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Limited Brands – owner of iconic underwear labels Victoria's Secret and La Senza – has today bowed to public pressure and committed to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products by 2020.
That makes it three brands in three weeks, in 2013, for global #peoplepower, with this news coming hot on the heels of similarly ambitious commitments from Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo and Italian stalwart Benetton. Limited Brands is now the 14th international retailer to commit to Detox since the campaign launch in July 2011.
Over the past weeks, activists have been out in force calling on Victoria's Secret to make garments its customers and 'ambassadors' can be proud to wear: adding their voices to the hundreds of thousands of people who have already joined the Detox campaign online.
A Greenpeace investigation released late last year revealed the presence of a hormone-disrupting phthalate in an item of Victoria's Secret underwear at levels that would have led to the product being banned in the EU had it been a toy.
Today's commitment is Limited Brands' first important step to tackle this issue, and includes an explicit process to ensure the total elimination of both phthalates and perfluorinated chemicals (another hormone-disrupting chemical group of high concern) long before the 2020 deadline. 2013 will also see it release pollution data from 80% of its global supply chain, further accelerating the transparency revolution that is taking place in the sector due to the Detox campaign, and providing those people living near manufacturing facilities with information about what is being discharged into their local water supplies.
Thanks to the passionate support of concerned consumers, activists and fashionistas it seems as though 2013 will finally be the year when the textile industry begins to end its addiction to toxic chemicals.
For brands like Victoria's Secret, the next big step will be turning their words into actions that are as high-profile and bold as their infamous fashion shows.
For brands that have so far tried to bury their head in the sands and ignore the issue – such as Calvin Klein, GAP and G Star Raw – they will need to up their game, or risk losing out to more savvy competitors.
Please help share our video "Detox Fashion" and help save our precious water supplies from industrial pollution.
Fashion needn't cost the earth. Join us in demanding toxic-free fashion.
Tommy Crawford is the Detox Campaign Strategic Communications Manager. You can follow him on twitter: @theecowarrior.
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Great work everyone involved with this campaign. You are not alone in your want for a cleaner and happier planet. When great minds get together great things are achievable.
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So what do you do if you currently own lots of VS underwear items? Throw them out? Are they safe if they've been washed? Scary stuff!
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- You use a database with the compatibility level set to 130 in Microsoft SQL Server 2016.
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In addition, if the query uses an expression (such as type conversion) where its correctness depends on filtered data (for example, a char table column is converted to int, but only a subset of values contain a valid int representation, and this subset is identified by the filter predicate), then the query may fail with a data conversion error that resembles one of the following:
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Google saved $2 billion in corporate income tax by shifting nearly $10 billion into a Bermuda shell company last year, according to reports.
Google sent about $9.8 billion in revenue to Bermuda, almost twice the amount from 2008, Bloomberg News reported.
The process is legal and widely used. By dropping its revenue into Bermuda, which has no corporate income tax, Google can save about half its tax rate. The $9.8 billion is close to 80 percent of the tech titan's pretax earnings. The news was disclosed in a Nov. 21 filing in the Netherlands.
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Returning in Spring 2015, they present their take on one of Tennessee Williams' most famous plays, A Streetcar Named Desire. Set in the stifling heat of New Orleans, fading Southern Belle Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister Stella and her brutish husband Stanley in an attempt to flee her troubled past. But unconvinced by her pretensions and delusions of granduer, Stanley sets out to destroy her.
Set to a specially commissioned jazz-inspired score by award winning composer Peter Salem, Scottish Ballet have created an arresting fusion of drama and dance in collaboration with American theatre and film director Nancy Meckler and international choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa.
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Thursday, 2nd April 2015
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Out of all the bosses, the one that truly baffled me even after having downed it was Yorsajh. Oozes, oozes everywhere, all colorful and complicated! AHHHH!
When I went and ran three LFR raids following our normal raid, I tried to get a better grasp of what those oozes do and their priorities, but it was still a bit of a foreign concept to me that I was struggling to comprehend. So, when we started talking heroic modes and that we'd be seeing FOUR at once (3 simultaneous buffs), and I was already feeling a flowchart was needed, I sat down in google docs and made one.
This involved a ton of research and comparison of comments and suggestions. Here are some places I studied:
- Icy Veins' guide
- Sumanhi's slightly different version of Icy Veins' guide (had more details on alternative combinations and strats to deal with them)
- Wowhead, mostly via the comments due to limited strat details on main page
- Wowpedia
So. Multiple suggestions on ooze priorities. Icy Veins even appears to have altered their original to reflect a different priority. And, it seems, no hint of what combinations to expect on heroic mode.
That said, here are the results of my search:
There are two different recommendations on ooze priorities here.
