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After a couple of cups of coffee and the usual bantering about weather at my favorite corner convenience store, a recent discussion turned to Game and Fish Department surveys.
Not the kind for which biologists annually count deer or ducks, but the kind that just about every hunter or angler receives from time to time, asking questions about harvests and days afield.
Surveys are not a hot topic compared to discussion on deer numbers or other wide ranging subjects such as the potential for the Twins or how to fix the Vikings. But in my mind, it's a topic that worth a little more pondering. I wonder if hunters and anglers truly understand the importance of these post-season surveys?
Here in the Midwest, we have a tendency to under-estimate the influence of our own participation in everything from ushering at church to attending any public meeting. I'll loosely compare it to poaching or hunting violations. If it bothers you, then do more than kick the ground and mutter your frustrations. Engage and pick up the phone and call the Report-All-Poachers hotline (800) 472-2121.
The same goes for surveys. When they arrive in the mail, take the time to quickly, factually and accurately complete them.
Jerry Gulke, the Game and Fish Department's data processing coordinator, says that deer bow, small game, waterfowl and fall turkey hunting questionnaires were recently mailed to randomly selected hunters. "The number of surveys returned to us has been declining in recent years to where it is becoming a problem," Gulke said on "Outdoors Online," the Game and Fish Department's weekly webcast news program. "We really need the data."
Over the years I've had several people question whether they need to return a survey even if they didn't harvest anything. Whether you hunted dozens of days, one day or not at all, the statistical information is all needed, even if you didn't hunt at all.
"The harvest survey is very important because it allows us to evaluate the hunting season," Gulke said. "What we are able to determine includes the number of hunters, amount of hunting activity and size of the harvest."
I can personally attest that the volume of physical mail in my mailbox has shrunk in recent years. For the most part, my bills and much correspondence arrives via electronic or paperless communication. So the excuse of the survey being lost in the mail might not fly, and if you do accidentally toss it out, a follow-up survey will be mailed to those not responding to the first survey, with the idea that a second notification will convince the recipient that he or she is not just a victim of a mass mailing.
I've also been asked why Game and Fish doesn't conduct the surveys all electronically. While respondents can go online and fill out surveys instead of mailing in the paper version, ask yourself how many other surveys you get at checkouts, on receipts or via email?
I'd suggest that human nature might give more merit to a Game and Fish Department survey when it's found in the mailbox and not the email inbox.
Before you advise me to "get with the times," trust me. I am with the times, and it's much easier to click delete than to move an envelope into a stack of action lists on the desk.
In fact I'd rather fill out a postage-paid paper survey than pay a bill. I can't be the only one who finds it more pleasant recalling past hunts than paying current bills.
Leier is a biologist with the Game and Fish Department. He can be reached by email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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CBS Sports' seven hours of Super Bowl pre-game coverage originates from three sites highlighted by "The Super Bowl Today"; "Phil Simms All-Iron Team: Super Bowl Edition"; and "New Orleans: Let The Good Times Roll"
First-ever extended post-game show, "Super Bowl Today Post-Game Show," continues on CBS Sports Network
CBS Sports culminates its coverage of the 2012-13 NFL season with Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3 (6:30 p.m. kick-off), from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Super Bowl XLVII will be the network's 18th Super Bowl broadcast overall.
CBS Sports' Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the action, marking the third time in his illustrious 28-year CBS Sports broadcasting career that Nantz calls play-by-play for the Super Bowl, and fifth overall for the network. Nantz called his first Super Bowl in 2007 and hosted CBS's Super Bowl pre-game show, "The Super Bowl Today," in 2001 and 2004. Simms provides analysis for his seventh Super Bowl, the fifth for CBS Sports. Nantz and Simms are joined on the broadcast by "NFL on CBS" analysts Steve Tasker and Solomon Wilcots serving as sideline reporters.
CBS Sports' seven hours of pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLVII begins with "Road to the Super Bowl" (11 a.m.), followed by "New Orleans: Let The Good Times Roll" (noon), "Phil Simms All-Iron Team: Super Bowl Edition" (1 p.m.) and "The Super Bowl Today," the network's live pre-game studio show (2-6 p.m.), with James Brown along with Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe, Bill Cowher, as well as Greg Gumbel, NFL insider Jason La Canfora, and reporters Lesley Visser, Tasker and Wilcots.
In addition, CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports, debuts its Super Bowl coverage with more than 50 hours of original programming including first-time-ever extended post-game coverage with "Super Bowl Live: Post-Game Show," hosted by Brown, Marino, Esiason, Sharpe and Cowher.
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The ideas discussed thus far have related primarily to games played outdoors that have the main objective of physical activity. There are situations in which inclement weather or time does not permit a quality outdoor game experience. In these cases there are games that can be played indoors. Games may also be used in the elementary school to fulfill other objectives, including teaching cooperative skills and enhancing academics.
Indoor Games
When indoor games are played, often physical activity is at a minimum. That does not always have to be the case. However, be careful not to jeopardize the safety of the students by promoting movement in small spaces that are not conducive to this type of activity. It may be necessary to move desks and other obstructions in the room and to select equipment that is better for indoors, such as balloons, beach balls, yarn balls, or paper balls. When selecting indoor games, adhere to as many of the practices discussed in this chapter as possible. Figure 7.7 includes two examples of games that can be played in limited indoor areas. More examples are available on the CD-ROM.
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: May 18, 2017
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Beauty Consultant (Part-Time) (Job Number: 022561)
Walgreen Drug Store - Str12564 - 706 US HIGHWAY 206
This is a very exciting time at Walgreens. We're taking our products and services to the four corners of the world as part of the Retail USA division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., the first global pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise. Walgreens Boots Alliance was formed through the combination of Walgreens and Europe's Alliance Boots in December 2014, bringing together two leading companies with iconic brands, complementary geographic footprints, shared values and a heritage of trusted health care services dating back more than 100 years each.
Today, Walgreens is the neighborhood drugstore and retailer that makes health and happiness simpler, easier and within reach. And, we remain a trusted wellness provider offering convenient access to important health services, such as immunizations and an array of pharmacy services that can help patients improve their health. To our team members, Walgreens represents a unique opportunity to excel in their careers in a welcoming and inclusive environment.
Join us at Walgreens and find yourself at a place where innovation thrives and incredible career and growth opportunities await. We offer the chance to work in a truly supportive environment and be part of a progressive organization dedicated to the well-being of our customers, employees, and the communities we all call home.
Job Objectives
Maximizes sales and brand awareness by providing exceptional customer care to all customers in a friendly, efficient, and professional manner; gives impartial, personalized, expertise and advice regardless of brand and budget.
Demonstrates a passion for beauty and provides inspirational beauty knowledge and know-how.
Provides customers with solutions for their beauty needs, including mini-makeovers and skincare consultations, with an emphasis on the customers' total look.
Models and delivers a distinctive and delightful customer experience.
Oversees and maintains overall beauty department standards.
Job Responsibilities/Tasks
Customer Experience
Engages customers by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. Resolves customer issues and answers questions to ensure a positive customer experience.
Models and shares customer care best practices by proactively offering assistance, asking questions to determine customers' needs, and informing customers of options.
Greets, listens, and engages customers to identify their needs, making them aware of appropriate products and services, and providing warm transfers to other areas of the store when necessary.
Provides expertise in product demonstrations and consultations utilizing tools such as the Matchmade Device, Skin Hydrometer, and tablet.
Leads and delivers in-store events to promote brand awareness and loyalty of Owned Brands and total Beauty/Personal Care.
Builds relationships with customers through clienteling and eventing; provides authentic closure of customer interaction and builds and fosters relationships.
Engages with omni-channel solutions to enhance customer engagement/experience.
Locates products in other stores or online if unavailable in the store.
Achieves or exceeds predetermined sales goals by assisting customers in the purchase of products and by modeling exceptional customer care.
Reviews scorecard on a regular basis to understand performance within store and district; partners with store leadership and BAE to create improvement goals.
Consistently focuses on link-selling and up-selling with customers by showing them sale items and complimentary offerings.
