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I use Plurk mobile rather than the regular site on my computer because it's cleaner and more readable, but it's missing a bunch of features. I started writing a greasemonkey script to add in some of those missing features.
Version 0.1 displays your karma, karma change, and a "Me" link in the top nav that displays just your own plurks.
Updated 6/24/08: Version 0.11 adds Emoticons.
You can download the script from userscripts.org.

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text: difficult child 2 got braces today. He's be excited about getting them since the dentist first mentioned the possibility 2 years ago. He got home and showed them off to people. Tonight, he's in pain and the ortho told us Sunday (3rd day) will probably be the worst. The ortho also gave him a fancy electric toothbrush with all kinds of modes, brush types, and a digital "monitor". He was so obsessive about doing EVERYTHING just right that it took him 35 minutes to figure out how to set the settings and actually use it. We didn't even try the floss thing (that should be a trip for him) because it was already starting to get late. We will get into a routine over the week-end. He is so rigidly rule-bound that I find this a constructive way to use it. (difficult child 1 was getting VERY annoyed at how long everything was taking with difficult child 2 hogging the bathroom, taking too long, yada yada, yada) I just REALLY hope this kind of obsessiveness continues for the next two years until they come off. Do I dare hope or am I just dreaming? Wait until I tell him about brushing after EVERY meal and snack. HeeHee


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- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
My Teaser Tuesday this week is from Notes To Self by Avery Sawer. I am reading this book for review and am enjoying it so far.
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- Publisher: Avery Sawyer, via Smashwords
- Publication date: 11/20/2011
- Sold by: SMASHWORDS - EBKS
- Format: eBook
Two climbed up. Two fell down.
One woke up.
In the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury, Robin Saunders has to relearn who she is and find out what happened the night everything changed.
My Teaser
I thought about how well he'd handled himself back at the bar, paying for my soda and getting me out of there before I broke down crying and humiliating myself. I felt so ... safe, which was what I had been looking for when I came out here, wasn't it?
I am really enjoying this book. It's a great story and has kept me interested since page one.
What's your Teaser? Leave me a link and I will check it out.


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This Friday, February 4th, is the first Friday of the month. Hence, it's time for Fremont First Friday Artwalk.
Tons of different exhibits, shows and in-person events to be checked out. Here's a sampling…
509 Winery and Tasting Room – Seattle's Urban Winery (1300 N Northlake Way) – Casey Brookbush, Paintings
Two years ago, drummer Casey Brookbush left his band of six years to vigorously pursue his own painting career. His subject matter? Musicians and other celebrities. "Having been a part of the music scene for years, painting is another way to share my connection to and love for music. It's essentially therapy. I come home, crank up the rock and pull out my brushes."
EVO Timesinfinity Art Gallery (122 NW 36th St.) – Ride Snowboard's 9th Annual Snowboard Art Contest
Join us as we announce the winners of Ride Snowboard's 9th Annual Snowboard Art Contest! Artists from around the world compete to have their art featured on a Ride Snowboard and the $1000 cash prize that comes with it. All of this year's entries will be on display in the gallery, and will remain on view for the entire month of February.
Fremont Brewing Co. (3409 Woodland Park Ave N.) – Kate Tesch, Paintings
This series of paintings deals with the universal human condition of aging. From expressions of wonder on a newborn's face to those sculpted into the face of an old man, the landmarks of the past and the expressions of the unknown future are remarkably displayed in our faces. Kate Tesch is a self-taught artist who lives, plays and paints in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle.
Hub And Bespoke (513 N. 36th St., Seattle WA 98103) – Emily Alice Peck, Encaustic Paintings
Emily Alice Peck's work is encaustic art, using wax, heat, and pigment. She tells us that she started developing her technique almost 3 years ago: "The canvas built of wood, using plaster/fresco base, color oil pastels, acrylic, oil, milk and clay paints. The lines are etched, and finished with layers of wax." For Emily "the hands are connected to the heart".
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Last month, Gelsey Kirkland - one of the world's most beloved ballerinas of all time - and her husband, Michael Chernov, opened The Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet.
The New York Times recently picked up the story and I must say, it's fabulous! Here's my favorite quote:
"Ms. Kirkland's classes usually run long: creating an expressive, sensitive instrument that is also healthy is painstaking. "Instead of running away from something," Ms. Kirkland said, "you have to be able to hang in there and work through it, and that develops an ability to tolerate hardship. This element of suffering through is what gives a dancer that translucent quality onstage. It creates a sense of eternity." ~ Quote: The New York Times
Ah...spoken like a true artist! You can read the rest of the inspiring interview with Ms. Kirkland here.


