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Ford "Way Ahead" Coming Today
The countdown is reaching its final hours for Ford Motor Co. On Monday morning, the beleaguered automaker unveils its long-awaited "Way Forward" plan.
If you read the papers or scanned the Web this past
weekend, you were bombarded by conflicting reports. According to some supposedly
well-placed sources, Ford's Wixom Assembly Plant had dodged the bullet. Others
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No matter which source is ultimately correct, the cuts at the third-largest automaker in the world will be deep and painful. As many as ten major parts and assembly plants will be shuttered, up to 35,000 blue and white-collar jobs cut.
To help sell the plan, expect Way Forward architect and President of the Americas Mark Fields to deliver some unexpected bombshells. He's well aware of the cold shoulder Wall Street gave General Motors' own revival plan last November.
Fields also realizes even the best laid plan will fail without worker buy-in. He's studied other turnaround efforts, including GM's vast 1984 reorganization, which resulted in two years of corporate paralysis because management underestimated the need to give the workforce a clear sense of what was going on - and why.
"They need to be scared enough to take action," stresses Dan Gorrell, chief auto analyst with Strategic Vision. Yet at the same time, "You've got to get people hopeful."
To underscore the urgency, expect the cuts to reach the most senior levels of management. As TheCarConnection.com previously reported, marketing chief Steve Lyons is reportedly among a number of officer-level executives who'll be broomed.
Follow the announcements beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET Monday morning, as links to live video and audio webcasts will be available here: http://www.ford.com/about-ford/investor-relations/investment-information
"Way Ahead" Coming Monday (1/22/2006)
The real challenge begins after the cuts are made, analysts say.
The Camaro That Almost Was
Call it the Camaro that almost was. The pony car that shook up this year's North American International Auto Show was really the result of a top-secret shoot-out between some of General Motors' top designers.
Even before GM pulled the plug on the last production Camaro, the automaker has been struggling with ways to bring back the once-popular muscle car. An ill-conceived concept car nearly made it onto the auto show circuit in early 2005, but was abandoned on orders from CEO Rick Wagoner.
Ford was already committed to the retro path, with a Mustang unabashedly repeating the theme of the much-loved 1967 model. So Wagoner ordered his design team to come up with something that picked up the visual cues of past Camaros without being slavishly retro.
GM's Advanced Design studio didn't get back to work on the Camaro concept until spring 2005, but "within about three weeks, maybe four," recalled GM design director Ed Welburn, they already had something striking in mind. Sketches were transferred to clay, and soon, a life-size model was ready for review.
"When I walked out onto the patio and saw it, it was obvious it was a Camaro," Welburn, himself a Camaro collector, told TheCarConnection. But he still wasn't satisfied. "I liked it, but I wanted them to push it farther."


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The excursion into Yosemite started off well enough. I left San Diego with a partner who was also named Steve; we had met some years earlier on a previous climbing trip and had shared a rope a couple times since when we crossed paths. I needed a partner for the valley (Yosemite Valley) and he wanted to get back into climbing so it seemed like a slam dunk when we decided to climb El Capitan together. Two noob big wall climbers getting after it on the largest monolith in the world. Good life choice.
But we are getting ahead of ourselves. As I have said, climbing is often not the hard part of climbing as much as the logistics required to get on the stone itself.(please see the map at the end of the post–it will help you interpret some of the running around we had to do!)
We initially realized that we were short on some essential gear (big wall climbing is very gear-intensive) and so our first challenge was how to acquire a set of ascenders and a daisy chains for Steve as well as a porta-ledge, and a pulley to aid in the hauling of gear which is WAY too heavy to haul hand-over-hand. The porta-ledge was to be supplied by a friend named Mike McDonald, a climber I met on the Supertopo climbers forum–and since this was the biggest item we needed we sort of glossed over the remainder of our gear list assuming it would just come together.
We approached Yosemite through Bishop (on the east side) where we spent a night and did a little bouldering. Here I also managed to lose my iPhone in the town park, something I failed to realize until we were hours away. This might seem like a minor frustration but the phone was to function as my link to keeping the blog and facebook updated through pictures shot along the way. Also, it wasn't really MY phone. It was Stefanies, and she had given it to me before she left. I have never been a big fan of iPhones, but having seen their usefulness over the course of this project, I had gotten used to using hers and it somehow made me feel closer to her having it with me. Now, I had no way to show or tell what I was up to. Or contact Stefanie who has been super busy with her training.
Being on a climbing trip at times is akin to being under the hot sun with no shade in sight. It is very…sustained and you can feel stranded. Coupling that with not having contact with your best friend and partner and wife–basically is like the aforementioned scenario but standing under a magnifying glass. What initially would have just made you sweat…now makes you smolder and smoke. I cannot overstate the mental exertion that this portion of the trip cost me.
We intended to shoot for the valley the following day so as to make the most of a weather window (low chance of precipitation and mild temperatures) and bang out the ascent in short order before temperatures got too hot. We had to drive across the park and out the west side (To Groveland) to meet Mike who was loaning us the porta-ledge and I was able to put the lost phone out of my head for a time as he showed us how to put it up and we "talked shop" about the joys of bigwall climbing. That connection wound up taking a solid day as we were hampered by limited phone access.
The following day we set off, back east into Yosemite National Park with Mike's portaledge and some other gear he generously loaned us. Straight up, Mike is a terrific human being. He just loaned us over a thousand dollars worth of gear without any question or hesitation and went out of his way to make sure we had all the information we needed to have the best chance at success.