Uses testers and sampling to demonstrate product application and leverage items from beauty promotional programs.
Ensures testers are stocked and maintained in compliance with hygiene standards; maintains a clean and organized department.
Implements company loss prevention procedures to identify and minimize profit loss.
Processes sales for customers and/or employee purchases on cash register.
Participates in meetings and conference calls concerning programs and promotions, new items, brand launches, sales goals, and modeling exceptional customer care.
Has working knowledge of store systems and store equipment.
Ensures compliance with state and local laws regarding regulated products (e.g., alcoholic beverages and tobacco products).
Complies with all company policies and procedures; maintains respectful relationships with coworkers.
Completes special assignments as assigned.
Training & Personal Development
Seeks self-development by monitoring own performance, setting high personal standards, maintaining awareness of beauty trends, learning from others, and improving job performance.
Maintains knowledge of competition, new product/brand launches, and overall industry trends.
Attends and participates in meetings, seminars, and other knowledge and business-driving opportunities; educates store team on new beauty updates, information, and learnings from training.
Attends assigned training and completes all learning modules.
Maintains professional appearance and image in compliance with company guidelines at all times.
Models and shares behavior with other Beauty Consultants; provides training and assistance to new Beauty Consultants.
Works collaboratively with the Beauty Area Expert to review goals and maintain product knowledge.
Basic Qualifications
High School Diploma/GED and at least one year of experience working in a retail sales environment that required meeting a defined sales goal OR at least one year of experience proactively selling beauty products and providing customer care.
Experience in developing ways to accomplish goals with little or no supervision, depending on oneself to complete objectives and determining when escalation of issues is necessary.
Knowledge of products and brands in order to engage and meet the needs of the customer.
Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community and with vendors.
Experience building and maintaining relationships within a team.
Basic level PC/tablet skills.
Requires willingness to work flexible schedule including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Must be fluent in reading, writing and speaking English. (Except in Puerto Rico)
Any required licensing required by state or local authorities to engage in selling of beauty products.
Preferred Qualifications
Licensure in Cosmetology or as an Esthetician as granted by appropriate state licensing authority.
Experience demonstrating makeup application and providing makeovers to customers.
Experiencing selling Prestige brands.
Degree from Beauty School.
Experience with another retailer in the form of an Externship.
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Boring Dell Laptop Story Turns Into Inferno!
Paul's email on getting his Dell laptop repaired under warranty is pretty dry for awhile. A top-of-the-line XPS laptop with continuing power and heat issues, necessitating the same repair over and over… a repair which, to Dell's credit, they have performed pleasantly and competently, once even when the laptop itself is out of warranty.
Then Paul needs to buy a new power cord and is transfered to India. Our eyes were pretty much glazed at this point — Indian call center complaints? Welcome to our least favorite consumerist trope. Paul is recommended a laptop power cord. All is well. Our eyes glaze over.
And then they bugged out in delight when we saw this:
When I came back into the room with my pen and paper, my laptop was on fire.
Not raging inferno fire, but eye-stinging smoke drifting up through the keyboard. I knocked it off my couch and unplugged it. There was a scorch mark and melted plastic on the cushion.
I called tech support, calm like a bomb. "I see you're out of warranty," he says. "Yeah," I said. "You'll want to listen to this before we start making that kind of judgment."
That's pretty much like putting the money shot during the opening credits of the porno film, but we don't care. Paul's email is after the jump.
Sorry for the length. This letter isn't ADD friendly but I had a lot to talk about.
The recent articles on laptop heat have reminded me of my current ongoing issue with Dell. I don't yet know if this is going to be a complaint or kudos.
In the summer of 2004 I purchased a fairly top of the line Dell XPS laptop. A 3.2 ghz beast of a gaming laptop that draws something like 150 watts through a proprietary AC power cable I would use to strangle its inventor if given the chance.
4 months after my initial purchase, my computer began randomly shutting off, giving error messages about overheating and warning me that it could not determine the AC adapter type I was using, as if any other company actually made another version of that damn cable.
I called Dell, and had one of the most surprisingly pleasant customer service experiences of my life. Less than 90 minutes after placing a call to Dell, a DHL van arrived at my door to pick up the laptop. 48 hours later I got it back, good as new. There was a note inside that had a checklist of things that had been worked on, but it was not clearly filled out; the only blemish on what was some of the best customer service I'd ever received was that I didn't know what they'd done to fix it! With excellent, articulate technical support that seemed earnest about wanting to get to the bottom of my issues, combined with the most amazing rapid response for depot repair I'd ever heard of, Dell had won me over.
8 months later, and a month out of warranty, the same problem appeared. The power cable failed, and the overheating began happening constantly…and the heat was real enough to raise the temperature of the room by several degrees even in an idle state. Performance was severely degraded, and full screen video could only be watched in the basement, where the ambient temp was much cooler. Upstairs, the laptop just would not play video. I called Dell to figure out what the repairs would cost me. The technician on the other end went through all the troubleshooting steps with me, and quoted me a price that was a dagger through my college student heart. Done with the troubleshooting, and ready to transfer me to another department to handle the out-of-warranty-repair, the technician asked me if I would hold. I did, and he apparently got a supervisor and went to bat for me, pointing out that during the last year (the length of my warranty) I'd had the same problem twice. When he came back, he told me he'd convinced his supervisor to handle the repairs under the conditions of my original warranty with no cost to me. It was Tuesday at 7pm. Wednesday at 9am DHL picked up my laptop. Thursday at 10am I received my laptop back. They had replaced the CPU, motherboard, heat sink, and even done some cosmetic work, replacing the bezel on my screen, etc. Once again, they had come through quickly for me, even when they didn't have to.
Well, it's been a year, and two months ago, I got yet another power cord error, but at least no heat issues. I called Dell and went through tech support, who spent an ungodly amount of time trying to figure out the part number I would need to use to order a new power cable (I couldn't find it on their website. Neither could they.) I pointed out the absurdity of the "adapter type unknown" error when they are the only ones that make the damn thing, but there was no explanation. After 20 minutes, I was given the part number and transferred to Dell's spare parts division. Their tech support may be all American, but their spare parts section seems to be located in a village outside Bangalore where answering questions posed by customers is considered offensive. The woman I spoke to cared not a whit that I had the part number. She said instead hse first wanted to read my case file. I guess the warehouse people are allowed to second-guess the troubleshooters. She then demanded to know what part I wanted. I began to give her the number, but she cut me off and asked me to describe it. I said "power cord" and she said "I will go look up the number." 15 minutes later, she gave me the part number (which was a number considerably different than I'd been given by the American, but I was respectfully quiet. She quoted me 39$, I told her I wanted it shipped overnight, she said my grand total would be 55 bucks. Excellent. Then the bad news. I wasn't allowed to pay now, and no, it would not ship today. She told me in all seriousness she had to submit paperwork to get permission to send me the part. I asked what the hell that meant, and she indicated it had something to do with making sure it was really a part I needed. I suppose people who just want extra power cords are doubly screwed. I argued, but lost patience and capitulated eventually. She promised to call me in 48 hours.
72 hours later I called, and spoke to a different woman (who sounded like she lived in the same general area of the sweatshop, though). She told me the reason I hadn't been called was that they currently did not have any of these one of a kind power cords, and that it would be approximately 20 days before any more would be in. She promised to call the day they arrived, or May 20th, whichever came first. I called May 21st, and was told just to "keep calling" until they were in.
Last Wednesday, I was finally able to order a part. The price had gone up…it was now 59 dollars for the same cord. I paid for ground shipping, but got it express overnight. Plugged it into the computer, and pressed the power button. Things started to happen, then an odd noise, then it powered off. I tried again, and got a blue screen of death at login. I went to get a pen and paper to write down the error numbers, prepared to put on my old Marine uniform and pillage the nearest Dell facility.
When I came back into the room with my pen and paper, my laptop was on fire.
Not raging inferno fire, but eye-stinging smoke drifting up through the keyboard. I knocked it off my couch and unplugged it. There was a scorch mark and melted plastic on the cushion.
