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October 29, 2012, My Road to Martinsville, Stephen Radford, NASCAR.com
I've been a fan of racing for as long as I can remember but have never been able to make it to a NASCAR race until this past weekend in Martinsville. Thanks to Pepsi MAX, I had a once-in-a-lifetime race experience, which included hanging out with the No. 24 pit crew and speaking with my favorite driver, Jeff Gordon. After this past weekend, watching races on TV just won't cut it. I brought along my wife, Jessie, for the trip to Virginia -- our farthest trek up north -- for the race weekend. Jessie watches a lot of the races with me and is also a huge fan of Jeff, so she was very excited to come along. When we landed, we were extremely excited to get going and head to the track to kick off our race weekend. When we first stepped onto the track on Friday for the qualifying laps, you could feel the excitement in the air. It was a great first taste of what we had in store for the rest of the weekend. Saturday's practice session didn't disappoint either, but nothing could prepare us for Sunday's festivities. We kicked off the day at the Fan Zone, where we got to meet and speak with Jeff Gordon. Let me start off by saying that Jeff is exactly the way I pictured he would be: what you see, is what you get. Jeff was extremely friendly and warm to me and my wife. It was as if we'd known him our whole lives. I was able to ask him a few questions and see how he was feeling before the race. Jeff told us about how he enjoys the style of racing at Martinsville and how it was one of his favorite tracks. Jeff also explained to us the changes the sport has had since he started. We wished him luck and headed off to the garage tour. The garage tour was incredible. I truly had no idea about all the mechanics that go into the cars. The amount of tires and their different uses alone is mind boggling. Our next stop was to the pit box, where we witnessed all of the behind-the-scenes that goes into a pit stop for Jeff. Once the green flag dropped, Jeff's car was running up front all day. It was awesome to see the Pepsi MAX car in the lead and Jeff running well. The race came down to the final laps, and Jeff got shuffled up and couldn't make it back to the front, finishing seventh after it was all over. All in all, it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Being a part of the race and the No. 24 team is a special moment I'll take with me forever.

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Following the success of Lean In and Why Women Should Rule the World, the authors of the bestselling Womenomics provide an informative and practical guide to understanding the importance of confidence—and learning how to achieve it—for women of all ages and at all stages of their career.
Working women today are better educated and more well qualified than ever before. Yet men still predominate in the corporate world. In The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Katty Kay argue that the key reason is confidence.
Combining cutting-edge research in genetics, gender, behavior, and cognition—with examples from their own lives and those of other successful women in politics, media, and business—Kay and Shipman go beyond admonishing women to "lean in."Instead, they offer the inspiration and practical advice women need to close the gap and achieve the careers they want and deserve.
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- Imprint: Harper Business
- On Sale: 04/15/2014
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Located in Arab Street District, Hotel 81 - Heritage is within a mile (2 km) of popular sights such as Raffles City and Singapore Flyer. This 64-room hotel welcomes guests with conveniences like free in-room WiFi, concierge services, and a 24-hour front desk. Located centrally in Singapore, it's also close to Chinatown Heritage Center and Esplanade Theatres.
Hotel 81 - Heritage's 64 rooms are air-conditioned and provide coffee makers, free bottled water, and phones. 14-inch TVs come with cable channels, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries.
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Guests of Hotel 81 - Heritage have access to free WiFi in public areas. The front desk has multilingual staff standing by 24 hours a day to assist with concierge services and luggage storage.
- Close to Raffles City and Singapore Flyer
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Concierge services
- 24-hour front desk
Hotel 81 - Heritage
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel 81 - Heritage features multilingual staff, concierge services, and an elevator (lift). Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
Hotel 81 - Heritage is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 64
- Number of floors - 3
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Multilingual staff
- Luggage storage
- Year Built 2008
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
Hotel 81 - Heritage offers 64 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Televisions come with cable channels.
Bathrooms include showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Singapore hotel provides complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Air conditioning
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I wrapped up the newsletter (it's an eight-page tabloid that is a lot like origami, fitting stories and ads to the available space) late this morning, sent it to the printer, and had a little party to thank the people who helped me put it together.
No rest for the wicked, they say... Now I have a busy weekend planned. This weekend is the statewide Democratic Party yearly meeting, complete with a reception with our new Democratic governor tomorrow night. And then of course it's the Super Bowl (I have money on the 49ers, the West Coast team) on Sunday, so there goes the whole weekend.
I'll be back next week.As always, thanks for reading.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
I'm Back -- Just in Time to Be Gone Again
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Thanks for keeping active in politics - I will soon become a voice in SW Indiana.
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Spacious studio in the heart of the Jewish district (311)
Size55 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
Address | Kupa, 30-001 Krakow, Poland |
Property type | Apartment |
Property ID | 8R8SFU0W |
Acceptance rate | 92% |
Response time | A few hours |
Calendar updated | Today |
These spacious studios all include free Wi-Fi, TV LCD SAT, radio/CD player and fully equipped kitchenettes with Nespresso coffee machines. Rooms are easily accessible by elevator or the staircase.
The apartments, some of which have balconies, are characterized by the stark contrast between the white walls and floors, and the sleek, dark furnishings. The area surrounding Apartment has an abundance of restaurants, shops and cafes to offer. All the attractions in the Old Town, such as Wawel Castle are within easy walking distance and the 16th century Old Synagogue is just down the road.