Driving back into the park, we realized that we still were lacking the ascender and pulley and…that there was a heinous noise coming from the brakes on the front driver's side. We decided that we should postpone climbing El Cap for another day and address those issues first. We headed all the way back across the park and out the east entrance and down into Bishop. I was fortunate that Steve is a mechanic and was able to fix the brakes for a pint of beer and the cost of parts and tools which were supplied at a significant discount thanks to another friend at need, Darin, who worked at the auto parts store in town and thought our project (and the Dragon Wagon!) were "totally bitchin'".
We were anxious to turn around and head back up into Yosemite that afternoon but were told that a frontal system had moved in for the evening and our only point of entry to the park, Tioga Pass was closed. Yosemite Valley is surrounded by mountains and all of the entry points for the valley sit at higher elevations–the east side pass, Tioga Pass, is close to 10,000 feet so it can be whiteout conditions there and hot as hell in the valley below.
We accepted the delay and headed out to the Buttermilk Boulders to spend the night, climb a little and get everything packed up to hit the ground running once we got to the valley.
The next morning, we packed up and hit the road up into Yosemite again. I picked up a pulley in Bishop and we decided to try our luck in the valley to get the ascenders for Steve. We stopped in the east side of the park (Tuolumne) to do some climbing on the way and spend a night. I got more video than photos of this part, but here are a few…
We woke up the next morning, poised to head into the valley and met a very cool gentleman named Jim who we chatted with for about an hour–I have been privileged to meet some incredible people on this journey. I want to shout out to Mike McDonald who loaned us his ledge and some extra hardware for our climb which is no small extension considering the investment required to own such gear in the first place. Also Darin and Chris from the auto parts store in Bishop who went out of their way to help us get back up and running. My partner Steve totally styled the brakes too–and saved us a lot of time and money there. Last but not least, it turns out that the phone I lost in the Bishop town park was found by a wonderful lady named Heather who looked us up on Facebook and is mailing it back to us! Ultimately, no matter how far "out" we seek to go, it is the kindness of friends and strangers alike that bring us back.

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Themes and Meanings
(Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories, Critical Edition)
"An Official Position" is about the inescapability of justice. Louis Remire, though a common criminal like the rest of the inmates of Saint Laurent de Maroni, has set himself above his fellow prisoners and above the law. He considers the rest of the prison community lawless rabble, and has nothing but contempt for them. He takes excessive and almost fetishistic pride in the guillotine that he uses to bring them to justice, and feels unnaturally contented after a successful execution. Since coming to the penal colony, he has disdained his own kind and fawned over the authorities, and his sycophancy has, he thinks, paid off. Louis Remire is complacently—and prematurely—counting his blessings as the story opens.
Though he considers himself an agent of justice, however, a sort of police officer on special assignment, Louis Remire is really nothing more than a common criminal himself. He has in a fit of passion killed a woman whose grievances against him were fully justified; worse, he has never felt the slightest twinge of guilt over his crime. Through a complex process of rationalization, Louis Remire has come to accept and even revel in the way his life has turned out. However, the story insists that justice will prevail, no matter how circuitous its methods. Louis Remire is in the end punished not only for murder but also for pride, and it is fitting that one of his fellow prisoners has the last word on the case of Louis Remire, declaring that finally, with the executioner's execution, justice has been done.


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Maurice Ponga
Maurice Ponga (born 5 June 1947 in Kouaoua, New Caledonia) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He was elected in the 2009 European election for the Overseas constituency.
Ponga is a Melanesian (Kanak), but unlike some Kanaks, he opposes New Caledonia's independence from France and is a member of The Rally-UMP, a major anti-independence party. He has represented the party, known as RPCR until 2002, in the Congress of New Caledonia between 1995 and 2009. While in office, he participated in all but one New Caledonian government. Most recently, as Minister of Youth and Sports in the Martin II government, he played a major role in the success of Noumea's bid for the 2011 Pacific Games.
In the 2009 European elections, he was the UMP's candidate in the Pacific Section of the Overseas constituency, and his candidacy was locally supported by all anti-independence parties. The UMP won one seat in the constituency with 29.7% of the votes, and since the UMP obtained its highest result in the Pacific Section (44.4%), Ponga was elected to the European Parliament. He is the second New Caledonian and second Kanak to serve as an MEP, after Dick Ukeiwé (also a member of the RPCR), who served between 1989 and 1994.
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2012 Performances
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A pioneer of American literature, Washington Irving was born the year the American Revolution ended (1783) and died two years before the commencement of the Civil War (1859). Biographer, essayist, and historian, he is best known today for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
The image at the right is actually an 1861 copy by Matthew Brady of a daguerreotype of Irving that was made by John Plumbe sometime between 1855 and 1860. Brady also reversed Plumbe's original.
There is no particular reason Yossarian should substitute the name of Washington Irving on censored correspondence -- his choice of it seems to have been utterly arbitrary -- but that's the point. We will witness Yossarian become the victim of so many other arbitrary regulations and decisions by others above and below him in the chain of command. In this instance, Yossarian arbitrarily and even unknowingly victimizes someone else, in fact the exact person he was described a page earlier as being "madly in love" with, though at this point he apparently has not made his acquaintance: Chaplain Tappman.