I called tech support, calm like a bomb. "I see you're out of warranty," he says. "Yeah," I said. "You'll want to listen to this before we start making that kind of judgment."
The resulting phone call took just over an hour. I was mostly on hold, but the tech was pleasant and came back often to keep me in the loop on their progress. Just like all my previous talks with tech support, he showed patience and thoroughness and a desire to do everything right the first time. This is a marked difference from my average conversation with my ISP, which I think punishes techs for phone calls lasting longer than 30 seconds.
Dell has committed to replacing my system, already. They're building it now, and I should have it within 10 business days. They indicated that it will be a new model of their current high end laptops, the M1710, which I'm excited about.
They told me after I receive the system, I can see if I can get the data off my old hard drive and into the new. Then they will send someone to pick up my old laptop so they can do their investigation as to why it tried to kill me.
When I receive the new system, I will know for sure if this is too good to be true. If things are great, I will write again and rave about them. If they have failed me, when the time comes I will leak to you exclusive images of the horrors of "Abu Dell."
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Mark Silk graduated from Harvard College in 1972 and earned his Ph.D. in medieval history from Harvard University in 1982. After teaching at Harvard in the Department of History and Literature for three years, he became editor of the Boston Review.
In 1987 he joined the staff of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he worked variously as a reporter, editorial writer and columnist.
In 1996 he became the founding director of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College and in 1998 founding editor of Religion in the News, a magazine published by the Center that examines how the news media handle religious subject matter. In 2005, he was named director of the Trinity College Program on Public Values, comprising both the Greenberg Center and a new Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture directed by Barry Kosmin. In 2007, he became Professor of Religion in Public Life at the College.
Professor Silk is the author of Spiritual Politics: Religion and America Since World War II and Unsecular Media: Making News of Religion in America. He is co-editor of Religion by Region, an eight-volume series on religion and public life in the United States, and co-author of The American Establishment, Making Capitalism Work, and One Nation Divisible: How Regional Religious Differences Shape American Politics. He inaugurated "Spiritual Politics" in 2007.
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Roy Moore and the Wages of Hypocrisy
If our supposedly secular culture leaps at revelations of hypocrisy, that's because the concept is deeply embedded in the Abrahamic tradition. The early Hebrew prophets like Amos and Isaiah were all about denouncing demonstrations of piety and religious observance as worth nothing in the absence of righteous behavior.
False Prophets in the White House
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fake news. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has long been sleeping. — 2 Peter 2:3
On Wednesday, when President Trump shut down his business advisory committees just ahead of his business advisers' resigning en masse in the wake of Charlottesville, one of his evangelical advisers, Johnnie Moore, delivered a statement on ABC News that concluded the following.
The End of the South's Religion of the Lost Cause
The Confederate battle flag will not fly much longer on the grounds of the South Carolina state Capitol, where it has flown since it was dislodged from the Capitol itself 15 years ago.
The state's political establishment wants it gone, and doubtless it soon will be. What is to be hoped is that its removal signals the end of the mythical republic for which it stands.
In the years after the Civil War, the battle flag became the emblem of the Religion of the Lost Cause, which white Southerners embraced not only to legitimate and ennoble their disastrous struggle to maintain their right to own other people, but also to create the myth of an antebellum golden age of genteel manners, Christian piety, and happy slaves.
The LGBT Gap, By Religion
We all know that when it comes to the acceptance of LGBT folks, religions differ. But what the religions communicate, and how the people in the pews actually feel, are not the same.
In a word, the rank and file tend to be more accepting than the leadership. What's striking is how much this LGBT Gap varies from religion to religion, and we can get some idea of the variance from Pew's new survey of LGBT Americans.
As the measure of institutional messaging, we will use the percentages of LGBT people who say a given religion is unfriendly to them. These range from 84, 83, 79, and 73 percent for Islam, Mormonism, Catholicism, and Evangelicalism to 47 and 44 percent for Judaism and Mainline Protestantism. Then there is the proportion of members of each religion who believe that "homosexuality should be discouraged by society." That's 45, 65, 20, and 59 percent for the first four groups; 15 and 26 percent for the last two.
Welcome to New England, Tim
Now that you're joining the Patriots, I'd like to offer you a few pointers on your new regional home. I realize that, to someone from the deep South, this may seem like just another part of Yankeedom, but New England is really a different place than New York. And given what happened in the Big Apple last year, I'm sure that's good news, and the less said about it the better.
Anyway, New England is a great place to get a graduate degree, and you could not find a better institution than the U. of Foxboro to do advanced work in the liberal art of playing quarterback, under the tutelage of Prof. Brady. A dissertation on passing might be a good idea.
Aside from football, New England has a lot of variety of the human experience: steady habits in Connecticut, socialists in Vermont, cranky individualists in New Hampshire, a Tea Party governor in Maine, a Republican-turned-Independent-turned Democratic governor in Rhode Island, an African-American governor in Massachusetts. But wherever you go in this fair territory, same-sex couples can get married. That's how we roll.
Privacy Isn't What It Used to Be
On Slate, Emily Bazelon laments her colleagues' lack of outrage at the revelations of the National Security Agency's vacuuming up of data on what all of us are doing. In the New York Times, Ross Douthat explains it in terms of an internet motto: "abandon all privacy, ye who enter here."
Privacy is soooo 20th century, no?
Yes. We now live in a world where we are constantly making choices that trade our privacy for convenience, from Easy Pass to global positioning to, of course, all the on-line services and commerce that we indulge in. No wonder the collective yawn at news that the federal government is doing what we assume Google is doing, in the (presumed) interest of public safety.
Polls on 'Religious Influence' Say More About The Media Than Religion
For over half a century, Gallup has been asking Americans whether they think the influence of religion is increasing or decreasing in the U.S., posing the intriguing question of what the results actually signify.
For starters, it's worth bearing in mind that Western civilization is grounded in the belief that once upon a time, God was in his heaven and people went to church regularly. So at any given time, more Americans are likely to think the influence of religion is in decline than the other way around.
That said, what accounts for the rather striking ups and downs in the chart? In its latest release, Gallup emphasizes that these do not reflect changes in personal religiosity — and I'm inclined to agree, up to a point. Here's the story I'd tell about the people's perception of religion's influence.
Romney Learns How to Talk to Evangelicals
It's no wonder that Mitt Romney won plaudits from evangelical bigwigs for his commencement speech at Liberty University on Saturday. It showed he's learned how to talk to them--or at least, learned to listen to the people who know how he's supposed to talk to them.
When he was running for president last time, Romney told the bigs that he was pretty much like them in considering Jesus his Lord and Savior. But if there's anything evangelicals don't like, it's Mormons claiming to be Christians like them. Then he gave a speech declaring that, like a presidential candidate half a century earlier, he did not "define my candidacy by my religion. A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith." But evangelicals (these days) don't much believe in Kennedyesque separation of faith and public office.
Obama Campaign Taps Young Adviser, Michael Wear, for Faith Outreach
President Obama's re-election campaign has tapped a 23-year-old executive assistant in the White House faith-based office to head up its outreach to religious communities.
Michael R. Wear, who has worked in the White House for the past three and half years, will move to Chicago to become the campaign's Faith Vote director next week, White House officials confirmed on Monday (May 14).
"It has been an honor working with Michael Wear to create positive faith-based and nonprofit partnerships to serve people in need," said Joshua DuBois, executive director of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Wear was DuBois' executive assistant.
The Postmillennial President
At this morning's National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama made clear just how pure a postmillennialist Midwestern mainline Protestant he is.
He spoke of how we as individuals acting in community "help bring His kingdom to Earth." And he emphasized the connection between his piety and his public efforts to to make that kingdom a reality.


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Facebook Inc. FB, +1.34% shares fell 4.6% while Tesla TSLA, +0.01% shed 5.9%, its worst percentage drop so far this year. Both stocks have now fallen more than 20% from their recent highs. Netflix Inc. NFLX, -0.13% also slid 4.9% while Priceline Group Inc. US:PCLN dropped 4.8%.