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Hitler Essay, Research Paper
Adolf Hitler was the ruler of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Guided by concepts of elitism
and racism, he established a brutal totalitarian regime under the ideological banner of
National Socialism, or Nazism. His drive for empire resulted in the devastation of World
War II, culminating in Germany's defeat and the reordering of world power relationships.
Hitler was born on Apr. 20, 1889, in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, the son of
Alois, a customs official, and Klara Hitler. Alois, who was illegitimate, used his mother's
name, Schicklgruber, until 1876, when he adopted the name Hitler. He was very stern
with his son and abhorred Adolf's dreamy ways. His death, in 1903, came as a relief to
Adolf. Adolf idealized his mother, however, whose death in 1907 had a traumatic effect
on him. Hitler failed as a student in the classical secondary schools, a situation that
contributed to his desire to become an artist. He went to Vienna in 1907 but was unable
to gain admission to the Academy of Fine Arts. He lived a shadowy, alienated existence
in multiracial Vienna until 1913. His years there were characterized by melancholy,
aimlessness, and racial hatred–in Vienna he developed his lifelong obsession with the
"danger" that world Jewry posed to the "Aryan race."
In 1913, Hitler went to Munich, partly to evade conscription into the Austrian
army. There, however, he answered the call to colors at the outbreak of World War I.
Serving in the Bavarian Sixteenth Regiment on the western front, he distinguished
himself for bravery and was awarded the Iron Cross, First Class. For the first time in his
life Hitler had found a home; he glorified the raw majesty of life under fire, and the
nobility of the warrior. His soldierly dreams of victory and fulfillment were shattered,
however, by Germany's defeat. He became convinced that Germany had been "stabbed in
the back" by Jews and Marxists. The attempt to root parliamentary democracy in
Germany was beset from the beginning by grave problems. There were so many political
parties–at least six major and many more minor ones- -that it was hard to form stable
coalitions for effective government. Militant minorities–the Communists on the far left
and monarchists and racists on the opposite extreme–sometimes resorted to force in
efforts to overturn the republic. Notable among these efforts was the Munich Putsch of
1923, in which the tiny National Socialist party, led by Adolf Hitler, made a somewhat
farcical attempt to seize power in Bavaria. The continuing unrest made the national
government even more dependent on the basically conservative army.
The year 1923 was one of major crisis. The payment of reparations, in both cash
and kind, had placed an enormous strain on a country already bankrupted by more than
four years of war. As inflation had mounted, Germany had suspended payment in 1922,
provoking the French to occupy the Ruhr area in January 1923. Workers in Ruhr mines
and factories resisted by striking, but such resistance contributed to inflation, which
brought on economic collapse. The situation was saved in November 1923 when the
ablest of Germany's republican politicians, Gustav Stressman, introduced a new currency
and improved Germany's relations with the western nations, paving the way for foreign
loans and a more reasonable schedule of reparations payments. During the later 1920s,
therefore, the German economy revived, and politics settled down. Also, during those
years, a remarkable avant-garde culture blossomed in Germany, extending from the epic
theater of Bertolt Brecht, to the Bauhaus school of functional art and architecture, to the
relativity physics of Albert Einstien, and to the existential philosophy of Martin
This new Germany was cut down in its infancy by the onset of the depression of
the 1930?s and the Nazi seizure of power. Depression conditions once more radicalized
politics and so divided the parties in the Reichstag that parliamentary government became
all but impossible. From 1930 on, government functioned by emergency decree. The
Communists profited briefly from this radicalization, but the main beneficiary was
Hitler's National Socialist, or Nazi party, which had the twin attractions of appearing to
offer radical solutions to economic problems while upholding patriotic values.
Nazism had several elements: (1) A belief–with a theoretical
and pseudoscientific basis in the works of the comte de Gobineau,
Houston Stewart Chamberlain, and Alfred Rosenberg–in an
Aryan German race superior to all others and destined to rule,
together with a violent hatred of Jews that led to the establishment
of concentration camps and to the Holocaust. (2) An extreme
nationalism that called for the unification of all German-speaking
peoples. This led to the occupation of Austria, a German-speaking
country, and of Czechoslovakia, which had a large German minority.
(3) A belief in some form of corporative state socialism, although the
left-leaning members of the party were purged in 1934. (4) A private
army, called the SS or Blackshirts. (5) A youth cult that emphasized
sports and paramilitary outdoor activities. (6) The massive use of
propaganda, masterminded by Joseph Goebbels. (7) The submission
of all decisions to the supreme leader Adolf Hitler, and the glorification
of strength and discipline.
Nazism somewhat resembled Fascism, which preceded it in Italy. It spawned several
small Nazi parties in the occupied countries, Britain, and the United States. By 1932 it
was the largest party in the Reichstag. The following year President Paul von Hindenburg
appointed Hitler chancellor after allowing himself to be convinced by generals and
right-wing politicians that only the Nazi leader could restore order in Germany and that
he could be controlled.
Hitler's rise to power paralleled the unstable course of the Weimar Republic,
which replaced the fallen Hohenzollern monarchy. The abortive Communist revolution
in Germany and the dictated Peace of Versailles determined Hitler's decision to enter
politics. In 1919 he joined a small political faction in Munich and within the next year
formed the National Socialist German Workers' party (NSDAP). He directed the
organization with an iron hand and used its meetings to deliver forceful rhetorical assaults
on Germany's "enemies." In 1923 he led the party into the ill-fated Munich Putsch. This
action resulted in his imprisonment. While in prison at Landsberg, Hitler wrote Mein
Kampf, which became the standard work of Nazi political philosophy. He defined the
enemy as world Jewry, international communism, effete liberalism, and decadent
capitalism. Hitler offered instead pure Aryan blood and the renewal of German
nationalism under a fighting elite.
One of the most important political tracts of the 20th century,
Mein Kampf is considered the bible of Nazism. Written by
Adolf Hitler while he served a sentence in Landsberg Prison,
the book presents Hitler's major ideas on anti-Semitism,
anti-Communism, superiority of the Aryan race, German
nationalism, the state's superiority over the individual, and
Hitler's feelings of hostility for democracy and miscegenation.
The importance of the book, which calls for German domination
of Europe, is derived from the notoriety of its author rather than
from his logical presentation of National Socialist ideas.?
Germany would once more become the leading power on the Continent and gain its
living space in central Europe and Russia. Released after serving 9 months of a 5-year
sentence, Hitler reemerged as the NSDAP's leader in 1925. He moved swiftly to reshape
the party and neutralize Gregor Strasser, who had built a Nazi power base for himself in
the industrial north. Hitler gathered around him a devoted cadre of lieutenants, including
the air ace Hermann Goering, the propagandist Joseph Goebbels, the police technician
Heinrich Himmler, and the rabid anti-Semitic journalist Julius Streicher.
The Great Depression opened the way for Hitler's success.
No country suffered more than Germany from the
worldwide economic collapse. Foreign loans abruptly
ceased or were recalled. Factories ground to a halt. There
were 6 million unemployed. The middle class had not
really recovered from the great inflation of 1923; when
struck again, after so brief a respite, they lost all faith in
the economic system and in its system. The Communists
vote steadily mounted; the great middling masses, who
saw in communism their own death warrant, and who
are extremely numerous in any highly developed society,
looked about desperately for someone to save them
from Bolshevism.(Palmer and Colton p.822)
Mass unemployment, Communist insurgency, and an alliance between the Nazis
and the industrialist Alfred Hugenberg's Nationalist party all contributed to the NSDAP's
electoral breakthrough in September 1930. It increased its seats in the Reichstag from 12
to 107, becoming the second largest party. Hitler capitalized on the violent political
climate by employing the Brownshirts, the Nazi paramilitary arm, in the battle for the
streets. His strategy worked. In April 1932 he only narrowly lost the presidential
election to the incumbent Paul von Hindenburg, and elections in July made the Nazis the
largest party in the Reichstag, with 37% of the vote. The party retained this position
despite a decline in its vote in the November elections. Finally, Hindenburg, having
failed to gain stability under the regimes of Heinrich Brunning, Franz von Papen, and
Kurt von Schleicher, named Hitler as chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933. Nazi Dictatorship
Most Germans who supported Hitler during his rise to power did so out of
desperation, scarcely knowing what he planned to do. They received much more than
they had bargained for. After half -persuading, half-coercing the Reichstag to grant him
absolute power, Hitler lost no time in founding a totalitarian state, known unofficially as
the Third Reich–supposedly in the tradition of the Holy Roman Empire and the unified
German Empire set up by Bismarck.
Hitler called his new order the Third Reich. He declared
that, following on the First Reich, or Holy Roman Empire,
and the Second Reich, or empire founded by Bismarck,
the Third Reich carried on the process of true German
history, of which, he said it, it was the organic outgrowth
and natural culmination. The Third Reich he prophesized,
would last a thousand years.(Palmer and Colton p.826)
When confronted by demands from Storm Trooper, Brownshirts leader Ernst Roehm and
others for a second revolution that would make good on Nazi claims to socialist ideals,
Hitler purged Roehm and his associates on the weekend of June 30, 1934. Four years
later, he forced out two of the top generals on trumped-up charges in order to assure
himself of full control of the expanding German armed forces. Hitler's virulent racism
gave rise to a cruel system of Anti- Semitism. The Nuremberg Laws of September 1935,
which deprived Jews of most civil rights, were supplemented by other measures designed
to rid Germany of Jews. These measures were to culminate in a policy of deliberate
extermination during World War II, taking the lives of approximately 6 million European
Jews. More immediately, however, a concerted state program of ending unemployment
with public works projects and a restoration of business confidence produced remarkable
economic recovery in Germany. The efficient propaganda ministry of Joseph Goebbles
controlled the media to assure that Hitler would be viewed as a genius and Nazi Germany
as the best of all possible worlds.
Propaganda became a principle branch of government. Propaganda
was hardly new, but in the past, and still in the democratic countries,
and had been a piecemeal affair, urging the public to accept this or
that political party, or to buy this or that brand of coffee. Now, like
all else, it became ?total?. Propaganda was monopolized by the state,
and it demanded faith in a whole view of life and in every detail of this
coordinated whole. Formerly the control of books and newspapers had
been mainly negative; under Napolean or Metternich, for example, censors
had forbidden statements on particular subjects, events or persons. Now in
totalitarian countries (Germany) control of the press became frighteningly
positive. (Palmer and Colton p.830)
Given this combination of coercion, achievement, and thought control, it is perhaps not
surprising that there was little resistance, aside from limited opposition from some
elements in the churches and the army.
Hitler's consolidation of power was a gradual process that involved both the
assumption of dictatorial authority and the elimination of opposition outside and within
the Nazi party. The Reichstag fire of Feb. 27, 1933, provided a pretext for outlawing the
Communist party and arresting its leaders. The real breakthrough, however, came with
the Reichstag's passage of the Enabling Act on Mar. 23, 1933, giving Hitler 4 years of
dictatorial powers. Having won a commanding lead in the last free elections, held in
March, Hitler proceeded to dismantle all parties except the NSDAP. All federal and state
institutions and organizations were "coordinated," purged of Jewish influence, and
brought under party control. On June 30, 1934, Hitler liquidated Ernst Roehm,
commander of the SA, along with hundreds of other Nazi radicals. With the death of
Hindenburg in August 1934, Hitler also assumed the functions of the presidency. He
adopted the title of Fuhrer, or supreme leader, of the Third Reich.
Institutional supremacy was reinforced by an elaborate terror apparatus,
established by Reichsfuhrer Himmler, leader of the SS Blackshirts, the paramilitary
organization that supplanted the Brownshirts. The Brownshirts and Gestapo instituted
the notorious system of Concentration Camps. Although other groups and institutions
suffered persecution by the Nazis because of their political unacceptability, the Jews were
abused solely because of their racial identity. One decree after another eliminated
them from their positions in the professions and bureaucracy. The Nuremberg Racial
Laws of 1935 deprived them of their citizenship. Propaganda went hand in hand with
terror. Goebbels adroitly orchestrated themes that were synchronized with Hitler's
successes in both domestic and foreign affairs. Germany's economic recovery reinforced
the widespread support Hitler enjoyed throughout the Reich during in the 1930s.
Hitler's economic policies were initially geared to recovery from the depression;
thereafter, they were tied to his foreign-policy goals. By appointing Hjalmar Schacht, the
architect of Germany's financial recovery in the 1920s, as his economics minister, Hitler
reaffirmed his support of conservative economic policies. He undertook a vast program
of public works, including construction of a network of superhighways (Autobahnen),
which both returned the unemployed to work and primed the economy. By naming
Goering director of the Four Year Plan in 1936, however, Hitler focused the entire
economy on preparations for war.
Hitler's foreign-policy goals were spelled out in Mein Kampf: to overturn the
Versailles settlement and unite all Germans in a single Greater Germany, to destroy
Bolshevism, and to conquer and colonize eastern Europe. At first he proceeded
cautiously. He withdrew Germany from the League of Nations as early as October 1933,
but he offset criticism by repeated declarations of his peaceful intentions and by
concluding a series of bilateral agreements, including a nonaggression pact with Poland
(1934). As the indecisiveness of his opponents became clear, Hitler acted more
In March 1935 he announced the rearmament of Germany in open violation of
the Treaty of Versailles. He was rewarded by Britain's concurrence in the form of an
Anglo-German Naval Pact (June 1935). The following year, without warning, he
remilitarized the Rhineland, and France remained immobile. The two major European
democracies, fearful of war, seemed set on the course of appeasement.
Bolstered by the formation (1936) of the Rome-Berlin Axis and the
Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan, Hitler outlined his war plans to the German military
leaders in a secret meeting in November 1937. Several of them objected and were
promptly dismissed. In March 1938 he annexed Austria. Later that year, after an
international crisis over alleged abuses to ethnic Germans in the Sudeten area of western
Czechoslovakia, Britain and France joined Italy in signing the Sudetenland over to
Germany at the Munich Conference. In March 1939, German troops completed the
dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. Belatedly, Britain and France moved to guarantee
Poland's integrity. Hitler, undeterred, concluded (August 1939) the Nazi-Soviet Pact,
which cleared the way for his attack on Poland on September 1. He was surprised but
prepared when France and Britain declared war on September 3. The pact with the USSR
provided him the opportunity to crush his enemies in the west piecemeal.
Adolf Hitler?s rise to power was partly because of excellent timing; Germany was
looking for someone to save their economy and do away with the Weimar Rupublic,
which germans no longer had any faith in its effectiveness. The person the people chose
was Adolf Hitler. His rise was also due to planning. Hitler used propaganda to convince
Germany he was the person to save them. He new the rise of nationalism would unite
Germany behind him and give him a strong hold over the government. Hitler controlled
everything in government and he won much support by being the major figure in
Germany?s economic recovery. Hitler was a brilliant leader as far as gaining control and
building a strong, successful country. His rise to power would change the world and the
future forever.
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text: Hi all, I have had my 2001 accord VTEC for a couple of months now. I only get to drive it one day a fortnight due to working away, but I really look forward to my 50 mile drive home . It's the first Honda I have owned and I must say I am well impressed. i don't know anything about which gen it is or what engine/ body it is, but hopefully I will get some time to find out on the forum Mick


