played these types of games, see below for a sample.
People who spend a lot of time in these virtual worlds (is "playing these games" the right phrase?) see their avatars as extensions of themselves, and players report the sense that what happens to their avatars happens to them (Here's an example of firefighter training in Second Life; each person you see on the screen is controlled by an actual human at a keyboard, directing its actions.
Research at Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab has found that among 30,000 virtual gamers who spend upwards of 20 hours/week in their virtual worlds, 40% of the males and 53% of the females report that their virtual friends are equal to or better than real-life friends. And, as discussed in my previous post, it's not only our minds that respond to virtual worlds as if they're real—our bodies do too. If you're at the edge of a virtual cliff, your heart rate will increase just as it would at the edge of a real cliff.
In an effort to provide us all in the next step in entertainment, it's only a matter of time until companies create a cost-effective technology that make virtual worlds more authentic and interactive.
Nintendo's Wii is a step in that direction. For those of you not familiar with the Wii, check out this ad:
(If you're not familiar with the Wii, when people move the white remote, they are controlling what happens on the screen: playing a traditional "computer game," virtually conducting an orchestra, or virtually playing tennis or baseball.) If you ask people using the Wii whether their experience is "real"—you might hear more ays than nays. After all, if their bodies and minds feel that they've had the experience, does it matter whether the visual portion of the experience occurred on a screen or monitor?
Once the Wii-type devices become even more technologically enhanced in true immersive virtual reality, the question "what is reality" seems to me to have crossed a threshold into an existential realm (or a psychophysical realm), akin to the question "if a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, did it make a sound?"


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Thursday, April 07, 2011
More Easter bags and bibs
I've been so busy making I haven't had time to blog anything! So I'll try to get you up to speed. These bags and bibs were made for my dear Australian friend who lives in Florence. She has 8 grandchildren, yes 8! I sent these to her grand kids in Oz for Easter. I hope they like them!
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Date of live webinar recording:
July 10, 2013
Presenter Info:
Mendy Newman, Product Manager, Ericom Software
Play time: 44:31 min
How are today's organizations really coping with the challenges of BYOD? Join Ericom's Product Manager, Mendy Newman as he navigates key BYOD challenges associated with providing employees with safe, secure access to applications, desktops and data. Learn how you can deal with these challenges, while enabling employees to work productively and your business processes to perform more efficiently.


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Inductive Bible Study Hints
Inductive Bible Study helps you find the central truth of a passage and build that truth into your life.
To get the most from this method of Bible study you need:
- A version of the Bible with paragraphs
- notebook for writing your findings
When you open God's Word, expect to meet with Him and to learn something about Him. Expect to find more of who He is and what He wants you to be like. In a wonderful way you'll grow to understand God and His ways if you are open to being changed by what you find in the Scriptures.
Each day as you begin, open your heart to the teaching of the Holy Spirit; ask Him to give you understanding and to help you think and act in God's way.
As you conclude a day's study, apply to your life one truth God has shown you as you relate to Him. Do as much of a step as you are comfortable with each day.
Step One: Book Overview
- Read it, if it's brief. If it's long, skim it. If it's a narrative, jot down a fact about one or two of the main characters; list a few major events. If it's a letter, note a few facts about the writer and those being addressed. If it's another kind of literature, list some facts that impress you.
- Write down a few of your major impressions of the book.
- What helps do you think you'll get for your life from this book? Write down one or two and ask the Lord to move in your life in these ways.
Step Two: The Book
- Look through the book to find which chapters can be most naturally grouped together, either by main characters, events, or by geography. On a simple chart, write the 2 or 3 or 4 major divisions of the book, the natural groups of chapters. Give each division a short title.
- What seems to be the main theme of the book? Write it in a short sentence over your chart.
- How does that theme apply to you personally? In what part of your life do you need to act on that truth? Write down a specific way you can begin to do that and ask the Lord to strengthen you in it.
Step Three: Chapter or Part of a Chapter
If your version of the Bible has many short paragraphs, you can group them into thought-units and treat each unit as you would a paragraph.
- Make a list of facts that you observe in the chapter (or part). Note who, when, what, where, and how. Note also any interesting things about people, places, situations, atmosphere. Include things that are emphasized, like words that are repeated or contrasted. To cover a passage, make just a few observations on each paragraph.
- Write down your major impressions of the passage. What "hits" you from this passage?
- What does this passage teach about the Lord? What difference does it make to you that He is like this? Take sometime to praise Him.
Step Four: Chapter or Part
- Choose a short title for each paragraph.
- What connections can you find between paragraphs? Look for a few, such as repeated words, similarities, contrasts, cause and effect. What significance or meaning do you find in each of these connections? Jot down the meanings.
- Then, look at the meanings, connections and facts and ask yourself: What is the main thing going on this passage? In other words, what is the central truth this passage is teaching? Write that truth in a sentence.
- What is the main thing the Lord is saying to me through this passage? Here are some possibilities. Select just one.
- Something to obey or an example to follow or avoid? What is it exactly? How can I soon practice it?
- A truth about the Lord I can rejoice in? In what part of my life is this truth especially encouraging?
- A promise I can take for a situation I'm in? Are there conditions in the promise which I need to fulfill? What are they? What does the Lord say He'll do? (Memorizing the promise will help in the days ahead.)
THE NEXT STEP: The Next Chapter or Part Continue as in Step 3.
THE STEP AFTER THAT: Proceed as in Step 4, etc. Move along at your own pace.
When you finish studying the chapters, notice how their main truths connect with each other. As you connect these main truths, you are beginning to put together the teaching of the Bible. See if from these you can write the theme of the book in a sentence. How does it fit with the theme you saw at first? Share these with a Christian friend or group studying the same book. See how your theme compares with that in a Bible handbook.