Electric cooker, Refrigerator, Dishwasher, Electric kettle, Espresso coffee maker, Microvawe oven, Iron, Crockery and Cutlery, Coffee, Tee
Shower, WC, Washbasin, Hair dryer, Soap, Towels
Double bed: 1
Sofa, TV, TV(Sat), Internet, WiFi-Internet
House rules
To confirm reservation we require 15-20% prepayment / reservation deposit form total value of reservation.In case of reservation dates change or utilizing prepayment for new reservation we charge fee 40 PLN.
Prices |
Price for > 2 guests | $ 18 AU per guest/night extra |
Details |
Check-in after | 2 PM |
Check-in before | On arrangement |
Check-out before | Noon |
Cancellation Policy |
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Unfortunately, the apartment was not as clean as we would have liked, especially the kitchen cabinets showed heavy contamination. The equipment was not as angegeben.Kaffeemaschine and hair were not available.The phone contact, either on German moch on Polish side were accessible. The beds were badly worn, the saggy mattress, the bedding consisted of one material, as used in hospitals. I advise against booking this apartment, for it is just too expensive.
Leider war die Wohnung nicht so sauber, wie wir es uns gewünscht hätten, insbesondere die Küchenschränke zeigten starke Verschmutzungen. Die Ausstattung war nicht so wie angegeben.Kaffeemaschine und Föhn waren nicht vorhanden.Der Telefonkontakt,weder auf Deutscher moch auf Polnischer Seite, waren erreichbar.
Die Betten waren arg abgenutzt, die Matratzen durchgelegen, die Decken und Kissen bestanden aus Einmalmaterial, wie es in Krankenhäusern verwendet wird.
Ich rate von der Buchung dieser Wohnung ab, dafür ist sie einfach zu teuer.
The apartment was exactly as described: modern, sleek, clean and very centrally located - the keys perfectly - unfortunately our neighbors were very loud at 4 clock in the morning (and the apartment very noisy) - we were very satisfied!
Die Wohnung war genau wie beschrieben: modern, schick, sauber und sehr zentral gelegen - die Schlüsselübergabe perfekt - leider waren unsere Nachbarn um 4 Uhr morgens sehr laut (und die Wohnung sehr hellhörig) - wir waren sehr zufrieden!
short distance to the old town, pleasant rooms with historic flair, kl. balcony with views over the suburb roofs, daily market activity just around the corner, so far everything is great, but difficult lighting conditions (extremely dark energy-saving lamps, only 1nachttischlampe for 4 beds), 1 double bed single beds from 2, which ultimately remain standing with distance and a very broad ritz have. 1 bed something is broken ...
kurze entfernung zur altstadt, angenehme räume mit historischem flair, kl. balkon mit blick über die Vorstadtdächer, tägliches Markttreiben gleich um die Ecke, soweit alles prima, allerdings schwierige beleuchtungsverhältnisse ( extrem dunkle energiesparlampen, nur 1nachttischlampe für 4 betten), 1 doppelbett besteht aus 2 einzelbetten, die letztlich mit abstand stehen bleiben und einen sehr breiten ritz aufweisen. 1 bett ist etwas defekt...
Great location and easy to toaccess and quiet area. Clean and tidy place. The only negative was that the quilts were to thin for the weather. Otherwise highly reccomendable. Claus from Denmark
Very nice location in Krakow.
We did not get the impression this apartment as we had ordered, and that there had been a system failure at one or another level. We were incorrectly registered in another apartment, despite the fact that I had received confirmation that everything was in order by e-mail. This second apartment was of a different caliber, a very bad exchange. We complained and were offered another apartment 15 minutes outside the city, which was of no interest to us.
Vi fikk ikke inntrykk av denne leiligheten som vi hadde bestilt, i og med at det hadde skjedd en systemsvikt på et eller et annet nivå. Vi var feilregistrert på en annen leilighet, på tross av at jeg hadde fått bekreftelse på at alt var i orden per e-post. Denne andre leiligheten var av et helt annet kaliber, et svært dårlig bytte. Vi klagde og fikk tilbud om en annen leilighet 15 min utenfor sentrum, som var uaktuell for oss.
Perfect location, good size and spotless service. Highly recommended.
Excellent value
Lovely large apartment, right in the center. Directly from the door, the bustling (even at night!) Square.
Heerlijk groot appartement, midden in de binnenstad. Direct uit de deur, het bruisende (ook 's nachts!) plein op.
The house was as the promotional picture and very comfortable. The owner is very gentle and helpful too.
We have passed a good time in that house.
Nice apartment, brand new, 5 minutes walking to the Old Town, comfortable, very clean, spacious and quite, Host super friendly and helpful. I would recommend this apartment to everyone going to Krakow.
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Doctors and Chinese officials said a third victim of the San Francisco plane crash died in the hospital Friday morning. Two 16-year-old girls, Ye Meng Yuan and her classmate Wang Linjia, also died in the tragic accident. Both fell out of the plane as it crashed and one was run over by a fire truck racing to the scene. Here's what you need to know…
Two Asiana Flight Attendants Thrown From Plane During Crash
The attendants were injured, but miraculously survived.