- Y > P > Black
This priority avoids the combination of blue/yellow, instead resulting in a blue/purple. What this means is that the dps kills the void while there is little raid damage going out, and healers shouldn't need to be healing much. However, the healers need to understand not to spam fast heals on the tank during this phase; a single, slow-cast healer should be adequate.
- P > Y > Black
This priority is for when you just don't want to risk the healers exploding everyone. In the case of Blue/Yellow, things will get nasty and your tanks need to swap quickly as their debuffs will build fast from the yellow buff, and healers will be OoM or low mana. Risk is loosing a tank.
Normal mode makes green pretty scary. You will want to get rid of it. Again, there are two different suggested priority systems here.
This avoids a blue/yellow and a blue/green scenario, replacing both with a blue/purple scenario where, although the healers need to not be casting 5 heals on any one player, there is little damage going out. The healers need to understand not to spam fast heals on the tank during this phase; a single, slow-cast healer should be adequate.
This completely removes purple (shadow) from the equation, but will have higher healing requirements due to the blue/yellow and blue/green situations.
Where in normal and LFR it appears that there are only six possible combinations that will spawn together, I haven't found a list of possible combinations for heroic mode's spawns to be able to analyze the priority system. A tentatively suggested system is P > G > Y > Black > Red. Any further information on this would be very much appreciated :)
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Chastity refers to the sexual behavior of a man or woman acceptable to the moral standards and guidelines of a culture, civilization, or religion. In the western world, the term has become closely associated (and is often used interchangeably) with sexual abstinence, especially before marriage. However, the term remains applicable to persons in all states, single or married, clerical or lay, and has implications beyond sexual temperance.
- CHASTITY. Rarely use Venery but for Health or Offspring; Never to Dulness, Weakness, or the Injury of your own or another's Peace or Reputation.
- Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography (1817), Part II, page 75.
- As pure as a pearl,
And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.
- Owen Meredith (Lord Lytton), Lucile (1860), Part II, Canto VI, Stanza 16.
- 'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;
She that has that is clad in complete steel,
And, like a quiver'd nymph with arrows keen,
May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths,
Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds;
Where, through the sacred rays of chastity,
No savage fierce, bandite, or mountaineer,
Will dare to soil her virgin purity.
- John Milton, Comus (1637), line 420.
- So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sincerely so,
A thousand liveried angels lacky her,
Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt.
- John Milton, Comus (1637), line 453.
- Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun,
Grow pure by being purely shone upon.
- Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh (1817), "The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan".
- My chastity's the jewel of our house,
Bequeathed down from many ancestors.
- William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act IV, scene 2, line 46.
- The very ice of chastity is in them.
- William Shakespeare, As You Like It (c.1599-1600), Act III, scene 4, line 18.
- Chaste as the icicle
That's curded by the frost from purest snow
And hangs on Dian's temple.
- William Shakespeare, Coriolanus (c. 1607-08), Act V, scene 3, line 66.
- As chaste as unsunn'd snow.
- William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (1611), Act II, scene 5, line 14.
- Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abnuerit.
- When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no crime.
- Tacitus, Annales (AD 117), IV. 3.
- Even from the body's purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.
- James Thomson, The Seasons, Summer (1727), line 1,269.
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- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 108-09.
- There's a woman like a dew-drop,
She's so purer than the purest.
- Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'Scutcheon, Act I, scene 3.
- That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
- Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France.
- If she seem not chaste to me.
What care I how chaste she be?
- Sir Walter Raleigh, wWritten the night before his death.
- A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
- Jonathan Swift, preface to one of Bishop Burnet's Introductions to History of the Reformation.
- Then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity:
The deep air listen'd round her as she rode,
And all the low wind hardly breathed for fear.
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Published on 09-22-2018 08:39 PM
Bueng Kan Province (Thai: บึงกาฬ) is located in the northeastern region of Thailand. It is the 76th province of Thailand, and was established on March 23 2011. Bueng Kan consists of the districts partitioned off Nong Khai Province and borders the Makong River and Bolikhamsai Province of Laos. There are eight districts in Bueng Kan : Muaeng Bueng Kan, Pak Khat, So Phisai, Si Wilai, Phon Charoen, Seka, Bueng Khong Long, and Bung Khla. Bueng Kan features waterfalls, mountains, and other tourist attractions
Bueng Kan has become the biggest rubber producer in the northeastern region with 1.2 million rai worth of rubber plantations and the location on the largest rubber pillow and mattress top factory in Thailand.