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Areavoices.com: A letter to Paula Deen
Paula, Paula, Paula.
By now, you're probably tired of all the fuss - the criticism of your calorie- and cholesterol-drenched cuisine, your recent revelation that you have type 2 diabetes, your new contract with Novo Nordisk to pitch one of their diabetes drugs.
I'm not going to nag or get all judgmental on you. Others have already done so - for instance, chef and Food Channel host Anthony Bourdain who sarcastically tweeted this week, "Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later." Or an editorial in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, which criticized you for promoting "a lifestyle elevating feeling good for a moment above everything else" and concluded, "It's time for her to become a force for good instead of a force for fat."
But I have to ask, Paula: What the heck were you thinking?
I'm a teensy bit embarrassed to admit that although I recognize your name and know you're a celebrity chef/restaurateur who has written books and appeared on TV, I didn't know much about your culinary style other than that it's "Southern." After the story broke this week, I looked up some of your recipes online and I was... well, taken aback, to say the least.
To read the rest of this post from HealthBeat, visit healthbeat.areavoices.com.


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icol from Y U K L U I * S T Y L E has an awesome giveaway to celebrate her 20 birthday.
She will give away Urban Decay The Black Palette, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils 15 Year Anniversary Collection, Urban Decay Naked Palette and few british sweets.
I'm so interested with those Urban Decay since they don't have a store in my country.
So, head to her blog and join the giveaway!(:


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March 23, 2012
JMU 72, South Florida 45
Tarik Hislop scored 17 points and JMU defeated South Florida 72-45 in third-round action of the Women's National Invitation Tournament. It was the first time in 32 years these teams played each other.
JMU led 24-12 at the half, and just kept rolling from there. The Dukes (27-7), in the postseason for their seventh straight year, also got 15 points from Kirby Burkholder and 11 rebounds from Lauren Whitehurst. JMU moves on to play Virginia in the quarterfinal round. That game will be at 2 p.m. ET Sunday at JMU.
South Florida (19-16) had 11 points from Inga Orekhova in the Bulls' final game of the season. It was the eighth time in the past nine years that South Florida earned a postseason berth.
Third Round Results
Friday, March 23
JMU 72, South Florida 45
Quarterfinal Round Schedule
Saturday, March 24
Syracuse at Toledo, 2 p.m. ET
Sunday, March 25
Colorado at Oklahoma State, 1:30 p.m. ET
Virginia at JMU, 2 p.m. ET
San Diego at Washington, 3 p.m. ET
January 2019