This passing reference to "Washington Irving" will become an ongoing theme in the book. The C.I.D. man (see below, same page) notices the name and becomes obsessed with tracking down the responsible party. Yossarian mentions the mysterious name to Milo Minderbender in Chapter 7. In Chapter 9 Major Major gets the idea to forge the name on documents after hearing about it from the C.I.D. man (pages 90 and 93-96 in this edition). The name will vaguely cross the consciousnesses of other characters, such as Colonel Cathcart.
If Yossarian or Major Major managed to execute a decent forgery of Washington Irving's actual signature -- the odds are they didn't, because they probably didn't know what it looked like, or care -- then it would have resembled the name above, as the actual personage wrote it.
In Chapter 36, "The Cellar," the chaplain finally gets interrogated about the very letter Yossarian defaced back in Chapter 1.


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Tesco makes its mobile payments app available in all stores across the UK.
Tossed founder, Vincent McKevitt, talks to Essential Retail about healthy eating, going cashless and the necessary evil that is Deliveroo and UberEats.
Ingenico Group's online and mobile commerce division is looking to provide eCommerce retailers with payment-enabled messaging bots.
Verifone enables loyalty point payments at the POS.
Might retailers want to consider introducing dynamic pricing to create better value for both customers and the wider industry?
The Retail PayTech Forum is planning a series of industry gatherings in 2017. Ross Musgrove, project lead, explains how he wants to bring the retail payments industry together in the year ahead.
Retailers say they want access to new technologies, and RBTE 2017 is set to deliver with a range of first-time exhibitors confirmed to appear on the expo floor.
Representatives from retailers such as Asda, Boots, B&Q, Dixons Carphone and Sainsbury's are confirmed to speak as part of the RBTE 2017 conference programme, which takes place 8-9 May in London.
The Competition and Markets Authority has identified competition concerns over Mastercard's proposed acquisition of Vocalink, specifically related to the LINK ATM scheme.
The UK Cards Association announces 100 million contact debit and credit cards in in the UK as Barclaycard reveals use increased 166% in 2016.
Essential Retail discusses the automatic refund policy from Virgin Trains.
The Payment Systems Regulator has announced the start of an industry-wide campaign to tackle payment scams, following a super complaint from consumer watchdog Which?.


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13 designers bring digital textile printing to life.
Fashion lovers, press, and curious print service providers flooded the organically shaped IAC Building on the western edge of Manhattan last Tuesday evening for the third annual Epson Digital Couture fashion show. Attendees – including camera crews from E!, writers from Nylon and Forbes, and a few local celebrities – came to discover what digital textile printing could mean for the world of fashion.
The Main Event
To showcase the machines that make it all happen, Epson displayed its dye sublimation and direct-to-garment printers near the entrance to the event before visitors turned the corner and witnessed 13 platforms where models clad in digital print highlighted the work of North and Latin American designers. Printed garments included jackets, leggings, and dresses, but also boots, high heels, backpacks, menswear, and more.
The designers' devotion to digital ran the gamut, as well; some, like Lindsay Degen, enjoy the way different processes play together in one design.
Models clad in Lindsay Degen's designs.
"I'm mixing printed denim with real denim, printed quilting with real quilting … The idea is to force the viewer to look more closely at the details and enjoy the textile's construction in addition to the garment's construction," Degen says in a lookbook that was released prior to the event. The RISD and Central Saint Martins grad has had her work featured in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and was once named to Forbes' "30 Under 30."
Others, like Sarah Richards, have gone all-in with the technology. Richards' work is exclusively digitally printed and has been for half a decade.
"I approach print design with a desire to push the possibilities of the medium and to create textiles that traditional methods are incapable of producing," she says in the lookbook. Richards is also a graduate of RISD and is a native of New York.
Sarah Richard's digitally printed fashion.
Richards says about 90 percent of her work is dye sublimated; she works with a fabric agent to find textile producers abroad. "Everyone I know is using digital," she added in an interview with Big Picture. But to date, it seems producing locally is simply too cost-prohibitive.


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Here is my paper that I wrote for our Greek Father's class. Before taking the class, the only thing I had heard about Origen was that he was a heretic. After studying him this semester, I found that my conclusions were wrong. There we definitely things he taught that would be considered unorthodox today, but he was clearly one of the first great Christian minds. Therefore, I submit this paper for your reading enjoyment.
Origen is one of the most controversial early church fathers. He was accused of heresy by the 5th Ecumenical Council and was excommunicated from the church. The anathema centered around several tenets of his theology, one of them being his doctrine of Subordinationism. Subordinationism was the teaching that the Son and Holy Spirit were both subordinate to the Father in nature and being. Origen is thought to be the first theologian to insinuate, if not out right teach such an idea, and that subsequent heresies derived their authority from Origen's initial teaching. In light of this accusation, this paper attempts to do three things. The first section takes a look at what Origen actually said about the Father, Son, and Spirit and tries to piece together a coherent view of his Trinitarian theology. An explanation is then given as to why Origen appears to be misunderstood, and clearly affirms that he does not adhere to a doctrine of relational subordinationism within the Trinity, but does see a subordination of roles within the divine mission. The final section discusses two contradictions between Origen's theology and that of the Arian doctrine that was linked to him.


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If I lived a life of leisure with unending funds, I'd spend a significant portion of my time on trains measuring time by the world speeding past, reading novels, people-watching, and making sure that my food wasn't "train-food". Give me good cheese, fruit, crusty bread and something to drink and I'll be very, very happy.
