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I got into an interesting conversation with a promoter yesterday concerning the state of the wrestling business and its future. He brought up a very good point and it's one I would like to share with you and get some opinions on if it might work and how to institute it.
Now there are a couple types of respect for the business I am going to talk about here. One is the wrestlers and the respect for what has come before them and the men who have come before them to pave the way, as it were, and make the business what it is.
Any green/new guy worth his salt will have a healthy respect for the guys who have been doing it longer than him or he may quickly find himself in a world of hurt. That is one of the codes if pro wrestling. Respect the vets and learn from them or they will teach you the painful way!
But the other respect for the business is the one I want to talk about today. What other one you ask? Well the respect that the fans, or marks as some call them, have for the business. No I am not going to go into a tirade on "smart marks" here and how they have affected wrestling. That's a full column in itself. No what I want to talk about are the regular joes who love to take their kids to a wrestling show because their parents took them and so on.
When a regular guy takes his kids to a show, he wants his kids to have a great time, and isn't worried about already knowing how a match is going to finish or how obvious it was that someone was going to run in and interfere. He just wants to be entertained. And that's all well and good. But the point of this column and my discussion earlier is how does he know when he buys his ticket for him and his family he's going to be entertained?
People today are conditioned to seeing WWE on TV. With up to six or seven hours of programming a week you can almost always find at least something to watch at some time. So to these people WWE is what is expected when they see "PRO WRESTLING" on a poster or in a commercial. And then when they arrive at the venue and look around and it's your local indy, they are disappointed and thus are hard on the indy product and guys and lose respect for the "business." And that's not a knock at indies because God knows I love them and work them. But it's a constant irritant to see and hear people bitch and moan because there's no pyro or video screen.
And at the same time it's not the fan's fault that there are two 140-pound skinny kids in jean shorts or pleather pants and running shoes, dropping each other on their heads and passing themselves off as "wrestlers."
In the old days to become a wrestler you had to A: be trained, by a reputable trainer just to get work; and B: look the part. Our job is the suspension of disbelief, and it's pretty hard to believe your paper boy can kick ass! So where does the fault lie?
So how is a paying customer who feels cheated expecting WWE level production from CSJW (Crappy Skinny Jabronie Wrestling) supposed to know beforehand that what they are buying tickets for is in fact an indy show and not WWE? The poster does say "PRO WRESTLING." How? Now here's what was said and the good point made and that is, if pro wrestling is supposed to be treated like any other sport, ie: baseball, football, or hockey, how come there are no minor leagues or semi-pro leagues? Think about it. Hockey has all kinds of levels from pee wee, up to AHL and then the NHL or pro leagues around the world. Same with football and baseball. How come with all the wrestling going on there's no minors? I mean, as a pro (and I can say that because it's all I do), I know that a lot of indies are considered the minors. And that a lot of minor league indies shouldn't even be considered that. And I know because I am inside and see the skill levels. But how are fans supposed to know? All the poster will say is "PRO WRESTLING." And when these fans see a "minor league" show they lose respect for wrestling on the whole (told you I'd get to the point).
What I am going to propose may seem a little crazy and maybe a little out there. But I think it's something that may need to be done to give "wrestling" a better name. I am going to propose that a group of wrestling enthusiasts and knowledgeable wrestling insiders be formed to start "qualifying" indy companies for levels of professionalism. In that I mean, it's time to start giving "wrestlers" back their good names. (Not that they were that good to begin with!) By having someone like a Dave Meltzer or a Bob Ryder head a small group of individuals who can classify the amount of experience a group has and label it, it can give the unknowing fans who aren't familiar with CSJW a guideline to go off of and know what they are buying into when they purchase their tickets. Plus it would save guys like me from having to explain over and over how the 130-pound Jeff Hardy ripoff actually made it into the same ring and is considered an equal with me.
Now this doesn't mean that I am slagging on small guys as not everyone can be huge or muscular, as I am sure I will hear from a hundred guys fitting the above description telling me how hard they work and how much better than me they are, but what it does mean is I think there should be a divider between where I am -- experience and work wise -- and where the 350-pound Baby Huey who's never given a headlock takeover is.
If these levels of experience could be named and agreed upon by a majority of the wrestling insiders and writers then I think the business could get back a level of professionalism that has been lost with the proliferation of wrestling promotions that are not quite "PRO" level yet. Plus the guys included in higher levels would be held responsible for enforcing that the groups who run shows advertise properly that they are of a certain level of experience.
I don't know maybe I am crazy, but I honestly think it could help.
Kudos out to TNA for what I thought was an awesome PPV with Destination X. Some great matches and surprises. Great job to the X Division Four-Way and to Alex Shelly and Jay Lethal. Of Course Team Canada delivered in their tag match. And a huge shout out to Showtime Eric Young! Damn I keep saying it but he is the best thing on TV. Period.
I am looking forward to WWE's Wrestlmania 22 April 2. There promises to be some good stuff. For me personally it's Foley/Edge and Angle/Orton/Rey that are my top picks. I am also looking forward to Trish and Mickie James as I think both these women are exceptionally talented wrestling-wise.
For those of you in the Winnipeg area I suggest you check out the Saturday, April 1st IWM show at Doubles Fun club featuring both myself in my first match back from surgery and "The Greatest Intercontinental Champion of All Time", The Honkey Tonk Man! It will definitely be a worth while "indy" show! LOL
As always any feedback or comments can be sent to either www.johnnydevine.net or email@example.com. And any promoters looking for booking info can email the same addy.
Support your local indies and keep your eyes open as I am back on the indy trail and may be appearing at a town near you. And I guarantee that.....
If you don't like it! You'll learn to love it! Cause I am Canadian! And Proud of it!
Take Care
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Hotshot" Johnny Devine's column will run on Saturdays (or whenever he delivers) on SLAM! Wrestling. Be sure to visit each week! For more on Devine's career, see his biography in our Canadian Hall of Fame.


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Chris Mullin may be 50 years old, but the NBA hall of famer can still shoot the hell out of a basketball. Mullin, who is now an advisor to the Sacramento Kings, participated in an impromptu three-point contest at a recent Kings practice. Above is video of Mullins's first-round attempt. He hit 14 of 15 shots, and he was feeling himself.
I don't know about you, but I feel like today won't get much better than watching Mullin old-man jog around the arc before hitting us with an "It's over!" throat slash.

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|2012-05-14, 00:17
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Hyakko Fanboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Age: 27
Wow.. great episode. unlike usual I don't find the case is boring/meh (and the whole episode itself is very intriquing too)
And as always the production value is outstanding too, but its nice to see its packed with better story content this time.
|2012-05-14, 04:46
|Link #1244
Irregular Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2010
Age: 32
I agree with everyone that this is certainly not all that happen. Or maybe not even what happen at all. As mentioned, his theory so far could account for all new information presented this episode, but it actually explained almost non of what presented in the last one. Here's some of my guess on what Houtarou theory's does not explain:
Why she cry? -> Some types of crime or violence.
Why her uncle refused to answer? -> It either an un-honorable act (which can affect his family name) or it involves other people's reputation.
And then later refused to console her? -> He think the end justify the mean, but he does not think his mean should be praised or forgiven.