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3 Best Paco Rabanne Colognes: Top Designer Fragrances
Also check out: Best Smelling Men's Fragrances 2015
As always, I have linked each option to its page on fragrancenet.com for more information and customer reviews.
1 Million– Always among the most popular and best selling colognes on the market. 1 Million has truly become a classic men's fragrance and it is hard to go wrong with a bottle of this stuff. Warm, masculine, with spice. Notes include: Mint, Grapefruit, Rose, Patchouli, Amber, Cinnamon, White woods, Blond leather, Blood orange, Spice notes. My Review
Invictus– Invictus is a great scent for the warm months of the spring and summertime. It is a long-lasting and sporty cologne for men that fuses notes of fruit and flowers to create something wonderful. Invictus Cologne Review
Black Xs– This fruity scented cologne isn't to be confused with a unisex or feminine fragrance, as it still has plenty of masculinity to it. However, it is quite a clean and inviting fragrance that seems to enjoy a broad appeal. Notes include: Praline, Lemon, Kalamanzi, Tagète, Sage, Cinnamon, Black Cardamom, Rosewood, Tolu Balm, Ebony, Patchouli, Black Amber, Calabrian. Read my Full Black XS Review


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[Plugin: W3 Total Cache] nginx.conf by W3TC only shows Browser Cache settings & omits all others
The nginx.conf file automagically created by W3TC (default location, root web directory) only contains the W3TC Browser Cache settings, and omits Page Cache cache, Page Cache core.
On the w3tc_install page it shows all the proper Cacheing settings (and their appropriate nginx.conf directives) — yet when W3TC creates the nginx.conf file it does not reflect the additional directives beyond Browser Cache.
My workaround has been to copy the directives listed in the W3TC Install tab to my /sites-available/sitename nginx conf file, but id prefer to use the method described in the inital setup to allow for changes to W3TC via the WP Dashboard.
Ive deleted nginx.conf file generated by W3TC, and confirmed permissions and timestamp — W3TC has access to read/write that file, and recreates it after deletion, but as mentioned above its omitting all settings beyond Browser Cache.
My setup: EC2 | Ubuntu 12.04 | nginx 1.1.19 | WordPress 3.3.2 | W3TC 0.9.2.4
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Registration from ADONIS BOUGIOURIS GRE150374 Laser Standard
Registration from ADONIS BOUGIOURIS GRE150374 Laser Standard, former world champion (Lasers Master) and sever times Greek National Champion
Optimist Training Camp by John Kavarligkos
9th NOA regatta Notice Of Race released.
Notice of Race is available for 9th NOA Regatta 2017 & Juniors Optimist Cup 2017
Download from RACE DOCUMENTS & schedule your participation !
8th NOA Regatta completed successfully
After four full racing days with all 12 scheduled races completed for all boat classes, the 8th NOA Regatta has reached the end.
The closing & prize giving ceremony was the last page of an amazing event.
Sailors, coaches and sailing friends gave an appointment for next year event.


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Houston, TX (PressExposure) June 23, 2011 -- Seeking professional to convert your PSD formats into CMS or Ecommerce themes and templates? If yes, then here's a solution to your concern.
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Resource Box: The creator of this press release is an IT expert and aware of scenario, which is gradually turning grim for the market players.