The provincial seal of Bueng Kan, Thailand has a depiction of Phu Thok, which is a mountain in
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Ang Thong Province (Thai: อ่างทอง)
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Ang Thong Province, originally known as Mueang Wiset Chai Chan, (Thai: อ่างทอง) is a small province located in Central Thailand, that has the Chao Phraya and Noi Rivers flowing through it. Surrounding provinces are Sing Buri, Lopburi, Ayutthaya, and Suphanburi. Ang Thong is mostly flat, agricultural land. It is only 108 kilometers from Bangkok and is known for its contributions to Thai art and mythology. There are a number of historical attractions in Ang Thong, including around 200
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Amnat Charoen (Thai: อำนาจเจริญ, pronounced [ʔām.nâːt t͡ɕā.rɤ̄ːn]) is one of the northeastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand
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Amnat Charoen,
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|February 25, 2013, 06:20 PM
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.30-40 Krag Bolt Action Springfield 1898 Value!?
I was recently at my local gun shop (Harry Beckwith Gun Shop, Micanopy Florida) and I saw an old Springfield .30-40 Krag Bolt Action going for a really really low price. I don't quite remember how much, $200 or less I believe, I tried the action out and it appeared to be in good condition.
Does anyone know the real value of these? If you want to call this gun shop and ask about it, if it is even still there, the number is 352-466-3340. Let me know what you know. Thanks!
|February 25, 2013, 06:35 PM
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The "real value" depends entirely on the originality and condition.
For $200 I would expect to see a Krag that had been cut down by Bubba and likely with a dark bore from corrosive ammo shot by Clyde who wouldn't let no water touch his gun.
|February 25, 2013, 11:45 PM
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If a rifle turned into a carbine, that kind of magic gets about $300. A good rifle, good wood, nice bore, original, expect $650 up to $$900 or more. Snap it up if you think it's worth it.
|February 26, 2013, 10:59 AM
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If it's an original hen's-tooth 1898 (or 1899) Carbine (most seen are fakes), it'd be worth well over 10x what a cut-down rifle is.
For $200 or less, why aren't you showing us pics of your new purchase, ILO jawing aboutit ?
|February 26, 2013, 11:13 AM
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my LGS are a little clueless when it comes to gun values so I have never seen a 1898 for less than $1000 but all of them have been drilled, tapped, cut down and otherwise mutilated.
for $200 I would pass as unless they have no clue what it actually is, is heavily modified and no longer has much collectors value.
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|February 26, 2013, 12:50 PM
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Concur with most of you. I have seen sporters sell for as low as $200 - $450.
There were several at the last gunshow I went to. I actually handled one that the seller wanted $450 for. When I laid it back on the table, he said he would take $350, I walked
Conversely, the average price for one in original condition start around $500.
If you can find one with a good bore for around $750, IMHO that would be a good deal.
|February 28, 2013, 11:59 AM
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I bought a 1898 built in 1903, there is a krag forum that is great. I am hooked, even tho my rifle came out of a collection in California. I was at the range firing my 1903 Springfield, and another shooter was firing a krag and a Eddistone p-17. He came over and eyed my Springfield. we talked guns and I let him fire my 1903 and I fired his Krag. It was a full rifle not a carbine. I loved it! I found this one in Dallas at a gun store. I couldn't afford the krag rifle, and they showed me a real carbine. I really couldn't afford that one either. I spoted this one on the rack. and started looking it over. and decited to buy her, for about 300 more than your Florida rifle is for. measure the barrel should be about 23 inches, rear sight should have a (c) stamped on it, thats for carbine. Should have a metal but plate with a accessory port, the wood stock should be plain, with a finger grip on the forward and should have a wood piece around the rear sight, can be a flip up like the 1903 but smaller. a true carbine will have a saddle eye, and no sling eyes. But many rifles were sportized with sling for hunting, My Krag has sling eyes It really fires nice, The krag bolts were fired at 30-40 but some were modified, get a 30-40 round and chamber it to see how she fits, my barrel was a little lite blue, I cleaned it well and took her to the range. the barrel is clean now no blue at all. I fire 150 grain rounds due to the single bolt lug configureation. most Krag rounds off the shelf are 180 grain. Good luck be safe shoot clean Sunny
|March 1, 2013, 11:04 AM
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Do some reading here.
The Krag section here.
CMP has good Krag info.
and here.
A original rifle can be found for around $500+. A true Carbine is double to triple and can go over 3K for the rare models.
I have a 1898 rifle and I'm looking for a 98 Carbine...at the right price. Everything I find is fake or over priced.
|March 1, 2013, 11:43 AM
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Many and wondrous are the stories told to sell fake carbines. One of my favorites is that sling swivels on a "carbine" indicate that it was made for Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" because they fought as infantry and used slings. Sure.
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Being the owner of an 1898 Kraig that the stock was sanded down and refinished I would say mine is worth $400 (not a carbine). The colector value is in 100% origional condition. Mine was never sporterized.