I still don't think of murder level crime given the nature of this story, but maybe lies or partial truth to get the crowd worked up. Maybe that's how he motivate the students. Then, that might led to violence and possibly someone might be badly injured or dead. I do think that if you ask a leader of any protesting that turn violence, that would be the type of reaction you'll get. He/She does not regretted starting the protest since he/she think the cause is something worth fighting for. However, since it turned violence and people got hurt, they're not proud of that part either.
In any case, next Sunday cannot come faster
|2012-05-14, 05:02
|Link #1245
Anime-Only Viewer
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: USA
Chitanda said the exact same thing I was thinking when Oreki finished his conclusion. Why did Chitanda cry, since this conclusion did not seem as harsh? Considering the preview, it looks like Oreki purposefully withheld information that he felt would make her cry.
I'm guessing that the things Oreki predicted were true. However, there was a much darker secret that he did not reveal. They did mention that there were sacrifices. The question then becomes, what were the sacrifices? Also, the anthology was named Hyou-ka, which I saw that an alternative title was Frozen Desserts. Hyou is usually translated as ice. Why would Chitanda's uncle get expelled for heading the student body to protest for extra days of a cultural festival? What display did this "silent" and "kind" uncle show?
Did the teachers eventually started to beat him up, while he stood there in defiance? The protest started 4 months before the cultural festival, so the event must have occured at or around the festival. Did the teachers automatically give him failing grades or bullied him? Did his actions lead up to someone dying, even if it wasn't his fault? Did they threaten his family? He must have lost something really dear to him, and I am racking my brains out without an idea of what it really is.
|2012-05-14, 06:46
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Moe Kyun~!
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Philippines
Last question, yes.
So after reading watching (Yes, that was intentional) Hyouka ep 4, I thought of a few things that may seem a bit mysteriously overthrown in the temporary Oreki theory.
Remember that Oreki DID not propose a theory, instead, he proposed a conclusion. But in reality, that conclusion did not account to (quoted from thundrakkon) "Hyouka", her uncle's character, and sacrifices. It also didn't account for what her uncle had to gave up.
By theory, Chitanda's uncle got expelled from school in a silent matter, so to say. People called him hero. However, judging by Oreki's actions, he either forgot or intentionally withhold a vital information: if the school expelled Jun after 4 months to avoid further angering the student body, then why is Jun being remembered still by the members of the Classics Club and the (whatever org was that) thing... Why was Oreki's sister pushing to keep the Classics Club alive? Does Oreki's sister know something, being a former Classics Club member? Did she saw Hyouka vol. 1? Why did Chitanda cry? If Jun was famous enough, then his explusion would have erupted a new defiance from the students....
... so what was the trigger?
me thinks it's this....
Spoiler for The reason Chitanda cried was....:
Well, that's my theory.
Also, Hyouka is officially....intriguing.
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|2012-05-14, 10:00
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Anime Snark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 36
The uncle had an affair with Eru's mother and is her real father.
"Eru. I am your father."
"No... no... That's not true. That's impossible!"
|2012-05-14, 11:11
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Psycho Falling Deep
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: The Anime World
Age: 24
I must say, I do like the main character Houtarou in this anime. He's an interesting character and someone fun to watch, listen to and follow.
I finished watching episode 4.
Right off the bat we're reminded off the minor topic from the last episode about Eru's uncle missing. Then we're introduced to some good old humour by Satoshi who decides to call out to Houtarou as if he was his lover Such a nice way to start an episode
I laughed at the disappointment Satoshi showed when there wasn't a bunch of maids to greet them at the mansions
This episode ran rather smoothly. It was picking out theories and throwing them away, and then near the end it picks up when Houtarou give's his fascinating explanation
|2012-05-14, 11:20
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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
I thought they would drag this mystery throughout the whole season, so I'm quite surprised it will apparently be solved next week. Maybe the next big mystery they'll have to solve will be the Uncle's disappearance.
I agree it's highly likely somebody died, but I'm leaning toward it having been an accident rather than an outright murder. The victim was probably somebody close to the Uncle and he never truly got over her death. Even though he was not personally responsible, he was expelled because he was the leader of the movement. Perhaps he was even the one who asked for the blame to be put on him and him only in order to spare the other students, hence why everybody admired him so much.
|2012-05-14, 11:48
|Link #1251
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Still investigating what happened in the Classics club 45 years ago.
Chitanda sure is all fired up about it.
Guess they're doing it to clear things up once and for all as well as out of curiosity.
Oreki's mind is a beautiful thing, his fast deduction is amazing.
Looks like the whole thing was about a cultural festival..
|2012-05-14, 11:48
|Link #1252
Anime Watcher
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sanford, Maine
Age: 30
Maybe a large group of students did something very stupid and he took the heat for them?
|2012-05-14, 11:48
|Link #1253
Forgot to put last week's info in a post.
Episode 4:
Script: Miyuki Egami
Storyboards/Director: Eisaku Kawanami
Animation Director: Kazumi Ikeda
Episode 5:
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Script: Shoji Gatoh
Storyboards/Director: Ichirou Miyoshi
Animation Director: Yukiko Horiguchi
|2012-05-14, 14:03
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Visually that fourth episode was stunning, has for the mystery part it was one of the most unappealling moment in the whole anime history I have ever watched.
Just like you can count for fun how many times the word pokemon pops up in each pokemon episode, you can do the same with Eru's kininarimasu. How many times was it this episode? Three of four?
|2012-05-14, 20:33
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Not an expert on things
Join Date: Jun 2007
At first, I thought the episode dragged along, but as they started to piece everything together, I definitely found it more interesting, and it culminated in a good way with Oreki's theory. Probably the best episode so far.
|2012-05-14, 21:13
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Blooming on the mountain
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....
Ok ... I spoiler'd myself by reading the English TL of the first vol of the LN. And I really, really enjoyed it. The adaptation has been extremely well done thus far, and if it keeps up quality wise (and on so many levels for me personally) then this show will defintiely find itself in the "most-looked-forward-to-series-this-season" category for me alongside Sakamichi, Acchi Kocchi and Achiga-Hen!
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Junior Kenny McMillan (Bronx, NY/All Hallows) finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds, leading the Rams (12-5, 9-0) to a 73-59 win over Mount Saint Mary (10-7, 8-2). McMillan laid in his 1,000th point after a steal with 6:17 remaining in the game. He is only the second player to reach this mark since Farmingdale joined the NCAA in 2000. Brandon Nieves (Harlem, NY/All Hallows) led the Rams with 15 points, while Jimmy Williams (Philadelphia, PA/Cedar Grove) finished with 12.
The Blue Knights were led by sophomore Mike Hoyt (Florida, NY/S.S. Seward) with a game-high 20 points, including five three-pointers. Sergio Guzman (New York, NY/Martin Luther King) had 17 points and nine boards. Roberto King (Hempstead, NY/Holy Trinity) tallied 14 points.
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O's use late rally to take series from Yanks
NEW YORK -- The Orioles are getting their groove back.
After dropping five of six games in the season's first week, the O's -- who have preached patience in the infancy of the 162-game grind -- spoiled the heralded Yankee Stadium debut of Masahiro Tanaka on Wednesday night, edging New York with a 5-4 series win for their first back-to-back victories this season.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- The Orioles are getting their groove back.