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Eddie Goldman is the host and producer of the No Holds Barred international podcast, the publisher of the No Holds Barred blog, and a senior contributing editor at the ADCC News.
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Monday, November 27, 2006
NO HOLDS BARRED: Ron Waterman and BodogFight
On this week's edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman speaks with mixed martial arts veteran Ron Waterman. He will fight this Saturday night, December 2, in a superfight against Roger Gracie, a world champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and at the 2005 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, who is making his MMA debut. This fight will be shown on the BodogFight pay-per-view event coming from the Agrodome in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We discuss this upcoming fight and also get tips from Ron about nutrition, training, and diet.
To listen to NO HOLDS BARRED, just click here or here or here.
Also, NO HOLDS BARRED is available through iTunes.
The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download.
The NO HOLDS BARRED theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter.
NO HOLDS BARRED is free to listen to and is sponsored by:
IFL, the International Fight League, the world's first professional mixed martial arts league. Make sure to check out their regular TV shows on FSN (Fox Sports Net) in the U.S., and Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, and to check your local listings for dates and times. Check out the IFL web site, ifl.tv, for a listing of IFL live events, including the first IFL World Team Championship final, set for Friday, Dec. 29, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
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I don't spend much time on our family website explaining the ministry which I lead. It is quite an exciting ministry, one that promotes the Kingdom of God in a profound way, and one that depends largely on donations from good people who want to be a part of it. Please read the following and consider making a donation…
Training Minds Ministry hosts debate camps to train young people and their parents in the art of persuasion. Specifically, TMM has successfully trained students competing in the National Christian Forensics & Communications Association (NCFCA), the only nationally recognized home-school extracurricular activity. Our key verse is 1 Peter 1:13: "Train the mind for action," a mandate for Christians to strengthen the muscle of the mind. I believe there is no better academic activity than debate to train young people how to think, speak and persuade. If you ever have the chance to see the outcome of our training camps, you would see that we are raising up a generation of the sharpest thinkers in the world. Visit our Debate Camp Website to see what we're up to!
Last year the ministry hosted five debate camps (Oregon, California, Colorado, Texas and North Carolina). A total of 234 students and 100 parents went through five days of rigorous training. Our 2006 camps led 1/4 of our attendees to Nationals and, once they got there, another 1/4 made it to outrounds. We have yet to see the outcome of our 2007 camps, but I expect another successful year. Why so confident? Because I truly believe in the training we are delivering, and I have a burning desire to keep the ministry going.
There are two ways for which you can help. First, you can participate in training your own children for action. Training Minds Ministry's website has some downloads and articles that explain how to compete in the NCFCA. Our camps are being planned right now for the 2008-2009 school year. I know, that seems a long way off, but to pull off these national camps, we need to bring things together now. Our main camp in Estes Park, Colorado, is over Labor Day Weekend. Write it on the calendar and come for some great training!
Second, you can become a partner in making all this happen by giving to our End-of-the-Year Camp Drive. While we have expenses throughout the year, we apply all our donations from now till December 31 directly to next summer's main debate camp. Since our camps are not publicly funded, the per-student cost for our 5-day camp is over $600/student. While this is a competitive price compared to most summer camps, this is too much for many families to afford. Last year we raised enough to bring the overall cost for students down nearly $200. Praise God! This made Debate Camp an affordable option for families.
Your donation is literally sponsoring students' tuition to this most worthy training camp. You will be partnering in bringing up a new generation of rational, biblical, profound speakers and thinkers that will be future policy makers and culture changers. The Jeubs really, really believe in this program, and we want you to join us in this vision.
For the record, I do not take a salary from Training Minds Ministry. All efforts on my family's part goes into making Debate Camp affordable for home schoolers. Likewise, your donation will go directly into the cost of Debate Camp. Consider 100% of your donation going to the provision of coaching and training, truly taking part in 1 Peter 1:13's mandate. Few ministries can make such a claim!
Please visit Training Minds Ministry's Donation Page and take part in "training minds for action." Thank you for your prayerful consideration!
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Calling All "Buds of Thurles"
Killarney based Thurles native Evelyn O'Sullivan has her fundraising hat on again. Evelyn is involved with a charity called Haven who are working in Haiti to try and rebuild lives and homes of its people after the devastating earthquake last year.
Evelyn's latest idea is the "Buds of Thurles" competition which will have a similar format to the Rose of Tralee or the Lily of Killarney competitions. The idea is that a business from Thurles and surrounding areas such as Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris, Holycross and Borrisoleigh will nominate a girl to represent their company and on the night of the competition she will speak about the business.
It is basically a talking advert for the business. The event is due to take place on 30th September are HQ on Slievenamon Road, Thurles. The girls have to be over 16 years of age as it is taking place at a licenced premises. Cost to enter is E60 and Evelyn has a fantastic selection of prizes which have been donated by Tipperary Glass.
Last year Evelyn and a friend of hers raised E9,000 for Haiti through various fundraising events in their hometown of Kilarney. The most memorable fundraising night was a competition to find Killarney's sexiest man. Unfortunately there was a Chlorea outbreak in Haiti in October and Evelyn could not travel to help in the recovery project. She plans to travel this October after further fundraising.
If you are interested and would like your business involved in this very worthy cause please cotnact Evelyn at 0862642892 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also find out more information by finding Evelyn on Facebook, just search for Evelyn Roberts. Posters will also be going up around the town shortly.