The back story to mine was my grandfather hunted with this rifle in the 40's
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|March 1, 2013, 09:05 PM
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You are all very helpful, I appreciate the replies. If you want to know more about the rifle, if it is still there, call the gun shop! Thanks everyone!
|March 1, 2013, 10:34 PM
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There are short rifle versions that should not be confused with the carbines or rifles cut down by commercial dealers.
The short rifles may be found with carbine style stocks or with rifle styled stocks with extended fore end and upper band with bayonet lug.
The muzzle of the altered Carbine barrel is turned down in front of the front sight to accept a bayonet.
occasionally people mistake this unusual muzzle treatment for a ring monted front base.
These were assembled at the Benicia Arsenel in California.
The short rifles were known as "school rifles" or as "Phillipine Constabulary Rifles".
Another odd ball Krag to be aware of was a shortened rifle intended for use by guards at the Coast Artillery and other fortifications.
The barrels were shortened by about four inches, with upper band and sights set back.
The shortened rifle was to make it easier to navigate the tight quarters of tunnels in the forifications.
These were a couple of inches longer than the later Springfield 1903. Few if any survive. It would be a shame if someone mistook one for a bubba'ed long rifle and decided to "restore" it.
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Sometimes I think our relationship to the food we make mid-week is akin to a romance with a long-term lover.
We like the comfort factor, the familiarity, the consistent place it has at our table. But we dream of spicing it up a bit, making the old somehow new. We introduce red pepper flakes. We grill instead of broil, broil instead of fry, toss a trendy new outfit of juniper berries or artisanal relish on a chicken breast, a mustard-sauce hat on some fish, and feel this will sufficiently infuse our daily dining routines with the exciting sense of the new.
But sometimes I think instead of gussying up our existing sources of sustenance, we need to rethink the entire plate. Enter the soufflé.
In my mind, a soufflé is not a week night meal. It is something slightly fancy, a little daring (Will it rise, or fall like so much drywall in my oven?) and just a bit too 1987 dinner party to really make sense on a Monday night.
Of course like almost everything I assume (except that I won't like a movie with Steven Seagal, I'm always right about that), I am easily proven wrong. In fact, other than making sure you have a really nice cheese on hand and grating it up, what really is there to a soufflé? You butter your dish, you cook up a nice custard thing, whip some egg whites and voilà -- dinner for four!
I embarked on the lovely Simple Cheese Souffle before I even noticed it was written by KelseyTheNaptimeChef. When I realized she was the author, however, I immediately became excited. This is a woman who tries to design recipes around her child's nap schedule, so you know things are going to be easy and straightforward.
This recipe is no exception. There is really nothing to this except to make sure that you don't scorch your egg and milk mixture, which you won't, and to use patience in getting those whites to a lovely stiff peak. The whole thing took me about 10 minutes to whip up, and another 35 minutes in the oven, which leaves plenty of time to make a nice big salad, dig around in the back of the fridge for a bottle of white and set the table. (I think maybe I also sent an ill-advised email to someone. Who remembers?)
I experienced a bit of panic when my soufflé did not become a lovely cheesy top hat, but I think this is because my soufflé dish is 8 inches, not 7 as Kelsey advised. That was okay; it emerged that lovely nutty color that cheese takes on when properly cooked, and offered that divine, slightly resistant stretch and tang that a good soufflé often does.
My children stared at their plates for a moment, wondering who this new visitor was. But as we played our nightly dinner games, I noticed they would take a pause now and then. They didn't want to be torn from their delicious hot morsel on the plate for too long.
Simple Cheese Souffle
Makes one 7-inch souffle
1. Preheat oven to 400. Butter a 7" souffle dish and then toss finely grated parmesan cheese over the butter.
2. Using a whisk, or an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Then, in a separate bowl, beat the yolks until they are smooth.
3. Melt the butter over low-heat. Add the flour to melted butter and blend with a whisk. Add the milk and keep stirring the mixture until it is thickened and smooth. Bring to a boil and then remove it from the heat.
4. Once the mixture is off the heat add in the cheese and egg yolks. Then, fold the stiff egg whites into the white sauce and pour the completed mixture into the buttered souffle dish.
5. Bake at 400 for 25-30 minutes, or until the souffle has risen and set (it is no longer watery looking in the center and the edges are slightly browned). Serve immediately and enjoy.
A New Way to Dinner, co-authored by Food52's founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, is an indispensable playbook for stress-free meal-planning (hint: cook foundational dishes on the weekend and mix and match 'em through the week).