After dropping five of six games in the season's first week, the O's -- who have preached patience in the infancy of the 162-game grind -- spoiled the heralded Yankee Stadium debut of Masahiro Tanaka on Wednesday night, edging New York with a 5-4 series win for their first back-to-back victories this season.View Full Game Coverage
Panic? Not this group. Baltimore used some stout relief pitching -- including two key outs by lefty Brian Matusz -- and rode a big night from rookie infielder Jonathan Schoop to record its first series win in the Bronx since 2012.
Tanaka, who struck out 10, was "as advertised, as paid for," manager Buck Showalter said of New York's new seven-year, $155 million man. "He's going to be a great contributor here. You feel fortunate any time you can end up with a 'W' with him on the mound."
It was after Tanaka got off the mound that the Orioles made their move. With the score tied at 3, the O's scored a pair of runs off reliever Shawn Kelley in the ninth inning with a rally that started with Ryan Flaherty legging out a leadoff double. Coming off a career-high three-hit performance on Tuesday, Flaherty -- who started the season 1-for-21 -- sent a ball into center field and moved to third on Schoop's second hit of the night.
Nick Markakis singled in the go-ahead run and, after Delmon Young delivered his third hit, Chris Davis' sacrifice fly pushed the lead to two.
It was Schoop who put the Orioles up early with a towering three-run homer off Tanaka two outs into the second inning. Schoop crushed a 1-0 slider, sending it into the second deck of the left-field seats just on the right side of the foul pole.
"If you want to play, you have to make some adjustments," said Schoop, who has struggled with hitting offspeed pitches. "You have to know what they are trying to do with you, and you have to make the adjustments. He threw me a slider and then threw me another slider."
And although Schoop's homer will draw headlines, Matusz got two outs on the biggest stage, stranding a pair of inherited runners in the bottom of the eighth.
"That was huge," said closer Tommy Hunter, who allowed a run in the ninth before picking up his third save. "It was a big situation going in, and he knows it.
"He's good at what he does, and I'm glad he's on our side."
Things started when right-hander Evan Meek, on for his second inning, allowed a leadoff double to Brett Gardner and exited in favor of Matusz after Derek Jeter's sacrifice bunt. Matusz retired Jacoby Ellsbury on a foul popup and issued an intentional walk to the red-hot Carlos Beltran to bring on Brian McCann, who flied out to center to keep it tied.
Matusz has stranded 51 of 56 inherited baserunners since the start of the 2012 season, evolving into quite the late-inning weapon for the Orioles.
"You take so much pride in that," Matusz said. "There's no better feeling than going out there and stranding some runners and keeping the team in the game and giving the guys a chance to come back and win the ballgame like we did today."
The Orioles battled early off Tanaka, working him for 58 pitches through three innings, but he settled in and needed just 16 pitches to record his final six outs, retiring 13 of 15.
If it gave the O's any particular satisfaction winning with Tanaka on the mound, they weren't divulging.
"It's nothing special to me," center fielder Adam Jones said. "He's just another pitcher in their rotation. He's just another guy we have to go through to get to where we want to be."
With considerably less fanfare, Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez gutted out six innings despite a pair of early homers. The right-hander, coming off a disastrous season debut in Detroit, kept the Yankees off the board in his final two innings and had just one clean frame the entire night.
Staked to an early three-run lead, Gonzalez gave it right back, with Beltran opening the bottom of the second with a homer and Johnson adding one two outs later. Beltran struck again with a leadoff double in the fourth and scored on Alfonso Soriano's groundout to tie the score at 3. Gonzalez pitched around a pair of singles in the fifth and got a double-play ball from McCann to erase Beltran's third hit of the night in the sixth.
"First I was a little up, a couple of my pitches I couldn't finish," Gonzalez said, "but then toward the end, [catcher Matt Wieters] told me, 'Just be yourself and make your pitches and try not to do too much,' and the last two innings were great."
Hunter navigated around an exciting final frame. He allowed a leadoff double to Soriano, then Davis couldn't get a handle on Johnson's ball down the line, putting runners on the corners. Former Oriole Brian Roberts hit a sacrifice fly to bring New York within a run, but Hunter got a double play to stop the scoring there.
"This is a hard job," Showalter said. "Closing out games against teams like the Yankees on the road is hard. ... Tommy's off to a good start considering his lack of experience."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @britt_ghiroli.


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Monday, July 1, 2013 3:30 PM
Sister Mary Frances Bartsch, 92, a resident of Victory Noll, in Huntington, IN, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, at 8:35 p.m. at Holy Family Health Care Center, at Victory Noll.
Sister Bartsch entered the congregation of Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters on Oct. 28, 1943, and made her first vows on Aug. 5, 1946. She served in the missions in California, Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. She retired to Victory Noll in 2005 to serve as a volunteer.
She was born Oct. 5, 1920, in Subiaco, AR, to Louis and Katerina Wagner Bartsch.
Survivors include a sister, Sister Dominic Bartsch, of Techy, IL.
A vigil service will be held on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at 7 p.m., with calling one hour prior to the service, at Victory Noll Memorial Chapel, 1900 W. Park Drive, Huntington. The Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., with calling one hour prior to Mass, at the Victory Noll Memorial Chapel. Rev. Thomas Shoemaker will officiate. Burial will be at victory Noll Cemetery.
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LG strikes back in the smart fridge battle at IFA
Published on Sep 1, 2016
"Take that, Samsung: LG's got a touchscreen fridge, too"Now LG has a fridge with a see-through panel and a tablet. Can it best the Samsung Family Hub?
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LG Signature Smart refrigerator with Windows 10
Published on Sep 2, 2016
At IFA 2016, LG is showing their Signature Smart InstaView refrigerator running Windows 10. It's still a prototype and LG currently does not have any launch plans yet, but it's definitely interesting.
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"LG put Alexa in a refrigerator and it seems like a great idea"
The company's Smart InstaView fridge puts Amazon's virtual assistant to work ordering groceries and more.
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You would think all members of the Republican Party, a group of politicos that vows to be patriotic and laments anyone who doesn't stand for good ol' American values, would want this two-week shutdown fiasco to end, right?
Eighteen Senators from the Good Ol' Party voted against the Senate bill to end the government shutdown, according to a report by the Washington Post.
Below is the list of shame, in no particular order of lunacy and outright absurdity:
1. Ted Cruz (Tex.)
2. Marco Rubio (Fla.)
3. Rand Paul (Ky.)
4. Charles Grassley (Iowa)
5. Dean Heller (Nev.)
6. Ron Johnson (Wis.)
7. Pat Toomey (Pa.)
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Pickleback Shine, a country rock band from southern California is pleased to announce the release of its new single 'When the Morning Comes', a tribute to the tragic event that took place at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV.
"This song was inspired from the actual events that took place that fateful night and the experiences of one of my fellow bandmates and his wife" said Dan Sussman, co-writer and drummer for the band.
"Fortunately, John and wife Tracy narrowly escaped the carnage that was all around them with only minor scrapes and bruises. Unfortunately, the emotional scars from what they saw and heard that night will be with them forever." Said Sussman.
"Everyone knows the power that music can have on the healing process, so we thought it would be helpful to get John and Tracy's thoughts and emotions onto paper and perhaps memorialize them in a song to begin their healing process. On October 6, just 5 days after that tragic night, we went into the studio and wrote the music and lyrics to When the Morning Comes." Said Daniel Martin, co-writer and Producer.
