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STRATFORD -- With resounding applause from his congregation, Monsignor Martin Ryan apologized Sunday for the recent Connecticut Post story detailing sexual assault and harassment allegations against him.
"I'm very upset with the article, and I'm sorry that you had to read it," Ryan began each Mass from the altar at Our Lady of Grace Church.
While Ryan neither admitted nor denied the allegations, he said he continues to seek counseling and "spiritual direction" and has the support of the bishop. Ryan was appointed pastor of the 60-year-old church on Second Hill Lane on Jan. 18.
"There is no question I will continue as pastor of the parish," Ryan added to applause.
Parishioners who were questioned as they left the church overwhelmingly said they support Ryan as their pastor.
"He is human, and we all make mistakes," said Brian Parzyck, 18, who was attending church with his family in solidarity with Ryan.
"It was all in the past," said his father, Ron Parzyck. "We waited two years for a pastor, and we finally got one and we are all behind him."
Other parishioners, who declined to give their names, said Ryan has brought people back to the church since he was first appointed as administrator two years ago. Both the 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Masses were well attended Sunday.
"I am very pleased with his ministry," Marie Radcliff said.
Ryan, who had been pastor of St. Edward the Confessor Church in New Fairfield since 1992, was removed from that church in June 2011 by diocese officials after acknowledging he sent "inappropriate" emails to a female parish employee.
In 2003, the diocese agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming that Ryan had molested a teenage girl in the early 1970s at St. Theresa's Church in Trumbull. Ryan denied the allegations and then-Bishop William Lori refused to relieve Ryan of his duties because he did not believe Ryan was a threat to children.
On Thursday, Bishop Frank Caggiano met with church leaders and apologized for not discussing the past allegations against Ryan with them before appointing Ryan pastor.
In his remarks at Mass, Ryan only briefly mentioned the allegations against him, referring to one as "something relating back to the 1970s," and the other as, "I was accused by one of my employees of harassing her with emails."
Ryan said following the later allegations, he had a number of discussions with Lori before he was removed as pastor of the New Fairfield church. Ryan said at the time he was dealing with the deaths of both his mother and sister.
In an interview in June 2011 with the Connecticut Post, the 49-year-old woman, whose name is being withheld, claimed she first told diocese officials in March 2011 that Ryan was acting inappropriately toward her.
The woman, who had resigned from her job with the church, said Ryan touched her inappropriately on a number of occasions in the church office and also sent her inappropriate emails. She said she twice asked him to keep their relationship at an appropriate business level.
"I had just gone through a divorce, and I guess I was an easy target for him," she said.
In the lawsuit that was settled, the woman said she was in the St. Theresa's rectory when Ryan requested a meeting with her. "He said he had to show me something in his office,'' she stated in court papers.
According to court documents, when she entered his office, the woman claimed Ryan grabbed her and began French-kissing her. She also said he fondled her breasts through her clothes.
When she tried to pull away, the woman said Ryan responded: "Isn't this something you always wanted?"
"I said, `No,' and I was fighting to get away and he said, `This is all your fault, so you better not tell anyone.' "
The woman said she broke free and ran away, finally stopping to sit beneath some trees where she began sobbing uncontrollably. She said she told a girlfriend, who then told her the same thing had happened to her.
The woman said diocese lawyer Michael Dolan later told her he had located her friend, who, along with her sister, claimed Ryan abused them.
She said diocesan officials told her Ryan was having "issues with celibacy," court documents state.
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As MTV was the publisher of the novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower, it's fitting that the trailer for the book's movie adaption will premiere this Sunday during the pre-show of the 2012 MTV Movie Awards. Still, those of us who have long been compelled by the bittersweet coming-of-age story of Charlie and his high school friends don't have to wait to get a taste of what author/writer-director Stephen Chbosky has in store thanks to this tantalizing teaser:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower stars Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief's Logan Lerman as Charlie, a freshman who is struggling with the suicide of his closest friend while trying to make sense of the teen world of cliques, crushes and sexual confusion. Though shy, Charlie soon finds his way into a close-knit crew of new friends, played by Harry Potter star Emma Watson, Arrested Development's Mae Whitman, and We Need to Talk About Kevin's Ezra Miller.
As the novel is unfolded through a series of letters that Charlie writes to an anonymous pen pal, it's hard to imagine how even Chbosky will be able to translate his introverted hero to the screen, which is part of the reason we recommend reading the touching source material. All the same, it's hard not to get excited for this fast-approaching feature with such a stellar young cast. The fact that the always-wonderful Melanie Lynskey and the effervescent Paul Rudd are also on board only heightens this adaptation's appeal.
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The Vatican Insider section of La Stampa reports that there are now more women priests than men priests in the Church of England. This report in Italy's largest circulation newspaper has been picked up by Catholic newspapers and blogs round the world. It has morphed into reports like that in CathNews New Zealand which states: "A first: Anglican women priests outnumber men in UK." The trouble is -- the underlying claim is false.
However this surface error aside, the La Stampa article offers a very fine summary of the theological and historical issues at play -- and reports that in the view of one Italian church historian, there were women priests and bishops in the early Catholic Church.
The La Stampa story entitled "Women outnumber men in the Anglican Church for the first time" begins:
There is a female majority for the first time in the Church of England, with more women priests joining than men. This certainly bodes well for a final "yes" vote in next July's Synod that would allow women into the Episcopate. "Official figures show that 290 women were ordained in 2010, the most recent year for which figures are available," says British newspaper The Telegraph. "By contrast, just 273 men entered the priesthood."
Yes, I would say that there is a female majority among those in the pews in the Church of England -- but I expect that this has been the case for several hundred years.
And yes, La Stampa accurately quotes news from the Telegraph that in 2009, 290 women were ordained as against 273 men. But the ordination of 17 more women than men in 2009 does not mean that a majority of priests are now women. The headline of the Telegraph article from 4 February 2012 could be misconstrued by someone for whom English is not their first language: "More new women priests than men for first time."
But in the body of the article there is the statement that should remove any ambiguity:
Overall there were still more than twice as many ordained men (8,087) as women (3,535) in 2010.
In 2009 I ran a story in The Church of England Newspaper that reported that as of 2007 the number of women clergy who were incumbents -- e.g., who actually were in charge of a congregation -- was 15 per cent of the total number of clergy. And, in 2007 the Associated Press ran a story that reported in 2006 the Church of England added 213 women and 210 men to the priesthood. So, the claim of more women than men in total is untrue, as is the claim that 2010 was the first year that the number of female ordinands exceeded the number of male ordinands.
Putting to one side this confusion of language, the article does offer a look at this issue from a Catholic perspective. The official church position, as summarized by Giorgio Otranto, Professor of Ancient Christian History in the University of Bari is:
Thus the Magisterium returned to the traditional theories that lie behind their opposition to the ordination of women: Christ did not choose any women to join the group of 12 apostles and the entire Church tradition has remained faithful to this fact, interpreting it as the Saviour's explicit wish for men only to receive the priestly powers of governance, teaching and sanctifying. Only man, through his natural resemblance to Christ, can embody, sacramentally, the role of Christ himself in the Eucharist.
However, Prof. Otranto noted that the historical record shows that women had been ordained in the Catholic Church.
In a letter sent in 494 to bishops of certain regions of Southern Italy ... Pope Gelasius I (492-496) stated he was highly displeased to hear that the contempt towards religion was such that women were being allowed to "sacris altaribus ministrare" and that they were carrying out tasks reserved for males, which did not fall under their competence."
In Southern Italy, women had received the Sacrament of the Order of bishops, a decision which Gelasius I had firmly condemned. ... "Even outside heretical contexts, ancient Christianity seems to have sometimes elevated women to the rank of priest solely and exclusively due to certain prerogatives within the Holy Order, Otranto pointed out.
I find this fascinating. What I also find fascinating is how an unclear lede about the sexes of new Church of England priests morphed into reports about the entire Church of England priesthood. And then was used as a symbol of Church of England's incipient collapse by some caustic commentators.
What is the moral of the story? Read past the headline? What say you?