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Enclosed is my donation in memory of my dear mother Phyllis Sigman who passed away 2002 from all the therapies and drugs as well of lack of knowledge of Bullous Pemphigoid. These brutal years of coming out of the shock and awe campaign that I witnessed from her disease have truly been the most challenging of my life.
{quotes}I don't know why there is not a spokesperson in every single town in this country (to) educate the public about these horrifying and debilitating Pemphigoid diseases.{/quotes} It is an atrocity on the behalf of the medical community that this is not more mainstream. My mother suffered 6 different misdiagnoses from 6 different dermatologists in Arizona. I have shared this with people and told them to find out where they can go (to learn) about Pemphigus, including your Foundation.
It is a matter of life and death in some cases, as I found out the hard way. I appreciate what the Foundation is working to do and I also think that all dermatologists should not only be well educated in this disease but that the medical community should take this more seriously in every small town in this country.
I just want the Foundation to know that those of us who have lost our loved ones to the ravages of these diseases and the lack of interest or funding are never forgotten. Whenever I have a couple of extra dollars I will always support the Foundation. God Bless you all for what you are doing and I pray that no other families have to suffer the frustrations and desperation that my family had to endure. My mother was an extraordinary trooper through her 3 month battle, and perhaps if the big wheels who make the rules funded and took this more seriously she might be here today. God only knows.
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Calculating the axial load for bearings mounted singly or paired in tandem
When a radial load is applied to a single row tapered roller bearing, the load is transmitted from one raceway to the other at an angle to the bearing axis and an internal axial load is induced. This should be considered when calculating the equivalent bearing loads for bearing applications consisting of two single bearing arrangements and/or bearing pairs arranged in tandem.
Table 1 provides the necessary equations for various bearing applications and load cases. The equations are valid under the following conditions:
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Family baffled in club boss disappearance
A 9:30am weekday phone call to his mother and a drive to his vacation house at Wintergreen are about the only clues in the Wednesday disappearance of prominent developer and country club president Michael Comer.
What initially looked like a simple search for a hiker took a bizarre twist the following evening when officials indicated they no longer think that the missing Glenmore Country Club president and former Kessler Group project manager would be found at Wintergreen Resort where the 45-year-old Comer allegedly went missing July 1.
NBC29 reports that the search has ceased and broadcast a subsequent report in which brother-in-law Jeff Gaffney expresses the family pain and puzzlement that Comer's car, keys, and cellphone were found at Wintergreen.
Comer isn't just an employee in the Kessler/Glenmore empire. He is married to Kandi Kessler Comer, a daughter of the late Frank Kessler and a former professional tournament golfer who operates her own golf school at Glenmore. The couple reportedly met on the Futures Tour, a sort of minor league in the LPGA.
–-originally posted July 3 at 5:57am under the headline, "Mystery deepens in club boss disappearance"
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Yes...still searching?
perhaps he is living two lives, maybe the other woman picked him up, he wants to leave the old life behind
There must be some evidence that he's not at Wintergreen, otherwise why would they not continue to search for him there ?
Weird. . . Apparently, Mr. Comer has no known enemies and was described as a family man. Still, the fact that he just left his work on Wed. without calling his wife is odd.
anyone checked in Argentina...
All great comedy is based on truth. Watch "Caddyshack" to see how these buffoons behave and you will see how this "adult version of Spalding" found his way into this conundrum. Gee, Steve McNair was also a family man.
If anyone likes, look at the latest issue of the Farmington Country Club newsletter! There is actually a picture of club members and their little preppy snobs in training walking the golf course with buckets, filling in divuts with dirt! Just what I want to do: beg Biff and Trip to sponsor me, then spend thousands of dollars and interview with "superiors" so I can perhaps get a whiff of the clubhouse, finally become a member...THEN provide them free groundskeeping service! What, did Farmington have to lay off Bill Murray? Ugh.
Re: Never Been To A Game
Well, at least you're not bitter.
Are they still searching elsewhere?
Glenmore Homeowners Association has cut off Comers access to their funds, and released a statement
Perhaps he got tired of the silliness of County Club life and decided to run off and join the circus.
Perhaps he's hiking the Appalachian Trail.


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With major silicon wafer plants remaining closed following the recent earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, there is growing concern in the memory industry whether chip companies are preparing for any possible disruption to production.
Potential wafer supply disruptions may actually push the memory industry, especially the DRAM sector, to reach a balance between supply and demand. There has been a substantial rise in DRAM supplies since the second half of 2010.
Digitimes Research previously forecast that the DRAM industry would be dogged by oversupply as chipmakers ramp up output through conversions to new technology nodes. Worldwide DRAM supply would exceed demand by 28% in 2011, according to estimates made in January 2011.
Major DRAM producers plan to grow their capacity for 2011 between 40% and 70%, with any of their output growth expected to outpace the rise in overall demand.