Click here to read more1. The Crash Happened Last Weekend
The Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash landed at San Francisco International Airport last Saturday when it came in too low and too slow for landing. The pilot at the controls was only halfway through his training and it was his first time landing a Boeing 777 plane. It was also the co-pilot's first time as a flight instructor.
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Two people are dead and scores more injured after an Asiana flight coming in from Seoul, a Boeing 777 carrying 300-plus people, "broke apart" before landing as onlookers watched in horror and captured the chaos on Twitter.
Click here to read more2. The Third Victim is Another Girl
A third victim died at San Francisco General Hospital Friday morning, reports the San Francisco Examiner. According to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, the victim was also a girl and a Chinese national.
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Update: Asiana plane crash in San Francisco claims third victim, an unidentified girl http://t.co/on5vu8uhAy
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Further information was not immediately released about the girl out of respect for her family, said hospital spokeswoman Rachael Kagan.
4. More than 180 People Were Injured
More than 180 other people were injured in the tragic crash. Much of the injured were taken to San Francisco General Hospital and to Stanford Hospital & Clinics. Kagan said a Total of 67 people were taken to her hospital
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As of Friday, Kagan reported that San Francisco General Hospital was still treating six patients, which included five adults and one child. Two of the adults remain in critical condition with injuries that include spinal cord and abdominal trauma, road rash and bone fractures. The other patients range from serious condition, to fair to good.
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Puerto Rico is considered to be a great family vacation destination as well as the perfect vacation spot for couples and other travelers who are looking to have an adventurous or even a peaceful vacation at a place that provides the tourists with Puerto Rico all inclusive hotels and breath taking sites. However Puerto Rico is more than just a cluster of beautiful sights and sceneries, the presence of luxurious Puerto Rico all inclusive hotels make your stay worth every minute by providing you top class services that will enable you to have a good night's sleep at the end of an adventurous wholesome day!
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Warah Track 5 Pearl Beach NSW
Taken at a lookout near the track. Pearl Beach ant Mt. Ettalong in the distance
Yarra 1 Melbourne Vic
It's very pleasant on the south bank of the Yarra river in Melbourne in spring. The striped brick building over the river is Flinders Street station.
Stephens Peak 1 Shoal Bay NSW
Taken on a hill just outside Shoal Bay, Port Stephens, just north of Newcastle, NSW.
Fire Trail 1 Shoal Bay NSW
Taken near Shoal Bay, Port Stephens, north of Newcastle, NSW. The red tree is a Sydney Red Gum, or Angophora.


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Last night I had a craving for ice cream so planned to drive over to the store when I realized my keys were in the car my husband drove to work. Ugh. I tucked my 11-month old in his stroller and hiked down to the gas station instead. At that point any old ice cream would do...and the cookies and cream I found was just perfect.
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Friday, August 18, 2006
In unrelated news, I need to eat less kimchi noodle soup. I had something else to say, but I forget what it was...
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- Marysienka said...
we dont do dissections either, but we can take an optional anatomy/dissection class during summer (i think it's 6 week long, may-june). We're lucky to have bodies, because other universities dont have any (or only a couple). We've got the same problem, bodies are getting quite rare, but more and more people want to dissect. I'm not into that much, but I agree it's a good way to know your anatomy. I suck in anatomy. Netter doesn't do it for me I guess.
- Sat Aug 19, 11:21:00 AM MDT
- Tall Medstudent said...
We had two donors available to the students last year. A couple more were used for prosections, apparently, since older prosections had been returned to their families for burial. Ethical treatment of donors is considered paramount here...
It makes me wonder where big schools like U of T, or all those American medical and dental schools get their bodies. I would have to guess India or China, where the trade in bodies is questionable, to say the least. I think that universities don't like discussing the matter, if they aren't using local donors only... - Sun Aug 20, 09:45:00 AM MDT
- Marysienka said...
I think, for the dissection class, they have something like 8 bodies. 40 students, 5ppl/body. Those bodies are then used for the anatomy labs we have with each class. And of course we have a bunch of heads/legs/lungs/etc. Kinda gross when you open a table where there are heads only. ugh! I've heard we trade corpses with California (the reason why we have so many black people? ;))...
However, every year there's the same debate over the dissection lab, as whether or not they will close it... we're working hard on keeping it "alive" (!), studying anatomy on computers isn't as good. nothing beats reality. - Sun Aug 20, 10:44:00 AM MDT
Very effective piece of writing, thanks for your post.
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Eight memorable O.C. film shoots
If a recent movie, commercial or TV show was filmed on Orange County property, there's a good chance Janice Arrington had something to do with it. As the county's film commissioner, Arrington's job for 14 years has been to attract filmmakers to shoot here. Here are Arrington's recollections of some recent Orange County movie shoots:
• "Pearl Harbor," 2000, Tustin. Part of the film was shot inside and on the tarmac at the north blimp hangar in Tustin. "Jimmy Doolittle, played by Alec Baldwin, was training his flyers, played by Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett, to make steep take-offs in B-25 bombers. Four World War II bombers were in the scenes and took off from the blimp tarmac, buzzing over Tustin, Santa Ana and Irvine."
• "The Perfect Storm," 2000, Dana Point. "Our ocean waters off the harbor were the calm, sunny-weather fishing scenes, where George Clooney's crew filled up the 'Andrea Gail' boat with swordfish."