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Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887....
This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio", was discovered by Euclid more than 2,000 years ago because of its crucial role in the construction of the pentagram, to which magical properties had been attributed. Since then it has shown a propensity to appear in the most astonishing variety of places, from mollusk shells, sunflower florets, and rose petals to the shape of the galaxy. Psychological studies have investigated whether the Golden Ratio is the most aesthetically pleasing proportion extant, and it has been asserted that the creators of the Pyramids and the Parthenon employed it. It is believed to feature in works of art from Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to Salvador Dali's The Sacrament of the Last Supper, and poets and composers have used it in their works. It has even been found to be connected to the behavior of the stock market!
The Golden Ratio is a captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics. It tells the human story of numerous phi-fixated individuals, including the followers of Pythagoras who believed that this proportion revealed the hand of God; astronomer Johannes Kepler, who saw phi as the greatest treasure of geometry; such Renaissance thinkers as mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa; and such masters of the modern world as Goethe, Cezanne, Bartok, and physicist Roger Penrose. Wherever his quest for the meaning of phi takes him, Mario Livio reveals the world as a place where order, beauty, and eternal mystery will always coexist.
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How sanctuary saves old nags like Lucas left on scrapheap
The cream of the equine world will be at Aintree this weekend - but this is one of the racehorses who didn't make it as a winner.
Lucas was barely alive when he was rescued by Crosskennan Lane Animal Sanctuary, riddled with parasitic worms and covered from head to tail in infected sores.
He was already badly undernourished when he arrived at the knacker's yard and had such a low bodyweight that he had been left to die in a damp corner of the premises, barely able to stand to make the journey to the sanctuary after he was rescued.
Volunteers debated whether it was kinder to have him put to sleep, but Lucas has now been nursed back from the brink of death and was even able to resume his racing career.
Lyn Friel of Crosskennan says animals bred for racing are often considered unsuitable to make the switch into being normal riding horses, meaning the ones that don't make it on to the racecourse are virtually valueless and may end up wandering abandoned and starving on the roads.
She says Lucas is living proof that the right retraining can transform a racehorse into a riding mount suitable for even novice riders.
Research into his microchip revealed Lucas had been flown to the UK from America as a yearling.
"He must have been destined for great things, but by the time he was five he was on the scrapheap. We are not sure what happened in between, but that was his career over," Lyn said. "He was so undernourished that he looked like a little pony when we got him. He was very sick and we took a long time building him up slowly. When we were getting him riding again he was very anxious and we had to build up to it. We went to small shows, letting him walk around and realise there was nothing to be feared."
After rehabilitation, Lucas went on to take sixth place out of 15 in the championship class at the Balmoral Show. Now retired, he still lives at the sanctuary and is so good natured he is used for novice riders to learn how to groom and sit on a horse.
"Now he is one of the gentlest horses you could meet. A three-year-old child could lead him - he's so quiet and gentle," Lyn said.
"Many, many horses fall by the wayside before they even get to run in a good racecourse - there are so many thoroughbreds that a very high percentage won't race.
"If they end up in the wrong hands, they will not go on to achieve what they could have achieved." Lyn is pleading with anyone who is looking for a riding horse to consider one of the rescued racehorses at Crosskennan.
"People consider them not to be a suitable quiet riding horse for a novice rider, but we believe if that horse is properly trained - and the rider trained with them - most of them are suitable for riding," she said.
Crosskennan is also appealing to Grand National fans to consider donating to the charities that are left to pick up the pieces when once highly valued horses are cast aside.
The sanctuary can be contacted at 028 9446 5384.
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Swift Plans 2D Survey of Rimu-Kauri Prospect
Swift Energy plans to conduct a 2D transitional zone seismic survey in the Rimu-Kauri area to help identify deep Tariki sands.
The 70 to 110 km seismic survey of the nearshore zone in PEP 38719 will help identify locations for testing of the upper and lower Tariki plates along a trend with the original Rimu discovery well. The survey will also help identify additional potential Kauri and Manutahi sand targets.
The annual report notes that PEP 38719 now includes the two areas, previously identified as PEP 38756 and PEP 38759, along the Taranaki coast south of the Kapuni gas field.
Additional drilling to the Tariki sands is also under study for this year.
Of the wells Swift Energy has drilled to the deeper Tariki sands, its Rimu-A1 discovery, drilled in 1999, and the Rimu-A3 development, drilled in 2001, continue to produce, with the Rimu-A1 producing at an average rate of 178 barrels of oil and 0.8 MMcf of natural gas per day, the report says.
The shallow Manutahi development wells in the Kauri field produced an average of 300 barrels of oil per day in the six-months from July 2004 to December 2004. This includes the Kauri-F1 well drilled in 2003. Swift plans to drill a further four to six development wells to the Manutahi sands in 2005. These sands have some properties similar to that of the Miocene sands targeted in Swift's productive Lake Washington property in Louisiana.
Swift Energy's 2005 drilling program includes the drilling of three to four more wells to the Kauri sands, which appear to be a substantial gas-condensate producing formation, the report says.
Swift Energy's New Zealand reserves at year-end 2004 totalled 147.1 Bcfe, which was 16% lower than year-end 2003 levels, primarily because drilling during the year was focused almost entirely on development drilling. Thus, no gains were realised from exploratory drilling in 2004. In addition, downward revisions of reserves occurred in the Tariki and Manutahi sands in the Rimu/Kauri area.
Rimu/Kauri area proved reserves at year-end 2004 totaled 108.1 Bcfe, representing 73% of Swift's New Zealand reserves, 48% of which are natural gas reserves.
Approximately 42% of Swift's New Zealand proved reserves are categorized as undeveloped and are in the Rimu/Kauri area.
Swift says it is in a key position to expand its two core areas in the Taranaki Basin. The company is also in the position to develop a new core area outside of Rimu/Kauri and TAWN.
In early 2005 the Tariki-D1 development well, the first well drilled by Swift in the TAWN area, was producing initial flow rates of 1.0 MMcf of natural gas per day and 280 barrels of petroleum liquids per day with further testing scheduled.
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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code E70.0
Classical phenylketonuria
Diagnosis Code E70.0
Short Description: Classical phenylketonuria
Long Description: Classical phenylketonuria
This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code E70.0
Valid for Submission
The code E70.0 is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E90)
Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
- Disorders of aromatic amino-acid metabolism (E70)
- Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
Information for Medical Professionals
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- 270.1 - Phenylketonuria - pku (approximate) Approximate Flag
The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- Classical phenylketonuria
- Hyperphenylalaninemia
Information for Patients
Also called: PKU
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a type of amino acid metabolism disorder. It is inherited. If you have it, your body can't process part of a protein called phenylalanine (Phe). Phe is in almost all foods. If your Phe level gets too high, it can damage your brain and cause severe intellectual disability. All babies born in U.S. hospitals must now have a screening test for PKU. This makes it easier to diagnose and treat the problem early.
The best treatment for PKU is a diet of low-protein foods. There are special formulas for newborns. For older children and adults, the diet includes many fruits and vegetables. It also includes some low-protein breads, pastas and cereals. Nutritional formulas provide the vitamins and minerals you can't get from their food.
Babies who get on this special diet soon after they are born develop normally. Many have no symptoms of PKU. It is important to stay on the diet for the rest of your life.
NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Phenylketonuria (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Serum phenylalanine screening (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Phenylketonuria Phenylketonuria (commonly known as PKU) is an inherited disorder that increases the levels of a substance called phenylalanine in the blood. Phenylalanine is a building block of proteins (an amino acid) that is obtained through the diet. It is found in all proteins and in some artificial sweeteners. If PKU is not treated, phenylalanine can build up to harmful levels in the body, causing intellectual disability and other serious health problems.The signs and symptoms of PKU vary from mild to severe. The most severe form of this disorder is known as classic PKU. Infants with classic PKU appear normal until they are a few months old. Without treatment, these children develop permanent intellectual disability. Seizures, delayed development, behavioral problems, and psychiatric disorders are also common. Untreated individuals may have a musty or mouse-like odor as a side effect of excess phenylalanine in the body. Children with classic PKU tend to have lighter skin and hair than unaffected family members and are also likely to have skin disorders such as eczema.Less severe forms of this condition, sometimes called variant PKU and non-PKU hyperphenylalaninemia, have a smaller risk of brain damage. People with very mild cases may not require treatment with a low-phenylalanine diet.Babies born to mothers who have PKU and uncontrolled phenylalanine levels (women who no longer follow a low-phenylalanine diet) have a significant risk of intellectual disability because they are exposed to very high levels of phenylalanine before birth. These infants may also have a low birth weight and grow more slowly than other children. Other characteristic medical problems include heart defects or other heart problems, an abnormally small head size (microcephaly), and behavioral problems. Women with PKU and uncontrolled phenylalanine levels also have an increased risk of pregnancy loss.
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Kepler-444 hosts five Earth-sized planets in very compact orbits. A team that included Ojai teacher Jon Swift detected the planets from the dimming that occurs when they transit the disc of their parent star, as shown in this artist's conception. (Artist rendering by Tiago Campante/Peter Devine)
Kimberly Rivers, Ojai Valley News correspondent
Some of the oldest-known planets in our galaxy were recently discovered, and an Ojai teacher, Jon Swift, was part of the team that made the discovery. The properties of these planets suggest the potential for life to have begun in the far reaches of space, billions of years before life here on Earth.