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1) How do I sign up?
Through the web page at http://www.cricketweb.net/cwxi/sign.htm. Fill out the form and someone ought to reply with further instructions. A heads up in the Signup Announcements/Introductions thread (or elsewhere in the CW XI subforum) is required in order to be activated for Dev League play.
2) When signing up, do you base your statistics on club scores or can they be completely fictitious?
Normally on club, if you can, but you can make them completely fictitious.
3) Who decides on what is realistic and what isn't?
The simmer, usually Liam (Mr Mxyzptlk) or Samuel_Vimes, will decide that. There is currently limits on sign-ups, but don't worry too much about them.
4) How do you get into a side?
Clubs sign new players in a set draft order. You are also assigned a grade side to play grade cricket, the lower league cricket, whenever your team has a bye or you're not selected in the Dev League side.
5) Who are the CWBCC?
The CWBCC are the Cricket Web Board of Cricket Control, and it is co-headed by Liam (Mr Mxyzptlk) and Håkon (Samuel_Vimes).
6) How do you get into the starting XI for your Dev League team?
Your Dev League team's captain and the CWBCC are the selectors for the CW Dev League teams. Stay active around the forum and you'll likely increase your chances of selection.
7) What's the difference between the CW Dev League and the CW XI?
The CW Development League is effectively CW's domestic competition, while the CW XI is our international team.
8) How do you get into the Cricket Web XI?
You get picked by the CW XI selection panel - at the moment Liam, Samuel Vimes, CW XI captain, PA Rep.
9) How do you develop your skills?
As the Development League and international games go on, you have the opportunity to improve (or worsen) your statistics. These will then be used to sim more games, and so on. After ever season you also gain experience points, added to you simulation data.
10) What is off-season club cricket about?
Between Dev League seasons you will get the opportunity to play club cricket in a variety of countries. Some of these are first-class competitions, and others played at a lesser level. The aim here is to stay involved and active during the offseason, and if you perform well enough, you could improve your simulation data.
11) Are there any specific things one needs to do throughout the games/etc?
Not necessarily. Reactions to the team's and your performance is nice, to show that you're taking an active interest, and players who do not post at all in the forum will be retired.
12) What happens if you are unavailable?
No problem really - just post and tell, if you're worried that it might affect you.
13) What simming program is used?
We have used Internet Test Cricket for first-class cricket since Season 7 of the Dev League (currently in Season 10). Howzat One Day International is used for one-day cricket, but Beach Cricket 2006 may be used in the near future (if Neil Pickup gets his act together). Presently Virtual Cricket 4 is used for Twenty20.
14) Do you have to re-signup every season?
You don't have to sign up again, but if any new stats are introduced (eg, fielding rating was introduced after Season 6), a thread will likely be made and you'll need to post in it. Also, there is an activity check thread before every season; players posting in this thread will be guaranteed of a team in the first quarter of the next season.
This is taken from questions raised by myself and others in the (Season 7) pre-season signup thread in Cricket Chat. I think it should be kept around for anyone who joins this place as, contrary to belief, reading over the existing threads (as many as I did read back when I started posting, which was quite a few) doesn't always answer everyone's questions. This will also help avoid having to repeat yourselves over and over again.


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In the endless quest to lighten planes and consume less fuel, even seals are getting the low-weight treatment. Simrit, the aerospace division of Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies, announced the creation of a low-density silicone that was recently used successfully by a nacelle system's supplier.
Simrit didn't say who the nacelle system supplier was, but the silicone itself is interesting enough to attract its own bit of attention. The material has the same physical properties of traditional silicones; but, with a lower density, it weighs less. That translates into weight savings of 15-20% over other materials, the company says.
"In the ever competitive commercial aerospace market, airlines are being required to do more for less," said Vinay Nilkanth, Simrit's vice president of global aerospace sales. "Our low-density silicone material provides the critical weight saving benefits customers seek, without compromising other physical properties."
By maintaining those physical properties, the material remains flexible through temperatures ranging from -85F to +401F and resists deterioration caused by weathering and petroleum-based lubricating oils. The silicone meets AMS 3302 and AMS 3303 specifications and can be used in airframe and interior sealing in addition to nacelle systems and non-aerospace applications, the company says. Sounds promising.
With aircraft like Boeing's 787 Dreamliner turning increasingly to lighter-weight composites and seal manufacturers exploring materials, alternative technologies are keeping airplanes up by keeping weight down. What part, then, comes next?
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Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to look on when dozens of ponies make their annual swim from Assateague Island to Chincoteague.
The 88th edition of the spectacle celebrated by Marguerite Henry's 1947 novel "Misty of Chincoteague'' will be staged Wednesday on the Eastern Shore.
The so-called Saltwater Cowboys have rounded up approximately 150 ponies that live on Assateague for the swim. After the swim, the ponies are rested before they're paraded down Main Street.
Each year the wild ponies are auctioned to raise money for the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, which cares for the Virginia herd.
Ponies that are not sold and those that are donated back to the fire department will roam free for another year on the national wildlife refuge on Assateague.


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Actress and Portland native Anna Kendrick has provided funding for 31 classroom projects at schools throughout Maine this year through an online education charity.
Maya Kriet, a spokeswoman for DonorsChoose.org, told The Portland Press Herald that the "Pitch Perfect" star and an anonymous donor will cover a total of 74 requests for classroom project funding this year in the state.
Teachers use the website to seek out donations for various resources and projects from books and science equipment to field trips.
Funding from Kendrick will primarily be disbursed to schools in southern and central Maine. Kriet declined to say what the total amount of the actress' donation was.
The "flash funding" will be used to pay for requests made through DonorsChoose.org that haven't been covered for this school year.