Best Buy Inc. BBY, +2.28% rose 3.5% after the stock's buy rating was reiterated at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, according to Benzinga.com.
Shares of GrubHub Inc. GRUB, +2.45% soared 31% to $34 in their debut in the stock market. The online food-ordering service priced its initial public offering late Thursday at $26 a share, above the expected range of $23 to $25. GrubHub offered about 7 million shares.
Peabody Energy Corp. BTU, +0.96% shares added 2.9%. The stock's rating was raised to outperform from market perform at Cowen & Co. Analyst Daniel Scott noted that Peabody maintains one of the stronger financial positions among metallurgical coal producers.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. APC, -2.64% rose 2.1%. The company reached a deal with plaintiffs and the U.S. government to settle legal claims against its subsidiary Kerr-McGee for $5.15 billion. The case stems from the bankruptcy of Tronox Inc., which was spun off from Kerr-McGee before it was bought by Anadarko in 2006.
E-Trade Financial Corp. ETFC, -1.09% fell 7.8% following a 6.5% drop in the previous session. The recent criticism of high-frequency trading by high-profile figures such as Charles Schwab has prompted concerns that regulators may take steps to ban "other perceived market structure flaws" such as payment for order flow, according to analyst Patrick O'Shaughnessy at Raymond James.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2012) - Petrominerales (TSX:PMG)(BVC:PMGC) announces our 2012 third quarter financial results highlighted by funds flow from operations of US$151.9 million or US$1.69 per share on sales volumes of produced oil averaging 26,946 barrels per day. During the quarter, our operating netback averaged US$62.89 per barrel. We further reduced our August 2013 convertible bond obligation to US$201.7 million through the repurchase and cancellation of US$69.4 million of bonds during the quarter.
Our financial position remains very strong. We generated $37.3 million of positive free cash flow in the third quarter. In addition to generating free cash flow, we have $33.8 million of cash on hand and a completely undrawn credit facility. This financial strength provides us the flexibility to buy back bonds at a discount, and common shares at extremely compelling prices. Our 2012 per share results are positively impacted by our share repurchases in 2012. To date we have repurchased and cancelled 15 percent of our outstanding common shares (14.9 million shares) of which 2.3 million shares were repurchased in the third quarter at an average price of CDN$8.86. We plan to execute a capital program in 2013 that is more balanced between development and exploration drilling. Our immediate focus is on adding production and reserves while expanding our prospect inventory, and executing high-impact exploration drilling programs.
We are expecting near-term production additions from the following activities:
The following table provides a summary of Petrominerales' financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. Consolidated financial statements with Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") are now available on the Company's website at www.petrominerales.com and will also be available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
(Comparisons are third quarter 2012 compared to the third quarter of 2011 unless otherwise noted)
Third quarter production averaged 26,334 barrels of oil per day ("bopd"), 4,779 bopd or 15 percent lower than the second quarter of 2012. Our Deep Llanos production decreased 2,835 bopd or 14 percent mainly due to wells being temporarily offline (2,055 bopd), including our Yatay-1 well that was affected for eight days, and natural declines net of production additions from our Mambo and Guala discoveries. Our Central Llanos production decreased 1,227 bopd or 25 percent primarily due to the shut-in of our Yenac and Mantis oil fields for nine days in August (784 bopd) as a result of community blockades and the remainder from natural declines. We did not drill any wells at Orito or Neiva in the third quarter, as a result, Neiva production decreased seven percent and Orito production decreased 26 percent. Orito was also affected by certain wells being offline in the quarter due to facilities disruptions (170 bopd) and awaiting workovers (310 bopd). The operator has a workover rig in the field performing well services, and the lost production in the third quarter was brought back on-line in October. We plan to recommence our Neiva drilling programs in the first half of 2013 and our Orito drilling program early in 2013.
Production averaged 25,940 bopd during October, two percent or 394 bopd lower than the third quarter average primarily due to natural declines offset by wells that were offline in the third quarter being brought back on production in October.
Deep Llanos Basin (Corcel, Guatiquia and South Block 31), Colombia
During the quarter we drilled two wells, Mambo-1 and Guarana-1, and in October we drilled a third well, Maya-1. Mambo-1 was drilled to a total measured depth of 11,875 feet on August 23rd. Well logs indicate 13 feet of potential net oil pay in the Lower Sand 1 formation. After completing the well in the Lower Sand 1, we installed an electric submersible pump ("ESP") and placed the well on production on September 12th at an oil rate of 839 bopd of 23 degree API oil, at a 73 percent water-cut. The well averaged 765 bopd during the remainder of the month. Following Mambo, we commenced drilling a side-track to our Macapay well, targeting up to 15 feet of additional oil pay. The original Macapay well has produced 660,000 barrels of 29 degree API oil from 25 feet of net oil pay in the Lower Sand 1 formation. We expect to have production results from this well in mid-November. Following Macapay, we plan to release the drilling rig and execute our exploration program with one drilling rig starting in 2013.
We drilled our Guarana-1 well to a total measured depth of 13,902 feet on August 2nd. We tested two intervals in the well, the first tested water and the second test recovered trace amounts of 11 degree API oil. Following Guarana, we drilled our Maya-1 well to a total measured depth of 13,565 feet on October 14th. Well logs indicate 32 feet of potential net oil pay in the Guadalupe and Lower Sand formations. We have initiated a testing program and expect to have results in mid-November.
Following Maya, we began drilling operations on our Mapanare-1 prospect on the Guatiquia Block on November 5th. This prospect is immediately southwest of our Yatay and Candelilla discoveries targeting up to 15 million barrels of UPIIP. With success, there could be follow-up development locations and similar prospectivity on the southern part of the Corcel Block.
Foothills Blocks (Block 25, 31, 59 and 15), Deep Llanos Basin, Colombia
In October, we completed our test program of the initial high-pressure, high-temperature gas zone on our Bromelia-1 well. The interval produced water and non-commercial amounts of gas, and we believe the zone we encountered while drilling contained gas dissolved in water.
We are currently conducting field surveys and expect to begin acquisition of a 256 square kilometre 3D seismic acquisition program on the northeastern portion of Block 25. Based on our current analysis, we have identified a number of prospects, including some Corcel-type prospects on the northeastern portion of the block that our upcoming 3D seismic program will delineate. We expect to recommence drilling prospects on this block in the second half of 2013.
We are currently evaluating and interpreting two large 3D seismic programs acquired earlier in the year from this area. On Block 31, we acquired 239 square kilometres of 3D over a large overthrust trend that was previously identified on existing 2D seismic data. On Block 59, we completed the acquisition of a large, 379 square kilometre 3D seismic program. We are encouraged by the prospectivity observed and expect to start drilling prospects on this acreage starting in the second half of 2013.
Central Llanos Basin (Casimena, Castor, Casanare Este, Mapache Blocks), Colombia
In the third quarter, we drilled a water disposal well on the Casimena Block, Mantis-SWD. In October, we began drilling our first Casimena horizontal well in our Yenac/Mantis area, Mantis-HZ1. We expect to have this well on production in mid-November. The horizontal wells in this field are targeting the Lower Mirador formation that has been encountered in all of our Yenac and Mantis vertical wells; however, only one well has been placed on production in that formation. This well has produced over 288,000 barrels of 14 degree API oil since it was placed on production in March 2011.
Following Mantis-HZ1, we plan to drill a side-track to our previously drilled exploration well, Gaita-1. Gaita-1 was drilled outside of our existing seismic control, but on trend with the Yenac Pool. Our interpretation of recently acquired 2D seismic demonstrates that Gaita was drilled on the down-thrown side of the fault. We are drilling this side-track to target the structurally high-side of the fault, where we expect to encounter the probable extension of the Yenac Pool. If successful, the Gaita side-track could add two additional development locations, a Yenac-7 location targeting the Upper Mirador reservoir and a second Yenac horizontal well, HZ2, targeting the Lower Mirador formation.