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Today is a beautiful day! Hubby brought the car home so I could take Danielle to take her driving test again. Let's just say we will not talk about that. But running around town, it's just so nice out. The leaves on the trees are changing and there is a crispness in the air. It is just wonderful! I think this weekend I need to break out the fall and Halloween decorations ~ and it's time to pick out the pumpkins!!
Are you ready for a card? Well - here goes...
The base card is Pacific Point that I layered with a piece of white cs that I stamped with Ballet Blue and Bashful Blue inks. I used my large label and my small scallop rectangle nesties to cut out the layers. The large label was cut out with some miscellaneous dark blue card stock that I had. I added a little piece of organdy ribbon and the from was complete. Inside I layered a piece of dark blue card stock with a piece of white and stamped the sentiment from an old foam D.O.T.S. set in Real Red ink and I was complete.
I think that I need to start getting in the holiday mode. Last year I was not in the mood too much ~ but seeing those trees with the changing colors I think may of did it for me. Time for scented pinecones and apple cider.
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A record breaker and for 40 years – can anything beat the Lynx?
The Westland Lynx forms the backbone of the British Army and Navy helicopter forces. Entering military service in 1978, it had already set world speed records during testing. Introduced as a utility helicopter in 1971, the Lynx is a twin gas turbine-powered, two-pilot aircraft, with advanced control systems, a four-blade, semi-rigid rotor and, thanks to the fundamental stability and unrivalled agility of the basic airframe, it has performed in almost every role imaginable.
From troop transport, armed escort and anti-tank warfare with the Army Air Corps, to anti-submarine warfare and maritime attack with the Fleet Air Arm, and in many similar roles across the globe, the Lynx is used by the militaries of over a dozen countries worldwide.
This helicopter is used as an airborne command post, a fire support platform, as well as for search and rescue, casualty evacuation, plus many specialist roles including anti-pirate and border patrol. The British Army and Navy also have display teams that use the exceptional agility of the Lynx to amaze the crowds at air shows.
Since its first flight, over four decades ago, the Lynx has been continually upgraded and developed, ensuring it's always at the forefront of technology, as demonstrated by the most current variant, the Super Lynx. Army models kept the traditional landing "skids' until only recently, when they adopted the tricycle-wheeled undercarriage used by the Navy to aid ground handling.
Improvements in navigation, communication and radar systems in Navy derivatives have ensured that British helicopter capability at sea is world leading, while Army versions have similarly demonstrated their ability to evolve with the changing requirements of modern warfare.
The latest variants are excelling on the battlefield, using state-of-the-art weapons and tactics including night-vision-assisted operations. The next generation of Lynx (the Wildcat) is currently undergoing flight testing on land and sea, ensuring many years of continued service.
Record breaker
Fastest chopper in the west… and the rest
In 1972, just one year after its introduction, the Westland Lynx became the world's fastest helicopter when airframe XX153 set a new world speed record over 15-kilometre (9.3-mile) and 25-kilometre (15.5-mile) straight courses by flying at an average 321.7 kilometres (199.9 miles) per hour. In 1978 a heavily modified Russian Mil Mi-24 'Hind' increased this to 368.4 kilometres (228.9 miles) per hour. With Westland under political and commercial pressure, it was decided that an attempt would be made to reclaim the record. Westland re-registered Lynx airframe ZB500 as G-LYNX, and began a programme of extensive modification. More powerful Rolls-Royce Gem 60 gas turbines were fitted, along with a water-methanol injection system, but the biggest performance contribution came from the British Experimental Rotor Programme (BERP). On 8 August 1986, these advanced rotor blades carried G-LYNX pilot Trevor Egginton and his flight engineer Derek Clews to the world record speed of 400.9 kilometres (249.1 miles) per hour, which still stands to this day.
Top military choppers
WESTLAND LYNX AH.9 (UK) – The Lynx is the smallest and lightest aircraft of the three in this roundup, which allows it to operate from small ships. The Lynx can carry more troops and is far more agile than its larger counterparts, but has less power so cannot carry as high a payload or as many weapons.
SIKORSKY SH-60 SEAHAWK (USA)- The Seahawk has a huge range advantage over its competitors – almost twice that of the Hind. The common parts it shares with the other aircraft in the Blackhawk family make maintenance and repair highly cost effective. However, it cannot operate from small ship decks, and is not particularly agile.
MIL MI-24 HIND – The Hind is heavily armoured, heavily armed, extremely fast and very powerful. It is not used by the Navy due to its limited range, and its size means it is not very agile. Despite the variety of fearsome weapons that it can carry on its hardpoints, the Hind has often lacked a reliable anti-armour capability.


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Relief subway line has new preferred alignment along Carlaw Avenue
The two alignments that are being considered for the Leslieville portion of the relief subway line are shown in this handout image. (City of Toronto)
Chris Fox, CP24.com
Published Wednesday, April 12, 2017 10:04AM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, April 12, 2017 3:44PM EDT
The long-discussed downtown relief line has a new preferred alignment, one that would see the tunnel travel along Queen Street and Eastern Avenue before turning north at Carlaw Avenue and connecting with Line 2 on Danforth Avenue.
Staff had initially chosen a route that would have run north along Pape Avenue but decided to amend the preferred alignment to instead travel north along Carlaw Avenue and then diagonally along the GO corridor to Danforth Avenue with stations at Queen Street and Carlaw Avenue and Gerrard Street and Carlaw Avenue.
Staff are suggesting the change due, in part, to the fact that Pape Avenue is classified as a low-density residential street south of Gerrard Street East while Carlaw Avenue is a wider, mixed-use street with a number of mid-rise buildings. There is already about 2,500 people living along the proposed Carlaw Avenue route compared to only 1,100 along Pape Avenue route.
"People on Pape (Avenue) couldn't understand why the subway was being run under a residential street with one and one-and-a-half storey homes compared to a minor arterial street with 10 and 12 storey buildings. It just didn't make any sense," Ward 30 Coun. Paula Fletcher told CP24.com on Wednesday. "From an economic development point of view, from city building point of view and in terms of transit connections, Carlaw just makes more sense."
Fletcher said that some residents along Pape Avenue initially expressed concerns about vibrations from the subway slowly degrading the foundations of century-old homes in the area but she said that improved technology and the depth of the tunnel at 18 to 25 metres below ground means that won't be an issue, "no matter where" the subway is run.
She said the change in the preferred alignment was made after she tabled a motion asking staff to study Carlaw Avenue as a possible alternative to Pape Avenue.
The route was not considered as part of the initial study.
"Close to 3,000 people live there and there will be more," she said of Carlaw Avenue corridor. "Pape has 1,000 people and no big development planned."
Council to debate alignment in May
Fletcher said the hope is that the project will be "shovel ready" by the end of 2016 and will just need funding in order to be pushed forward.
In making the case for the change, staff say that the presence of the subway would "help strengthen" the Carlaw Avenue and Dundas Street area as a "hub for business." Staff also say that the planned station at Queen Street and Carlaw Avenue would "invite a high level of activity that would support the emerging higher density, mixed-use" area at Carlaw and Dundas.
The preferred alignment will go to executive committee on May 16 and city council on May 24.
Speaking with reporters at the potential site of a subway station at Queen Street and Carlaw Avenue earlier on Wednesday, Mayor Tory said he believes the new alignment is "more sensible" both in terms of avoiding a "destructive impact" on the surrounding neighbourhood and the potential for growth.
"I think the impact will be less and more sensible to have it go on Carlaw. That is why we have staff look at these sorts of things," he said.
It should be noted that the Downtown Relief Line remains unfunded, however the Province of Ontario has put $150 million towards the planning and design work for the project.
On Wednesday, Tory called on the province to make a "firm indication" in its upcoming budget that it will help the city cover the estimated $6.8 billion cost of the project.
"We can't put shovels in the ground until we have the money," he said. "You might even ask the question why are we even doing the planning and design work that is being done if we don't know that the other levels of government will help pay for the project."
Due to the location of the tunnel and other reasons, Tory conceded that the line will be one of the costliest projects the city has undertaken with a budget that "dwarfs" that of other public transit projects.
Nonetheless, he said the line is "necessary" to reduce the crowding on the Yonge subway line. The TTC has previously said that the line will be over capacity within 15 years.
"Anyone who has taken the TTC on the Yonge subway lines knows we are already at capacity sometimes over capacity," Tory said.