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NYC Artist Shares Insights; Show Now Openby Howard W. Hewitt • November 11, 2005 Share:
Wabash hosts a handful of art exhibits each year, and often those artists will spend a day or two in the department with faculty and students. For the past week, New York artist Elizabeth Huey has been in residence lecturing, meeting with students, and working on a sculpture which will be the center piece of an exhibit which opened Monday.
"It's been great having Elizabeth Huey here to meet with students," Assistant Professor of Art Elizabeth Lee said. "She has talked with a number of art majors one-on-one about their work. A couple of them then came to me asking for articles she suggested they might read."
The experience is a new one for the artist. Though she has given a few lectures, this is her first time spending an entire week on a college campus as a visiting artist.
"I definitely offered advice," Huey said of her time with students. "I enjoy contributing my perception of someone's work. I enjoy asking questions and learning what artists are thinking about."
Having an artist in the classroom, especially a young cutting-edge artist, gives the students a unique perspective.
"It is refreshing for artists, even as undergraduates, to get a new perspective," Lee said. "Huey has an especially rich repertoire of images to draw from in her discussion with students. She has also been talking to students about the realities of life in the art world today."
Huey said living in New York and being active in the city's galleries provides her insight to offer others. "I'm so close to what many believe to be the center of the art world, Chelsea," she said. "I have that advantage of frequenting art openings and galleries. It's hard to get coffee and walk my dog without running into an artist I may know from reading the newspaper or from having previous familiarity with.
"If I'm able to see the beginnings of a (student) artist's work then perhaps draw a relationship between them and an artist who may be more established or developed, students can Google their names and see images, see what galleries they show with, their statements, and potentially meet with them some day. I think that's a big part of developing as an artist, forming these relationships with other artists."
Huey earned a BA in Psychology from George Washington University then studied art at Marchutz School for Art in Aix-en-Provence, France, and earned her Masters of Fine Arts from Yale in 2002.
"As a recent MFA graduate, she has a good sense of the art scene in New York and has been able to give students valuable advice on graduate school choices, career moves and such," Lee said.
Another piece of advice Huey believes is important is using the internet.
"If you look back in our history, art develops within groups," Huey said. "We have the advantage now of being in groups where one person is in California, one is in Kansas and another is in Brooklyn, "These groups don't always have to be isolated to daily meetings in bars, and they can expand beyond that. I see myself as a person who could hopefully help to build - maybe even spark interest between artists."
Huey works in large paintings. Her paintings are so large that they proved too heavy, and expensive to ship, that she will only have smaller pieces in the Wabash exhibit. But she is creating her first-ever sculpture as the show's centerpiece. It will also include some large-scale collages and smaller drawings.
Ken Johnson of the New York Times describes Huey's work as "abrasively raw painting (that) envisions the mystical." Time Out New York wrote about her work: "Mixed-media painting whose romantic imagery suggests a spread in Vogue as imagined by Kai Althoff. Giant insects cavort with glamorous babes; dapper hunters mingle with floating angels in landscapes full of towers, swamps and gestural patterns."
Her next major show will be in Sept. 2006 partly inspired by a summer visit to Crawfordsville. She visited in August to get a feel for the area before her November residency. She was fascinated by the Old Jail Museum.
"I went online and started searching for images from Indiana and started looking at Crawfordsville," she said. "I happened to find this Old Jail online and started reading about it. I went for visit and had a tour. They cranked the jail for us. And then I happened to come across the medical history museum (in Indianapolis). "These two places intrigued me before my visit. I have since started looking at many hospitals, institutions, and prisons in Indiana and other parts of the Midwest."
The artist will be on hand for the opening from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 in the Eric Dean Gallery of the Fine Arts Center at Wabash College. The event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. The hours for the Eric Dean Gallery are Monday through Friday from 8-5 p.m. and Saturday from 10-2 p.m. Admission is free.
Hewitt is Wabash College Director of New Media/Web Editor.
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Top right: Huey visits during the art exhibit opening Monday night.
At lower right: Huey worked on collages that became a part of the exhibit. In lower photo she is removing pictures from some old science books which will become part of the collage.
Center left: A Huey painting called 'Open Season for the Pleomorphic Hunter.'
On homepage: Students, faculty visit the "Old Jail" exhibit created by Huey during her stay at Wabash.


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This past Saturday, as you may have heard, the original Ford Futura showcar that was modified into the first Batmobile sold for a Bruce Wayne-wealth-worthy $4.2 million dollars.
The event was broadcast, of course, so we can all vicariously enjoy the fruits of insane wealth, and the video feed of Barris and his team was especially interesting. In fact, we sent the video down to Jalopnik's Center For Noticing Things In Internet Videos (co-operated with CalTech's New Media Lab) and they got some very compelling results.
Starting at about 2:30 into the video, look at that dark-haired guy behind George Barris. He's reacting far more dramatically to the expensive goings-on than anyone. I'm not sure who he is, exactly — he's too young to be one of the original builders of the car, but he's clearly heavily emotionally invested in the vehicle.
Below $3 million, he's pleased. Not ecstatic, but clearly happy. Once that price hits the $3 million mark his joy erupts, openly, exuberantly. It's a beautiful thing to witness.
But as that price lingers around $3 mil, he starts to break. It's clear he's questioning some fundamental things in his life, and not coming up happy. Once the price edges over $3 million, there's a break. The sober reflection turns to anguish, his face contorting into a mask of remorse and pain.
Soon afterwards, he retreats inward. Sunglasses hide his shame and regret, and he withdraws from the world. Have we lost him?
Maybe not! The human psyche is a wonderfully resilient thing. By the time the price jumps to $4 million, our intrepid emotional-spelunker is over it. He's grown up a little, maybe become a little jaded, maybe lost some innocence. But he's free. Free of the hype, the overblown, empty excess, free of — yes — the Batmobile.
Find peace, sweet, sweet prince.
UPDATE: Our man here is George Barris' grandson, according to our informed commenters. That makes his journey even richer, I think.


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The family members of late actor Mickey Rooney have settled their dispute over a burial site and have decided to make Hollywood Forever Cemetery his final resting place.
The Hollywood legend died on Sunday aged 93, and his body had remained unclaimed in Los Angeles' Forest Lawn Cemetery mortuary while his conservator and attorney Michael Augustine, and Rooney's estranged wife, Janice Rooney, debated on where to take his remains.
Augustine filed court papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday banning Janice and her son Chris Aber from removing Mickey from Forest Lawn, stating that the removal would have been against the late actor's wishes.
Janice insisted her husband wanted to be interred in a plot next to hers at a cemetery in Westlake Village, California, while Augustine maintained his client wished to be buried at a veterans' cemetery or next to other actors at a Hollywood location.
The two parties were due to go to court over the matter on Friday, but the agreement reached on Thursday allows his body to be moved from Forest Lawn "to Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the disposition of his remains," according documents obtained by TheWrap.com.
It also states that Aber and his wife Christina, whom Mickey had claimed abused him while they served as his caretakers, will not be allowed at the private family ceremony.
In addition, Janice can only attend any public ceremony for Mickey, but cannot attend any such events with the Abers.
In 2011, the former child star was granted a temporary restraining order against his stepson Chris, amid claims he was being financially abused by unnamed family members.
The family members of late actor Mickey Rooney have settled their dispute over a burial site and have decided to make Hollywood Forever Cemetery his final resting place.