• "Evolution," 2001, Cal State Fullerton campus. "Director Ivan Reitman's comedy (used) the gymnasium, the main quad, some classrooms and the theater building. More than 300 CSUF film and theater arts students were used as paid extras – most of them participating as fans at a basketball game."
• "Iron Man," 2007, Irvine. "I loved the scene where Robert Downey Jr. declares to the surge of reporters that he is, indeed, Iron Man. The scene was shot in Nikken's large glassed-in main lobby." Nikken is a health and wellness company in Irvine.
• "Frost/Nixon," 2007, San Clemente. "Director Ron Howard was able to film 'Frost/Nixon' in former President Nixon's Western White House, which is now a private home. The production also had scenes at the Nixon library in Yorba Linda."
• "Star Trek," 2009, Tustin. "The entire Starfleet was built in the north blimp hangar in 2008. It was overwhelming to see endless rows of space vehicles lined up and stretching to the ends of the 300,000-square-foot hangar."
• "J. Edgar," 2011, Santa Ana. "Director Clint Eastwood used the old county courthouse for one week to film the Lindbergh baby trial scenes."
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Sunday, June 17, 2007
15 Storeys High is a British television show set in a South London tower block, created by Sean Lock, Martin Trenaman, Mark Lamarr (as Mark Jones), and Mark Nunneley, and whose run of 12 episodes over 2 series ended in 2003. It has been described to us at various times thusly: "better than The Office"; "what would have been if Krzysztof Kieslowski had conceived Dekalog as a British sitcom"; "the beginnings of a brilliant but ultimately failed Ballardian musical dark comedy"; "architorture by boredom, exquisitely executed"; "a desultory dissertation on post-occupancy, the psychology of space, and Polish energy drinks"; "a damning statement on the impotency of architects in designing anything well except chairs"; "a landscape architect's erotic nightmare"; and as "shit". Of course, one of those microreviews is pure gibberish. Another one is made up. Three have actually been cobbled up together from minimally-remembered, drunken conversations, and two more were said by colleagues after seeing only one episode. Exactly one is an accurate description. It's worth checking out, legally or extralegally, in other words. And in case you're wondering, some clips of the show have been uploaded to YouTube. |


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In our first three blogs on pet eye health, we took a look at some of the most common conditions that affect the eye health of dogs and cats, such as conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers and cataracts. In this blog, we look at one of the few eye conditions that is a true veterinary emergency--glaucoma.
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Glaucoma is characterized by high pressure inside of the eye. The high pressure occurs when, for various reasons, the drainage of the fluid inside the eye is prevented. In some cases (and these are the emergency cases), the pressure is so high that it jeopardizes the health of the eye. Glaucoma can result in permanent loss of vision through the progressive death of cells in the retina and optic nerve.
As is with cataracts, the cause of glaucoma can be primary or secondary.
Symptoms Symptoms of sudden onset (or acute) glaucoma are often easy to see. Because acute glaucoma is extremely painful, you may see signs of pain in your pet. Pawing at the eye, declining food and depression are common. You may notice that one of your pet's eyes looks large, and it may have a blueish tint due to swelling of the cornea. The whites of the eye may be bloodshot and the affected eye may have a dilated pupil.
Acute glaucoma is an emergency and should be treated as soon as possible. The sooner the high pressure inside the eye can be relieved, the lesser the chance for vision loss in the eye.
Your veterinarian may be able to diagnose glaucoma if he or she has the right equipment. The pressure inside the eye can be measured easily and painlessly by using a special tool to tap on the cornea. If the pressure is consistently high over a number of readings, chances are good that glaucoma is the cause.
The goal of treatment for glaucoma is the quick reduction of pressure inside the eye, in the hopes that vision can be protected. Topical eye drops as well as oral medication are used to bring pressure down to a normal range and keep it there. Severe cases, however, may require surgery or even removal of the effected eye. If the glaucoma is not controllable, removal of the eye (a surgical procedure that Petplan pet insurance has paid claims for) is the best way to alleviate pain. Although it sounds severe, pets feel so much better after this salvage procedure.
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Fridala´s Cortina "Cookie" 8 months old
We are looking forward to some promising new bloodlines during 2017, welcome "Gangster"! More info will come..
Fridala´s Borgward Isabella BOS, Cac, Cacib,
Danish Champion & Köpenhamnsvinnare-16
3xBIS at Öland SBHK 20160904
Judge Birgitte Schjöth, Denmark!
Courmayeur´s Xavier BIS-1 Veteran
Fridala´s Borgward Isabella BIS-4
Fridala´s Cortina BIS-2 Puppy 4 months old.
Some of our lovely familymembers..
Our "new" female Fridala´s Cortina "Cookie" 7 weeks old
Puppies are born 28/4!
2 weeks old
Bernegården´s Wadonna
Se uch & Dk uch Fridala´s Bugatti Royale
What a lovely ending to a wonderful showyear!
Fridala´s Belsize Motors Finished of her swedish and danish championtitle at the Nordic Winner Show in Stockholm and her brother Bugatti Royale did the same thing and became swedish and danish champion on the last show of the year in Moheda
Fridala´s Bugatti Royale has had an incredible start to his showcareer starting of with CAC & CACIB and BOS Against his sister Belsize Motors in Roskilde Denmark, on to win three Swedish CAC in a row and finishing of with BOB from Youthclass both days in Norje Boke.