Right now we are traveling slowly past a small creek, happy cows, the lightest of raindrops sliding enviously along my overlarge picture window, caressing my thoughts and my tired soul. I've seen a field of a dozen or so egrets, spaced out in the verdant mossy wetness and a bizarre, completely out of the way (and next to the RR tracks) half dozen, funky, small and mildly dilapidated houseboats (that make me wish I had one somewhere as a secret hide-out for my alter-ego/inner spy). Riding on the train, you get to see some places that offer a glimpse of the Pacific NW before people ground it to civilization under their thoughtless boot heels. It makes the constant sadness for the unraveling natural world slow, and it transports me to a place of peace and reflection.
What is it about train travel that comforts to such depths of my soul? Why spend immoral amounts of money on anti-depressants, anti-uplifters, anti-anxieties and anti-levelheaders? Just let me do this twice a week each month. Have I mentioned that the Portland train station is transporting in and of itself? Arched, cathedral like ceiling with wooden, double sided "pews" shiny and smooth from travelers coming and going, sleeping, waiting. The place evokes a reverence that I think others would mock if they knew that I'd like to install an old pipe organ and sing 'A Mighty Fortress'. Everyone turn to page 49 of your hymnals.
Last night, I delved into the beginning of a pile of books I'd narrowed my Spring Break reading down to, planning to give each 10 or so pages to tell me if they were next or not. I stayed awake for the first chapter of 'The Terror'. SO much better than I expected. Next, I nearly made it through the first short story in 'Fragile Things'. Yummmmm.
I spent the first 30 minutes of this train ride (mostly) reading a bit more of the last of the four YA novels I was assigned to read for our teacher version of the school's Battle of the Books (Minerva Clark Gets a Clue). On the train I enjoyed it more: I've been putting off finishing it for some time. If you're an adult reader of YA fiction, I give better than average rating to 'Alphabet of Dreams' and 'The Eyes of the Emperor'. Not the best ever, but solidly good. I'm putting off reading the pedagogical text I'm supposed to report back on after break. Don't wanna right now.
I feel like Seattle is holding its breath, or maybe that's me as I hurtle and rumble toward it at varying speeds. We're old friends. I'll get an embrace of gentle rain and visit a smattering of spots that I jealously claim belong to me.
Now if I can only get Mr. Wheeker to take this trip with me (how can he not appreciate the magic of train travel?!), life will be complete.
Oh. Did I mention that after dropping me off, he came back 15 minutes later, parked and rushed in to deliver my iPod just as I was getting ready to board? His sexy, thoughtful, intelligent perfection is almost too much to bear. I'll carry the burden. Poor me.
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It's not my fault. I didn't do my schoolwork because Tommy McDonald kept flicking my neck with his pencil. Then the teacher yelled at me when I told him to stop.
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Casts vision around creating environments where people can experience God and become followers of Jesus. Recruits, empowers, and equips leaders and J-Team volunteers to plan, design, and implement all weekend gatherings. Works with Production Director to oversee production elements of weekend gatherings.
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• At least one year experience serving and succeeding (based on core value analysis) in a leadership role at The Journey or another similar church environment, exhibiting above-average creativity and initiative and the ability to consistently motivate and lead self and others
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The City of Indianapolis, IUPUI, and Lilly Endowment recently announced a $30 million investment to improve IUPUI and the Near Westside neighborhood (See IndyStar story by Erika Smith). Some of the major improvements will include streetscapes, new bike lanes, and sidewalks – and turning New York Street and Michigan Road into two-way streets. But how will this impact the neighborhood and its residents? For one thing, it aligns with some of the goals the community established in its quality of life plan.
One in three children in America grow up without a father in the home.
Seventy-three percent of Black children in the U.S. are born to single parents.
Only 16% of these single parents are men.
These troubling statistics shed light on the fact that the absence of a father or father-figure has far reaching social and cultural impacts. According to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), an organization dedicated to educating and engaging fathers, this issue is the worst social crisis in the country.
The organization cites data on the effects of father impacts on a number of social issues including poverty, maternal and child health, incarceration, crime, child abuse, education, health, and more. Here are a few of the more startling statistics.
Absent-father households are especially pervasive in the African American community. In late 2012, the Indiana Black Expo released itsState of Our Black Youth report, which revealed that 58% of Black families with children in the state are headed by single moms.
"The number of parents in the household, as well as the relationship between the parents, are strongly linked to a child's well-being. Two married, biological parents with low conflict levels are more likely to provide a home environment that contributes to a child's well-being. Adolescents who live with two parents are more likely to have parents who know the child's whereabouts after school. Parental monitoring includes knowing children's whereabouts after school, as well as knowing children's friends and activities. These behaviors, when combined with parental support, have been shown to be positively related to higher adolescent self-esteem, higher GPAs in school, and greater academic success." (State of Our Black Youth Report, 2012)
In Indiana, the highest concentrations of single-mother households are Lake and Marion counties. The map below highlights that Warren Township, Marion County has highest rate of total households headed by single mothers at 12.6%.
There is some hope for the future, though. Roland Warren, NFI president, said in a CNN interview that we are starting to see some small improvement in the number of children growing up in father-absent homes. Through his good work with the NFI, and through the efforts of other organizations (listed below), we hope that the trend continues to improve.
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You know the statistics…cardiovascular disease, annually accounts for more than 50% of all deaths, 19% of total disability claimants, and 21% of total healthcare costs. In the next decade, the population with the highest prevalence of cardiovascular disease is expected to increase by 35%.
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Recent research results suggest that Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is associated with markers of adverse cardiovascular prognosis and is a strong, independent pretest predictor of severe coronary heart disease. It is also a valuable stratifier of high cardiovascular risk in men, especially those over age 50.