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As part of a five-year licensing agreement, Boating Industry magazine, a publication of Affinity Group Inc., will be responsible for "the overall creation and development" of the annual Marine Dealer Conference & Expo (MDCE), the annual convention of the Marine Retailers Association of America (MRAA).
Slated for Nov. 16-18, the newly named Marine Dealer Conference & Expo will be held at the Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla., a move that numerous dealers suggested in a survey last year, reports Tammy Galvin, a vice president of Affinity Media, publisher of Boating Industry. The more convenient location is expected to generate greater participation from the dealer body.
Boating Industry, a leading trade journal in the marine sector, will work closely with the MRAA convention committee and will assume responsibility for all sponsorship sales and marketing efforts, according to Galvin, who's based at Affinity Media's suburban Minneapolis office.
"This partnership will culminate in a must-attend event that – at long last – will bring the seemingly disparate segments of our industry together at just the right time," said Galvin. "Let's face it: All segments of our industry have seen an incredible amount of attrition that is likely to continue. It's abundantly clear to us and the MRAA that the survivors will be those arming themselves with every conceivable best practice available, and that's precisely what we will deliver."
A number of boat builders have expressed an interest in incentivizing their dealers to attend the event, which is still in the early planning state, and others are looking to hold downsized dealer meetings there. Likewise, industry 20 Groups are planning to hold their regular meetings on the front and back ends of its educational content.
"Exhibitors maxed out the available space at the 2008 MDCE in Las Vegas, and this year, with the move to the Coronado, companies seeking to display their products and services in front of an even bigger crowd of dealers will find a much larger and more convenient exhibit hall," a release states. "The Coronado features more than 86,000 square feet of exhibit space, of which the MDCE has more than 58,000 square feet already reserved, a welcome necessity with growing exhibitor interest. In fact, numerous boat builders and other companies are already signing up to showcase their products."


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Susan Bigelow: The end of shared sacrifice?
We may have hit the limit of shared sacrifice. This week Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, facing yet another budget shortfall, announced a list of "recessions," or cuts, that fell heavily on social services and higher education.
Republicans grumbled that the $365 million shortfall was the direct result of an increase in spending during the last budget cycle, while Democrats countered by attributing the gap to issues beyond their control. The upshot: there's less money out there for things like the Department of Labor's "Jobs First" employment services, the Department of Health's community health programs, and the Connecticut State University System.
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This is the time of the year, as the daylight grows shorter and temperatures dip so that even the slightest breeze adds a crispness to the air, that many of us grow more introspective -- and most especially so as we watch the pages on the calendar signal that the start of another year is growing closer.
As has been so often the case for us in recent years and memory, the pause for the holiday season -- and this year with Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah falling on the same day, Thursday -- it seems to come at a "just in time" moment as we take stock and recharge our emotional batteries.
Meanwhile across our country, those struggling to make a better life for themselves, their families and their communities seem to have as long a road ahead of them as they did a year ago.
Progress in achieving that outcome, such as it is, sometimes seems to be more in the eye of the beholder rather than milestones on the way to a safe harbor of dignity and safety.
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When many of us -- and sadly not all of us -- gather Thursday with family and friends to celebrate ourselves, one another and the stories of our individual histories, we should resolve to use this holiday season to begin remaking the world in which we all live into a better place.
Not just for the hungry, the hurting, the homeless or the hopeless. We need to do it for all of us.
We cannot do everything, but each of us can do something. And when we add all of those "somethings" together, what we will have accomplished is greater than the sum of each individual something.
At our house, I'm looking forward to our son and daughter joining us for a Thanksgiving Day meal that my wife, Sigrid, will have worked for days to prepare and will be a delicious memory in the time it takes to read this sentence.
I sincerely hope that you and yours can be together, too.
We each know people who can't because they're working men and women of our Armed Forces serving in places and situations none of us have ever heard of before.
Those who sacrifice
They are committed to preserving and defending a way of life that we too often take for granted.
Remember, too, the cops on the corner, the emergency response teams and all those assigned to "holiday staffing" duty -- or readying themselves for Black Friday sales-mania.
I didn't come over on the Mayflower, but I've seen a lot of John Wayne movies -- pilgrim. And unlike the original Thanksgiving, it's not the food or the calendar that makes a holiday. It's the people with whom we share it.
Some of us will spend part of the day counting our blessings, and pining over what we don't have. That inventory and regret makes us who we are as a species, but perhaps in the 86,400 seconds that are the holiday, we can spend one of them being grateful for all that we have. Or perhaps two seconds.
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah.
Bill Kenny, of Norwich, writes a weekly column about Norwich issues. His blog, Tilting at Windmills, can be accessed at www.NorwichBulletin.com.