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The desire of global banks to seize upon offshore renminbi opportunities has had them act like storm chasers of late. International institutions are running from country to country, eager to cement an early presence in the CNH (Hong Kong), CNL (London) and CNT (Taiwan) markets and gain some form of first mover advantage.
The banks now have a new capital market bauble to pursue, with Singapore announcing that it is finally open for renminbi business too.
To recap, on April 2 Singapore launched itself as a renminbi hub through three announcements. First, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) confirmed that it signed an agreement with ICBC Singapore to provide cross-border RMB trade settlements. ICBC Singapore then announced that it has officially kicked off its renminbi platform, hoping to grow its cachet of CNS-denominated assets from the Rmb15.3 billion (US$2.47 billion) at the end of 2012.
Likewise, the PBOC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to promote future financial cooperation.
These developments are positive and have come long in the making. And the Lion City and its shiny new clearing bank will no doubt seek to boost activity through product launches, trade settlement and deposit growth. But Singapore should also consider how else it can appeal to global investors, issuers and market markers in the offshore renminbi.
In other words, it needs to find itself a niche to differentiate itself from the increasingly crowded community of offshore renminbi hubs.
One rival is Taiwan, which should be praised for its advancements. Just as news surfaced that ICBC would become Singapore's renminbi clearing bank, headlines were revealing that Bank of China's (BoC) Taipei branch would clear Taiwan's renminbi.
Since then, Taiwanese regulators and central bank have actively released figures of renminbi deposits in the country – at Rmb26.9 billion by January – and announcing incentives and investment opportunities for individuals and companies.
Further, Taiwan has a different appeal than other global renminbi hubs because it is far more insular. Its CNT business will grow out of trade with China and real-money opportunities. And banks that get in there early stand to gain better relationship with local clientele who may look to do more global investing with their renminbi.
In the past month, headlines have flown that global banks including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and HSBC are all considering issuing dim sum bonds out of Taiwan, which always helps to lend legitimacy to a country's renminbi efforts. The buzz – even if premature, as Barclays and HSBC representatives attest – counts for something.
Elsewhere, HSBC and Standard Chartered were also early movers in London, having issued renminbi debt within two months of the city announcing its own ambitions to be an offshore renminbi hub.
London's appeal, much like Hong Kong, is that it is a global financial centre accessible to the world. As Europe's financial hub it has the added advantage of proximity to the Western world, with European, American and Latin American bankers looking towards the UK for their renminbi needs.
Hong Kong has that hat in Asia, obviously helped by its relationship with Beijing as market regulators look to internaitonalise its currency.
Singapore's advantage
Singapore has been viewed as an in-between sort of renminbi market, possessing several of the advantages enjoyed by London and Hong Kong in terms of a global platform, but not necessarily offering anything better or stronger.
To kick off its own offshore renminbi activity, the city state needs to entice global banks to issue renminbi bonds as a clear statement that its market is seriously ready for business.
One key way that Singapore can do this is to utilise one of its genuine advantages: its wealth management strength.
Given that Singapore is a wealth management and private banking hub in Asia, and increasingly globally, it ought to be able to channel this strength into renminbi business and dim sum issuance. It already offers tax and legal incentives and was an early adopter of renminbi bond funds – having a few headline bond issues will only strengthen Singapore's position to attract deposits.
It's a favourable environment for banks such as Credit Suisse and UBS, and private names such as BSI Bank, BNY Mellon, Julius Baer and RBC Wealth Management to consider dim sum, appeal to local investors and use the cash to further their own renminbi businesses.
Wealth management is also a key area for domestic banks DBS, OCBC and UOB – they would have a distinct need for renminbi for lending, too. Instead of issuing in Hong Kong as OCBC and UOB have done – or China in the case of DBS' panda bond issue – Singapore is a no-brainer.
The obvious part of this scheme is that it doesn't really matter where a renminbi bond is issued – global investors will have access to it through their trading platforms. But the symbolism is huge: when HSBC conducted its London dim sum bond issue, the People's Bank of China bolted the headline onto its own website. It's a strong show of support.
Given the nature of these banks, a dim sum bond issue may suit their needs well: these bonds are small in size at an average of Rmb500 million-Rmb1 billion, and debut tenors are often just three years. It's not a bad trade off, and can give banks an edge over its competitors – something Credit Suisse and UBS can use given recent events, for example. Low supply of dim sum debt in 2013 may make pricing even more appealing if they act soon.
Singapore should encourage these players to enter the market by emphasising the important of wealth management. It's already doing a strong job making a global name for itself in this space, but buttering up banks with meetings and on road shows won't hurt, especially as it now has all the tools necessary to become a proper renminbi hub.


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New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1995. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. 362pp. Translated from the Spanish by Sonia Soto. Bound in 1/4 light brown cloth over brown paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. (Inventory #: 0654)


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E-commerce in China is a huge phenomenon, here is why.
China's 'Internet Penetration Rate'
Popularity of shopping online
The growth of the 'Smartphone' and 'mobile commerce'
The process of integration arguably encourages online e-commerce. Consumers lives are increasingly centred around their Smart Phone. It is a uniquely personalized digital space and incorporating shopping into this forum is no surprise.
Consumers are also not limited by the selection of high street stores, rather they have access to everything online.