"We hope that we can touch those that are still coping with this senseless tragedy with our song and perhaps offer a little hope, strength and solace in the process." Said John Duden, co-writer and guitarist for Pickleback Shine. It's been really cathartic to get out and perform the song live with the band and to see the connection we are making with our country music friends and fans." Said Duden.
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Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and PSP.
yeah i know when ever i see a trailer for a movie in which i have to wait for, it calms me down and then i can wait for it because i just watch the trailer and say to myself "i cant wait" .... it works for me
well i guess we have that in common then.
dick and jane
hav dey stopped filmin 4 it yet???hu stars in it??
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Arriving 2.5 months early for EPIK, flight reimbursement? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Arriving 2.5 months early for EPIK, flight reimbursement? Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message dragonsfiresoulJoined: 23 Oct 2012 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:11 pm Post subject: Arriving 2.5 months early for EPIK, flight reimbursement? Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows how the flight reimbursement for EPIK works now? I did some research and the majority of posts I've read say that they don't require a receipt to give the flight reimbursement, it's just given in your first paycheck, which I am aware will come at the end of the month. However, I haven't found any posts for my particular situation. When I first applied to EPIK I didn't know I would be able to go early to volunteer and obtain an F4 visa. Evidently, I will have to sign a "contract" for the program I am going to be in. (Which I also did not know). Clearly, I have two problems now. First, since the EPIK application asked if I am currently under contract and I said no, do I need to notify them now and/or will I get in trouble for becoming on contract prior to the EPIK start? I'm not making any money, I am simply volunteering, but on paper I will be under contract... and of course, in Korea already. And second, am I still eligible for the flight reimbursement? I know you can arrive a little early, but I'm thinking that 2-3 months early is a bit much. But if they don't require receipts, would it really matter? Unfortunately, the volunteer program will not be giving me a reimbursement, so I would prefer the flight reimbursement from EPIK if that is possible. I don't care if I don't receive it until after a month or two teaching. I am just hoping to get it eventually. If not, then that is fine. I just want to know what to expect... And how NOT to get in trouble before I actually start working! Thanks much, dragonsfiresoul Back to top ttompatzJoined: 05 Sep 2005Location: Kwangju, South Korea Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:03 pm Post subject: AIRFARE is strictly a contractual matter. IF your contract says you get 1.3 million within 30 days of starting work then you get it; same with your settlement allowance. If it says something else, then something else. NOT all schools/recruiters use the same or correct EPIK contract (some use older versions with different wording and therein is the hitch). . Back to top cincynateJoined: 07 Jul 2009Location: Jeju-do, South Korea Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:04 am Post subject: Won't this give you problems with your EPIK visa? If they think that you don't have a visa, and suddenly they find out that you have an F-4 visa, when they are applying for your visa, this might cause problems.. Not sure, but maybe.... Back to top dragonsfiresoulJoined: 23 Oct 2012 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:29 pm Post subject: I did tell my interviewer about me potentially getting an F4 visa, as well as telling my recruiter about the possibility. So, yes, they do know. ttompatz: I had to find my contact and find this section, but here's what my contact says about the F-4 and the reimbursement. "If the Employee has an F-class visa and is residing in Korea, the Employee shall not receive an Entrance Allowance for the commencement of the new Term of Employment. The Employee shall be paid a Settlement Allowance of 300,000 Korean Won (KRW), when he/she begins the contract." ... So I guess I just answered my question, unless someone else has a different interpretation. I may try and talk to them to explain my situation, but I probably won't get the reimbursement without blindsiding them. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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Anything worth having in life requires dedication, motivation and a plan. If you are not required to work hard at it, is it really worth having? For those who have had babies, was it easy? Probably not! But it was something you really wanted so you were dedicated, motivated and had a plan in place to prepare for your baby. After all the hard work being pregnant, think about how great it felt when the baby was finally delivered. All the long nights of no sleep, throwing up, cravings, etc, you felt pure joy and happiness. If being pregnant was easy, do you think you would have learned to enjoy the little things in life and not take things for granted?? This is the same when you are trying to reach your fitness goal. It is a challenge, but the end result will end in pure joy and happiness. Let now be the day you challenge yourself and fill the happiness of living a long healthy life!
Eat a healthy snack 1-2 hours before dinner. You will not spoil your dinner, you will just not overeat, keeping you on track to reach your goal.
Don't have time to exercise because you want to watch your favorite shows: vampire diaries, pretty little liars, Greys anatomy, the lying games, etc. During the commercials breaks get up and do jumping jacks until the show starts again. You get to watch your shows and find time to stay on track to reach your goal.
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Doing the same exercise and routine over and over will create altered-length tension relationships (length and tension a muscle produces at a resting length., altered force couple relationships (muscle groups working together), altered arthrokinematics (joint motion), altered sensorimotor(muscle and nervous system works together to gather, interpret and execute movements), altered neuromuscular efficiency (muscles working together in all planes of motion) and finally tissue fatique and breakdown. This will lead to the cumulative injury cycle.
Your body moves in different planes of motion so training primarily in the sagittal plane (bench press) you will risk injury continuing to train that way. Training through different planes of motion (frontal, sagittal and transverse) will help prevent injury and will increase force couple relationships (muscles working together) so you can continue to lift more during the bench press (or any exercise) and maximize your potential.
Specific adaptions to imposed demands.
You have to continue to change your exercises and routine; otherwise, your body will not change. If you continue to lift 140 pounds on the bench press, overtime you will not see any progression. You have to continue to manipulate the variables (reps, sets, intensity, rest periods, etc) to keep making progress for the specific goal you have.
Here are the rep and set acute variables for the 5 phases of training.
Stabilizaton endurance:
reps: 12-20
sets: 1-3
The reps will be done at a slow pace for this goal. The exercises will be performed in a controlled, unstable environment.
Strength endurance:
reps: 8-12
sets: 2-4
A stabilization exercise is performed immediatley after a stregth endurance exercise
reps: 6-12
sets: 3-5
This will be done at the same pace as the strength endurance phase.
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reps: 1-5
sets: 4-6
This will be done at a much faster pace than the hypertrophy phase.
reps: 8-10
sets: 3-5
You will superset a max strength exercise followed by a power exercise in this phase.
I work in cardiology doing pharmacological stress tests and other heart related tests at a local hospital. It is sad that I see so many people come in with heart disease that can be prevented through healthier lifestyle choices. The scary thing is it is not only the elderly that I see come through the doors. I am seeing more people between the ages of 20-40 years of age. There are many risk factors that you can modify to decrease your risk. Check out this link through American Heart Association to see what risk factors you can modify: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4726


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Rianne Pieterse's 16th birthday was yesterday so I made her into a vampire girl for her birthday album. Twilight producers take note: Rianne would be perfect for your next movie.
Now here is scary. This is my sister Rebecca getting ready to go to work as a fire fighting, bobble-head, kayaker vampire.
Be afraid.......
Monday, November 1, 2010
Happy Halloween
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- The Painting Queen said...
looks fantastic! I am not too sure about your bobble head! tee hee
- November 1, 2010 at 9:37 PM
- Angeljet said...
Hugs!!!!! I love my vampire girl!!