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DeanGregory necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 121 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Sovereign Business Solutions
Sovereign Business Solutions is a "One Stop Shop" for business in need for finacial services including:
• Long- Short term financing
• Employee Benefits
• Outsourced- salesforce staffing & Marketing
• Payment processing
Our management team encompasses over 75 years combined experience in banking, finance, HR, and payments processing. The problem is that we look like a small time operation. When dealing within the financial services market, credibility is really important.
Please refer to the full creative brief attached to this project.
This is a business- 2- business (B2B) financial services company. Their primary audience will be other business, corporations and retail operations.
Their market, include business buyers are using more rational thought when selecting a product or service for their company. They are motivated by saving money, increasing productivity or raising profitability.
• B2B buyers are rational decision makers (or a committee of rational decision makers) who are not swayed by emotional factors such as "Pretty" however, they are looking to work with companies who look credible.
• B2B purchases are all about the relationship between the individual sales rep and the buyer; if the B2B brand means anything, it is created by the brand promise, reinforced and enhanced by the sales rep.
Companies that our client is interested in targeting are;
Small/ medium sized businesses who require an outsourced sales / marketing solution, financing for their business growth, point of purchase transaction equipment or HR benefits...
Please refer to the full creative brief attached to this project.
We are looking for a logo.
This logo needs to tell a story about the company and position it as a credible and established entity. We are open to any new ideas, but please consider these two concepts when developing your ideas.
What is a Sovereign?
Definition #1: one pound sterling
Definition #2: supreme; preeminent; indisputable
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We really like the idea of a simplified Welsh Dragon as used on the One pound British coin. Remember that we are trying to create a higher-end, sophisticated look and feel for this company. I can't say this enough.
Typography is really, really important. Please use unique, interesting fonts. Please do not use any clip art in the logo.
Verb Strategy & Creative will own the logo 100% with no usage by anyone else.
Please refer to the full creative brief attached to this project.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said recent foreclosure problems at some mortgage servicers are not "systemic issues." Donovan spoke after a meeting among regulators who will review foreclosure processes among the major servicers. Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Ally Financial (GJM) suspended foreclosures in 23 states after admitting employees signed affidavits without reviewing documents or having a notary present. The Federal Housing Administration is reviewing servicers for compliance with its loss mitigation requirements, and the review should be completed over the next nine weeks. The Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, led by the Department of Justice will work with 20 federal agencies, 94 U.S. attorney's offices and dozens of state and local offices to share information on foreclosure and servicing practices. All 50 state attorneys general offices have launched investigations of their own. The Federal Housing Finance Agency directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to force servicers into a review of its processes. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency directed all national mortgage servicers to review process as well. The OCC and the Federal Reserve System are examining foreclosure and securitization practices at the servicers as well, including reviews of internal loan modification processes. The Office of Thrift Supervision has gathered preliminary information from its review of mortgage servicers, and issued letters to all savings associations that service mortgages on Oct. 8, requiring reviews. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is verifying that servicers it supervises are carrying out proper foreclosure processes and evaluating electronic registration systems. The Federal Trade Commission is also monitoring servicers and is conducting reviews looking for fraud or foreclosure scams. The Treasury Department issued a notice to mortgage servicers on Oct. 6 participating in the Home Affordable Modification Program, reminding them of the requirement to exhaust all possible loss mitigation options before foreclosing on a home. And the Securities and Exchange Commission issued proposed rules designed to create more transparency in securitization disclosures for investors. "Throughout our reviews, as we uncover bad practices, cutting corners or sloppy processes that disregard or ignore the rights and protections of any homeowner, we're committed to forcing institutions to change the way that they conduct business," Donovan said. "We will not tolerate business as usual in the mortgage market. Every American should expect to be treated fairly, justly, and we will force the changes to make sure that these types of problems don't happen again." Donovan added that so far the review has shown significant differences among the servicers, and that while some have shown errors in the foreclosure process, others have not. "Where there have been mistakes made or errors, we will hold those entities, those institutions accountable to stop those processes, review them, and fix them as quickly as possible," Donovan said. Write to Jon Prior.
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'Mompreneurs' offer at-home business tips
Pair offering telesummits: Experts to provide tips on running business, raising family
Suzen Pettit and Jennifer Covello know more than a thing or two about running a business while raising a family.
They know the stress and guilt caused, for example, by having to choose between a client's needs and those of a sick child.
Now, through "Mom to Mompreneur Now!" a series of online programs they've developed, they're determined to help women -- especially stay-at-home mothers -- learn how to work intelligently, not hard, and leverage their family time while growing their businesses.
The series will focus on such topics as effective online marketing and using social media to increase business, as well as letting go of being a perfect parent and realizing it's "OK to be OK."
Brookfield resident Pettit, who has two daughters, and Covello, mother of a son and daughter, met about 18 months ago at a gathering for professional women. A friendship formed, and soon they joined forces for this project.
Putting it together took about four months, said Pettit, who came up with idea for the project, Covello noted.
The series of six one-hour programs will be launched Tuesday and will continue every Tuesday and Thursday through Oct. 30 at 1 p.m. Replays will be available. The cost for the series is $79.
The entire effort, Pettit explained, takes the form "of telesummits geared to moms who want to be successful mompreneurs."
"Telesummitry," said Covello, "is online learning. It's a way experts can reach a lot of people who might, perhaps, be going online in the comfort of their home.
"Using a laptop, telephone, cellphone, iPad or other devices, moms don't have to leave their homes to participate," she continued. "They have access to our experts by calling up or through a free Internet webcast."
Covello and Pettit said they believe there isn't another site like it on the East Coast, though "they're way ahead with this kind of virtual learning on the West Coast," noted Pettit.
"What we're doing differently is implementing technology already in use, but addressing topics that mompreneurs need to grow their business."
Pettit is the founder of Omaginarium, an online company that helps small businesses market their companies with optimized websites, online marketing and branding.
Covello is the owner of Frittabello baby gifts and writes about the parenting lessons she has learned while raising her children, among other things.
Together, the two women called on their fellow businesswomen to join the project and share their knowledge.
Besides Covello and Pettit, programs will be led by:
Jane Pollak, an entrepreneurial coach, who will talk about the benefits of scheduling support in your business.
Kathy McShane, managing director of Ladies Who Launch, Connecticut, who will give tips on getting the most exposure without breaking the bank.
Lena West, who specializes in using social media to build a business.
Aliza Sherman, a Web pioneer and digital strategist, who will detail how to turn your Pinterest passion into a marketing tool.
Karen Graves, founder of Your Sales Fix, teaching what it takes to build and stay in business.
Covello, who dubbed herself "a recovering supermom," will address the supermom syndrome, while Pettit will show how creating a blog can help make money while you sleep.
At the end of the day, though, what do they hope participants will gain?
"If we do nothing else," said Pettit, "we want to make sure people are walking away from this telesummit with a better understanding of how to leverage their time and skills in order to build a lucrative business."
For more information and to enroll in the program, visit www.momtomompreneurnow.com


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Felix Mercado has been tabbed to lead MIT's water polo program it was announced today by DAPER Department Head/Director of Athletics, Candace Royer. Mercado replaces U.S. Olympian Omar Amr after serving as the Engineers' assistant coach for the 2004 campaign.
Before arriving in Cambridge, Mercado spent eleven years coaching national-power Ransom Everglades School in Miami, Fla. During his tenure with the high school juggernaut, Mercado helped guide Ransom Everglades to three Florida State Championships in the boys division and coached the girls program to six straight Final Four finishes. Mercado was also the head coach and founder of the Raider Water Polo Club Foundation, and led the program to six Southeast Zone Championships.
He has offered his coaching expertise at numerous national team development camps for USA Water Polo and is the current head coach for the U.S. Water Polo Northeast Junior team.
Mercado is also the head coach of the women's club team at MIT. Completing his first year with the program in the spring, Mercado guided MIT to a 15-1 record, the squad's first appearance in the Club National Championships, and a lofty No. 5 position in the national rankings.