We have also identified additional locations that could extend the size of the field. The first well, Mantis Norte, will be drilled in the first quarter of 2013. If successful, this well could add an additional four development locations to the field.
Llanos Basin Heavy Oil Blocks (Rio Ariari, Chiguiro Oeste, Chiguiro Este), Colombia
In the third quarter, we drilled two wells Mielero-1 and Dara-1, and in October a third well, Pichilingo-1. The Mielero and Pichilingo wells were drilled to target prospects identified from 2D seismic in the central part of the Rio Ariari Block. We have identified on average 10 feet of potential net oil pay in each well.
We are planning to drill two additional exploration prospects with the objective of testing new play concepts and defining new, high-potential resource on the block. In addition, we are initiating an 80 kilometre 2D seismic program on the eastern portion of the Block. Once completed, we plan to drill up to an additional four stratigraphic wells in this region. We are also mobilizing a rig to our Tatama horizontal well-site to conduct a long-term production test. We expect this test to begin early in 2013.
Orito (Putumayo Basin) and Neiva (Upper Magdalena Basin), Colombia
We did not drill any wells on our Orito or Neiva fields during the third quarter, as the field operator Ecopetrol is in the process of updating environmental permits on both blocks. We expect to recommence our Orito development drilling program at the beginning of 2013, targeting down-hole locations from existing well pads. At Neiva, we expect to recommence development drilling from existing locations in the first half of 2013.
Block 126, Peru
During the quarter we drilled our second exploration well, Sheshea-1X, on Block 126. Sheshea-1X commenced drilling on July 19, 2012 and was drilled to a total measured depth of 8,925 feet on September 9, 2012.
We conducted four tests in three different formations. In the Chonta formation, we produced an average of 1,430 bopd, with no water recovered. In the Agua Caliente formation, we produced 80 bopd with a 97 percent water cut. The two tests conducted in the Copacabana formation recovered water.
In the Chonta formation, we tested a ten foot perforated interval with an ESP for a total of 37.5 hours through temporary well-test equipment. A total of 2,235 barrels of 53 API gravity oil was produced at an average rate of 1,430 bopd, with no water recovered during the test. Solution gas was present, but in quantities too small to measure. Drawdowns at the end of the test were 50 percent. Additional drilling, testing and 3D seismic will be required to help evaluate this encouraging discovery.
The Chonta sand is currently interpreted as a shoreface sand with good lateral extent and continuity that was deposited on a pre-existing high. Internally calculated potential resource volumes suggest a potential of 14 million barrels of discovered petroleum initially-in-place ("DPIIP"), based on minimal closure, to 140 million barrels of DPIIP based on maximum closure to interpreted spill point.
Prior to the Chonta test, we completed two tests in the Copacabana formation that recovered water. A third test was conducted over an eight-foot interval in the upper Agua Caliente formation. The test was conducted with an ESP through temporary well test equipment. Only formation water was recovered in the first 20 hours. After that point, traces of oil were observed, growing gradually to a three percent cut of 42 API oil by the end of the 46.8 hour flow period. The total fluid rate was 2,703 barrels per day. Drawdowns at the end of the test were four percent.
The Agua Caliente results are encouraging. We believe we tested a transition zone in a down-dip position with a potential accumulation up-dip of the well. Based on our interpretation of 2D seismic data, we could gain up to 25 feet of additional elevation and potential net oil pay. Internal calculations suggest that up to 25 million barrels DPIIP is possible for the Aqua Caliente formation. Again, additional drilling, testing and 3D seismic will be required to evaluate this discovery.
Our current plan is to incorporate these two encouraging test results into our geological and seismic mapping. We are planning a 3D seismic survey over the Sheshea structure to assist in the evaluation of the test results and to select possible appraisal drilling locations. Regulatory approval of the 3D seismic could take up to 18 months, and concurrently, we will initiate the regulatory process for possible commercialization.
Blocks 114 and 131, Peru
Petrominerales holds a 30 percent working interest in blocks 114 and 131. On Block 131, the operator has identified two drillable prospects, one of which is estimated to commence drilling during the second quarter of 2013. On Block 114, the acquisition of 260 kilometres of 2D seismic resumed in June 2012 and is now complete. Subject to technical and economic evaluations and regulatory environmental approval, the operator is planning to drill one exploration well no later than the second quarter of 2014.
Block 161 and 141, Peru
Block 161, situated in east central Peru, is 1.2 million acres in size. Petrominerales holds a 100 percent working interest in the block. Terms of reference to complete the Environmental Impact Assessment's ("EIA") Public Consultation Plan are in the final stages of the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines approval. Upon completion and approval of the EIA, the planned 353 kilometre 2D seismic program will commence, likely in the second half of 2013.
Block 141, situated in southern Peru, is 1.3 million acres in size, of which Petrominerales has a 100 percent working interest. In July 2012, we received approval to commence our Public Consultation Plan, a key step in the completion of the EIA. Our commitment to complete a 300 kilometre 2D seismic program is currently scheduled to begin in early 2014, pending the completion and approval of the EIA.
Our financial position remains very strong. We generated $37.3 million of positive free cash flow in the third quarter. In addition to generating free cash flow, we have $33.8 million of cash on hand plus a completely undrawn credit facility. This financial strength provides us the flexibility to buy back bonds at a discount, and common shares at extremely compelling prices. We plan to execute a capital program in 2013 that is more balanced between development and exploration drilling. Our immediate focus is on adding production and reserves while expanding our prospect inventory, and executing high-impact exploration drilling programs.
To expand our prospect inventory, we have acquired over 600 square kilometres of new 3D seismic in 2012 that is currently being interpreted. In addition, we will soon be in the field acquiring a 256 square kilometre 3D seismic program on Block 25, providing more data over our Canatua prospect and additional leads. We expect these 3D seismic acquisitions to add significantly to our prospect inventory and to provide new drilling opportunities for our 2013 program.
We look forward to updating our shareholders on our progress throughout the remainder of 2012 and into 2013.
We are sad to note the passing of one of the original directors of Petrominerales, Jerald Lindsay Oaks, on September 28, 2012. Jerald was also one of the original founders and directors of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd., and was a key player in the strategic growth of Petrominerales. We will miss his leadership, encouraging words, and his wise, reasoned counsel.
Management of Petrominerales will be holding a conference call and webcast for investors, financial analysts, media and any interested persons on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time) to discuss our 2012 third quarter financial and operating results.
Petrominerales Ltd. is an international oil and gas company operating in Latin America since 2002. Today, Petrominerales is one of the most active exploration companies and one of the largest oil producers in Colombia. Our high quality land base and multi-year inventory of exploration opportunities provides long-term growth potential for years to come.
Non-IFRS Measures. This press release contains financial terms that are not considered measures under International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), such as funds flow from operations, adjusted net income, funds flow per share, adjusted net income per share, working capital and operating netback. These measures are commonly utilized in the oil and gas industry and are considered informative for management and shareholders. We evaluate our performance and that of our business segments based on funds flow from operations and adjusted net income. Funds flow from operations is a non-IFRS term that represents cash generated from operating activities before changes in non-cash working capital. Adjusted net income is determined by adding back any losses or deducting any gains on the derivative liabilities and effects of the buyback of the convertible debentures (accelerated accretion and gain on settlement). Management considers funds flow from operations, funds flow per share, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share important as they help evaluate performance and demonstrate the Company's ability to generate sufficient cash to fund future growth opportunities and repay debt. Working capital includes current assets less current liabilities and is used to evaluate the Company's short-term financial leverage. Net (debt) surplus includes current assets less current liabilities and the principal amount of out-of-the-money convertible debentures (i.e. when they are out of the money and not repayable in common shares at maturity) and is used to evaluate the Company's financial leverage. Operating netback is determined by dividing oil revenue less royalties, transportation and production expenses by sales volume of produced oil. Management considers operating netback important as it is a measure of profitability per barrel sold and reflects the quality of production. Funds flow from operations, funds flow per share, adjusted net income, adjusted net income per share, working capital, net (debt) surplus and operating netbacks may not be comparable to those reported by other companies nor should they be viewed as an alternative to cash flow from operations, net income or other measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with IFRS.