As for NAND flash, a short supply of silicon wafers would just soften chipmakers' efforts to increase their capacity in 2011. Major NAND-chip producers including Samsung Electronics, Toshiba and Hynix are all gearing up to enter the 20nm-class technology era in 2011. Samsung, Toshiba and Micron Technology are also looking to implement their new fab plans.
Despite concerns about wafer supply disruptions caused by the earthquake, the NAND flash industry is still expected to see its overall bit growth reach 78% in 2011 to 9.33 billion GB.
Shin-Etsu Handotai's (SEH) main silicon wafer plant in Fukushima Prefecture remains closed with no time-frame for when it will re-open, according to parent company Shin-Etsu's latest statement about SEH's business status following the earthquake. Monthly capacity at the facility accounts for more than 60% of SEH's overall production capacity.
Sumco has been less affected due to its main factory sites being located away from quake-hit areas. Production at its damaged plant in Yamagata Prefecture has been shifted to other plants in the Kyushu region, according to Sumco's most recent status update.
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Thursday, 28 February 2013
Day of Love
My siblings and I didn't have enough time to reach her before the end, but she was surrounded by a large and loving family. Almost every day, either her sister or a cousin or a cousin's child dropped by to spend time with her. She was not alone in the hospital.
During the past week, the vast outpouring of love and generosity from a family I rarely saw filled me with comfort. I held my emotions in check, mostly for the sake of my brother and sister, who took Mom's passing hard.
But this isn't about me. It's about Mom.
Born in 1936, Frances Bernard Cormier was the oldest daughter of Louis Bernard, a Mi'kmaw from Nova Scotia, and Catherine Connell of County Cork, Ireland. She had three older brothers: Jackie, Tommy and Herbie. She married Roger Cormier, a dashing Acadian from Minto, New Brunswick, in 1956. Or was it '55? Dad will correct me.
Uncle Jackie is still with us. He recently received The Diamond Jubilee Medal for his military service to Canada and for being an elder in the Native Community. When I saw Jackie, he had recently received stitches on his nose after falling face first into the deep freeze. Don't ask.
Donna, Mom's little sister, lives in the apartment across the hall, on the first floor of a Victorian mansion on Douglas Avenue. They shared the phones, Internet, and the cat. Donna had the food at her apartment, and Mom had the litter box in hers. She always complained that she got the shitty end of the cat. The landlord lives upstairs. They both took great care of Mom and I'm forever grateful for their love and support.
My sister was enroute from a remote community in Northern Ontario when we got the news. She spent twelve hours and five planes to get to Saint John, with spotty phone service. She didn't know about Mom's passing until the third leg of her journey.
My brother and I followed on Saturday, sitting together on the same twin-prop plane for the two-hour trip from Toronto. When we arrived, we got right to work, during the impromptu party of course. As rotating shifts of cousins milled around us, we spent Saturday evening going through old pictures and new, putting together a slide show with a selection of music for the service. We also made a cheerful display of Mom's paintings, decorated with Valentine hearts and St. Patrick's Day trinkets.
As we went through Mom's things, every photograph, greeting card and piece of paper prompted a Frannie story. We found pictures of my parents' honeymoon, and several of Mom wearing a slip and holding a pot or a dish. I think that was Dad's secret joke, catching Mom unawares for a Paparazzi-type photo opportunity. Her eyes always looked wide and slightly annoyed in those pictures.
We found CDs of her favourite music, and handwritten lyrics and stories. We found lots and lots of hair curlers, half-used lipsticks and partial packages of AA batteries in every drawer.
Mom was a Shopping Channel addict. Multiple packages of small appliances, still sealed, were stuffed in closets and cupboards. Perhaps she meant to give them as gifts, or forgot she had already ordered that Hurricane Mop twice already.
We found letters she never sent, and cards she'd received from us, nieces, friends, grand-nephews and great-grand-nieces. Drawings from the little ones covered the fridge.
The freezer was stuffed with unopened bags of mixed vegetables. She had always promised to improve her diet, and bought the things she meant to eat, but they were either stale or suffering from freezer burn. Inside a canister, I found a whole bunch of candy. The cupboards groaned with packages of cake and pancake mix.
Scattered throughout the apartment were her paintings. We displayed them at the service, then divided them up, giving some to her sister and brother. I chose the one of a girl looking out to sea.
We found little notes from Dad, who currently lies in bed on the other side of the continent, having just undergone hip surgery. Dad was sorry not to be there for us, but it couldn't be helped. We are all wishing him a speedy recovery, so he can golf for another twenty years. Thumbs up, Dad.