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Savor Bristol Bay Salmon Week: Grab your fork and Vote!
Slow Food Seattle has partnered with Trout Unlimited to kick off Savor Bristol Bay Salmon Week in Seattle from November 15 -21. It is time to 'Vote with Your Fork to Save Bristol Bay' and the historic runs of sockeye salmon that have returned there for over 6000 years. One of our nation's last great wild salmon fisheries is up in Bristol Bay, Alaska. It is your support and the power you wield in the seafood marketplace that will help us to ensure that our largest wild salmon fishery doesn't become one of the largest open-pit mines in the world.
If developed, the proposed Pebble Mine would be one of the world's largest open-pit mines, located in the headwaters of Bristol Bay's most productive salmon rivers. This massive open-pit mine would alter, if not destroy, the region's pristine spawning habitat and generate billions of tons of waste containing metals toxic to fish. The mine not only threatens the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery but also the livelihoods of thousands of fishermen, many of whom live in the Pacific Northwest. And it's not just humans that rely on the annual return of wild salmon. Wild salmon are at the very middle of the food chain of Bristol Bay, feeding bears, whales, sea birds, sea lions and marine mammals of all types.
Every time you buy and eat wild salmon you are helping to protect the future of these fish. Your choice to eat wild salmon states that as a consumer you value and want wild salmon swimming in the ocean and served on your dinner plate. Your purchase not only feeds your family with highly nutritious fish, it supports the families that have for generations relied on commercial fishing for their livelihood. The dollars you spend create an economic incentive for fisheries managers and government agencies to continue to find a sustainable balance that keeps a wild salmon delicious, sustainable, renewable natural resource.
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LITTLE ROCK — A 107-year-old man was killed in a shootout with a police SWAT team at a home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where he had earlier threatened two people with a gun, authorities said yesterday.
The fatal shots were fired on Saturday night after Pine Bluff police responded to a report that the man, Monroe Isadore, pointed a gun at two people in the home in Pine Bluff, a city of roughly 48,000 people about 45 miles south of Little Rock, according to police who confirmed local TV reports.
When police arrived at the home on Saturday afternoon, they removed the two people from the house and then entered to begin negotiations. Isadore then shot at them through the door, according to the reports confirmed by police.
No officers were struck, and police called for backup, including a Special Weapons and Tactics unit.
Negotiations were started and SWAT officers inserted a camera into the room where Isadore was holed up. Officers saw that Isadore had a handgun, according to the reports confirmed by police.
When negotiations failed, SWAT officers threw gas into the room. Isadore fired and officers entered the room. When Isadore shot at them again, the officers returned fire, killing Isadore, according to the reports confirmed by police.
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Farmers protested new water-quality regulations Thursday, saying the proposed rules would bury them in paperwork and chisel away at their profits without necessarily improving pollution.
Farmers protested new water-quality regulations Thursday, saying the proposed rules would bury them in paperwork and chisel away at their profits without necessarily improving pollution.
Close to 300 people, most of them growers, showed up at the Robert J. Cabral Agricultural Center for a meeting with state officials.
For the farmers, it was an opportunity to share their worries before the regulations are approved in March. Those regulations were described Thursday by an attorney for the farmers as perhaps the most significant new rules imposed on agriculture in at least a decade.
"Ten years ago, I told my wife I wanted to move to Nebraska. I wish I'd done that," Stockton farmer Richard Rodriguez told the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Farmers are not regulated under the federal Clean Water Act, but state legislation passed in 1999 compelled Central Valley water-quality officials to take action to clean up polluted runoff from farms.
They put temporary programs in place allowing farmers to join coalitions that would monitor water quality in nearby streams and rivers, study pollution trends and encourage landowners to adopt better methods of working their land.
The permanent program, which is under consideration, goes a step further, including not only rivers and streams but also the groundwater beneath a farmer's property.
Farmers would have to write plans detailing how they will apply fertilizer to their fields. Nitrates, a component of fertilizer, can be a health hazard when it seeps into underground drinking water supplies; state officials say that 6 percent of local wells have contained nitrates at a level that exceeded standards.
The fertilizer plans would have to be certified by an expert. Farm management plans and erosion plans would also be required.
All of this adds to the cost of compliance. Farmers already pay $2.75 per acre to belong to the existing coalition; they project that will increase to $5 per acre or perhaps even $10 per acre, arguing that the coalition will have to add new employees to review all of the new planning documents.
"All these costs just start exploding," said Jack Hamm, president of the San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation.
Coalition members will simply drop out, the farmers said, thwarting any hope of actually reducing pollution.
If the reports were not required every year, that might relieve some of the burden, they suggested.
Pamela Creedon, executive officer of the water board, responded to these criticisms by pointing out that while farmers believe the new rules are too strict, environmentalists have said they are not strict enough.
The management plans will help officials find out what impact farmers' practices have on groundwater, she said. Right now, they don't know.
"We've heard a lot, and I believe it's true, that there are some very good practices out there," Creedon said. "(But) no one can come to us and tell us that those practices do, in fact, protect groundwater quality."
Board members said farmers' concerns would be taken into consideration as the rules are refined in the coming months.
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"Paul Was Not a Christian" is a groundbreaking work that systematically overturns both scholarly and popular conceptions held by Christians and Jews, liberals and conservatives alike. As Eisenbaum reveals, Paul is not the true founder of Christianity as is often claimed, nor does Paul understand Jesus Christ as having superseded the Torah and thereby replacing Judaism with Christianity. Although Paul unabashedly proclaimed his faith in Jesus, such proclamations were not inherently "Christian," since no such religious category existed in Paul's time. Jesus, rather, represented the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that he would be a blessing to the nations.
Eisenbaum's work reverses the image we have of Paul as a model for Christian conversion and greatly increases our understanding of both Judaism and Christianity. Provocatively argued and far-reaching in its implications, "Paul Was Not a Christian" is a much-needed corrective to the traditional portrait of Paul and his divisive legacy.
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Thursday, 23 October 2008
A little scare - 27 weeks
I had a day off from work to look after a sick Doo Dah (vomiting in the night). All went well and we had quite a relaxing day. In the evening, after I picked up Nugget from daycare and struggled through the evening routine (my least favourite time of the day), I started to get Braxton-Hicks. Lots of them, coming closer and closer together. My lower back started to hurt too - a mild period pain sensation. By the time Geege got home I had convinced myself that I was about to go into labour! After 2 hours, when the BHs were less than 5 minutes apart, I called the hospital and was asked to come in to be checked out. This was no simple matter - both boys were asleep and the grandparents were overseas in Canada! I think Geege secretly hoped I would drive myself, but soon realised that wasn't going to happen! Good ol' Auntie M to the rescue. We dropped the boys at theirs on the way to the hospital.
I ended up having to stay in overnight. After all the prodding I was certain that I wasn't in labour but the babies were so busy that the midwives couldn't get a decent trace on their heart rates for more than 5 minutes. The doctors wanted them traced for at least 30 mins! We all gave up at about 11pm, they asked me to stay so that I could do my ultraound in the morning. I spent a sleepless night in a far too skinny bed feeling a little silly.
The ultrasound went well the next day - both bubs are on the 75th percentile for weight, 1.27kg and exactly the same size (that is not them in the photo BTW. That is a random image I got off the 'net). I am rethinking my gut instinct that they are boy-girl twins (which I have because all the twins in the family are boy-girl sets). I was truly relieved to be still in tact, but it has made me realise that I can't guarantee these babies are going to stay in until we all think they are ready to come out. Better get onto that list of names...
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The Mill House Inn
Our website (http://www.millhouseinn.com) is the key to our identity/brand. It tells a story about The Mill House Inn, Sylvia & Gary as well as Corry... after all it is a "corry, he's a black dog production"
The Mill House Inn is a unique lodging property, we are defined by our view on client services and attention to detail. We do not sell accommodations, we sell a very special experience, one that begins long before the client arrives and continues well past their departure and in most instances through their return. Our client profile is 50% return guests.
We are a small elite property in the heart of the historic ocean-side village of East Hampton, NY. The Hamptons are known primarily as a summer resort, a playground of the rich and famous, but we like to emphasize the natural beauty of the area and the wide variety of "things to do" (including the decadence of doing nothing) year-round.
Check it out. Get a feeling for who we are... What our guests think of us...
In addition to extensive information about the inn and the area on our website...
We have a downloadable Press Kit on our reviews page.
Salivate over Gary's "Zagat Rated" Breakfast Menu...
Take a look at Sylvia's amazing photographs on our gallery pages.
Thank You
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Client Base - New York Metro Area, California, most affluent areas of USA; Europe - especially the UK, Germany, the Netherlands; Australia, New Zealand
Define those that travel to The Hampton's - Artists, Actors,
Manhattan/International Business Executives - emphasis on Banking, Finance, Technology, Entertainment
Our seasons have quite different guest profiles. In season (summer) our average daily rate exceeds $1000 while the other half of the year the rate drops to half that amount.
Men, Women, did I say Women!, those free to travel at will, Baby Boomers. Gay, straight, families, singles, business travelers, small weddings, executive retreats and reunions... We will craft the perfect experience for our guests!
Additionally we specialize in accommodating children & dogs! Did we emphasize "dog-friendly" enough? Just look at the room photographs - a black dog on every bed! (http://www.millhouseinn.com/main_pa…ations.htm) Check out our stunning spacious dog-friendly suites - we don't just "put the dogs in the room we never bothered to upgrade" like so many inns.
We do not consider the other lodging properties in our area to be "our competition." Rather, we position ourselves as one of the top destination-based lodging properties in the world.
After eleven years operating as The Mill House Inn this is the first professional Logo to be produced for MHI. Up to now, we have designed the rooms, menu, signs, stationary, business cards and web site ourselves.
We embrace change and are looking forward to exploring fresh design concepts as our identity is not defined by our print or web based materials, but more so by an overall atmosphere of excellence!
The Logo this project yields should lend itself to guiding us in creating the rest of our new Marketing package.
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The NBA Draft always provides us with the real-world day that most closely resembles the fantasy-sports realm, but the basketball gods went above and beyond this year.
Fantasy veterans have all been in drafts where we knew who would be the first player selected. If you did not have the top pick, you did not include that premier player in your plans. We have also been in other drafts, however, when there were a few options at the top — a much more exciting endeavor when we wait to see who will fall and become the linchpin we build our team around.
But never have I been at a draft that provided the "Huh?" moment the Cleveland Cavaliers gave us by selecting UNLV freshman Anthony Bennett as the top pick.
Apparently in the hour leading up to the draft, Bennett thought he could have been selected as low as eighth overall. Getting to be the first player to go up and shake David Stern's hand was like getting a multimillion dollar birthday present then. And having Kyrie Irving to feed passes to him is like then finding a bow around a sports car in the driveway.
(This must have happened in the world at some point and not just in Christmas commercials, no?)
So even if Bennett's selection was a surprise, it makes sense. Irving is someone the Cavs can build a team around, he improved last season in points (22.5 from 18.5), assists (5.9 from 5.4) and steals (1.5 from 1.1) in his second year and now has another weapon.
So even if Bennett was a surprise decision, in this draft dubbed devoid of superstars, it was not an inconceivable one.
From there, though, conceiving of why some things happened became much more difficult. Maybe it was that lack of superstar talent that drove teams to feel they had to do something, but some impetus drove an amount of dealing that was difficult to follow.
ESPN's Andy Katz reported that "at least 24 trades were made," apparently throwing up his hands at that point and realizing close enough was good enough. Those moves included six players who got traded twice, guys who must have also thrown up their hands while telling their families to hold off on booking any flights.
It is another of those fantasy moments we have all seen, the owner who just needs to do something. He has been handed the reins to this team, and he can't trust it in its current form.
He believes that the only way to make things better is to change it, no matter how convoluted a deal it takes, no matter the amount of players involved and no matter if he potentially mortgages his future.
Somehow all those things come together in the mega-deal that the Celtics and Nets put together on draft night. When all the moving pieces stopped, the trade looked like this (to the best of my ability to understand it): The Celtics sent Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry to Brooklyn and in return got Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, Kris Joseph, MarShon Brooks, Keith Bogans and first-round draft picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018.
Much like the Cavs' selection of Bennett made more sense as a piece of a whole, the Nets' acquisition of the aging Garnett and Pierce makes their lineup impressive. No longer the carry-the-load stars the Celtics needed them to be, the pair will complement guards Deron Williams and Joe Johnson and center Brook Lopez to form one of the best starting units in the NBA.
With all those options, Williams seems a good bet to lead the league in assists. He was fifth in the league last season at 7.7 per game, has had four seasons when he averaged over 10 a game and has lost his biggest potential foe for the crown in the Celtics' Rajon Rondo.
Not that Rondo isn't expected to return from his ACL injury, but his options on who to feed with his passes has seriously decreased. Without Pierce and Garnett, his best scoring options are now Jeff Green and the hope that a similarly-coming-back-from-injury Jared Sullinger shows some maturation. I have said a couple times that one needs to look at the whole and not just the pieces, but those guys still don't make a full puzzle.
The Celtics made a smaller deal on draft night to bring in another potential piece, moving up a few spots to nab Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk. Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge called Olynyk "a really good complementary player," though, so even the team isn't trying to push him as someone who can fill their recently opened void.
Rondo has shown improvement each year in the NBA (see chart). But now the player whose attitude is rumored to be involved with any move the Celtics make, who is coming off a serious knee injury, who doesn't know who his new coach will be and who has never been the face of the franchise is being forced to lead a reconstruction project. This does not seem to bode well.
I mean, how many times have you left a fantasy draft with an owner harping over how one guy on their team is ready to bust out and carry him to a championship?
That many. Me, too.
How many times have those predictions come true and resulted in that ultimate level of success?
None. Ouch.
Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has been treated well by the NBA so far, as the 27-year-old has shown statistical improvement each season. That may become more difficult this year with his gutted squad, however.
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Composed of representatives from the City of Greenville, United Way of Greenville County and CommunityWorks, as well as neighborhood and community leaders, the Neighborhood Vibrancy Task Force (NVT) developed improvement strategies to preserve and enhance the dynamic diversity of Greenville's historic neighborhoods.
Between May 2014 and February 2015, the task force met to discuss the elements of a vibrant neighborhood. The resulting recommendations include actions residents, stakeholders, service providers, and government can take to ensure neighborhood vibrancy.
The NVT process found many similarities across the neighborhoods in terms of what is desired. These desirable traits were organized into the following five categories: Affordable Housing, Community and Resident Engagement, Economic Vitality, Diversity and Inclusion, Property Maintenance and Code Enforcement. Recommendations included ideas to improve awareness of available resources and opportunity, and empower community residents and organizations to identify, communicate and actively pursue their shared goals and objectives.
Work is underway to follow the NVT recommendations, and as available the progress will be documented here. If you have questions about the NVT recommendations or want to know more about how you can promote vibrancy in your neighborhood, please contact your neighborhood leadership or the Community Development office today!
Public NVT Meeting, 5/20/14
Winston-Salem Entrepreneurship Accelerator
Public NVT Meeting, 2/5/14