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For those organizations that have not yet implemented ASL® and want to start with it in a fast way, the ASL Starter Kit is an interesting instrument. The instrument is only available in Dutch at the moment. News about the translation of the ASL Starter Kit will be published on this website.
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thank you for the starter kit.
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I picked up Katana by Cole Gibsen from the library, because I wanted to change up my almost stale dietary supplement of reading the same ole books/genre's over, and over again. I have to admit to being a geek in that I adore books about samurais, swords (especially Katana's, nodachi, & naginata), Feudal Japan, and happily cave when a bit of Japanese history and culture are thrown together in a modern story.
Katana is the story of 17-year old skater-girl Rileigh Martin who, after thwarting a mugging on an elderly couple and then takes out the muggers responsible using moves that she had no clue she possessed, finds that she carries the soul of Senshi, a fifteenth century samurai warrior within. Rileigh/Senshi also has the unique ability to manipulate Ki energy to fend off attackers, and apparently was attached to the hip with Yoshido (now known as Kim Gimhae), who she died alongside of.
Gibsen questionably adds the token gay best friend in Quentin to the story. He's pretty much the stereotypical gay male character in that he works with hair and makeup, calls Rileigh "RiRi" constantly, and is hysterical most of the time. It could be said that Quentin was added to the story to broaden the population reach as to who would read this book, and of course, the drive for more diversity in books has been in the news a whole bunch recently.
The main negativity I had with this story is the fact that a Japanese character named Yoshido, is now called the Korean name of Kim Gimhae (Gimhae, Kim). If you know anything about Asian culture, you can not seriously put the two together without getting a whole culture mad at you. Koreans, and Japanese haven't exactly been best buds over the centuries, and they still don't completely trust the other today. I also found the idea that 4 out of 5 characters who were once Japanese samarai, were later reincarnated into White bodies. This, my friends, is why I roll my eyes when people start complaining about diversity in books. Who's fault is it?
The topic of reincarnation has always been an interest to me. We believe in what we believe. We either believe there is a God, or we don't. We either believe there is a heaven and hell, or don't. I'm not going to preach one way or the other. I would love to believe that when we die, our souls are able to be reincarnated into a new body which would give us near immortality, and not just fade away into the cosmos to burn out and fade away. Personally, I would love to awaken one day and find out that I was connected to a historical figure of the past. Especially a strong female figure who wasn't constrained by the times she lived in.
I liked the flashbacks to 15th century Japan, the addition of samurais Branden, Drew and Michelle as secondary characters who all knew Senshi and have been searching for her for years, as well as the lunatic fringe villain who has also been looking for Senshi but for his own reasons which leads me to speculate that we haven't seen the last of him yet. I could take or leave the idea of soul mates, and truly believe Gibsen hasn't shown all her cards yet on that front.
So, yes, I shall be requesting the second novel called Senshi from my library, since I already have the finale Shinobi, on my Kindle. I am hoping that Rileigh steps up as a heroine, and just doesn't sit back and allow others to dictate the way her life from here on out is going to be like.
Author - Cole Gibsen
Title - Katana (Katana # 1)
Published by Flux
Released: March 8, 2012
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What Charley Sounds Like
April 23, 2008
As I mentioned before, I discovered Charles Starrett in 2002 ago while preserving production stills from his many films.
So for over five years, though I had seen literally thousands of still images of Charley, had read everything I could find on him, and, frankly, knew more about him than maybe a dozen people in the entire world…
…I had never seen him move. Or walk. Or open a door. Or put down a fork.
Or talk.
And Charley talks a lot like Edgar G. Robinson. And I don't mean like Bugs Bunny doing Edgar G., or some comic doing a big overblown Edgar G. "Ya see" and all that crap.
No, Charley's got this "movie voice", real old-school, real hammy. It sorta sounds like it comes from vaudeville or early radio (none of which Charley ever did).
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New Worship Music
- Planetshakers – Heal Our Land (4/10)
- Desperation Band – Center Of It All (4/10)
- Fike – The Moment We've Been Waiting For (4/10)
- Travis Ryan – Fearless (4/10)
- Christy Nockels – Into The Glorious (4/3)
- Don Moen – Uncharted Territory (3/27)
- Passion – White Flag (3/13)
- Paul Baloche – The Same Love (3/13)
- All Sons & Daughters – Season One (3/13)
- Phillips, Craig & Dean – Breathe In (3/13)
Summer 2012 – Android flavored OnSong app!
Just a quick teaser for those of us longing for an Android OS version of OnSong … the wait is almost over. We expect to launch our first Android version of the OnSong app this Summer! Stay tuned to our blog/facebook/twitter for more details coming soon.
OnSong Foot Pedal Sale
One of the great things about having a digital songbook is you don't have to turn pages. But what if your song doesn't fit on a single screen? Our bluetooth foot pedals can scroll and change to the previous or next song in your set list. The price has been reduced to $119 til the end of April.
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At least not today but this evening will be busy. I have my card class tonight and it's sold out so that will keep me on my toes and be a lot of fun. It's also So You Think You Can Dance night! I'll have to tape it so I don't miss the first hour 'cause I love that show... a total guilty pleasure. ;) Anybody else watching? Personally, I don't think the boys this year are as strong as the ones last year. Maybe that's why there haven't been as many "WOW" routines... who knows... but it's still a fun watch.
Now onto my card for the day. This is a simple one I put together for the FFF Supplies, Supplies challenge a couple weeks ago. We were supposed to use at least two different stamps, punches and bling.
Supply list:
cardstock:DCWV and GP
paper: Daisy D's (plaid) October Afternoon (yellow floral tab) BoBunny (yellow polka dot) Doodlebug (yellow floral) Marcella by K (yellow linen solid)
stamps: The Greeting Farm Wild Things and sentiment
punches: Marvy medium and large scallop circles
misc: bling and machine stitching
Memento tuxedo black ink
Copic markers
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Not much going on...
Labels: cards, greeting farm
2 comments:
- Angie said...
I love that you put the Wild Things faces in flowers! And your sticking on the card is wonderful also.
- July 25, 2009 at 5:31 AM
- donna mikasa said...
Hey! Love the machine stitching!! That's my kind of sewing!
And those Wild Things are so cute as flower centers.....
- January 10, 2010 at 11:07 AM
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"With the expansion of our Bayview campus, Emergent is pleased to directly support BARDA's vision of enhancing the nation's capability to respond quickly to both known and emerging public health threats," said Abdun-Nabi. "This milestone strengthens our manufacturing infrastructure, which is one of our core competencies, and symbolizes Emergent's commitment to the
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Emergent has doubled the Bayview facility's footprint to 112,000 square feet with investments to the original 56,000-square-foot facility purchased by the company in 2009. The facility, comprised of laboratory, manufacturing and office space, offers flexible manufacturing of drug substance from microbial, cell culture or viral production platforms and is equipped with disposable manufacturing technology to enable Emergent to meet the government's domestic preparedness priorities on a cost-effective, reliable and sustainable basis. The new suite within the expanded facility is expected to come online with cGMP production capabilities in late 2018.
Since its inception, the Emergent CIADM has been awarded four task orders by BARDA to develop Ebola and Marburg therapeutics and a Zika vaccine. Emergent also successfully manufactured some of its product candidates at the CIADM and an Ebola vaccine candidate as part of a third-party collaboration.
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I did, however, want to take the opportunity to explore (what I find, at least) an interesting aspect of working on vegetarian history. Inevitably whenever I talk about my research (both formally and informally) someone asks whether or not I am a vegetarian. It is remarkable just how frequently I have been asked this question and in most instances it is the first question asked. On one hand I imagine that it is just a product of general curiosity, especially since many people seem genuinely intrigued by the notion that there is an American vegetarian history that stretches back to the nineteenth century. And this is surely a good thing.
On the other hand, I do wonder if it is a question that many other scholars are asked, regarding their personal connection to a given topic. If not, I am curious as to why vegetarianism as a historical subject leads to this particular question? Is there concern that I have a particular bias as a vegetarian? In the reverse, if I was not a vegetarian, would there be worry about my approach to the topic? I also wonder if this is a particular question asked of any historians researching a movement or phenomena rooted within a particular time period that is still salient in current times? For example, I can't imagine someone being asked if they are a phrenologist because of a research interest in the topic? Or is this perhaps something particular to those of us researching food? Lastly, are there implications to be gleaned about vegetarianism and its relationship with culture from this question's omnipresence?
Thoughts from any interested scholars out there? Anyone with similar experiences with their topic?