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"Come, let us make love deathless, thou and I."
Herbert Trench
James couldn't have imagined a worse date in his most terrifying nightmares.
First, he had to be hexed by Rosier with a Violet Hair Jinx, and had ended up looking like a complete clown next to Lily, who looked even lovelier than usual. Then, he had to spill soup all over his robes and had kept missing his mouth with his fork, simply because he was so wound-up staring at Lily all the time. As if that wasn't enough, he had to puke on her shoes too, because he had felt so nauseous, wondering whether Lily would ever allow him a second date.
And now, to cap it all, it had started raining and they were stranded in an empty street because James had forgotten the way to the Hidden Hideout of Helga the Hideous.
"It was here the last time Sirius and I came by," said James, raking his hand furiously through his wild violet hair furiously. He was currently feeling like the biggest loser on Planet Earth, and wanted more than anything to jump off the Astronomy Tower as soon as they returned to Hogwarts.
"There must be some kind of Vanishing Charm on the cottage to make it unplottable," said Lily, frowning in contemplation. "Why else would it be called HIDDEN hide-out? Helga the Hideous was the Chieftain of the Green Goblins, was she not? A headquarters for the Great Goblin Revolution had to be concealed well, so that strangers didn't keep stumbling across it. Don't you think?"
But now, James was almost frantic with worry. His stupidity had reached an all-time high, and at this rate, Lily would never go out with him again. He wanted to curl beneath a table and die.
Trying to keep his face as impassive as ever, he said, "Lets go back; it's drizzling now. I don't want you to catch a cold…. You in that thin dress…. We came up by that route, the one next to the Giant Oak tree…" said James, pocketing his ugly clumsy hands.
His pace was furious, and it took him some time to realize that Lily was drifting yards behind him, humming softly as she approached closer.
Her red hair appeared longer today, fanned out across her shoulders like layers of rich red silk, the kind that Empresses wore. She was so pale and delicate-looking, that it seemed like a sacrilege to let the stone of the hard, dusty road hurt her tender feet. His heart ached as he studied the raindrops clutching the sooty veil of her long, luxuriant eyelashes. And suddenly, he felt ashamed of his uncouth coarseness, standing in the presence of such perfect beauty.
"James?" she said softly, and he jerked out of his reverie, a thrill echoing through his spine. It would not do to go all mushy in front of her, not now, when he was such a gruesome mess.
"Did you know that two rain drops are never alike?" she said, raising her divine eyes heavenward.
He shook his head in response; his eyes riveting to a tiny drop falling into his palm.
Like a bolt of lightning, the beauty of Nature all around him struck him. The fresh green saplings fighting to rise up against the cage of their soil, the solitary pigeon perched upon the high wall as if awaiting its mate, the aroma of the rain-soaked Earth…. He saw the raindrops splashing upon the windowsills of the abandoned shops, playing a fearless tango to drip into the green moss below…. It was indeed astounding that no two raindrops were ever alike. Not in diameter, not in shape, and certainly not in destination.
He felt something warm brush his arm, and for a moment, he was deluded that Lily had touched it, but then he realized it was only her stole.
"Why did you agree to come with me to Hogsmeade, Lily?" he blurted out querulously, before he could stop himself. "Because if it's out of pity, I'm not sure I want this."
Lily's face held the hint of a smile, as she took his large, callous hand into her dainty, tiny one, and he tried his best not to tremble at her touch.
"It was something that my Mother used to tell me," she said gently, raising his hand to her utterly soft cheek. "She'd always known that I was afraid to take risks, always wanting to stick to the safety of the certain, fearing the unknown. I was always a nervous, insecure person in my childhood, and my insecurities grew into a morbid reluctance to take risks as I grew…. And then you came along into my life. You, who said that you loved me, and I was terrified, James, I was so scared. It was too much, too soon. I thought it was because of the potion you drank, and not because you actually loved me."
"You're so bloody slow, Lily," he said, raising up her chin with his long index finger.
She smiled again. "Then my Mother's words came crawling back to me. Those who are afraid of the night can never live to see the day. And it opened my eyes. I knew, I just knew that I was making a mistake, forsaking the purest of blessings I could ever have. "
"And you don't think I'm arrogant or cruel anymore?" he asked her, relief and joy flooding his veins with the speed of light.
This time, she laughed. "Don't be absurd," she said. "We both know how much you've changed over the past one year…. If I called you mean or arrogant now, it would be the greatest lie ever told."
He didn't know whether it was the soft melody of Lily's voice, or whether it was the fact that she was no longer glaring at him, but actually looking at him with admiration and fondness…. He didn't know whether it was the touch of her lips beneath his fingertips, or the intoxicating, heartbreaking fragrance of her hair… But he felt as if he was weightless enough to float on a cloud, he felt as if he couldn't possibly contain the ecstasy somersaulting through his soul….
And he felt the divine rain coming down to his face, those glorious silver drops mixing with his blood, and washing away the grime and the dust….
There, it's finally over. To all those who have stood by this disease of a story, thank you ever SO much. May the Lily/James love saga go on and on, forever!
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Have you ever painted your entire house? Have you ever painted your entire house all at once? You are probably thinking that doesn't sound like a fun way to spend Thanksgiving weekend and you would be correct. Oh how correct you are.
But. When you have the electricians coming next week (allegedly), the appliances being delivered and the following week the carpets are going in, well painting has to be done. In order for the final fix of electrical to go in the ceilings and wall need to be primed and, ideally, the ceilings painted. That's a lot of painting. We (and when I say we I clearly mean mainly Stephen with a bit of Emmalina assistance and company keeping) went through 8 gallons of paint since yesterday. Probably more by now as Stephen is still painting. Oh and that doesn't include the paint that Stephen used when working late all week.
To top it off the weather was stunning. Amazing. The best weather ever, and we were stuck inside painting, as were the children as they can't be trusted near the still to be covered up septic bed without supervision and they seem drawn to it likes moths to a…well you can imagine.
It could have sucked. It didn't.
For lots of reasons really. We were all together, we were all together for 3 days, we could see the good weather and enjoy it on brief trips outside and through the windows, we were painting the house we are going to live in for a really long time. And we are moving in 3 weeks, let's not forget that part.
Then Stephen had the genius idea of building an outdoor stove out of breeze blocks. I'm telling you I don't know how all of his brains fit in his head sometimes. On a Value Village trip I bought plates and cutlery as well as a grill that fit our bbq perfectly. I just love the zen of thrifting. So on Saturday we had a mini bbq and yesterday I cooked tortellini over the flames (avidly watched by a certain 6 year old pyromaniac).
Last night, under the light of a gibbous moon, we cranked up the fire again and ate takeaway pizza and baked beans warmed over the flames. In the darkness the debri of the building site disappeared, leaving instead our family circled around the glowing logs. The boys were in heaven, sitting out there in the darkness with a real fire blazing away; Stephen and I shared a few moments of (relative) peace, our exhausted brains freshened up by the warm autumn winds and our hearts lifted by the knowledge that we are only weeks away from burning as many logs as we want whenever we want, outside or inside.
It's amazing to me how something so simple can make all the difference in the world. I hope I never forget our special little gathering.
Happy Thanksgiving to all xxx
Steph permalinkOctober 11, 2011 1:12 am
LOVE IT! And I thought we were the only ones having a campfire last night 🙂
October 11, 2011 2:01 am
Wasn't it the perfect night for a camp out? The moon, the stars, the warm breezes…total bliss : )
Dad permalinkOctober 11, 2011 10:09 am
8 gallons of paint!! You are aware that it goes on the walls and not to decorate the surrounding countryside and various animals? I will redress this profligate use of paint by using a cup full per room using various children as a brush!! Sounds like a euphoric time for you, remember this in the depth of winter, great times.
October 11, 2011 12:48 pm
So you are saying we shouldn't have used it to redecorate 3 acres of silver birch?…..oooops.
Looking forward to seeing how a pro does it and I'm sure the boys will enjoy your original brush technique! What I'm looking forward to most is being by the fire with a cake in the oven watching YOU paint. Good times indeed : )
October 11, 2011 4:10 pm
Happy Full Moon. I always enjoy my visit with you.
Namaste, Nicole
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Happy full moon to you too!


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If you are anything like us, you wrestle with important life questions daily.
Like this one.
Picture the scenario if you will: You are granted the ability with no effort or work on your part to instantly be at your ideal weight. Whatever that number is, twitch your nose and blink your eyes Bewitched style and you are it. No more Spanx. Or deciding whether or not it is socially acceptable to go to Parent's Night at school in yoga pants, as they are the only thing that fits.Or…Would this scenario be more enticing for you? What if you could have, with no questions asked and no taxes applied, one million dollars. Immediately. Got some credit card debt? Not anymore. Have been wanting to take a vacation but can't figure out where your money tree is? Book that luxury cruise, because you are traveling in style this year baby!
Surprisingly, The Dose Girls were split on this question. I know, right? It seemed to so obvious to both of us.
Ashley: Do you even feel like this is a good question? I mean, obviously everyone is going to choose the same answer. Will they even have to think about it at all?
Lisa: Good point. It could still be fun to ask, though. I mean, unless someone is already at their ideal weight, then I guess they'd have to pick the money.
Ashley: Wait…WHAT? You think everyone is choosing the weight one? NO WAY. Who is not picking the million dollars?
Lisa: I wouldn't. One MEELION dollars isn't what it used to be, Dr. Evil. But think about it..instantly at your ideal weight. No dieting. No exercising. No effort. Just you and your perfect, healthy weight. I'd choose that. I'm not getting any younger. My metabolism is crawling to a halt over here!
Ashley: Well, when you put it like that. I could probably even wear a shirt tucked in again. I don't think I have done that since the 9th grade. It would be really nice to only have my biggest closet challenge be that I have no fashionable clothes, not that I have no clothes that actually fit. Of course, I could just cry on my million dollar money pile instead.
Lisa: Money pile crying does sound awfully comforting now that you mention it.
We agreed right then and there that this question must be presented, because if we were split on it, then probably everyone else would be split, too.
So, tell us in the comments…would you rather instantly be at your ideal weight or have one million dollars? And did you have to think about it? Was it a hard choice in your mind or a total no brainer for you?


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Student Voices - Supporting Our Leaders (SOL) Youth Program, Hispanic Center of Western Michigan
Supporting Our Leaders (SOL) Youth Program is a program within the education department of the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan founded in 1978. SOL is the only Latino youth program in Kent County designed to promote the educational success of the entire family through innovative and culturally responsive engagement activities. The community surrounding the Center is severely underserved, 76% are Latino and 63% have less than a high school diploma. SOL serves at-risk youth to become academically prepared for college and beyond. Of students served, 85% identify as Latino.
SOL has served more than 800 students since 2008, growing from 88 students in 2008 to 493 in 2013. Of students served, 93% completed the program. The graduation rate of participating students is 89%, compared to 42% of Hispanic students in Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) and 64% in Michigan overall. Over 50% of graduating participants enrolled in post-secondary education, compared to 42% of GRPS students and 79% of SOL students that entered college returned the next year.
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