Forward-Looking Statements and Cautionary Language. Certain information provided in this press release constitutes forward‐looking statements. Specifically, this press release contains forward‐looking statements relating to the Company's future exploration and development activities and the timing for bringing wells on production. The forward‐looking statements are based on certain key expectations and assumptions, including expectations and assumptions concerning the availability of capital, the success of future drilling and development activities, the performance of existing wells, the testing and performance of new wells, prevailing commodity prices and economic conditions, the availability of labour and services, the ability to transport and market our production, timing of completion of infrastructure and transportation projects, weather and access to drilling locations. The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect. Actual results achieved during the forecast period will vary from the information provided herein as a result of numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors. You can find a discussion of those risks and uncertainties in our Canadian securities filings. Such factors include, but are not limited to: general economic, market and business conditions; fluctuations in oil prices; the test results and performance of exploration and development drilling, recompletions and related activities; timing and rig availability; availability of transportation and offloading capacity, outcome of exploration contract negotiations; fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates; the uncertainty of reserve estimates; changes in environmental and other regulations; risks associated with oil and gas operations; and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. There is no representation by Petrominerales that actual results achieved during the forecast period will be the same in whole or in part as those forecast; and there is no representation by Petrominerales that the test results of any new exploration well or development well is necessarily indicative of long-term performance or ultimate recovery. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, Petrominerales assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward‐looking statements made herein or otherwise, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Undiscovered Petroleum Initially-In-Place ("UPIIP"). UPIIP, equivalent to undiscovered resources, are those quantities of petroleum that are estimated, on a given date, to be contained in accumulations yet to be discovered. The recoverable portion of UPIIP is referred to as prospective resources, the remainder as unrecoverable. Undiscovered resources carry discovery risk. There is no certainty that any portion of these resources will be discovered. If discovered, there is no certainty that it will be commercially viable to produce any portion of the resources. A recovery project cannot be defined for this volume of UPIIP at this time.
Discovered Petroleum Initially-In-Place ("DPIIP"). DPIIP, equivalent to "discovered resources", is that quantity of oil that is estimated, as of a given date, to be contained in known accumulations prior to production. The recoverable portion of DPIIP includes production, reserves, and contingent resources; the remainder is unrecoverable. A recovery project cannot be defined for these volumes of DPIIP at this time. There is no certainty that it will be commercially viable to produce any portion of the resources.
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Al Franken is running for re-election next year, and like Democrats everywhere he is trying to escape from the Obamacare debacle. So today Franken was one of a group of 16 Senators who were given an opportunity to express their displeasure to President Obama and Vice-President Biden. His office released a statement following the meeting:
Franken said he expressed his displeasure at the meeting.
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Although Franken has been a supporter of ObamaCare, according to one report, he was "visibly agitated" last month when meeting with Obama's chief of staff to discuss the problem with the roll out.
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So Franken is frustrated because the web site doesn't work? Just wait until tens of millions of Americans who are currently covered by employer-sponsored group health plans learn that, even though they like their plans, they are going to lose them. In June 2010, as we explained here, the Obama administration projected that up to 69% of all employer-sponsored plans, including those maintained by the largest corporations, will terminate within the first year of Obamacare–then 2013, now 2014.
In September 2010, Senate Republicans, appalled by that prediction, introduced a resolution to negate the Obama administration regulations that will cause those employer-sponsored plans to lose their "grandfathered" status. The Republicans' resolution failed because every Senate Democrat voted against it, including Al Franken. When roughly half of all Minnesotans lose their employer-sponsored health care plans next year, Franken will have a lot of explaining to do.


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HART Interfaith will mark 30 years of providing a valuable home care service to the Niagara County community when it holds its dinner and recognition affair Wednesday, June 12, at the Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston.
Program Manager Sue McBee said the HART Interfaith home assistance referral team traces its beginnings to a small group of compassionate, caring individuals who began in 1982 at First Presbyterian Church of Lewiston, at 505 Cayuga St.
"Their objective, which remains today, is to provide affordable home care for the elderly and the infirmed," McBee said.
The nonprofit organization, comprised primarily of volunteers, links those needing assistance in the home with a qualified caregiver who can provide such services.
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She reports the June 12 celebration will recognize those who have helped make HART Interfaith the organization it is today.
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In addition to the recognitions, basket and two special raffles will be featured. Prizes include a handmade dollhouse with furniture, donated by Sue's Frame of Mind, Center Street, Lewiston; and a seven-course gourmet dinner for eight guests, including butler and maid service, donated by Joanne Stanton of HUNT Real Estate ERA. This offering includes a private tour of the restored 1824 Van Horn Mansion, located in Burt.
Raffle tickets are now on sale at the HART office; buyers do not need to be present to win.
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I am looking for family of Cornelis Bogers b. 1885 Amsterdam, Netherlands
I am looking for family of Cornelis Bogers b. around 1885 Amsterdam Netherlands. He had a twin sister Cornelia,older brother Bertus, then his dad remarried and there were brothers Martinus(b. 1896) and Willem (Wilhelm). He and the entire family except Bertus emigrated to the US via Quebec, Canada. They lived for a time in Denver, Colorado. Cornelis was a cigar maker, his father, Cornelis, tried to be a farmer. The land wasn't good for farming, so they sold out and moved to Charlotteville,NY ( later renamed Newfane)It was learned later that oil was discovered on the property! Cornelis Sr. committed suicide on the family farm in Newfane. Martinus was 17 at the time and had to make all the arrangements for the funeral. Both Cornelises and Grace are buried in Corwin Cemetary in Newfane,NY.
Cornelis (jr) met & married Grace Edith Newhouse Clay. His children are Cornelis Bruce b.1/14/1926 Niagara Falls, NY and Nelson DOB unk. Niagara Falls,NY. He had stepsons, Karl Clay and Everett Clay.
I am searching for family of Frank Gillespie
I am searching for family of Frank Gillespie. He was born in Spring Hill,VA date unk.He was in the US Army, stationed in the Phillipines. He married in Corregidor( to Rosario Espiritu)April 1, 1924. Marriage produced three children. Lydia b. 10/27/1932 her name was listed incorrectly spelled as Lidia Glispe; Gerald Espiritu b.12/19/1930: Tommy DOB unk.A document I have from 1967, shows that he was already deceased at that time.
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You notice the combination of freestyle, fog and map?
You know for a long time I actively defended farmers both in C and A and more generally here. My reason was that I felt every society needs some sharks in the water. It gives the site edge, a dark side...a sense of wrong sometimes allows a society to aquire a much needed edge.
But over time I began to accept that this phenomenon was outweighed by the overall moral degredation caused by the exploitation of map and settings.
My solution is both simple and wildly unpopular with CC's hardcore, though I maintain that CC-wide it would be met with joy.
1. Abolish fog
2. Abolish Freestyle.
We can keep all the maps.


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Late 2006: Electronic cigarettes first marketed in U.S. via kiosks in shopping malls and online.
Early 2009: E-cigarette sellers sue the Food and Drug Administration after the agency told customs officials to refuse entry of shipments into U.S.
June 2009: The Food and Drug Administration said testing of products from two leading electronic cigarette makers turned up several toxic chemicals, including a key ingredient in antifreeze.
January 2010: Federal judge rules that the FDA can't stop those shipments, saying the agency had overstepped its authority.
December 2010: Federal appeals court rules e-cigarettes should be regulated as tobacco products by the FDA rather than as drug-delivery devices.
February 2011: U.S. Department of Transportation prohibits use of e-cigarettes on commercial airlines.
April 2011: FDA announces plans to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products.
July 2011: FDA announces intent to have e-cigarette regulations proposed by October 2011.
April 2012: Lorillard Inc., the nation's third-biggest tobacco company, buys Blu Ecigs.
Summer 2012: No. 2 tobacco company Reynolds American Inc. begins limited distribution of first electronic cigarette under Vuse brand.