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Welcome to The Retinoblastoma Center of Houston
Doctors and researchers from four Texas Medical Center institutions have joined together in the fight against retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer of the eye.
The result of their collaboration is the Retinoblastoma Center of Houston, which includes experts from Texas Children's Cancer Center, the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.
Together these specialists will pioneer advancements in treating and curing retinoblastoma through ground-breaking research and the development of innovative therapies.
Retinoblastoma Center Houston is the only center of its kind in the southwest United States and the only center in the nation investigating gene therapy. Patients will also have access to a special form of radiation called proton therapy, which helps to spare the healthy tissue around tumor areas.
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Houston, TX 77030-2399
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text: Are you kidding? YOU SAID: It is the responsibility of the shooter to shoot safely or NOT shoot at all. Is it a sport if you have to shoot safely? Maybe we need to have a shooter safety class, like they have gun safety classes. Maybe a license to play offense. Can't shoot at the head of a girl with a helmet? Please someone change this sport. I heard my AD say yesterday they couldn't understand why anyone would play lacrosse over softball. Has it gotten that bad that softball is more exciting then lacrosse? Woman's Lacrosse has become a sissy sport.


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Hi Everyone,
This is a repeat of the recent e-mail to members - please let me know if you did not receive it so we can add your name to our Distribution List.
It is that time of the year when we need to arrange the pre-AGM Committee Meeting, the AGM, and our Christmas function.
I have suggested to Sqn Ldr Biggs that we hold the Pre-AGM committee meeting on 9 Oct 10 in the clubhouse at 7pm. The aim is to hear a financial report from our new Treasurer, Luke Waskett-Booth; make recommendations for fees for FY 2010/11; propose Committee Member appointments and Associate Members; and agree the AGM Agenda. The meeting cannot be held any earlier because Luke will not have completed his assessment of our finances until the end of this month.
Luke is away from 19 Oct to 29 Nov in the USA. We need him at the AGM because finances will be a major issue and as Treasurer he should be there in person to present them. Therefore, I have suggested to Sqn Ldr Biggs that we hold the AGM in FHQ on 4 Dec 10 at 6pm. This date is later than usual but is within 3 months of the end of the FY and so is acceptable.
We await station confirmation of both dates.
It would shorten the Pre-AGM Committee meeting with the station if we could decide beforehand what to recommend as flying and membership fees for the coming FY. Luke would be available on 25 Sep 10 after flying to brief us on the state of our finances. Please would committee members let me know if they could attend this "internal" meeting. I appreciate that I am suggesting yet another meeting but it could make the pre-AGM meeting with the station a whole lot easier!
Because of the delayed meetings, next years membership fees will be due before we have determined the level of charges for 2010/2011. Therefore, please could I ask members to renew on 1 Oct 10 at the same rate as this year, but to accept that there may be a supplementary charge if increases are agreed at the AGM. I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. With Luke as Treasurer, we should be able to avoid this situation next year.
Finally, the 4 Dec may be a good date for a 4CGC Christmas get-together. The Chinese restaurant "Mr Pangs" at 1 Cheyne Lane, Stamford has been recommended. Peter Pearson has kindly agreed to arrange the evening but needs some ideas of numbers - please would you let him know in the next week or so if you expect to be there. If you have any stunning ideas for an alternative function, do let me know!
Many Thanks,