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We'll be waiting until June for Office 2010's release, but the box art has already leaked. Unfortunately it's not all that pretty and we should probably stick to judging the software by its beta rather than these boxes.
As a refresher, Office 2010 will come in Starter, Home and Student, Home and Business, Standard, Professional and Professional Plus flavors. This means that we don't have all the box images just yet and that there's maybe hope for a different color scheme.
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Aqua Albums
- Megalomania (2011)
- Greatest Hits (2009)
- Aquarius (2000)
- Aqua Mania Remix (1997)
- Aquarium (1997)
Aqua Lyrics
Aqua's Photo
Aqua Biography
Storming onto the international music scene in the fall of 1997, the Danish dance-pop outfit Aqua aroused controversy when Mattel filed a lawsuit against them for the s**ual overtones inherent in their breakthrough hit, "Barbie Girl." The roots of the quartet trace back to 1989, when Claus Norreen and Soren Rasted (both keyboards/drum machine) were working together on the soundtrack for a Danish film, Fraekke Frida. During this time they met future member Rene Dif (rap/vocals), who introduced them to Norwegian singer Lene Grawford Nystrom. The four soon formed the band Joyspeed, whose single "Itzy Bitzy" spent one week on the Swedish charts before vanishing. br /br /Disappointed with the song's lack of success, the bandmembers decided to reinvent themselves as Aqua (allegedly, this name was derived from a poster featuring an aquarium hanging in their rehearsal room). Soon after, they secured another record contract with the Danish label Universal Music, which released their first single, "Roses Are Red," in September 1996. The song stayed on the charts for two months, receiving a platinum record in the process. The follow-up, "My Oh My" (February 1997), went gold in only six days, becoming the fastest-selling Danish single of all time and paving the way for their breakthrough international hit, "Barbie Girl." The band's first full-length album, Aquarium, was released in September 1997. Aquarius followed in early 2000. ~ Jeremy Ulrey, All Music Guide