Bernegården´s Back Talk 11 months old
Fridala Kennel had a great weekend in Tvååker, Fridala´s Belsize Motor became BOB with Cac & Cacib on Friday and her brother Bugatti Royale became 2:nd best male with Cac on Saturday!
Blixten started his showcareer with BIS-2 puppy at Landskrona Inoff!
It´s exhausting being a showdog..
The dogs are enjoying some playtime in the lovely spring weather
We have a new little fellow in our home,
welcome "Blixten" Swede Sun´s Henrik!
Thank you Paula for this little gentleman
Fridala´s Bizzarini "Bibbi" enjoying the first snow in the NL.
Thank you Barbara for keeping me updated on this lovely girl!
Photo M Hallhage
We had a fabulous ending of a great showyear in Moheda:
Fridala´s Belsize Motors BOS, CAC from juniorclass
and our new little youngster Bernegården´s Back Talk became BIS-1 puppy!
We wish all of our friends a howling good christmas and a happy new year!
We have a new female "Beckie"
Fridala´s Bugatti Royale 1 year old
Bernegården´s Wazandor "Walle" 1 year old
Walle & Hjalmar doing some agriculture..:)
Fridala´s Bizzarini became BIS at the
St Bernard club show in the NL 11 months old!
Congratulations to Barbara and her family for doing such a fantastic job with her!
What a wonderful start for Fridala´s Belsize Motors in puppyclass BIS-3 puppy at Hässleholm Int and BIS-4 puppy at Ronneby Int!
Owned and loved by Anna Dalling
Photo Sofie Wallman
Fridala´s A perfect match "Cooper" enjoying life
together with his 9,5 year old companion "Stina"
Bernegården´s Wazandor "Walle" 6 months old
Courmayeur´s You Will See Me Again took her second BOB this year at Malmö Int 20140323!
Thank you Lasse and Sussie for our sweet and beautiful girl!
Fridala´s Bugatti Royale became BOB puppy and Group-1 at his first dog show 20140315!
Fridala´s Bugatti Royal & Bernegården´s Wazandor
taking an afternoon nap, 4 months old
Fridala´s Bizzarini "Bibi" 4 months old,
owned and loved by the Falasco family in the Netherlands!
Courmayeur´s You Will See Me Again, BOB at My Dog Gothenburg 20140104!
It´s nice to have a friend when you get tired.. Thank you Jennie for this wondeful picture of Leo & "Sune" (Fridala´s Bentley Continental)
Belsize, Bugatti & Bentley 5 1/2 weeks old!
What a great month in the showrings!
Courmayeur´s You Will See Me Again BOB at:
Öland Nat & Sofiero Int
& BOS and Danish Champion, Copenhagen Winner-13 in Ballerup!!
Hjalmar together with one out of 13(!) bloodhoundpuppies at Tessidez kennel
Bernegården´s Ballroom Dance "GUZZI"
Reyer Friends Gladys 8 months old
Glady´s became BOB at her first dogshow "Malmö valp"!
Norton 5 years old
Nimbus looks a little bit suspicious...
Sometimes it´s nice to have a friend to lean on ...
Fridala´s a perfect match 2 years old!
Thank you Monne for the lovely picture
Welcome to Sweden, Reyer Friends Glady´s,
Thank you Wout & Helma for this amazing girl!
Nimbus & Glady´s
Courmayeur´s Xavier became BIS-1
at the breed specialty show!!
Lovely spring..
Welcome our new familymember Hjalmar!
Fridala´s a little bit more HD/ED free!
Congratulations to Anna & Kristoffer!
Fridala´s A perfect match "Cooper"
Our "old boy" Norton takes a afternoon nap..
Courmayeur´s You Will See Me Again BIS-2 in Växjö 6/11!
We wish you all a wonderful autumn!
Fridala Family Portrait...
Aston in the djungle..
Guzzi 2 years old
Fridala´s A perfect match "Cooper" 1 year old,
this big boy is owned and loved by Monica Wetterbrandt,
thank you for the nice picture!
Summertime at Fridala Farm!
Sweet Aston 1 year old!
Mischievous Shaun
Guzzi "the kennel clown"
Wonderful morning - 2o degrees and sunshine!
Nimbus the wise snowman enjoys the beautiful day!
Fridala´s As Good As It Gets "Aston" Became
BIS-3 puppy on his first dogshow!
My lovely Aston on autumn walk, 4 months old
Shaun & Aston, almost friends...
The world´s most wonderful cat, Shaun!
Father and son..
Lovely Aston
Alpina, Guzzi & Norton
My beloved Norton..
Shaun & Shirley helps out with the bookkeeping...
Aston & Alvis 6 weeks old,
Aston & Allegro
Alvis & Alpina
Engla and Alvis
Austin & Allegro!
Playtime in the snow!
"Bernegården Buddies" Norton & Guzzi
Engla & Norton are sharing a deer antler!
Engla is helping out in the workshop...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Conditional Scholarships and Scholarship Retention for 2011-12
As a result of the ABA's revisions to Standard 509, Consumer Information, there is now a much greater universe of publicly available information about law school scholarship programs, specifically conditional scholarship programs and scholarship retention. Based on a review of law school websites conducted between March 19 and May 29, 2013, I have compiled a complete list of schools with conditional scholarship programs, with only one-year scholarships, with good standing (or guaranteed) scholarships and with only need-based scholarships.