- November 2, 2010 at 1:07 AM
the layout for Hneriëtte is Fabulous!!!!
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DELAND, Fla. (Feb. 6, 2010) - Junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) matched his career high with 22 points and junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) posted his 12th double-double of the year with 14 points and 10 rebounds, as the ETSU men's basketball completed a perfect road trip with its second straight win, defeating Stetson 75-60 in Atlantic Sun Conference action Saturday evening at the Edmunds Center.
With the win, the Bucs improve to 13-12 overall, 9-5 in A-Sun play, and stay just one game back of league-leading Jacksonville in the regular season standings. Meanwhile, the Hatters drop to 5-18, 3-12.
"When you look at the numbers there really isn't much to complain about," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow. "We hold them to a low shooting percentage on their home floor, we shoot it well ourselves, we did a great job on the boards, and we got to the foul line a lot. Micah and Tommy were really good for us, and it was good to see Micah being productive again."
The Bucs shot a strong 56.3 percent from the floor and 40 percent from beyond the arc, holding Stetson to just 35 percent from the field. ETSU also outrebounded the Hatters 38-24 and outscored Stetson 30-22 in the paint. Along with Williams' and Hubbard's efforts, the Bucs also got 14 points and seven boards from sophomore forward Isiah Brown (Miami), while sophomore guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) added a 10-point, five-assist effort to the cause.
The game stood tied 6-6 early in the first half, but the Bucs went on a 9-0 run as Williams scored six of his 14 first-half points to make it 15-6 at the 14:33 mark. The Hatters then cut the lead to five at 17-12, but the Bucs responded by going to work on their largest lead of the half at 31-20 with 5:37 left before the intermission. However, Stetson was not done and answered over the next three minutes by going on a 12-3 run of its own to make it 34-32 with 2:39 left. Bartow called a 30-second timeout at that point to stop the momentum, and it worked as the Bucs scored the final seven points of the half to make it 41-32 at the break.
The Bucs shot a sizzling 64 percent from the floor and 60 percent from beyond the arc in the first half, while holding Stetson to just 37 percent from the field. However, Stetson shot 90 percent from the charity stripe and hit seven more free throws than the Bucs to stay close at the break.
In the second half, the Bucs got the lead back to 11 early on, but Stetson responded with a quick 5-0 spurt to make it 43-37 with 16:24 left in the game. The Hatters later got the deficit to just three at 48-45, but the Bucs pulled away late with a 15-7 run to make it 63-52 on a layup by Brown with 3:31 left in the game. From there, the Bucs only extended the lead at the foul line
The Bucs return home for a pair of games next week, facing Kennesaw State on Friday at 7 p.m. inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. For more on ETSU hoops, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's basketball link.


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The water swirling over the granite makes it look like sparkling stones below. The clear mountain creek swirls over granet with the sun reflecting on the granet rock creating a jewel like appearance.The creek bottom here is completely made of solid granite. On a summer afternoon, I was walking behind my husband while on a trout fishing trip and came upon this whirlpool, which below two colors of granite are visible.
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We heard in the second intermission of last night's game what we all wanted to hear – that Cheveldayoff knows we need to upgrade the right wing and that there are other additions that could be made. He also spoke of the need to continue to build for the future. We can hope that this team intends to continue to add NHL hockey players along with prospects. The 'be good' model we can call it. Inside are some (okay, many) thoughts on what shape that might take today.
While it can be tempting to look at the Penguins, Blackhawks, and so forth and point to the cluster of talent accumulated by being full-on bad, Jets fans should remember that the Trashers were just that for a long time. Zach Bogosian (3rd overall, 2008), Evander Kane (4th overall, 2009), Alex Burmistrov (8th overall, 2010), Mark Scheifele (7th overall, 2011), and Jacob Trouba (9th overall, 2012) represent the heart of the order, and the team has added other former top 10 picks in Blake Wheeler (5th overall, 2004) and Andrew Ladd (4th overall, 2004). Jokinen (3rd overall, 1997), Antropov (10th overall, 1998), Little (12th overall, 2006) and Hainsey (13th overall, 2000) come from the left half of the draft board as well.
Many teams go into 'ruin for Drouin' scenarios and don't emerge. The teams that do emerge are the ones that add NHL players around their young talent, and who use young players as cap-friendly additions to squads with depth and skill until they are ready to take on larger roles, pushing out older players only by earning the ice time. It seems Cheveldayoff understands this, and today will be a massive tell in the direction of the organization. Will we keep drifting toward the bottom in order to secure more young talent? Or will Cheveldayoff use some of his $30M in cap space next year to his advantage in a year when many teams will be feeling the dollar crunch?
Selling Assets
(All figures from NHL Numbers)
Ron Hainsey, 4.5: Pending UFA
Hainsey is the true marker of whether this team intends to compete. There has been no mention of contract talks with Hainsey, Kulda was brought over from Europe, Trouba turned pro, and the Jets are still talking future. Hainsey is a tough minutes defender (top 25 in quality of competition among defencemen who have played 20 games), and plays over 3 minutes a night on the PK. He's not perfect but he's not getting buried either. Regehr has been much worse in the same role for Buffalo and netted them two 2nd ronders.
My preference: His contract comparables are all in the 3.5 to 5 million range, but I still prefer they sign this guy. It's the old tale of not letting go of a role player until you have someone else to fill that role. Hainsey's role is the toughest minutes on the team and the list of gritty tough minute defencemen after him on this roster starts and ends with Mark Stuart – a poor man's Ron Hainsey.
My prediction: He will be traded. The return will be similar to Regehr. Perhaps Cheveldayoff negotiates for a 1st in 2014 instead, or a conditional asset based on re-signing him.
Nik Antropov, 4.062: Pending UFA
He's sixth in team scoring despite being miscast for much of the season as a checking forward, and playing almost exclusively on the third line with one legitimate linemate. He and Kyle Wellwood have some chemistry, and he seems to be the only player getting points on the powerplay. It's curious that he didn't get more of an opportunity with Kane given the lack of success Jokinen has had with him. Antropov's scoring has declined since his first season with the Thrashers four seasons ago that saw him record 67 points in 76 games. Still, his scoring is needed on a team with no other solutions.
My preference: Keep him, move him up the roster or give him a LW and monitor his success. A short-term deal at the end of the year may allow the team to get rid of other, less effective players.
My prediction: The Jets keep him this deadline. His trade value isn't high, the team is desperate for centre help and scoring, and an injury last night may affect his eligibility to be traded.
Antti Miettien, 1.351: Pending UFA
Another player who has been miscast. He's useless as a second line scorer, but a value contract for the bottom six and a guy who can play a finesse checking role and the penalty kill. Smart players have value, but this guy is a horse being told to act like a zebra.
My preference: Players like Mittens are currently fetching between a 7th (Tangradi) and a 4th (Handzus). If the market for him is at the low end, you might as well keep him. If a 4th can be had, ship him out.
My prediction: The same. Tires are kicked, but he stays a Jet.
Kyle Wellwood, 1.6: Pending UFA
This guy drives possession, makes a handful of incredible passes every game, and gets rewarded with time in the pressbox and a lot of 'yeah, but why isn't he better?' talk. He's always struggled to find a job, and is an unfortunate tweener in an NHL that still loves size in the bottom six, and a first-shot-scorer in the top six.