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Ceramic/Porcelain: Decorative Tile
Decorative tile accents add the finishing touch, the it's me factor to personalize wall tile installations. The extensive collection includes a range of stone, metal and wood finishes in multiple sizes, offering the perfect design touch –whatever the room style.
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Shaw Tile Flooring
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Shaw captures the ancient art of ceramics in its versatile collection of ceramic and porcelain tile products.
Daltile® Tile
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Daltile has been recognized as being synonymous with quality and value for over 40 years.
American Olean® Tile
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American Olean is capitalizing on our prominent name recognition and historically strong reputation as a quality provider of high-end ceramic tile to both commercial and residential users. The American Olean brand is distributed through approximately 100 independent distributors who service about 5,000 retail outlets. We will continue to increase our presence in the independent distibutor channel to better service our customers, particularly in floor tile products. American Olean is positioned as your preferred supplier of ceramic floor tile providing our customers with a true one-stop source.
Ragno USA Tile
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Ragno porcelain tile sends a definitive message about the tastes and design preferences of the owner – use it to make any space distinctly personal. Nearly limitless colors, shapes, textures, finishes, trims and decorative options free the imagination to customize any setting whether the preference is contemporary or rustic, elegant or casual. Ragno designs the latest worldwide trends in floor and wall fashions that stand ready for a creative imagination.


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Surf spot: BoneYard Exmouth, UK
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This was so crap, i left home all syked up to go,got the train down to exmouth and met my mates. Got to the beach and it was freezing cold, and at the time the only suit that barley fitted me was a crap summer shorty.Got changed,borrowed some boots and got into the water. FREEZING!!!! rubbish slow waves, stayed there for 30 mins before id had enough. 3 waves, which did nothing and all round body numbness.
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Lego Time | Drawstring bag
Combine your love for vibrant prints and a sporty style with a cool drawstring bag. It's a must-have gym essential that can be worn as a backpack with drawstring closure at top, and narrow, contrasting shoulder straps.
• Bag size 15"x17"
• Twin cotton handles
• Drawstring closure
• 100% spun polyester fabric
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Shipments outside of the USA may incur customs fees depending on your country of residence. The fee may vary depending on your order value, country limits, and other factors. WearEasy does not take responsibility for possible fees.
It's very important to us that you get what you ordered as quickly as possible. It takes about 3-5 business days (excluding weekends, holidays, and sale days) to fulfill orders. Then you should add shipping times on top of that. Speed and price depends on product type and destination. It can get a bit confusing, that's why we've made these tables to help you decide which shipping option is right for you and the gifts you'll be sending.
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Postpartum Aerobic Exercise for Breastfeeding Mothers
DISCLAIMER: The information contained on this site is not meant to replace the advice and recommendations of your doctor and/or midwife. Please consult your caregiver before beginning any exercise program.
Researchers studied 33 sedentary women who breastfeed their babies. They participated in aerobic exercise 45 minutes daily 5 days a week for 12 weeks. The researches concluded that aerobic exercise performed 4 or 5 times per week beginning 6-8 weeks postpartum had no adverse effect on lactation and significantly improved the mothers cardiovascular fitness.


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Rather than using rhinestones or crystals, we use only high-grade cubic zirconia that are optically flawless and share near identical properties to diamonds. Our gems will never discolour or go cloudy.
Odette Comb
- Measurements: 7.8cm L x 4.5cm H
measurements do not include the prongs of the comb
- Weight: 37g
- Main stone: Crystal
- Finish: Tarnish resistant silvertone plated
We charge a flat rate $9.95 delivery fee on all orders. For specific delivery times to your country, along with express shipping options, please see our Shipping & Delivery page.
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Please choose your items carefully and email us with any questions prior to purchasing. For most items we accept returns for exchange only. Please see our Returns & Exchanges page for more info.
Every Kate Ketzal hair piece comes gift wrapped in it's very own keepsake box. They make a delightful gift or simply a pretty treat to spoil yourself!


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Are you planning an event for someone very special? Have you been looking for a keepsake - upon which - each guest can express their well wishes? Are you planning your wedding and looking for an alternative to the traditional guest book? Or a memento of your big day, which you can look at and remember all the thoughtful people who help you to celebrate?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions; then you definitely need to take a look at our Personalized Signature Photo Frame. This is a fantastic way for you to display a favorite photo from the event; surrounded by thoughtful words of those, who came to share in the joy of the occasion.
These photo frames are wonderful for weddings! Whether they are purchased by the bride-to-be or given as a bridal shower gift, it can be used with or in place of the guest book. Traditionally, an engagement photo is placed in the frame on the day of the wedding -- and then later, a wedding photo is inserted into the frame. With the white matting and elegant black frame, it can be displayed in just about any room and fit with any decor. This way, the happy couple can be reminded of all the warm wishes of their loved ones, for years to come.
This personalized signature photo frame can be used for many other occasions as well; graduations, birthdays (these are especially nice for first birthdays), and anniversaries -- just to name a few.
Another non-traditional "guest book" that we have for weddings -- is a beautiful Wedding Guest Signature Plate 10" square ceramic plate. It comes with decals which can be affixed to the plate; as well as a pen that your guests can use to write their sediments upon it. This will be cherished and enjoyed for years to come.