My sister wanted to have a private family "smudge" before the rest of the clan showed up for the service on Tuesday. A smudge is a traditional Native method of using smoke from tobacco, sage and sweetgrass to purify an area, usually accompanied by a prayer. It turned out most of the clan showed up an hour early, so we all participated in the smudge. After we did it, my sister invited the rest of the congregation to participate, and many did, including the minister.
At one point during the eulogy, the little smudge pot started to smoke more than it should have. A cousin darted up front to smother it. It wouldn't do for Frannie's spirit to try to burn the place down. After all, this funeral home had put to rest at least three generations of Bernards.
My brother had to return home on Wednesday, and my sister on Thursday. I stayed behind to help organize the apartment. I returned Sunday night, and promptly contracted the flu my aunt had been recovering from.
I'm sitting here in bed, thinking about Frannie, and the fact that I didn't have a proper chance to say goodbye. You may be mortal, Mom, but your words are not. I give you back your favourite saying, "I love your guts."
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Whether you want to get your groove on while working out or would like to amuse yourself as you commute on public transit, a portable MP3 music player could suit your needs. MP3 players–available in a wide variety of styles and sizes and capable of storing thousands of songs–capitalize on digital technology to supplant traditional Walkman-style cassette-tape players and portable CD players.
The Big Picture
Today's players pack loads of songs, and the devices are easy to manage, too. We'll help you figure out which one is best for you. more
The Specs Explained
The storage capacity and battery life of an MP3 player can have a big impact on how much you enjoy it. We'll explain what's behind these and other specifications. more
MP3 Player Shopping Tips
Our advice will help you find the right MP3 player for your lifestyle without paying too much.
The Big Picture
A portable digital audio player sets your music free so you can easily mix and match songs in any order and take the tunes with you. MP3 players use one of two storage mediums: hard drive or flash memory. Hard-drive players offer the greatest amount of storage space but tend to be larger and more susceptible to damage due to the fragile nature of hard disks. For the most part, flash-memory models hold a more limited number of songs, but their lack of moving parts makes them more durable than hard-drive players.
Getting Started
Nearly all MP3 players require that you have a reasonably modern PC with a free USB 1.1 or 2.0 port. Your songs will load much more quickly with the latter. As you begin creating your music collection on the computer, you may want to upgrade your hard drive to be able to store more files.
Specialized MP3 players are not the only devices you can buy to listen to your music: You can now get mobile telephones, thumb drives, digital cameras, personal digital assistants, and car stereos that can store and play back MP3 music files. Even many pocket-size voice memo recorders can also record and play back MP3 files. But a word to the wise: Dedicated MP3 players usually sound better and often have more user-friendly controls than hybrid units, although devices like the Apple iPhone are beginning to wear this assumption down.
Key Features
Storage: The greater the storage capacity, the more songs you can take with you. Hard-drive-based players hold the most–currently, the highest capacity we've tested is 80GB (which can accommodate about 20,000 MP3 songs ripped at 128 kilobits per second). The latest (and most expensive) flash-based players we've tested can hold up to 8GB of music (about 2000 MP3 songs ripped at 128 kbps).
File management: MP3 files include ID3 tags, metadata embedded within each song file that provides artist name, song title, and album name information to the player. Working with this data, a player can organize the files for you, though each does so in its own way. Most players have a built-in LCD screen; look for one that shows the information you use most.
Transfer speed/port type: Downloading 5GB of songs all at once from your PC using a USB 1.1 interface can take all night. Almost all new players employ the much faster USB 2.0; but if speed is important, ensure that your player of choice supports the faster standard before you buy.
Software: All players come with software and drivers that allow you to download songs to them from a PC. Some units work well only with their included software, while others work with a variety of music programs. Before buying, always be sure your favorite jukebox software will work with your player of choice.
File type support: All digital audio players can play MP3 files, but your music may not be recorded in that file format. If you use media files encoded in the proprietary Windows Media file format (.wma) or the open-source Ogg Vorbis format (.ogg), your media player will be able to play those files only if it has appropriate support built in. Check the player's specs, either on the box or on the manufacturer's Web site, if file format support is important to you. And even if your player doesn't support your preferred format out of the box, many manufacturers provide downloadable updates to the player's firmware, some of which may add support for other formats.
Music service compatibility: Online music stores offer users with a broadband connection a fast, easy, and legal way to build their digital audio collections. However, not all players work with all stores. For example, Apple's ubiquitous iPod line works well only with the iTunes Music Store. Similarly, online music subscription services (such as Rhapsody) that let you "rent" music for your portable audio player work well only with specific players that carry Microsoft's Plays For Sure logo. If you have a favorite online music source, make sure that it works with your player of choice.