My preference: Wellwood is a valuable depth player and an under utliized powerplay scorer. Keep him and sign him.
My prediction: No one wants him. He stays a Jet but they let him walk at the end of the year.
Olli Jokinen, 4.5 x 1 more year remaining
It's a long shot, but Olli Jokinen has not worked out in Winnipeg so far, and if they decide to sell, he will be shopped. His extra year may tempt a team looking for some centre stability – perhaps some teams that are considered sellers even – but his poor showing as a rental with New York a few years ago, along with a poor outing this season likely makes his price somewhere around an I.O.U.
My preference: In some ways, I think he's addition by subtraction. He's been brutal this year and as I wrote previously, there's no reason to think he's going to turn it around significantly when we look at his advanced stats. Please sell him. And please get a 3rd.
My prediction: He stays another year and leaves at next year's deadline for a 4th.
Paul Postma, 0.55: Pending RFA
Postma is 24 and still projecting as a specialist. His play reads are wonky, his range is limited at the NHL level, and the result is that his play looks inconsistent. Truthfully, it's just differently exposed. If he has value, move him. Trouba has signed, Stuart and Clitsome are coming back from injury, and Kulda hasn't seen a game. Next year Redmond will be back as well. Trade Postma if he has any value as a depth offensive defenceman to a team.
My preference: I prefer to get more than a 7th.
My prediction: He gets moved in a package deal as a prospect.
Adding Pieces
The wishlist is known – a RW who can score, a centre who isn't Olli Jokinen to play with Kane, and a two-way LW for the third line. WIth all the added bodies on defence, this team likely doesn't need more. But quality over quantity, and a lot rides on what happens with Hainsey. The Jets can't be 'renting' players, but could be using the dropping cap along with the disappointment of various teams to secure under-valued players with years left on their contract.
Drew Stafford, 4.0 x 2 more years – We talked about him here. He makes a ton of sense as a long-term add for the team as he can move up and down the roster, shoot, hit, and play both ways.
Martin Havlat, 5.0 x 2 more years – I haven't heard his name on the market, but his stint with San Jose isn't much more impressive than his stint with Minnesota and they seem to be selectively selling. He's a player (like James Neal) who needs coaching support. The system has to emphasize his vertical range and get him in his comfortable scoring locations. He has the same explosive speed we see out of Evander Kane and I wonder if this team can give him some life again. The best part is that he's likely cheap to acquire considering his name value as he's a huge pain their cap, and we just happen to have a lot of cap space for next year.
Sean Couturier, 1.375 x 1 more year – For some reason, I keep hearing this kid's name come up. A concussion last year, not as much success in a more shallow forward group this year with an awful defence group behind him. He was the consensus pick when we took Scheifele, and there's a chance we could have both. It likely costs more than the Jets want to let go, but what about sending Hainsey the other way in the package?
Matt Read, 0.900 x 1 more year – A young scorer who plays RW. Sign me up. Rumours circulated earlier in the year that he was available when he was scratched and then played in an elevated role at a game with scouts in attendance. But then he was awesome and earned the elevated role and likely took himself off the market. But dare to dream.
Curtis Glencross, 2.55 x 2 more years – Man this guy would look good on that third line! He's everything you could ever want James Wright to be – fast, tough, hard to play against, smart, and can score a little.
Antoine Vermette, 3.75 x 2 more years – A versatile player who could take the second line centre job, or move to the third line LW. He can play in all three situations, score and check. He's an under-rated player in the league due to playing in small markets and having an ability that hockey media struggles with – intelligence.
In my mind, the Jets are in a perfect position to execute a 'fast' rebuild (in that they have already added so many rebuilding pieces, it will seem fast). By holding on to their picks this year, but trading 2014 draft assets to secure players with years remaining on their contracts to fill obvious roster holes, the Jets could add both NHL players and wins and as many as 4 prospects from a draft with very high-end talent through the first 60 selections. It would require moving bodies both onto and off the roster today. It would also require faith that the picks they move in 2014 aren't lottery picks. This team plus Stafford and Vermette is much better. Adding Trouba and Scheifele next season make them even better. To my mind, not adding help at his deadline makes for a miserable season next year, wastes another year on two ELC's that are important to the oranization, and procures a player from the 2014 draft whose effectiveness may or may not coincide with the window established on this team already by the Bogosian through Trouba picks. It's risky to keep pushing the window back. I hope Cheveldayoff takes a stand today and shows us that the window starts now.


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The exclaimed "Oh!" can be at its worst when it is ominous; when it is exclaimed by my elderly mother. On my last visit, I heard its high-pitched ring from her bedroom, and I found her on her fanny, legs sprawled out. She'd slipped off her too-slippery blue satin bedspread, as she tends to sit down too close to edge of the bed.
Luckily it was just a little slip, not a fall, and that "Oh!" hopefully has been squelched, as we have placed a thick nubby throw over the slippery bedspread.
My favorite "Oh!" is the revelatory one exclaimed by my children.
Actually it can be more of an "Oooooh!" as certain truths (or non-truths) dawn on one or the other of my boys. As when Kenny can be thinking thoughtfully, as he can when we're stuck in traffic and there is no Nintendo DS: "Oooooooh! Guess what! Do you even know what the world would be like if there were no children? Santa's elves would have no jobs. Because there would be no toys to make. And then Santa would not need his sleigh."
Here's the history behind this particularly exclamatory "Ooooooh": Ryan likes to turn every new toy over to see where it's been made, and (lost in his own thoughts, as he was deprived of his own Nintendo DS) he'd asked why was it everything was made in China.
I'd launched into the true story of how it seems that everything is made in China because a lot of factories have closed down in our own country. And without the factories there are a lot of lost jobs.
"You mean like the Oompa Loompas," Kenny had said. "They worked in a factory." (We're in the midst of reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.)
Then there's the less enthusiastic "Oh." The "Oh" which is as dully expressive as my boys' new favorite, the "whatever." As on this same car trip, when Kenny ruminatively began picking his nose, and I launched into my new mantra that newly-minted seven year old boys (he turned seven on Easter) can no longer pick their noses.
"Oh." So he stopped. Only to resume something equally annoying, if not quite as repulsive, popping the air out of his cheeks like popping balloons.


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READING � Members of the Reading Community Schools Board of Education heard about several positive things happening in�the district's�schools during Wednesday night�s meeting.
Rick Bailey, secondary administrator, informed the board on the results of recent ACT scores. This year�s scores were the highest they have been since the entire junior class began taking the test.
Although the state hasn�t released the final numbers, Bailey said he is happy by his calculations.
�We are at last year�s state average, which we haven�t reached in six or seven years,� he said. �Our goal has been to close the gap on the state average. I am pleased with the students and staff.�
Over the past two years the school has been working to improve test scores after being placed on the state�s Priority Schools list.
�It has been a good thing for us,� said Bailey. �Sometimes human nature sets in if you don�t get challenged, and you continue to repeat what you are doing.�
Superintendent Chellie Broesamle said she was extremely excited about the improvements in test scores.
�We are going in the right direction,� she said.
The board also approved the hiring of Jeremy Carr to teach psychology and biology at the high school. Carr, a Michigan native, currently teaches at Valley High School in Las Vegas.