Erectile dysfunction has been demonstrated to share common risk factors with coronary artery disease that includes diabetes, hypertension, smoking, and hyperlipidemia. The prevalence of ED in cardiovascular patients is higher than in the general population; in men presenting with ED, 56% were found to have a positive stress test (stress ECG, stress Cardiolite and/or stress ventricular function study) demonstrating myocardial perfusion and functional impairment. Conversely, in men with a history of heart disease or previous myocardial infarction, the incidence of sexual dysfunction ranges from 40 – 64%.*
It has been postulated in the medical literature that penile arteries are relatively small in comparison with the coronary arteries; they may be more prone to cause ED with even comparatively small amounts of atherosclerosis. This early warning sign is also a barometer of global vascular impairment that usually precedes the onset of overt coronary artery disease. Regardless, men over the age of 50, who present with ED should be evaluated for cardiovascular disease, especially men with concomitant risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia and obesity.
The guidelines now available for the assessment and management of ED in the cardiovascular patient stratifies men into low, medium or high risk depending on the activity of their cardiovascular disease. A comprehensive cardiac evaluation and consultation should be performed prior to treatment for erectile dysfunction and/or resumption of sexual activity as the pharmalogical prescriptions for treating coronary artery disease should not be combined with organic nitrates (which are often given for ED).
For patients referred for stress testing, erectile dysfunction medication should be stopped prior to stress testing. Nitrates are a very effective first line treatment for stress induced ischemia. Since recent intake of erectile dysfunction medications is an absolute contraindication to nitrates, performing stress tests on patients who have recently taken these medications will unnecessarily increase the risk of stress testing. (There is minimal risk to patients not taking such medication). For short-acting medications, such as Viagra, patients should not take them for 24 hours prior to the test. For longer acting preparations, such as Cialis, patients should be off the medication for 48 hours prior to the test.
Use the KMH Cardiology Requisition Form. Your office or your patient may call to book an appointment (905-855-1860 or 1-877-564-5227) at any of the eight KMH Cardiology & Diagnostic Centres in south-central Ontario. Patients may visit www.kmhlabs.com for the location most convenient.
Link Established Between Erectile Dysfunction and Calcified Coronary Arteries; from materials provided by The Mount Sinai Hospital/Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Science Daily; July 6, 2010.
Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease by Erectile Dysfunction in Men Referred for Nuclear Stress Testing; James K, Min, MD; Kim A. Williams, MD; Tochi, M. Okwuosa, DO; George W. Bell, MD; Michael S. Panutich, MD; R. Parker Ward, MD; Arch Intern Med, Vol. 1666; Jan. 23, 2006; 201 – 206.
Erectile Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease; Neil Baum, MD; Clinical Geriatrics, Vol. 12, Issue 8; August 2004; 21 – 23. *The epidemiology of Erectile Dysfunction and its Risk Factors; Bortolotti A., Parazzini F., Colli E., Landoni M.; Int. Journal Androl, 1997; 20(6); 323-334.


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Discussion in 'UPS Discussions' started by diadlover, Dec 5, 2006.
I was hoping the box would have been filled with money this time, but no such luck. It was a turkey.
Hey, there's no MSG AND it's gluten free. What more could you possibly ask for?!
At least your family will have a turkey for Xmas......consider those that have nothing.
~Sister Mary Paris~
More, he can't hear you! (remember you're on ignore for stalking him!)
it may be small but it still works....
mine did just what i thought/wanted it to do. when i climbed on the ie guys bumper and heaved the bird 2 handed it went straight threw his windsheild... man that was loud.
We picked up our today as well... All the seasonal workers were circling the stack of birds like sharks... Then wanting to know why they did not get one...
I get the people in my building to donate their turkeys to a childrens home. get about 35 birds to feed the kids
Thats what I do too. We usually have a few extras leftover and I ask if anybody wants to donate theirs. I know a guy that converted an old SWAT Team van into a mobile kitchen and he feeds homeless people in downtown Atlanta.
over9five.....oh yeah, I forgot. I'm banished from diadloverland.
Although I would love to recieve a cash$$$$$$$$ bonus from UPS, I understand this is not not possible under the contract (for better of worse). I do, however, greatly appreciate the Christmas turkey. I eat mine every year and really do enjoy this gift from UPS.
I guess I could have donated it. But, this to me would mean a small amount of people would have to show up at a specific time (before it went bad), to eat the turkey. I instead, am going to donate in non-perishable food products to the local food pantry twice the amount that the Christmas turkey in valued at. Again, UPS thank you for helping me feed my local hungry people through your generous turkey gift
Makes me long for days gone by when we used to get $1000.00 bonus every Christmas.
Last year on upser's.com, they ran a story kind of explaining the Holiday turkey give-away. In the early days of UPS, , they gave the employees a gold $20.00 gold piece, in appreciation of the job they had done. This continued for quite some time, then, I think it was in the 20's they went to the turkey. It was discontinued during WWII, due to rationing and all, but then brought back after the war. Just think, if you account for inflation and all, what the equivalent of that $20.00 would be today. Just a wild guess, but they probably only made that much a month back then. A months pay a Christmas would be a cool bonus, especially for the full timers.
I thought this thread was going to be "I got a warning letter"
My wife got a 42" Plasma HDTV for her Christmas bonus and I get a two day old thawed out bird. They know now to give mine to charity before it goes south.