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I finally went to Loccitane Cafe in Taipei. It's a short walk from MRT Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall Station. To be honest I was a little worried because I read a reviewer's blog and she said it's not bad…that means it's passable?
But it turned out to be pretty good! I was surprised because I don't like it when they try to cater too much to local palate and I half expected it to be so. I like my western food to taste like western food and that's what I had here.
When you first walk in, you'll need to pass their actual shop…cool marketing gimmick…before you reach the cafe.
We also got a 10% discount when we checked-in on Facebook, so look for special promotions displayed in the cafe. Also if you have a Loccitane membership card, I think you get 10% off every time.
I ordered a new item, Croque Madame. It's basically a ham and cheese sandwich. Sometimes it's the simple things that taste best. Vinaigrette is good. I think it's balsamic. The eggs! Usually I don't like it this wet but that little black garnish is olive tapenade I think. So the juices soaked up the tapenade and fully flavored the eggs with just that little bit! Delicious.
My friend had the smoked duck breast. She said it's pretty good too. But I don't like duck, so I didn't try.
I had meal set, which came with a drink and I ordered the Vegetable Yogurt (NT$200). I forgot to take a picture.
It's celery blended with yogurt with a hint of mint. I'm fine with celery, I know some people aren't. So I think it's good and think the mint really added a nice dimension to it.
Every one got a shower gel at the counter in the shop when you leave~ :D
Cute restroom area. I used their Verveine Hand Lotion. I quite like it. It feels like my skin is actually absorbing some of it. My hands can be quite dry due to my constant washing (and that's without using soap). I've used many drugstore brands like Jergens or Nivea lotions and they do nothing, just sits on top of my skin. Crabtree & Evelyn is useless on me too. But I rather buy it when I get back to the states, it's cheaper there than in Taiwan.
I would definitely come back here again to try other stuff~~~ :D:D:D
L'Occitane Cafe
106 台北市大安區光復南路290巷32號1樓
1F., No.32, Ln. 290, Guangfu S. Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan (Exit 2 – MRT Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall Station)
Telephone: 02-2741-8756
Business Hours: 11AM ~ 10PM (last order at 9PM)
Minimum charge per person: NT$160
Maximum dining time: 2 hours
Does not take reservations.
Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/LOCCITANE-Caf%C3%A9-Taiwan-%E6%AD%90%E8%88%92%E4%B8%B9Caf%C3%A9/306609512773441


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Huevos Rancheros with Bison – …the only part I can pronounce without getting tongue tied is the Bison. Five years of French will do that to you.
"Crispy multigrain tortillas, chorizo and bison hash, farm fresh over easy eggs, peppers, salsa roja, scallions, cilantro, goat cheese, chunky avocado."
We ate breakfast for Beck's 6 month birthday at The Silver Diner in Glen Allen. "Look Granny, I'm eating at the table!" He wanted the pancakes. Instead he got his baby oatmeal. He's such a big boy.
It's a go-to for our weekend breakfasts, and while I love their ginormous bowls of grits, this HR w/ Bison is my favorite and takes care of me for the rest of the day. We love that there are no fewer than 5 babies within view in booster seats when we go. Definitely a family friendly restaurant. And ask for your drink to go.
And don't discount the pancakes. They are delish. I finished Maggie's for her. Don't judge.
Like any good bacon eater she's not afraid to dip her bacon in the syrup. Again, don't judge – you know you do it too.
Happy Sunday!


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Sephnie Reid, 61, of Delray Beach, was arrested Nov. 17, 2013. He is accused of stabbing his wife, While She Was sleeping.
A 55-year-old Delray Beach woman awoke to find her husband stabbing her in the arms with a 9-inch-steak knife, police said.
Police responded at 1:55 a.m. Sunday after a woman called to report that her husband had stabbed her while she was sleeping in their home in the 900 block of Southwest 10th Avenue, according to a Delray Beach police arrest report.
Officers went to the house and met with the suspect, Sephnie Reid, 61, who said he and his wife were arguing and that she threatened to kick him out of the house.
Asked if he used a knife during the dispute, Reid said, "Yeah, I used the knife, it's on the table," according to the report.
The victim, who was treated at Delray Medical Center, said she was in bed sleeping when she felt somebody on top of her. When she covered her face with her arms, Reid started stabbing her arms, the report stated.
The woman said Reid had recently suffered a stroke and had been facing mental health issues, according to the arrest report.
Reid, who remained in custody at the Palm Beach County Jail on Monday, faces charges of aggravated battery and false imprisonment, according to the Sheriff's Office booking blotter.