�He is very energetic,� Broesamle said. �He has a great personality. We are very excited to have him on board.�
With the hiring of Carr, the school system will once again offer psychology � something that hasn�t been offered for a number of years.
�It is just one more option for our students,� Broesamle said.
Reynolds Elementary School Principal Tim Davis updated the board on kindergarten registration. He said registration is down about 10 students from last year at this time.
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Relive the extraordinary Presidency of Barack Obama through White House photographer Pete Souza's behind-the-scenes images and stories--some published here for the first time--with a foreword from the President himself.
During Barack Obama's two terms, Pete Souza was with the President during more crucial moments than anyone else--and he photographed them all. Souza captured nearly two million photographs of President Obama, in moments highly classified and disarmingly candid.
Obama: An Intimate Portrait reproduces more than 300 of Souza's most iconic photographs with fine-art print quality in an oversize collectible format. Together they document the most consequential hours of the Presidency--including the historic image of President Obama and his advisors in the Situation Room during the bin Laden mission--alongside unguarded moments with the President's family, his encounters with children, interactions with world leaders and cultural figures, and more.
Souza's photographs, with the behind-the-scenes captions and stories that accompany them, communicate the pace and power of our nation's highest office. They also reveal the spirit of the extraordinary man who became our President. We see President Obama lead our nation through monumental challenges, comfort us in calamity and loss, share in hard-won victories, and set a singular example to "be kind and be useful," as he would instruct his daughters.
This book puts you in the White House with President Obama, and will be a treasured record of a landmark era in American history.
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Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/28/2014 -- Inverter technology and automatic sensors are characterising the newest microwaves on the market. Although these technologies are not new, they are pushing up the average unit price for microwaves. In 2013, microwave volume sales grew by only 2%, while current value grew by 4%. While many consumers are not familiar with inverter technology, the feature is seen as a significant technological advancement within microwaves. Whereas previous microwaves operated with constant power levels, which...
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Rüsselsheim. Opel made a real impression in Geneva with its vehicles, technologies, exhibit and staff. Connectivity was the predominant theme of Opel's booth at the 84th Geneva Motor Show. The German automaker is already a market leader with its IntelliLink infotainment system featured in models from the ADAM to the Zafira Tourer. And from 2015, Opel will introduce the carefree, all-round vehicle services system OnStar in Europe. OnStar is the leading brand of connected safety and security solutions, value-added mobility services and advanced information technology. This announcement was one of four Opel world premieres in Geneva. In addition to OnStar, these were the new ADAM ROCKS, the ADAM S, as well as the Astra OPC EXTREME.
The 1,544 m2 Opel booth in Geneva projected high-tech from every direction. The dark black, shiny glass floor reflected the spotlights, and one million LEDs showed Opel vehicles and technology in action in sharp HD quality on the 36-meter-wide video wall. Visitors were able to learn more about OnStar and IntelliLink on terminals and even become part of the motor show. Some 300 Opel fans used the opportunity to have their photos taken, which were then on show on the multimedia wall throughout the event. Opel CEO Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann was also interactive: he presented Opel's Geneva exhibit to his Twitter followers with a booth tour – broadcast live via Google Glass. With so many innovations made so accessible to the public, Opel was honored with the Creativity Award.
The Creativity Award, founded by the Club de publicité et de communication de Genève (CPG), invites a panel of communications experts to the International Motor Show in Geneva every year. Benjamin Feijo is chairman of the award. After visiting all booths and discussing them, the panel decided to grant the Creativity Award to the automobile brand that fulfilled almost all the selection criteria: this year the 11th Creativity Award went to Opel.
But there is more: Opel's winning presence in Geneva with its trendsetting vehicles and corresponding booth concept also included its staff, which impressed visitors and journalists alike. For the 16th time, the trade publishing house AUTO&Wirtschaft and the automobile platform car4you.ch organized the selection of Miss Auto Salon. The jury of experts chose Opel's Chantal Breitinger as the most beautiful motor show hostess in 2014 at a ceremony attended by 400 guests. The attractive law student was one of a total of 82 staff who manned the Opel booth and perfectly staged its innovative products.
Opel's presence was not only a hot topic of conversation at the motor show itself, but also among automotive enthusiasts on social media networks. The internet community produced some 8,500 tweets with the hashtag #Opelgeneva and the 26 Opel videos from the Geneva Motor Show amassed nearly 90,000 clicks in just a few days.
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Crazy Paper Box Company
Description: The Crazy Water Company built a plant in 1919 to extract minerals from its water, box the crystals, and sell them nationwide as Crazy Water Crystals. Part of the crystal enterprise included a box factory. Following an action by the Food and Drug Administration in the late 1930's, crystal operations were reduced and the box operation was diversified. A Mr. Breidling bought the machinery to construct boxes in 1940. He remained with the factory when it was sold to Pollock (A subsidiary of Regis). They added 22000 square feet to the plant, over and above the 56000 square feet already in existence.. They introduced two new machines into the plant, and got rid of the old ones. The plant continues (2016) to produced boxes for Christmas presents. Rumor has it (2016) that the Crazy Water industry plans to re-open the plant to produced Crazy Crystals again. "'Treetop' Erwin, left, was the driver of the Crazy Box Company truck" is written on the back of the photograph. The photograph is dated 1940, and can be found in A. F. Weaver's book, "TIME WAS In Mineral Wells", First Edition, 1974, on page 28. Special note: By magnifying the picture so as to be able to read the license plate of the truck, the date "42" becomes visible.
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Envi High-Efficiency Electric Panel Heater
Name: Envi High-Efficiency Electric Panel Whole Room Heater
Price: $107.95
Rating: Recommend+*
One of the most difficult challenges faced during colder months is finding a heating solution which meets five requirements: quiet operation, moderate energy consumption, heats effectively, easy to install/use, and possibly the hardest requirement to meet, looks good in the home. There are a few heaters out there that meet some of those five characteristics, but rarely all five. The Envi High-Efficiency Electric Panel Heater is a passive heating solution which seemed to have the makings of winner in all respects; we've just finished a month-long test run with the Envi and report our findings below…
Unboxing and Mounting: Packaging for appliances like heaters don't normally catch our interest, but we have to give credit to eHeat. The packaging for the Envi heater box was obviously designed with some forethought which aids in both unpacking and installation. The flat shaped square box is easily, but securely packaged to protect the unit from damage before it reaches your doorstep, while also revealing a template to use for exact wall mounting; two guide punch holes are included in an interior cardboard insert.
Wall mounting hardware is included, which requires a screwdriver at minimum, but a common light task power drill is recommended, especially if you live in an older apartment or house. The wall mounting kit seems primarily designed for newer drywall construction, so you may require additional hardware to secure the Envi.
Performance: we talked at great lengths with eHeat founder and president, Mark McCourt, about the Envi and how it works. The Envi was designed to improve on the function and form of the flat panel Econo-Heater / Eco-Heater solution, utilizing a protective case around the panel heating unit, maximizing the fanless performance with a dual-stack convection setup within which lets the natural flow of cold-to-warm air rising do the work, all the while improving energy efficiency while maximizing the warmth factor. After less than a minute on, users can feel a current of warm air emanating up from top, drawing from the colder air from your floor at the bottom of the unit, creating a circulation effect which helps warm a room without the need of loud fans.