I donated my turkey. This guy I work with that breaks open tote bags has a second job at some place that cares for homeless, low-income and otherwise underprivileged kids, and he takes many of the unclaimed turkeys.
I donate the Turkey to a food pantry. Now the Booze and the Cash from my customers, that's a different story!
Wow a "turkey in a box". Can't wait to get mine. I still have last years in the deep freeze down stairs. Got to cook it up for the dogs i guess...
A few years back on the friday the turkeys came in some of us asked for the extra turkeys but were told they were going to be donated to the food shelf. Needless to say when monday rolled around they had been setting all weekend long directley under a heater and were unthawed and hot so probably spoiled. They (all 8 of them)were thrown away. Talk about finger pointing. Never asked again.
I am with you. I don't declare the gifts to the IRS either.
Questionable turkey...
I've seen them as well. My question is, aren't turkeys supposed to be kept in a cold environment? Since when was it okay to give employees luke warm turkeys that have been sitting in a cardboard box for god knows how long...
Enjoy the salmenella poisoning!
I love a turkey with lots of dark meat
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Welcome, I am no longer in this fandom
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I have a title for this book! But, it might be stupid. 'Wishful thinking' or 'love at first fall'
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Sans write that down!! Sans: write what? Me: that pun!!! 'The golden flowers like, stopped you from breaking your bones' Sans: alright!!!! *writes* this is so hilarious!!! Me: IKR!!
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*idea appears* *is excited that writers block is gone* *goes onto wattpad* *starts writing a new chapter* *completely forgets idea* *sad BP face* (happens to me all the time XD)


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via War is Boring.
According to an official Lockheed press release, personnel aboard the USS Wasp had to direct the pilots as they lifted off and touched back down.The USMC has a reputation that is the envy of the other services in the DoD and many other military arms around the world.
This arrangement was necessary because the Distributed Aperture System — a complex set of cameras that allows the pilot to see in any direction on their helmet's visor — doesn't work yet. The headset also prevents pilots from wearing traditional night-vision goggles.
"This is about shoring up the F-35's image," Carr said. "Since exercises are generally the domain of fielded weapon systems, this is about advancing the perception that the F-35 is essentially ready to join the fleet."
The F-35 is risking that hard won reputation.
We're coming up on an important date, not for the F-35, but for the integrity of the Commandant's office, Marine Aviation and the institution in general.
IF the F-35 is declared operationally capable. IF they tell the citizens of this country that its ready for war...and its easily proven that it isn't. Then they will have won a short term victory to lose it all.
"Absolutely, die in a ditch, we need this airplane."— CMC Gen. James F. AmosThe former Commandant is wrong. No piece of hardware is worth the loss of trust that will result from lies.


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Stranger Things Star Shannon Purser Comes Out as Bisexual
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Stranger Things star Shannon Purser has come out as bisexual on Twitter. The actress tweeted a screenshot of her iPhone notes which read:
"I don't normally do this, but I figure now is as good a time as any to get personal. I've only just recently come out as bisexual to my family and friends. It's something I am still processing and trying to understand and I don't like talking about it too much. I'm very very new to the LGBT community…"
This may not come as a shock to fans who read Shannon's recent chain of tweets discussing the pressure that comes with defining one's sexuality.
The star came out via social media after receiving backlash for addressing a fan who suggested her character on CW show Riverdale should date another female character, Veronica. In addition to coming out as bisexual, Shannon addressed the controversy in her note.
"I have never heard the term the term 'queerbaiting' in my life until today," she wrote. "That being said, I have never ever wanted to alienate anyone and my tweet was thoughtless. I wasn't referring to all the beronica shippers, just the ones who has been particularly cruel to me personally. Either way, it wasn't a wise or kind thing to say and I'm disappointed in myself, especially as a Christian who has always been taught to speak love to others. Thank you to all the people who kindly reached out to me and educated me about the reality your feelings about queerbaiting and I apologize to those who were hurt."
Shannon is most famously known for playing Barb on Netflix original series Stranger Things, but she is also known for being candid with her audience on Twitter. Not only has she used the platform to address her sexuality, but she has also addressed her history with self-harm and body issues.
Back in Aug. 2016, the starlet tweeted, "Can I be super real? Didn't think a girl with my body type could get this far. I'm so thankful and excited. Much love to you all."
In Nov. 2016, she shared a photo of her holding a razor blade. Shannon stated on the social site, "*TRIGGER WARNING* I haven't self-harmed in years, but I kept this around, 'just in case'. I forgot it was there & now it's in the trash." She followed up her tweet with another, writing, "Recovery is possible. Please don't give up on yourself."
While Shannon's tweets are extremely open and vulnerable, they always end with an optimistic outlook for the future. The actress tweeted an hour after coming out, "Psalms 42 God is too kind to me."
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Tess Holliday Boycotts Uber After Claiming a Driver Body-Shamed Her: ''I'm Fat. I Also Have a Fat Wallet''
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Tess Holliday will no longer use Uber's services.
The plus-size model says she was body-shamed by a driver who picked her up on Tuesday and told her she was not healthy because of her weight. Holliday took to Instagram to share a video from the incident with her 1.4 million followers and explain the story.
"Hey @uber I don't pay more to use your 'black car' service to be told that there's no way I could possibly be healthy because I'm fat & then questioning it," she wrote. "No one should have to tolerate this at any level of the services you offer. I'm fat. I also have a fat wallet & will no longer be using your services. Ever. Also after I told him I was healthy he turned the radio off & changed the subject. #putmymoneywheremymouthis #uberdriver #uber."