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text: Donald Trump tasks 14 returning celebrities to create and sell meatballs in a fundraising competition for charity. One Project Manager takes an unorthodox approach to the task and risks mission failure, while the other team immediately deals with an internal power struggle. Fundraising on both teams sets a new record for a first task, but only one Project Manager will take it all. In the end, one returning All-Star will hear Trump's feared words: "You're fired!"


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Instead of quilting with an all over design, I divided the quilt into tri-sections and quilted something a little different in each. Since I couldn't bear to quilt over the flamingos, I quilted around them.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Coral Sea Hexagons
Instead of quilting with an all over design, I divided the quilt into tri-sections and quilted something a little different in each. Since I couldn't bear to quilt over the flamingos, I quilted around them.
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What a darling quilt. Love your quilting! Thanks for the link to sewing the hexies...that's a keeper! Congrats on the new addition to your family. Have a Quilty Day!!!ReplyDelete
Linda this quilt is just beautiful...I love the fabrics. You have a great eye for color. Blessings, MarleneReplyDelete
It's so cute Linda. Once again your quilting amazes me. I like the circular swirlsReplyDelete
I love those colors together! I'm glad the tutorial worked for you! It's always nice to hear others have had success.ReplyDelete
Oh, this is lovely - the quilting makes the hexies look like colourful snails shells...ReplyDelete
Masterful use of the ombre on the back - very clever!
Great quilt, they will love it! KThe colors are a little girlish but also very ocean like, success!ReplyDelete
I will check out the tutorial.
Just gorgeous Linda!!! I love seeing this quilt again and am glad you were able to use it quite a bit before gifting it. Such a lovely little girl quilt. The flamingos are my favorite part.ReplyDelete
This is lovely Linda. And to think it was a teaching tool, multiple times as well! Your quilting is perfect! And I think of you when I see flamingos.....ReplyDelete
what a treasure you have created. love it. the backing is so pretty too. great quilting designs too.ReplyDelete
It turned out so pretty!! And I didn't know about the new grandie. Congrats. I'll have to check out the tutorial. So fun to talk yesterday, wish it was in person :).ReplyDelete
Your quilt is so pretty. I love how you quilted it and I would have not wanted to quilt over those cute flamingos either! Thanks for the link to the tutorial. I'll check it out later. Haven't used my ruler yet but you are inspiring me.ReplyDelete
Fabulous, as usual Linda. Love all the work you do. Your great niece will treasure it for years and years.ReplyDelete
I love the quilt Linda it is just adorable and the backing piece is so pretty with the marvelous quilting, the flamingo's so cute.ReplyDelete
It is almost November, the month will go fast (wink, wink).
When does your friend arrive? I am so envious my best friend lives in Colorado and we haven't had a visit in about 10 years. Next year it is our nursing 50 anniversary and she has promised to come for it.
Have fun with your friend!
Hugs Sandra
What a gorgeous quilt - it will be much loved, no doubt.ReplyDelete
I'm sure she'll love the quilt! The flamingo fabric and colors are so cute. Congrats on another grandson!ReplyDelete
I had to think a little about the tutorial but now I get it. Just wish I had the time to try it out!
Such a beautiful quilt with the perfect theme. Love your quilting....as always, perfection. And congrats on having so many lovely grandchildren!ReplyDelete
Linda, this is just darling! I love that it will "grow" with little Reece...never will it seem too childish for her!ReplyDelete
We received Linda's creation in the mail yesterday. it is beautiful and truly a work of art. it was fun going through the quilt to discover all of the details. this will be a great addition to Reese's room and will be something she will cherish.ReplyDelete
Thank you!
-Father of the Grand-Niece and Nephew of Aunt Linda
I LOVE your hexi quilt. Would love to make one.ReplyDelete


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Recommendation: "Writing Testable Code"
17 April 2011
A few folks at Google have put together a very readable PDF book called Writing Testable Code. It covers four flaws, and explains, in admirable detail and great clarity, why they are a bad thing, and how to fix them. I don't usually like articles like this—I find them too vague and non-specific—but this is a brilliant exception. The four flaws are:
- Constructor does real work
- Digging into collaborators
- Brittle global state and singletons
- Class does too much
(It's not just about testable code; it's about good code in general. Testable code is much easier to reason about than untestable code.)