The Specs Explained
Initially only a few MP3 players dominated the market. Currently you can choose from dozens of players, each sporting a wide variety of features. (Compare prices now.)
No matter which player you pick, be sure to test it in a retail store before you buy–even if you don't buy the model from that store. When you test a player, pay close attention to the interface you use to choose the song you want to play: Large LCD screens will let you find and organize stored music more easily than tiny ones. Also look for a player that holds the most songs in the smallest package you can afford.
MP3 Player Specs
Size and weight: Important considerations. People who plan to bring the player with them on trips or while exercising will want a smaller, lighter unit. The constant evolution of the technology means that smaller and lighter players are always around the corner. Flash memory-based players run from less than $40 all the way up to $200. These players can range from about the size of a pack of gum to a bit smaller than a deck of cards. A good flash-based player should weigh less than 2 ounces. Hard-drive-based players run from $175 to $350 and range in weight from about 0.3 ounce to just over 6 ounces.
Storage capacity (at 128 kbps): An important consideration. CD-quality MP3 music occupies about 1MB of storage space per minute, so storage capacity determines the maximum number of songs you can upload from your PC. Some flash memory devices let you put songs on removable storage cards, which can hold additional gigabytes of music. The capacity of flash-based players runs from 512KB to 8GB. Hard-drive-based players can hold from 8GB to 80GB of music.
Battery life: Somewhat important to consider. Hard-drive-based devices–especially ones that play video–chew through batteries. Flash-based players with no moving parts are relatively energy-efficient. Most devices of both types run on rechargeable batteries. Flash-based devices can support a battery life of 20 to 50 hours, according to listed specs. Hard-drive players average about 14 hours of battery life when running audio alone, their specs say; but playing video will drain the battery much faster.
Upload interface: Somewhat important to consider. The faster the player's interface is, the faster you can load music onto the device. Some players let you transfer songs via removable storage cards. Speed is less important on players with smaller storage capacity, which is why larger hard-drive devices support faster interfaces (USB 2.0 or FireWire). If you want to view video on your player, make sure that you have the fastest interface you can afford.
File format support: A minor consideration (but make sure that the player you like can deal with the file formats you adopt). Among the most common types of audio file formats are AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, ASF, Audible, FLAC, MP3, MPEG4, OGG, WAV, WMA, and WMA Lossless. If your player has video capability, you'll need to work with files saved in another array of formats. Some of the most common video file formats are DivX4, DivX5, H.264, Motion JPEG, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV, and XviD. And if your device can display photographs, check to confirm that it can handle the format your photos are in; the most common of these are BMP, GIF, JPG, and PNG.
MP3 Player Shopping Tips
Choosing the right MP3 player isn't that difficult, but one player does not fit all. People will want different things from their players.
Think about how you'll use the player. Joggers will almost certainly want a lightweight, flash-memory-based device, since hard drives don't react well to the shock of bouncing around all the time; audio aficionados who want lots of music at their fingertips should keep their eyes on the highest-capacity hard-drive models. And if you want to view video or photos on the device, the quality of the screen is an even more critical consideration.
Try your favorite before taking it home. We can't stress this enough. Make sure you can use the on-screen display to navigate to a specific song, and ask a clerk to show you how to transfer music to the device, if possible. Always bring your own set of headphones to listen to the sound quality of each unit you're interested in.
Get the largest-capacity device you can afford. Whether you buy a flash- or hard drive-based MP3 player, make sure to choose a model with the largest storage capacity possible. Even if you don't think you'll need it now, you will probably be happy to have it later.
Pay close attention to the user interface. Does the player's menu system make sense to you, and is the interface easy to use? If you can't find the songs, artists, or albums you want to play quickly and easily, keep looking.
Mind your power options. Although some flash-based portable players use replaceable alkaline batteries, most hard drive-based units feature a built-in rechargeable battery that cannot be easily removed. While these devices can keep going for tens of hours, if you're not going to be somewhere near a power outlet or a computer with a USB port, you might find yourself out of juice with no way to charge the player.
Look for wide file format support. All players should support the MP3 format; but if you prefer WMA, AAC, or Ogg Vorbis, make sure your player of choice can handle the files.
Consider a player with an FM tuner. This feature isn't essential, but it's nice to be able to listen to the radio–especially if you grow tired of your recorded music.
Do you need a carrying case? Some players come with a small carrying case; others don't. The more expensive and more fragile the player (hard-drive devices are the most delicate), the more likely you'll want a custom-fitted case to protect it. Even if the drive mechanism isn't delicate, you should take into account how upset you would be if your new possession were to get scratched.
Shop around, online and offline. MP3 players are widely available in almost every consumer electronics outlet, and their prices fluctuate. You can check prices from a variety of sources before you buy.