The size 22 model later added an edit to further explain the situation and clarify her comments.
"Edited to add: saying my driver is fat was obviously being used as a descriptor & not to insult him," she continued. "Also I did not show his face or use his name when filming, it was to be able to show what I deal with daily & why this behavior is unacceptable from anyone."
In the video, you can hear the driver asking Holliday about her cholesterol. She responded, "My cholesterol is fine. I'm perfect. Yup, I'm healthy."
Uber released the following statement to E! News regarding the incident: "We expect all riders and drivers to treat each other with respect as laid out in our Community Guidelines."
Meanwhile, this isn't the first time the model—who scored a major contract after starting the #EffYourBeautyStandards movement in 2015—has publicly boycotted something.
Several years ago, she slammed a Facebook page called "Project Harpoon" that photoshopped plus-size models to look thinner.
"This kind of hit piece is exactly why I started #effyourbeautystandards," she wrote at the time. "I am asking my followers to boycott this [page] and any others like it. Loving yourself is the most powerful message we all need to stand behind."
Preach, girl.
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Source: Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
Josh Lehner, senior economist at the OOEA reports on some of the findings in the latest blog, including indications that point to another recession before decade's end.
This economic expansion just celebrated its sixth birthday. In true-to-form fashion, the party included decent-but-not-great job gains and steady-but-subdued GDP growth. As such there are few signs from the U.S. economy that the expansion is about to end anytime soon, even if growth has been lackluster overall following the financial crisis. However, all expansions do end and the economy is more likely closer to its next recession than not. This is especially true as storm clouds are gathering offshore in the form of a stronger U.S. dollar, weaker global growth and a significant and potentially worrisome slowdown in China.
The Oregon economy is at full-throttle growth. Jobs and income are increasing as fast, if not faster than during the mid-2000s. Given demographic trends, such rates of growth are considered full-throttle. As in past expansions, Oregon has regained its traditional growth advantage relative to other states. Much of this advantage can be attributed to the state's industrial structure and strong in-migration flows. More important are the indications that Oregon is seeing a deeper labor market recovery. Wages for the average Oregon worker are increasing quicker than in the typical state, and above the rate of inflation.
While growth rates, and the trajectory of the economy have improved considerably, Oregon is not yet fully healed from the Great Recession. The largest economic concern today is the participation gap – the difference between the share of the population with a job or looking for work and what the rate would be when operating at full strength. The improving economy is, and will, pull workers back into the labor force, helping to support future economic growth at the same time.
Read the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis' latest quarterly economic and revenue forecast.


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The first week of July, we held a day camp for the Circle de Luz girls. Our goal was to give them an experience that would be new and exciting for them and that would introduce them to concepts and activities that would help them to live healthy, meaningful lives. The week was a wonderful success– the girls had a great time as did all of the volunteers (thank you, volunteers!), and we all enjoyed being together. Some of the more touching parts of the week for me were watching the girls unwind with yoga and repeatedly declare the love for it and seeing the more shy girls in the group slowly come into themselves, more confident and sure. Seventh grade is such a tender time. I remember it well. And it's nice to be a part of giving these girls memories from these years that are meaningful and joyful.
We created Circle de Luz with this mission in mind: to radically empower young Latinas by supporting and inspiring them in the pursuit of their possibilities through extensive mentoring, programming, and scholarship funds for further education.
We launched last spring, received our national non-profit status last May, signed on the women to support our first class– the Class of 2014 who just completed camp- last summer, and selected and began working with those girls last fall. The women who support the Class of 2014, we call them M'ijas, hail from Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Indiana,Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York. They number 55 and with their combined resources over six years, eight girls will graduate from high school each with over $5,000 in scholarship support to pursue the educational ambition of their choice. Along the way, the M'ijas serve as phone mentors, pen pals, camp counselors, career panelists, ropes course partners, hiking guides, dinner dates, etc. as we provide experiences for these girls to become the women that they dream of being. M'ijas do not need to live in the same state as the latest school in the program to have an impact– we have m'ijas from Rhode Island, California, Oregon, Louisiana, etc serving as phone mentors and pen pals.
Our long term dream is to have Circle de Luz be in cities all over the country in a few short years. Our short term goal is to grow just a little bit this coming year. We have 55 women in the Class of 2014 who are providing mentoring, programming, and scholarship support to 8 wonderful girls. We want more than anything to be able to do this for 10 girls in our Class of 2015 come this September but time is running out. Our goal is to get 30 more women signed up, and at least 4 more scholarships covered, by the end of July. There are just 10 more days. Can you be one of 30 women to download the letter of commitment today and mail it in to us?
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Oh, the glory years.
Back in the mid-to-late eighties, it was virtually impossible to pick up a newspaper without coming across a headline proclaiming yet another billion-dollar leveraged buyout. With the advent of high-yield finance — thanks mostly to Michael Milken and his corporate finance group at Drexel Burnham Lambert — junk-funded, billon-dollar takeovers were almost commonplace during the Reagan decade. Many of the acquisitions were not particularly welcome (RJR Nabisco by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Pacific Lumber by Maxxam Corp.), some were less threatening (Parker Brothers by Tonka).
But the formula for the deals was almost always the same: borrow billions to finance the purchase, make the deal, then sell off the acquired company's assets to service the debt.
Hostile takeovers became so prevalent in the eighties — and so feared in corporate boardrooms — that some acquisition targets paid raiders go-away money (greenmail) to get them to, well, go away.