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Filling Credentials without the Dialog IDs
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By David Guest
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A Forum reader recently asked:
"I'm trying to SSO into a homemade application that has a user/password field and an OK button, as usual. It fails, and SSO can't push the user/password correctly; it looks like the dialog ID of the three fields are changing everytime the app starts. Is there another way to fill the credentials without the dialog ID, such as picking up the first text box available?"
And here's the reply from SecureLogin expert David Guest ...
This normally happens when an application has been developed without specifying the Ctrl-ID's inside the code.
We get around this by using the "keyboard" within NSL. Normally, the cursor is found in the first field, and there is a TAB between the fields. In that case, the following should work:
Type $Username Type \T Type $Password Type \T Type $OtherField Type \T Type \N
You may find that you don't need the last "Type \T" if the OK button is the default for the Enter key.
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Press Play: M83, Machinedrum, Todd Edwards, Demdike Stare, and More
There seems to be a couple of predominant themes in this week's edition of Press Play—namely, crossover UK production duo Disclosure and the country of Norway. Whether it's a brand-new tune from M83, a remix by Todd Edwards, a convoluted version of the "White Noise" single, or a psychedelically animated music video, those two things manage to pop up in the details. What's more: We also have sights and sounds from the likes of Machinedrum, Jerome LOL, Thom Yorke's Atoms for Peace project, Demdike Stare, and Kranky stalwarts Pan•American, among others. It's all ready to be seen and heard after the jump.
Before the release of Tom Cruise's epic sci-fi flick Oblivion, M83 has shared his stratospheric track of the same name, which features Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør.
Prolific tunesmith Machinedrum shared a stream of his latest single, the frenetic juke/jungle hybrid "Clissold VIP."
Sam Smith, the vocalist known for his collaboration with breakout UK duo Disclosure, receives a "Dub Mix" of his new "Lay Me Down" single by veteran DJ/producer Todd Edwards.
Manchester's Demdike Stare unleashed a stream of Testpressing#001, its gritty new 12" for Modern Love.
Check out this live footage of Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich performing Atoms for Peace tunes at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC.
LOL Boys expat Jerome LOL remixes "Holding On" by electro-pop production duo Classixx into a funky dancefloor jam.
Let's try to get this straight: 18-year-old London singer/producer MNEK covered Disclosure's "White Noise," replacing the original vocals by AlunaGeorge's Aluna Francis with his own, and then his new version was just treated to a collaborative remix by Amsterdam beatmakers Full Crate and FS Green.
Veteran electronic/post-rock outfit Pan•American shares an ambling track from its forthcoming Cloud Room, Glass Room LP for Kranky, "Project for an Apartment Building."
Before East Coast producer Evenings drops his debut album for Friends of Friends on April 16, check out the bubbling and drum-heavy "Chesapeake."
Here's our premiere of the forthcoming "Jaded" single by London house and garage obsessives Toyboy & Robin.
Earlier this month, Norwegian beatmaker King Knut premiered his bubbly "A Lil' Soul" tune as a free download on XLR8R, and now we have the colorfully animated—not to mention extremely psyched-out—music video.
Check out the latest EP on the way from Glasgow label High Sheen, a self-titled record chock full of rolling house cuts crafted by Dam Mantle's Lovers' Rights production trio.


text: Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund of Orlando awards annual grants of $1,000 to six law colleges around the state. The money is to be used to support the teaching of real property law or to assist in faculty-student research in the real property field. Law schools receiving the grants are at the University of Florida, Stetson University, Nova University, Florida State University, The University of Miami and St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami. The Fund is a Florida Bar related title insurer that operates through lawyer members. . . . Also on the title insurance front, Attorney Vincent M. Mangino has chartered Beach Title Co. with offices in the Cape Royal Building in Cocoa Beach. The company will use Philadelphia-based Commonwealth Land Title Co. as its underwriter.


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Dazzling mystic Labradorite rondelles, are strung together with a Sterling Silver Horseshoe symbol set with Clear Topaz on a stretchy cord.
It easy and comfortable to wear.This bohemian bracelet can be stacked, worn alone, dressed up or worn casually.
Beads measure 9x4mm
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Install from SSH
This article is intended to show users how to install Arch remotely via an SSH connection. Consider this approach over the standard one in scenarios such the following:
Setting up Arch on...
- HTPC without a proper monitor (i.e. an SDTV).
- A PC located in another city, state, country.
- A PC that you would rather setup remotely, for example from the comfort of one's own workstation with copy/paste abilities from the Arch Wiki.
Boot from Media
Boot into a live Arch environment via the [live CD/USB image] and log in as root.
Setup the Live Environment to use SSH
One should be presented with the root prompt [root@archiso ~]# at this point.
Firstly, setup the network on the target machine:
aif -partial-configure-network
Secondly, sync the live environment to a mirror, install the openssh package, and start it:
pacman -Syy pacman -S openssh /etc/rc.d/sshd start
# pacman -S openssh :: The following packages should be upgraded first : pacman :: Do you want to cancel the current operation :: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] n
Finally, allow sshd connections and setup a root password which is needed for an ssh connection; the default arch password for root is empty.
echo "sshd: ALL" >> /etc/hosts.allow passwd
Connect to the Target PC via SSH
Connect to the target machine via the following command:
$ ssh firstname.lastname@example.com
From here one is presented with live environment's the welcome message and is able to administer the target machine as-if sitting at the physical keyboard.
$ ssh email@example.com email@example.com's password: Last login: Thu Dec 23 08:33:02 2010 from 10.1.10.200 ************************************************************** * To begin installation, run /arch/setup * * You can find documentation at * * /usr/share/aif/docs/official_installation_guide_en * * * * i18n: Use the 'km' utility to change your keyboard layout * * and console font. * * * * If you are looking to install Arch on something more * * exotic, such as your kerosene-powered cheese grater, * * please consult http://wiki.archlinux.org. * * * ************************************************************** [root@archiso ~]#
- If the target machine is behind a firewall/router, the default ssh port of 22 will obviously need to be forward to the target machine's LAN IP address. The use of port forwarding is not covered in this guide.
- One can edit Template:Filename on the live environment prior to starting the daemon for example to run on a non-standard port if desired.