February 2013: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releases study showing increased awareness and use of electronic cigarettes in the U.S.
March 2013: Former U.S. surgeon general Dr. Richard Carmona joins board of directors for e-cigarette maker NJOY Inc.
July 2013: Reynolds American launches test market of revamped version of Vuse e-cigarette.
August 2013: Subsidiary of Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation's biggest tobacco company, Philip Morris USA, launches test market first e-cigarette under MarkTen brand name.
September 2013: CDC releases study showing growing use of e-cigarettes by middle and high school students.
End of 2013: Sales of e-cigarettes reach nearly $2 billion with more than 200 brands.
April 24, 2014: FDA issues proposed regulations for electronic cigarettes.


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This meant the dispensa, or pantry, had shelves upon shelves of oil preserved sausage, pickled vegetables from the garden, syrup soaked fruits, whole legs of prosciutto and foot long salami hanging from the beams. Sacks of dried beans, chick peas and lentils. Demijohns of home made pommarola tomato preserve, bunches of dried herbs hung on wire racks, salted meats, dry goods of all sorts like flour, polenta, semolina. Barrels of grains and cereal. And gallons of wine, emanating alcoholic fumes that permeated the shadowy secret rooms.
Heaven, essentially, in a half dozen square foot enclosure.
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But frugality in times like these has become a necessary way of life. A well-stocked storeroom or kitchen pantry actually helps you cook faster, allows you to waste fewer ingredients, offset your carbon footprint, and save money.
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I'll be a little ant.
If you have any small storage space at your disposal, you too could easily convert it into a pantry. OK if it's filled with old toys, clothes or broken utensils. All you need to do is a little feng shui clutter clearing and be motivated by this persuasive Aesopic logic: prepare and stock up.
The items listed below, I feel, should never be missing from the kitchen. They are, in my glutton opinion, the bare necessities.
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Frozen free range chicken breasts, individually wrapped
Black pepper (best bought whole, and then freshly ground in a pepper mill)
Peperoncino (Italian hot chili peppers, in flakes or whole)
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Ossipee police officers earn promotionsBy LARISSA MULKERN
Special to the Union Leader
April 08. 2013 10:54PM
OSSIPEE - The Ossipee Police Department celebrated the promotions of two of its members on Monday, just a week after former Lt. Jimmy Eldridge was sworn in as the new Police Chief.
Eldridge, a veteran of the Ossipee Police Department and the U.S. Army where he served as a military police officer, fills the post vacated April 1 when Chief Don Grow retired.
On Monday, staff, friends and family attended a promotion ceremony where former Sgt. Joseph Duchesne was promoted to fill the lieutenant slot vacated when Eldridge became chief.
Senior Patrolman Anthony Castaldo was promoted to fill the open sergeant's position.
The promotions come with a new slate of responsibilities. Dushesne will handle administrative duties such as researching and writing grant applications and creating and overseeing special details and patrols.
Dushesne joined the Ossipee Police Department in April of 2000. This was his first police officer position. Previously, Dushesne said he worked in retail but wanted a job with more variety.
After joining the Ossipee Police Department, Dushesne became the K-9 Unit leader with his partner, Zeus, a role that was passed to Sgt. Castaldo.
Castaldo joined the Ossipee Police Department in 2008 after serving with the Tamworth Police Department from 2006 to 2008. In his new job, Castaldo will serve as the go-to advisor for officers on patrol any time day or night. He will continue as the K-9 Unit leader and will accompany Zeus to re-certification training in Massachusetts later this spring.
Even with the promotions, the police department still has one vacancy for a patrol officer.
Incoming Patrol Officer Kim Hatch graduates from the police academy on Friday and will start work on Sunday, according to Duchesne, leaving one more vacancy for a patrol position in the nine-member department.


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*Elzar's character and show are a parody of the real-life chef Emeril and his show, The Essence of Emeril.
*Elzar's character and show are a parody of the real-life chef Emeril and his show, The Essence of Emeril.
*He is a reference to [[starwars:Gormaanda|Gormaanda]] from [[starwars:The Star Wars Holiday Special|The Star Wars Holiday Special]].
*He is a reference to [[starwars:Gormaanda|Gormaanda]] from [[starwars:The Star Wars Holiday Special|The Star Wars Holiday Special]].
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|Secondary character
|Planet of origin
|Probably Neptune
|Celebrity chef
|First appearance
|"My Three Suns" (1ACV07)
|Voiced by
|John DiMaggio
Elzar is a famous chef, owner of the resturaunt Elzar's Fine Cuisine and host of The Essence of Elzar. He is also the reigning champion of the show Cooking Colliseum; Bender once defeated him, but declined the title of Iron Cook(3ACV22). He got his start when he was brought in to replace Helmut Spargle's less extreme show, "Down-home Country Cooking with Helmut Spargle". Elzar practices the dark side of cooking, utilising things like cilantro, mango salsa, Raspberry vinegrette, along with liberal use of his spice weasel.
A Neptunian, Elzar lives in Little Neptune. He is cocky, arrogant, posessing a sharp tongue and a short temper. He is an excellent chef, though he doesn't run the cleanest resturaunt in town and has a reputation for being rude to the customers. Bender briefly worked for Elzar, in order to pay for the meal Elzar served them to make up for accidentally blinding Leela(2ACV13).
Additional Info
- Elzar's character and show are a parody of the real-life chef Emeril Lagasse and his show, The Essence of Emeril.
- He is a reference to Gormaanda from The Star Wars Holiday Special.
- I knocked it up a notch. Bam!
- If you promise to stop interrupting, alright. Against my will, I'm gonna knock it up another notch.
- Hey, look at this crowd. You guys gotta try the pasta. It's got a real nice profit margin. Bam!
Signature Dishes
- Leg of Salmon
- Unnameable Horror from Beyond, with Mango Chutney
- Down-home Neptune-style Gumbo
- Neptunian Slug Fricassee
- Bread á la Cockroach
- Jamacian Jerk Platter
- King Crab
- Sterno-nicoise
- Steamed Carrots
- Crud Puffs
- Shlimp Cocktail
- "My Three Suns" (1ACV07)
- "Hell Is Other Robots" (1ACV09)
- "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (2ACV07)
- "A Clone of My Own" (2ACV10)
- "Bender Gets Made" (2ACV13)
- "Bendless Love" (3ACV06)
- "The Cyber House Rules" (3ACV09)
- "Future Stock" (3ACV21)
- "The 30% Iron Chef" (3ACV22)
- "Love and Rocket" (4ACV03)
- "The Why of Fry" (4ACV10)
- "Bend Her" (4ACV13)
- "The Farnsworth Parabox" (4ACV15)
- "Three Hundred Big Boys" (4ACV16)
- Bender's Big Score
- The Beast with a Billion Backs
- Into the Wild Green Yonder
- "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" (US#001)
- "The Bender You Say" (US#013)
- "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" (US#033)
- "Planet Michelle" (US#034)
- "Welcome to my Nightmall" (US#043)


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The 50th anniversary celebration of "Doctor Who" is just beginning and Whovians are getting a nice big present in the form of a 100-minute audio drama starring five of the surviving Doctors.
"Doctor Who: The Light at the End" will be released in November and will star Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann. That's Doctors 4 through 8 for those who came to the adventure series only after his revival in 2005 with Doctor No. 9 (Christopher Eccleston).
But the Doctors aren't the only classic characters making a return. Their companions are also joining them: Louise Jameson as Leela, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Nicola Bryant as Peri, Sophie Aldred as Ace and India Fisher as Charley Pollard.
And for the villain, Geoffrey Beevers is reprising his role as the evil Time Lord, the Master.
The drama is being produced by Big Finish, the British-based creators of audio dramas featuring characters from "Dark Shadows," "Sherlock Holmes" and "Highlander," among others. They've been doing "Doctor Who" adventures featuring the classic Doctors since 1999.