The Envi is specifically aimed at heating specific rooms of an apartment or house, modeling in many ways after Victorian-era heating, where a fireplaces were strategically placed in rooms where doors could be shut to maximize heating effects. When used in bathrooms, small bedrooms, or in our case, the home office, the Envi can heat up modest sizes spaces more than several degrees, making this especially a great heating solution for renters who live in apartments in areas like San Francisco, Chicago, New York and other cities with smaller spaces.
Our experience with the Envi is it requires a little more patience than the automatic heat blast of typical space heaters; it is not an instant-on solution, but more akin to floor heating in its use and effectiveness. The heater only requires between 150-450 watts of power, the variable power tuned by an easy-to-use dial at the top of the unit, so we'd leave it on a few hours before we needed to be in the room, close a door, then return to find the room comfortably warm instead of unnaturally hot or ineffectively cold (about 10-15 degrees). Goldielocks would have undoubtedly been pleased. Hook this up to a timer device, and you could further manage the heater's effectiveness and energy use to a specific schedule.
The Envi does require a properly insulated space, as we noted our drafty home office could sometimes erase the warming effects of the Envi if a chilly draft pushed into the room. No fault of the heater itself, but it does illustrate the limitations of the unit which passively heats a room. Also, placement of the unit will affect how much heat will be felt. Think of Envi as a small, warm fire; the closer you are situated, the more apparent the warmth. Our unit sits just behind us, warming our seated torso, but hardly felt by our feet.
What We Liked: we love the slim profile design and the sturdier quality of this improved design. The Envi operates quietly, heats up fairly quickly, and operates cool to the touch on the side panel, making it a safe choice for parents and pet owners. Installation was a 10 minute affair, and the economical operational costs are appreciated in a time when electrical costs during winter months can make a big dent in our budgets.
What Needs Improvement: the additional of a small fan option would make this unit that much more useful in our opinion. We love the quiet operation, but to be honest, when you're cold, you're likely an impatient grump. Adding something akin to a quiet PC fan to push some of that precious warm air at the start of operation would be a welcome addition for quicker heating.
Summary: if you're an apartment dweller, renter, or live in a small house with modest sized rooms, a couple of these Envi heaters are an excellent choice. If you live in a modern sized home with large open rooms, this sort of stacked convection heating device is not ideal (we tested a second purchased unit in a suburban bedroom, and the effects were negligible). Also allergy sufferers will like a heating solution which doesn't kick up dust and allergens, while parents and pet owners will feel safe having the unit warm rooms without burn hazards to worry about. We liked the Envi so much, as noted above, we purchased a unit for ourselves after testing the review unit; a recommended heating solution if you consider the limitations.
Pros: Most decor friendly 2″ deep slim-line heater in the domestic market (made in the USA); very quiet operation; low energy use; cool operational temperature; auto dimming power light; 3 year warranty.
Cons: not super expensive, but priced more than cheap space heater; mounting hardware needs improvement; not a quick heating solution, requires planning and understanding about convection heating for optimal effect; designed to be most effective for 130 sq. ft. and smaller rooms.
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Bulgaria's Forests Threatened
The controversial amendments of Bulgaria's Forest Act, which were adopted yesterday by the Bulgarian Parliament, will lead to the plundering of the country's last significant natural resource, WWF has warned today. WWF and the coalition of environmental NGOs "For the Nature" are calling on Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev to veto the changes to safeguard Bulgaria's forests. The environmentalists are also sending a signal to the European Commission for unauthorized governmental aid which the amendments represent.
"The amendments of the Forest Act go against the public interest and contravene EU and Bulgarian legislation on competition as well as nature protection", said Konstantin Ivanov, Head of Communications at WWF Bulgaria. "To put it simply, the amendments mean further deforestation and building up of forest and protected areas. They practically allow for the construction of ski runs and ski facilities without changing land use and for the acquisition of building rights on public land without tender and for an indefinite period."
A series of protests in the past six months have demonstrated massive public support for the protection of Bulgaria's forests and protected areas. Over 1000 protestors rallied against the new law on Wednesday evening, blocking for more than an hour the traffic along one of Sofia's busiest boulevards. The protestors, mainly young people and families with children, carried posters reading "Forests are life" and "Sorry for disturbing you, we are just trying to rescue what has been left of Bulgaria." Public outcry however has been ignored by the ruling majority.
State forests and protected areas, the last significant public resource that has not yet passed into private hands in Bulgaria, occupy about 20% of the country's territory.
What is wrong with the Forest Act amendments
- For the first time since Bulgaria gained its independence in 1878, the law would allow a third party to build in another party's property without the owner's consent and without adequate compensation.
- For the first time since 1925 riparian forests will no longer be classified as forests and it will be lawful to cut them down without any control from the state.
- For the first time since 1931, when the first protected area of the country was announced, the state will allow for private companies to build in protected areas owned by the state.
- For the first time since 1955 the law would permit the use of state forests timber twice over natural growth, which would reduce timber resources.
- For the first time since 1991, when the current Bulgarian constitution was adopted, the government will allow for farmland to be used for purposes unrelated to farming, such as the construction of ski resorts and golf courses.
- For the first time since 1991, the state is creating a sectoral aid scheme to aid the construction of ski resorts and golf courses, making them exempt from state taxes payable for change of land use.
- For the first time since 1996, when the State Property Act came into force, building rights on public land will be given without tender by decision of the Minister of Agriculture.
- For the first time since 1997 when restitution of forests started in Bulgaria, the state is allowing owners of private forests under 5 acres to cut them down without state control.
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Eight-time major champion Tom Watson has confirmed he would be 'honoured' to ask to captain the United States at the 2014 Ryder Cup.
Watson, 63, played on four Ryder Cup teams and captained the American side to victory at The Belfry in 1993 during an illustrious career - but has not attended the event since that success 19 years ago.
The next Ryder Cup is due to take place at Gleneagles in Scotland, a country where Watson is very popular. Four of his five Open Championship successes came in Scotland.
"I hope so, I hope so," Watson told reporters, when asked if he could captain the US side in two years.
"It would be a great honour if I got tapped on the shoulder. I know that 1993 was the last time I've been to a Ryder Cup.
"I'd like to go back as captain. That would be cool."
Jack Nicklaus is the only man to have repeated as captain for an American team - although reports had suggested that Davis Love III could be asked to fill the role again in 2014, despite having seen his charges lose at Medinah in September.
David Toms, Jim Furyk and Phil Mickelson have also all been put forward as possible captaincy candidates for 2014.
World rankings: 1. Rory McIlroy (NIR), 2. Luke Donald (ENG), 3. Tiger Woods (USA), 4. Justin Rose (ENG), 5. Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), 6. Lee Westwood (ENG), 7. Adam Scott (AUS), 8. Jason Dufner (USA), 9. Bubba Watson (USA), 10. Brandt Snedeker (USA), 11. Webb Simpson (USA), 12. Keegan Bradley (USA), 13. Ian Poulter (ENG), 14. Graeme McDowell (NIR), 15. Phil Mickelson (USA), 16. Steve Stricker (USA), 17. Nick Watney (USA), 18. Peter Hanson (SWE), 19. Matt Kuchar (USA), 20. Sergio Garcia (ESP).