The availability of this data now gives each admitted scholarship recipient some meaningful basis for assessing the likelihood that any given scholarship will be renewed. (That said, within a given cohort of conditional scholarship recipients at a given school, those at the top end of the entering class profile likely retain their scholarships at a higher percentage than reflected in the law school's overall data while those further down the class profile likely retain their scholarships at a lower percentage than reflected in the law school's overall data.)
What do we know about the conditional scholarship programs in place for students entering law school in 2011-12? There were 140 schools with conditional scholarship programs. The average retention rate across all law schools was 69%. In total, 12,735 students who entered law school in the fall of 2011 and continued into their second year of law school at the same school entered with conditional scholarships and 4,387 students lost those scholarships, a retention rate across individual students of 66%. Across the 194 law schools on which I compiled data, the Fall 2011 entering first-year class totaled 46,233, so roughly 27.5% of the students in the Fall 2011 entering first-year class were on conditional scholarships and roughly 9.5% of the students in the Fall 2011 entering first-year class failed to retain their conditional scholarship as they moved into the second year of law school.
The distribution of scholarship retention rates by deciles across all 140 schools reporting conditional scholarship programs is set forth in Table 1. Table 1 shows the largest number of law schools grouped around the overall average retention rate, with 30 law schools in the 60-69% range and 24 law schools in the 70-79% range; nearly 40 percent of law schools with conditional scholarships fall in these two ranges. Interestingly, the decile range of 90% or better is the second largest decile range, with 26 law schools (nearly half of which are ranked 50 or better in the USNEWS ranking). Notably, 23 law schools had scholarship retention rates of less than 50%.
Table 1: Number of Law Schools Reporting Retention Rates by Decile Range
Retention Rate |
Number |
Brief Description |
Less than 40% |
8 |
Four of the eight were law schools ranked alphabetically |
40-49% |
15 |
Eight of the 15 were law schools ranked between 50 and 99 |
50-59% |
20 |
16 of the 20 were law schools ranked 100 or lower, while only two were in the top 50 |
60-69% |
30 |
23 of the 30 were law schools ranked 100 or lower, while only one was in the top 50 |
70-79% |
24 |
13 of the 24 were law schools ranked in the top 100, but only three of those were in the top 50 |
80-90% |
17 |
12 of the 17 were law schools ranked between 50 and 145 |
90% or better |
26 |
12 of the 26 were law schools ranked in the top 50 |
As shown in Table 2, law schools ranked in the top-50 in the U.S.News 2012 Rankings had the smallest percentage of law schools with conditional scholarship programs, with only 20 law schools – 40% -- having conditional scholarship programs, directly impacting only 1,674 students who had conditional scholarships (12.8% of the 13,109 first-year students at these law schools) and only 192 who failed to retain their scholarships (11.5% of the 1674 conditional scholarship recipients and only 1.5% of the 13,109 first year students). By contrast, across the balance of law schools, over 80% of the law schools had conditional scholarships with 11,061 of the 33,124 first-year students (33.4%) having conditional scholarships and 4,195 (37.9% of those on scholarship and 12.7% of first-years at the balance of law schools) losing their scholarships after their first-year of law school.
Table 2: Number and Percentage of First-Year Students in 2011 Having Conditional Scholarships and Losing Conditional Scholarships by US News Rankings Categories
Top 50 Law Schools |
Law Schools Ranked 51-100 |
Law Schools Ranked 101-146 |
Law Schools Ranked Alphabetically |
Total Number of Law Schools |
50 |
50 |
46 |
48 |
Number (%) of Law Schools with Conditional Scholarship Programs |
20 (40%) |
40 (80%) |
36 (78.3%) |
43 (89.6%) |
Total First-Years at These Law Schools |
13,109 |
11,592 |
9,293 |
12,239 |
Number (%) of First-Years with Conditional Scholarships |
1,674 (12.8% of all first-year students in top-50 schools) |
4,176 (36% of all first-year students in schools 51-100) |
2,754 (29.6% of all first-year students in schools 101-145) |
4,131 (33.6% of all first-year students at alphabetically-ranked schools) |
Number (%) of Conditional Scholarship Recipients NOT Retaining Scholarships |
192 (11.5% of conditional scholarship recipients and 1.5% of first-years) |
1,454 (34.8% of conditional scholarship recipients and 12.5% of first-years) |
1,044 (37.9% of conditional scholarship recipients and 11.2% of first-years) |
1,697 (41% of conditional scholarship recipients and 13.7% of first-years) |
A number of law schools switched to non-conditional scholarship programs for 2012-13 or will be switching to non-conditional scholarship programs for the 2013-14 academic year. As a result, for the 2013-14 academic year, there will be 131 law schools with conditional scholarship programs, five law schools with non-renewable one-year scholarships, four that only offer need-based scholarships, and 54 law schools with good standing (or guaranteed) scholarships. Of the 194 schools on which I was gathering information, therefore, as of the 2013-14 academic year, 70% will have conditional or one-year scholarship programs (136/194), while nearly 28% will have good standing (or guaranteed) scholarships (54/194), with 2% (4/194) having only need based scholarship assistance. (Note that some law schools with conditional scholarship programs also offer some scholarships on a non-conditional basis and/or offer some need-based assistance.)