And in the Clinton era, the raiders obliged. In fact, it's been years since the now-legendary buyout specialists have dominated the financial headlines. Really, when was the last time you saw a front-page story proclaiming a hostile takeover masterminded by T. Boone Pickens, Carl Icahn, Henry Kravis, Charles Hurwitz, or Irwin Jacobs?
So what happened? First off, raiders put such a scare in corporate directors that most enacted stringent anti-takeover provisions. The poison pills make it real tough to pull off an unwanted acquisition.
Moreover, the economic argument for hostile takeovers lost a lot of its punch in the nineties. Raiders like Pickens and Icahn defended their lucrative deals by claiming such acquisitions shook up management and maximized shareholder value. But a number of post-deal studies in the nineties questioned whether these LBOs pumped up shareholder value — or merely the wallets of the raiders and the investment bankers doing the deals.
Moreover, many mergers and acquisitions were funded through the junk-bond market, and that market has hit hard times of late. Indeed, over the past decade, the best returns have generally come from equity investments, particularly venture capital investments. What's more, it made little sense for investors to pour money into high-risk instruments — with their relatively low coupons — when they could net a greater return by simply putting capital into the S&P 500 index.
This doesn't mean that all the great raiders of the eighties have vanished from the face of the earth. Actually, one has: sadly, the irrepressible Sir James Goldsmith, a staunch champion of LBOs and engineer of the $21 billion takeover of BAT, died of pancreatic cancer in 1997. But Pickens and Icahn are still actively following the money trail — which these days, means anything but leveraged buyouts.
After losing his flagship Mesa Petroleum in the mid-1990s, Pickens went back to the energy business, founding ENGR, a company that markets natural gas as a substitute for gasoline. He also operates a successful commodities fund that speculates in natural gas futures. Recently, the Texas raider has been flying lazy circles over Penn Central Corp., a small energy company that, he claims in classic Pickens style, is undervalued (he said the same thing in 1984 when he launched a bid for Gulf Oil). Pickens also has concocted an elaborate plan to sell water from underneath his 150,000 acre Texas ranch to parched cities like Dallas and San Antonio. Oh yes, one recent article suggested that Pickens has made more money in the nineties than he ever did trying to take over oil giants like Gulf or Philips or Unocal.
Meanwhile, Icahn's still got plenty of irons in the fire. The one-time owner of TransWorld Air (which went Chapter 11 during his watch), Icahn rarely borrows money to finance his plays these days. Reportedly, he makes his money now off businesses in decline, assuming the debt of distressed companies on the cheap — particularly telecom companies. He also apparently made a killing during the Internet frenzy by shorting new economy companies like AOL Time Warner and Priceline.com.
Another character from the glory days of the LBO, "Irv the Liquidator" Jacobs, is said to prefer rod and reel to the art of the deal these days. Still, Jacobs predicts that there's a new surge of takeovers just over the horizon. There are just "so many businesses out there that just don't work," he told Reuters in November. And given the recent spate of corporate scandals, maybe corporate managers could stand a bit of cage-rattling.


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Students entering the University of Virginia this fall won't be the only new faces on campus; the university plans to have a new president, too.
The current president, Teresa A. Sullivan, is stepping down after only two years in office, Inside Higher Ed reported on Monday.
Her unexpected departure was decided after an "emergency closed meeting" on Sunday, in which Ms. Sullivan and the executive committee of the university's Board of Visitors mutually agreed that she would leave, Inside Higher Ed reported. Her last day is Aug. 15.
Ms. Sullivan, in a statement, attributed her departure to a "philosophical difference of opinion."
In a meeting with university leaders, the rector, Helen Dragas, praised Ms. Sullivan's work and acknowledged that news of the departure would be a "great shock to the institution."
"Nevertheless," Ms. Dragas went on to say, "the board feels strongly and overwhelmingly that we need bold and proactive leadership on tackling the difficult issues that we face."
Board members are looking for a new president "who can help develop, articulate and implement a concrete and achievable strategic plan to re-elevate the University to its highest potential," Ms. Dragas said. "We need a leader with a great willingness to adapt the way we deliver our teaching, research and patient care to the realities of the external environment. We need a leader who is able to passionately convey a vision to our community, and effectively obtain gifts and buy-in towards our collective goals."
The board of visitors will work "expeditiously" to have an interim president in place by the time classes start in the fall, Ms. Dragas said.
What do readers of The Choice make of Ms. Sullivan's departure? Please share your thoughts in the comments box below.


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Fellowship of Australian Writers North Shore Branch
Mini Memoir Section
1st Prize: 'The Food of Love', Jan Foster (Vic)
2nd Prize: 'Discovering Daphne', Carolyn Eldridge-Alfonzetti (NSW)
Highly Commended: 'Wave to Mummy', Eilene Cooke (Qld)
Commended: 'A Painful Memory', Joan Songaila (Qld).
Poetry Section
First Place: 'Triptych: In the Marine Light', Mark Miller (NSW)
Second Place: 'Death of a Tree', Gavin Austin (NSW)
Highly Commended: 'Drought and Flood', Mark Miller (NSW)
Commended: 'The Dancers', Marilyn Humbert (NSW)
Commended: 'The Visitor', Carolyn Eldridge-Alfonzetti (NSW).
Judges' Reports for both Sections, as well as the 1st and 2nd prize winning memoirs and 1st prize winning poem, can be read on the FAWNS website sites.google.com/site/fawnorthshoreregional.