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The 1907 Miracle of St. Nicholas in Pennsylvania at Darr Mine
On 19 December 1907, at least 239 coal miners were killed in an explosion at the Darr Mine in Van Meter, in the south-western corner of Pennsylvania. This remains the fourth worst coal mining disaster in U.S. history and everyone inside the mine was killed. However, it could have been much worse - the number of victims could have been double. The death toll was not some 500, because 19 December is St Nicholas' Day [Old Calendar] and some 250 faithful Carpatho-Russian immigrant coal miners had taken an unpaid day off work to celebrate his memory. For even the greedy coal mine owners, who otherwise had virtually complete control over the miners with their threats of dismissal, knew that they could not force Carpatho-Russians to work on 19 December, St Nicholas Day. For St Nicholas is the patron saint of shepherds, one reason why he has been the Carpatho-Russian patron saint for centuries, and thanks to his intercession, men and boys, some perhaps as young as ten, survived to become fathers of hundreds and grandfathers of thousands. Had it not been for this miracle, more than a thousand would have been widowed and orphaned, which in 1907 would have meant financial destitution, for there would have been no assistance from companies or government agencies in those days.
Newspaper reports of the 11:30 am explosion that took place in the middle of the church service record that there was a terrible noise and the ground shook, as if there were an earthquake. Immediately everyone realized that there had been an explosion in the mine and they rushed to help find survivors. Although it was against the few regulations that did exist at the time, the mining company had allegedly interconnected more than one mine, which devastated a large area of the mine on both sides of the river. In the end, many bodies could not be identified and were placed in a mass grave, and although probably higher, the official death toll was 239.
Life was very harsh for the Carpatho-Russian miners. They were worked like animals in the bowels of the earth, exploited by 'the English' - anglophone American businessmen and coal barons, and often worked seven days a week. At that time the Carpatho-Russians were supported in their labour struggles by a priest, Fr (now St) Alexis Toth (1854-1909). Fr Alexis not only supported every labour struggle and won the respect of the people, but supported the immigrants in other ways too. For, having been forced into outward Uniatism in their homeland by the threat of starvation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, from the 1880s on the Carpatho-Russians had been forced into emigrating by the cruel Hungarian Roman Catholic authorities in their homeland. In America they struggled to retain their identity and traditions. However, as a result of the religious freedom they found in North America, many of their priests and tens of thousands of people had since 1892 been returning to Orthodoxy to become part of the Orthodox Church in North America. And it had been St Alexis who had led the way. Indeed, the Roman Catholic Uniats were as a rule anti-labour and supported their Irish masters. The Carpatho-Russian miners remained close to the Church and many later revered the memory of the Russian Tsar-Martyr, Nicholas II, under whom all Orthodox in North America had been united.
In response to the return to Orthodoxy of the exploited and misled Carpatho-Russians, in 1907 the Pope of Rome was so worried that he appointed a Bishop Soter Ortinsky as 'Greek Catholic' bishop for America. It is notable that Rome had never made any similar effort to provide for a specific nationality that had emigrated to America. However, Ortinsky was not even Carpatho-Russian, but a Polish Galician, and he had virtually no authority. In reality, relatively few Uniat churches and priests remained under the authority of their local Roman Catholic bishop, who typically had limited knowledge of the Orthodox rite, let alone Orthodox teaching, and refused to recognize married priests. The 1907 miracle in Pennsylvania, which took place according to the Orthodox calendar date of St Nicholas Day, only served to hearten the exploited Carpatho-Russian immigrants who had returned to Orthodoxy, confirming them in their choice of Faith and encouraging others to do likewise in later years.
19 December 2007 was the centenary of the Miracle of St Nicholas at the Darr Mine and at 7 pm an Akathist to St Nicholas was celebrated at the St Nicholas Orthodox Church at Jacobs Creek close by. A new troparion and kontakion were composed for the occasion and new content describing the miracle of the saving of the coal miners were added to the service.