Those who might be interested in a more detailed analysis of conditional scholarship programs, may want to look at the draft article I have posted on SSRN – Better Understanding the Scope of Conditional Scholarship Programs in American Law Schools.
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Susan "Sue" C. Brewer
The Dalles, Ore.
April 12, 1948 - March 20, 2013
Susan C. "Sue" Brewer, 64, a resident of The Dalles, Ore., died at a Portland hospital Wednesday, March 20, 2013.
She was born April 12, 1948, the youngest of three girls to Jack and Zaida (Tash) McClard. She was raised and educated in The Dalles, graduating from The Dalles High School in 1966. She then attended Portland State University.
On April 21, 1968, she and Jerry Brewer were married in The Dalles.
She was actively involved with the Commission on Children and Families, the YouthThink Coalition, Youth Respite Care and the Methodist Church Youth Group. She enjoyed spending time with family, gardening, the outdoors, reading, cooking and baking with grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband Jerry Brewer, The Dalles, Ore.; and daughters Jennifer Allinger and her husband Chris, North Bonneville, Wash.; and Annette Moeller and her husband Mark, Wallowa, Ore.; her sister Pat Oliver and her husband John, Vancouver, Wash.; brother-in-law Joe Hill, Wasilla, Alaska; sister-in-law Debi Spencer, The Dalles; sister-in-law Sharon Day and husband Jim, The Dalles, Ore.; granddaughters Ella and Sophie Moeller, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents Jack and Zaida McClard; sister Nancy Hill; brother-in-law Bill Spencer, and great-nephew Jason Hannah.
Funeral service will be Monday, March 25, at 1 p.m. at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home with Pastor Gerald Ward officiating. Interment will follow at the I.O.O.F. 18th Street Cemetery.
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thutchens 3 years, 12 months ago
I just wanted to pass on condolences to Sue's family. She was a good person who contributed to the children of the community. I haven't seen Sue or Jerry for over 10 years, but remember talking with them at The Oregon Juveile Department Directors Conference in Newport many years ago.
Sue will be missed.
Terry Hutchens


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Yes folks, Ocean Master has once again been pushed back to the abyss and forced to wait another year before trying to take over his brother's kingdom again, but our efforts have been rewarded with an awesome sale. Go to the in-game marketplace and you'll find a lot of the most popular items there on sale for 50% off! So make sure you stock up on your replay badges, purchase a DLC or two, and maybe get that Legends character you've had your eye for a while. These sales on PS3 at least are rare events so be sure you take advantage of it.
That's not all though! As the title says, we're also getting game update 28 today and with it comes the usual tweaks, fixes, patches, and improvements. What exactly? Well, for starters the rings dropping in Tier 5 content are now going to have sockets along with affinities for placing appropriate R&D mods in them. You will now have the opportunity to be able to fight as your favorite Legend character alongside a friend in the 2v2 Legends Lair Battles Map. Targeting improvements have been made to make combat more fluid and to take into account range of targets so you won't start attacking something in the distance while something is punching you in the face right next to you. Combat vulnerability tuning and improvements have been made where you'll now have and see icons above the heads of players and enemies when they are doing certain weapon attacks. A Vote to Excuse/Vote to Disband function has been added to allow players to remove themselves or their group from instances in order to avoid having the deserter penalty you get for just walking out or leaving an instance. The Speed Force Ruptures you started seeing in Metropolis and Gotham when the Lightning Strikes DLC was released have all been moved inside Central City where they can now be completed.
Most notably, movement tree ability improvements have been made giving certain powers in each movement to apply certain PVP role specific counters along with streamlining the movement trees requiring less skill points to get particular innate powers. For a more thorough discussion about these changes and more, check out the video below and as always I look forward to hearing what you all think. Enjoy!


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A fascination with nature and trees has pervaded most of my 30-year career in art. I attended ceramics courses at college; later studied Chinese brush painting, from which I learned the subtleties of brushwork and the Chinese philosophy that influences my work.
My "tree" sculptures began as small covered jars with tiny, one-inch high trees. Over time, the trees grew larger and larger, finally becoming the main focus of the piece. I am now expanding on this nature theme with bird and wave motifs. I have chosen the heron for its elegant look and serene personality.
I have just introduced a functional pottery line to showcase my brush painting. I am using hand-thrown pieces, bowls, covered jars, tea bowls, and mugs decorated with my brush paintings, using the traditional bamboo, plum blossom, chrysanthemum, and grass orchid of the four season's.
I currently exhibit my work at galleries throughout the United States, and at fine art shows like the Sausalito Art Festival and the Scottsdale Celebration of Fine Arts. I have been featured on a television segment for HGTV, on the Carol Duvall show.
My work has just been published in 500 Pitchers, Lark Books, and has been published in numerous magazines, such as Clay Times, Southwest Arts Magazine, The Los Angeles Times , The Crafts Report, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Artists Magazine. Currently I am an exhibiting member of the Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California.