"We wanted to do a proper, fully-fledged multi-Doctor story for this very special occasion," writer, director and executive producer Nicholas Briggs said in a statement, "and it's wonderful that all the surviving Doctors threw themselves behind the project so enthusiastically. That's not to say the first three Doctors don't appear — we wanted to pay homage to the whole history of the classic series."
Talking to Hero Complex in December, McCoy credited the Big Finish "Doctor Who" dramas for stirring up enough interest to bring it back to TV in 2005.
"They kept it alive, and then you know, suddenly someone with a bit of an imagination came along and said, 'Yes, I've been listening to these 'Doctor Whos,' and they work. We should have these back on television,' " McCoy said.
The drama will be released on a two-disc standard edition and a five-disc special edition with extra documentaries.
— Patrick Kevin Day
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October 2, 2012
The Humane Society of the United States Says Horsemeat Should Not Be on the Menu at MoMA
The Humane Society of the United States is urging the Museum of Modern Art to prevent the M. Wells Dinette, located in MoMA's PS1 gallery, from serving horsemeat. In a letter to the gallery director, The HSUS cites concerns that the horse slaughter industry is cruel and inhumane, and horsemeat presents potential food-safety risks for consumers.
"New Yorkers don't eat companion animals like horses, so MoMA PS1 should uphold its reputation as a cultural leader by refusing to allow the inhumane and potentially health-hazardous practice of serving horsemeat at its gallery," said Brian Shapiro, New York state director for The HSUS.
The HSUS is not aware of the source of the product to be served at the restaurant, but objects to killing these animals because the process of transport and slaughter is inherently inhumane. HSUS investigators have repeatedly documented the animal cruelty associated with slaughtering horses, including "killer" auctions and the method of transporting horses across the country and into Canada and Mexico in overcrowded trailers for days at a time in extreme temperatures. The slaughter process itself is difficult, as horses are flight animals, and many horses suffer during the misguided and often repeated attempts to render them unconscious. The HSUS' undercover footage of horse slaughter shows the gruesome reality of the industry.
Americans do not raise horses for food, but rather as companions and for use in recreation and labor. Horses are given a wide variety of drugs, both legal and illegal, over the course of their lifetimes that can make their meat dangerous to humans.
Horse slaughter plants do not currently operate on U.S. soil; however, more than 100,000 American horses are trucked every year to Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered – with most of their flesh exported to Europe and Japan where horsemeat is considered a delicacy. There is no adequate safeguard in place to ensure that horsemeat is safe for human consumption, regardless of where the animal is slaughtered. There is no system for recording medications given to these horses over the course of their lives and therefore no reliable method of removing horses from the food chain who have been given substances prohibited for use in food animals.
In fact, dealers in the horse slaughter trade known as "killer buyers" have been found to have illegally falsified export documents, claiming that horses they sold to slaughter were free of prohibited drugs, for which they later tested positive. Due to the risks presented to human health, The HSUS has petitioned both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration to label horsemeat as "condemned," adulterated, and unqualified for use as human food. A January 2012 poll demonstrates that 80 percent of Americans oppose horse slaughter. Currently, the U.S. Congress is considering the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S. 1176/H.R. 2966, which would ban the slaughter of horses (including export of live horses for slaughter in other countries). The bill currently has 165 cosponsors in the U.S. House and 26 in the U.S. Senate.
Read the full letter here.
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At the Lathe: Strategies for a Fitted-lid Box
These egg boxes are perfect practice projects for turning objects with snug-fitting lids.
By Judy Ditmer
Pages: 92-94
From the April 2005 issue #147
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A fitted-lid box is one of the most interesting things to make on the lathe. While there are many steps involved that all have to be done correctly (especially when fitting the lid), with some patience even a beginning turner can successfully complete one. Boxes can be just about any shape or size; in honor of this season of growth and renewal, this one is made in the shape of an Easter egg.
This type of fitted-lid box is turned end grain. That is, the grain of the wood runs parallel to the axis of rotation of the lathe, and the interior of the box is cut into the end grain of the piece. With this orientation, the wood is more stable and the lid is less likely to fit badly as the wood moves (some movement will occur even with dry wood) after the box is finished.
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|North Haven, CT
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Collegiate Personal Bests:
800 Meter Run: 1:57.44
1,000 Meter Run: 2:32.35
1,500 Meter Run: 3:58.91
One Mile Run: 4:26.19
3,000 Meter Steeplechase: 9:22.88
2012 Outdoor Track: Placed second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 9:22.88...Helped the 4x800 meter relay team finished fourth with a time of 7:49.92 at the NEC Outdoor Championships...Ran a 3:58.91 in the 1,500 meter run for fourth place at the Second Annual Yellow Jacket Invitational.
2012 Indoor Track: Earned the Indoor Northeast Conference Distance Medley Relay Champion title for his performance at the NEC Indoor Championships, the team took first in the distance medley relay with a time of 10:08.25...Placed third in the 800 meter run at the Yale Intercollegiate Track Classic with a time of 1:57.44...Ran a 2:32.35 in the 1,000 meter run for eighth place at the Yale Giegengack Invitational...Finished ninth in the 1,000 meter run at the University of Connecticut Winter Invitational with a time of 2:36.41...Ran the first leg of the 4x400 meter relay at the Yale Intercollegiate Track Classic, team took 12th place with a time of 3:35.78...Placed 15th in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:58.08 at the NEC Indoor Championships.
2011 Cross Country: Participated in five out of eight of the Blue Devils' meets…Best performance came at the Blue Devil Invitational on Sept. 2 where he placed 20th…Placed 46th out of 143 at the Monmouth Invitational on Sept. 17 with a time of 28.21.10…Came up with 64th place at the Northeast Conference Championships on Oct. 29…Participated in the sub-varsity meet at the 2011 New England Cross Country Championships on Oct. 8 where he placed 83rd with a time of 27:43…Finished the season at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships in 123rd place with a time of 27:33.
2010: Placed 44th at the Ted Owen Invitational…Finished 83rd at the CCSU Invitational…Placed 48th at CCSU Mini Meet.


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This week marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which made it legal for the U.S. federal government to impose taxes upon the income earned by Americans. Since income tax season in the United States has officially begun, we thought we'd mark the occasion by revisiting our original Form 1040 tool, where you can find out how much of the money you earned last year would have been taken from you by Uncle Sam back in 1913!
Back then, of course, you would only have had until the first of March to pay up - but then, income taxes were a lot less complicated back then, which is one reason why the federal government now gives you until the 15th of April each year to pay up, or else....
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3. The normal tax of 1 per cent shall be assessed on the total net income less the specific excemption of $3,000 or $4,000 as the case may be. (For the year 1913, the specific exemption allowable is $2,500, or $3,333.33, as the case may be.) If, however, the normal tax has been deducted and withheld on any part of the income at the source, or if any part of the income is received as dividends upon the stock or from the net earnings of any corporation, etc., which is taxable upon its net income, such income shall be deducted from the individual's total net income for the purpose of calculating the amount of income on which the individual is liable for the normal tax of 1 per cent by virtue of this return.
19. An unmarried individual or a married individual not living with wife or husband shall be allowed an exemption of $3,000. When husband and wife live together they shall be allowed jointly a total exemption of only $4,000 on their aggregate income. They may make a joint return, both subscribing thereto, or if they have separate incomes, they may make separate returns; but in no case shall they jointly claim more than $4,000 exemption on their aggregate income.
Speaking of complexity, if we go by the CCH Standard Federal Tax Reporter, it takes 73,954 regular 8-1/2" x 11" pages in 2013 to explain the U.S. federal tax code.
Meanwhile, the mortgage interest deduction has always been with us! And so has the itemized deduction for all state and local taxes paid by taxpayers, but not the deduction for charitable contributions, which was added to the tax code in 1917 - just as income tax rates were being jacked up to pay for World War I.
Finally, the people least likely to be paying their fair share of income taxes in the United States live in households with incomes below $67,530. Coincidentally, that's where over half of the income available to be taxed is to be found in the United States. Just in case you ever wondered why President Obama was so happy to let his emergency 2% payroll tax cut expire on New Years Day of 2013....