text: Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U: Spring Semester 2013Alan Henry1/09/13 8:00amFiled to: Lifehacker Uonline classesEducationSpring semesteruniversitiescollegesVideoVideo classesFreeonline educationweb servicesStudiesMathScienceFinanceArtLawLiteratureHumanitiesHistorySyllabuscurriculumFeatureTopBack To SchoolLearning20132810EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Your education doesn't have to stop once you leave school—freedom from the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it. We've put together a curriculum of some of the best free online classes available on the web this spring for our fourth term of Lifehacker U, our regularly-updating guide to improving your life with free, online college-level classes. Let's get started. Orientation: What Is Lifehacker U?There's still a chill in the air, but it's not too soon to pick out your classes for when the weather starts to warm again and the trees start to grow leaves again. Bundle up if you go out, but if you stay in with your computer, there are an incredible amount of free, university-level courses that become available on the web every school year, and anyone with a little time and a passion for self-growth can audit, read, and "enroll" in these courses for their own personal benefit. Schools like Yale University, MIT, Stanford, the University of California at Berkeley, and many more are all offering free online classes that you can audit and participate in from the comfort of your office chair, couch, or computing chair-of-choice.If you'll remember from our Fall 2012 semester, some of these classes are available year-round, but many of them are only available during the a specific term or semester, and because we're all about helping you improve your life at Lifehacker, we put together a list of courses available this fall that will inspire you, challenge you, open the door to something new, and give you the tools to improve your life. Grab your pen and paper and make sure your battery is charged—class is in session!


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Now we have rebalanced all the model portfolios. We would like to review these strategies and see if they really work. Our goal is to promote the investing strategy that made Warren Buffett the richest person in the world. We believe that high quality growing companies at reasonable prices are the best places to invest. We rank companies by their business predictability and our value strategies only invest in companies that rank high with business predictability.
Besides the basic requirement of business predictability, we also filter for companies that are financially strong and traded at reasonable valuations by measurements such as intrinsic values and common used ratios. The four value strategies we have focused on use different valuation ratios.
1. Buffett-Munger screener: Invests in predictable companies that have low debt, consistent profit margin and are traded at low P/E to growth ratios.
2. Undervalued Predictable Companies: Invests in predictable companies that are undervalued based on DCF model.
3. Historical low P/S: Companies that have high predictability rank, but traded at historical-low P/S ratios.
4. Historical low P/B: Companies that have high predictability rank, but traded at historical-low P/B ratios.
These are the historical performances of the strategies relative to the S&P 500. All numbers do not include dividends.
Year | S&P 500 | Buffett-Munger Screener top 25 | Top 25 Undervalued Predictable Companies | Top 25 Historical Low P/S Ratio Companies | Top 25 Historical Low P/B Ratio Companies |
2009 | 24.7% | 28.6% | 55.7% | ||
2010 | 11.6% | 19.5% | 20.2% | 16.4% | 19% |
2011 | -0% | 6% | -3.3% | -1.9% | -2% |
2012 | 13.4% | 11.8% | 5% | 17.4% | 16.4% |
Since Inception | 85.9% | 94.6% | 37.1% | 37.1% | |
Outperforming the S&P | 24% | 32.7% | 7.3% | 7.3% |
Among all four value strategies, "Undervalued Predictable Companies" had the best overall performance. However, most of the outperformance came from 2009 and 2010, when the market was relatively cheap and it was easier to find undervalued stocks.
The Buffett-Munger strategy, where we invest in companies that have a strong balance sheet and the "moat" that protects them from margin erosion, shows the most consistent performance. It has outperformed the market in 2009 through 2011, and underperformed slightly in 2012. On average it outperformed the S&P 500 by 5% per year.
The strategies of investing in companies with high predictability ranks at historical low P/S and P/B ratios had similar performances over the past three years. These strategies lagged the market slightly in 2011, but outperformed in 2010 and 2012. On average, they outperform the market by about 2% per year.
We would like point out that even with the strategies that will work well over long term, it is impossible to find a strategy that will outperform the market ALL the time. While the strategy of investing in high quality companies at reasonable prices works, market can be carried by irrational emotions for years.
As mentioned before, we have just rebalanced all the portfolios. It is the time to rebalance your portfolio and invest in high quality companies at reasonable prices with these strategies.
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☞ SEE: Bikers for Diapers on West 122nd Street
There was a whole lot of bike gang activity this past weekend on West 122nd Street, but it's not what you think! Photographer/journalist Paula Froke (www.focusandrefocus.com) sent us over these great images of a motorcycle club's annual diaper delivery to the Hale House, which is in the middle of the block. The crew arrived with a truck full of diapers and everyone helped unload the goods to the local nonprofit organization. Well done guys! Check out more photos on Ms. Froke's Flickr site: LINK
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- AnonymousJune 28, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Hale house is still around? I thought they got the knock out punch, and rightly so when the daugther (after the founder Clara died), Dr. Lorraine Hale was caught stealing nearly all the money. Hale house since Clara died has been nothing but a fraud. The place was rotten from the inside out. If you're new to Harlem, you can get the drift of the fraud this place is here. How corrupt is this place? Al Sharpton rallied to their defense, at first. Then when the extend of the greed and corruption was documented, even Al Sharpton had to back away from Hale, total fraud, crooks, and a scam. Do I think a leopard can change it's spots? No.
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My granddaughter Cady and her friend Amanda (on the left) delivered Girl Scout cookies -- twenty-four boxes in two plastic bags, since a couple of my friends ordered cookies through me. Since the bags advertised a business, I handed each of the girls a box of thin mints so I could take this picture. Have you tried the new Savannah Smiles? I really like the tartness of the lemon taste.
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